Current Affairs

Points: How I came to know him - his appearance and nature - why I admire him - how we share everything. A true friend is hard to find. I have a true friend and his name is Mukesh. He is my neighbour. We have been friends since childhood. We joined school together. Even today we are classmates. Mukesh is tall and slim. He is strong and healthy. He has bright eyes and a charming face. He has a kind, sociable and helpful nature. He is good at his studies. He is also good at sports, elocution, debating and dramatics. He is an all-rounder. He is very popular with all the children in the school. I admire him for his good qualities. He is not selfish. He helps me as much as he can in my studies. He shares all that he has with me. We are really like brothers. more...

Outline: Explaining the meaning of family planning. Techniques for birth control. Importance of family planning. Government’s role. Compare to orthodox and modern families. Family planning can be explained as a deliberate effort in adapting suitable methods to restrict the growth of families. In other words, family planning refers to the natural and artificial birth control methods that helps in controlling the size of the family and the gap between the children. Family planning includes thoughtful limitation on the family's size. Family planning in country like. India is very necessary to check the rate of births. The parents must plan when to have child and the use of techniques to implement such plans. The techniques commonly used includes; sex education, prevention of sexually transmitted infections and infertility management. Considering population explosion, increase in inflation and scarcity of resources, the family trends have shifted to nuclear families with number of children limited more...

The present conflict and consequent tense relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir started in 1947 when the British left. The partition of India is not only a turning point in the history of the Indian subcontinent, but a signal event in world history as well. Preceding partition, India was directly under Crown rule. The British in order to perpetuate their rule, had divided the Indian society on religious grounds. They put Muslims against Hindus and instilled in them the demand for a separate land for themselves, and thus Pakistan was created. With passing of Indian Independence Act 1947 by the British Parliament, all princely states including Kashmir were released from their obligations to the Crown; the Instrument of Accession was an integral part of that mechanism. Kashmir was thus free to accede to India or Pakistan. To complicate the matters, the Maharaja of Kashmir, at first, refused to handover more...

Delhi is a place where exhibitions are held on a regular basis. The India International Trade Fair is held every year during November. I visited this exhibition for the first time recently. My first impression was that, the whole set-up looked like a fairy land. The exhibition ground with bright colours, fountains and lighting created a carnival atmosphere. People streamed in with their children and were busy looking at exhibits, watching open air shows, eating and purchasing. The attractive display of fancy items could entice any onlooker. The children of all age groups seemed to be flocking towards the amusement section, computer and electronic stalls, toy section and the shating rink. There were also a puppet show, street theatre, films and live fashion shows. One of the most interesting feature of the exhibition was the handicrafts pavilion, where craftsmen from various parts of the country were displaying their skills. Here more...

God has given us a cycle of seasons. There is the freezing winter and then the gradually warming spring. After spring comes the scorching summer and then come the cooling rains, followed by the pleasant autumn and then winter once again. Each one of these seasons has something to recommend it. You will find the lovers of each as well as the critics. I love the rainy season. After two long months of scorching heat, when the clouds start gathering in the sky, my heart starts dancing. When the first showers fall, the wonderful smell of the earth has an intoxicating quality. The tired faces of the people brighten up with hope and happiness. To see the eagerness in a peasant's face is a heartening experience. When the rain comes down in torrents, I love to get drenched in it. All the dryness and heat of the summer is wiped more...

Timmy is a tortoise. He is our dear pet. He belonged to some friends, but as they did not want him any more, my dad brought him home. When he first came, he was small and I could pick him up easily. Now Timmy has grown quite big. He is now four years old. He eats vegetables like tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and snake gourd. If I offer him small pieces of bread and butter he enjoys them too. Timmy wanders around at will and then settles down in some comer. He recognizes my voice and comes out to greet me when I am home from school.

Just before the winter when the leaves begin to wither we experience fall. This is the autumn season. The colour of the leaves changes to yellow, brown and auburn. Trees begin to shed leaves. Maple leaves are symbolic to autumn. The landscape is amazing. The earth gets a different hue. The weather is chilly but not severe. The sun is bright but mild. People enjoy picnicking and outing. Lazing in the parks and making barbecue is much enjoyed.      Autumn is not experienced in all parts of the world. Most part of India does not have autumn. But North India is heavenly with the chinar trees changing their colour. If you want to experience the real autumn you should visit Kashmir.

Maya Angelou's autobiography 'I know why the caged bird sings', won her a lot of acclaim. Angelou was hailed as a new kind of memoirist as she was the first African American woman who was able to publicly discuss her personal life. Angelou's autobiography set a precedent for the genre of autobiographies as a whole. Before “I know why the caged bird sings” black women writers had been marginalized to the extent that they were unable to present themselves as the central characters of their own books. With this autobiography, Angelou became not just famous as a writer but as a spokeswoman for the African American Movement and women as well. In this poem, Angelou effectively contrasts the characteristics of a caged bird and a free bird. The free bird has the courage to claim the sky because his faith has not been broken and his pride has not been more...

Points: Where I live and who my neighbours are – a description of the ways of each neighbour - how we live together - the importance of neighbours. I, live on the first floor of a building called Sukh Sagar. I know five of my neighbours. Three of them live on the same floor as I do. One lives above me on the second floor. The other is just below me on the ground floor. Just above me lives a merchant. He has his wife and two small children. His wife is illiterate and noisy. She shouts at her children the whole day. She often beats them. She throws rubbish into our balcony. On our floor we have three other neighbours. One is a retired Government officer. He is a cruel man. He lives with his wife and a grown-up son. He shuts up his wife and son in the more...

Outline: Defining pollution. Pollution as a universal problem and factors contributing to air pollution. Water pollution and diseases caused by it. Factors contributing to sound pollution. Steps taken by India to control pollution. Pollution is the abstract cause for the shortcoming of life on the earth. Pollution can be defined as an undesirable and excessive addition of some toxic substances in air, water and soil. Pollution has adversely affected and changed the natural and original quality of environment. This in turn has gradually become unfavorable for living organisms on the earth. Pollutions are residues and leftovers of various things that we produce, use and throw away. The things that unfavorably disturb our natural surroundings are known as pollutants. Today the problem of pollution is universal as it is experienced by various nations. People are compelled to breathe contaminated air as there is no another alternative unless the sources of air more...