Dear Readers,

This edition of Sparsh is planned to acquaint readers to ideas that have not been previously touched upon: from mental health to economic policies and artificial intelligence. The spotlight section contains interviews with two Cambridge Learner Award recipients who have excellent advice laid out for their juniors; the Essays and Minisagas showcase the creative minds that define our school. While Laugh Out Loud is set to make your day as it documents humourous classroom situations, the poems written by Manthan’s most expressive minds are bound to make you feel a plethora of emotions.

What makes this edition so special and close to our heart is that it celebrates a decade of Manthan, a milestone for this foundation laid by the greatest---Ramkrishna and Shalini Reddy. We welcome you to be a part of this celebration as we remember the wondrous journey Manthan has been through. Captured in words and pictures, in this edition, are the best moments of our school, the challenges it had faced, and how this educational community has grown to be one of the finest in Hyderabad.

The Sparsh team-the teachers, editors, technical team, and illustrators-have worked day and night for weeks to put out this edition together to ensure that the readers not only enjoy every bit from the magazine but also have something to take away from it.

We hope you love reading it as much as we did putting it together.

Happy readingJ!

Editors-in-chief,

Soumya 12A, Mahathi 12A and

Shreya 11A