Dubai resident makes a Guinness World Record attempt Joydeep Sen Gupta/Dubai Photo/Juidin Bernarrd She made the attempt with the largest number of origami maple leaves. Shivali Johri Srivastava, a final-year student of computer science and engineering (CSE) in Andhra Pradesh’s GITAM University, and her parents Kavita and Anil jointly secured their 12th Guinness World Record for the largest display of 1,993 origami maple leaves. This was also the highest number of Guinness records held by a single family in Hyderabad. Cut to Dubai on February 28, 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Kaavya Mohana Sundaram, an information technology (IT) project manager at Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Knowledge Park/Knowledge Village campus, makes a valiant bid to beat this Guinness World Record. She has made 2031 origami maple leaves, which awaits Guinness’s stamp of approval for the largest display. “The maple leaf is a symbol of hope. I wanted to share the feeling of hope with all and sundry amid the contagion. This is my way of making people believe that all’s well,” says the mother of two.