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The Joyful Peach
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
What is The Joyful Peach?
By Mehr Sohal In our modern society, whenever one opens a newspaper or some form of digital/print media, the pages are flooded with...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Plant-Based Meat: The Future of Food
By Tanaya Mehta “Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
How do Athletes Cope with Stress?
Written by Riya Kapoor, in conversation with Jayson Harrison, prep-ice-hockey player at Lake Forest Academy While there are numerous...
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Why are Pets Good for your Well-being?
By Tanaya Mehta George Elliot once said, “Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticism”. I...
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Hope
By Mahi Sastry Silence drips onto the rooftop Onto the doors Streets empty, but whispers are loud Sunlight filters between cracks like an...
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
'Beyond Sports'
By Mudit Kohli Sports offers a good balance of physical and mental growth. It also inculcates in children the importance of a healthy...
- Jan 11, 2022
- 3 min
Parasocial Relationships
By Samah Syed The extent of parasocial relationships is one that might be hard to decipher simply due to its unbeknownst presence in...
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
A Biopic: More Appealing than Fiction
By Tanaya Mehta Have you ever watched a movie based on a true event and been so fascinated by the stories of heroes and individuals who...
- Aug 14, 2021
- 3 min
Megamind: An Under-appreciated Masterpiece
By Skanda Swaminathan As most of you know, I have been delving into the world of animated movies a lot more recently, and have begun to...
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
What COVID Made me Realise...
By Anshika Bansal COVID has been a tough time for all of us as it was something totally unexpected and there has never been anything like...
- Jul 24, 2021
- 2 min
The Importance of High School Sports
In conversation with student-athlete, Krish Sharma By Riya Kapoor For many student-athletes, their sport is their motivation, passion,...
- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min
Ikigaicenda
By Ananya Sahay Ayra Khetan, an entrepreneur from Bangalore started her own jewellery start-up, called Ikigaicenda. It is derived from...
- Jul 18, 2021
- 2 min
Why Does Discrimination Survive?
You’ve got to learn– oppression is not a phase. It’s not a trend or a quick thing. Oppression is old and ancient, and uprooting it is...
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
Jharkhand Gadget Bank to Support Underprivileged Children
By Shriya Karuturi Historian Frank M. Snowden believes epidemics hold up a mirror to society. We’ve all suffered during this pandemic,...
- Jul 13, 2021
- 5 min
Mario Odyssey: Video game Review
By Skanda Swaminathan 'Mario Odyssey' is the personification of joy itself. You just can’t not be happy playing this game. If you don’t...
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Chocolate During World War 2
By Yuvika Goel While most of us know of Chocolate as an indulgent, delicious confection, very few of us know about the historic use of...
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
‘Investing’ for Teenagers
By Mudit Kohli “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” - Warren Buffet. The idiom goes,...
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Review by Skanda Swaminathan Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is perhaps the greatest animated movie ever made, and even one of the...
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
Sonia Shah Organisation: In conversation with young ambassador, Saanvi Malkani
By Riya Kapoor When Sonia Shah was 16, she visited her mother's homeland, located in Kangra, Pakistan. She was appalled by what she saw:...
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
Raya and The Last Dragon
By Anshika Bansal Disney has done it once again! One of Disney's most recent movies, Raya and the Last Dragon is magical, yet relevant to...
- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 min
Supporting Small Businesses and Organisations
By Urvashi Menon We here at The Joyful Peach have, and will continue to support, and endorse the practice of supporting small businesses...
- Jun 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Importance of Mental Health in Teenagers
By Tanaya Mehta “Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When ‘I’ is replaced by ‘we,’ Illness becomes Wellness.” According to...
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
Bihar's First Transgender Shelter
By Shriya Karuturi Once again we stand in awe as Bihar leads the way in trans rights! It started in 2019 when the state announced a jail...
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Importance of Providing Resources to Children in Underprivileged Communities
Interview with Yaelle Ortiz, a volunteer at Nuestro Center By Riya Kapoor Children are the backbone of our future and it is crucial that...
- Jun 20, 2021
- 2 min
Book Talk: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
By Mehr Sohal I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is one of those timeless pieces of literature that most have heard about,...
- Jun 20, 2021
- 2 min
Naarivad: Indian youth-led organisation
Naarivad focuses on the upliftment of women and gender minorities in policy, society, and media What is the impact Naarivad has made? "We...
