अंजन मुनि अपने आश्रम में अनेक शिष्यों को शिक्षा देते थे। एक दिन वह अपने शिष्यों से बोले, “आज मैं तुम्हें बताऊंगा कि खुशी आसानी से किस तरह मिल सकती है?” सभी शिष्य बोले, “गुरुजी, जल्दी बताइए।” मुनि शिष्यों को एक कमरे में ले गए। वहां ढेर सारी एक जैसी पतंगें रखी हुई थीं। मुनि शिष्यों से बोले, “इन पतंगों …

चार मुख्य दिशा, चार उप-दिशा एवं ऊर्ध्व-अधवरा दो दिशा मिलकर कुल दस दिशाएं होती हैं। सूर्योदय को पूर्व दिशा और सूर्यास्त को पश्चिम दिशा कल्पित करके आठ अन्य दिशाएं निश्चित की गई हैं। प्रात: संध्या में देवकार्य, यज्ञकार्य, आचमन और प्राणायाम के लिए पूर्व दिशा की तरफ मुंह रखा जाता है जबकि सायं संध्या में देव कार्य तथा पुण्य कार्य …

Harry, the happy Hermit Crab, Was looking for a home, And so each day as on the beach Young Harry used to roam. He hunted for cozy house That might have been to let Somewhere to keep him safe and warm, Out of the cold and wet. One day he found a big whelk shell- The way in lay open …

∼ Porter G., Hilda Offen, Pradera, Esme Eve, Alan Jesset, Richard Hooke

Vinegar Volcano – Things Reqiured: Red Food Color, Vinegar, 2 Small Plastic or Glass Bottles, Funnel, Bicarbonate of Soda (Bicarb), Large Colored Plate, Sand, Glue (Fevicol), Colored Paper, Pencil, Scissors, Sticky Tape. Fizzy Gas Everything is made of chemicals. And all chemicals are made of tiny particles called atoms. During a chemical reaction, one group of atoms are shuffled and …

The Redskin Chief – This is a lovely costume that should not be beyond any boy’s powers to make. First of all, let us start on the head dress. Make the headband of still linen, 4 in. wide and folded over in two, and ironed down the centre, with a strip of ¼ in. elastic tacked on the inside. The …

The Tambourine – Whilst on the subject of drums it would be interesting to show how that attractive but rather noisy tambourine can be made. Get one of those cardboard cores that are inside rolls of linoleum and have this cut down to about 2 in. in depth. Sandpaper the edges so that they are quite smooth and gently round …

Tin Can Rattle – This useful and certainly very noisy rattle can be made from an old fruit tin, a piece of wood and something round to create the noise. It is very simple form of rattle but can be most effective in use.This is how it is made. Get a round tin and thoroughly clean this and cut off …

Trick Caricature Face – How would you like to make hundreds of caricatures of a face without possessing any artistic ability of any kind? Few have this gift or talent for caricaturing but with the help of the little trick chain face, you will be able to form the oddest and most extraordinary expressions on an entirely self-made head. You …

The Marionette Figure – Marionettes have been giving us pleasure for centuries. Those quaint little figures are full of life and realism and can be so very entertaining. The figures can, of course, be bought from shops but they are extremely expensive. Why not make the skeleton of a marionette figure, so that you can dress this up to suit …