Didi's World

“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”- Cyril Connolly My writing for many people means a whole different language. They say, “This doesn’t make any sense at all”, or, “What are really trying to say?” I never have taken anyone’s suggestions because I like my writing as it is. The reason my writing seems to be a different language is because of the way I am; and when I read other peoples’ essays I usually don’t understand them. I think the words that they use in an essay makes it confusing for me, but not for others. My writing, in reality, is my language, a language that no one understands except me. When I write an essay I know what I am saying, but others say that it doesn’t make sense. This makes me feel that my essays are bad. When I entered Dr. Sirias’s class, however, his comments and advice started changing my writing. People began to love my essays and they even began to say that my writing...

Save the whales from being hunted By: Aditi Bhatty Japan plans to hunt not only 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales but also 50 endangered humpback whales. They have been defying the international ban on whaling by continuing to slaughter these magnificent mammals for the past 20 years. The Humpbacks are known as the “singers of the sea” because of their melodic sounds made by males calling to females. On November 18, Japan launches their whaling fleet for the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, around Antarctica. The country plans to kill more than 1,000 whales over the next several months since commercial whaling was banned in the late 1980s. This is the first time that these whales are being hunted industrially since the mid 1960s. Japan says its “scientific research”, a way to perpetuate a commercial hunt and they say it’s “tradition” which is another excuse for the hunt. The Whaling Company says that coastal people have been eating whale for 400 years. Afte...

Every year my parents and I celebrate Diwali, or The Festival of Lights, as some people call it. This celebration where people light candles and set them around the house to signify victory of good over evil. The festival last five days occurs during October or November. We invite people from the Indian Embassy, friends, and family to come and enjoy Diwali with us. At the party, everybody is drinks and munches on snacks, the children watching a movie and the teenagers play Wii. A few hours later, our parents call us down for dinner. Everyone comes ready to eat some hot Indian food. We have yellow rice, spicy chicken, beans, and much more. Then come the desserts: Gulab Janum, ice cream, chocolate chip brownies and more. At last, we have the fireworks where everyone comes outside to enjoy them. We have rockets, volcanoes, sparkles, butterflies and pops. We stay up all the night watching the fireworks, adult...