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NATURE VS TECH  went home clicking pictures all along the way. Ram and his g-pop had a nice dinner
            while watching some Netflix, eating the classic south  Indian food IDLI and

 “Ram come sit here, will you?” said g-pop.                                                                                   SAMBAR.


 “What is it dada? I am playing COD with my friends.”                                                                  At night they both said Goodbye as Ram was leaving for his studio for a

            collaboration video he had to make. Ram’s g-pop dropped him off at the airport.
 Ram was a call of duty: black ops champion and a professional gamer and YouTuber   They both said their adieus and before leaving Ram surprised his grandfather with
 at the young age of 14. Ram’s grandfather or as likes to call him G-POP was a   a brand-new stilt house in the woods.

 professional KABBADI player back in the day. Today Dada decided to show him
 the world of nature that was completely unknown to him. He went up to Ram and   G-pop couldn’t be any happier. Ram said before leaving “I guess I was wrong, the

 said “Kid you are always glued to these games so much, but come on, game won’t   forest isn’t just about bugs, it’s a beautiful world after.”
 affect anything.” Ram stared at his G-pop. Dada admitted “Fine you are a pro, it

 will mess up your stats come after you are done.” Ram laughed and said “For you I   Darshil Shah - 8 A
 will rush and kill him’ all quickly.” Dada laughed and walked away. After about 10

 minutes Ram came up to Dada and said “See I told you, I would finish the game
 quickly. Now tell me what you were saying earlier” Dada said, “Come with me and

 take your camera with, you might want to record your reactions. We are going to
 the woods.”  Ram laughed hysterically. “Come on dada not the place with bugs and

 stuff” Why do you think I would go there?” Dada said “because you are at my
 home and not at your studio thing. Which means I can take away my keyboard and   सुंदरता अजुनी मा�ात आह. े

 you will have to play with yours. Which you broke yesterday.” Ram grumbled “I
 hate you! Now come on let’s get on with it already.” Ram’s grandfather lived in a   माझं स�दयर् कधी प�हलंच नसेल,

 beautiful village in Kerala near a forest. He was fond of nature and wanted to show   माझा अनुभव कधी घेतलाच नसेल,
 Ram the world outside of video games. Both of them went into the woods. “There,   मा�ा कशीत कधी येऊन पहा,  Suhani Mahajan - 7 C
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 look at these flowers. They are called Briar and those are iris’s”. “Beautiful right?”    कधी मलाही तू�ी जवळून पहा.
 g-pop explained. “Yaa whatever” Ram replied. In the beginning Ram was skeptical

 and didn’t really enjoy. As they started going deeper into the forest, they saw more   न�ा, नाले, ओढ , धुंद ती हवा,
                                           े
 and more beautiful things. He started capturing his reactions and then as they

 were deep  enough in the forest,  he even  started vlogging completely. His   कधी मा�ा आंगणात येऊन पहा.
 grandfather showed him  some amazing  flowers. He enjoyed the  sunlight   सुंदरता अजुनी मा�ात आहे.

 penetrating the trees through the gap the canopy hadn’t grown in. He loved the
 lush green bushes the sweet smell of the wet soil and most of all the sound of the   बस तुम�ा मदतीची गरज आहे,

 birds singing and chirping. At a point the two of them saw a stream merging into   �कमान एक तरी झाड लावून पहा…
 the sea. The scene was heavenly. Ram was awestruck. They both sat on the bridge   �कमान एक तरी झाड लावून पहा.

 putting their legs in the stream, feeling it and enjoying the scene. Both of them sat
 there while Ram explained how Instagram worked to his G-pop. Both of them were   Vaishnavi Bidave - 6 A

 now tiered from the walking and were famished as they had skipped lunch. They     Tirth Suvarna - 7 C




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