An Unforgettable Wordsmith - A Teacher's Day special write-up by Funlishian Aishi Das of grade

SDG Story Writing Contest : SDGs by Meerab Butt, Bloomfield Hall School, Pakistan

A civilization rides on the shoulders of its youth force. And when the question is of existence or sustenance of the planet as a whole, the children and the youth of the entire world need to come together, think together and act together to make that possible. Let us read what some of them have to say to us through their stories on SDGs, ponder on what they are trying to say, act accordingly and try and change our ways of life. Perhaps this is the only way we can ensure that human civilization is not wiped out of the face of this Earth .

Wonders of Water - A poem by Ishaan Biswas, Grade IX, Funlish Language School

To the transparent water; O’ you nature’s daughter, How are you so calm, so cold? How do you grab the world ahold? Why are you so kind, to show the way to the blind? How are you so noble? Why do you even care for the smallest cobble? O’ the guardian of life, You are why we are alive. Why do you still love us, when we create a fuss? Thus you are our precious mother, you forgive us albeit we inflict disasters one after another. Thus is our oath to your kindness, we shall always be righteous. Hence we shall conserve every loch, for our succeeding flock.

Shubho Sharodiya : A short story by Tirtha Chakraborty

“… And the memories bring back, memories bring back you…Here's to the ones that we got Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not… ” . It’s 6:33pm. The alarm has been ringing for three minutes now. Nans came out of the kitchen, her yellow apron stained red from the raspberries and hands covered in flour. “Coming!!! I’m busy!”, she screamed at the phone with a snarl. Dismissing the alarm, she quickly switched to the YouTube app and hurried to the kitchen to attend to her pies after turning on Birendra Krishna Bhadra ‘s 'Mahisasurmardini' . The dimly lit two-bedroom flat in the Charles street of Boston kept echoing the charm of “ আশ্বিনের শারদপ্রাতে বেজে উঠেছে আলোক মঞ্জীর…. ” for the next thirty one minutes, while the air kept spreading the smell of raspberry pie to the entire neighbourhood. The picture is quite the contrary in 2A/3, Ballygunge Park, Ballygunge, Kolkata 700019. No one has a moment to sit back. After the ear...

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