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Last week, I had watched Marvel Cinematic Universe's(MCU) latest movie, Captain Marvel . It is Marvel Studio's first female superhero led film; Captain Marvel is touted to be one of the prominent characters in Avengers: Endgame , the sequel of Avengers Infinity War . Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the main story arc is set in the 1990's and concerns  Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), a U.S air force pilot who becomes a Kree, an extraterrestrial species, after absorbing the power of the Tesserect. She is part of an intergalactic war with the Skrulls(another alien species), when she finds out that she is fighting for the wrong side. Along with the help of   Nick Fury (Samuel.L.Jackson) and her best friend Maria Rambeau(Lashana Lynch), she defeats the Kree and helps the Skrull find a new home. At the end of the movie, Captain Marvel gives Nick Fury a pager(a contact device) which can be used to contact her for emergencies. It is this pager that Nick Fury uses twenty...

In the wake of the recent 91st Academy Awards, I will be blogging on one of Marvel Studio's biggest blockbuster movies, Black Panther . The movie won three  Oscars for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score and for the Best Production Design. Released in 2018, the movie was directed by Ryan Coogler. The main story arc deals with how a young king named T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), who is a super hero named Black Panther , is all set to rule his kingdom after his father's death; when a relative defeats him in a contest and becomes the new king. In the end, after an epic fight, Black Panther wins and regains his position as the King. I was absolutely mesmerized while watching the movie in the theatre with the big screen and booming audio. Here are few reasons why I love this movie: 1. The cinematography - The movie has some amazing camera work and awesome scenes. From close-ups to aerial shots, the scenes have it all. The transition of the scenes are very smooth a...

In this blog, I am going to be writing on one of my favourite autobiographies, 281 and Beyond .  This book is the autobiography of one of India's best test players ever, VVS Laxman . One of the foremost Indian cricketers during the 2000's along with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, he has often lifted India from the jaws of defeat into the lap of victory. His most memorable and cherished innings was the 281 against Australia in Calcutta. This eventually led to a series win against Australia after a long time. His career stretched from 1997 to 2012. I had first read about this book in The Hindu newspaper. There were one or two reviews and an interview with Laxman as well. The reviews were positive and were saying that this book was good. As I had not read much about Laxman, I thought that I would find this book interesting and wanted to buy it but as I was busy in other activities, it slipped out of my mind. A week ago, I was in Thiruvananthapuram. I was...

In this blog, I am going to be writing on my experiences in my visit  to Kanakakunnu Palace in Thiruvanathapuram. Yesterday, my aunt and I set out to visit the Vasantholsavam festival , also  known as the Kerala Flower Show. This initiative is led by the Kerala Government and is taking  place in the Kanakakunnu Palace.  Kanakakunnu is a hill situated in the heart of Thiruvanathapuram (Trivandrum). Atop the hill, there is a palace. It is said to have been build by Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma at the start of the 19th Century. The palace had been used to entertain guests to the Travancore royal family. Kanakakunnu plays host to the annual Vasantholsavam and the week long All India Dance Festival; where Classical dance exponents from all around India come to display their skills. Few years back, my father and I had visited the Kanakakunnu Palace. At that time there was precious little to see. The hill is a small one and it was barren with grass coveri...

In the third part of my trio blog set on my annual exhibition, I am going to be writing on my experience with basketry and bags as well as the annual exhibition itself. On Day 5, I commenced my first lengthy project. I had to make a pouch . This was my favourite project as it was a blend of both weaving and basketry. To make the basic structure of the pouch, I had to weave but to build the three-dimensional shape, I made the cardboard loom such that I had to weave on both sides of the cardboard. Using a mind boggling pattern of colours, I slowly and steadily worked my way through this project. As it was forming to be a big and thick pouch, I could not finish it in school and hence had to take it home. On Day 6, I brought my now finished and fabulously looking pouch to school. To give it a finishing touch, I quickly finger weaved a handle for my pouch and attached it. This was one of my proudest moments as I had toiled for six hours to finally see it finished😌😎 Later that ...

 In this blog, I am going to be writing about my tryst with weaving.  Weaving is a method in which strands of yarn are interlaced in an up-down pattern to form a piece of cloth. In order to weave, we make looms (which can be made from any object, we just have to use our creativity) and in some cases, warp thread around them and then start weaving. According to the desired end product, we can make the loom accordingly and use different colours.  On Day 2, we started weaving with yarn. My first project was Finger weaving , a very simple method where our fingers are the loom!! I made a few necklaces as well as bracelets using this technique. Then I learnt how to do  CD Weaving .   This uses a CD as it's loom. We warp the thread from the centre to the edges and start weaving through them. This was a bit time consuming and though I could make only one, it was a beautiful decorative piece. On Day 3, I learnt how to make a Keethu , which is a roof made out ...

Yesterday was the annual exhibition for grades 1 to 12 in my s chool, which is HLC International . Our exhibition was named Strands Of Transformation , which was the continuation of the exhibition that took place two years back, named Shaashvatam . Shaashvatam means sustainability and addressed two of the three main needs for a person:  food and shelter . We grew crops of different varieties in our own school farm overcoming the grave challenges posed by the Vardha cyclone!! We built a farmhouse as well which covers the need for shelter. This year, we looked at the third main need which is clothing  and kept it as our main theme. Strands Of Transformation means that every strand of fibre, not matter where it is obtained from, joined together, brings a huge transformation in every one's lives. This year's exhibition topic was divided into six subtopics : 1. Paper and Felt Making 2. Braiding and Knitting 3. Dyeing 4. Printing 5. Weaving and Basketry 6. ...