The word 'Environment' is derived from a Greek word which means 'surroundings'. In simpler terms, we can say that environment is the atmosphere which surrounds an organism. It is in this atmosphere that an organism lives, thrives, nurtures and sustains itself. Thus, everything that we see around us - land, air. water, flora and the fauna - consists of our environment. The environment exerts its influence upon us and thus our living conditions are indirectly controlled and affected to an extent. Any change in the environment is thus bound to disturb the harmony of the environment with its organisms. It becomes necessary for human beings not to disrupt this balance by their activities. This inter-relationship between the organism and the environment is the Ecological Balance which should be maintained at all cost. Environment can be classified into the following categories - Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere and Biosphere. The land with its more...

In this day and age, most of us know the benefit of keeping fit. Modern society has come to the point where it is believed that we need to keep fit to stay alive. Our work normally doesn't involve hard physical labour. So many of us lack exercises, The consequences of not getting enough exercises is frightening. On a mild scale, we may simply grow fat. On a more ominous scale, we may develop sorts of ailments that can kill us before we grow old. So we exercise, for our lives, There are various means by which we can get the exercise we need. If we live in the city and can afford it, there are fitness clubs and gymnasiums that cater to our needs. They offer aerobic dancing, jazz dancing, weight reduction exercises and other sorts of body torture guaranteed to make us sweat. For the poorer ones there more...

Alexander Pope had very rightly said, "Hope springs eternal in human midst, Man never is but always to be blest." Yes, there is nothing but truth in the statement. It is this hope that continuously dwells up in a person's heart and makes him exclaim that if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Rather it is the coming of winter that makes the arrival of spring more surer than ever. It is the night that ensures that there will be another day. The sinking sun promises before it melts into the golden sea that it will come back tomorrow with a beautiful dawn and a better, sunnier day. It is the clouds that fur sometime hide the sun but that does not mean the sun is not there. It has been there all the time, only we could not see it. What if the earth seems to be barren more...

Floods comprise of another natural disaster in India which occurs year after year owing to excessive rains caused by the south-west monsoon which is the sole provider of maximum rains to India. Besides heavy rains, many a times, tropical cyclones occurring during pre and post monsoon time also cause severe damage. Sometimes silting of river beds, deforestation or change in the course of rivers too cause floods or flood-like situation. In 1979, a man-made flood occurred in Gujarat when Machhu dam bursted causing great destruction. The vast diversity of India, too geographically causes extreme situations many times. One part of the country suffers from severe famines or draughts while the other part gets destroyed due to floods and over-flow of rivers Approximately, one eighth of the total land area of the nation is considered as flood-prone area. In 2011, floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains, led to the more...

Introduction. Games and sports are an important factor in education. In the past there was no provision for them in Indian schools and colleges. But now no educational institution is complete without some arrangement for different games and sports. Their advantages— (i) they improve our health. Lames and sports have many advantages. They improve health and help in building up a good body. As games are played in the open air, the body gets plenty of sunshine and fresh air. The value of good health is well reseeding in the proverb-" A sound mind in a sound body". Hockey, ball and other games provide   better health than walks can. (ii) They develop a spirit of comradeship. Games have another advantage. They develop a spirit of comradeship. Students do not play for themselves only but for the team as a whole. Thus a sportsman develops a broad outlook and learns the more...

There is no place like home, as the saying goes, but I guess, it is just a matter of opinion. Nevertheless, I am sure everybody has some likes and some dislikes associated with his or her home, the amounts vary between different persons, I, for one has more likes than dislikes at home; when the weekends come, I simply love getting up late in the morning instead of having to force myself up early to go to school. Lying in bed on a sunday morning and listening to the sparrows chirping is what I consider as a pleasant change from the droning of teachers. Ah, it lifts my spirit up and makes the whole day good. Strange how the meaningless chirping can be—it is more pleasant than the intelligent droning. listening to the radio and watching TV (good programmes only) are what I like to do. especially during the weekends more...

For me, without hesitation, it is better to live a life in which risks are taken. The reasons are as follows : I am the one who subscribe to the saying "no venture, no gain," Only when we take risks, do we realize our full potential. Take learning to swim, for example. In order to learn to swim we must plunge into the water first. Initially, we might swallow a bit of water and become disoriented, but gradually our natural ability will take over and we feel at home in the water. If instead of taking the risk of plunging into the water, we elaborately study about all aspects of swimming, theorizing about it and then carefully testing things out, we would probably never get to the actual process of swimming. Even if we do learn to swim in this way, the ability obtained thus can never match a person more...

Climate change refers to a statistically significant variation in either the general state of the climate or in its variability, persisting for an extended period, typically decades or longer. Change in climate may be due to natural internal processes or external factors, or due to persistent changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use brought by humans. Due to industrialization and urbanization, presently, the global atmospheric concentration of carbon-dioxide has increased to 393.69 parts per million (ppm). Estimated averages show that the temperature increases during 2090-2099 relative to 1980-1999 may range from l.llo 6.4 C and sea-level is likely to rise from 0-18 to 0,59 meters. These could lead to impact on fresh water availability, oceanic acidification, food production, flooding of coastal areas, and increased burden of water borne diseases associated with extreme weather events. India is faced with the challenge of sustaining its rapid economic growth more...

I love badminton. I play it as often as it can be and with as many different opponents as I can find. With my group of badminton-crazy friends we have formed a team called The Young Terrors'. We are supposed to strike terror in the hearts of our opponents whenever we play a match. Sometimes we succeed, but sometimes it is we who get terror-stricken. We have a part-time coach. Actually, he is a teacher who used to represent the State in his younger days. He is very good- Though I try my best to give him a fight, he always beats the living daylights out of us. Anyone of us would consider it a great thing if he manages to get five points from our coach. Our coach trains us on the finer points of playing badminton. He also arranges friendly matches for us. It is during one of more...

To talk of honesty when corruption, chaos and cheating is rampant seems extremely bizarre and out of date. Yet the saying remains tested by time over the years and generations. Honesty still remains one of the greatest virtue in a man. Pope had once said 'An honest man is the noblest work of God." But it seems today it is not only the noblest but rarest work of God- Honesty today has become a rare thing to see. Rather it is found only in books on value education, moral stories of the older centuries and in religious books. To be honest, needs enough courage and demands a person to be true to his own self. To be true in Turn needs a lot of inner strength and courage which people generally lack. Hence, they shy away from the prospect of getting caught in the midst of a mess or being more...