https://veenaprasad.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Veena PrasadenFri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/5fa95adf-1c34-4ef5-a3df-80002bf022f9.pdfOn July 20, 1969, three astronauts, and the entire globe, celebrated the giant leap for mankind as they set foot on the moon.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/5fa95adf-1c34-4ef5-a3df-80002bf022f9.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/b48793d8-f004-42d7-ad49-8a302aa53a5d.pdf“Back to square one, where all was lost, An eagle watches from above Twelve flights to climb, five doors to cross, Turn left, and knock on wood.” -My prize-winning story published in Sunday Herald.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/b48793d8-f004-42d7-ad49-8a302aa53a5d.pdfhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1oGerxITcdikMBlAJxqGuyj_yBkgAEbnH/view?usp=drive_linkIn 1809, Bangalore was demarcated into two sections: the ‘City’ and the ‘Cantonment’. In 1949, they were merged for administrative purposes but a division continued to exist in the mindscape.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oGerxITcdikMBlAJxqGuyj_yBkgAEbnH/view?usp=drive_linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1vtF2VYH4xvovx1YsLx017y4Odt-CZO70/view?usp=sharingIf you’ve hung around with Indian families, you won’t be surprised that we call anyone older than us “uncle” or “auntie”. What you may be surprised by is that we seldom call our own uncles and aunts that.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vtF2VYH4xvovx1YsLx017y4Odt-CZO70/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1JhQCbM4lMIsX1fCz51ojnWhTpR4CT52e/view?usp=drive_linkAt the risk of stating the obvious, literature is made up of nothing but words. “Words, words, words,” as Hamlet declared. However, teaching literature need not be confined to words alone. Visual aids create an engaging atmosphere for learners and enhance understanding and retention of concepts.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JhQCbM4lMIsX1fCz51ojnWhTpR4CT52e/view?usp=drive_linkhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/7e37ecd2-d84d-4813-b5f3-86dda1a2299a.pdfIf you cannot return to your laboratory to continue your research, what do you do? Why, set up a world-class facility at home, of course!Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/7e37ecd2-d84d-4813-b5f3-86dda1a2299a.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/40c0e6ed-4690-409f-8e0b-5a91529afae2.pdfIs it a light wave? Is it a radio wave? No! It's a gravitational wave! Understanding how massive objects in the universe interact and affect the fabric of space.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/40c0e6ed-4690-409f-8e0b-5a91529afae2.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/1810d0a6-a266-44a9-8ff6-e3c6642d095e.pdfThe Kepler Space Telescope has discovered something amazing - Super Earth! And it is in the habitable zone!Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/1810d0a6-a266-44a9-8ff6-e3c6642d095e.pdfhttps://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/269546-circles-in-the-parkGolu and Tama go to the park to play. What do they see all around them? This wordless book introduces circles, semi-circles and quarter-circles.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/269546-circles-in-the-parkhttps://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/256820-monumental-mathsWhat do the pyramids, ancient temples and Jantar Mantar all have in common? Maths! Innovative architects across the world have used mathematics to build wonders that we still marvel at today.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/256820-monumental-mathshttps://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/61595-sudipta-sengupta-the-rock-readerSudipta loves climbing mountains, and she can read rocks like books. As the first Indian female geologist in Antarctica, she scales the Schirmacher Hills to find out what stories the rocks have to tell.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/61595-sudipta-sengupta-the-rock-readerhttps://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/49732-a-stitch-in-timeFirst, a ripped shirt and then, a faulty iron box. The day has just begun for Shyam. With everything going wrong one after the other, Shrisha takes him to a Repair Mela where you can fix almost anything.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/49732-a-stitch-in-timehttps://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/31924-telephones-bell-to-cellWhen Alexander Graham Bell first invented the phone, there were only two in the entire town! Now, nearly everyone has a cell phone. Flip through this book and find out how the telephone evolved – from Bell to cell.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/31924-telephones-bell-to-cellhttps://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/28887-creatures-of-oldEver wondered what the planet was like millions of years ago? What kind of creatures roamed the Earth? What trees grew in the prehistoric forests? Well, there is a way to find out—through palaeontology, a special science that is all about digging up and unscrambling clues to the past.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/28887-creatures-of-oldhttps://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/13518-the-tale-of-the-toiletNumber one or number two, they are always big jobs! But do you ever wonder what toilets looked like in the olden times? And are they different in other countries? Get ready to take a peek into toilets across space and time!Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/13518-the-tale-of-the-toilethttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/ec09aaf8-9d85-402e-b4c0-a722cba6b637.pdfSqueezing out the toothpaste from the tube every morning is simple. But do you know how it got into the tube? Not with a toothpick, not with an ear bud, and not with a tiny spoon, no.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/ec09aaf8-9d85-402e-b4c0-a722cba6b637.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/2090856c-8bc9-4061-af68-1271176220e9.jpgMy cousin Col Vasanth was Commanding Officer of 9 Maratha LI when he was martyred in Uri in 2007. This is a book celebrating his life through the letters he wrote back home.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/2090856c-8bc9-4061-af68-1271176220e9.jpghttps://amzn.in/d/06Td38wSThe 200-year British presence in India left behind a mixed legacy. We think of the colonial rulers as people who plundered and impoverished our land. Lost in that narrative is the work of the scores of well-intentioned individuals who played a part in shaping modern India. Did you know, for instance, that as far back as the 1850s, a British engineer had chalked out a plan to link all the major rivers of India?Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://amzn.in/d/06Td38wShttps://www.amazon.in/Buzzing-Puzzles-Alpha-Zippy-Prasad/dp/9352750691/More than 100 fun word games presented through word nerd Alpha Zippy as she flies around the world collecting puzzles.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.amazon.in/Buzzing-Puzzles-Alpha-Zippy-Prasad/dp/9352750691/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/7d8256be-e0fd-41ae-b9a2-fefa869cc6d4.jpgCrosswords and trivia, themed around music, movies, science, sports, idioms and phrases, and more.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/7d8256be-e0fd-41ae-b9a2-fefa869cc6d4.jpghttps://www.amazon.in/Crossword-You-Hindu-Young-World/dp/B07QXR8VDG/Between 2014 and 2023, I undertook a labour of love - made close to 500 themed crosswords for The Hindu's school edition 'Young World'.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.amazon.in/Crossword-You-Hindu-Young-World/dp/B07QXR8VDG/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/e9191013-91fa-4076-b692-1a109f00106a.pngThree hundred years ago, a heated argument took place in the courtroom of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. The Emperor had wanted to know if the planets were in a favourable position for him to undertake an important journey. But the dozen or so astronomers came up with different calculations and were unable to agree on an “auspicious” date.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/e9191013-91fa-4076-b692-1a109f00106a.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/d929b5c1-8f40-4b59-9173-33f258f3ef39.jpgBrainwave was a delightful magazine from the house of Amar Chitra Katha, home to my first ever published crossword.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/images/d929b5c1-8f40-4b59-9173-33f258f3ef39.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/47ab5e9f-fd33-46d7-b2d5-1a50e7928f9a.pdfThe year was 2500 BC in the city of Kish located in old Mesopotamia. Young Zimri was watching his father Assur gather red mud from the bank of the Euphrates. Assur would heap moist clay on a wheel lying flat on the ground. He would then spin the wheel and his hands would shape a flawless pot. Zimri never tired of watching this magical transformation.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/508175/uploads/47ab5e9f-fd33-46d7-b2d5-1a50e7928f9a.pdfhttps://amzn.in/d/0iFz2YshFire – that powerful element that is as deadly as it is useful. If humans had not discovered fire and understood how to control it and stop and start it at will, there would be no cooking, no baking, no pottery, no weapons, no manufacturing, no industry… nothing that one might classify as a human ‘thing’. In this book, we trace the origins of human ingenuity, and you could say pretty much all of it started with fire.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://amzn.in/d/0iFz2Yshhttps://www.deccanherald.com/education/teaching-children-think-critically-2271885The key to getting children to think is to give them the freedom to question without fear.Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0100https://www.deccanherald.com/education/teaching-children-think-critically-2271885https://www.deccanherald.com/education/interconnectedness-things-2377470The one thing all kids love is an element of surprise. There is nothing like introducing something unexpected in a long lecture to grab their attention.Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deccanherald.com/education/interconnectedness-things-2377470https://www.deccanherald.com/education/bringing-planets-closer-home-2370247How to elevate lessons about the solar system from being just another boring activity to an awe-inspiring experience.Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deccanherald.com/education/bringing-planets-closer-home-2370247https://www.deccanherald.com/content/267631/headhunted.htmlSat, 28 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0100https://www.deccanherald.com/content/267631/headhunted.html