Brainfeed Magazine Primary II August 2022

Volume VI | Issue 3 | `85 | August 2O22

Volume VI | Issue 3 August 2O22

Chief Editor Kakani Veera Brahmam Sub Editor Shinjini Malik Muhammed Fazil Athul M Tooba Shaikh

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

SAIGA ANTELOPE

Art & Design Riaz Ahmed Artist Illustrations Karthik Alti

TURNING RED

INSPIRING DRIVER

Life Story.............................................................. 3 Calendar............................................................... 4-5 Story: Krishna and Sudama ........................... 12-13 Amazing Facts..................................................... 16 Kudos..................................................................... 17 Celebration.......................................................... 18 Story: Pandavas and the Wooden Bird ........ 19 Amazing Places................................................... 2O Space..................................................................... 21 Quiz........................................................................ 22 Craft....................................................................... 23 My Eyes Stronger............................................... 24 Crossword............................................................ 25 Picture Puzzle...................................................... 26 Poem: Adam had a Dream............................... 27

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Note: Dear parents and teachers, we would request you to go through our children’s magazines and encourage your children to read it as it is full of interesting things! We urge you to guide your children while reading the magazine as there are terms they might not recognize. We have used relatively strong words in some of the essays as it will help children develop a great vocabulary.

There shouldn’t be any difficulty going through the pages as we have curated the edition keeping the children’s age group in mind. The magazine comes with a ‘word finder’ for terms that are not yet in children’s memory. We have also incorporated a ‘Did you know?’ section, for children to take interest in the topics! We hope you find the magazine interesting! Keep reading.

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LIFE STORY Anne

Anne was presented with a diary on her thirteenth birthday. Anne wrote about events in the Secret Annex, her feelings and thoughts in the years they were hiding. Anne, later on, rewrote her individual diaries into one running story, titled Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex).

Anne Frank and her family were ultimately deported to Auschwitz. Anne, Margot and their mother were sent to the labour camp for women. She was later deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with Margot. Due to poor living conditions, Anne and Margot contracted typhus and died in the February of 1945.

Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt am Main in 1929 and was a Jew by birth. Hitler tortured Jews under his regime and thought Jews were impure.

As Anne Frank and his parents were on the run to the Netherlands, she learned the language, made new friends and went to a Dutch school near her home. On 1O May 194O, Nazis invaded Netherlands. Jews could no longer visit parks, cinemas or non-Jewish shops. In the spring of 1942, Anne’s father had started furnishing a hiding place in the annex of his business premises at Prinsengracht 263.

Anne’s father Otto was the only one from the ‘Secret Annex’ to survive the war. Anne’s father discovered that his daughter dreamt of becoming a writer.

He published Anne Frank’s Diary in June 1947, to a raging success.

Anne Frank’s math teacher Mr Keesing, called her Ms Chatterbox as she loved talking to her friends a lot.

Regime: Rule Invaded: Attacked Deported: Sent Back

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International Cat Day O8 •• Wright Brothers publically show

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• International Clouded Leopard Day • Anne Frank and her family is captured in Amsterdam (1944)

• Daughter And Son Day • The Soviet space agency launches Vostok 3 (1962)

• International Traffic Light Day • Partial nuclear test ban treaty is signed (1963)

• World Elephant Day • The largest dinosaur fossil is found (199O)

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• International Slave Remembrance Day • First photograph of the Earth taken from the orbit of the moon (1966)

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• National Tell-A-Joke Day (US) • The first transatlantic telegraph message is sent (1858)

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• Women’s Equality Day • Namibian war of independence begins (1966)

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• Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day • Evergreen Bridge opens for traffic for first time (1963)

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• Individual Rights Day • Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb (1949)

World Honey Bee Day 2O •• Senegal withdraws from Mali federation (196O)

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• Serendipity Day • Martian Moon Phobos is discovered (1877)

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International Overdose Awareness Day Uzbekistan declares its Independence from the Soviet Union (1991) August 22

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COVER STORY

As the country is preparing to celebrate its 76th Independence

day this year, let us take a look at the history and significance of this day.

On the night of August 14, 1947, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said, “At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” Those historic words marked the end of the 2OO-year-long British rule in India.

Marking the occasion, Nehru, who is the first Prime Minister of Independent India, hoisted the Indian national flag above the Lahori Gate of Red Fort in Delhi. The Independence day is celebrated with patriotic fervour and gaiety across the country.

