Sahil Gupta

Trees and plants are physically, spiritually and aesthetically related to us deeply. They remain part of our lives from crad to coffin or funeral pyre.The forests provide shelter, fruits, food, fodder, wood, medicines, timber and oxygen to name a few. The trees check soil erosion, floods and pollution besides creating lovely scenes. The forest cover […]

Rickshaw was the brain child of a Japanese mind. It was invented by the name ‘Jin Rikisha’ meaning ‘man pulled vehicle’, a handy goods transport mode. British introduced it in India as ‘rickshaw’ at Shimla to serve as passenger transport. They went around in rickshaws pulled by Indian coolies. Later, rich Indians also began to

(video gaming competition)Recently a video gaming competition called ‘Toonami Game On’ was held in New Delhi at a convention centre. The championship competition was sponsored by ‘Cartoon Network’ T.V. channel. The organisers claimed that the concept of video gaming was fast gaining popularity with the Indian kids.The format was kept conventional—preliminary elimination rounds leading to

I won’t forget that black Wednesday when things went wrong one after another with me. On Tuesday, I came from school with heavy assignment of mathematics home work. That night I could not miss my favourite movie and quiz programme on T.V. I thought that I would get up at 4 a.m. and finish the

My younger brother Nitin, a thirteen year old is crazy about Harry Potter. Sometime I thought that he was just bananas. It puzzled me and irritated as well. I had never read Harry Potter. More hooked I was to Spiderman, Madonna and Aishwarya.When the news broke out that the latest Harry Potter would be on

The big cat, tiger is one of the most magnificent creatures of the earth. Its face with a pair of burning eyes inspires awe. A big muscular body covered with shimmering bold strips over yellow or white background makes it a picture of beauty. The tiger as carrier of Goddess Durga and our mascot has

In August 2005 whole city of Delhi was very excited about the new underground Metro train section that had become operational. I too reached the Delhi University terminal from my Mukherjee Nagar home by bus. The inside of the station was spic and span. I bought a ticket for Central Secretariat which cost Rs. 11/only.

The misuse of science has filled our lives with many woes, worries and undesirable elements. The evolution of life theory has eroded our moral and ethical base. As a result the man has become materialist predator. There is little place for spiritual peace and aestheticism. The rapid and indiscriminate industrialisation has caused massive pollution of

My friend Pinkoo (Pankaj) studies in another school but we live in the same colony ‘Lajpat Nagar’. One Saturday night, he phoned me on mobile that he needed my help in writing an essay on ‘Giraffe’. I suggested that the next day, we pay a Sunday visit to zoo to see the subject in person.

When I was a young kid I used to sit in my father’s lap while he played chess with his regular friends. It used to amaze me to see the way the players got lost in the game. They rarely talked except some mono-syllables or mumbles at long intervals. They would be staring at the

Everyday we read the news of the tragic suicides by farmers in Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, U.P., Punjab, M.P. and other states being unable to pay back loans. The reasons are not far to seek. Due to high birth rate the farming lands got divided again and again among the generations of multiple successors. As a

All over the world, very strangely, every one thinks that his country is the best and the most beautiful. And that his country produced the greatest ones, finest people and the bravest soldiers. For the English, their England is the greatest nation. Frenchmen think that France is just incomparable. Similarly, the Germans and the Japanese

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Electricity is the life force of modern world. The use of electricity in daily life at all levels is too extensive to be enumerated. The electric power has transformed human life into an amazing experience of convenience, luxury, comfort and incredible ease. A great power became the slave of a human finger’s push. Push to