Karate kid...

Is Alankriti Jain. She recently won a gold medal at an inter-school karate championship.

Reel model...

For Alankriti is Jaden Smith, the star of The Karate Kid. The 2010 karate blockbuster influenced her to take up the martial art.

First taste...

Of the sport she had at the age of 11. Alankriti used to watch her seniors practise on the campus and soon decided to take up the sport.

Sharp shots...

Alankriti learnt from her school coach Pankaj Kambli. She feels Kambli is the perfect person to nurture young talent, as he is very encouraging.

Love & care...

Of her parents - Anudeep and Neeti Jain - has been a constant support for her. Alankriti says that they have never stopped her from doing anything and have encouraged her to take part in extracurricular activities.

Many talents

Alankriti is gifted with. Not only is she a karate champ, she has also studied a course on the use of abacus with Social Intellectual Progressive. The gifted girl won the third prize at a state-level competition in August, 2009.

Classical music

Soothes her. Alankriti is also a classical singer and has won the first prize at a competition organised by Sur-Taal in 2010 at Kalidas Rangalaya. She took home the third prize in the same competition last year.

My Take

Life is

unpredictable

When I thought it was right,

I started feeling

uncomfortable,

I wanted to fight

But all I found

Were my silent tears.

No one was there to listen to the sound,

I was trapped in my own fears.

Like morning rays:

You woke me from

nightmares,

I can see now my coming good days,

You hold me now with all care,

You are the sun,

The brightness of my life.

I was in a cage,

Crying my eyes out

I was suffocated

And wanted to shout.

Suddenly, I saw a beam of light,

It came from an unseen door,

Someone held out his arms

And said: “I am your morning ray,

I will protect you from all harm.”

I felt the cage open,

The dismissal of frustration.

Someone had drained all my smiles,

I now wanted confirmation.

I said: “Life has given me pain,

I am afraid of the dark now;

Sadness has become now my life’s chain

Can I really get one more chance to live?”

The charming ray said

to me:

“Life is unpredictable

There is always dawn after dusk...”

I felt everything will be good again,

I saw my nighmares run away,

Prerna Pandey

Class XII

Radiant International

School