Essays

Last Sunday woke up late in the morning as usual and to my surprise I found a lot of activity in the park Next door. Ours is a silent colony and the presence of trucks and vans next to the park seemed a rare sight indeed. At First I assumed that the hustle and bustle could be due to some cleaning operation by the .municipal department. On colorful observation I discovered that these vehicles were .carrying hundreds of pots filled with plants. These were no ordinary plants too. They were pots with vegetables growing in them. The kitchen garden association had organized a competition and entries had come from various parts of the country. For the first time I witnessed plants that were grown in nurseries where gardening enthusiasts had been conducting a research on how to improvethe quality of the vegetables. As a result the exhibition had vegetables with more...

I often travel to go to my village and I usually travel bytrain. Tickets are booked in advance and my packing is also done by my mother. However, the last trip to my village wasmemorable as I started off on a wrong note because my reservation was not confirmed. Since I had nochoice but to go under any circumstances I boarded the train. During the day there was hardly any problem whiletravelling. The ticket collector was a friend of mine butI still did not get a berth to sleep on. At night the train was extremely crowded. People weresitting in the aisle, on the seats and wherever they couldfind some place. I had a big suitcase on which I tried tomake myself comfortable. As the train moved on it got colder and colder. I had asheet with me but no blanket to cover myself with. Iwrapped it around myself and more...

We will have a tendency to be lured by the outward glittering appearances of things. Appearances are usually deceptive. Man's real qualities cannot be judged by His exteriors. It is true that man's action is his index and man is judged by his actions. If a man performs good deeds he Shall always be popular and respected in the world. Sometimes we come across a very insignificant looking Person but he suddenly performs some great action that makes one and all take a second look at him. Sometimes there are things that appear shining and once we try to study it closely, to our dejection we find That it was a worthless thing. We must have sharp eyes and a keen perception to secwhat lies beyond the face. We must never take peopleat face value. A person who appears handsome andbeautiful physically may in fact be a mean person. Onlya more...

As a student in school I had opted for science. My subject was biology, physics and chemistry. I took up these subjects .with an aim in life. My aim was to become nurse and take care of patients who have no One to attend to them. After passing my higher secondary examinations Ijoined the nursing course and became a nurse. As anurse I have to work very hard. Although I knew that I would have to work almost twenty hours a day I chosethis profession so that I could be a really good and usefulcitizen of this country. Love of humanity is the goal of every nurse. To servethe suffering humanity is the work of saints and greatmen if I could follow their footsteps and try to servepeople like they do, I shall consider myself to be verylucky. I get up early in the morning and have my bath. Afterhaving more...

Travelling by a Blueline bus is an adventure for a youngman and a trying experience for an old man. Formerly, itwas only the fear of pick-pockets who could at the most liquidate one's pocket but in these changed times when terrorism is on the rise, travelling by a Blueline busamounts to inviting danger or even death to oneself. Who knows there may be a bomb under the seat which could blow the entire bus to pieces? But there is no escape from it as one has to travel long distances to reach work places and these Blueline buses are the Cheapest mode of transport. Ones had a bitter experience of a terrible journey by abluelinebus. As soon as I reached the bus stop, I saw a long queue of passengers waiting anxiously for buses. The buses which came were already packed to full. After too much jostling and pushing when more...

Rohan and I are good friends. We sit next to each other in class. He is a good-looking person who is popular with others in the class. He is popular with everyone in school. You could say that Rohan has the kind of charisma and flamboyance that makes everyone look at him wherever he goes. He reminds me of The Lone Ranger' who never ceases to get attention. Being popular has many advantages. Everybody knows Rohan. He is a prefect, a house captain, the school soccer captain and our spring star. He excels in everything he d6"es except his studies where he is merely fair Nevertheless, he barely manages good results and I help him whenever I can. The school children like him a lot as a prefect because he is very fair to everyone, He never bullies or takes advantage of anyone. So his popularity is well-maintained. As the more...

In modern world, honesty has lost its meaning. Wealth plays an important role in man's life to-day. Value of Money has gone high. Everyone wants to become rich without hard labour. He does not hesitate to adopt any means at all to become rich. But still some people appreciate honesty. All religions lay down great stress on honesty. An honest man is always brave. He is not afraid of anybody sometime; he has to face many problems also. He is and is liked by everybody. On the other hand, liar, greedy and cunning people earn moremoney but they are not liked by people. Honesty should be maintained everywhere, at home, in school, among friends and even in the playground. An honest person always obeys the law so he is freefrom serious trouble. Honesty also gives rise to spiritual strength. So one takesup any challenge with confidence. On the other hand, more...

The moment the last paper is over, I am going to step outside the examination hall and give out the loudest yell that I can muster. This will be the yell that will tell the world that the examinations are over. The months of toil, sweat and tension have ended and it is time for joy and celebration. Then, my friends and I will head straight to our favourite Mall to just chill out- This will mark the beginning of my celebrations of the end of these cruel examinations.  When I would reach home after all this fun, I would get hold of a largo cardboard box into which I would dump all my textbooks, revision books, exercise books and other paraphernalia. No reminder of the past months of slogging would be allowed to remain on my table. Instead 1 would put a vase of flowers, some novels and other more...

Many years ago when I was in standard four in primary school I had an experience that was both terrifying and enlightening. Here is how it occurred: During one of our science study lessons, we were undertaking studies of frogs and tadpoles. As an assignment, my friend Sandeep and I were asked to catch some live tadpoles and bring it to the class for joint study. So during recess on that day, we walked down to a small stream that ran past our school about two hundred metres away. We were delighted to find a large number of tadpoles on a shallow part of the stream where the water was very still and quiet. We happily got down to our task of scooping the tiny black tadpoles into two glass bottles that we had brought. I noticed that the place was shaded by a huge tree and that made our more...

Excursions have a great educational value. Schools often organize excursions for the students apart from Educating students and exposing them to varionexperiences, it is a great means of recreation. It is the Day that all students wait for-the day the school hi takes them on an excursion. My class was taken on an excursion last month. There "was a bus arranged for us. We sat in that bus and' It took us all to places that we had to see. We were all very happy. We sang on our way and the bus speeded through various towns and villages. The sound of the horn was a constant irritant but wecould tolerate it because we were too busy having a Good singing session in the bus. We were going to Agra from Delhi. The bus stopped on the way at a restaurant. We all got off the bus to have some more...