Essays

Good health is a boon. It is the real jewel of life, the most precious possession of man. If a man losses his health, the world losses all its charms for him. A good wealth of health can be obtained in a number of ways. It needs regular exercise, good food, good thoughts, and cleanliness. A healthy person does not spend money on medicines and visiting doctors. Just opposite, a sluggish person is another form of hell of diseases. The simplest and most traditional definition of health is that it is the freedom of sickness and diseases. According to World -Health Organization (WHO), a branch of the United Nations, health is physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease. Next to life itself, good health is the most precious gift and is necessary for a purposeful existence. 'Sound mind in a sound body' is an more...

Id-ul-Fitr is very important festival of Muslims. They celebrate it in every part of the world. There is a month known as the month of Ramzan prior to it. All the Muslims and some of their children also keep fast during the whole month. They take their meals in the evening and eat nothing the whole day. They do not drink even water. Id depends upon the appearance of moon which is called Id ka chaand. Id is celebrated on the next day. The month of Ramzan has a great importance and significance for the Muslims. They take it a period to purify the soul. They prepare  Themselves to live a holy life. They try to live as pure as possible during this month. They read their prayers to God five times in the day known as Namaz. They miss none of them. They also give alms and food to more...

The most striking feature of India is its unity amidst great variety and diversity. We have in India all types of  topography, climate, soil and rainfall. All the major religions of  the world are practiced here. We have several varieties of  costumes, food habits and social customs. We have about our thousand six hundred fifty two languages and dialects on   afferent parts of the country. India is often called a geographical, social, etymological and cultural museum. Despite 11 these differences India is a political entity, every part of which is governed under the same Constitution. We have to 0-exist with each other peacefully, respect the culture and  religions our fellow Indians. Our Constitution is the most important force that binds the nation together. It has given recognition to eighteen languages as National languages. Our national festivals also  act  an important unifying force. Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti more...

The Red Fort or Lal Qila as it popularly known, takes its name from the red sandstone used to build its vast walls. It is a masterpiece of architecture and one of the most famous tourist spots. Every day the tourists from India and abroad  visit this place and fulfil their long cherished dream.  Mughal Emperor Shanjahan started the construction of this huge fort in 1638, and the work was finished in 1648. This fort was celebrated for its opulance-the marble, the silver and gold, the lavish use of jewels though much of this wealth has disappeared over the years, still it has much more to give a powerful impression of the Mughal Empire at its height. The fort sports all the obvious trappings, befitting a vital centre of Mughal government, halls of public and private audience, domed and arched marble places, plus audience apartments, a mosque and elaborately designed more...

Introduction. Dr. Avul Pakir Jinulabdeen Abdul Kalam, an ex-President of India, a great scholar and a famous scientist is well-known as (he Missile-Man. He is a great personality, believing in simple living and hint) thinking. Birth and Childhood. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October, 1931, at a holy place Rameshvaram, in Tamil Nadu. He belonged to a middle class family. Since his childhood he was self-dependent by lure. While the children of his age-group were busy in playing different kinds of games, this man was selling newspapers. He did all this to  support his family financially. Education and Profession. Dr. Abdul Kalam got his primary ducation in Ramnath Puram. After that he completed his graduation from Joseph College in Tiruchilapatti. In 1958, Dr. Abdul Kalam started his professional career in Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). After that, in 1963 he joined Indian Space Research Organization (1SRO) more...

The soul of India lies in villages and in these villages live three-fourths of our countrymen. It means that the nation's  strength and prosperity are interlinked with the strength and prosperity of the villages. Hence, it is important to free the rural India from backwardness and poverty. It is a good sign that our government is trying its best to bring rapid and sustainable development in the rural areas. Education and removal of poverty are given top priority. Efforts are being made to enable the rural people to improve their living standards. Clean drinking water is very important for good health which is being made available in the  villages. Our villages are no more poor and dirty as they were in past. They have their own primary health centres, post offices and the schools. Primary education has been made free so that maximum number of the villages may be literate. more...

Exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind. A cultured mind, truly finds immense pleasure in reading. Reading makes a man perfect. By reading we get information, facts and knowledge of the affairs of the world. It is reading that broadens our outlook by removing narrow thinking. The books prescribed for our formal education do not sometimes provide pleasure to us. This is an obligation on us to read those books as we have to continue with our education. We are to go through them even though we may not like them. The books that provide us pleasure are the books of I our liking and interest. Therefore we should have a vast field  of good books for our knowledge. Good books are better than our best friends. Our friends may ditch us, they may leave us in the lurch, but books can never desert us. They more...

Ragging means 'laughing at' or 'playing trick' on somebody. Sometimes, it may mean teasing somebody. In this sense, ragging is not very objectionable. However, ragging has become a threat to new students in some prestigious academic institutes. In the name of ragging, junior students are often subjected to physical and mental torture. Sometimes, students fall ill seriously and leave the institutions and give up their studies altogether. The Supreme Court has taken serious steps to curb this menace and has issued instructions to state governments to control ragging. Ragging causes serious illnesses and mental imbalance among the affected students. Every year, we hear of many deaths caused due to ragging. The raggers often contend that ragging helps a fresher to shake of his inertia and shyness and be smart. However, such tactful excuses cannot minimize the seriousness of the problem. Ragging should be banned in. the interest of a healthy more...

Scout movement originated in Britain in 1908. Sir Baden Powell was its patron. Slowly the movement extended to every civilized country including India. It started as a trial experimental camp in 1907 but the movement spread with speed to almost every part of the world. In 1908, a handbook  "Scouting for Boys", was published. Over 1,00,000 scouts served in his majesty's forces during the First World War and 10,000 gave up their lives. These underage scouts performed public duties at home like coast-watching. When the war broke out again in 1939 thousands of scouts once more joined the armed forces. During this war, too, those scouts who were underage rendered particularly good service. Many of them were decorated for gallantry.   The principle underlying the boy scout movement is the development of good citizenship among the youth. Active self- expression is encouraged among the scouts and emphasis is laid upon more...

Global warming means the rise in the mean global temperature to a level which/ affects the life-forms on the earth surface. The factors responsible for this warming may be both natural and manmade. Warming of the globe due to natural factors is not an unusual phenomenon. The earth's climate is variable. For example, about 18,000 years ago, the Earth was about 5°C cooler than it is today. That was the last glacial period on the earth. Thereafter, the global temperature began to rise. The earth is kept warm due to what is known as the- green house effect. Without it the earth would be a frozen waste land. The short wave lengths or ultra violate radiation coming from the sun penetrates the atmosphere and   absorbed by the earth. This observed energy is also radiation back to space at infra-red wave lengths. The earth atmosphere contains gases which trap some more...