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July ‘20
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Darsh Malani
Bal Puraskar 2020 Awardee
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Master of Magic
Darsh Malani
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MASTER OF MAGIC
Darsh Malani
Darsh Malani is an International Magician. He has been awarded the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya
Bal Shakti Puraskar 2020, for his Excellence in Art and Culture.
Darsh is a proud member of 'The International Brotherhood of Magicians, USA'. His name is also registered
in the Asia Book of Records, as 'Grand Master' and in the 'India Book of Records' as 'Adept Magician'. He
has performed more than 80 shows worldwide, in India, UAE, Russia and UK. Recently, Darsh was awarded
the 'Best Young Magician 2020' at Achievers Award 2020.
Knowledge Tribe: Congratulations on Honorable President and Prime Minister of India.
winning the ‘Bal Shakti Puraskar It was my pleasure to be appreciated by them.
The Hon’ble President told me “Chote Jadugar,
2020’! How did your journey begin? congrats. I would like to see your magic.” The
Darsh Malani (DM): Thanks for the wishes Hon’ble Prime Minister blessed me and tweeted
and appreciation. It means a lot. My Magical personally about me.
Journey started when I was 9 years old. I started
doing magic tricks with little things at home, as I
always loved experimenting. During my
Dusherra holidays, one simple experiment
surprised my mom when we were at our Dubai
home. She keenly observed and noticed the
spark in some of my hidden magical power
and encouraged me. Thus, ‘Master of Magic’
Darsh Malani was born.
KT: How was your experience
receiving the award and interacting
with the other awardees?
DM: This Award is like a ‘Dream Come True’
for me – the most magical moment of my life.
Awards make us feel proud, happy,
overwhelmed and delighted. They give us a
validation and boost our confidence. I felt
extremely honoured and humbled by receiving
the most prestigious national award from the
PM Narendra Modi's Tweet
Knowledge Tribe | Cover Story 01
It was my pleasure to interact with 2019 and
2020 awardees. They have become my
extended family now. I performed a magic
show for Ministry of Women and Child
Development, and also for all the awardees
and their families. It was highly appreciated
and applauded by all and, while we use to
go for any national interviews, they all used
to applaud and cheer for me. I am blessed
to have all of them in my life. Their inspiring
journey and achievements motivates me lot.
KT: Who or what has inspired you
the most?
DM: One person who has always inspired
me is global magic icon ‘Dynamo’.It was Indian Book of Records
my pleasure to attend ‘The World's Top
Magicians Convention’ in the UK, attend his
lecture and learn from his magical journey. KT: You have performed in multiple
In his lecture full of 4800+ audience from countries and in front of renowned
around the world, he told, “…If at the age magicians. How was your
of 10, this young boy is here, he is the
‘Future of Magic.’” He also praised my
experience?
parents for supporting me in my passion. DM: It feels amazing to say that I’ve
I was lucky to get Limited Edition Dynamo’s performed magic in the best arena of all
Abandoned Playing Cards signed by him – places and among the best and appreciative
that is my most precious gift. audiences. I have performed more than 80
shows in the last 2 years in India, Dubai,
Russia and UK. Performing around the world
has been a learning and an encouraging
experience. I just make sure I give my best
performance in every show and this
motivates me to work harder and be
happier. The best international experience
was when I was the ‘Show Stopper’ of the
International Kids Fashion Event at Taj
Dubai. The audience from around the world
loved my unique style of Interactive Magic
Show which I perform balancing on a
hoverboard. Few British magicians were also
there who appreciated my magic and invited
me to attend The World’s Top Magician
Convention in UK. This convention
connected me with the top magicians from
With World's Top Magician ‘Dynamo’ America’s Got Talent, Britain’s Got Talent
and all famous legends from the Magic
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Industry. Now, I am a proud member of
‘The International Brotherhood Of
Magicians’, USA.
KT: You have performed before the
families of the martyrs of the
Kargil War. How did this come
about? Please share your
experience.
DM: My main motto is ‘spreading smiles’
and, the nation is always first for me. I end
all my shows by producing our national flag
from 3 ribbons and salute our National
Flag. On Children’s Day I performed one
show for the Government of Telangana and
seeing my magical and patriotic show, I got
connected to BraveHearts Martyr’s Group.
