Although a child’s academic performance is of extreme importance, extracurricular activities are vital in the all-round development of a child. Unlike earlier when some schools may have given less importance to
co-curricular activities, schools are now offering a wide range—from sports, arts and crafts, cooking, and play recitals to singing, hiking, and even meditation. Our cover this week features three students—Jasmine Clark, Aftab Pasha, and Samruddhi Sathe, who talk about what interests them.
Our Feature story stresses the importance of extracurricular activities in going a long way towards complementing academic achievement with character building, aesthetic sense, and practical skills.
Mind & Body this week zeroes in on fitness trends, and in the immediate future help you shed the flab you may have put on during recent festive binges. Turn to the Bold & Beautiful section where Dr Padmavathi Surapaneni tells us about a new face-job technique that takes away years from your face, and painlessly and non-surgically at that!