3 Mangalorean students reach finals of Doodle4Google contest

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Nov 2, 2011 : Shubham R. Vernekar of St. Aloysius High School, Varun Holla of Canara High School at Dongekery, and Vaibhav Shenoy M. of Canara High School have reached the finals of the Doodle4Google competition.

It may be recalled that Akshay Kumar of St. Aloysius High School won the Doodle4Google competition last year at the national level.

The above-mentioned trio has a penchant for art. Shubham said that John Chandran, his art teacher, helped him with his doodle, which illustrates India’s contributions to the world such as Zero, Yoga, Ayurveda, Chess, Hockey, Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Basmati rice, epics, and others.

Varun Holla derived the inspiration for his doodle from his mother, who expired this month because of cancer. Varun’s doodle is all about the diverse culture of India and its values of peace and non violence. Even Varun has used Yoga and Ayurveda in his doodle.

Vaibhav’s doodle illustrates the multi-religious nature of India, including Indian values such as peace, unity, non violence, and yoga.