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A vast responsibility therefore, rests on our universities and educational institutions and those who guide their destinies. They have to keep their lights burning and must not stray from the right path even when passion convulses the multitude and blinds many amongst those whose duty it is to set an example to others. We are not going to reach our goal through crookedness or flirting with evil in the hope that...
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April 18, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Precis WritingNo Comment
If we look back at India’s long history, we find that our forefathers made wonderful progress whenever they looked out on the world with clear and fearless eyes and kept the windows of their minds open to give and receive. And, in later periods, when they grew narrow in outlook and shrank from outside influence, India suffered a set-back, politically and culturally. What a magnificent inheritance we have, though we have...
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April 18, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Precis WritingNo Comment
You must work also for the unity of the world. We have come to a stage when our nationality is the human race and where the whole world is our home. We must, there-fore, try to do our utmost to remove the disabilities from which other people are suffering. This is why I said racial bigotry, Political exploitation, colonial domination and economic exploitation must be removed as speedily as possible, the...
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April 18, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Precis WritingNo Comment
The underlying secret of a lamp’s luster and splendor is that it spares not its wick and oil. The wick and oil or the little self is being constantly consumed and glory, is the natural consequence. There it is, the lamp says spare your life and you will be immediately extinguished. If you seek ease and comfort for your bodies and waste your time in sensual pleasure and luxury, there is...
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April 18, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Precis WritingNo Comment
One of the defects of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science, as we have seen, has given us powers fit for the gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines were made to be man’s servants, yet he has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair...
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April 18, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Precis WritingNo Comment
If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get beaten merely because I am physically weaker and he can knock me down. I go to law, and the law will decide as fairly as it can between two of us. Thus in disputes between man and man right have taken the place of might. Moreover, the law protects me from robbery and violence. Nobody may come and...
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April 18, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Precis WritingNo Comment
Precis Writing A precis is an abstract or abridgment of a given passage. While making a precis, the following points should be borne in mind: The student should read the given passage a number of times to under-stand its meaning thoroughly. Then the main points in the proper, sequence should be jotted down. A rough precis comprising about one-third the numbers of words in the given passage should be written down...
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April 18, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
Science and Technology for Peace Ever since the beginning of civilisation man has tried to conquer the forces of nature. Science and technology have come to man’s aid in different forms at different times. For what were the ancient weapons, whether made of stone or metal, except the means to establish man’s supremacy over his environment? Or the invention of the wheel that was to make travel and communication speedier? Man...
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April 1, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
