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My favourite scientist is Thomas Alva Edison. Now as a child he was considered to be a foil. He was not attentive to his studies and could not pull on well at school. His wise and sympathetic mother, however, succeeds in teaching him the essentials of education, reading, writing and arithmetic. Pressed by poverty, Edison had to work for a living at an early age. But from his very childhood, he was fond of making various experiments some of which madehim the laughing stock of the common people. A kind railway guard allowed him to set up his laboratory and printing press in compartment of the train. Besides selling fruits and candles, Edison sold his ownnewspaper edited and printed by himself: Unluckily one day a bottle broke and Inflammable substance in it set fire to some of the boards. The angry guard put youngThomas along with his apparatus and printing more...

Books are a storehouse of knowledge. All that men have observed, learnt and experienced over the centuries has been enshrined in books. In other words, it is in books that the great minds of the past ages are kept safe for generations to come. Books are our best friends. Even our closest friends andnearest relatives may part company with us in time of adversity, but books always stand by us. They stand by us through thick and thin. They never betray us. When the dark clouds of misery engulf us from all side and we feel helpless, books come to our rescue. We read them, consult them and regain hope and confidence which no living human being could impart. In earliest times, man was uncivilized and barbariansomeone thought of writing and when he joined tin written pages to form a unit, the first book took its birth. Previously, books were more...

Until a few years ago, higher education and quality education was not affordable to some illustrious students because of the financial constraints. There was no alternative but to jump in the job market prematurely which led to untimely end of budding talents and their forceful transformation to the mediocrity. Of course, there were scholarships, but those were so less in numbers that only luckier few could avail them. But now the scene has changed drastically. The boom in the banking sector has led to release of large amount of funds for education loans. Now, education loans are easily available from various banks in India and this change is encouraging more and more students to take up higher education despite their financial shortcomings. Many nationalized as well as private banks have come up with various educational loan schemes that students can benefit from. The wave of change could be well gauged more...

The religious and social ideas adopted and developed by Gandhi, first during his period in South Africa from 1893 to 1914, and later in India, are collectively referred as Gandhian Philosophy. Later Gandhians like Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan further developed these ideas. Views of' Martin Luther King Jr. can also be studied in this light. The philosopliy of d.iudlii exists on several planes—the spiritual or religious, moral, political, economic, social, individual and collective. Though spiritual or religious element, and God, are at its core, truth and non- violence arc  the twin c;irdin;il principles of Gandhi's thought. For Gandlii, truth or satya is the relative truth of truthfulness in word and deed, and (he absolute truth—the Ultimate Reality. This ultimate truth is God (a.s God is also Truth) .mil morality—the moral laws and code—its basis. Non violence or ahisa, fo from meaning mere peacefulness or the absence of overt violence, more...

Punctuality implies proper use of time at the rightmoment instead of repenting on the lost time later. The Phrase 'a stitch in time saves nine' conveys that if acloth needs a stitch, it should be mended immediately; otherwise the cloth may tear further and require more Stitches. Of course, it is better and easier to make a single stitchIn less time than to make many stitches in more time. We should always act wisely and in time. We mustmake proper use of time. Time wasting may result in a Great loss of life and money. The virtue of punctuality is not difficult to observe. Awakeful mind can easily observe it while a lazy person cannot. He, who delays his work often, suffers for it.Rules of punctuality are against postponement. It is hard to imagine the chaos if schools, colleges, offices, trains etc. were to run at the unscheduled Timings. The more...

In the last several years, many observers of education and learning have been stunned by the abundance of information online, the ever-faster fundability of answers, and the productivity of online 'crowds', which li.ive created information resources like Wikipedia and YouTube. There are three common strands of current thought about education and the internet. First is the idea that the instant availability of information online makes the memorization of facts unnecessary or less necessary. Second is the celebration of the virtues of collaborative learning as superior to with a individual learning. And third is the insistence that lengthy, complex books, which constitute a single, static, one-way conversation with an individual, are inferior to knowledge co-constructed by members of a group. Though seemingly disparate, these three strands of thought me interrelated. Each tends to substitute the Internet for individual learning and knowledge. The Internet is now the fountain of knowledge and that more...

Childhood is the most innocent phase in human life. It is that stage of life when the human foundations are laid for a successful adult life. Many children, instead of spending it in a carefree and fun-loving manner while learning and playing, are scarred and tormented. They hate their childhood and would do anything to get out of the dungeons of being children and controlled and tortured by others. They would love to break-free from this world, but continue to be where they are, not out of choice, but force. This is the true story of child labour. Innocent children are employed by industries and individuals who put them to work under grueling circumstances. They are made to work for long hours in dangerous factory units and sometimes made to carry load even heavier than their own body weight. Then there are individual households that hire children as domestic help more...

The two most important things in this world are the computer and the newspaper. The newspapers give News, views, reviews and previews. Sometime the wordNEWS is interpreted as North, East, West and South. It means that the newspapers provide us information and news regarding different subjects from all the Directions. The newspapers do not give just news to us. They also give us articles on all kinds of topics such as political, Social, economic, monetary, business, commerce, ports, education, health, etc. The newspapers have different columns devoted todifferent topics. In them we have matrimonial, editorial, readers, employment, women's, children's and other columns. The burning problems of the day are discussed in the newspapers. Elaborate articles by experts and Specialists appear in them. Then the readers' views and opinions are published in the Readers' Column which is also known as Letters to the editor. The newspapers are a very potent vehicle. more...

Delhi covers an area of 1/483 sq. km. and roughly, hasa population of 6,220,406. Major languages spoken areHindi, Punjabi and Urdu. Its literary level is 61.54%. Delhi was founded in the 11th century AD. By a Rajputchieftain of the Tomara clan. The Chauhans claimed Possession of the city from the Tomara clan. Prithvi Raj,the Chauhan leader and ruler of Ajmer and Delhi, madethe city of Delhi famous for his heroic deeds andromantic adventures. The first invasion of India by Muhammad Ghori wasbeaten back by Prithvi Raj, but he lost when Ghori Returned to defeat him the second time. Prithvi Raj wascaptured and put to death. Delhi then passed into thehands of Muslim rulers for the next six centuries. Under the Mughal Emperors, Delhi became a worldfin-nous city. In 1912, the capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi.A new city. NewDelhi was laid out by the side of more...

In order to revive the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept with M list of modem wonders, a popularity poll to decide the New Seven Wonders of the World organized by the Swiss-based, movement controlled New7Wonders Foundation. The winners were announced on July 7, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal, based on more than 100 million votes cast through the Internet or by telephone. the origin of the idea of seven wonders of the world dates back to Herodotus (484 BC - 425 BC) and Callimachus (305 BC - 240 BC), who made lists which included the Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse of Alexandria. Only the Great Pyramid of Giza is still standing. The other six were destroyed by earthquake, fire, or other causes. To be included on more...