Sorry Motu Bhai. There will be no rains this time as I have drank all the water in the clouds mixed ith lemon juice.eceaer Editorial Chief Editor P.K. Bajaj ees Ebina Editor aes Aman Bajaj | ————— Joint-Editors ee Anushka rr Ca aT ly ‘ ISSUE NO. 51 RISKED HIS LIFE Some youths from Virginia once went on a pleasure trip As they settled down for their meals, they heard shricks from some woman. She was crying and shouting, “Leave me” The youths left their meals and ran in the direction from which the shrieks were coming. ‘The lady's child had fallen into the river and no one was coming forward to take the child out. The lady said, “Please get me out from these relatives who are neither doing any thing to help me nor allowing me to rescue my child.” One of the youths picked up courage, and dived into the river. He was a good swimmer. He was fighting against the tiding waves but the waves were too strong and he was finding it difficult to hold the child Ultimately the youth did reach the drowning child, As he came out, the mother was in tears of gratitude and said, “No one in ever repay for what you have done to me. You risked your life fo save my child. I can only pray to God~ May your name and fame spread farand wide.” The youth who had risked his life to save a child with whom he had no relation was George Washington who later became the President of United States of America. Read Your Book online visit : www.lotpotmagazine.com ist ager we aan sia gad sayThe rainy season is at hand . See those dark clouds Natkha Neetu -Harvinder Mankkar The dark clouds seem extra ordinary May be the Dooms lagree. day is near The clouds are exceptionally black | My ee brain is signaling some danger Looks like it is going to be a black rains session, Ha- Ha-Ha _4 ss 3 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Ha-Ha We are clouds that will pour ? oil. Then we shall burn Dr. Devil's the entire city by lighting new evil up a matchstick. The clouds are full of oil and not water . That is why they look so black You are right Mr. Iron Teddy bear . Now see the magic of rains designed by Master mind , the Great Devil. Ha.. Ha.. Ha 4 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Once again they have defeated me . What was left But some day | am were dry clouds determined to conquer Natkhatnagar @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Robo you have done a wonderful job by drinking all the oil My belly is full with so much oil . Now I shall have to fast for few weeks . That will save our expense on oil Ha.. Ha. 7 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51ae wert A very rich Seth lived in Kashi. He was devoted to Lord Vishnu. One day Goddess Laxmi requested Lord Vishnu to test whether the Seth was really devoted or he was fake. Lord Vishnu agreed while the Seth was asleep. In his dream, the Seth saw Goddess Laxmi appearing before him and saying, “| am Goddess Laxmi, the giver of all wealth. | have just come to you to inform that | do not stay with any one for too long. | have decided to leave you now." Seth replied, “I cannot force you to live at my place. In case you have made up your mind, you may leave my place.” After some time Lord Vishnu appeared in his dream in disguise. The Lord said, “I am Fame. As Laxmi has already left your house, | too am leaving. "The Seth gave his consent ashe had to Goddess Laxmi. The dream was continuing. The Seth found that all his friends and relations had left him since he was nolonger rich or famous. After some time, Goddess Laxmi reappeared in disguise and said, “I 3 © LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51am Truth. | too am leaving as others before me." This time the Seth fell at the feet of the Goddess and said, “| cannot live without truth for a second. In case you chose to leave me, | too shall live no more.” “But you did allow the others to leave. Why do you insist me to be with you?" The Seth replied, “If Truth leaves me, life would have no meaning for me. | shall become dishonest anda dishonest person has no right to worship Lord Vishnu.” The dream was still continuing. Goddess Laxmi reappeared and said, “Your devotion to Lord Vishnu is real. Ishall stay with you." Finally Lord Vishnu appeared before the Seth and said, “You area true devotee. Truth is much above Wealth and Fame. I shall be with you along with Goddess Laxmi as long as you stick to Truth. The Seth awoke from his sleep. He had been successful in the test. As long as a person sticks to Truth, Wealth and Fame would follow. That isthe moral of the story. 9 © LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 54A beautiful garden existed near a pond in the forest. Visitors from far and wide used to come and visit the garden that had a large collection of beautiful trees and flowering plants. A leaf on arose plant used to hear visitors praise forthe beauty and fragrance of the roses. The leaf always aspired for the day when some one would extend similar praise to it. Since this never happened, the leaf felt very inferior. It started brooding, “No one casts a glance at me even though | am part of the same plant on which the roses bloom. | am too small and a worthless creature” Days passed by till one day there was a fierce storm in the forest, The flowers on the plants came down on the soil. Many trees got uprooted. The leaf got separated from the tree and fell down in the pond, A small ant too had fallen into the water of the pond and was struggling hard to swim back to safety. The ant was tired as it had been unsuccessful inall its attempts toreach the shore, The leaf saw the drowning antand shouted, “Take 10 LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51 HOWSOEVER SMALL, NOTHING IS WORTHLESS courage. lam here to help you."It came near the ant and helped the ant to get over its body. The waves floated the leaf to