Year 11 IB Student · American Embassy School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Daanya Khan

Poems, essays and projects, gathered in one place: writing that loves language, and work that looks closely at small things.

and where one web withers, fading to dust,
the mind begins weaving again. from “Catharsis”

Creative writing

Poetry

Three poems on gratitude, silent companionship and the overthinking mind, each followed by a reflection on its craft.

Analysis & research

A research process essay asking to what extent labels act as a catalyst for conformity, inhibiting self-expression and individualism.

How Susan Glaspell uses symbolism, foreshadowing and characterization to expose a society that silences its women.

Mathematics & design

A geometry design project: a two-compartment recycling bin for school, modelled, measured and costed component by component.