Essays

The sun is the most important heavenly body in the solar system. All other planets in the solar system revolve round it. It looks like a large burning disc. It is thousand times larger than the earth and millions of miles away from us. The sun rises in the east, shines brightly and brilliantly all through the day in the sky and finally sets in the west. The earth revolves round the sun and as a result, day and night and different seasons take place. The earth       takes 365 days and 6 hours to go round the sun. The sun is the only source of light and heat in the solar system. Without it, there would have been no existence of any life on the globe. The earth would become cold, dark and dead without it. The sun controls the weather and climate on the earth. The more...

Last Sunday, a volleyball match was played between our school team and the M.D. High School team. It was played in our school ground. It was a friendly match. Many spectators came to see the match. The students of both the schools had come to cheer their players. The match started at 4 p.m. Mr. Singh acted as referee. He blew the whistle and both the teams entered the ground. The players were in their respective uniforms. There was a toss. We won the toss and chose our side. It was a well-contested match. Our captain served a nice service. Our opponents failed to return it. We won five points. Our opponents played well but they could not return the ball. The game became brisk and interesting. Now our opponents equalized us in no time. It was a thrilling game. The spectators were charmed to see it. We won the more...

October 31, 1984 was a black day for India when Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister and leader of the nation, was shot down by two of her own security guards, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, as she was walking down to her office at , Akbar Road, from her adjoining residence at 1, SafdarjungRoad, where she had an appointment with an Irish television company. The team had accompanied Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her recently concluded tour of Orissa. The two houses are linked by a winding path, which passes through a gate. Mrs. Indira Gandhi was near this gate, when these two men struck. The two assassins were members of a Delhi Police contingent, assigned to protect her. As many as 22 bullets were pumped into her body from a pistol and a stengun. In the shoot out that followed, Beant Singh was shot dead and the other more...

With the advent of cycles, buses, motor cars, trains and aero planes, walking tours are seldom undertaken now in the country. In ancient days such tours were very common. They were undertaken mainly for religious purposes, be it to Rameswaram or to far off Varanasi. They were also undertaken for attending marriages. Although on those occasions, the  middle class people would go in carts but most of the people would follow the carts on foot. The advantages of walking tours are many. Walking leads to exercise of the body and fill the lungs with fresh air. Both are conducive to health. The difficulties experienced on the way would harden the bodies of walkers and create a feeling of self-reliance and ability to overcome hardships. A walking tour gives a splendid opportunity to come in contact with a variety of people and converse with them and thus understand the widely differing more...

'A stitch in time Saves Nine' is a well-known proverb and is most widely used. It means that a cloth which is torn must be stitched at once. The delay may increase the size of the torn portion and consequently many more stitches may be required. But this is not the only meaning that the above proverb explains. It has hidden many more meanings in itself. We can also say that evil should be nipped in the bud to avoid future troubles. If it is not put down in the very beginning, it may become but of control and may prove disastrous. Hence, the proverb has much truth and wisdom and we should not ignore them otherwise our life may be hell. In our day to day life the truth of the proverb will be cleared. Just take the example of a small child. The child is innocent. He does more...

One who sits outside the Principal's office is called a school peon. He is an important person. Principal knows that school cannot do without him.  Shyam Sunder is our school peon. He is about forty years. He is a tall man. He possesses strong body He is quite healthy He has wheatish complexion. He belongs to a small village. He is all the time in Khaki uniform. He wears a white Gandhi cap. He gets uniform every year from the school. He lives in a small room in the school compound. He is a married person. His wife and children live in the village. He has a hundred and one duties to do. He comes an hour before the opening of the school. He cleans the Principal's room. He dusts desks, tables and chairs in the class rooms. He then rings the bell. As long as the school goes on, more...

Until World War II, the world was familiar with only mechanical, chemical, acoustic, thermal, optic, magnetic and electrical forms of energy. But on a fateful day in 1945 when the U.S. exploded atom bomb over Hiroshima, the world got aware of nuclear energy. How exactly is energy got from the atom ? The atom is the tiniest speck of matter ? Each atom has a central core called the nucleus, around which revolve the electrons. The   nucleus is built up of two kinds of very minute particles called protons and neutrons. The electron has a negative electrical charge, the proton has an equal positive charge and the neutron has no charge. The nucleus of the radium atom constantly disintegrates ejecting alpha particles which are nuclei of helium atoms. This phenomenon is called radioactivity. Uranium is another radioactive element. In 1938 Hahn and Strassman bombarded uranium with neutrons and found traces more...

Introduction. Self-help is the best help. The person who seeks help form  others, remains dependent on others throughout his/her life. Such prisons lead a miserable life. Progress, development and success have no importance in the life of such person. Those who help themselves are always helped by God. It is a divine virtue. Students should adopt this real virtue in their lives. Meaning and importance of self-help. Self-help means independent mi oneself or does all the work himself/herself without depending on anybody’s assistance. It also means that we should be very dutiful and cautious towards our undertakings. By self-help one gains confidence. He /She becomes self-sufficient. He/ She is free and independent. He/ She never looks to others for any sort of help. This independent nature takes him/ her to success after success. He/ She never fails in life. His/ Her every mission is full of accomplishment (success). His/ Her more...

A person meets many people in life but there are only  Some who leave a lasting impression in our minds. There arc people we can laugh with, cry with and depend  on with utmost degree of faith. Friends make is easier for us to go through hardships and struggles in life. They provide a shoulder for us to cry on.  A very close friend of mine named Asha left the country when I was very young. She went away to the United States and thereafter I began to feel very lonely. She and I were inseparable in school. She was my partner in class and even in the evening she would come over to my house and we would spend most of our time playing together. Then her  parents decided to settle down in the States and she left. I remember how much I cried when I went to see more...

India is a country with the largest democracy in the world. Democracy means government by the people. They do this by electing their representative to the government. All those citizens of the country who have attained their adulthood have the Right to vote in a democracy. This is perhaps one of the most important rights because it determines the kind of government that comes in power. Obviously the role of the citizens is of great importance in a democracy. They have to be conscious of both rights and duties. They have to know what they should expect from their elected representatives. The citizens should be aware of the problems of their region as well as of the whole country. Only then can they understand whether the government is taking the right steps for their welfare or not. It is possible only when we give importance to our education and acquire more...