My School Library A library is a must for a good school. No school is complete without a library. A well-equipped library is a great asset to a school. It is equally useful for students and teachers both. It helps to develop reading habit. It increases their knowledge. For teachers, too, a school library is of great use We are fortunate to have a good library in our school. Our school...

My School A school is a pious place of learning. It is said to be the temple of Goddess Luxmi. I also think so about my school and I like it very much when I go to my school in the morning. I feel very pleased because the atmosphere there is pleasing. I read in Bal Bharati Public School, Karol Bagh, New Delhi. It is situated near Ganga Ram Hospital on...

Joys of Gliding Gliding is a sport which is catching in rather fast in our country. Yet not many men know how it developed to its present stage. The first stage of gliding began with the towing or catapulting of an extremely light engine less aircraft downhill into the wind so that when it had taken off, it should be supported by an up current. If the current of air was...

Importance of Cycling In France, they call it the “little queen” — the good old two-wheeler without engine, fuel or other contraptions, just the simple bicycle French people are ardent bicycle-lovers and the craze for free-wheeling has caught on very strongly in the last few years. For instance, the National Cycle Day, which was attended by 2,500 people in 1974, collected together 2, 00,000 in 1981. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that...

A Cricket Test Match A cricket Test match is a great draw anywhere in the world. Thousands of men, women and children go to see it with pleasure; and millions more watch it on the television sets. I really do not understand why people are mad after cricket. But there is no doubt that they are indeed mad. If people from the stars come to see a cricket match on the...

Mountaineering Mountains have fascinated man since times immemorial, and mountain climbing is a dangerous sport which is filled with romance and adventure. Only those who have the heroic qualities of mind and heart and are in love with the wild enchanting beauty of the mountains can undertake mountain climbing. We have had mountaineers conquer the highest and the most difficult peaks. Tenzing and Hillary first climbed Mount Everest in 1953 and...

Value and Utility of Games and Sports or Influence of Games on Character Or Importance of Games in Life Games and sports are great builders of health and character. They determine our careers and the course of history. Lord Wellington rightly said, “I won the Battle of Waterloo on the cricket field of Eton.” It was in the School at Eton that he learnt to play cricket and this finally enabled...

The Game I Like The Best Games play an important part in our life. In reality they form part and parcel of our school curriculum. They provide physical stamina to the students. I like many games like football, volleyball, tennis, cricket and hockey. Cricket is my favourite game. It is the game I like the most. It is an international game and is quite often shown on television. Many cricket teams...