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...

A Hockey Match You Have Witnessed Hockey is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and exciting games, from the point of view of both the players and the spectators. It is a fast game, not slow and leisurely like cricket. Besides, there are few uncertainties and surprises in the game. In hockey, victory always goes to the better players, better both as regards skill and coordination. We had an interesting exhibition...

Satellite T.V Life without entertainment is monotonous and dull. In order to remove the drudgery, boredom and dullness from life we need recreation. The modern methods like radio, transistor and T.V. provide a variety programmes. Satellite T.V. is one of them. Satellite T.V. is a system in which signals are sent along the wires to the TV sets attached to the different houses after they have been transmitted to a central...

Telephone -Advantages and Disadvantages Alexander Graham Bell, the famous U S. inventor invented the telephone in 1876. Now-a-days, telephone has become a ‘must’ for most of the people Life, these days, is fast and busy. A telephone serves, us like an honest servant in all the fields. It saves our valuable time and energy to a great extent apart from many of its good uses. At small places a telephone invites...