Star Trek: The Future of Mankind?

'Star Trek' used to be a TV series in the 1960's, 1990's and the early 20th century. Recently 3 movies were made based on the 1960 episodes. It is based in 24th century Earth and talks about the voyages of the starship 'Enterprise', the flagship of the 'United Federation of Planets' formed by the humans.

It's mission is to seek out new life forms, discover new planets and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has ever gone before.

The Enterprise

Way ahead in the 24th century, Star Trek depicted Earth in utopia, where there were no wars and the planet lived as one in harmony. The technological capabilities of the humans were tremendous: an artificial force field surrounded Earth, starships that could warp the spacetime continuum and weapons that could destroy a planet.

Are humans progressing fast enough to reach that stage in 300 years? Now that is a question that everyone can ponder over.

One thing is certain, whether or not Star Trek is the future of mankind, that Earth is yet a dream, but what a dream!

2 Books You Must Read to Keep You Engrossed on a Summer Afternoon

Experiencing terrible boredom on a hot summer? Shed your worries as these 2 books/series will turn your bore into a blast!

1. 'The Young Samurai', written by Chris Bradford:

All voracious adventure/action readers, this one's for you! Packed with scenes of courage, adventure and action, this is my all-time favourite series. The series is based in the early 17th century in Japan. The principal character of the story is Jack, a 12 year old boy from England.

His father, the captain of the ship sailing to Japan, was just about to drop anchor, when they were attacked by a clan of ninja-pirates, led by the infamous ninja 'Dragon Eye' who instills fear in the hearts of all. Excepting Jack, none of the crew members survived. Jack was rescued by the legendary samurai sword master, Masamoto Takeshi, and learns Japanese from a Portuguese scholar.

This is only a small part of the true magnanimity of the story and hence it is my favourite.

2. 'The Hobbit', written by J.R.R. Tolkien (prelude to the 'Lord of the Rings'):

Now this, is what I call 'A flawless and timeless masterpiece'. And 'The Times' indubitably agrees. Readers of Classics, this book will truly blow you away, if you haven't already. This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.

Bilbo Baggins, the star of the story, is a hobbit, that is, an unusually tiny fictional creature. Like all other hobbits of the Shire, Bilbo enjoys a quiet and unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his comfortable hobbit hole. Just when he couldn't be more contented, all of a sudden, the wizard Gandalf, and a party of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on an adventure, 'There and Back Again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug, a humongous and menacing dragon. What this story tells, can never be retold. Such is the lucidity of Tolkien's language. It is this which places it among my most celebrated books.

Don't forget to send your feedback for the books once you've read them!

My Trip to Hong Kong

On 25th December, midnight, My family and friend left on a trip for Hong Kong. It was a wonderful place, with an amazing culture and well developed infrastructure. I recommend everyone to visit this place, because of its tall skyscrapers, amazing people and fascinating history. We visited 3 places in Hong Kong - Lantau Island: the island where Disneyland is located, Macau: where we spent the days at the Venetian, and Kowloon:the city area of Hong Kong.

Universal Explorers - 2 - The Alien Invasion

Alex and Drake had just spotted an alien mothership arriving at Earth, with a red flag held up, indicating war. This piece of information was announced to the world. Everybody stayed at home looking tensed. Meanwhile, Alex and Drake were assigned the task of hacking into the alien mothership, to find out their exact destination.

My Trip To Ooty

On 21 October 2015, my family and I left for a 3 day trip for Ooty, also called Udhagamandalam. It was a wonderful place, with nature showing its beauty. We stayed in a hotel called Taj Savoy, which was very action-packed. We enjoyed our trip very much.

The Universal Explorers - 1

Volume 1

Alex and Drake had just finished building their 'wrist watch' teleporter. They were sitting on easy chairs and were thinking of exploring the universe - And so Alex said - "Why don't we explore 55 Cancri f? Time for adventure."