the shore where the ant gatdown. “You have saved my life. You are really great.” Said the ant in gratitude after it touched the soil The leaf was greatly moved by this acknowledgment. Itsaid, “I should be grateful to you. Itis because of you that I have been of some use to some one. You gave me an opportunity to realize that | am not worthless and capable of being useful and helpful to others.” All of us have been created with a purpose and are capable of doing useful things. There is no reason why we should feel inferior just because we are not as big as some others. When an opportunity presents, all of us are capable of doing great jobs. All we need is a confidence in our ownworth.a S /L In E| = Sulena Majumdar Arora Assam becomes the tenth state to get the President’s Colour On behalf of the Hon'ble President Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah honored the Assam Police with the President's Colour for their exemplary and incomparable service to the nation during a wonderful parade at the Nehru Stadium. This honor has been conferred for the Assam Police for vigorously dealing with extremism, maintaining law and order and preventing criminal incidents for the protection of the lives and property of general and important people, Assam is the tenth state of our country which got this honor. Earlier, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura, Haryana and Gujarat were the only states. which till mow were awarded the President's Color for their exceptional security service. Delhi also received this honor when it was a union territory. Do you know what the President's Color is? The President's Color is a special flag that is given to any military or police of the country, in war or in peace, in recognition of their exceptional security ile service. The flag is engraved with the map of Assam, the one-horned rhinoceros, and the insignia of Assam Police with its own motto and thirty-six stars representing the states’ districts. To make the celebration and the moments even more memorable and attractive, the Assam Police also organized various other programs for the occasion like Ride of Pride rally, in which eight bikers of the State Police, riding in twenty seven districts inform everyone about this honor. Apart from this, Walkathons, Cyclothons, Marathons and different types of quizzes were also organized on the occasion. The replica of this insignia is first approved by the state government and after that, from the constable to the DGP, all the police personnel will wear it on their name plate. LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51The Clever Cat Abird lived happily in a big hole in one of the trees .One day, looking out for some food, it reached a farm that had a bumper crop. It had a hearty meal and decided to stay on the farm for some more time. instead of going back to the hole Next day a rabbit came to the tree where the bird had been living. The hole was empty and big enough to accommodate the rabbit. So the rabbit decided to live there. After many days, the bird returned back tothe hole. Asitlooked at the rabbit, the bird shouted, “How dare you enter as a thief in my house? You just get out. You should be ashamed of your conduct.” The rabbit quietly replied, “You should know that once some one leaves its placeof residence, it loses all claims to that and who so ever lives there becomes the ‘owner. Now the hole belongs to me. You better get out and do not botherme.” The bird said, “Let us not fight. We shall go just and what ever the judge decides we shall abide by it.” The rabbit agreed to the suggestion. As they moved out, they found a cat sitting by the side of a river. She was looking pious and so they decided to approach her even though Cats are sworn enemies of both, the rabbits and the birds. They pleaded with the cat in following words,” You decide our case and judge who is the right owner of the hole . The ‘ene who is declared the owner will go back and you can eat the other one.” The cat said, “I am willing to be the judge but | cannot even think of eating the one who loses the case. lam a pious creature and killing is a sin | shall never commit. 13. @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51 You just come close to me and plead your case.” The bird and the rabbit were so happy that at last they had found a real good judge. They came close to the cat. The cat put the rabbit under its claws and hastily grabbed the bird in her mouth. Soon both the rabbit and the bird had lost their lives. It is always wise to keep a safe distance from your sworn enemy.NEWS If children are taught to be kind and compassionate then they can teach the world ‘what it isto live with humanity. A seven-year-old boy from Boise Idaho in the US, Ben Miller one day accompanied his grandmother to an animal shelter at the Idaho Humane Society. In fact, his family has been inspiring him to be kind and Supportive towards everyone since the very beginning. When Ben went to visit the animal shelter with his grandmother, he felt that all the animals were sad . He asked his grandmother why the animals looked sad, to which his grandmother replied that perhaps the animals eed something more to be happy. Ben also noticed that none of the animals had any toy to play with, and so he decided that whatever time he gets after returning from school , he will eam money by selling lemonade and will donate it to the animal welfare. Within days of setting the lemonade stall, he started earning well. Ben's mother helped him to also create an event on Facebook, due te which people from far and wide started joining him and after coming to know about his noble cause, people started sending him money without even buying lemonade. Within a week, Ben collected $1,150 and donated it to the animal shelter, he also donated all his toys Three years passed