Flag-hoisting ceremonies, drills, cultural events, and the singing of the Indian National Anthem are the major highlights of the day long celebrations.

Together, let’s celebrate the glory of our nation on this Independence Day!

Unlike the popular belief, Raksha Bandhan is not limited only to Hindus. It is also celebrated by various Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians.

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Raksha Bandhan is a special Hindu festival

her. Raksha Bandhan is also celebrated among cousins, sister and sister-in-law, fraternal aunt and nephew and other such relations.

which is celebrated in India and countries like Nepal to symbolize the love between a brother and a sister. The occasion of Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu Lunisolar calendar in the the August month of Gregorian calendar.

Rakhi & Bengal Partition The British passed the orders for partition of Bengal on religious lines in August 19O5, the date fell in the month of Shravan, when Raksha Bandhan was celebrated. There was great deal of resistance and following Tagore’s call, hundreds of Hindus and Muslims in Kolkatta, Dhaka and Sylhet came out in large numbers to tie Rakhi threads as symbol of unity.

As most Hindu rituals, Raksha Bandhan is rooted in history and mythology.

Legend dictates that when Lord Krishna accidentally kicked his finger on his ‘Sudarshan Chakra’, Princess Draupadi tore a piece of her saree and tied it to his finger to stop the bleeding. Lord Krishna was so touched by this gesture that he vowed to always protect and cherish

Gregorian Calendar: Internationally accepted civil calendar Gaiety: The quality of being light-hearted or cheerful.

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A Saiga antelope’s nose has an unusual structure which helps the animal to filter out dust in the dry summers.

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The most striking feature of Saiga antelope has

to be its weird looking nose that tends to hang over its mouth. They are mostly found in the arid and semi desert-like grasslands of Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and the rest of Central Asia.

Bacterial infections prove fatal for Saiga antelopes. They tend to die in large numbers at a time because of these infections. To make things worse, poaching and illegal trade of Saiga horn, which is a crucial component in traditional Chinese medicine, has pushed the Saiga populations to the verge of extinction.

Saigas are herd animals. They tend to live in groups of up to as many as 1OOO Saigas. Female Saigas give birth to babies instead of eggs. A Saiga antelope is expected to live for 1O to 12 years.

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Antelope: A swift-running deer like ruminant.

Arid: Dry Fatal: Serious

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BEST BUDDY

The sidekick Kichi of the iconic cartoon character Mowgli, is also a red panda.

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Turning Red (2O21) follows a 13 year old girl, Mei Lee,

who suddenly gains the ability to turn into a huge fluffy red panda whenever her emotions get out of control.

Throughout the movie, Mei Lee goes through a lot of hardships as she cannot let anybody know that she can turn into a red panda. She has three best friends whom she loves a lot, Priya, Miriam, and Abby. She tries to hide her ability from them as she is afraid that they will stop being friends with her if they learn about her ability. However, when they accidentally find out about Mei’s ability, instead of being afraid, they are amazed by her. They understand her problem and even help her through her struggles. Through Abby, Priya, and Miriam’s characters, we learn how to be better friends and how to help instead of judging our friends with their problems.

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Throughout: in every part of Hardship: Problems

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Lord Krishna had a very good friend called

Sudama who was very poor. Sudama was so impoverished that he couldn’t even feed his children milk or food. Sudama’s wife told him that since Sudama and Krishna were great friends, Sudama could ask Krishna for some food. Even though Sudama didn’t like asking for anything, for the sake of his children, he was ready to ask Krishna for some food.

On arriving at Dwarka, he saw Krishna’s kingdom was made of gold. The gatekeepers started laughing at Sudama because of his torn clothes and denied Sudama entry into Krishna’s home.

Devoured: Relished, eat with pleasure Dire: Very distressing

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STORY

Krishna upon hearing Sudama, his old friend had come, ran barefoot and greeted and escorted Sudama with a lot of love. Sudama felt shy and guilty of bringing humble ricecakes his wife had borrowed from the neighbours. Krishna snatched the treats and devoured them all. He told Sudama that was the best sweet dish he had ever eaten.

As Sudama was too shy to ask for anything from Krishna, he left his palace empty handed, but Krishna realized that his friend must have been in a dire situation.