Asia Book of Records as ‘Grand Master’
I performed few shows for the Kargil War
Legends, Martyrs’ Families, Indian Armed
Forces and Living Legends of India. I was
DM: I am a boy with vision, intuition and
inventiveness. Apart from Magic I also excel
also invited as a delegate to Braveheart
in studies – Maths and Science are my most
Martyr’s Foundation at Rashtrapati Bhavan,
favorite subjects. I play tennis daily. Drawing
New Delhi.
and origami, playing piano, trying my hands
in cooking are my other hobbies. My
drawings have been published in state and
national newspapers. They were also
featured by the World Art Branding
Conclave.
KT: How do you manage your
performances, examinations and
school?
DM: I follow a disciplined, hardworking and
With the Prime Minister of India
yet a happy and playful routine. I get up
Blessings and appreciation from them and early to study, and my mom being a MBA in
the smile and happiness on their faces after Finance, helps me in my studies. She
seeing my shows is the biggest blessing and supports me immensely to keep a balance
I feel honoured to perform for them. Mera between my studies and other schedules.
Bharat Mahan! Jai Hind. She manages my international profile and
all my social media accounts. I am also
blessed to have immense support and
KT: What are your other hobbies appreciation from my school – Delhi Public
and interests, apart from School, Mahindra Hills, Secunderabad.
performing magic?
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I plan and prioritise my schedule according highly appreciated by everyone and, kids
to my school routine. If I have an important and their parents were standing in a long
show, interview, award ceremony or queue to get a selfie and autograph from
felicitation to attend, I join my school after me. Many kids took autograph on their
half-day. If any exam is going on, I first give cheeks, forehead and hands. Many
my exam and then go for the event. interviews were taken and published in
newspapers.
KT: What has so far been you best
experience? KT: What are your future plans?
DM: My most memorable experience will DM: I want to learn and explore Mind
always be winning The National Award from Reading Magic. If possible, I would like to
the Hon’ble President and Prime Minister of join London School of Magic and will apply
India. for Britain’s Got Talent. At present, I am
preparing for Guinness Book of World
Records and I want to make our country
proud.
Apart from Magic, I will be begin
preparations for IIT Entrance from next
year.
KT: What message would you like
to convey to other children who
are interested in magic?
DM: I am happy to inspire other children
who admire me and want to become a
magician like me. I learnt magic by
exploring it on the internet and, I kept
practicing and adding my creativeness in it.
But I always kept my studies as the first
priority. So I can say, “Dream Big, Work
Hard’ and see it MAGICALLY happen. I can
also suggest interested people to join
Magic Communities and attend best
lectures and conventions of the world (if
possible) or follow all the top magicians on
social media.
With the President of India
The most amazing and best experience was
when I performed at the International Kids
Film Festival. The event was promoted by
Actor Abhishek Bachchan. My show was
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which you will absolutely love watching.
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Knowledge Tribe | On Our YouTube Channel 09The Concentrated Mental Demand
Everyone’s main goal in life is to become triumphant but only an individual with great
mental demand can achieve whatever he/she craves in life. The concentrated rays of the sun
can burn a piece of paper, the train moves when the steam is concentrated at a particular
site similarly, dissipated waves do no good for your success.
The will power in one’s life brings great turns in their journey. For cultivating it one must first
have to develop positive attitude as it is like the price tag that shows how valuable you are.
A deaf child says, “For all of you I am deaf but for me all of you are dumb.” Life has
different perspective it is you who can chose and nurture your own prospect. You can be the
person you want to be if you Will to be, for Will can find a way and make one. It’s well
known that the pain you feel today will be the strength that you’ll feel tomorrow so work with
dedication and determination. Without the consciousness of this inner force that is the
mental demand you wouldn’t be able to succeed as your state of mind decides your destiny.
