It came as a huge surprise because we weren’t even expecting it!” Suman said. The amount of talent all the finalists had was amazing, and everyone was equally deserving. “We were asked to check the Google homepage at 12am on November 14 to find out the winner, but we only managed to do so in the morning. The boy and his family were invited to Delhi for a ceremony with the other finalists. Twenty days after submitting the entry, Shlok came to know that his doodle had been selected in the top 20. While browsing the internet, I decided to choose ayurveda as the theme, depicting a leaf being churned in a bowl.” And thus, he managed to incorporate his vision for a country with eco-friendly scientific advancements, a thriving space programme and strong indigenous practices into one word. After that, I knew that I wanted my L to be a tree. It then struck me to create it with wisps of smoke left by a speeding rocket, surrounding the Earth, symbolising our space programme. The second G proved to be very difficult and I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to draw. The two Os after it were initially supposed to be two gears, but then I decided to make it a scientist and a robot’s heads, and intertwined their hands in friendship. I instantly knew that it had to represent my G.
I was doing yoga with my mother, following instructions on YouTube, and saw a man holding a posture where his feet were touching his head. “The first thing that came to my mind was the introductory G. “I set out to create an animated sketchbook of my journey complete with u-turns and artistic meanderings,” Cruickshank said in Google’s news release.Shlok thought out how he wanted to represent each letter of Google with painstaking detail.
Google’s vibrantly colored video features iconic landmarks from the highway, like the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge in Missouri, the Cadillac Ranch in Texas, and the Golden Driller statue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985, but several parts were preserved as state or national Scenic Byways, says Google. Today, the route is still a popular path for travelers hoping to experience the “ultimate road trip” and explore American history.
The highway, which connects Chicago to Santa Monica, California, allowed displaced families to move out West during the Dust Bowl and served as inspiration for John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.” Route 66 was built in 1926 and “made cross-country travel affordable for the first time,” says Google in a news release. Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of the climate crisis
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