since. Ben has been donating hundreds of dollars by selling lemonade. He is now nine years old. When his noble act was being discussed in newspapers, TV and radio, people from far of places started coming to meet him. Ben says that he will continue selling lemonade and never stop doing charity. . His good work is appreciated by his school, teachers and friends. Ben's mother says that she is proud of her kind son and now she is also convinced that giving good values to children makes them compassionate and noble. m Sulena Majumdar Arora 14 © LOTPOPDIGIDAWEDITIGNE}Facts Trains are essential part of our life. The first train in India ran thirty four kilometers from Bori Bunder (Bombay), to Thane on 16 April 1853 and was nationalized in 1951. It is well known that Indian Railway is considered to be the fourth largest railway in the world, which carries 8.4 billion passengers and 1212.3 million tonnes of freight every year. In such a situation, for our convenience, Indian Railways has made many types of symbols in railway tracks, stations and trains, which are useful for railway workers, loco pilots, railway employees: for their safety measures, danger zone identification and many other types of easy signs, rules and regulations. Similar insignia are the different colored stripes besides the doors and windows of the train coaches, some of which are yellow and white, some are red, blue and some are grey and green. There are many types of coaches in Indian Railways trains, one of which is ICF coach. Whenever we travel in Blue ICF coaches, we see that some of these coaches are marked with yellow white stripes. These yellow white stripes are made on the rear end of the windows and doors of the second class, un- reserved or general coaches. Whenever a train arrives at a railway station. passengers do not face any problem in identifying the reserved compartments or such coaches, but there is confusion in identifying the unreserved or general coaches, so they are colored in white and yellow stripes. Apart from this, the red and blue thick stripes that are seen in some coaches, indicate that disabled or sick passengers are traveling in this compartment. If any passenger suddenly falls ill while traveling in the train, he or she too can shift in this coach and take rest during the journey. When you see green stripes in the gray colored compartment of a train, then you know that this coach is only for women, althoughitis mostly seen in the auto closing door EMUs of Western Railway, Mumbai Rail coaches with red stripes indicate that these are first class coaches, a common sight on Western Railway in Mumbai. Thus, with these different colored stripes, passengers can easily identify the coach they wantto travel. Why do have different colored stripes? 1m Sulena Majumdar Arora 15 _ © LOTPOPDIGIPAWEDITIGNCraft ae | HOW TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS If you make artificial flowers, you do not have to pluck fresh flowers from the branches. They would not wither and would remain looking beautiful for long durations. Such flowers can be crafted out of tissue, ribbon or cloth. Material Required 3 sheets of tissue paper of the same color, Scissors, Ruler and, Pencil , Pipe cleaner , Tape — Green color 1. Cut tissue paper in a rectangular shape. . Use scissors to get a rectangular tissue piece of the size 30. cm. X 7.5m. 2. Draw lines on the rectangle. First draw line using ruler and pencil starting from the lower part of the rectangle. From one upper corner draw a diagonal joining the otherline 3. Cut along the diagonal. The smaller part of the tissue paper is surplus. It can be removed. 4, Make a Jhalar Cut above the upper line. Cut as far as the line across the tissue paper. 5, Put the stem. Using a tape, join the upper part of the pipe cleaner to the smaller part, of the tissue paper. 6. Wrap tissue paper around the stem. 7 Paste the edges of the tissue paper all around the stem, Use transparent tape. 8. On the upper part of the stem and the lower part of the flower paste the flower tape. 9, Pull the tissue paper tacks (~ I \ away from the center. The carnation flower would be complete. 16 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Rl, An ant is going ahead with a straw in its mouth. Even engineers are dismayed at a unique quality of the ants. They can lift weights that are many times heavier than their own body weight. The Ohio State University Engineers wanted to know more about this unique quality. They obtained a number of micro CT scan of the ants. There after they used X-rays to duplicate the ants highlighting the different parts of their body. Thy also tried to understand how the various body parts functioned while the ants lifted weights. ‘And how much effort the ants had tomake. The ant’sneckis one of the most important parts, of its body. Itis with this that the antis able to lift, weights. There are tissues in the neck that connect the head and the lower part of the neck ina manner like we interlock the fingers of our hands .One of the persons who studied the behavior of ants has said , “ This interlocking is important for effective functioning of the neck joint .. The tissues are soft while the rest of the ant's body is hard. This combination of hard and YJ “ soft makes the joint very strong. This unique design helps the ants in carrying weights many times more than their own body weight. Engineers believe that they could copy the design of the ant's neck to create better robots The Crocodile's Jaws The bite of a crocodile is most severe as compared to that of any other living creature. For example the crocodiles that live in salty waters near Australia have bite that is three times stronger than that of a tiger or lion. Besides a severe bite, the crocodile has the unique capacity of sensing the presence of even the smallest objects in