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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:Film review

Librarian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:28:00 +0000

Kind of like 90210 with owls. By Dana Stevens Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Courtesy: http://www.slate.com/ for Newsweek In 2007, I ended my review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with the sentiment "I can hardly wait for school to start again." Two years later, with the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner [...]

Twenty ideas that could save the world

Librarian — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:54:00 +0000

Ingenious, madcap and perhaps not strictly legal: the Guardian’s search for the greatest plan to tackle climate change Ian Katz guardian.co.uk, Monday 13 July 2009 A world of books … planet Earth from outer space. Photograph: Corbis Ask Chris Rapley, the ebullient physicist and director of the Science Museum in London, why he seems more sanguine about our [...]

Meg Cabot: The Princess and her diaries

Librarian — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse — at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra [...]

E-Quiz

Librarian — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:47:01 +0000

V. V. Ramanan Questions 1. The second T-Mobile Google Android device, after the G1, is called…? 2. If the second and third are Jaguar and JUGENE, then what is still No.1? 3. With which software legend does one associate Vulcan Ventures? 4. What is the Linpack Benchmark? 5. Which online giant is behind the concept of ‘Do Stuff For [...]

World Population Day, 2009

Librarian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:58:00 +0000

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, approximately the date [...]

Quiz Time

Librarian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Questions 1. In U.S. currency, how many dimes to six nickels? 2. In cartoons, who is the canine friend/partner of Fred, Daphne, Velma and Norville? 3. In the night sky, how many stars are there on Orion’s Belt? 4. Whom did Michael Jackson refer to as ‘She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene’ [...]

Nissim Ezekiel

Librarian — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:28:00 +0000

Nissim Ezekiel (14 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was a poet, playwright, editor and art critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India’s literary history, specifically for Indian writing in English. Early life Ezekiel was born on 14 December 1924 in Mumbai (Maharashtra). His father, Moses Ezekiel, was a professor of botany at Wilson [...]

Chronicles of Narnia

Librarian — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:15:00 +0000

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children’s literature and is the author’s best-known work, having sold over 120 million copies in 41 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954 and illustrated [...]

Michael Jackson: Biography

Librarian — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:45:00 +0000

In the year since Michael Jackson made his first national television appearance with his brothers at age 11, he has evolved from a singing and dancing soul music prodigy to the self-proclaimed but widely acknowledged "King of Pop" to one of the most widely ridiculed of all public figures. As a musician, he has [...]

Reader’s Club Programme 2009-’10

Librarian — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:58:37 +0000

Programme Proposed Dates Remarks 01 Club Formation July First week Member registration, committee formation 02 Inauguration of Reader’s Club July First week Beginning of Reader’s Club activities for the session 03 Book Fairs 03 times in a year By external agencies 04 International School Library Day (ISLD) 26 Oct. 2009 Talk by an eminent Librarian and other activities 05 Children’s Day 09-15 Nov.2009 Exhibition of books on or by [...]