About Me…

Hey!(: I’m Mallika and I’m 15 years old. This August, I’ll be entering the 10th grade. In my free time I really love to draw, write, hang out with friends, make Youtube videos, argue (or ‘debate’, as others would say), play around with computers, use the giant social media website: Facebook, and last and most importantly- read! I actually currently live in San Diego, CA- but I used to live in Austin and seeing how there’s no San Diego group set up, I might as well get in on the fun over here. I really love to help people so I think it’s amazing that this opportunity exists! I brightened up the second I heard about it.

Why I Think “Pratham” Will Help Kids in India, and Why I Want to Help…

Pratham, as I see it, is a grand opportunity to give. It’s a chance to help and lend a hand to those who really, dearly need it. I live down here where my pantry is filled with food, I can get water by walking ten steps and touching a button, and school is not enjoyed by those who go. We live in very fortunate places so we sometimes forget the misery some people are enduring. Not all people are as well off as we are. I mean, sure we all see Disney Channel’s ‘Friends for Change’, and we all think that we’ll help out but no action is ever taken. Until Pratham.

I think we need to reach out and touch the hearts of the people who need the daily neccesities that we take for granted. Food, is a luxury. Water, isn’t clean. Good books? Forget about it.

Reading is an adventure, reading is like following other peoples’ lives! Reading- well without it I would be a very sad person I love to read! And to think that others don’t have books to read from while America is filled with libraries overflowing with books, and India can’t even get decent books; well we need to change that.

We can start with Pratham, take the first step in a journey filled with helping people. Pratham *is* the first step. All we need to do is take it. And I will.

Books I Have Read So Far…

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Nora Grey, who finds her life in danger when she becomes involved with a mysterious new student at her school named Patch, who is revealed to be a fallen angel with a dark connection to Nora herself. Now she must unravel the mysteries surrounding her, Patch, and her strange yet dangerous attraction to him.

Edda by Conner Kostick
(Third book in the Epic series, sequel to Saga)

Everyone in the virtual universe of Edda is made of pixels-except Penelope. While her body is kept alive in a hospital bed, her ‘avatar’ runs free, able to go anywhere and do anything, including create deadly weapons for Edda’s ruler, her guardian, Lord Scanthax. When Scanthax decides he wants to invade another virtual world, Erik/Cindella from Epic and Ghost from Saga become part of the story-and soon the virtual universes are alive with fighting, alight with bombs, and brought together by three teenagers who want peace and understanding.