its vicinity. Even humans cannot match this capacity of the crocodiles in this respect. The outer skin of the crocodile is very hard. How does it sense the presence of objectsin its vicinity? The crocodile has a large number of nerves in its jaws which help it in sensing the presence of objects. Dunken Leech who has done a research on the jaws of the crocodile says that the crocodile has a number of nerves protruding out of is head These provide safety to other nerves and also enable the crocodile to sense the presence of objects in its vicinity.. These nerves also help it to identify as to whether or not the object in its mouth is edible or trash. Itis because of this sensitivity that mother crocodile can keep her new borns in her mouth without causing them any harm, The crocodiles jaw is really unique. It enables the crocodile to have a strong bitgandalso sense objectsin itsvicinity,NEWS Prakash Nayak’, the tribal communities are able to continue their livelihood and also there is no harm tothe environment. The medicinal gum extracted from various trees are used to make variety of medicines and health related substances. Tribal communities from Chattisgarh jungles extracts the gum from these trees and sells the product. The extracting process is such that after the rainy season, the trunks of these trees are peeled and snagged to collect the gum cozing out of it drop by drop, and this process goes on till the next rainy season. Apart from these tribals, the gum mafia also harm the trees by using different types of chemicals and due to the incisions, and chemicals, the tree starts getting sick, and dries upina few years .To overcome this problem and save these valuable trees, Dr. RK Prajapati, professor Scientist of Indira Gandhi Agriculture Department and Amit Prakash Nayak, research student, have discovered such a biological technique that in spite of extracting gum from trees they remain healthy and there is no harm to the environment and production of gums. While experimenting on this process, Dr Prajapali and research student Amit made several holes with carpentry tools on sal and jhingan trees in Devipur forest of Balodabazar district, and after extracting gum for fifteen days, injected Ethefoam chemical into the trunk of the trees in the right quantity and filled the tree trunk wounds with soil, which ina short time made the trees healthy again.and sowithout harming the environment, the gum extracting process continued. Thus due to the sussecful research efforts of Dr. RK Prajapati, and Amit 18_© LOTPOPDIGIPAWEDITIGNE}NEWS m Sulena Majumdar Arora SCuRIPAL S os Happiness Reserves foundation (HRF) is a national platform to promote Science, Technology and Robotics in India. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Vijay Nehra, (Secretary Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, in the presence of Mr. Vishal Chiripal, (Chairman and Promoter of HRF, Chiripal Group, Science City, Ahmedabad).The function was also attended by Mr. HC Modi, Executive Director, Science City and Mr. Rajiv Vastupal, CMD, Rajiv Petrochemicals Ltd. During this, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between WSRO and Gujarat Council of Science City, which mainly includes workshops and competitions at Gujarat Science City Campus in Ahmedabad. More than 80 teams, 300 contestants, 100 coaches, 30 startups from across the country participated in the event which witnessed a variety of challenges like Young Scientist Challenge, Line Following Challenge, Quirky Pick, Place Challenge, and Entrepreneur Challenge. Startup exhibition, robotics workshop and technical sessions were also organized during the event. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Vijay Nehra, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat said, “A country that invests in knowledge becomes more progressive in future. Science City is the dream and vision of our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. We are going to spend over Rs 2,000 crore in the next five years to make it the largest science center in the world. In the next five years, there will be eight new Regional Science Centers in all the major cities of the state. The first such center is going to be inaugurated at Patan on Gujarat Foundation Day.” Vishal Chiripal, Director and Promoter, Happiness Reserve Foundation (HRF), said, “Progressive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (Al), Robotics, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things have expanded STEM education across the globe. That's why we aim to vigorously pursue STEM education and give every student a chance to show his talents. We have trained over 6,000 students in STEM and Robotics and want to give them ‘equal opportunities and successful careers init. Allthe winners of the competition were awarded in the presence of Shri HC Modi and Shri Vishal Chiripal 19 © LOTPOPDIGIPAWEDITION S|My God Be merciful and get us some rains. | shall offer Samosa for Prasad. If some one W could get rains, | would offer any prize that may be asked for. a Grant us some rains. | shall offer Halwa with dry fruits as “Come dear clouds - Come over our heads and give us rain, @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Oh yes my friend. Samosa and Halwa for any one thing asked for who gets rain. if some one But where to find such a magician Ihave twenty We are in mood years experience of for jokes. Be sure or getting rain out of else we rain you season with blows 22 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Let us have You mean you rain and you get can get rain here mouth full of right now Samosas. Come on Fast You chant the mantra, “Come rain -Come rain “with your eyes closed. Do not open your eyes or else the mantra will lose its affect. We shall not open our eyes. You get rain 23. @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Do not open your eyes. There will be rain soon Come rain Come rain Come rain.. Come rain 24 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51A Nhat great fun The rain water is warm but so what. It is rain all the same. And also have this Have these piping hot Samosas 25 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Thad asked you to water the plants. How come the tank is empty. ly Whatis my % pipe doing on Motu Patlu’s roof. Why there is so much water outside. ?. This is why it was warm. You So it was cheated us not rain but water from Jhatka's tank 26 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Hold on. You ate our Samosas and Halwa. And made a How funny. You fool of us. were so happy while having a rain water bath. What difference does it make if the water is from the clouds or the tank? Boo... Hoo-. 