My Grandfather My grandfather is a retired military officer. He is about sixty-five. He is strong and healthy. He is energetic and alert. He goes for a morning walk regularly. He gets up at 5 a.m. and goes for a walk for an hour. This is the secret of his good health. He likes cleanliness. He is always neat and clean. He does puja for half an hour after taking bath....

The Person I Dislike Most or My Neighbour We like some persons. We like someone the most. Similarly, the person I dislike the most is my next-door neighbour. He is Mr. Lal. He is an unmarried man of thirty-five. He is very smart, so people easily believe him. But he is a scoundrel. He borrows money from people on one excuse or the other. He never returns it. People enquire about...

A Coolie At a railway station, we meet coolies or porters in red shirts and white trousers or dhoti. A coolie is a familiar figure to all of us. He carries our luggage to the train we are going to board. He gets money for this work. His wages are fixed. Some coolies carry passengers’ luggage from the platform to outside the railway station. He renders a useful service and thus...