Essays

There are many school and colleges which publish their own magazines once in a year. The money needed for this purpose is got by small monthly subscriptions from each student. The school, magazine is a collection of articles, poems, stories and plays in English Hindi. They are written-by students well as teachers. There is a Magazine Committee made up of teachers and students. This committee keeps the accounts and selected articles for the magazine. There is an editor who is generally a senior teacher of great ability. He is helped by associate editors who are generally good and intelligent students. They all see that the articles published in the magazine are all useful for the students in improving their knowledge, taste and character. There are many uses of the school magazine. The students are encouraged to think and write. Since the articles are published and everyone reads them, the students more...

Smoking is a bad habit. It creates a lot of health hazards not only to smokers but also to non-smokers. Despite warning on the cigarette packets and persistent anti-smoking awareness documentaries, people at large fail to give up this habit. The young people mostly fall victim to this addiction. Science says that smoking is at the root of a number of diseases. It causes respiratory troubles, aggravates hypertension and blood pressure. It may also cause cancer. However, smokers have their own arguments to offer in support of their case. They believe that smoking relieves their stress and strain. It is only a lame excuse. For smoking never promotes efficiency in man. Smokers hardly know that they make other people suffer the most. Smoking in public places has been prohibited, but this continues to be flouted. But law alone cannot combat this problem. Mass awareness is the best answer to this more...

There is a famous saying that the role of pen is mightier than that of the sword. But unfortunately there are people who believe that the use force is necessary.   The pen expresses a personal or public opinion. It stands for the press, literature, newspapers, books, and other  writings. The purpose of all writing is to connect one's mind with another, to persuade the reader to take up the view which the writer holds on a particular subject. The reader has the right to hold his own view; he may not be convinced of the writer's judgement and opinions presented to him. We may, therefore, say that the pen stands for the peaceful means by which a person is persuaded to accept the views which the writer holds. No force is used to persuade the reader, but a good and forceful writer forms opinion. But the sword, on the more...

Introduction. The whole world is struggling against many sorts of problems. But, AIDS has been proved to be the most fatal disease like cancer. The doctors are trying their best to find out any vaccination but so far, they do not seem to have any ray of hope for the remedy of this dreadful disease. Origin of AIDS. The meaning of AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This latest dreaded malady of the present century is supposed to be originated in the African green monkeys. It was detected for the first time when this breed of green monkeys of the Equator countries Was studied. No one knows how it passed on to human beings. Symptoms. The infected person of this disease can be easily identified. The resistance power of its prey ends altogether. AIDS is caused through blood. If you touch a person having AIDS, you cannot contract it. We more...

The success or failure of a school depends upon its Principal. A Principal has a very important place in the working of school. He can improve the standard of education in the school. He is a central figure in the school. If I were the Principal of my school, I would introduce some ideas which are in my mind. First I would introduce co-education. Time has come when boys and girls should be educated together. The girls generally are more hard-working than boys. There will be healthy competition between boys and girls. Boys will be encouraged to work hard to outshine girls. Secondly, I would try to make games compulsory for all students. It is on the playground that the feelings of brotherhood, discipline and social service are created among boys. The team work becomes their habit. The Duke of Wellington once said that it was on the playing fields more...

Of all the books I have read the Ramayana influenced me most. This is my favourite book. I love it most. The book has many charms of its own. It is more interesting than any other book. It is more philosophic than any other book on philosophy. It is a complete moral code. Hence, it has influenced me most. It contains the life story of Rama who is thought to be an incarnation of God. Hence it is a religious book which helps us to make us good and pious. The book is full of ideals. It presents every situation of life, from the examples given in the book, we learn how we should behave with our parents, brothers, sisters, friends, enemies, teachers, learned persons, strangers, husbands, wives, sons and even the low caste people. It teaches us to be brave and cheerful in all circumstances. Thus we may call more...

My grandmother is a goddess in the form of a woman. The sole aim of her life is service and sacrifice. Thus she deserves claims and commands and respect in our family. My grandmother is the busiest member of the family. She is the most important wheel in the family vehicle. She is the lady who nurses and looks after the children. She is a religious woman. Soon after getting up before dawn, she takes her bath and absorbs herself in prayer. She reads holy books and recites in a sing-song manner while sitting before the temple that she has set up in the house. My grandmother is good cook. She loves to prepare meals and serve delicious food to all members of the family. She infact, acts like a machine. The time between 1P.M. and 4P.M. is reserved for sewing and needle work in spite of her age. She more...

Customs are manmade laws. They grow out of well established Conventions. They are the driving forces in the man's life. As habit Is a part and parcel of man's life customs are also. We cannot get rid of a custom whether it may be wrong or right. Customs shape our character. Customs guide our action. in the olden days there was the custom of Sati in India. Due to much efforts of some social reformers this custom was banned. But we have not got rid of this custom till today. There are some cases even today of Sati. Whenever any act is repeated by large section of society it becomes custom. After some time custom leads to superstition. A person who dares not to follow the custom becomes neglected and isolated in the society. A custom is even more powerful than law. Customs have a great influence on the peaceful more...

Cotton is a white fluffy substance like fibre. It is a product of the cotton plant and cotton herb. Cotton requires a warm climate and a rich soil to grow in. It grows in North America, China, Egypt and in some parts of India. American and Egyptian cotton is better than Indian cotton because the former has long strands of fibre. In India, cotton grows plentifully in the Deccan. There are two kinds of cotton. One is got from the cotton herb. The other is got from the cotton plant. The cotton herb grows from one to two feet in height. When the fruit ripens, it bursts. From it comes out the soft white thing. This is cotton. The seeds of cotton are separated from cotton in mills with the help of machines. This is called 'ginning'. This cotton then goes to spinning mills. There it is drawn into cotton more...

A butterfly is a very beautiful insect. It is a small creature. Its body is divided into three parts—head, thorax and abdomen. The three pairs  of legs come out from the thorax. The most attractive part in the body of a butterfly is its wings. The body of a butterfly is a combination of different charming colours like yellow, red, blue, white, green etc. The beauty of a butterfly gives us great pleasure. A butterfly has a strange life-cycle. The female butterfly lays eggs on leaves. These eggs are hatched and little worms called caterpillars are born. They live on green leaves. Then the caterpillars make coverings round their bodies and sleep inside them in winter. Ultimately when the warm weather comes, they come out of their covering in the form of beautiful butterflies.