Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Joby Y. Daniel (born on October 13, 1993) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a small stylus pen (measuring 1.35 cm) using earbuds and aluminium foil, as confirmed on July 23, 2021.

Raji R. (born on May 23, 1982) of Kerala, India, set a record for creating best out of waste craft by using waste materials such as coconut shell, clay, newspaper, foil, bottles, old clothes, chappals, cardboard, electric wires and palm leaves. She made 120 artefacts including different flower vases, dolls, portraits, tree house, home decoration, table and chair set, bottle arts, bags and Nataraja, as confirmed on July 21, 2021.

Atharv Agandh Damodare (born on March 24, 2012) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for performing the fastest cumulative addition using abacus. He kept a sheet open in the laptop to view numbers from 1 to 200 and orally performed cumulative addition (from 1 to 200) nonstop (adding 1+2+3…till 200) in 4 minutes and 35 seconds, at the age of 9 years, 1 month and 28 days, as confirmed on June 1, 2021.

Asish V. S. (born on March 9, 2003) of Kerala, India, set a record for drawing the largest portrait of Mahatma Gandhi using stencil art. He drew a beautiful portrait of Mahatma Gandhi (measuring 123 cm in height and 75 cm in width) using stencil art, black acrylic colour, brushes and black markers, as confirmed on July 31, 2021.

Abhineeth Bhowmick (born on March 18, 2009) of West Bengal, India, set a record for performing the Hanumanasana forward bend pose for the longest duration. He remained in the Hanumanasana forward bend pose for 32 minutes,1 second and 14 milliseconds at the age of 12 years, 3 months and 20 days, as confirmed on July 27, 2021.

Dr. Ashwin Porwal (born on June 30, 1979) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for curing the longest fistula. He, and his team, operated on a patient on May 10, 2019, who was diagnosed with complex fistula, at Healing Hands Clinic, Pune. He took 4 hours from 15:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs to cure a 110 cm long horseshoe shaped fistula by DLPL laser surgery, as confirmed on January 21, 2021.

Vivaan Agrawal (born on August 1, 2013) of Chhattisgarh, India, set a record for being the fastest to recall the names of all the countries and their national emblems by viewing the countries’ flags. He recalled the names of 195 UN recognised countries and their national emblems by viewing the countries’ flags on the screen in 3 minutes and 57 seconds, at the age of 8 years, 1 month and 16 days, as confirmed on July 17, 2021.

Amana (born on June 20, 2008) of Karnataka, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for writing poems at a young age. She wrote 61 poems and published in a book titled ‘Echoes of Soulful Poems’ (ISBN: 978-93-90490-90-5), published by Sapna Book House (P) Ltd. in November 2020 at the age of 12 years and 5 months, as confirmed on July 27, 2021.

Kamakshi Arora (born on March 15, 2019) of Punjab, India set a record for identifying the maximum number of monuments. She identified 48 monuments around the world including Avila Walla, Eiffel Tower, Golden Temple, Grand Canyon, Chocolate Hills and others in 2 minutes and 59 seconds at the age of 2 years, 4 months and 16 days, as confirmed on July 29, 2021.

Uma Maheshwari, Managing Director, Uzhavan Mess, Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for making and displaying the longest Mysore Pak. The Mysore Pak (measuring 100ft long) was displayed at Uzhavan Mess, Ambattur, Chennai on August 29, 2021.