The Universal Explorers

Prologue

Alex and Drake were crazy chemists, physicists, astronauts and astronomers trying to invent a universal teleporter in their lab. They had been working on it for months and were finally able to build something. Their idea of a teleporter was a wrist watch! Pretty crazy isn't it? This is the prologue to the volume and tells you how they manage to build it and why they wanted to use it? The next volumes talk about how they used their teleporter.

Palindrome Finder

Hey guys! Need some help in finding out if a word is a palindrome or want to find the reverse of the word? Easy! Just check out this program I have written on Scratch. Scratch is a programming language that even kids can use. It was built by some students from MIT - One of the top universities in the world.

My Trip To Sikkim

On the afternoon of 16 May, I along with my family left for Kolkata to meet my grandmother. We were going to spend a day there and then leave for Sikkim by train from Sealdah Station along with both my grandmothers. One of my grandmothers had come from Chennai to go with us on our 11 day journey. 

The Big Fight - A Scratch Project

An image of the game I made

How To Play

• Press '1' for the 'Saber Spin' attack, press '2' for the 'Saber Throw' attack and press '3' for the 'Force Attack' attack.
• Press the 'up' arrow key to jump.
• Press the 'side' arrow keys to move left or right.

All the best!!!

The Magic Cards Game - A Scratch Project

The Magic Cards Game

Play the game below

How I Would Try To Make The World A Better Place

When I grow up, I would become scientist and an inventor. My first step of making the world a better place would be making a device that would be able to travel nearly as fast as light itself.

What Will It Be Like A 100 Years Later?

Have you ever imagined what it might be a 100 years later?
The moon will be the most popular shopping place
And people will be spending their summer vacations on Mars
Or even Pluto.

My Amazing Adventure Through The Supermassive Black Hole

The spacecraft launched itself into the air and escaped the Earth's gravity within no time. I was the commander of  this superfast spacecraft of 2050. Soon, we landed on Mars.We were on a cosmic treasure hunt of finding life in the universe.

My Trip To Italy/Italia

During my summer vacations my family and I planned a trip to Italy on May the eighth. It was a 12 day trip and we went to 4 different cities. These are Venice, Florence, Sorrento and Rome. I am now going to tell you about our trip.

My 10th Birthday at Bheemeshwari Nature And Adventure Camp

I celebrated my 10th birthday at Bheemeshwari Nature and Adventure Camp with my family and friends. It was a beautiful area. We got up early and left for the camp. We stopped at Radha Hotel to have our breakfast and then continued our journey. When we reached, we played a warm up game in which we were divided into 3 teams. There were 3 rings on the ground. In each ring, there were many balls, about the same in each ring. Whichever team got the maximum balls from other rings into their ring in the end was the winner. We were allowed to take only 1 ball at a time. We played 2 rounds of this game.

The Desert Rally Race

Desert Rally Race Game

My Participation In The Vodafone Cycling Marathon

It was a Sunday morning. My father and I were taking part in the Vodafone Cycling Marathon 2014 , Bangalore. I was so excited. When we reached, we had to wait for our turn to race as we were doing the 10 km race and when we reached the 60 km race was just getting over. Then finally, our turn came. I was more excited than ever! But in the race, after we finished about eight and a half km, The policemen stopped us from going any further because they had blocked the traffic for too long.Even though we could not finish our race fully, I did have a good time. Bangalore is also planning to do this regularly now. This makes me feel happier.

What I Want To Become When I Grow Up

When I grow up I want to become a great and famous scientist like Albert Einstein. When I am like him, I want to build a spaceship that will be suitable for deep space travel.

My Trip To Malpe, Udupi And Manipal

On 25 December early in the morning, we left for Udupi with our friends and family.Our meeting point was at Taj Vivanta.Unfortunately, when we met one of our friend's car got stuck in a ditch and it took about 8 to 10 people to push it out. Finally, we got the car out and we began our journey.We stayed in Udupi for 3 days.