Witty Scribble

“You guys have started to pick up some interesting topics lately”, commented Shikhar in our college whatsapp group in response to our last blog post on how lizards manage to cling and move on walls. While the post, due to obvious reason of being about lizards, made few of our readers go ‘eww’, Shikhar and few others found it really enlightening. While we were thanking Shikhar for his kind words, he asked a question. “Is the spider’s web really as strong as they show in the spiderman movies?”. Well, I told him, that I will find that out for you. And here I am, fulfilling my promise. Spider webs are a common sight around us. Small webs made by spiders near the corners of walls and ceilings. These webs are multipurpose device created by spiders sometimes to protect their bodies and eggs, but primarily to catch their prey. However, there are few species of spiders who do not built webs at all or catch prey using other methods as well. Spiders (along with few other insects and la

'Is the box heavy? Should I get it down?', asked my brother Kushagra, with a wry smile. Though younger, he was well built while I was the slender, skeletal one. For good reason, I was given a nickname 'Hanger'; t-shirts just hung down on me. Well that was when I was in 5th standard. I wish someone could call me 'Hanger' today. 'Don't try to be a hero. Will give you a choke-slam, then only will you understand my power. Let mom & dad go, we will have the WWF fight and I will show you who is the boss', standing on a stool, I looked down at Kushagra, my eyes sharp gazing into his with raze.  'We will see bro, first you try to get the carton down'.  'Ok. Be quiet. Let me do my work'. Standing on stool, as I pulled the carton from the attic surface, I felt something slithering on my hands. A loud scream followed when I realized that a lizard had jumped out of the carton, onto my hands, and was moving so smoothly towards my

Swapna Burman , a name that was hardly heard of a week ago, is a popular household name now and a name that means national pride, and a story of fighting against circumstances to achieve success. Manjit Singh, Jinson Johnson, Neeraj Chopra, Arpinder Singh are few among many more such champions who have inspiring stories of success despite adverse circumstances. That’s what sports do best, bring out the real-life champions, who not only excel at their discipline of sport but also are great fighter and exhibit exemplary perseverance when conditions and circumstances do not favor them. All they need is a stage to express themselves while the world watches. The 18 th edition of Asian games provided that stage and revealed a new generation of Indian sports-persons, who are the new generation role models. As I write this, the closing ceremony of the Asian games is about to commence, and India for sure will be a proud contingent. Asian games , the quadrennial multi-sport event