July 5, 2003 Welcome to Young World, our weekly magazine for young people. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Hi kids! A few weeks back a poem was printed in this magazine in which someone dared to criticize boys. This ‘encouraged’ a boy to write a poem enumerating the virtues of boys... Cover Story: All about salt The word “salt” is actually the name given to the neutral compounds formed from the reaction of acids with bases. There are many types of salts but the one that invariably... Debate: Are parents being strict? “Ohh heck! I got to go, my parents must be waiting for me.” “Oh no, I am two hours late, now my mom won’t let me in the house.” “Yaar I... Feature: Mangoes: beat the summer heat Had it not been for mangoes summer would have just been an embodiment of loads of problems. Summer, as we all know by now, tends to bring along with it dreadful... Story Time: The cooking lesson Sara was a 12-year-old girl. She was in grade seven and was doing very well in her studies. She was also a good badminton player and was on the school team.... Story Time: Ghostly birthday One dark night, as I lay in my bed, and the lights were off, a strange light accompanied by a strange faint sound came from the corridor. As it came... Story Time: Kind or unkind? I was watching a movie when suddenly the door bell rang. I looked at the clock, it was 2:00am. This made me suspicious. I stood up and looked through the... Computers: Digital music library This summer vacation one of our class mates is planning to create her own digital music library. Since we wanted to know more about what a music library was we asked... Country Hopping: Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, also called the “Island of Enchantment”, is the easternmost island of the Greater Antilles. It is situated between the US Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic. It is a self-governing island within.... Fishy business A wide range of colourful fishes are available these days in the market. However, goldfish seem to be the most popular and are easily available everywhere. Besides these, other varieties of... Book: A life like mine Hundreds of seminars, scores of reports and then their sequels, consultants crying hoarse about how education is the right of every child on this earth as is having access to clean... Movie: X2:x-men united Director Bryan Singer’s X2:X-Men United is the science fiction, sequel to X-men. The movie opens with the new teleporter mutant Nightcrawler’s (Alan Cummings) attempted assassination of the American president... Music: Retro New Order is one of the most important and influential bands in musical history and a trend-setter in music, fashion, style and culture. ‘Retro’ is a long-anticipated greatest hits collection,... Miscellanea: Giving animals a home The Save Coco team is an animal rescue team whose aim is to pick up stray kittens and puppies off the streets, vaccinate, bathe and provide nourishment for the animals, and... Weekly Update: Mynah birds claiming Samoa APIA: Mynah birds have reached pest proportions and threaten Samoa’s biodiversity, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment says. The bird, originally imported by the British from India to control cattle ticks, has now.... Can you guess? Q. A farmer had seventeen sheep, all but nine died. How many did he have left? A. Nine Q. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth? A. Mount Everest... Recipe: Fun Time Egg sandwiches Ingredients 6 boiled eggs 1 large pack butter Salt to taste... Super Sis I am a 16-year-old Capricorn. I don’t want to read or study and my position in class is getting worse day by day. I don’t take interest when my parents force me to study. When I start studying I start feeling sleepy.... Briefs: Sean Connery tops bad film accent awards LONDON: Scottish actor Sean Connery created the worst accent in the history of cinema in the 1987 movie The Untouch-ables, according to a poll conducted by British film magazine Empire.... Laugh it ff! Teacher: Which is more important to us, the sun or the moon? Pupil: The moon. Teacher: Why? Pupil: The moon gives us light at night.... Vocabulary: Synonyms Command over vocabulary means the use of the most appropriate and correct word, and not necessarily heavy words, for a given situation. Firstly, there are basic words, and then there are... Quotes * Behaviour is a mission in which everyone displays his image. — Goethe... Mail Box NOWADAYS mobile phones have become a fashion symbol more than a necessity. Basically mobile phones are useful for people such as businessmen, doctors and other professional people. However, these days teenagers.... Mail Box The black cat The big black cat Sat on a mat He was very fat He chased a rat...

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