Hello Friends, This issue is themed on our favourite part of a school day—Recess! Because, it stands for all the fun things school is and can be! So go, make the biggest, the most colourful, the gaudiest poster you possibly can and list down all the things you intend to enjoy about school, this year. If you are one of the lost ones, take some tips from Saashi and gang in School’s In ; And remember—don’t just think about doing things, do it! Speaking of doing, here’s a question for you all that’s been on my mind for some time—what do you do, what do you feel when someone challenges you Challenges you to eat your tiffin faster than anyone else or challenges you to jump as high as you can to reach that fruit dangling off the tree in your school ground Do you feel the urge to prove them wrong Rub their noses into the ground with your victory over the challenge Or would you rather slink away, lest a particularly embarrassing challenge gets thrown your way. How about pausing to think Will the challenge prove to be fun Check. Will it cause serious harm or injury Uncheck. Will it test our abilities and stretch them a bit more Check! Check! The best challenges are the last kind because there are so many new things that we can learn about ourselves, only if we are willing to test ourselves. We find we can jump a little higher than we thought we were capable of. Or that we can run a little faster than the pace we got breathless at. Perhaps we can understand a little better the mysteries of those subjects that used to flummox us. And then there are the fun challenges—discovering that learning to swim, to cycle, to dance, to sing and do all the wonderful things which we yearn to, is not so tough after all. So are you willing Are you up for a challenge I hope you all spend your new school year testing yourselves and your abilities and having great fun doing it! Meanwhile, we will be very sad to lose one of our beloved writers, Shruti. Shes moving on to greener pastures and Im sure you all will join me in wishing her the very best. Also this July, some of us will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with the sighting of the crescent moon. So hugs and happiness to all, and loads of goodies to eat! Affectionately yours, Rajani PS: Tinkle Folktales: Do you know of a fun folktale you’d like to see in Tinkle Ask your mom, dad, grandparents, teachers, and elders for a folktale and send the story to us. Don’t forget to mention the region the folktale is from. Our email and post addresses are given right below. FYI: We have the World UFO Day on the 2nd, NASA’s New Horizons mission approaching Pluto tentatively on the 14th and World Tiger Day on the 29th.