Anika Choudhary

A new character for my upcoming book, 'Ballu: The Brother of Lord Krishna'!! I can't wait for the book to be published. 

Nature is a very interesting and mysterious thing. The sky can be a beautiful blue one minute and the next minute it can be full of grey and black clouds spitting out lightning bolts and rain. Nature always finds a way to balance the Earth. A simple thing like a tree can be very interesting. And a flower can have more colors than a paint palette. 

Book report   Book: Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse   Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse is a fiction book written by Rick Riordan in the year 2007. This story begins in Westover Hall in the state of Maine in the U.S.A. A satyr named Grover Underwood gives a distress call to his half- blood friends Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Thalia Grace because he found two more half-bloods named Bianca di Angelo and Nico di Angelo in Westover Hall. While trying to save the two half-bloods, Annabeth and Artemis get caught by the evil titan Atlas and his evil friends. So, a search party consisting of 5 people is formed to search for them, but according to the oracle of Delphi, 2 people of the search party will die. Although, two people died from the search party, the rest still fought with their entire might, defeated Atlas and saved Artemis and Annabeth. This book is a very interesting fiction book packed with action and ...

In India, Varanasi (or Benaras) is famous for its paan and silk. But today, I am going to be talking about paan. Paan is not food, but it is actually a kind of Indian mouth freshner popular in Vietnam, Thailand, Phillipines and India. Paan is made by putting various fillings such as candied fruits, cardamom, roasted coconut etc. in a betel leaf. The leaf is then rolled up and chilled before serving. A person who makes paan is called a paanwalaa.

This path looks very beautiful yet mysterious to me. I think it's very interesting how nature can be so breathtaking, no?  Fun fact about trees: There are more than 60,000 types of trees worldwide.

There are 37+ varieties of lotus and it is the national flower of India. Did you know that lotus is one of the most recognisable symbol of Buddhism meaning the enlightenment. A bloomed lotus symbolises enlightened mind amidst the sufferings of the world. The Tibetan mantra goes: "OM MANI PADME HUM" The lotus also arises from the navel cord of Vishnu from which Lord Brahma originated. The lotus symbolises purity, enlightenment, rebirth and self-regeneration.

This is a statue of Gautam Buddha taken in Sarnath, Varanasi. Gautam Buddha is also known as Buddha (his real name was Siddhartha Gautama). He was born to Suddhodana and Maya in Lumbini Province, Nepal. Although he was born a prince, destiny lead him to become an ascetic. He had attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, India under the Mahabodhi tree in Bihar, India and still stands to this day.