A Journey by Train A journey by train is an interesting experience. In the last month of May happened to attend the marriage party of my cousin brother. My cousin brother was living at Lucknow. There is a direct train from Delhi to Lucknow. I decided to travel by “Lucknow Express”, the mail train. It being a summer season, I thought to travel by a night train, to remain in comfort...

My Ambition in Life A person without ambition is a boat without rudder. He just does not know how to make a proper use of his life and labour. He is always at the mercy of others who put him to this use or that use, right use or wrong use. God has made everybody for some purpose in the world. It is the duty of every one of us to...

A Street Beggar Essay No. 01 We often come across poor beggars. They are a common sight. If we go to the bazaar to make purchases, we inevitably find some beggars there. They appear saluting us. A beggar requests for a few coins from us. We have to help him. The poor fellow’s plight is deplorable. He sits in the street demanding something. Usually such people are blind, lame or lepers...

Pleasures of Reading Pleasures of reading are pleasures of ever. One who enjoys pleasures of reading needs no other pleasures. One who is the friend of books needs no other friend. Books are our nearest and dearest friends. They are our kith and kin. We can depend upon books for the right advice at all times and climbs of life. There is nothing superior to the pleasures of reading, whether a...

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23, 1856 at Ratnagiri on the west coast of India. Tiiak’s father was a school master who rose to become an inspector of primary schools. Tilak was married at 16, a few months before his father’s death, to Tapi. Tilak took his B.A. degree in 1877 with first class in Mathematics and two years later he became a Bachelor...

Life and Works of Swami Vivekananda Or India’s Mission in the World Swami Vivekananda embodied the mission of India in the world. When his Guru Swami Ramakrishna died, he said, “I will come like a bombshell and make the world follow me like a dog.” He reappeared at Madras after seven years. Known earlier as Narendranath Dutta, he was born on January 12, 1863 in Calcutta. His mother was a pious...

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Dr. Sarvapalli S. Radhakrishnan was one of the greatest philosophers of modern times. He was born at Tiruttani now in Tamil Nadu on September 5, 1888. His father’s name was Sarvapalli Vira Swami and mother’s name was Sattima. Sarvapalli was the name of his ancestral village in Andhra Pradesh. Born in an orthodox Brahmin family, it was not very difficult for him to study epics and puranas at...

Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi was the only daughter of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. She was born at Allahabad on November 19, 1917. Her maiden name was Indira Priyadarshini. After marriage her name became Indira Gandhi. Her grandfather Pt. Moti Lal Nehru was a famous lawyer and had participated actively in the Freedom Movement of India. She had her earlier education at Delhi and school education...