Dussehra is a festival to mark the victory of goodness over evil. On this day Lord Rama had slained the demon King Ravana.Before Dussehra day, for ten days people enact the drama of Ramayana on stage in public grounds, streets and roads at night. It is popularly known as Ramlila, the saga of Lord Rama.In […]
Holi is a festival of colours. It falls in the early phase of the spring season when the land is greening up and the flowers are blossoming. It is a full moon day. On the eve of the Holi a bonefire is lit with great gaiety and noise.On the main Holiday people smear each other
It is a joyful festival of Muslims but the people of other faiths also share the joy.Eid is celebrated at the end of the holy month of fasting called Ramzan. It falls in the 9th month of Muslim calendar when new moon is sighted. It is believed that Holy Koran was revealed to the people
India is my country and I love it. It is the world’s largest democracy. Very ancient is its history, culture and civilization.It is home of all religions. The people of different faiths live here side by side in peace and love. A number of languages are spoken here.Cultures and food habits are also diverse here.
New Delhi is our national capital. The old city of Delhi had been the capital of Moghul period. Yamuna flows nearby.New Delhi was founded by British about one hundred years ago. Sir Lutyens designed this beautiful city of gardens.New Delhi is famous for enchanting gardens, parks, round-abouts, wide roads, open spaces and tree cover. The
Our national animal is Tiger.If lion is the king of jungle then tiger really is the prince of jungle. It is a beautiful creature but makes you tremble in fear.It is a big cat with a muscular body. Its fur is yellowish with dark brown stripes. That gives it the tiger look. It has a
Peacock is our national bird. It is found all over India. But in north India it is common scene in countryside. You can see peacocks in gardens and parks in the cities. Peacock is a big beautiful bird. Its plumes are shiny blue-green. On its head it has a crest.Unique feature of the peacock is
Besides national anthem there are some songs which instigate our feelings and fill us with pride. Many of them are very very popular.They are informal songs but very important. They touch our hearts.One of them is our national song ‘Vande Mataram…’. It is a part of the novel called ‘Anandmath’ written by Bankim Chandra. The
‘Jana Gana Mana…’ is our national anthem. It is signature tune of our country.Our national anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore who was a great poet and writer. He won Nobel prize for his ‘Geetanjali’, a book of poems.Our country adopted it as our national anthem on January 24, 1950, 2½ years after becoming free.
The Tricolour (Tiranga) is our national flag. It is the symbol of our nation, the independent India. It has three bands of different colours. The top band is saffron, the middle is white and the bottom band is green.In the middle of the white band there is a chakra, a 24-spoke wheel which means, a
We celebrate Republic Day on 26th January every year. On this day in 1951, our own constitution was enforced in the country and the country duly became a Republic. This constitution was written by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.The main Republic Day celebration is held in New Delhi. On Rajpath a grand parade is taken out by
15th August, is celebrated as Independence day in our country every year. On this day in 1947, India had gained freedom from the British.To celebrate Independence day the national flag, Tricolour is hoisted. Then, national anthem is sung while people stand in attention. At some places dramas are staged.The main function is held at Red
I get my hair cut at ‘Sultan Hair Cutting Saloon’. It has big mirrors and nice comfortable seats. In front of each seat there is wash basin. And racks around are loaded with implements, bottles, tubes etc.There always is a nice smell of lotions, shampoo and soaps in the saloon. Four or five hair dressers
Every family has a family doctor to whom its members go when they are sick. The doctor knows every member of the family by name and health problems. He has a record of each member.The kids of a family call him doctor uncle. The doctor also addresses them as son or daughter. Dr. Mathur is
We have a National Panasonic colour TV. It is a fine set. Picture on it comes sharp.As a kid I watched a lot of cartoon movies. My mother would settle me down before TV with a cartoon movie on. I used to sit glued to our TV watching Tom & Jerry, Charlie Chaplin, Micky Mouse,