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The knowledge we get from books is mere theoretical knowledge. It is not sufficient to be successful in life. To get complete success we require practical knowledge too. And it is travelling which takes us from the field of bookish knowledge to the field of practical knowledge. It is not only concerned with pleasure, holidays, travel and going or arriving somewhere but it makes us able to know about the habits, manners, and ways of living of other people. We get opportunity to learn about other by coming in contact with.  Travelling takes us from the world of imagination to the world of reality. It gives us a chance to adjust in the changed circumstances. Books even if they very good, cannot give us this chance. We come across many difficulties but we successfully overcome them. We never mind minor problems. A man who has never gone out or who more...

Public opinion is the opinion which the people in general  hold on questions of public interest of a certain time. Democracy, being the Government of the people, by the people and for the people, seeks people's opinion on various issues. It can not ignore people's reaction to its policies. No government Would like to be in power only for one time. It would like to come back to power again after the next election. Coming back to power depends on the next election which in turn depends on people's opinion of its work when it was in power. Strong public opinion plays a very significant role in the Capturing of powers, forming government and also retaining  the government in the consecutive elections. Public opinion helps in creating such a condition where the government cannot Afford to misrule or neglect the country. An alert and intelligent public opinion which keeps itself more...

The first person to attempt to reversibly connect two materials with a ziplike mechanism was the American inventor Elias Howe (1819-1867) in 1851 with his "Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure." However, Howe devoted little time to his fastening invention. A short while later, fellow-American Whitcomb Judson invented the clasp locker, primarily to help a friend who had a bad back and couldn't do up his shoes. The design was based around a hook-and-eye mechanism and had little commercial success. One of Judson's employees, however, went on to hit the jackpot. Gideon Sundback (1880-1954) worked for Judson's Universal Fastener Company. Because of his great skill he was appointed as head designer. He had been tasked with improving the Judson hook-and-eye fastener, which had an unfortunate tendency to come apart. Sundback's breakthrough design was based on the principle of interlocking teeth, and he called his invention the "Hookless Fastener." It consisted of two more...

The sun is the most important heavenly body in the solar system. All other planets in the solar system revolve round it. It looks like a large burning disc. It is thousand times larger than the earth and millions of miles away from us. The sun rises in the east, shines brightly and brilliantly all through the day in the sky and finally sets in the west. The earth revolves round the sun and as a result, day and night and different seasons take place. The earth       takes 365 days and 6 hours to go round the sun. The sun is the only source of light and heat in the solar system. Without it, there would have been no existence of any life on the globe. The earth would become cold, dark and dead without it. The sun controls the weather and climate on the earth. The more...

There have been many inventions of means of entertainment. We have radio, television, cinema. internet, computer and electronic games and many other things. Now is the turn of cable TV. As cable TV has provided all types of entertainment at our homes, cinema halls have suffered a setback. Many of them have been shut down even. It has given a big jolt to the film industry as well. Cable TV is not only a means of recreation, but also a means of knowledge. There are many programmes which are educative, informative and constructive. Many channels like Animal Planet, Discovery, news channels etc. telecast educative programmes for the enhancement of knowledge. Some serials, through their themes, teach us how we should lead a life of cooperation and happiness. There are some serials which throw light on the corrupt nature of the modern society. Even students can come to know that there more...

Unlike a great deal of the software that the first few major waves of computer programming produced, the word processor was slightly anomalous in that it was created to satisfy the needs of writers rather than those of mathematicians and engineers. After the introduction of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) in the late 1960s, there was some lofty talk about computers soon being able to take the place of books. The idea of using computers to do the work of typewriters also began to gain momentum. Specialist computer hardware designed to act as a word processor already existed. It had a keyboard, a screen, and a printer all housed in one stand-alone unit that utilized modern technology to create printed, processed documents. But one young entrepreneur saw the chance to create a software program that would not be tied to any one particular machine. Seymour Ivan Rubinstein (b. 1934) had more...

Last Sunday, a volleyball match was played between our school team and the M.D. High School team. It was played in our school ground. It was a friendly match. Many spectators came to see the match. The students of both the schools had come to cheer their players. The match started at 4 p.m. Mr. Singh acted as referee. He blew the whistle and both the teams entered the ground. The players were in their respective uniforms. There was a toss. We won the toss and chose our side. It was a well-contested match. Our captain served a nice service. Our opponents failed to return it. We won five points. Our opponents played well but they could not return the ball. The game became brisk and interesting. Now our opponents equalized us in no time. It was a thrilling game. The spectators were charmed to see it. We won the more...

October 31, 1984 was a black day for India when Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister and leader of the nation, was shot down by two of her own security guards, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, as she was walking down to her office at , Akbar Road, from her adjoining residence at 1, SafdarjungRoad, where she had an appointment with an Irish television company. The team had accompanied Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her recently concluded tour of Orissa. The two houses are linked by a winding path, which passes through a gate. Mrs. Indira Gandhi was near this gate, when these two men struck. The two assassins were members of a Delhi Police contingent, assigned to protect her. As many as 22 bullets were pumped into her body from a pistol and a stengun. In the shoot out that followed, Beant Singh was shot dead and the other more...

All of us have heard his name. He was our first Prime Minister. He was known all over the world. Shri Nehru was born in Allahabad in 1889 on 14th November. His father Pt. Moti Lal Nehru was a great lawyer, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He was brought up as a prince. Very efficient teachers taught him. At the age of 15, he went to England for higher studies. There  he joined the Public School at Harrow. Then he went to Cambridge University where he took his degree in 1910. Then he joined law. He was called to Bar in 1912. He came to India. He started his practice at Allahabad High Court. He was married to Smt. Kamla Devi at the age of 27. In the young age of Nehruji the British ruled over India. The English treated the Indians badly. This pained more...

With the advent of cycles, buses, motor cars, trains and aero planes, walking tours are seldom undertaken now in the country. In ancient days such tours were very common. They were undertaken mainly for religious purposes, be it to Rameswaram or to far off Varanasi. They were also undertaken for attending marriages. Although on those occasions, the  middle class people would go in carts but most of the people would follow the carts on foot. The advantages of walking tours are many. Walking leads to exercise of the body and fill the lungs with fresh air. Both are conducive to health. The difficulties experienced on the way would harden the bodies of walkers and create a feeling of self-reliance and ability to overcome hardships. A walking tour gives a splendid opportunity to come in contact with a variety of people and converse with them and thus understand the widely differing more...