My Likes and Dislikes      The subject calls upon me to make an open confession.  Let me take courage and confess what I like and what I dislike.                 My likes and dislikes are rather limited.  The first thing I positively dislike is the nerve racking discipline imposed upon the youngers by the elders or by those in authority.  Why should anybody bother my life with do’s and don’ts? Why...

Sweet are the uses of Adversity Or Shun not the Struggle, It’s God’s Gift Or Adversity Brings out the Best in Man      William Shakespeare, that great doyen of English literature, wrote this lovely line way back in the 16 century, about 400 years ago. But even today, it remains as true as it was when  it first crossed that great dramatist’s mind.  Everybody desires prosperity.  Who does not want to...

The Greatest Day in your Life Or An Unforgettable Incident                 “Your heads must come To the cold tomb:                 Only the action of the just Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”                 Life is a strange mixture of joys and sorrows, smiles and tears.  The concept of greatness and happiness varies from man to man.  Some people think that happiness lies in wealth, physical pleasures or personal glory.  Some...

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever Or Nothing that is Beautiful Ever Dies Essay  No. 01 William Wordsworth, the greatest worshipper of nature, looked at the scene of daffodils.  He was spellbound.  He wrote:                     “A poet could not but be gay                     In such a jocund company.”                 He carried the beautiful scene with him.  It became a permanent source of joy for him.  That is why he...

Deficit Financing                 ‘Deficit Financing’ is a term that defies a satisfactory definition applicable to all countries at all times.  As adopted the Planning Commission in India, deficit financing in India equals the net increase in the purchasing power of the economy arising out of budgetary operations of the government.  When government expenditure is more than the income from taxes, fees and loans, the government resorts to the practice of deficit...

Evils of Smuggling           It is known to all that smuggling has done a great damage to the economy of the country.  It has brought about an economic crisis in the country.  This crisis is due to the presence of large amounts of black money earned through smuggling.  Smugglers are anti-national people who bring unauthorized goods into the country for sale at huge profits.  The smugglers bribe the officers and political...

Youth and Age or If Youth Knew if Age Could! Or Youth is a Blunder; Age is a Regret   ‘If youth knew, if age could!’ has been an old cry.  The tragedy of human race has been the youth does not know the consequences of action and age does not have the physical power to do things. Age has foresight and wisdom born out of experience.  It can show the...