Essays

Human rights are those rights which a person should  have in order to be a human being. These are the rights which every person should enjoy to lead an honorable life as s human being. All individuals should enjoy these rights without Any distinction of race, religion, caste, colour or sex. These laws have been given a proper place in the constitutions of almost all the democratic' countries of the world. In the present day world, there is a lot of concern about the protection of human rights. The United Nations on Decembers 10, 1948 adopted the Universal declaration of Human Rights and called upon the different member nations to assure all the human rights to their people. December 10 thus became a historic day in the annals of the world history. As such this day, i.e.  December 10 is therefore celebrated all over the world   year as Human more...

Educational tours are of great importance as they not only broaden our outlook but enhance our knowledge to a great extent. That is why, we, the students await for this precious moment impatiently. Recently I got such an occasion. It was the time of summer vacation when all of a sudden a programme was made for all India tour. It was a tour of twenty days. All the students who were willing to enjoy this tour, had to deposit Rs. 5000/- to bear the expenses of travelling, fooding and lodging. I being a great advocate of educational tours, joined it whole heartedly. My parents supported me with required money. We had our reservations in a special bogie. We were a group of fifty students all from XIIth class, three teachers and two attendants. We had already taken those things which we thought were necessary during the travel. As it was more...

Outline: You are sitting in an over-crowded bus—An old lady some- how manages to get into the crowded bus, you think in your mind—whether to offer the lady a seat. At last you decide to offer her the seat—She thanks you.    The transport system in a big city like Delhi is far from satisfaction, a It is a total dismal, a complete failure. Here commuters increase by  thousands every day and the number of buses remain the same. They rather decrease. Most of them are unserviceable, Most of these buses are only in name otherwise they are junk, must be piled up in a junk dealer's shop. You have to travel in such rickety and shaky buses. There are hundreds of buses with many depots and workshops But still they are insufficient, they cannot cope with the need of growing population. Their condition is horrible, they let out plenty more...

A precious child was born in 1469 in khatri family at Talwandi, near Lahore. The village is called Nankana Sahib which is now in Pakistan. The name of the boy was Nanak, known to the world as Guru Nanak Dev. At the age of seven he joined the village school.   He was very intelligent, and learned the alphabet in one day. Once he composed a beautiful hymn which is now in Guru Granth Sahib.   He used to think about God for hours together. When his father gave him twenty rupees to do some profitable business, he spent the money on feeding the hungry men. His father became worried about his work and approach towards life. So Nanak was married at the age of fourteen. But even marriage could not stop him from thinking about God. His father sent him to Sutanpur and was made a Government store-keeper by more...

The Holi Festival is one of the most important and interesting festivals of Hindus. It comes in the Hindi month of Fagun. All persons young and old, men and women, boys and girls look forward to this  a day with great joy. There is a story.about the origin of this festival. Prahlad was a devotee of Vishnu. His father Hirnakashyap, hated Vishnu. He wanted to punish his son for chanting the name of Vishnu. He tried many ways to kill him but all failed. Hirnakashyap was determined to kill him. In the end he asked his sister, Holika to enter the fire with Prahlad. Her body was fire proof. Fortunately, Prahlad came out of the fire safe but his paternal aunt (Holika) was burnt to death. So this festival is celebrated in honour of this event. It is also said that the Holi is the beginning of the harvest season. more...

A horse is one of the most faithful animals. In ancient times, horses were very popular with kings. They were used in the battle field that saved their masters' lives at the cost of their own. It was commonly used as a means of transport in the past when there were no buses and trains. Presently, a horse is used for riding, drawing carts. handsome domestic animal, it is found all over the world, but Arabian horses are the best. A horse may be of various gray or a mixture of different shades. It has four strong legs. Its hoofs are not parted in the middle like those of a cow. There is thick black hair in its tail. It has a mane on its neck. Its ears are very large. A horse eats green grass, straw, food grains and leaves. Without proper training, a man cannot ride on the more...

Delhi has always created its own history. It has wonderful monuments and architectural heritage. It has wide roads and a number of flyovers, the unique Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Qutub Minar, Chandani Chowk are some of its great glories. Metro is its crowning glory which adds a new speed to its progress.   Delhi MRTS (Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System) or Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system in Delhi operated by the Delhi Metro  Rail Corporation Limited. With a view to reducing the problems of the Delhi commuter, the launching of an Integrated Multi Mode Mass Rapid Transport System for Delhi had long been under consideration. The first concrete step in this direction was however taken when a feasibility study for developing such a multi modal MRTS was commissioned by GNCTD (with support from GDI) in 1989 was completed by RITES in 1991. It recommended a 198.5 km predominantly more...

Population of a region means the number of people living in that region, in which they share their basic needs like land, water and other resources. The whole of the world has 71% water while only the rest has the conditions to sustain life, meaning here by we have a very little of land to live on. In the same way, we have other resources for our use. Resources are very limited while the population is growing rapidly. The world population has almost doubled in 40 years from 3 billion in 1961 to 6 billion in 2001. The situation is greatly alarming. At the time of independence, India's population was not more than 40 crores. In a span of 57 years, we have multiplied manifold. The present number is very grim and critical. India, a developing country has one of the largest reservoirs of natural resources but is still lagging more...

Hunting is of many types. Someone hunts with the eyes, the fair sex. Sportsman hits the ball with foot, stick or a bat. Soldiers hunt the life of the enemy's army. Pickpocks hunt for the pockets of others. Underworld mafias hunt for the life of their counterparts Dacoits and thieves hunt for the money which some rich people have. A person who is fond of drinking hunts for a bottle of whisky to quench his thirst. So every member of the society is hunting for one thing or the other. To overcome the problems of the food man started hunting animals. After sometimes hunting was looked upon as a spor) though for royal and noble families. He hunted all types of animals as adventurous deed. But man soon got bored of hunting as it became a one sided affair in the age of modern equipments and latest modernized rifles which more...

Many people have sacrificed their lives to quench the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy his curiosity to gain knowledge. In the Olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them sacred heavenly bodies. But the scientific investigation had proved that sun is an ordinary star and moon is a planet like other planets. After this the man has entered the age of the space travel. The invention of-rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already discovered that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first target of the man. The moon is our nearest neighbor. It is about 300000 kms from the earth. A space ship travelling at a speed of 4000 kms/hour can cover this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had further discovered that the surface of moon is rough and full of craters, rocks and more...