Fancy some fungi embroidery Come monsoon, we find them suddenly making their appearance like artistes on a stage! There are small ones and big ones, soft ones and hard ones, thin ones and fat ones, ones that resemble sticks and those that resemble stars, ones that look like nests with eggs and ones that look like webs.
The Insect Detectives! Rani, must you wave that book about as if it were the Indian national flag on Republic Day? said Mrs. Murthy angrily. Please settle down and let us get on with the lesson.
The PEEPAL TREE friends! The day's work was done and now, the long awaited hour had come ---- a time to dream and then drift off to sleep. It was a beautiful moonlit night and the sky was a clear, star studded one.
CARNATION POSTCARDS Carnations are like painted post cards from heavenwith their double borders and frilled pink and white, red and white and even plain white petals. But did you know that they are edible too and can be put into our salads, omelettes, puddings and other desserts?
Match me if you can! For those of us who consider any form of hunting as immoral, the idea of mounting a stuffed head in ones drawing room, is totally repugnant. Yet the aim of every rich hunter is to bring back souvenir trophies of impressive animal parts in remembrance of their adventurous jungle holiday.
The State government has proposed a ban on the use of cellphones by schoolchildren saying that it would affect their mental and physical growth. Is the government move justified? We invite our readers to express their opinion in 100 words. Responses may be sent to Deccan Herald, No 75, M G Road, Bangalore - 560001 or e-mail: editordh@deccanherald.co.in latest by 2 pm on Saturday. A selection of responses will be published in Sunday’s edition.
