Homemade Finger Paints


3tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp corn starch
2 cups water

Combine ingredients in a saucepan. Warm until mixture thickens. Cool and pour in containers.Add food coloring to create desired colors. Enjoy!!

New Home

Last week was an eventful one.Packing our stuff in boxes,taking them to our new residence. The Packers and Movers took only a day to move all furniture and boxes but the later work of arranging all the things was a tedious process (not for me actually as Manava and Aai did most of the work).Now settled(Still no TV though) I finally have internet to write this post. So hi friends.Wassup? College has started and so has the full time classes after a small break I am back in routine. Though this routine will be short lived as I am going to Delhi on 27th. Many would be knowing that I was going to Uttarakhand for a German camp but due to rains in northern Uttarakhand,the camp was shifted near Delhi . Talking about new home- it is in vile parle, bigger than one before and very near to my college.So near that in fact I can come home during free lectures. On the down side I can't give the excuse of getting bored to go all the way to college walking. While it will take time to adjust to new surroundings,I wish our stay of two and half years in this house be great . While Rain Gods have been showering their love for last two days,it has finally stopped raining.As not being a monsoon lover ,I would like that the love of these Gods be subdued for atleast two days(afterwards I wont be in Mumbai to care). While I will greet Shibirites with a new post when I return( dont worry it would be atleast one week before I would trouble you people with a post to read) , I would like if some teenagers to keep this blog busy with their posts. Maybe 10th passouts may share their experience(the good one not the studies) or some can share about a good poem like Divya did. Maybe some photos(two or three, as my finger aches by scrolling down and down) or maybe some random experience. In current state we ,the teenagers together are not even contributing one post a week so i would like if I see atleast two or three or even more posts before I come. Please Guys. Think it as an order if you like.Signing out

                                                                                                                   Aniruddha

Television

Hi everybody,

    We have a poem on television in English. Our teacher had given us an activity to compose a poem on our own. I want to share the poem which I have written -

                                          TeleVision

Who invented the Television?

It was such a great revolution

But little did the inventor know

That it’s addiction would bring people’s creativity low,

And make their thinking ability slow.

But it was an important invention,

And was a thoughtful creation.

But who knew that everyone would use it in the wrong direction?

Though it was invented with a good intention,

We forgot our limitation

And today it has become the major cause for parents going into depression.

We see children seeing television for hour after hour,

They miss the small joys of life like getting wet in a shower.

We don’t find children playing on the ground or playing hide & seek

And screaming, “Oh! I found!!”

Oh! Those lovely days are gone

Now we see couch potatoes gaping at the screen from midnight to dawn!!

पर्यावरणप्रिय गणपती पेठ

सण साजरे करताना पर्यावरणाचे भान ठेवण्याची जाणीव लोकांमध्ये निर्माण व्हावी यासाठी मुंबई ग्राहक पंचायतीतर्फे पर्यावरणप्रिय गणपतीउत्सव सजावट  पेठ भरवली जात आहे. गेल्या वर्षीपासून हा उपक्रम सुरू झाला आणि लोकप्रिय ठरला. यांत माती/पेपरमेश चे गणपती तसेच सजावटीच्या वस्तू प्रदर्शित केल्या होत्या.  गणपती-गौरी सजवताना थर्माकोल, प्लास्टिक यांचा वापर न करता कापड, कागद इ वापरून सजावट करता येईल, टाकाऊ वस्तूंपासून नव्या सुंदर चीजा सजावटीत वापरता येतील- हा संदेश लोकांना मिळावा आणि तशा दर्जेदार वस्तू त्यांना वाजवी दरांत सहज उपलब्ध व्हाव्यात, हा या पेठेचा हेतू असतो. काही कलाकारानी  अशा वस्तू तयार करून त्या तिथे  विक्रीसाठी ठेवल्या होत्या. गेल्या वर्षी सुधांशू नूलकर, स्वरूपा, स्वाती करंजे, शांतला, विवेक खाच्चे या सर्वांनी मिळून एक दालन घेतले होते. आनंदमेवा शिबिरातील पालकांचे हे दालन खूप छान होते. कलात्मक, कल्पक, co-operative! यंदाही ही संधी आहे. यंदा पर्यावरणप्रिय गणपती पेठ आहे दादर- ब्राह्मण सेवा संघात, ३०-३१ ऑगस्ट आणि १ सप्टेंबर रोजी. तीन दिवस. आपल्यातील जे जे पालक अशा कलात्मक सजावटीच्या वस्तू बनवून इथे विक्रीला ठेऊ इच्छितात, त्यानी लवकरांत लवकर विनासंकोच स्वरूपाशी संपर्क करावा.
-शुभदा चौकर 

जून `वयम्' पाऊस विशेष

पावसाच्या शुभेच्छा. जूनच्या `वयम्' चा विषय आहे- पहिला पाऊस. वयम् हे मुलांसाठी नवे मासिक आहे. पहिल्या पावसात मातीचा सुगंध का येतो, पावसांत आपल्याला अनेक्विश कीटक का बघायला मिळतात, पहिल्या पावसानंतर उगवणारी इटुकली रानफुले कोणती असे अनेक माहितीपर लेख यांत आहेत. मोक्षदा चा लेख आहे. स्वरूपाची कल्पक-कला यांत आहे. शिवाय गोष्टी, कोडी, प्रवासवर्णने, बरेच काही. काही मजकूर इंग्रजीतही आहे. वयम आता मासिक विकणाऱ्या stall वर मिळू लागला आहे. नक्की वाचा आणि प्रतिसाद कळवा. 

