Winner:

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahandas Karamachand Gandhi later known as Mahatma Gandhi is one of the greatest men of the century who had been admired the world over.

Mahatma Gandhi was well-known for his honesty, truthfulness, kindness, devotion to religion, apart from being a great Indian national hero.

Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at Porhandar in Gujarat, India. When he was seven years old, he went to school as an average student. After he completed his studies in College, he was advised by his father to go to England for his higher studies.

After completing his education in England he went to South Africa where he found that his countrymen were suffering under the British laws.

He led a protest campaign and started a movement against the British rulers. Because of these acts he was sent to jail many times along with many other countrymen.

Mahatma Gandhi’s struggle was successful and finally the British government had to grant Independence to India in August 1947.

Mahatma Gandhi had much sympathy for the poor. He showed the world the way to achieve one’s goals in peace.

He died in 1948 and it was a sad day for the people in India.

Mahatma Gandhi is always remembered as a symbol of modern India.

S.P. Sunali Piyumika, Grade 11, Rawatawatta Roman Catholic College.
 

Winner:

My friend

My friend is Chanaka. He is nine years old. His favourite fruit is apple and he likes to drink apple juice. He loves to eat ice-cream as well. His favourite colour is white. The rose is his favourite flower. His hobby is playing cricket.He attends St. Joseph’s College, Anuradhapura. He is very kind and his ambition is to be a doctor one day.

He helps his friends a lot. He loves to jump, run and skip.Chanaka’s mother is Mallika and his father’s name is Nimal. He has two sisters and a brother.He is very good in mathematics. Chanaka’s favourite singer is Damith Asanka.

I like my friend very much and I wish him good luck for his future.

Akash Iroshan, Grade 4B, St. Joseph’s College, Anuradhapura.








 

Winner:

Myself

My name is Yalitha and I am a boy. I am five years old. I live in Attidiya. I like to eat apples and drink milk. I have a sister. I want to become a racing car driver, when I am big.

Yalitha Damsath, Grade 1 - Rose, Science College.



















 

Winner:

The gloomy earth

Clouds are filled with darkness
That make me feel blank,
Trees are sad and calm
That they cannot have their holidays.
Things have gone wrong I guess,
Gods are covering the sun
And it makes the earth gloomy,
It also made the land scary.
I thought it’s the end of the world
But there is no way of it,
It’s just a gloomy earth,
That makes us frightened.
Up the sun comes that,
Makes me feel brave,
I said Good bye to clouds
And made my way home.

Fathima Seema Aasim, Brilliant Stars International College, Nupe, Matara.
 

Winner:

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Many hands will be raised if the question “Who wants to be a millionaire?” is asked. There is nothing to be surprised or to laugh. We are all human beings and it is our nature to do so.

There is an international competition called ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’ But, everybody in the world cannot participate in the competition. There are some criteria that are considered by the chief panel of the competition. Some of them are intelligence, memory power and arguing skills.

Apart from this, I believe that ‘luck’ must be there. There is a film called Slumdog millionaire which is based on the competition.

The competition is conducted in 88 languages all over the world. Ten competitors are chosen from several interviews to participate.

Thereby, they have the first event, ‘Fastest Finger First’ (FFF). Then the competitors should give the answers in the correct order. The fastest competitor who makes the order correct first can go to the ‘Hot Seat'. Hot seat is the place where the winner of the FFF goes to answer the 15 questions to get the cast prizes.

There are three lifelines. ‘Ask the audience’, where the competitor can seek help from the audience. ‘Call a friend’, where the competitor can call a friend and seek help. And ‘Fifty-fifty’ where two wrong answers are automatically cancelled.

Though 10 competitors participate on a single day, only one or two can go to the hot seat.

Sometimes, though they go to the hot seat, they cannot win any cash prize. That is why I believe that luck must be there.

This program values human intelligence, memory power, arguing skills as well as luck to win cash prizes!

W.A. Thilini S. Kulathilaka, Grade 12, Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara.
 

My pet

I have a pet and it is a dog. Its name is Browni.Browni is very nice and clean. He is white with brown dots. He has a black belt round his neck.

Browni barks very loudly. He does not bite anybody. Browni is very active and he can jump and run very fast. He likes to eat meat and bones.We have built a small kennel for him.

Browni sleeps in his beautiful kennel. If thieves come into our house, Browni will bark and bite them. Brownie likes me very much. Whenever he sees me he wags his tail and goes around me.

Abdul Samad Mohammed Sajid, Grade 7-A, K/Almanar National School, Kandy.







 

English, the key to the world

Today people are living in the 21st century. When we look back we are happy to see that the world has been changing for a long period with the help of modern science and technology.

English plays an important role in our day-to-day activities. It can be regarded as the key to the world. English has become a universal language due to its utility value.

As students we know how English has become a major subject in schools. There are so many benefits we can gain by learning English. A good knowledge of English will enable us to get a well paid job.

English is used all over the world for international trade transactions. It helps us to communicate with people in other countries through the internet.

English helps us to build a strong bond with many people. In the tourism industry English is very useful. It is quite evident that nobody can achieve their aims without English.

In future English will become the world language. From today we must make an attempt to learn English.

A.H.M. Shashikala, Ku/Holy Family BMV, Kurunegala.