You must first have clarity in what you want to do to achieve your intention. Have
confidence, you mustn’t doubt your abilities
Wrestle and choke all your disabilities that acts as barriers for achieving your objective by
developing mental demand as it will guide you when you are lost, so that your mind will
abide you at all times giving thrust towards achieving in your life focusing in your final
destination. It is you who should create the verve, vigour, dynamism and spirit in your lives
as you are the best motivator. Have confidence and courage just by not fearing to be wrong
as you can learn a lot more when you are incorrect.
The second President of Egypt visited India to meet the second Prime Minister Lal Bahadhur
Shastri, during that time when our PM was mocked at for his height as he was the shortest
leader at that time and the tallest one was to meet him he replied that he was indeed proud
as the the President had to bow while greeting or addressing him with a handshake. This
positive attitude shows how using his mental demand he towered over all the tall leaders
with great leadership qualities. The power to succeed is within us who must tap into it.
- Pon. Muthulakshimi
Class 12
Presidency School Bangalore South
10 Knowledge Tribe | Your SpaceA Girl With One Hand
Once upon a time, there lived a girl who wanted
to learn boxing although she didn’t have her right
hand. Yet, she wanted to learn and do something
that would make her village proud of her.
With great difficulty, she found a teacher who
agreed to train her. The girl began to learn.
But one thing that the girl did not understand was,
even after several months of training, her teacher
only taught her one move. The girl finally asked Picture credit: pxfuel.com
her master, “Master, since I know this step already,
why are you not teaching me more new steps? I am tired of learning only this.”
“This is the only move which will help you in your life,” the teacher replied. Though
she didn’t quite understand, but believing in her teacher, the girl kept practicing for
several months. Later, the teacher took her to her first match, which was in the city
away from her village. She easily won the first match with a gold medal. In the
second match, though it was a bit difficult, she won it. She was surprised by her
success. She was now in the finals. This time, her match was with a stronger girl.
The girl appeared to be weak for a while. Concerned by her disability, the referee
tried to call the match off. When he was about to stop the match, the girl’s master
disagreed and asked referee to continue the match. With a little bit of effort, the girl
won the match again.
On her way to home, the girl asked the master,
“Master, how did I win the match with only one
move?” The master replied, “You had two reasons;
first, you have almost mastered one of the most
difficult moves in boxing. And, second to defeat you,
your opponent had to grab your right arm only.”
The girl understood how her master had made her
disability into her strongest ability.
Moral: Do not keep having pity on yourself just because you have some disability.
Work hard and you can do anything.
- Amitipriya
Class 4
NPS, Gottigere
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12 Knowledge Tribe | Our PicksMovie - Life of Pi
What it’s about: Survival Drama.
What we like about it: The movie is about how a
boy survives in sea with a Bengal tiger.
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App- Sentence Master Pro
What it’s about: Educational Application
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Knowledge Tribe | Our Picks 13Celebrating
Rock Garden
INDIA
The Rock Garden is a sculpture garden in Chandigarh founded and built by Nek Chand
Saini. It is also known as Nek Chand’s Rock Garden. Spread across an area of 40 acre, this
beautiful garden was established in 1957. This garden is famous for being one of the most
eco-friendly gardens in the country as it has been built solely by home waste and other
industrial items.
Nek Chand, started building this garden
secretly during his spare time in 1957.
The sculptures in this garden are made up of
items such as bangles, tiles, ceramic pots and
electrical wastes. With the help of demolished
scraps and waste material, Nek Chand
recreated a divine kingdom among the gorges
of Sukhna Lake.
The layout of the garden is built around the concept of a lost kingdom with royal ambience.
The entrance of the garden leads to the courtyard where rocks, broken chinaware and
boulders pose like abstract sculptures. It consists of around fourteen chambers like the main
court, poet’s chamber, swimming pool for the queen, etc. The garden is a curious maze of
interlinking courtyards, twisting walkways and staircases emerging into valleys with crashing
waterfalls. There are no flowers or plants in this garden.
Bonus Fact:
• Nek Chand used to work during the midnight hours, without anyone’s knowledge and
managed to hide it for more than a decade.
• In 1983, Rock Garden appeared on an Indian Stamp.
• With the government’s help Chand was able to set up collection centres around the city for
waste, especially rags and broken ceramics.
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