One morning, the children walked into the library and found something very strange. Mrs. Meera, their kind librarian, was gone! In her place stood a tall silver robot with blinking blue eyes and a smooth, polite voice. “Good morning, readers,” said the robot. “I am L.I.B.R.A. — the Library Intelligence Bot for Reading Assistance.” At …
When I took up Library science as a profession, I had envisioned a calm and serene atmosphere where students sit quietly and read and I have to only help them choose books. My vision of my job was a quiet room full of students where I would hush the students occasionally and get on with …
For over a decade, I’ve been engaged in a brutal, one-sided war -against mornings. Every January, I bravely declare, “This is the year I’ll become an early riser!” And every February, I hit snooze with the accuracy of a trained assassin. It always starts the same way. I read one of those “5 AM Club” …
Parenting is a skill that gets fine-tuned with your child’s growth. It is a test of mutual development and understanding. I am Vedavalli Rengarajan, mother of Raghav Krishna Seshadri Sumanth (Grade 11) and Madhav Krishna Seshadri Sumanth (Grade 8) When our children are in the playful age of Pre-KG and kindergarten, we yearn for the …
Tring tring… call from extension 101! The familiar voice of Mr. Ahamed rings out, “Ma’am is calling you!” I get up from my seat and stride (well, cautiously tiptoe) toward the door of the Principal & Director — little did I know, it was the start of the most exhilarating ride of my career. They …
They say life is a canvas and every twist, every turn, every blessing and every challenge is a brushstroke by the great artist above. Try telling that to a not-so-little DIP site who suddenly finds their parent not just at home, but at school too. Let me explain. Rewind a couple of years … Life, …
Libraries are supposed to be quiet places — a place so silent, that you could even hear a pin drop. But our Primary Library is a different story altogether. It’s chaos, but a happy kind of chaos — where kids can discuss everything under the sun (literally) With two classes often visiting together, our ears …
