To be sick is to be miserable. To be confined to a ward in hospital is a worse. I had that experience recently after breaking my left leg in a football game. I was bedridden for five days.It was an experience I dread to go through again. I was overwhelmed by loneliness although my parents […]
Fancy dress competition is a very common feature in the schools these days. It is held every year. A fancy dress show was organized in my school last month. The students were given a choice of appearing in different kinds of dresses and fashions. A competition to award three prizes was held. A stage was
A farewell party was arranged on the last day when I was leaving school to join another school. The party was arranged by the students of class IV according to prevailing conventions. The hall of the school was beautifully decorated with flowers balloons, charts and paintings. When the function began, many speeches and thoughts were
We travel for business. We travel for sightseeing. We travel for necessity. But very few in our country travel to acquire knowledge. In Europe, travelling is a necessary part of education.Educational value of travelling can hardly be described. Bacon says that travelling in younger age is part of education, in the elderly age, a part
It was a one-day tour. We did not fix the destination. We started in the morning. ‘Be ready’ was our motto. So we went on walking like Hercules. We believed to meet some adventure on our way.We caught our train. At Jogeswari the train stopped. We had got down catching another train. We did not
In the month of November last year, one of our friends proposed that we should go to Agra on cycles the next Sunday. The distance from our village was 20 kilometres. The proposal was liked by all of us. We agreed. Each of us had to make some purchases at Agra. We decided to meet
It was a fine day. I decided to spend the evening at Connaught Place. I got a hundred rupees from my father. I left my house at 6 p.m. to catch the bus for Odeon.I stood in a queue and waited anxiously for my turn but in vain. I joined those who were struggling on
In September last, my father went to Delhi from Allahabad by a plane. My father is an M.P. He had to attend the meetings of the Parliament. I requested him to take me along with him. He endorsed. I was very much pleased.Our seats had already been reserved. We went in a car to the
A journey by train is the cheapest and most comfortable. I had always travelled with my parents. Last Sunday I got a chance to travel alone.There came an invitation from my maternal uncle at Allahabad to join the marriage ceremony of his son. I was very glad. I had to go by the Delhi Express.
Once I had to go to Allahabad to join a ceremony. Many other relatives had come. It was a bathing day. So we decided to go on a boat from Baluaghat to Sangam. The idea was liked by all. So we started on foot to Baluaghat. We were 16 in numbers. Many boatmen requested us
The building of a hospital is like any other building. It is beautifully built. It has a large number of doors, windows and ventilators. A hospital has several wards. These are female ward, outdoor patients ward and emergency ward. These wards are joined together except the segregated ward.The surroundings of the hospital are quite neat
Boys and girls gather outside the examination hall just half an hour before the commencement of examination. Rickshaws and cars & other vehicles drop the boys and the girls at the venue. Many come on their own conveyance. In no time there is a large gathering.Boys and girls stand here and there. Some move while
The market itself is in the centre of the town. All important bazaars of the town lead to this market. It has a square shape. There is an open ground in the middle of the shops. There are shops on the four sides of the big square. The main shopkeepers are agents. Their trade is
Every village has a well in its centre. Villagers take water from it for drinking and washing purposes. The well has a raised platform around it. The villagers draw water by means of buckets.Some young women come to the well daily to draw water. They cleanse their utensils there. Their sweet smiles with shining eyes
All houses in a town does not have water taps. The municipality of the town makes arrangements to supply water for those who have no private taps. For this purpose every street has one or two taps. They are generally at the end of the street.Long before, the men, women and children come to collect