My thoughts

Thinking of the first half of this year, The time was so fun and full of cheer, The first few days of shivering cold, Wandering on the streets like a bold, First day at ESSCA and the tour of the city, Making friends from every country, Those difficult but amazing names, And the suspense of the escape games, Walking up the hill to Elizabeth tower, And cooking for our Nation’s honour, Morrisons mondays and the ruin nights, Pre-drinks was foremost of the rites, Awesome mates and the birthday bash, Yummy langos and the paprikash, The weekend trips and the break in spring, The lively street and the church bells ring, The castle, bridge and beautiful river, And the wonderful fair of the easter, The city’s lovely weather sunny, And those incredible moments funny, I feel those lovely days were best, I miss that place called Budapest. - Tanmayi Oak

              Nature, an important part of our lives but often neglected and cruelly destroyed by humans for their selfish motives. Today with increasing concrete jungle Mumbai, a dream of many, has lost most of its forests. It is said that a part of Mumbai from dadar onwards towards virar was a forest even in 1947, when India got its independence. We got the freedom and the forests in India started losing it. Increase in population led to construction of more houses resulting in deforestation. After all the deforestation today Mumbai is left with a small patch of green area which is called Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).            With about 102 sq. Km. area SGNP is one of it's kind because of its location. Also it is home to many different and uncommon species of flora and fauna. I think it is a different world all together. The monent you enter the national park the fragrance of the trees ...