The Uses of Leisure Outline: Leisure is essential for civilization — its most obvious use is relaxation. it enables one to improve one’s mind — scientific inventions and artistic creations are the products of leisure — how to utilize leisure will probably be a problem of the future. Leisure is the basis of civilization. Primitive man lacked leisure, almost all his time and energy being consumed by the struggle for existence....

List of Important Descriptive and Narrative Essays 1) On Footpath Shopping. 2) Humour – the Spice of Life.  3) A Week at a Hill-station. 4) Adventures with an old Umbrella. 5) On Watching a Fashion Parade. 6) A Day on the Moon. 7) On a Boring Film. 8) A Visit to a Book-stall. 9) My Best Friend. 10) Grandmother’s Stories. 11) Last-minute Reading for the Examination. 12) On a Neighbour who...

Quick Action Saved a Precious Life At first I ignored the alarm. It sounded like a fire alarm, such as the ones we used at the fire drill in our building. I had taken part in so many fire drills that when the real thing happened I mistook it for a drill in the hospital where my Dad was a patient. Then I saw the matron running in excitedly shouting “Fire”....

Growing Up It is a dirty orange pouch with hand embroidered flowers. It is very small and, according to my mother, extremely gaudy. The tattered threads emerging from its insides tell a story of their own. This little object was given to me by my friend Manali, when I had just turned eleven years old.It was my first “purse”! I don’t know why, but I always felt that a purse made...

On Getting a Job Varsha had just left school and was looking about for a suitable job. She wanted very much to support her family. She would comb through the newspapers daily in search of job vacancies. After three weeks her patience bore fruit. There was a job vacancy for a clerk and a typist at a law firm. Varsha was interested. As she had decided to study law as a...

On Reading Newspapers Outline: Why I am fond of newspapers — the items I select for reading — the style of newspapers — conclusion I have a passion for reading my daily newspaper. Every morning I wait for it eagerly and read it avidly over a cup of tea. Why do I love reading newspapers so much? Do I seek information, the satisfaction of curiosity, of the basic human hunger for...

The Indian I Like Most- Swami Vivekananda Outline: Birth — came under the influence of Shri Ramkrishna — great personality — went to America in 1893 — founded the vedanta movement and adopted the name Vivekananda — established the Ramkrishna mission in 1897 — function of the mission — “serve man serve god” — death. The Indian I like most is Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). His real name was Narendranth Dutta. He...

Books that Have Moved Me Outline: I love reading classics – Dostoevsky’s crime and punishment -Shakespeare’s the Merchant of Venice – Tagore’s poems – I sometimes read books of the hour. “Reading maketh a full man” said Bacon. I love books and have always devoted a part of my leisure to reading books, especially classics, which Ruskin calls “books for all time”, as distinguished from ‘books of the hour’. Good books...