Mahatma Gandhi is called “The Father of the Nation”. He was born on 2nd October, 1869 at Porbander, Rajkot in Gujarat. He was named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhiji studied law in England and went to South Africa to practice there. He saw how badly the Indians were treated by the whites over there and felt […]
A cyclone is a storm which takes place due to changes in the air-pressure. Winds from places around rush to that area. The air rises up, and that area becomes cool. The wind blows really fast, almost 80 kilometres per hour and is often followed by rain. Cyclones cause a lot of harm sometimes. Things
I am a bright, red school bag, and it is my birthday today. I am one year old. My little mistress loves me dearly and carries me around with great care. She keeps her little tiffin box, books, pencils and even puts a pair of shoes into me, sometimes. I was born in tailor’s shop.
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14th November 1889. He worked with Mahatma Gandhi and many other leaders of India to gain freedom for our country from the British rule. He loved children and his birthday is celebrated all over India as Children’s Day. Children all over India call him ‘Chacha Nehru’. In 1929,
Deepawali is called the ‘Festival of Lights’. It is celebrated with great excitement and joy all over India. It is one of the most beautiful festivals because as far as the eye can see, twinkling lights of candles and earthern diyas light up the houses like stars upon the earth. Now-a-days, people use electric bulbs
Water is an essential part of life. Without water humans, animals and plants cannot survive. Water is even more important to people than food. We can live much longer without food than we can without water. A large part of the earth is covered in water. We look around us and we see water in
My mother lets me watch TV programmes before tea when I get home from school. This is because the programmes that are on then are suitable for children of my age. After tea I do my homework. After that I can only watch TV if the programme is particularly educational or interesting. My parents say
I got a mobile phone as a birthday present last month. Most of my friends have had one for ages. My mother does not approve of mobile phones. She goes to work by bus and she says that she is always being disturbed by people talking on mobile phones. This is certainly a bad point
We rely on several members of community to make life better or safer for us. When we think of such people we usually think of doctors, nurses and fire fighters. We forget about the people who collect the rubbish. Yet sweepers are essential to the community. They come round regularly in their lorries to empty
I usually walk to school. The quickest route is through the park. The walk takes me about fifteen minutes. I pass the children’s play park first. There were a lot of young children on the swings this morning. There were also some playing in the sand pit. It was only 7.00 am. The children must
Yesterday we were supposed to go on a picnic, if weather was fine. When we got up in the morning it was raining only slightly. We thought that it might clear up and that we would still be able to go on the picnic. While we were having breakfast the rain got heavier and heavier.
Mum and Dad like me to watch educational TV programmes. I think that some of the programmes they like are boring, but we all like wildlife programmes. I have watched a lot of programmes about species that are in danger of dying out. We should all know the facts about this problem. Then perhaps something
The subject I like best at school is science. I like science lessons because I like to know how things work and why things happen. My mother says that I have always been curious. Science lesson gives me facts about many different things and I like this. My favourite science lessons are to do with
I shall never forget the hotel my parents and I stayed in the last summer. It was quite small, hot and uncomfortable. The worst thing about the hotel was the lift. It was tiny. There was only one for the whole of the hotel. We were on the fifth floor. It was a long way
Most of the time I do things which I enjoy. I quite like the things I do at school and I have fun with my friends after school. Unfortunately, I sometimes have to do things which I hate. The things I hate most is cleaning my bedroom. My mother makes me clean it up when