Sudama on arriving at his village couldn’t find his tiny hut! Instead there was a big palace made of gold and he saw his wife coming out in rich royal clothes. His wife told him that Krishna had ended their poverty forever. They had plenty of food in the house now and they would not have to depend on anyone for anything ever.

Friends love and help each other unconditionally without determining their status, wealth or looks.

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STORY A Tourist visited Ladakh for a trip. This is a conversation between the tourist and his local driver named Jigmet.

Tourist: What do you plan on doing after the tourist season has ended? How will you earn money?

Jigmet: I plan on going to Siachen. There I will join the army as a loader.

Tourist: You mean you’ll join the army as a Jawan?

Jigmet: No. This is a contract job. I cannot join the army as I’m already past the age limit.

Tourist: How will you go there?

Jigmet: First, I will travel 265kms to Siachen Base camp, where my medical check-up will be done to see if I am fit enough. Then if I pass, the army will issue uniforms, shoes, warm clothing, helmet, etc. After that, we’ll climb mountains for 15 days to reach Siachen as there is no motorable road. We’ll work there for 3 months.

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Tourist: What work will you do?

Jigmet: I’ll work as a loader. I’ll carry the supplies airdropped in Siachen for the soldiers, from one chowki to another, on my back.

Tourist: Why doesn’t the army use any animals or vehicles for transporting?

Jigmet: Siachen is a glacier, so usual vehicles will not work there and ice scooters make a lot of noise which attracts enemy attention and that can be dangerous. Animals cannot survive the cold as we are at an altitude of 18875 ft with -5O degrees C in winter. We go out quietly at night around 2 am and pick up loads and bring them back to the barracks.

Tourist: Aren’t you scared of getting hurt?

Jigmet: We get paid 18OOO rupees per month.

Since all expenses are taken care of, we can save upto 5OOO rupees in these three months. I need the money for my family, especially my daughter’s education.

Jigmet: Many of my friends have died by falling into the vast crevasses, or due to frostbite. Some have even been shot down by enemy bullets.

But it is all worth it because I get to serve the army and my country, which is the best reward of all. It makes me feel proud to be an Indian.

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AMAZING FACTS

are called Bucks, females are Does

has black skin and white strips on its body

have a poor sense of smell, but excellent sense of taste

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KUDOS Interviewed by Shinjini Malik

Karnav Rastogi is not just a published

7) What is the cause closest to your heart?

Saving the environment. Climate change is the need of the hour.

author; he’s also a champion in chess and a ‘Plastic Champion’ of the United Nations Environment Programme. Know more about the promising talent here ..

8) What is your message to the world?

There is an author in all of us and we are surrounded by stories. It is important to write, no matter what.

1) When did you start writing?

I started writing when I was six years old.

2) What are your goals in Chess?

I play chess since the age of 5. I am more focused towards my studies right now.

3) How did you win the ‘United Nations Plastic Campaign’?

I came across the Plastic challenge organized by UNEP where I submitted my plastic project activity. My poem was liked and I was invited to recite it at the National Youth Summit 2O2O. 4) What is the most challenging thing you faced as an activist?

Communicating with students who speak different languages.

5) What is the most fulfilling experience you can recall?

When I was the guest of honour of the ‘department of women and child development’ and gave a speech to 1OOO kids.

Multilingual: Someone who speaks more than two languages

6) What do you want to take up as a career?

I want to be a cardiologist like my grandfather.

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CELEBRATION The’ Wara Art Festival’ which takes place in Uwasekigata

Park in Japan, annually is a festival which first took place in 2OO8 where students from the Musashinino Art University and a few local volunteers were asked by the local authorities to mould rice straws and sculptures of animals like Dinosaurs, Crabs and Gorillas and other fantastic abstract creatures from discarded rice straws.

The festival celebrated its 1Oth anniversary in 2O18 where students created sculptures twice in size which captured the attention of travelers across the globe. Apart from these magnificent structures, the festival also has live performances by musicians and pop up stalls to satiate your hunger. The weather is extremely pleasant and you can aimlessly stroll around the park.

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The rice straws used for making the giant structures are harvested by hand.

Volunteers: People who help Satiate: Satisfy

STORY

One day the Pandavas were having

an archery class with their guru Dronacharya. A wooden bird was kept on top of a tree by Dronacharya for them to practice. The Pandavas were asked to shoot the bird in the eye.

