On July 27,2015, Bostonians “bid” farewell to Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Boston 2024 Partnership chairman Steve Pagluica announced the following statements that day: “After speaking with Mayor Marty Walsh and governor Charlie Baker, the decision has been to withdraw Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games. The committee feels that, […]

The first week of school was really exciting, especially because it was my first day at Central Middle school (for the APC program). The school is gargantuan, and has all the latest technology. Even the history wordle on the wall is amazing! We were introduced to all the teachers, and got to know each other […]

On Aug. 28th, 2015, my family and I celebrated Onam, the biggest festival in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is in honor of a king named Mahabali, who ruled Kerala and made Kerala feel like heaven. According to Indian mythology, the gods worried that his kingdom would become a better place than theirs. […]

One minute of second half stoppage time is added to the clock. Neymar finds Messi, Messi beats all the defenders, the goalkeeper takes Messi down, Barcelona have a penalty that could win them the Spanish Cup! Messi steps up to the penalty spot. He shoots… it’s in! Barcelona have defeated Real Madrid and once again […]

“Evening Scenery” is based on a painting “The Banks of the Oise” by the artist Charles-François Daubigny. It features the evening sky reflecting onto a river, with trees and a cabin in the background. It is slightly different from my earlier works on nature like Impressionism: Mountain Scenery, Forest – Impressionism or Evening Glaciers. To make the painting […]

The old business cards that my father had, put my creative thinking to the test as I tried to make something out of them. The only other tools I had were a pair of scissors, hole puncher, glue, stapler and pins. Finally, I decided to make snakes – black mambas and a king cobra. Both […]

Read the latest from the Barclays Premier league on August 14th, 2015. Aston Villa FC (AVL) 0 – 1 Manchester United FC (MU) GOALS: (Januzaj(MU), 29) From Villa Park, West Midlands, England. Previous Days Matches

It’s another normal day in summer, right? WRONG. Today, the final two teams in the Barclays Premier League will play their first game. Look below to figure out the teams and the final score. Manchester City (MCI) 3 – 0 West Bromwich Albion (WBA) GOALS: (Toure (MCI) 9,24), (Kompany (MCI) 59) From: The Hawthorns Previous […]

Read the latest from the Barclays Premier league on August 9th, 2015. Arsenal FC (ARS) Vs West Ham United (WHU) ARS 0-2 WHU Full Time, August 9th, 2015 Emirates Stadium: Everyone likes to root for the underdog sometimes. That’s what happened in this match. Everyone expected Arsenal to dominate, especially when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got a […]

Another season of excitement, frustration, and achievement literally “kicks” off as the 2015-2016 English Premier League begins. Keep an eye on my blog on weekends to get the latest as the league progresses this year. I am so excited to provide you with the latest in professional soccer.Manchester United FC (MU) Vs Tottenham Hotspur FC […]

The bell rings. Children run around. Teachers go home. Homework now cries in pain as it has temporarily become a thing of the past. June 26th marked the end of the 2014-15 school year. I would like to thank Point Webster for “pointing” me in the right direction. This school is simply amazing. The teachers […]

Introduction The United States population is 320.09 million. But what is its national bird? If you guessed “bald eagle”, you’re right! Its scientific name is “Haliaeetus leucophalus”. It is the only eagle that lives in just the U.S. Human activities, such as hunting, threatened the eagle’s population. But in the 1900’s, the U.S. government passed […]

This is my second sports painting and the first on cricket. A cricket bat is in the process of smashing the ball in the air.  In this painting, I focused on reflection and use of color. The hardest part of this painting was making the logo of the Indian Premiere League look similar to the […]

During the last 9 months of research on Impressionism, I found a lot of words/artist names repeated continuously while talking or reading about Impressionism. If you know or hear about something often about Impressionism that is not in this list, do let me know. I generated this picture on http://www.wordle.net/

Brotherband – Scorpion Mountain was the first big novel that I have read completely. The whole book is 451 pages long. It is the fifth book in the Brotherband series. If you think I am writing a review of this book, I am not. At first, I did not really understand the story. Eventually, I […]

A few days ago, in Point Painters – an after school program at my school, I made a Wood Art. In this type of art, you use pieces of wood of different shapes and glue them to make an image. You should use wood glue for best results. I wanted to make something very different […]

Last week, at Point Painters, an after school program in our school, I finished making a clay mask. It looked really cool! See the picture… And, it even fit in my face! To make it, I first had to roll out a piece of clay so it was thin, and place it in the mold […]

I am in the 5th grade Point Webster Robotics Team and will be competing against the other middle schools in Quincy, MA for the President’s Cup on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Please do come and see our robot perform amazing things! Venue: Quincy High School, 100 Coddington Street, Quincy, MA-02169. For more information visit: http://www.hyperonline.org

A few days ago, on my mom’s birthday, I was thinking of what to make for her. Then it struck… Special “Chocolate Sauce”… Hmmm yum!!! Here’s the ingredients and directions: Ingredients ½ cup cold milk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1-2 Ferrero-Rocher Fine Hazelnut Chocolates 1 spoon cocoa powder (can be substituted with chocolate) 1 spoon […]

We got an hour to work on something that will go in front of our display board. Since the paper paint brush idea failed, I thought of making a brush with clay. However, the problem was I did not have any clay to use. Thankfully, many people in the class had clay and I could […]