Karun Divij
Balachandar, ‘Karun’ as known to his friends, is sixteen and is studying in
Grade II in Trio World Academy International School, Bangalore. He had a brief
academic spell in South Point School, Kolkata, during the year 2008-09. He has
since demonstrated scholarly achievements in academics and extra-curricular
activities.
He is intensely devoted to environment
protection and preserving Earth’s natural resources particularly billions of
years’ preserved fossil minerals and fuels.
Animals,
teaching, skateboarding and gaming are some of Karun's varied interests. He
enjoys working with children, particularly telling them stories of great heroes
from mythology and history. He has a fixed ‘appointment’ with children every
Friday, exclusively for story telling!
While
most ten year olds were busy hanging out with their friends and viewing films
on the TV, Karun spent his free time reading books and gathering information online
about the Universe and other important issues that grappled the world.
He
enjoys reading various genres, from world mythology to Asterix comics, books on
Astronomical Sciences also included!
He has
interests in medical sciences too. He hopes to become a paediatrician.
This is
Karun’s first published book and he is now working on several other writing
projects.