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THE REVOLT FARMER AND THE C E L E B R AT E D P A I N T E R
OF 1857 APPLE TREE JAMINI ROY
FOLKTALE
The Farmer
and the
Apple Tree
Once there lived a farmer in a village. He had a
big garden which was full of trees, plants and
beautiful flowers. There was also a huge, old
apple tree in the garden. The tree was very old
and had stopped bearing fruit long ago. The
tree, however, was of great use as it served as a
home to all the sparrows, squirrels and
grasshoppers in the neighbourhood.
The farmer gradually felt that that the tree was
useless, and one day, he decided to cut the tree
down. He also wanted to get some new
furniture made. So he thought to himself that it
would be a great idea to use the wood of the
tree to make the furniture as the wood was very
strong and of good quality.
So the farmer took a big axe and started hitting
the tree with it.
The moment he struck the tree for the first time,
all the squirrels, sparrows and grasshoppers
immediately came out of the tree. They all
gathered around the man and started pleading,
“Please don’t cut this tree. This is our home.”
The farmer did not listen to them and
continued to hit the tree with his axe. The
creatures were desperate to protect the tree
and told him, “We will sing for you, when you
are toiling away in the afternoons. You will be
entertained and won’t feel tired.” But all their
requests were in vain, the farmer did not pay
any attention to them.
When the farmer was busy chopping the tree,
he suddenly noticed something shining in the
hollow of the tree. He went a little closer and
realised that it was a beehive full of honey. He
took a little and put it in his mouth, and the
taste of the freshly made honey made him
extremely happy. He smiled and said, “Umm,
this tastes amazing.”
The farmer finally realised that the tree was
after all not that useless. It was home to the
bees which made such lovely and sweet honey.
He thought that if he took away this honey, the
bees would make it once again. And the bees
would never leave such a comfortable
residence.
He threw away the axe and said to the other
creatures, “I would never cut this tree. You all
can have fun and live in peace now.”
The grasshoppers, sparrows and squirrels were
finally relieved and said, “Thank God that the
farmer found the beehive in the tree; else we
would have lost our home by now.” And they
continued living happily in the old apple tree.
Find the Ten Hidden Butterflies in the Picture

Silly Rhymes Slippery Slim

Slippery Slim, a bright green snake,

Leaned against a garden rake
And smiled a sentimental smile
At Tilly Toad, on the gravel pile,
Till that bashful miss was forced to hop
And hide her face in a carrot-top.

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 Those Who
Made a
Difference

Jamini Roy
Jamini Roy is an Indian painter, who was passionate about Indian folk art. Through the
course of his career, he moved away from the influences of European styles of art and
focussed on his Indian roots. He strived towards making his art accessible to the masses
and maintained a low price for his work.
He hailed from a rural village in Bengal called Bankura, an area which is especially rich
in the folk art tradition. His formal training at the Government School of Art in Calcutta
began in 1903 and his career went mostly unnoticed. After graduating, Roy’s paintings
employed the techniques of the Bengal which went unnoticed.
Jamini Roy also struggled with poverty during the time he was searching for his own
unique style, surviving on whatever odd-jobs he could find to pay for food. He finally
found his inspiration back in rural Bengal in the form of Kalighat Pat. In 1921 he began
a phase of experimentation with tribal art techniques and living folk subjects subjects.
His works show the influence of the Bengal School of art. He used bold, sweeping
strokes to later depict everyday rural life in Bengal. In the mid-30s, Roy shifted from
painting on canvas and moved to materials like cloth, mats and wood. He began to use
natural colours made from mud and flowers instead of European paints.
By the 1930’s Roy abandoned the canvas altogether and began making his own surfac-
es upon which he created his masterpieces. It was then that his stellar career took off
and continued well into the 1960’s. One of Jamini Roy’s motivation for creating art was
that he wanted art to be accessible to the middle class. His work began to gave Indian
art its a new identity because it approached the flat perspective common in folk art
with a modern perspective. It is celebrated by art lovers in India as well as Europe and
the rest of the world. Jamini Roy was presented with the Padma Shri in 1955 for his
work.

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 spot ten differences

Pondering
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram… all these are nothing but
different social networking websites. But what exactly is a

Corner
social network? Just like you interact with your friends
and family on a day to day basis, a social network is a plat-
form which allows you to send and accept information. It

Did Ants Invent

is a web of different interactions – both social as well as
personal.

the World's First

Recent research has shown that the concept of a social
network is not limited to us humans. Ants, through their

Social Network?
colonies, have exhibited social behaviour, a belief which
was earlier limited to humans. An ant colony is a series of
complex tunnels and chambers, shared together by the
colony. They use a system of chemical signals to commu-
nicate with each other. These pheromones are transferred
between ants using their antennae. By doing this, they
are sharing important information to help one another –
to sense food, protect themselves from predators or share
where they have previously been.
Through the passing on of pheromones, ants are able to
optimize the manner in which the colony functions. Ants
in search of food for the colony have information which
guides them in the right direction.
Tickle Q: Why can't humans catch diseases from anteaters?
A: Because they are filled with anty bodies.

