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In India, just like languages, majority of states and cultures have their own forms of theatre too. Let’s learn about some of them today.

Theatre has been a common way of expressing your emotions, and also a very favoured form of entertainment since decades now. While the technology and props used in the plays have now evolved, there are some traditional theatres in our country that still carry on the traditions. These forms of theatres vary from region to region and depict stories in their own ways and languages.

Let’s take a look at some of the forms of traditional theatre of our country. turn the card to make your guess about theatre form is shown.

Mind over minus

You have 15 apples. Your dog runs away with two, your friend takes four, and the parrot munches on one. How many are you left with? If you can solve this sum, then this quiz should be easy as an apple pie!

“She can’t do Subtraction.” said the White Queen. “Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife-what’s the answer to that?” “I suppose-” Alice was beginning, but the Red Queen answered for her. “Bread-and-butter, of course.” – Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Perhaps, Alice (in Wonderland) can’t, but we bet you can! Take this simple subtraction quiz and see how much you score.

Runs, runs and more runs…

Back to back hundreds in the two ODIs against West Indies gave Indian skipper Virat Kohli a number of records to boast. Read on to find out…

Earlier in August, Virat Kohli scored his 42nd ODI century in the second game against West Indies to power his side to a victory. Along the way, he went past Sourav Ganguly’s tally of 11363 ODI runs to become the eighth highest run-getter in ODIs.

This means that Kohli is now the second highest Indian run-getter in ODI cricket with only Sachin Tendulkar, who heads this list, the only Indian with more ODI runs.

A quick look at the top three Indian run scorers in ODI cricket…
1) Sachin Tendulkar
18426 runs
463 matches between 1989-2012
Highest score: 200 not out
Average: 44.83
Strike rate: 86.23
100s: 49
50s: 96

2) Virat Kohli
11520 runs
239 matches from 2008 up until now
Highest score: 183
Average: 60.31
Strike rate: 93.21
100s: 43
50s: 54

3) Sourav Ganguly
11363 runs
311 matches between 1992-2007
Highest score: 183
Average: 41.02
Strike rate: 73.70
100s: 22
50s: 72

Following 11 innings, including the entire 2019 ODI Cricket World Cup, without an ODI century, Kohli scored 120 from 125 balls in the second match against West Indies to give his side a total that proved too much for the home side to chase down. During this knock, which included 14 fours and a six, Kohli went past Sourav Ganguly’s ODI run tally.

Kohli’s 42nd century also saw him complete 2000 ODI runs against West Indies, the first ever to do it. He took just 34 innings to reach the mark, the least by any batsman against a single opposition. Rohit Sharma previously held the record – 37 innings against Australia.

Kohli’s 43rd ODI century came in the very next game as he scored an unbeaten 114 off 99 deliveries to help India chase down a target in a rain-curtailed game and win the series 2-0.

Out of his 43 ODI centuries, Kohli has scored nine of them against West Indies. Sachin Tendulkar is the only other person to have scored nine centuries against a single opposition (Australia) in ODI cricket.

Photos: AP, The Hindu, REUTERS
Statistics up until third ODI between West Indies and India played at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on August 14, 2019.

Timeless tales

Here’s a quiz on a few classic books you would have surely read. Check out how well versed you are with the facts.

Do you love reading or listening to stories?

Then this quiz is just for you. Click on the clues to know if you got the rights answers.

1. What is the title of Dr. Seuss’s first book?


2. Which of the following books is about a
stuffed bear who goes on an adventure in a department store?


3. What kind of animal is Wilbur in the book “Charlotte’s Web”?


4. Dorothy and Toto are helped by a Scarecrow, Tin Man
and who else in the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”?


5. What river does Tom Sawyer live on in
Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”?

Bird’s eye view

They are colourful and make their natural home in the subtropics. Learn more about parrots and a few species that are endemic to hotter climes.

Parrots are one of the most popular birds because they regularly feature in our popular culture, art, and history. In India especially, the native variety – green body with a red beak – is a recurring theme in Indian mythology and folktales. They are intelligent creatures and are popular as pets.

And yet, the survival of these colourful, chirpy birds is under threat. According to the Smithsonian magazine, a third of the world’s parrots face extinction due to a combination of habitat destruction and persistent poaching for the pet trade. “A November study, for instance, found that logging has decimated 99% of the African grey (Psittacus erithacus) population in Ghana, threatening wild numbers of one of the most iconic parrot species,” it states.

Parrot is the collective name for the roughly 393 species of birds in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes. Most of them are found in tropical and subtropical regions (as marked on the map below).

Take a look at few unique and popular species of parrots that make their home in different parts of the world.

Teachers’ Day Contest

Teachers’ Day is on September 5. Celebrate the occasion with an exciting contest just for you. Stand a chance to be a winner.

The 2019 Teachers’ Day contest with Young World Club and D.I.Y.A: Do It Yourself Academy! is now closed! Thank you to all the participants. Please stay tuned for the winners announcement. Visit, Young World Club for more fun content and opportunities to win more prizes.

Go Digital

If you are tech savy, then this crossword is exactly what you need to challenge your mind. Find out how well you do…

Test your technology knowledge with this crossword.

Bouncing ball

Today we are familiar with balls and we use the term to refer to or describe spherical or near-spherical objects.

A ball is a round object and is used to play games. It can be hit, kicked or thrown by the players. Every sport has a specific ball to play the game.

It is interesting to learn that before the voyage of Columbus, no rubber balls were used outside the Americas.

“Ball” is used metaphorically to denote something spherical or spheroid, e.g., armadillos and human beings curl up into a ball, we make a ball with our fist.

Now try your hand at this memory game to learn more about the different balls in use.

A game of spells

‘Similar’ or ‘Simillar’? ‘Writting’ or ‘Writing’? Try your hand at this simple spelling quiz!

Are you a spelling bee whiz? Let’s see if you can identify the correct spelling of these words!