-शुभदा चौकर

अभिनंदन

शिबिरातील १० ला आणि १२ ला चांगल्या मार्कांनी पास झाल्याबद्दल सगळ्याचे अभिनंदन

My May vacation

Hi all,

 I had wonderful vacation in May. Whole May I was not in Mumbai. On 1^st May I reached Sweden. Where my baba is staying for a project. My aai was not with us, Because she had work of Wayam. So I went with my Rupali mavshi. She is our family friend. We were staying in ‘Sandviken’ one very tiny village. There was my baba’s office- Sandvik. That small town was awesome. It was self sufficient as there was huge ‘sandvik’ company.  We saw one copper mine there, that was functioning from 1600 to 1980. I also saw live soccer match there. In May at Sweden sun rises at 4 a.m. and sets at 9.30 p.m. So we had a long  day.

 Sweden is one of the richest countries in the world. Population of Sweden is very less. So people have huge houses with backyards. Because of much Cattle raising activity, all milk items was very pure & best quality. Our apartment in Sweden was too small, still I liked it so much that I developed emotional bonding about that apartment. Sweden is very safe. Even after 10p.m. I could take walk alone around our house.  Swedish people are very friendly. I stayed in Sweden for 10 days.

 On 10^th day, we flew to Nethrlands, where Ashish kaka (Rupali mavashi’s husband) is staying. We were staying in Dan Hag city. In Netherlands I saw millions of tulips. When we were travelling by train we could see tulips like colourful piece of land. In netherlands water level is little bit up the land level. To avoid flooding Dutch govt. has made huge canals. So almost every family has its own boat to travel around. There were many windmills. They were very ancient. I saw one old, big castle in Netherlands. It has more than 200 rooms. In September Queen & her family lives there. In Netherlands people do much cycling. There are big cycle stands like our car parking areas.

Netherlands has more population than Sweden. Dutch people  are not as friendly as the Swedish. Weather of Netherland is very bad. It drizzles always. After drizzling weather becomes very chilled. Almost 3-4 degrees. And there wind flows are very strongly. I loved Sweden bit more than Netherlands.

After a vacation of 15 days I flew back to India alone. Rupali mavashi & her daughter stayed back in Netherlands. I wanted to go to Kashmir just after that, so I returned. Traveling alone by plane was a great experience for me. I gained much confidence because of traveling alone.

 I returned back to Mumbai on 17th may. We had flight of Shrinagar on 18^th May. We 6 families were together. Kasmir is very beautiful. We went to Pahalgam, Shrinagar & Gulmarg. In Shrinagar we stayed in a houseboat. We saw Chasmeshahi, Shalimar, Nishad gardens. There were very plenty of colorful roses. In Gulmarg We travelled by cable car (gondola).  We played in snow. In Pahalgam We did river rafting. It was thrilling experience. Kashmir is really a NANDANWAN.

Tulips @ Netherland

Boats& Canals @ NL

3 Floors cycla parking in Amsterdam (NL)

                                    

                                                                                                                          -Mallika

Memorable trip

Hello friends !
this summer vacation we went to Uttarakhand . In Himalayas I went in search of butterfly  but I found only four butterflies . This butterfly is confined to the moist hilly forest of the Himalaya up to 8000 feet (c.2700m ) and cool moist forest of Western ghats . In the Himalayas it flies from may to October , and elsewhere all through the year . It visit flowers as well as damp patches . This butterfly is known as map butterfly because the map like markings on its wings. It's caterpillars feed on peepal , Banyan and other fig species .Then we went to Jim Corbett , I found  plain tiger in the forest .

                                                  

map butterfly

                   
                                                                  map butterfly at Mussoorie fall
                 

                                                                            

Cornelian          

                                                                 

                                                                                                                
                                                                     

                                                                       here we can see the transparent 
                                                           wings of bee

                                                                            

                                                    we all together at Jim Corbett national park
                                                                        

ladybird at tibetan garden

                                                                                

                                                                              red bug       

                                                                         
                                                                 

                                                                            
                                                              

                                                                    
 

शिबिराच्या पहिल्याच दिवशी (क्लिनिकमधल्या ) लताआजींकडे फायर बॉल किती छान फुलला आहे बघा .
मुलांच्या स्वागतासाठी इवलसं रोपटं ,त्याला जेवढं  फुलता येईल तेवढं  सगळ्या बाजूंनी फुलून ,किंचित वाकून नम्रपणे उभं आहे .
Aparna

