Corruption in public administration is something not peculiar to India. It exists in all the countries and India is by no means the worst in this respect. Corruption needs only two prerequisites—first, there must be a predisposition on the part of an individual to accept gratification, and second, he must have some discretionary power to […]

In ancient India women enjoyed full respect and honour and were regarded as the better halves of men. No sacrifice was complete without women participating in it. They enjoyed rights equal to men, with full liberty to receive education and prepare themselves in their own manner, to face the arduous battle of life. They had

Generation gap means lack of understanding and breakdown of communalism, between two categories of people, belonging to different age groups. In other words, it refers to a situation which has arisen in the post war years in which the middle aged and the elderly people on the one hand and the youth of today on

Last week the film ‘lootera’ was shown at the local theatre. I had heard much about this film. I, therefore, decided to see it.I reached the cinema hall at about 6 in the evening. I had got my seat reserved in advance. There was large crowd of film fans outside the hall. All the tickets

The zoo is the place where birds and beasts are kept to show them to visitors. Zoos are in all the big cities of India. The zoo of Delhi is one of the largest in the country. It is famous as ‘Chidiya Ghar’. It is situated near Old Fort of Sher Shah Suri. Lot of

My uncle lives in a village only ten miles from Delhi. My uncle had been inviting me to his village for the lost many months. I decided to go there during the winter break. As our school had closed on the 22nd of December, I came home, took my bag and boarded a bus for

It has been remarked ‘early to bed and early to rise makes man healthy wealthy and wise’. This poem summarizes the benefits of morning walk. Great scholar and politician Chanakya has said, ‘Those who do not rise early, Lakshmi, i.e. goddess of wealth leaves them.’ As such rising early and to take morning walk is

Picnics are very necessary for us because they provide us innocent pleasures of life. Picnics give us relief from dullness of daily life. They act as a balm on our aching hearts. Picnic gives chance to share our ideas and food with our friends. Picnics also provide us chance to enjoy holidays and to use

School canteens are necessary to provide cheap, neat and unadulterated food to students, teachers and staff. As such school canteen is the most coveted place and a centre of attraction for various kinds of sweets, namkeen, tea, coffee, cold drinks, snacks, etc.Our school canteen opens almost one hour before the school time, so that it

Man has a body, a mind and a spirit. The development of all these three is called the development of the total personality of a person. One cannot expect a healthy mind and a healthy spirit in a body which is suffering from serious disease. Disease is the other name of death of itself. Therefore

India is a land of festivals. People of different communities belonging to different religions live here. As a result, some kind of festival or the other is seen being celebrated with joy and fun on almost all days of the year. These festivals make our life colorful and charming as they take us away from

India is one of the fortunate countries of the world where one can have a change of seasons in a natural order. One has not to put up with the monotony of seasons. Each season, therefore has its own charm and glory for the people. It is perhaps, because of this reason, that in one

India is a hot country. Summer begins in April, but in May and June, there is excessive heat.As such a rainy day in summer is always welcomed by people. It brings them relief from scorching heat of blazing sun and perspiration. Rainy season normally begins after 15th June. As a precursor of rain, gusts of

The day was calm and bright. I was travelling in a train. For some hours railways train ran smooth with usual moderate speed. The passengers were playing cards or talking. Some passengers were dozing and sleeping.All of a sudden, we felt terrible jerks. The goods and trunks which were placed on the upper berth fell

I have a great liking for the Ramayana. It is my favorite book. I read it in order to learn some noble lessons. The Ramayana is full of wisdom. It contains a lot of useful advice. Mahatma Gandhi also liked this book. He regarded Rama to be an ideal man, ideal king, ideal husband, ideal