Down the garden paths

Did you know our country is home to many beautifully laid gardens, some of which are hundreds of years old?

Did you know that Mumbai has its own Hanging Gardens? These are the terraced gardens on top of Malabar Hill also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens. Then there is the unusual Rock Gardens of Chandigarh. This crossword tells you about many more famous gardens in India. See how many of them you know about.

For a healthy you

How can one develop habits that help us live a good life? This video tells you all about it.

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Let the games begin

How many sport icons can you guess. Here’s a simple grid game designed just for you. Play it just like Sudoku

There are many categories of games. Here are six of them. All you need to do if play it like sudoku

PICDOKU:

This game features some Games. Can you place them in the grid correctly?

How to play:

A Picdoku is just like a Sudoku, but with pictures instead of numbers. Fill up the grid in such a way that each game appears only once in every row, column and 2*3 grid.

Quiz Whizz: October 12, 2024

A set of six questions for a Saturday quiz. How many of these can you answer correctly?

Wondering what to do over the weekend? Here’s a quiz to get you started.

Are we the same?

Don’t get fooled. These are not two identical images. Spot the differences between the two.

The garba and dandiya are representative of Dussehra. But these two pictures are not the same. Can you spot the 10 differences between them?

Be a part of the group

Troop, swarm, pod, gaggle … what are these words? They are collective nouns, used to describe a group of things, animals or people.

A collective noun refers to a group of people, things, animals, birds and so on. For example, we say, a murder of crows, flock of birds, a galaxy of stars, a herd of cattle, a pair of rogues and so on.

Look at these images and fill in the blank with the collective noun.

Three cups, ten heads

Ravana was made of the stuff of legend, but this version of him you create is made of paper cups! Read on.

Here’s a fun Dussehra project for you. Can you try crafting your own version of the ten-headed King of Lanka, Ravana? Grab the materials required and build him from the ground up!

Letter hunt

Play this word game to test your knowledge in History. Can you guess the word within six attempts?

An empire is a significant political and historical concept where a state or a country controls territories beyond its original borders, often through conquest or colonisation. Examples include the Roman Empire and the British Empire. Can you find this six-letter word that is related to kingdoms/empires/domains?

How to play

You have to guess the hidden word in as few attempts as possible. You have up to 6 attempts. After each attempt, letters will be shown in three colours. If the letter is green, it is present in the word and is in the right place. If the letter is yellow, it is present in the word but is not in the right place. If the letter is grey, then it is not present in the word.

Clean bill of health

Time to up your health-related vocabulary with this activity. Give it a shot now.

This activity has 30 words that are related to health. Can you fit them all into the grid correctly?

Dances, dolls and deities

The lights come on, the dolls come out and the festivities are set to take off across India. Let’s explore.

The festive season is upon us, and this means it’s time to celebrate. Learn how Dussehra/Navaratri is observed in different parts of the country.

Click on the hotspots to read.

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