Square to Circle | English
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 28/08/2015

What you need are two exactly same double sided newspapers sheets, same date and same page. Fold the first in 4 parts how the newspapers are generally kept. On the folded Corner with a CD cut 1/4th of a circle. Since we folded the Newspaper in 4 parts this piece will be circle. Now fold a triangle of much bigger than the folded cut 1/4 circle. Open this newspaper and Fold this triangle inside. So the cut circle is hidden inside and from outside this newspaper. Looks like a paper with missing triangle. 

Take the other identical folded sheet of newspaper and place it on top this newspaper. Turn the paper over and mark the missing triangle on the
Second newspaper. Cut a little wider than the marked line. This is required so that after
Gluing this cut triangle fits exactly on the folded/missing triangle.
Open this cut piece. Glue the inside of this square to make a triangle. Glue the inside of this triangle. Place it under and above the original sheet with missing triangle and stick it. You have to careful gluing that the letters and pictures of the original piece fit completely. This will give the illusion that it is the same newspaper. That is also the reason why we use two sheets of same newspaper with same date. And now you are ready to perform the trick. After cutting the square when you open the newspaper to reveal circle turn the paper around to reveal the circle. The inner side of newspaper should face the audience.

This work is supported by IUCAA(www.iucaa.ernet.in) and TATA Trust (www.tata.com/aboutus/sub_index/Tata-trusts)

Credits: Ashok Rupner, Manish Jain, Pradnya Pujari, Shivaji Mane, Jyoti Hiremath, Arvind Gupta, Vidula Mhaiskar TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org