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 394 || AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories - 2019
Cool, Cool Dried Apple!
  Ms. Sandhya R. Shewale*
Email: gholapsandhya14@gmail.com
Mamma, tell me a story na ...! My grandma used to tell stories every night.
My story lover son ‘Harshit (Pillu)’ demanded while going to bed.
The stock of all stories, I knew, was exhausted as listening to a story before sleeping was a usual routine for him since he came back from the summer vacation. While scratching the head, I was thinking about the story to tell him. Creating some exciting story for a child is quite a challenging task for a mom who had a hard day at the lab.
Thinking about my day at the lab, suddenly it flashed into my mind. How about telling him what I do in the lab? My research work! Very quickly, my brain cautioned me, ‘It’s a good idea, but conveying him everything in the form
of a story will be a difficult task.’ A second thought popped up in my mind, ‘You don’t have any other way. He will not sleep without listening to a story.’
I made up my mind. ‘Okay, my baby, I will tell you a story.’ He was so excited and asked curiously, ‘What is the name of your story, Mamma?’
‘Cool, cool dried apple!’
‘Oh ... A for APPLE? An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Yes, Mamma, I learned this in the school.’ His excited ears were eager to listen further.
‘Pillu, in a small village, there was a BIG apple tree. People used to pluck and eat apples as they were bright red, as sweet as sugar and healthy too. Do you know why apples are good for your health?’
 * Ms. Sandhya R Shewale, PhD Scholar from CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, is pursuing her research on “Integrated Electromagnetic Radiation Treatment and Low Humidity Air Drying of Apple and Rosemary for Improving Product Quality”. Her popular science story entitled “Cool, Cool Dried Apple!” has been selected for AWSAR Award.





















































































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