Meeting an Old Friend Meeting an old friend is a very pleasant experience. It brings in its wake sweet and sad memories. Last week. I was travelling by the superfast train. I was on my way to New Delhi. When the train stopped at Ambala Cantt, a young and well-dressed person boarded our compartment. He was carrying a hand bag. His seat was booked next to mine. When I looked at...

Things I Love Everybody in this world likes and loves things which delight him. I also love certain things. They make my life easy and joyful. Books are my first love. They are my best friends. They keep me company in joy and sorrow. I spend my pocket-money on buying them. I have my own library at home. I love to travel and visit new places. I like to visit spots...

A Period without a Teacher   A period without a teacher is a happy occasion for the students. The students are free to do anything in the class. Some students start making mischief. One or two of them pick up a piece of chalk and begin to make cartoons on the black-board. It creates a roar of laughter in the class-room. Those who are serious in studies open their books. They...

The People Who Serve Us Man is a social animal. He can’t live in isolation. He has to depend on others for the supply of his needs. He should feel grateful to those people who serve him directly or indirectly. First of all he should be thankful to the newspaper who regularly supplies him newspaper in the morning. It may rain or shine he must do his duty of delivering newspapers...

East or West, Home is The Best  This saying tells us the importance of home. Home is one of the basic needs of man in life. The pleasures and comforts which one feels in one’s own home can’t be enjoyed anywhere in the world. Wherever one may go, finally one has to return home. When one is away from home for sometime, memories of home begin to haunt him. One can’t...

Nuisance of Loudspeakers   Loudspeakers are a nuisance for city dwellers. They are used at religious places. In the morning devotional songs and prayers are sung on the loudspeakers. The loudspeakers begin to blare up right from early hours of the day. They awaken with their loud sounds the people of the neighbouring houses. Similarly loudspeakers are put to use in the evening. They are in much use for the purpose...

Nuisance of Telephone Telephone is a necessary evil. It is good and helpful in a number of ways. We can talk to our friends and relatives on the phone. We can send them messages and know about their well-being. But it is more a nuisance than a facility. The day the telephone is installed in the house, your privacy is gone. Your neighbours and friends come to your house on odd...

Life is Not A Bed of Roses This saying explains a hard truth of life. Life is not an easy-going game. It is full of hardships. A person may have plenty of wealth but he may have other problems and troubles to face. Money can’t buy everything. There are many things like happiness and contentment which are beyond the power of money. But it does not mean that life is a...