The great Rickshawallas of Mumbai

    We know that 'The customer is the king' is the motto of shopkeepers around the world but the same cannot be said about our Mumbai's Rickshawallas who always think that they are the king and we are the ones who need them.With need of rickshas more than their number and this attitude remaining constant in all of them these practices remain intact. We always have a spat with these rickshawallas over their refusal of taking us to our desired location.While price hikes of their fare being as common as that of petrol, their reluctance of going to places has been undiminished.
      Many people have suggested using of cycles rather than rickshas but during our monsoons this suggestion goes down with rainwater. And while their need increases by large quantity, their attittude too increases. This means they prefer empty seats rather than going to waterlogged areas.Its a question how this does not trouble their family income but it does affect us while going to classes/schools/colleges/offices. Although its not tough to convince our teachers why we are late but it gets more and more frustrating to wait for the rickshas for 15 mins and then go walking where other cars are spraying water all around.
     As asking for them to change will not make any difference and we will always need them to go from A to B we can just say ,"LONG LIVE THE RICKSHAWALLAS"

     By the way, I would like to congratulate all the 12th std and 10th std pass outs for your great marks and would like to welcome the 10th passouts to the college club.

Shubhada Chaukar has invited all of us for this program.

पर्यावरण दिवसा  निमित्ताने 

आपला निसर्ग वेग वेगळ्या प्रण्य्च्या पक्षाच्या मार्गाने आपल्या पर्यंत संदेश पाठवत असतो असाच एक पक्षी नाव आहे "पावशा"पावशा (इंग्रजी: Brainfever Bird or Common Hawk-Cuckoo), (शास्त्रीय नाव: Cuculus varius varius), आकाराने साधारण कबुतराएवढा असलेल्या पावशाचे नाते पावसाळ्याशी जोडले आहे. मान्सूनचा पाऊस येण्या आधी याच्या 'पाऊस आला', 'पाऊस आला' (किंवा 'पेरते व्हा', 'पेरते व्हा') अशा आवाजाने पावसाच्या आगमनाची सूचना मिळते असे बळीराजा मानतो, शेतीच्या कामाला लागतो. हा पक्षी सामान्यांच्या जवळचा आहे. यावर अनेक भाषांमध्ये लोक-कथा, गीते, म्हणी वगैरे आहेत.

नर-मादी दिसायला सारखेच, राखेच्या रंगाचे, शेपटीवर पट्टे असतात. भारतात सर्वत्र आढळतो, झुडपी जंगल आणि शेताच्या जवळपास राहणे पसंत करतो. विणीचा काळ मार्च ते जून असून कोणत्याही 'ककु' सारखे मादी स्वतःचे अंडे दुसऱ्या पक्षांच्या घरट्यात गुपचूप टाकून निघून जाते. पुढे यांच्या पिलांना वाढवायची जबाबदारी अशा पालकांची असते.

Hello friends!

Long time no see. This summer vacation we had gone on a trip to Europe and had lots of fun there, we even made a new, big family. We visited 10 countries in total, so here are some of our delightful memories;

1.United kingdom- London

1.    

Swaminarayan temple

 changing of the guards

british parliment and big ben

 tower bridge often mistaken as london bridge

london eye

2. France-Paris

Eiffel tower

invalides

3.Belgium- Brussles

Grand palace

manneken pis has 700 diffrent costumes

the famous belgium waffles

4. Netherlands- Amsterdam

 Keukenhof- the largest spring garden in the world

amsterdam windmill

madurodam is where one can see a holland in miniature

5. Germany- Berlin

Gothic cathedral

 cologne glass art

6.Switzerland-Bern

 Cuckoo clocks

world's largest cuckoo clock

europe's largest waterfalls- Rhine falls

snowcapped mountains

snow sculptures at Mount Jungfraujoch

 mount titilis

dad playing in the snow

this lion is a symbol of courage.  It commemorates the swiss guards who were massacred in 1792 during the french reveolution, when revolutionaries stormed the tuileries palace in paris,france

7.Austria-Vienna

 the entrance gate of swarovski musem

 the world's biggest crystal wall

 a piece of art in swarovski museum

 poseidon's puzzel

the golden roof

8. Lichtenstein- Vaduz

 Vaduz castel

the prince's vineyard

9.Italy- Rome

 The St Mark's square

Unfortunately we couldn't ride the famous Gondola cause a heavy storm had showed up. Mostly all places were flooded with 3ft water.

 St Francics of Assisi church has buried Michelangelo, Galileo

 roman colosseum

how the colosseum used to look before

This impressive work was made from one imperfect block of white marble and has an upward snakelike spiral movement which can be examined from all sides. Nudity was depicted as purity and sanctity in olden European times.

10. Vatican city- Vatican city

Pieces of art by michelangelo

 and finally the most awaited 

 the leaning tower of pisa

  

and our Avismaraniya Europe Family of 44 people

Hope you enjoyed the pictorial run through of our Europe tour