Archives September 2013

We are very familiar with a cuckoo. It is a very common bird in our country during the spring time. A cuckoo is as black as a crow, but it is slightly shorter in size. It has a very long tail. It lives in bushes and trees and eats fruits, worms and insects.           A cuckoo is well-known as a beautiful singing bird all over the world. It is noted for its sweet musical melody. A cuckoo announces the advent of spring. So, it is called the harbinger of spring. We cannot think of spring without its call. The two are inseparable. The sweet and sovereign call of the cuckoo fills the whole atmosphere with a pleasant joy. But a cuckoo can no longer be found as soon as the spring is over. For ages, 'cuckoo' has been a favourite topic for the poets to compose more...

Manmohan Singh, our 14th Prime Minister is a man of extreme simplicity and pure integrity. Born on Sept. 26, 1932 at Gah in West Punjab (now in Pakistan), he completed his M.A., D. Phil from Oxford University and D. Litt. from Honoris Causa University.  For his brilliant career he was appointed as a senior lecturer in Economics at Punjab University, Chandigarh only at the age of 25. In 1969 he became the professor of International Trade, Delhi School of Economics in Delhi University. He also enjoyed the post of Governor, Reserve Bank  of India. And so far his political career is concerned, he came into politics in June, 1991 and became Union Finance Minister. During his tenure he achieved great popularity because of his sincerity and foresightedness. It was his brilliance and sincerity that made him the leader of the party to head the country as its new Prime Minister more...

India has all along been a great name in the history of the countries with highly religious values. It has always been known to be the guru of the world. Its religious belief has given birth to a number of places and temples which have their remarkable identification for the tourists and the pilgrims' from all over the world. Right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujrat  to Orissa there are a lot of great shrines which attract people all through the year. Delhi, the capital of India, is not far behind in the list of historical monumental and religious places. Delhi is a land of great heritage. It is enshrined with a lot of monuments, wonderful building, temples and many more which make this city of great architectural and tourist land.  It is the capital of India. It has always been favourite of the old kings, especially during the more...

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "We have to produce a society of those people who profess different religions, but they live like brothers." In fact, this statement of Mahatma Gandhi has the essence of national integration in India, Where people of different religions live together. The British rulers sowed the seeds of hatred among the people of different religions in India, because they believed in the policy of "Divide and Rule". The British government in India encouraged Muslim League to demand Pakistan on the basis of separate religion and separate nation. But the Constitution of free India lies down that India is a secular state which means that people of different religions have full freedom of worship in this country and they live like brothers. National Integration means that we should have a true spirit of patriotism in our hearts. We should think that we are Indians first.

The progress of a country is to a great extent measured by its industrial development. To be a strong power in the world, a country needs to be industrially advanced too. Although agriculture has its own importance and provides the basic necessities of life, but it alone cannot take a country forward. Even to modernize and improve agriculture, industrialization is necessary. The modern equipment that is used by farmers is produced by industries. Industries in India contribute to more than half of the national income. Items of daily use like toothpaste, soaps, processed foods, medicines, etc. are manufactured by industries. The population of India is so large that we need many such industries to produce enough material so that things are available in plenty and at reasonable prices. Goods can be exported after they are manufactured in various industries. If quality is maintained by the manufacturers, the reputation of Indian more...

Punctuality means 'keeping to the appointed or fixed hour'. It is an important factor in the career of a successful person. In fact, a punctual man, however busy or engaged, finds time for more work still. An unpunctual man, on the other hand, far from doing much, cannot finish his normal duties even. So he incurs the displeasure of everybody and fails in life. Let us take a few examples. A student who comes late to his class misses a part of the lesson that day and also causes disturbance to others. An unpunctual officer upsets the day's programme not only of himself, but also of those who have dealings with him. A little delay by an army may result in the loss of the empire which can change the destiny of a nation. Today life is becoming fast. It is full of haste and hurry. Everyone is busy. None more...

India is famous for its ideal teachers, in olden days, we had very great teachers. They lived a life of simplicity and service. They 'never cared for money. Knowledge was their aim. We can see examples of sacrifice in the city of Kashi even now. Mr. Dixit is an ideal teacher of our school. He wears a white Khaddar Kurta and a coarse dhoti. On his head, he wears a Gandhi cap of white colour. He puts on unlaced shoes. He walks quickly and has a charming personality. You can easily know him by his simplicity. He is strong and healthy. Mr. Dixit is a man of regular and simple habits. He is one of those who go for a two kilometres everyday for a walk early in the morning. He eats simple food and lives a simple life. He is very punctual in everything. He never comes late to more...

I hate to get up early in the morning and to go to school, particularly waking up and preparing for my examinations and then marching off to take them. My father persuades me to get up early and exercise. In fact he forces me to do so and I hate this very much. I hate to exercise and I would rather be in bed sleeping inside my warm blanket. I hate anyone disturbing me in the morning.  Another thing I hate is to sit for the examinations in school, particularly weekly tests and final examinations. Final examinations are very important as they decide whether we shall go to the next class or not. handling soap and water is that the hands lose their moisture  and this causes a lot of discomfort to me. I like to have soft hands and washing clothes makes my hands rough and coarse. Making polite more...

From the olden times man had worn something to protect himself from heat and cold of nature. In olden days they may be leaves of trees and after that man invented clothes, because man is the only creature on this land who wears clothes. It is a necessity  of man. You can judge one's character, taste and habits by the dress he wears. They are the images of the wearer.  The fashion in dress has changed many times. In the olden days in India man used to wear dhoti, kurta or shirt and women in larees or lehnga. Then came pant-shirt for man and salwar suits for women. The colours and cuts have also changed pattern. Some Bme it is light colour and sometimes it is dark colour. Sometimes it is loose fitting and sometimes it is skin fit. Sometimes it is three piece suit and the other time it more...

"[The wheels are like] a cushion of air to the ground, rail, or track on which they run." Robert William Thompson Scottish-born engineer Robert William Thomson (c. 1822-1873) left school at age fourteen but within a couple of years he had managed to teach himself astronomy, chemistry, and the physics of electricity. By 'the time he was seventeen, he had his own workshop. Then at the tender age of twenty-three, he patented the "aerial wheel"—now known as the pneumatic tire. The tires consisted of a hollow belt of India rubber that could be inflated with "a cushion of air to the ground, rail or track on which they run." The idea was to provide people traveling over bumpy ground with a smoother ride. Unfortunately for Thomson, in 1845 there were no cars to take advantage of the new tire; nor were there any bicycles. The only applications of his innovation more...