your
funny Q: How many ants are needed

bone
to fill an apartment?
A: Tenants

Q: What do you call an

ant from overseas?
A: Important

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 stories from history

Revolt of 1857

During the British Raj, there was unrest and discontent amongst the people of
India. Soon, many rebellions followed in various parts of the country. There were
several causes which led to this. One of them being that the Hindu soldiers pro-
tested against the addition of Gurkha, Sikh and lower caste soldiers to their ranks.
Economic policies of the British had an adverse effect on the soldiers’ families
back home.
The use of animal grease on the cartridges of the newly introduced Enfield rifles
was the last straw. While loading the rifles, soldiers had to bite off the end of the
cartridges. It was made up of either pig or cow fat, which violated the religious
sentiments of the Muslim and Hindu soldiers.
In 1857, three regiments of the army refused to use the ammunition for the En-
field rifles. These men were disbanded. Then later another 85 soldiers disobeyed
orders to load their rifles. They were arrested. The rest of the soldiers mutinied
on May 19, 1857. These men marched on to Delhi and demanded that the last Mughal
Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, take over as the ruler of India and the head of the
rebels. Though he reluctantly agreed, the British defeated him and sent him into
exile in Burma, where he died in 1862.
This uprising came to be known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Revolt of of 1857.
Mangal Pandey is the most famous figure of this uprising who attacked the British
regiment. He was later arrested and hanged.

Soon after, another regiment revolted. Ninety thousand men from the Bengal Army
joined the mutiny. Initially the British suffered heavy casualties as they were
unable to respond to the uprising. After suffering major losses in Kanpur and Luc-
know, the British sought the help of the loyal Sikh and Gurkha forces. The British
with their help managed to ward off the army of rebels near Delhi.
In response to the mutiny, the British Parliament passed an act, abolishing the
East India Company. India became a crown colony to be governed by the British
Parliament directly. A British cabinet member, the Secretary of State for India, and
the Governor General looked after Indian affairs.
In the following year, the title of Viceroy was bestowed upon the Governor-Gen-
eral of India by Queen Victoria. She introduced a policy of ‘Divide and Rule’ which
prevented Indians from uniting to rebel against her. By implementing this, the Brit-
ish sought accommodations with Princes and landlords, in turn allowing them a
degree of freedom. This ensured their loyalty. The army was reorganized to avoid
further conspiracies.
The British turned their attention to commerce and development. The first step
was the building of a transport system to move imported British ready made
goods and to export Indian raw materials. Construction of the railroad and rail-
way stations began and many new towns came into existence just to transport
Indian resources to the markets. New roads were built, a new communications
system came into existence and a harbour was built in Bombay.

During this period the conditions of the poor worsened. Village artisans went
broke as a result of competition from English machine-made goods. Many were
forced into poverty with the destruction of the Indian craft industry. They were
forced to turn to tilling land for a living.
During the American Civil War, Indian agriculture shifted from foodstuffs to
cotton for supply to the English textile industry. This and a severe drought in the
1870s led to a terrible famine that spread throughout the country of India.
The anteater was out on the prowl, looking for a delicious anthill to eat
out of. He knew the area well and knew there was an abundance of ant-
hills over the side of the hill. And he was right! He hopped from one anthill
to the next, getting a delicious stomach full of treats each time. As he
stuck his tongue into the last hill, he left a sharp pinch on the tip of his

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Facts about Anteaters

Anteaters' tongues are covered in backward-facing spines and super-sticky saliva for
maximum bug collection.

Their paws have enormous, knife-like claws so sharp that the anteaters have to walk
on their knuckles to avoid stabbing themselves.

Giant anteaters average between six and eight feet long and can weigh up to 140
pounds. They can eat up to 30,000 ants a day.

They have no teeth. The bugs they eat travel down into the anteater’s stomach,
where super-strong muscles grind them up.
Which anteater
caught the Ant?

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 The Team

Editor Assistant and Copy Editor

Aryaa Naik Dalmiya Lavanya Khare

Content
Contributing Writers
Kaniz Fatima Khan Priyanka Garegat
Deepti Raavi Ekta Bhatnagar
Raunaq Amarnani Rituparna Chatterjee
Archana Rajagopal

Layout and Design

Walmik Pawar Artists
Kalpana Siromani Amol Padwal
Shailendra Havane
Sujith VS
Rohini Dusane
Bhavini Damani
Distribution

Sitanshu Bhartiya
Atul Wankhade
Digital Archana Rajagopal
Marketing Bharat Pillai
Dnyanesh Thombre Tushar Rokade

Prashant Kini
Shekhar Ramaiah
Creator
Jesh Krishna Murthy
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