www.theglobaltimes.inAIS GURUGRAM 46 | EDITION 1MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020

No of coronaAs Sanitation Band Comes To Rescue

As you readthis newsletter,I hope you doso, in goodhealth, from thesafety of yourhomes. Theseare indeed chal-lenging times,as humanitystands face

front with challenges not witnessed incenturies. But no matter how great thechallenge, survival has always been in-stinctive for the human race.As the pandemic looms over us, ourhealthcare,sanitation, hospitality andITprofessionals, soldiers, and essen-tialservices maintenance staff are put-ting up a strong fight, all in a bid tosurvive. While these corona warriorslead the battle from the front, ouryoung students too are doing their biton the sidelines. This GT QuarantineSpecial e-newsletter by AIS Gurugram46, is testimony to their war againstCOVID-19, as they spread positivitythrough the medium of words. While students in every branch ofAmity are coming out with their owne-edition, there is one story that runscommon in all. It is the story of coronawarriors. These stories brought to youby our young GT reporters feature ini-tiative of teens who have emerged astrue corona warriors. As you read this newsletter, I hope youare inspired to spread positivity, and bea corona warrior.G T

Corona warriors

Saanvi Vaish, AIS Pushp Vihar, XII C

COVID-19 is perhaps the greatest su-pervillain humanity has ever seen. Asthe virus set out on a rampage to destroythe world, there are superheroes who are puttingtheir best foot forward to save the world.But while these superheroes fight thepandemic, they need all the help theycan get, and to aid their burden, ShivamMukherjee, a student of Class IX D atAmity International School, Pushp Vihar, hasinvented a sanitisation band titled ABHAY.“This pandemic has brought our world to astandstill and we don’t know when this will end,which is why it was important for me to do mypart in helping the world,”says Shivam whenasked about the motivation behind ABHAY.“One day as I was watching the news, I saw thedoctors wearing hazmat suits. It made me won-der how tough the situation must be for them. Iwanted to do something to help them,” shares theyoung changemaker. This desire to help the medics is what lead tothe birth of ABHAY. A Hindi word, translatingto ‘no fear’, the band aims at supporting themedics to battle the disease without fear ofcontracting the same. It is a simple band that can be worn around thewrist. Equipped with an inbuilt proximitysensor and UV light, it can sense whenthe wearer’s hand is near an object andautomatically disinfect the object foryou via UV light and alcoholic spray.Extremely wearable, the band iscomputer-controlled and can beoperated via an app. Furthermore, it is refillable – whenthe alcoholic spray is nearlyempty, a reminder is sentyour mobile for a refill.”But every invention goes throughits fair share of roadblocks, and so

did this sanitization band. “Due to the lockdown,it was very difficult for me to transform the ideaan actual product. Initially, acquiring the partsneeded to make the band was a struggle but myschool delivered all those to me at my doorstepfrom the school’s ATL lab,” he recalls, whenasked about the challenges he face. “I can’t thankour school Chairperson, principal and my familyenough for all the support they had to offer,” he adds.While the band seems promising, its true poten-tial can be realised only once it hits the market.But there seems to be a little time before thathappens. “I’m currently in the testing stages,but I am sure the band will pass with flyingcolours. After the relaxation of the lock-down starting April 20th, I am planningto approach the officials and hopefullymake ABHAY reach the ones in need.”In a world guided by fear, there are war-riors like Shivam, who are not only thefuture leaders of tomorrow, but are alsothe shining hope of today. Here’s toABHAY scaring away all our fears!G T

CORONA WARRIORSPandemics know no boundaries, and neither dowarriors who battle them. This special series,running across Quarantine editions of all Amityschools, is an ode to those fighters. Highlightingstories of young change makers from within andoutside Amity, this special series has beencurated by young reporters across variousAmity branches.

Dr Amita ChauhanChairperson

Vanalika MainiAIS Gurugram 46, XI A

After a lot of sniffingaround, my investiga-tion determines thatthe humans are hibernating. Idon’t understand why they’vemade this decision right after theend of winter, but humans areodd creatures. How did I find out? A little birdietold me, quite literally. One ofmy pigeon friends mentioned inour morning chat in the balconythat she hadn’t seen more thanfive humans on the street the pastday. I wouldn’t have been muchbothered, since she’s lazy andsnooze a lot, but the parrot who

