Science : A Scare to Superstition Science is the art of understanding nature. It is not dogmatic like religion and any hypothesis is always open to scrutiny. Science harbours no room for emotions and sentiments. Science is based on hardcore facts, observations, verification and validation. When science comes along it shatters people’s illusions and self-created fantasy worlds. Leaving the comfort and security of their dreams is the toughest thing to do....

Nanotechnology Nanotechnology, in its traditional sense, means building things from the bottom up with atomic precision using techniques and tools being developed today to make complete high performance products. Nano-scale activities take place around us every day in the natural world – photosynthesis and the creation of energy in the human body to name just two. It is a highly multidisciplinary field drawing from other fields of science as well. The...

The Autobiography of A Rupee Note Essay No. 01 I was born a five hundred rupee note at the Currency Note Press at Nashik on March 15, 1970. I wasn’t always like you see me now: all laminated and all. Lamination has kind of immortalized me for a bit, but the thing with immortality is that it comes with a price. The price is my loss of freedom. Sure, many people...

My Favorite Sport is Swimming My favorite sport unquestionably is swimming. I learned swimming when I was six years old and my parents tell me-that I took to swimming like a fish takes to water. There are several reasons why I prefer swimming over allother sports. However, the topmost remains, my love of water. Besides, swimming does not require expensive gear. A swimsuit and a pair of waterproof goggles and you...

Save Trees In times when deforestation has led to global warming, acid rain and the green house affect; ‘saving trees’ has become an issue we have to address. Environment degradation has occurred almost everywhere thanks to man’s need to capture more and more land either for agriculture or for housing purposes. Rain forests around the world are being cleared, since people are misled to understand that these rain forests that are...

10 Tips To Enhance Your Writing Skills 1 Punctuate Well: Here’s a quick and cool guide when to use punctuation: Periods: When you’re writing down a thought and you’re at the end of that thought, put a period. Commas: When you’re writing down a thought and you want to take a breath, whether mental or physical, put in a comma. Semi-colon: Put these in your writing in the place where, in...