Before shooting the arrows, Dronacharya asked the Pandavas, “What do you see?” The Pandavas

replied that they could see the tree, the leaves, the sky and the wooden bird.

Four of the Pandavas shot the bird and they all missed the target.

It was then Arjun’s turn. Dronacharya asked him the same question to which he replied, “I can see the eye of the bird.” The guru then asked him to shoot.

Arjun’s arrow went up and hit the eye of the bird. On seeing that, Dronacharya smiled and praised Arjun for his accuracy.

Concentration and focus are the keys to success.

Target: aim of an attack Accuracy: correct or precise

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AMAZING PLACES The Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology,

Midland provincial Park by the staff. The museum holds 5 Guinness records. It has the fossils of the world’s longest necked animal, the most complete tyrannosaurus skeleton, the best preserved dinosaur which was armoured, the most complete ornithomimid, a type of dinosaur which looked like present day ostriches and the largest skeleton of a marine reptile ever discovered. Wouldn’t you want to experience it all?

situated in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada also serves as a research facility which occupies a space of 12,5OO-squaremetre. It houses more than 1,6O,OOO fossils and 35O holotypes, and displays about 8OO of them, which make it a fun, exhilarating and enlightening experience for children. The fossils are also used for research. Interactive computers provide visitors with relevant information. They also have audio-visual projectors which make the experience more evocative. The visitors are also offered guided tours of the

Exhilarating: Arousing curious tension Enlightening: informative

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SPACE The Orion spacecraft or the ‘Orion Multi-Purpose Crew

Vehicle’ was designed to take the astronauts of NASA to the moon, a future space-station and also to Mars. The spacecraft has already flown to space once in 2O14 and is expected to go on its second major mission without any crew, along with Artemis in August 2O22. It is supposed to lift-off on top of the Space Launched System rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida USA. It is also expected to venture deep into the lunar orbit and make the next lunar landing. It is supposed to make forays in certain areas of the universe, no other spacecraft has made in its lifetime and help scientists unravel the darkest secrets of our galaxy! It can carry up to six people to space and travels at a speed of 2O,OOO mph.

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Venture: Go on a mission Lunar: Related to Earth’s satellite the Moon

It can also land in water and work as a ship in case of an emergency landing!

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QUIZ

2. The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the United States by which country?

1. What did Sir Isaac Newton discover?

A) Telephone C) Gravity

A) Russia

B) Poland

C) Iran

D) France

B) Penicillin D) Radium

4. Sarojini Naidu was given the title of?

A) Parrot of India B) Iron man of India C) Nightingale of India D) Sarojini of India

3. Who found a way to make milk safe to drink?

A) Albert Einstein B) Galileo C) Louis Pasture D) Columbus

6. Which country does Volleyball originate from?

5. Which state did Mahatma Gandhi belong to?

A) Rajasthan C) Madhya Pradesh

A) Australia

B) USA

C) Germany

D) Japan

B) Gujarat D) Bengal Answers: 1-C, 2-D, 3-C, 4-C, 5-B, 6-B

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CRAFT

What you need: • Red, Green, Black and

White Coloured Papers • Scissors • Glue

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Fold the red paper into half and cut it in the shape of a heart leaving 2 inches on the left side and stick small green hearts on top of it

Cut two white circles and stick them as the eyes of the strawberry

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Cut two black circles and stick as the pupils of the strawberry

Cut out a black semicircle and stick it as the smile of the strawberry

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Open the card and write your message inside.

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MY EYES STRONGER

Find 8 differences between the two pictures

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Complete the puzzle by identifying the names of these animals

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• GOAT • DONKEY • SHEEP • CHICKEN

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PICTURE PUZZLE

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Arrange the puzzle in the correct order. Put the correct number in the space provided

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POEM Adam lived near the sea,

He wanted to be legendary

He allowed little Adam to go When she, his mother, said a firm no

So he ran to the ocean one day And decided to go far away

They feared many a dreadful thing And waited for what fate had to bring!

He wanted to travel beyond his land And see the world as he had planned

But when they gave up and started to mourn They heard a great man return

One day his father learnt about it, And granted him the permit,

The ran to the port to look at him, It was Adam who fulfilled his dream!

He saw a zeal in his son And patiently waited for Adam to return

He was too precious for his mom and dad Adam made them very proud and glad!

Several days passed by And his wife only wondered why?

We should always pursue our dreams

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THIS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS FINE MOTOR SKILLS