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MY FAVOURITE FAMILY HEIRLOoM

My great grandfather was once gifted a platinum sparrow. This is the story of my ancestral fan
It has a tail studded with diamonds, neckband made of However, its power has been declining for it has been a
emeralds and a set of big, beautiful and graceful eyes made long span,
of sapphire. This polygonal fi gurine encapsulates in it the placid
blossoms of sun-gold,
Tanishka, IX, D.A.V. Public School, Gurgaon
This fl abbergasting heirloom is not to be sold.
METAL UTENSIL SPEAK Manisha Mathur, Bal Bharati Public School, Delhi

My sacrifi ce can never be felt by anyone, On my birthday I was given water to drink
Because the moment I’ll be useless, from a brass canister. In Telugu we call it Mara
Someone else will live my life, Chembu. It is yellow in colour and is made up
And that someone will repeat the same cycle. of an alloy of copper and zinc and shaped
like a jar.
Saurav Panwar, XI, Jaswant Modern Senior Secondary School, Dehradun
Y. Visushma Devi, IX, Subha Niketan English Medium
School, Kakinada
The sword of Tipu Sultan was made with a special type of
high carbon steel called wootz. The sword is embedded with
The statue of Lord Krishna was
the rarest type of hilt, and it bears an inscription of historic
gifted to me by my great grandfather. A child,
signifi cance.
a brother, a charioteer, a warrior, disciple,
Amish Gupta, IX, Bhavan’s SL Public School, Amritsar guru and the beloved of all gopis, throughout
his life Krishna enacted many roles.
Traditional Kuthu Vilakku is a type of metal
lamp used in almost every house. It is Anoushka Tripathi, VI, Delhi Public School, Maruti
Kunj, Gurgaon
believed that lighting the Kuthu Vilakku brings
prosperity to the house. It is generally made My favourite everyday traditional metal
of brass. object is a brass frying pan which is
M. Thulasi, VIII, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, nearly 50 years old. It was bought by
Puducherry my grandmother from a street hawker
in exchange for old clothes.
A silver jug was given as a marriage gift to my
Nandini Sarin, VI, Delhi Public School, Sector
great grandmother by her father along with a
45, Gurgaon
number of other things made of silver like soap
box, a water sprinkler and glasses. The sword and shield belonging to my great grandfather is
P. Arnav Raju, VII, Bethany School, Visakhapatnam my favourite heirloom. These were his constant companions
and he used them even when he participated in the Freedom
An ancient metal Dhokra owl in my maternal Struggle of our country.
grandmother’s house is my favourite metal
Shivangi Kalra, IX, Bal Bharati Public School, Delhi
family heirloom. The owl is exquisite and I
always wondered as to how it was made.
Oindrilla Dasgupta, VI, Navy Children School, New
Delhi

A family priced possession I would like to share,
The story of a Ganesha idol with pride and fl are,
It is a brass statue about 18 inches tall,
But impresses guests one and all.
Urvi Bhatia, X, Bal Bharati Public School, Delhi

Illustration by Prarthita Illustration by Akansha Vashisht,
Mukherjee, X, B.K. Bajoria
VVDAV Public School, Vikaspuri, Delhi
School, Shillong

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