Nik's Musings

  Diwali is an Indian festival that Hindus all over the world celebrate. Diwali is also known as the festival of lights. It is celebrated in Northern India to remember the day in which Lord Rama returned to his kingdom in Ayodhya, after defeating the demon king Ravan . In Southern India it is celebrated as Lord Krishna defeating the demon Narakasura.     In this year it is celebrated on 24th October. Diwali is celebrated in 5 days. These days for this year are -  Day 1: Dhanteras - October 22. Day 2: Chhoti Diwali — October 23. Day 3: Diwali — October 24. Day 4: Govardhan Puja — October 25. Day 5: Bhai Dooj -October 26. On Diwali, it is a tradition to light firecrackers, chakra, rockets etc. On the day of Diwali we decorate our homes with lights and Rangoli. Rangoli is any art made with flowers, powder, etc.                           ...

A haiku is a poem that consists of 3 lines which follows the syllabic pattern of 5 - 7 - 5.   FYI - A syllable is the  sound of the vowel. Example of haiku - Winter is so cold, While summer is pretty hot, As spring has a breeze.

What is solar system? Solar system is made up of our star - the Sun, eight planets and countless smaller bodies. The eight planets are: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mercury Mercury is the first planet from the sun.    One day on Mercury is 59 earth days.   Mercury has no satellite. Venus One day on Venus is 243 Earth days. Venus makes a complete orbit around the sun in 225 Earth days. Venus has long days and short years.       Earth Earth has short days and long years. One day on earth is 24 hours. Earth has its on satellite called Moon.           Mars One day on mars is 24 hours 40 minutes. Mars has two moons- Phobos and Deimos. Mars has shorter days and longer years.         Jupiter One day on Jupiter is 10 hours. Jupiter has more than 75 moons Jupiter completes one orbit around the Sun in 4333 Earth days. Saturn Saturn has shorter days and long years. Saturn has 7 glorious ...

  The roman numerals are made of 7 basic symbols I - 1                                                               V- 5 X - 10 L - 50 C - 100 D - 500 M - 1000     These are roman numerals from 1 -30 I -1               XI - 11            XXI- 21 II - 2             XII - 12          XXII - 22 III - 3            XIII - 13        XXIII - 23 IV - 4      ...

Today I am sharing a speech delivered by Nelson Mandela which I prepared for my declamation at school. I learned that a good declamation must always start with a good quote.   Do not judge me by my successes judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again Said by the great south African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela   It is only through disciplined mass action that our victory can be assured. We call on our white compatriots to join us in the shaping of a new South Africa. The freedom movement is a political home for you too. We call on the international community to continue the campaign to isolate the apartheid regime. Our march to freedom is irreversible we must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters role in a united,democratic and known racial South Africa is the only way to peace and racial harmony. ` I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of democr...