A Foreign Country I Would Like to Visit Outline: The various opportunities for going abroad today – the attractions of different foreign countries – why I would like to visit England. Going abroad today is easier and more common than it was, say, thirty or forty years ago. There are several scholarships which enable bright students to study in foreign universities or do research. Industrial firms send some of their employees...

Farewells, My School Outline: While bidding farewell to my school, -1 feel at once happy and sad farewell to my teachers – farewell to my friends and companions – farewell to delightful extra – curricular activities. When I think of my school today, I am filled with affection, gratitude, sadness and nostalgia, for I shall never more go back to it. Nestled in a picturesque valley amidst wavy hills, Sardar Vallabhai...

Walking Tours Outline: Its main purpose is not seeing landscape — walking tours should be gone upon alone — the inconvenience of the knapsack — Hazlitt’s remarks on the subject. It must not be imagined that a walking tour, as some would have us fancy, is merely a better or worse way of seeing the country. There are many ways of seeing landscape quite as good; and none more vivid than...

On Thinking for Oneself Outline: An incident at a picture exhibition — most of us are second-hand thinkers — another example — we are afraid to think — we have freedom of thought, but do not think at all. An incident at a picture exhibition brings out clearly what is wrong with us today. Two people were gazing at a picture, profusely admiring it. Suddenly one of them turned to the...

Modern Advertisements In the modern world advertisements are ubiquitous. They hit the eye from the hoarding, loom large in the news-papers, and gleam out of the celluloid. They may be brief or elaborate, illustrated with pictures or illuminated with neon lights. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of modern advertisements, for they create, if not the things they praise, their image in the public mind, and it is their image...

In Praise of Idleness Outline: Idleness is generally condemned — idleness includes several beneficial activities-contemplation, love of nature, fondness for the open air — work is largely directed to selfish or destructive ends. Idleness is generally condemned, and work worshipped. An idle mind, it is said, is the devil’s workshop. A boy who attends all the periods in school in a state between sleep and waking is praised, while his class-mate...

My Idea of an Educated Person Outline: The popular conception of education — a truly educated man is well-informed — he constantly learns from life — he has moral qualities — he takes care of his health — his dress and manners. Education is popularly supposed to mean getting a degree and qualifying oneself for a white-collar job. The longer the catalogue of degrees after the name of a man, the...

The Importance of Names Outline: A name has an aura about it – the fallacy of “what is in a name?” brought out – it is not desirable to change the foreign names of streets and places -names of some persons are impressive. Names have a mystic significance. A name has a subtle aura, an atmosphere about it which sums up the individuality of the person, place or thing it denotes....