SS Vishak

I usually open my mailbox whenever I sit and aimlessly scroll down. 4 days ago I was doing that when I saw this... I had been attending this online physics course for two months(thanks to Geetha mam who had informed!) . Prof.H.C.Verma is well known for his books on concepts of physics. He and IIT-Kanpur together had announced an eight-week programme for all, mainly for UG,PG physics students and teachers and to interested high school students. I just thought we can see and learn 3 vid per week so 24 vids and enrolled. Then came quizzes and certificate criteria. The topics were of Electricity, Optics,Waves and Mechanics. When I checked the criteria , it came : excellent for 80-100%, good for 60-80%, satisfactory for all rest who got below that or just watched vids(whoa!). And then I got my certificate.. I had got Good..I was happy that I attended it. I learnt a lot of new concepts. It was knowledge that mattered to me always. But still I never expected this Bonus... SSV ...

I was just searching google by "S.S.Vishak" to see my blog in the results...but suddenly I saw an article in The Hindu, by the name "Fresh Idea"...,soon found out that it was my article which I wrote in 7th std for some short story on environmental issues.... FEATURES »  YOUNG WORLD Published: August 13, 2013 19:17 IST | Updated: August 13, 2013 19:43 IST   August 13, 2013 Fresh idea Samar, Salim and Samuel are close friends. They were doing a class project on the topic ‘environment’. But they were out of ideas. They decided to go out as they thought that it would give them some fresh ideas. The three of them went to a beautiful park, but a sight bothered them. A man was cutting a tree. They walked over to the man and Samuel asked, “Why are you cutting this tree?” “This is my job,” the man replied. “Trees give us oxygen, food, shade and shelter,” Salim said. “Trees help in timely rainfall and maintain the carbon dioxide and oxyge...