The Teenager Today Magazine - August 2023

In this issue

Carlos Alcaraz: Is He Starting A New Era? / 5 Friendship Hacks / See The Able, Not The Label / Kavya / A Cup Of Happy / Heroes Of Our Armed Forces / Friendship: A Bond That Shapes Our Lives / Vaikom Vijayalakshmi: A Virtuoso Musician / Friendship Makes The World Go Round / Weekend Therapy / Karate: An Art And Self-Defence Discipline / Jay Kataria: Teen Entrepreneur And Innovator / Better Together / A Tail Of Friendship: Inspiring Lessons From Dogs / Jimmy Wales: Founder Of The World’s Largest Repository Of Knowledge / Film Review: Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny / Angel Of Vrindavan / Bob's Banter, Mind Games and more!

CARLOS ALCARAZ Is he starting a new era?

When a nineteen-year-old Spaniard won the U.S. Open in 2022, he created a furore in the tennis world; the youngest to do so since Pete Sampras in 1990. However, till date it remains the only Grand Slam title that he has ever won, but with superlative performances in other tennis tournaments around the world, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia found the favour of both, the Association of Tennis Professionals as well as the World Tennis Association, as the World No. 1 in singles.

3 mins

5 FRIENDSHIP HACKS

Did you know that friendships make you live a longer life? By \"being a good friend\", you become kind, compassionate, understanding and adaptable.

4 mins

KAVYA

Actor-singer-songwriter, Kavya Trehan, better known as Kavya, is a multi-hyphenate star who pursues everything that inspires her. The talented Delhiite gets a kick out of playing singer, songwriter, model and actor. Kavya creates an unprecedented sound that is a mix of R&B, indie pop and electronic music, experimental, lo fi.

4 mins

A Cup of Happy

Mornings are the most special time of the day. For me, mornings are about a lot of diverse sounds that merge together to liven us up. The sound of a steaming cup of tea/coffee, pages of a newspaper being turned (for the ones who are still old school), chirping of birds, alarm clocks ringing endlessly on snooze, school buses honking at the gate, children and adults rushing to their destinations and many more.

3 mins

Heroes of Our Armed Forces

This Independence Day, let's honour the heroes who sacrificed their lives so that we could be safe. Regrettably, we often take them for granted. Instead, we put glib politicians, who do not mean what they say, on a pedestal.

2 mins

Friendship A BOND THAT SHAPES OUR LIVES

Friendship is an extraordinary gift that has the power to shape our lives in profound ways. From our earliest memories to the challenges we face as adults, friendship plays a strong and influential role in who we are and how we navigate life’s ups and downs.

2 mins

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi - The Virtuoso Musician

Disability is not an obstacle to success, proves singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi.

2 mins

Weekend Therapy

Embrace Joy and Fulfilment on Your Days of Rest

3 mins

KARATE: An Art and Self-Defence Discipline

Origin and History - Among the various existing martial arts, karate is the most widely practised. It is said to have been developed in Japan and evolved as a means of self-defence during Okinawa’s occupation by Japan. The Japanese had banned the carrying of weapons and anyone found with a weapon was put to death. The locals had no option but to train their bodies until they became lethal weapons of self-defense.

4 mins

JAY KATARIYA: Teen Entrepreneur and Innovator

RASHI PAJWANI catches up with a 17-year-old business entrepreneur driven towards innovation - Jay Katariya. His non-profit start-up, MindCord, is all set to educate the masses, especially the underprivileged, about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and the finance and business sector.

4 mins

BETTER TOGETHER

August is the month of celebrating friendships. You and your friends may have made plans to spend the day together, and some may have even bought friendship bands, too! Did you know that the concept of friendship bands dates back to the Stone Age when hunters and gatherers would exchange handmade rings to symbolize a strong connection?

3 mins

A Tail of Friendship

Inspiring Lessons from Dogs

2 mins

Jimmy Wales - Founder of the World's Largest Repository of Knowledge

Whenever you click on a Wikipedia page to find some information, you have Jimmy Donal Wales to thank! He is the founder of Wikipedia, a free Internet-based knowledge bank which operates under an open-source management style. It is the fifth most popular website in the world behind Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Facebook, and ahead of Amazon, Apple and eBay.

2 mins

Angel of Vrindavan

Laxmi Gautam was moved by the plight of widows in the holy city of Mathura. The heads of young widows were shaven and they had to wear only white saris for the rest of their lives.

2 mins

Gadget: Forget All Your Passwords... Password Pocket Will Remember Them For You

Atlancube's Password Pocket is a small, Bluetooth-powered device that securely stores your passwords. Passwords entered into its paired app get stored on the device, and then erased from the app.

1 min

Tip: 'Blend' your musical tastes with friends on Spotify

Spotify Blend lets you create a shared playlist of music that you and your friends listen to.

1 min

App Appeal: Grammarly - Grammar keyboard

Grammarly's Al-powered writing assistant suggests spelling, grammar and punctuation changes in real time to help you write emails and social media posts clearly and confidently.

1 min

Internet: Android robot EveR 6 conducts South Korea's national orchestra

EveR 6, a 5'10\" tall Android robot, took to the conductor's podium to guide musicians of the National Orchestra of Korea.

1 min

Octopuses may be capable of dreaming

A study suggests that octopus sleep is similar to that of humans — and they may even dream. Like humans, the sea creatures transition between two sleep stages — a quiet stage and an active stage.

1 min

NASA recycles 98% of astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have attained a 98% water restoration rate by recycling their urine and sweat.

1 min

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