27 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Mahatma Gautam Buddha was traveling along with his disciples. One of the disciples Ananda asked the Master, “We are all perpetually in a state of conflict within ourselves. Tell us the way to get Peace of Mind.” The Master smiled and said, “I shall certainly tell you the way to Peace of Mind. Forthe present! am very thirsty and would like you to get me some water to drink.” Peace of Mind Ananda went out in search of some source of water. He did find a pond but a number of bullock carts had just crossed it. The water in the pond was very dirty and obviously unfit for drinking. Ananda came back to the Master and told him all about the muddy water. Buddha asked him to and get the water from the same pond. Ananda followed the Master's instructions but came back 28 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51empty handed as the water in the pond was still very dirty. “I shall try to find some other source” Ananda told the Master. But before he could leave, Buddha called him back and said, “You need not go for any other source, Just go to the same pond.” Ananda followed the Master's orders. Surprisingly the water in the pond was clean this time. All the mud and trash that, had come to the top had settled down by now. Ananda filled his jug and brought clean water to the Master. Gautam Buddha said, “Ananda, here is the answerto your question” The disciples could not make out what Buddha had tried to convey. So Buddha explained to them in the following words. “Everyday happenings around us agitate our minds the way bullock carts had made the pond water muddy. All we need to dois to have patience and wait till the agitated mind settles down. If we do that, we shall attain Peace of Mind just as you were able to get clean water from the same pond which at one time had seemed muddy.” The disciples had got the Master's message and accepted it with a bow in reverence. ‘@ If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond yourhopes. © Dream big and dare tofeit ith will one can do anything, We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, each guided by a private of which there is no duplicate. The llgates, all opportunities. When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, tllit seems you could not hang on a minute longer, never give Up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide willturn, 29 @ LOTPOT DIGITABEDING ~One day an expert on Time Management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration that students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers, he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide mouthed Mason jar and setit on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is the jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes." Then he said, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks. Then he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time the class was on to him. “Probably not," one of them answered. Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is the jar full?" No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good!" Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raisedhis hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things int!" No," the speaker replied, "That’s not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in atall. What are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? “Your children... Your loved ones... Your education... Your dreams... A worthy cause... Teaching or mentoring others.. Doing things that you love... Time for yourself... Your health... Your significant other." "Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all. If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the sand) then you'll fill your life with little things to worry about that don’t really matter, and you'll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff (the big rocks) So, tonight or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the ‘big rocks’ in my life? Then, put those in your jarfirst." 31 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Red Fort is one of the prominent historical monuments in Delhi. It was in the year 1638 that Mughal Emperor Shahjahan started the project to build the city Shahjahanbad along with the Red Fort. It took ten years for the Fort to be ready. The Red Ford is on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites. It i known as Red Fort since it had been built from Red sand stone. Some people believe that it was actually built by Prithviraj Chauhan andlater forcibly taken away by the Mughal emperor. However there is no credible historical evidence to support this belief. The boundary wall of the Fort has two openings. One of themis the Lahori Gate and the other is known as Delhi Gate. The main entrance to the Fort is through the Lahori Gate. There is a row of shops inside the mai entrance. As one exits the Bazar, there is wide open space. A road at one time divided the