Essays

Indian agriculture has been the source of supply of our leading industries. Investment in agriculture, in irrigation facilities, tractors, ware houses etc. have been rising continuously, increasing the demand for industrial output and adding to the nation's capital stock. The significance of agriculture in India arises also from the fact that the development in agriculture is an essential condition for the development of the national economy. Economic growth means a higher rate of growth of Gross National Product and it is obviously impossible to attain a higher rate of growth in the economy unless there is rapid growth in both the agricultural and non agricultural sectors. The new agricultural strategy during 1964-65 was the only cause for starting green revolution in India. Green Revolution implies to improve agricultural production within a limited period and maintaining a high level agricultural production over a long period of time. To improve agricultural production, more...

We see a street hawker here, there and everywhere. He is a common man in our streets. We see him generally near schools, airs, corners of a road or near stations. H° hawks his wares all day long. The street hawker's dress is very ordinary. He puts on poor looking shirt and a pair of pyjamas. His clothes have the stains of perspiration, grease and dirt. He often carries a bell in his right hand and a cane stand in his left hand. He deals in things of daily use. They consist of vegetables, fruits, clothes, utensils, sweets, ice-creams, parched grams, soap and toys. He places these things in a large iron tray. The tray is placed on a four feet high cane stand. He does not cover his wares. He keeps them open so that one can see them at a glance. He hawks his wares at the top more...

Introduction. Sachin Tendulkar is the real gem in the history of wor cricket. He is acclaimed as a genius. He is at the age of 34, and has achieve such heights that no one will ever reach to that. He was chosen the man the year in 1998 and the Government of India has honoured him with Padam Shri. Birth and Early Life. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on Jun 23, 1973 in Mumbai. In his childhood, he was a very handsome child an had long curly hairs. He looked like a girl. But he was very strong an' bashed other boys. He had only one craze, cricket. He did not pay mud attention to his studies. So taking into account of his interest in cricket hi was admitted to Shardashram School. Here education did not interfere with cricket. Boys joined this school for cricket only.  Career in Test Cricket. more...

Outline : The Year of the Handicapped: special attention to the handicapped children; their problems, change in the attitude of society — sympathy and understanding; need for special institutions; appreciation of their activities; to make them feel wanted. The problem of handicapped children is the problem of every country of the world. These tiny tots have been treated cruelly by nature. They are not at fault. They are innocent, tender and harmless. They invite the attention of all of us. It becomes our moral duty to do something substantial' and concrete for them, otherwise our conscience will never forgive us. They are not a burden. They are not a liability. They are also important members of our so-called civilized society. They do not belong to some other world. They are hundred percent our responsibility. Let us realize our moral duty and come to their immediate help. The handicapped may be more...

Ever since birth, I have lived in Delhi. Since I had heard a lot about villages, I wanted to visit one. And at last I got an opportunity.  One day our teacher decided that he would take us to a One day our teacher decided that he would take us to a village, situated at a distance of 15 kilometers from Delhi. He wanted us to see for ourselves the crops of the season. Sunday was the day fixed for the visit. We started in the morning in a bus. The journey from Delhi to the village was much fun. The moment we were out of Delhi, we seemed to have entered a new world. The air tasted sweet. Everything was different from what we had seen in the city. We reached the village in an hour. Our teacher contacted the village in an hour. Our teacher contacted the village more...

Dr. Chandra Shekhar Venkata Raman, popularly known as C.V. Raman, is one of the most distinguished scientists of the 20th century. It was he who during a long sea voyage to Europe in 1921 as the representative of the Kolkata University, at a science meet, wondered why the water in Mediterranean sea was such a dark shade of blue. And the time came when he gave the answers to this apparently simple question and won the world's most prestigious award-the Noble Prize in 1930. Dr. C.V. Raman was born on November 7, 1888 in an orthodox South Indian Brahmin family in tirchurappalli, Tamilnadu. His father's name was Chandra Shekhar Aiyer who had special interest in science and mathematics. His mother Parvati was a pious lady. Raman was a very brilliant student since his early childhood. He passed his matriculation at the age of 11 and at 15 graduated from the more...

I live near the Jamuna River in a small village. There are forty families in our village. Every year during the rainy season our village is surrounded by Jamuna water. We have built our houses on the rocky ground. It is much above the level of the surrounding earth.  Last year heavy rains caused flood. We had to vacate our village. We saw big sheet of water all round. Boats were playing in the Jamuna. Many houses were surrounded by angry water and it was a horrible site. Ultimately we were compelled to vacate our houses and we went to our farm where we were safe. The farm was situated at about fifteen kilometres away from our village in the interior. I saw that many other villages were submerged in water. The people were carrying their luggage in the boats. The Government had called the police. The police helped those more...

A parrot is the most popular of all the birds kept as pets. It is of different colours.  A parrot has a strong curved bill and sharp and powerful claws. It builds nests in the hollow of old trees. It is often found flying in flocks. It lives on fruits and seeds. Green chilly is its favorite food. A parrot is better known as a talking bird. It can be tamed and trained to talk. A parrot can imitate people's voices quickly. It is caught and caged young and taught to talk. It can imitate our words by listening to them again and again. Then it can go on talking. The grey African parrot is the best talker. A talking parrot can call a person by his name or can recite the names of gods or goddesses. It sounds really nice when one hears a parrot talking in the house. more...

One day I was travelling by Kalka Mail from Allahabad to Tundla. I started from Allahabad at 3 o'clock in the night. There was a great rush in the train. But somehow I managed to get a seat in the train. The train started. It had hardly gone two kilometre when we felt a sudden jerk. I fell down upon a man who was sitting on the floor.  e had just begun to rebuke me when another man also fell down, The next moment a box fell upon a woman and she became unconscious. In only a few moments men and bundles lay in disorder one upon another. The passengers had their head struck against the windows and other heavy things. I was also wounded. As soon s I was able to stand up, I realized the whole situation. The train had collided against another train. My carriage was lying more...

Work is Worship'. This is a very old proverb which means there is no better way to worship God except to be hardworking. And this is fully justified what man has achieved during the course of his development is a result of hard work over long periods of time. He owes all his greatness to hard work. Hence, it is the root of all success. There is no alternative of hard work. Today man has conquered nature, he has set foot on the moon, he has travelled in the space, he has invented so many life saving drugs-all became possible because he never avoided work. We see wonderful progress in field of agriculture and industry. The methods of agriculture have been improved which has resulted in the growth of production. Now the farmers are enjoying better days than what they had to face previously. This is again the result of more...