lives in the big tree told me thesame thing. To make sure thatthey weren’t pulling my leg, I putmy paws up on the railing to seefor myself. Was this real? therewasn’t a human in sight! Personally, I am loving this hi-bernation. My humans are busypeople and sometimes I don’t seethem for weeks on end (theneighbour’s cat says that I have atendency to over exaggerate, buthe cannot be trusted, as he is acat), but for the past three weeksor so, they’ve hardly left thehouse and have been spending alot of time with me. I had a grandtime racing the little humanaround the house yesterday. Eventhe moody human (a “teen”, asthey’re called) has been giving

me plenty of belly rubs. All in all,this situation is pretty great.One thing I do not like, though,is the fact that no one is takingme for walks. I’m a dog! Walksare important to me. I understandthat humans are hibernating andall, but come on! The only inter-esting scent, I’ve smelt in thepast few weeks were the socksthat Dad Human left on the cof-fee table yesterday. I need moreinteresting smells and sights andsquirrels to chase. Well, something ‘interesting’ didhappen. A few days ago, all ofmy humans started searching thehouse for pots and pans. Like anyrational person, I concluded thatthey were getting these utensilsto cook me a delicious meal. Ifollowed them to the balconythinking, this is a weird place to

cook a sumptuous dish.What I got was not chicken, butmy humans banging the pots andpans together. I always knewthey were kind of weird, but hadthey finally lost their minds? Suddenly, all the humans livingaround us started making noise,too! The sound was making metoo excited so the humans sentme back inside. I have no idea how long theyplan to hibernate for. Maybe Ishould try and examine the situ-ation a bit more, since my inves-tigation skills are top-notch.Maybe, I’ll finally figure out whythey’re hibernating. Well, the in-vestigation can wait till tomor-row and can be done later, as DadHuman is giving me belly rubsso I must take a nap and dream offried chicken. G T

Let’s Delve Into Their Furry Befuddled Thoughts

A pet dog’s quarantine

Graphic: Suyash Mittal, AIS Gur 46, XI C

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The lockdown concertThe Enchanting Magic Of Music In Tragic Times

Tanush GuhaAIS Gur 46, XI J

“One good thing about music,when it hits you, you feel nopain”

Music is one of the besthealers and enablersknown to mankind,and nothing proves it better thanthe aforementioned quote by oneof the greatest and timelessmusicians, Bob Marley. Thislockdown did deprive us of allthe materialistic things that wechase after otherwise, butfortuitously, it couldn’t snatchaway the gift of music. Amidstthe billions of mp3 files andSpotify, here we bring youtickets to the most extraordinarytri-partite event of all times. So,spread the word and gatheraround(inside your homes) aswe present to you: TheLockdown Concert!

Act I:- An orchestraunparalleled

We begin our months-longendeavour with a never-seen-before metallic orchestra ofeveryday utensils, backed by all

the fireworks one can dream of.PM Modi announced a nationalcall for solidarity in the form oftaalis and (symbolic banging)thaalis. Later on, he announcedpeople to light diyas. Little didhe know, he had just provided alit matchstick to our desi musicaficionados and firecracker-lovers. The (two day) splitdisplay embodied the Indianjugaadu vibe and brought peopleto a concert right to theirbalconies, all whileencompassing the loud andbrashy style of the band-baaja-baaraat. A symphony toeveryone’s ears, indeed!

Act II: An onomatopoeicinterlude

Whew! What an opening act

indeed. But I guess everyone’sears would be pleading for alighter song selection to act as areliever, right? For that, I needyou all to take off yourheadphones and tear your eyesaway from your smartphone fora while. If pots, pans and cling-clangs aren’t for you, there’sanother variety of soundtrackspresent at your home,completely to yourconvenience. Just perk up yourears to your surroundings. Thewhirring of your fans, theticking of your grandfatherclock, the flip-flop of – well –your flip-flops, the pitter-patterof water from taps(Close it!Water shortage is still a threat!),the internal sound of youchewing on some snack, your

parents shouting at you to stopbinge watching Netflix –the listis almost endless. Ah! That’scalming, isn’t it?

Act III: An online musimaniaTime to fulfil our promise andbring you to the infinite end ofthis lockdown concert – aformat of enjoyment which thissocial-distancing period hasonly popularised. Bringingforth the final act ‘onlineconcerts’. With all of us stillstuck to our phones, ourfavourite artists flocked toInstagram and Twitch, so thatthe party could rage on. As wesaw singers, bands and recordlabels live-streaming tracksfrom their own homes andreleasing fresh new music forall the suffering audiophiles toenjoy, it seems like life neverpaused even with a globalpandemic in our ways.

And thus, we come to the end ofthe event with a beautiful quotefrom Keith Richards – “Musicis a language that doesn’t speakin particular words. It speaks inemotions, and if it’s in thebones, it’s in the bones.”