fort into two * distinct parts—the ie military and the civil residences: The road ends at Delhi Gate. Shahjahan had shifted the capital from Agra to Delhi and Shajahanbad was the newly built capital of the Mughal kingdom during the medieval period of Indian history. Within the Fort there is the Dewane Aam or the place where the ordinary people would get audience. The emperor used to sit on a special throne (Takhte Taus) The courtiers used to assemble at Dewane Khas. Formerly the walls had embedded jewels but now the ceiling has been replace by awooden roof. A trench surrounds the boundary wall and at one time was filled with water from the river Yamuna.Lotpot Diamonds Aryabhatta is among the best known Mathematician and Astronomers of ancient India. His contribution to these disciplines is still a source of great inspiration to modern scholars. He was the first one to have used Algebra. His treatise Aryabhati was written in verse. It is one of the most talked about work of Aryabhatta. The information contained in this book mostly relates to Astronomy and Trigonometry. . There are 33 rules related to Arithmetic, Algebra and Trigonometry. We are well familiar with facts that Earth is spherical and rotates on its axis. Rotation causes day and night. Copernicus had stated this in the Middle ‘Ages but few people are aware that these facts had been discovered and stated by Aryabhatta a thousand year earlier. He had even stated that the circumference of earth is around 24835 miles. He had disproved the Hindu mythological beliefs about Solar and Lunar eclipses. He had even stated that Moon does not have its ‘own light but shines with the reflected light of the Sun. He corrected the length of the solar year from 366 days to 365.2951 days. In his book Aryabhati, he has stated his place of birth at Kusumpur and his date of birth in Shak Samvat 398(476). The exact place of hi birth however remains disputed, According to some others, his place of birth was Ashmak region in Maharashtra and that he came to Kusumpur for higher studies. He even stayed at Kusumpur for some time. 33 0 Mathematicians of Ancient India ARYABHATTA According to Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, Kusumpur is identified as Patliputra (modern day Patna). It was here that Nalanda functioned as a university for higher learning. It is possible that Aryabhatta lived there during the reign of Gupta kings whose rule is termed as the Golden period of ancient Indian history. . The findings of Aryabhatta had a great influence on development of Mathematical thought. The Aryabhati verses include 120 principles related to Astronomy and related mathematical calculations. LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Once two robbers planned @| ore to rob people at a lonely place by the river side Thave hit upon ‘a unique idea . Inflate a rubber crocodile , scare people and then rob them _ After inflation it has come up as a big fat crocodile Long live my son . Now There come [-—— two persons . In one shot we shall be able to recover the cost of the rubber crocodile, 34 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51The bag is fl of currency Atthe same tne , Shalhchil was notes . What great fun without agun or apistol.. . The robbers Tobbed and ran away He was stunned to see the crocodile's mouth protruding from the bush Let me What is this pluck it . long fruit along with the spherical As Sheikhchilli pulled its tail , the inside the inflated cork pulled out and the air crocodile hissed out 35 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51We are looking from the front and some ‘one is approaching from the That very time the police Inspector a /* Thank God th and the ‘beat constable arrived on is no Sheikhchilli the scene around to deprive us of credit for having hauled je were on up the robbers We the look out for these robbers. 36 @ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51Obesity is a disease Any weight gain after the age of 18 years in females and 20 years in males is obesity unless proved otherwise. Also any weight gain after the age of 35 years andafter the age of 50 years is considered obesity. Obesity is a disease and should be tackled under the supervision of doctors. Obesity can be managed either by eating low refined carbohydrates, low fat and or low calories diet. Exercise alone without dietary modification usually fails. The need for surgery in obesity arises only if the lifestyle and medical management fail. A 10% weight reduction can reduce the need of anti-BP medicines by 50% and anti-diabetes drugs by upto 40% It is possible to get rid of such diseases in some cases merely by 4 FQ weight reduction. Weight reduction can also reduce the severity | of snoring. Obese people have higher incidence of blood pressure, snoring, osteoarthritis and cancer. o,NEWS ™ Sulena Majumdar Arora The Indian community in Berlin was waiting for our Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hotel Adlon Kempinski and as soon as Modi ji reached there during the first leg of his three- day Europe tour, the faces of all the diaspora lit up and they ail welcomed Modi ji by cheering slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Vande Mataram’ and ‘Modi hai to mumkin hai’. Here are the highlights of what Modi ji said while greeting everyone with a smile. Modi ji said, "It is my good fortune that | got the opportunity to meet mother Bharati's children in Germany today. | was very surprised that it is so cold here but even then, many small children are there at 4:30 in the morning. This love and blessings of yours is a great strength to me. The twenty first century is very important for us Indians. Today's India is moving ahead with firm mind and determination, and when the mind of a country is firm , then that country walks on new paths and shows it by