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Below is a schedule of what I update every day*. Monday: What the site looks like + 3 News blogs Tuesday: 2 Covid-19 updates (in the UK...
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Maanas
- Feb 20, 2022
- 2 min
Essay - Why do Empires Never Last?
The question as to why empires never last forever is an interesting topic: there have been many along the timeline of history - the Roman...
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Maanas
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
NASA To Launch Space Flights Without Crews To The Moon
Like many of their other space competitors, such as SpaceX, NASA are extremely keen on setting goals and targets for future space...
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Maanas
- Nov 23, 2020
- 1 min
Going back to school
Going back to school, Will be tough but fun in ways. I'll battle exams, play with friends, Hoping to get decent grades. I'll run down the...
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Maanas
- Nov 22, 2020
- 1 min
Joe Biden The New President Of The US
I've had a lot of exams, but I have just squeezed in this post here about one of the biggest things happening right now. On the 7th of...
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Maanas
- Jul 16, 2020
- 1 min
Face Masks To Become Compulsory In Shops For Over-12s In England
The government has decided that from July 24th onwards, wearing face masks in shops will be compulsory for all people over age 11 in...
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Maanas
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
Visiting my school
On the 11th of June, I took a short stroll to my school to visit the library. My sister, Anaia, my mother and I walked along the familiar...
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Maanas
- May 24, 2020
- 1 min
How to spoil my brothers birthday (by my sister)
On his birthday my brother will think he’s a king. He’ll eat all his favourite food and he won’t even share, He’ll eat all his cake and...
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Maanas
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
How the lockdown appears through time
We have come to see As the lockdown still goes on, How perhaps staying at home wasn't quite so bad As we approached it at first thought....
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Maanas
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Why the lockdown isn't so bad after all
Although it seemed bad from every angle at first, as we are growing into the habit of staying two metres away from everybody, the...
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Maanas
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Playing monopoly with my sis
Playing monopoly with my sis, Is really not my idea of bliss, She scowls and she grumbles all the time, And throws the dice Where I can't...
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Maanas
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Coronavirus Rhapsody
Call it corona, Or Covid-19, Locked up at home, I call it an altered reality. Open the windows, Look out at the sunshine, daydream... I'm...
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Maanas
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
The man who whistled
"What is it?" I said, looking up from my book, "Ssh" said my mother, taking a closer look, "What, has it stopped?"; I could hear no...
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Maanas
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Smart Speakers poem
Siri, Cortana, Alexa - Which one is better? In my computer lives a Cortana, There's a Siri hiding in my mum's phone, Check Painswick* -...
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Maanas
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Oh when I'm sixty-six
Oh when I'm sixty-six, My back will be in a fix, I'll be so fat I can't even twitch, Because of all those crisps, And that occasional...
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Maanas
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Thank you for the Nanu
This is a one-verse song my sister, Anaia, my mother and I composed in a car trip back to Geethanjili, in India where my grandparents on...
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Maanas
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Poem complaining about getting out of bed
It's like getting sand in your toes, As unlucky as losing your watch, It's a useless burden, It's a spider on my mattress slowly crawling...
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Maanas
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Love poem to a mango
Oh mango, oh mango, Your skin is soft as silk, Your flesh soothingly sweet, I'll cut you into pieces and you'll be ready to eat. Oh...
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Maanas
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Seagull joke
Q: Why do seagulls fly over the sea? A: Because if they flew over the sea they would be bagels (bay-gulls)!
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