- Jun 19, 2021
- 2 min
Griseo– ‘It’s okay to be grey in a black and white world’
By Mudit Kohli Data from the Mental Health First Aid organisation shows that 5 percent of adults (18 or older) experience a mental...
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
Macha's Bakery– Kaahinee Agarwal
What is Macha's bakery? Macha's bakery is a bakery that specializes in cookies, we started during the first lockdown in April last year....
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Sole Warriors
In conversation with Sia Godika, Founder of Sole Warriors Sole Warriors is an initiative aims to reduce the contraction of foot diseases...
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
Hundred4Future
Pranav Gupta is putting education on the forefront! Hundred4Future (H4F) is a non-profit initiative focussed on the education of...
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
Book Talk: Anxious People by Fredrick Backman
By Mehr Sohal If you love Fredrick Backman, this novel may be a let down. But if you haven’t read Beartown or A Man Called Ove, you’re in...
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
STEM Mindset is making a difference!
STEM Mindset is a 501(c)(3) youth-led organization with the mission of spreading STEM to underrepresented youth. Its founder and...
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
The Serious Type: Sustainable Business Project
The Serious Type (https://www.theserioustype.org/) is a US-based online platform and a 501c3 nonprofit with the mission to empower and...
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
COVID Lockdown Entries
By Nandisha Gupta, 23d April 2021 Lockdown came in midst of a whole lot of things. Work projects were on my mind, and a good deal of...
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Does All Sugar Kill?
By Nandisha Gupta, April 22, 2021 How many of you believe brown sugar is better than white sugar? Do you think honey or jaggery are...
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Magic of Monochromatic
By Aparna Ashtankar, from No Filters Attached When you have nothing to wear, when you are too lazy to put the effort in getting ready...
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
When Books Translate into Reality
'The Hunger Games' 3-finger salute used as a symbol of protest By Mehr Sohal In plain and simple words, Myanmar is facing a threat to its...
- Jan 19, 2021
- 4 min
Resilience of 'The Bookworm' During the Pandemic
The Bookworm is a library and space for creative learning located in Goa. Libraries, being a physical space of learning, were impacted...
- Jan 17, 2021
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45,500 Years Old Cave Painting Found in Indonesia
From The Children's Post of India 45,500 years old cave painting Image credit: Griffith.edu.au A team of archeologists from Griffith...
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min
The Dashing Fountain
A poem by Vivin Karthik I was falling into the well of life Baffled, spooked and untethered Having no control whatsoever With no end I...
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
Significance of Failure
By Mahi Sastry An equation depends on the catalyst you use. But, what makes an equation legitimate? So far in my journey, I have grown in...
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
Surprise Sighting of Dwarf Giraffes
From The Children's Post of India Image credit: @Save_Giraffe We have always known giraffes to be the tallest animals. Recently,...
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
“Hair Ice” – Ghostly Ice On Trees Of Northern Hemisphere
From The Children's Post of India Hair Ice Image credits: Twitter of Kenny Allen Recently, a group of hikers going through a forest...
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
UnLawyer– Open Source Platform for all Things Law
By Mehr Sohal UnLawyer is an organisation on multiple online platforms that aims to talk about all things law. Their slogan of sorts...
- Jan 7, 2021
- 1 min
Down With the Tax on Menstrual Products
By Mehr Sohal The United Kingdom has abolished the 5% VAT tax on menstrual products– also known as the 'tampon tax' –under the 'End...
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
"Go Memorize a Poem"
In response to the following article from 'The Atlantic'– https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/go-memorize-poem/614692/ By...
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
Quit Earth Movement?
With the US Space Agency's plan to establish long-term presence on the moon, are we approaching a **'Quit Earth Movement'? By Mehr Sohal...
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Relief of Art in COVID-19 World
Art as a means of coping mechanism in the wake of pandemic By Mehr Sohal New Banksy Piece Celebrates Superhero Health Workers:...
- Oct 15, 2020
- 1 min
Crazy Little Thing Called Love 🏳️🌈
By Arya "One year of love is better than a lifetime alone" – Freddie Mercury
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Amnesty International Halts India Operations
Celebrating the work of Amnesty India in the midst of bad news Source: Deccan Herald Newspaper, 30th September 2020, Sajith Kumar In a...
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