achieving desired destinations. Today's aspirational and young India wants the development of the country. This year we are celebrating 75th year of independence. | am the first Prime Minister of the country who was born in independent India. When we all will celebrate the hundredth year of our independence, that time our country will be at a great height. With that goal in mind, today India is moving forward with strength and speed. We are transforming the country by reforming, A country progresses, when the countrymen lead its development and decide its direction. New India no longer just thinks of a secure future, but also takes risks, innovates. Around 2014, there used to be only 200-400 startups in our country, today there are more than 68,000 startups, dozens of unicoms. In this thitd decade of the twenty first century, India is going global. During the Corona period, India has saved many lives by sending medicines to more than 150 countries. There is a huge shortage of wheat in the world today, in such a situation, the farmers of India are coming forward to feed the world. Whenever humanity faces crisis, India comes up with a solution. This is New India, this is the power of New India. Now whenever someone sends one rupee fo someone, it reaches his account safely. 38_@ LOTPOPDIGIPAWEDITIGNNEWS 1m Sulena Majumdar Arora When we visit a garden or a forest, we feel that all the trees and plants are standing alone, but recent research has shown that underneath the ground, these trees are just the opposite of what they look like above. They have a vast world of their own beneath the ground where they spread their roots far and wide and secretly talk, shake hands, trade with each other and make plans to destroy the enemy trees and plants nearby . In fact, they do this through a network of underground fungi (and bacteria (called the Wood Wide Web) that grow in and around their roots. While this fungus nourishes the plants, they get sugar in return. Through this network system, they support their new generation and kill the enemies. According to scientists, this underground social complex of trees and plants, plug in with fungal networks, goes very deep and share their resources with each other. The adult tree keeps the fungal network healthy by supplying sugar to the seedlings. Trees that are sick or dying, hand over their food resources to this network so that neighboring trees can use it. If the trees and plants face any danger, they make their defense system alert by transmitting chemical signals far and wide by the fungi wrapped around their roots. But just as there are many bad aspects of the internet in the human world, in the same way there are many negative points of wood Wide Web Net too For example, orchids, hack this net system, and steal the resources from surrounding trees and plants. . Trees and plants of many other species, such as the black walnut, destroy their rival trees by spreading toxic chemicals through these networks. Scientists are still investigating the mysterious super- ‘organism world of trees and plants under the ground in which we walk. 39_ © LOTPOPDIGIDAWEDITIGNS}NEWS 1m Sulena Majumdar Arora Who does not recognize the mountain man of Bihar, Dashrath Manjhi? The man with his persistence and hard work of twenty-two years, carved a path through a mountain using a chisel and hammer . Now the 79-year-old Lama Tsultrim Chonjor, a resident of Ladakh, did something similar. Everyone in the Zanskar Valley knows him as 'Meme Chonjor’. Which means Grandfather Chonjor. From his childhood, Tsultrim Chonjor observed that after independence, all the roads of the country were connected with each other but the Zanskar valley could not connect with any road, due to Which people had to travel on inaccessible mountains to bring household items. In the year 2000, when the Border Road Organization (BRO) prepared a project to connect Padum at Zanskar with Kallum district of Himachal Pradesh, the whole village was very happy with Tsultrim Chonjor but unfortunately the work had to be stopped because there was a 38 km high hillock, blocking the way. When the road was not built till 2014, Tsultrim Chonjor decided that he Would cut the hill with his own tools and make way, for the administration to complete their work, So one day the old man sold all his land and property and collected 87 lakh rupees, from which he bought many types of machines, vehicles and along with some laborers got ready to break the 38 kilometer hil. Seeing his hard work, dedication and philanthropy nature, the local administration also helped him. Some people gave him their horses and in this way Tsultrim Chonjor finally made a way by cutting the hillock . Now people started going to Himachal Pradesh through short cuts comfortably. Seeing the tireless effort of ‘Tsultrim Chonjor, BRO constructed 140 km of paved road connecting Padum to Darcha in Himachal Pradesh. Now that road from Padum leads to Neemu village in Leh and it has also been widened. All this was possible only because of 79-year-old Tsultrim Chonjor, who sold everything and worked hard for years. in minus 30 degree temperature and built the road by cutting the hillock. In recognition of this ‘successful effort of Tsultrim Chonjor, he was also honored with the Padma Shri award. ay 40_@ LOTPODDIGIMALIEDITIGN S|a : ipuzzielron 3NEWS m Sulena Majumdar Arora Today the whole world is troubled by landfill of plastic waste. 