Hi! I’m Nishka Desai, an IBDP student at Fountainhead School. I’m a passionate writer and a confident speaker. I like to think I’m good at Math and Science and aim to pursue a STEM career. I enjoy playing Basketball and Football when I get the chance to, and want to become a better player. I’m […]

Growing up, I was always surrounded by beautiful plants because of my grandmother’s green thumb. Her garden always had gorgeous flowers and fruits and she made me very familiar with different types of plants and different knacks to grow them. Although I knew all of this in theory, I never actually practiced it which makes […]

It has always been easy for me to communicate my thoughts and opinions through writing and I like to believe that I am a decent writer too. Writing allows one to express themselves without being interrupted and just feels like a safe space. For our love for writing, I and a few of my friends […]

Description: It is very important for us to keep ourselves fit and moving in these mundane times. I had been slacking off on my workouts lately because I just didn’t have the motivation but taking this up as CAS gave me that motivational push that I very much needed. I did 10 – 40 minutes […]

Meditation is widely known for increasing self awareness, patience, creativity, and tolerance. It is one of the most useful tools for improving one’s mental well-being. For this CAS activity, I meditated for 2 months for about 10 minutes a day in order to improve my overall health. The lockdown had severely affected me, made me […]

Poverty is a major problem, especially in India. In winters several people fall sick because of the cold and not having the resources to protect them from it. It is getting particularly cold in Surat, and our small gesture could mean a lot to them. Therefore with my family, I went on a couple of […]

Recently, a lot of people in Surat started visiting beaches again, resulting in an increase in garbage and litter on the shore. Since it’s very important that we keep our surroundings clean and hygienic especially during a deadly pandemic, and do our part in protecting the environment, we thought of organizing a small beach clean […]

I have always been interested and admired people who could do art, but I’ve never had the skills for it. I don’t have it now either but I wanted to at least try it out. My purpose for this CAS experience was merely to try a new skill and possibly learn something that I can […]

Description: I have always been interested in art, but have only tried poetry. I wanted to learn more about music but never had the skills required to learn an instrument. I decided to learn how to play ukulele, mostly because it is quite easy. Art is an amazing way of self-expression and I wanted to […]