Vyakhya Gupta, AIS Gurugram 46, XI

All of us have read and watched aboutsuperheroes saving the world fromvillains. Be it the Avengers againstThanos or Harry Potter against Voldemort,each one of us has been brought up to believewhere there is a villain, there is a hero. Butwhat if the villain is invisible? How will thehero save the world when there is no one toblame? This is the situation we find ourselvesin right now in the midst of the COVID19pandemic. Yet, there are unsung heroes doingtheir best to contribute what they can:

The healthcare industry: They are the onesstepping out of their homes to save others’lives. Wearing layers of protection of masksand suits; the doctors, nurses, ambulance driv-ers, hospital staff-they test, diagnose and treatnot only those infected with the virus, but alsoother emergency cases. These heroes are risk-ing their lives for us.

Sanitation workers: We all may be proud ofourselves for managing to keep our housesclean in the absence of the domestic helpers.But there are people who are still working tokeep the country clean such as garbage dis-posal workers who collect the trash everydayin order to prevent the spread of other danger-ous diseases.

Military forces and the police: They aredoing their best to protect the country, moni-toring crime and ensuring that the lockdownfunctions efficiently. The military is defendingthe borders, and keeping a vigilant eye for anycase of the virus among themselves. Wherewould we be if they stopped working? Amidstchaos for sure.

Essential services: In this overwhelming cri-sis, essential services such as banks are stillfunctioning (with skeletal staff) to ensure weall have access to money. Grocers, though fac-

ing massive crowds and hoarders are keepingup with the demand, and delivery executiveshave become the need of the hour.

Little actions help: There are some everydayheroes who are doing all they can to help oth-ers. Be it families giving away free toiletpaper to anyone in need, helping out the eld-erly with food and other supplies, or peoplesetting hand sanitizers in random publicplaces- all of them can’t not be called heroes.

Social media: For every piece of false ru-mour, there are five others ready to contradictit. People from all over the world are connect-

ing in this global problem, and urging othersto stop the spread. YouTubers and bloggers are making videos telling us to stayinside. Anyone helping spread awareness and opposing misinformation is no less than a superhero.

All of you who are staying home: Yes, youtoo are saving the world from this pandemic,if you are at home. By not going out, you’rebreaking the chain of virus and not letting it spread. By abiding the lockdownguidelines, you’re showing your will to fight against COVID-19 and somehow becoming a superhero. G T

You Don’t Need A Cape To Do Good #RealHeroes

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Vanalika Maini, AIS Gur 46, XI A On the 12th day of quarantine I got just those many things I had 12 hours of peaceful sleep 11 rounds of Ludo making me weep 10 packets of favourite chips 9 organised drawers by my sharp wits I even cleaned 8 cupboards 7 sanitizers to protect my herd 6 articles for GT well-written

Watched 5 shows, until the very end Company of 4 great books 3 face masks for my looks. G T

Shubham Kumar, AIS Gur 46, X G The world only wanted peace For all the clamour to cease Now, I can hear the birds chirp Sounds like nature is conversing Now, we are beset with the virus And indoors, we must stay Locked in, we need to find the key And blow the cobwebs away Social distancing hit us hard Lives are in danger, time is dark Not an excuse, but a wakeup call Let mother nature heal us all

We know mistakes were made Now, let us join together to aid The heroes in the frontlines Whom we won’t ever forsake. G T

School away from school

The Coronavirus chronicles

A quarantine carol Avyaan Talwar, AIS Gur 46, IV F

Hurray! Vacations were getting over Reopening of school was getting closer New class and teachers were waiting And the thought of it was pulsating Suddenly, Corona came with a bang And spread everywhere like a gang With its rise, the schools were closed And we were asked to stay indoors Staying at home was not at all fun I was missing school a million ton Then, I heard about a unique plan Drafted by the teachers of Amity clan Soon, the online classes begin for us My room became the new classroom Thanks to our school for working hard In order to bring our curriculum at par I feel blessed to have great teachers As their support shall make us shine Now, it is our responsibility and turn To show sincere commitment in return.

Avyaan Talwar, AIS Gur 46, IV F Corona arrives with a big fear Shaking the lives of many Seeing people struggle everyday Gives everybody sheer dismay But don’t lose strength and hope Together we can surely cope Wash your hands after coughing Stay indoors to avoid its spreading Greet people with a wave or a bow Meetings and crowd, please disallow Thank the doctors and front-line people Whose duties have now become tripled Have faith in God, don’t panic at all These precautions will help us all. G T

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