160 years ago no one even knew anything about this substance, but after plastic started being molded by humans in the modern era, the whole world came under the grip of this new material and today the condition is such that plastic like air pollution, has become a threat to human beings, animals and the environment because plastic is a material that once made, it takes six hundred years to decompose. Although many types of plastic are recycled, but such plastics that cannot be re used has become a curse for our earth. From sea to river, drains, sewage, gutters all swell due to plastic bome choke ups and create flood situation. For years, scientists around the world were looking for ways to deal with this problem, and now a protein has been invented that can crush the plastic and make it reusable. It is called Pac-Man protein. It's enzymes convert those PET (polyethylene terephthalate) substances into tiny fragments of chemicals that can be reassembled. Itis expected from this invention that they can promote recycling ona large scale and more and more industries can recover and reuse plastic. products at the molecular level. In this regard, Hal Alper, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who is working ‘on this new technology, says that many industries can take advantage of this progressive recycling process. Today, twelve percent of all the waste in the world is polythene terephthalate, ie, PET plastic, which are strings made up of molecules, like ‘any common plastic . More emphasis has been placed on how these enzymes can run efficiently at low temperatures so that they can be portable and economical. 42_@ LOTPODDIGIMALIEDITIGN S|Child actor Swarali Kamath is making her film debut in the upcoming film "Gypsy" Out of 200 girls, Swarali has been selected for the role and the film Gypsy was launched with @ mahurat released in une. Yash Manohar Sanas is producing "Gypsy’ in collaboration with Bolpat Creations through his production company Yash Sanas Films. Shashi Chandrakant Khandare is making his directorial debut after fulfiling various responsibilities like Clap Boy, Assistant Director for more than 25 films so far. At Shri Sadguru Shankar Maharaj Samadhi Math Dhankawadi Pune, the muhurat of the upcoming movie 'Gypsy' was performed by the corporator Rajendra Aba Shilimkar. Senior journalist, Shankar SO Maharai's servant Nanasaheb Naidu, aaa social worker Srinivas (Bhaiyasaheb} Aseven- to eight-year-old child actor was Nigde, writer-director Shashi Chandrakant — wanted for the lead role in Gypsy. But she Khandare, producer Yash Manohar also needed to have other skills besides Sanas, executive producer Mangesh acting. Accordingly, the profiles of two Bhimraj Jondhale, manager Vijay Maske, hundred girls were initially checked. The sound designer Vikas Khandare, child audition was held in Pune. Seventy-eight child artiste Swarali Kamathe were present. artists came to audition. There was also ‘Swarali Kamathe who could fit the role in it. Swarali, who lives in Jejuri, is studying in the third grade. Swarali is an expert in dance. She also learns Taekwondo, Parkover and Gymnastics. For this, she travels daily from Jejuri to Pune with her mother. So, there is no doubt that the role of a gypsy will take four months due to the extremely hardworking tone. The poster for the movie Gypsy was recently launched on social media. The shooting of the film will also start soon. ‘= Jyothi Venkatesh 43@ LOTPOT DIGITAL EDITION 51KIDS ZONE If books transport us to a world of imagination, animated films let us kick back, relax, and enjoy dreams first-hand. When you combine the gifts of these two mediums, you almost always get masterpieces. Indeed, DreamWorks, Pixar and several other studios have worked wonders with animated adaptations of books and made characters come out of the pages larger-than-life! Amping up that excitement, we present you a list of 5 amazing Hollywood animated movies based on books. The Bad Guys: DreamWorks Animation is bringing an exciting slapstick crime comedy titled ‘The Bad Guys’. Adapted from the eponymous book series by NYT bestselling author Aaron Blabey, the film is about a group of meanies such as a wolf, snake, piranha, shark and a tarantula wreaking havoc in the city. But the tables turn when gang leader Mr Wolf suddenly thinks of turning good, for good! . Will the others follow him? Find outas the movie hits the Indian theatres on 20th May. 401 Dalmatians: This 1961 box office success by Disney was based on the equally famous book The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. The film is ahead of its time in terms of animation. It has given kids one of the most loathsome villains in Cruella De Vil, who kidnap a litter of Dalmatian Puppies for a fur farm and have Pongo and Missis after her to save their family, If you love Disney films, you can'tmiss this one. 44 © LOTPODDIGIMALIEDITIGN S|Alice in Wonderland: This Disney adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’ promises some magnificent visuals and most importantly, stellar performances by Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp. The film narrates how a misadventure down a rabbit hole tags Alice along fantastic encounters. Watch itif you are a fan of the book! Tarzan: Another Disney flick, this 1999 title is adapted from a series of adventure novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Reigning over as the “Lord of the Jungle”, the film shows Tarzan go through a whirlwind of adventure, romance and realisation about his humanity when he is forced to choose between civilization and the jungle. The film carries weight by giving a rare glimpse into death and trauma amongst wildlife and is one of the reasons why it's relevant to older audience as much asit's fascinating for children How to Train Your Dragon: This film is touted as one of DreamWorks’ best animated flicks ever! The film is based on the children’s novel series by British author Cressida Cowell, this film shows the bond between a Viking boy and a dragon caught in the crossfires of eliminating each other as arch-enemy species. Lauded for ridding the plot off cliches, this film was followed with two sequels and should be on your to-watch list 45_@ LOTPODDIGIMALIEDITIGN S|Exclusively on