top of page
Search


What I post or edit and when I post or edit
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...

Maanas
May 4, 20201 min read
20 views
1 comment
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...

Maanas
Feb 20, 20222 min read
47 views
1 comment
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...

Maanas
Oct 23, 20211 min read
15 views
0 comments
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...

Maanas
Nov 23, 20201 min read
8 views
0 comments
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...

Maanas
Nov 22, 20201 min read
16 views
1 comment
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...

Maanas
Jul 16, 20201 min read
8 views
0 comments


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...

Maanas
Jun 14, 20202 min read
28 views
1 comment
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...

Maanas
May 24, 20201 min read
19 views
2 comments


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....

Maanas
May 13, 20201 min read
23 views
2 comments


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...

Maanas
May 13, 20202 min read
8 views
0 comments


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...

Maanas
May 13, 20201 min read
9 views
2 comments


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...

Maanas
May 13, 20202 min read
15 views
1 comment


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...

Maanas
May 13, 20201 min read
23 views
2 comments


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* -...

Maanas
May 13, 20201 min read
20 views
3 comments


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...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
19 views
2 comments


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...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
10 views
1 comment


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...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
11 views
0 comments


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...

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
9 views
1 comment


Seagull joke
Q: Why do seagulls fly over the sea? A: Because if they flew over the sea they would be bagels (bay-gulls)!

Maanas
May 12, 20201 min read
13 views
3 comments
bottom of page