It was a hot night and I could not sleep, I got up and looked out of the window. The sky was very clear with a half-moon in the west and many twinkling stars.While I was absorbed in the scene, I heard a moaning sound from the next flat. I listened for a while. I […]
“It’s Father and Mother’s fifteenth wedding anniversary this Sunday,” my twin brother, Rajan, turned to me suddenly while we were doing our homework at the dining table. We have to do something special for them!Forgetting my work on hand immediately, I put down my pen and launched into a lengthy discussion on what to do
Have you ever wondered why the Olympic Games are the most important sporting events in the world? They are certainly the most well known but there are other reasons to account for their significance. The reasons are as follows:To begin with, an Olympic Game is bigger than any other sports event. Thousands of athletes from
India is a land of fairs and festivals. As different communities belonging to different religions live here, therefore many festivals are celebrated regularly every year. Among these festivals, some are religious; some are based on seasons while some are of national importance. All the festivals are celebrated with great enthusiasm in a colourful atmosphere.Diwali, Dussehra,
The person that has influenced my life is my dad because he is the one that get to know me best and is also the one that I see the most and have known for a long time. He always stands by my side, and whenever I fall down, he encourages me to stand up
India is my country, my motherland. I love it and I am proud of it. India is a big country. In population it is second only to China. India has a rich and glorious past. Once it was the seat of learning. Students from all over the world used to come here to study. Indian
Gratitude implies thankfulness or an appreciation of benefits conferred together with a desire, when practicable, to return those benefits.It should be distinguished from thanks, which is too often a matter of words, and not accompanied by a feeling of thankfulness or by those actions which indicate a grateful mind. The grateful man feels joy at
Reading makes man perfect. By reading we get information, facts and knowledge of the affairs of the world. The books prescribed for our formal education do not provide pleasure to us. This is an obligation on us to read those books as we have to continue with our education.We are to go through them even
Without oxygen we cannot live for a moment even. Without oxygen, the animal world will die away. Trees make the oxygen and spreads it in the air. While inhaling air we take the oxygen with it into our bodies and live in life.Carbon dioxide makes our atmosphere or rather our environment poisonous for us. Trees
My home is a place of complete peace and harmony. Among all the family members in my home there is such absolute understanding that, I have never had an occasion to wish for better or for more, i.e. I am so very happy and satisfied in my home.My home houses a wonderful family which includes
It was an exhibition showing the recent progress of Maharashtra in various fields. The exhibition took up nearly half a kilometre on the riverside. A strong corrugated-tin sheet fence ran round it. There were long, winding queues near the ticket windows.Our first impression on entering the grounds was that the whole vast area looked like
Summer vacation is the best part of the year. A student can have a couple of months entirely to himself. He is not bothered about books and examinations. He can do whatever he likes. He can go wherever he pleases. He can build his health. He can visit his relations. If he can afford, he
Last Sunday our school arranged a visit to Agra to see the world-famous Taj Mahal. It is one of the wonders of the world. It is called the Mughal Marvel. We reached the station early in the morning to catch the Shatabdi Express.The train started at 6.15 a.m. We reached Agra at 8.05 a.m. The
My grandfather passed away before I was born but my grandmother is still alive. She is seventy-two. She is tall and healthy. She hardly looks sixty. She has preserved her health in a wonderful manner. She is still energetic and works the whole day, I have never seen her idle.She has still all her teeth
My favourite author is Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath’s poetry and short stories appeal to my heart more than anything else. His ‘Gitanjali’ is a famous book of songs, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Truly speaking, I do not fully understand the inner meaning of all those beautiful songs. But I can,