Examination Hall. January 5, ……. Dear Rajesh, Many thanks for your kind letter, which I received the other day. I am really sorry to say that I could not reply your previous letters, as I had gone to Agra with my uncle. In this letter, I am going to give you my first impressions of the Taj, which has been described as a lyric in stones. We visited the Taj on...

Examination Hall. January 15, …….. Dear Mohinder, It is a long since I heard from you. Please do write now and then. You will be glad to know that my examinations are at last over. I have fared well and hope to pass with credit. The results are expected to be out around the middle of June. When the results of the Senior Secondary are out, I shall compete for the...

Write a letter to a foreign pen-friend, who has asked you about the status of women in Indian society. Examination Hall. July 10, ……….. Dear Joseph, I was thrilled to receive your cordial note of the 1st of July. I am really happy at the keen interest you have shown in the Indian social conditions. It was quite natural for you to show some concern about the status of women in...

Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your concern about disorderly traffic in the streets. The Editor, “The Indian Express’, New Delhi. Sir, Yesterday I was caught in a traffic jam in Old Delhi. It took me about two and a half hours to cover a distance of just three kilometres by car. The cause of this sad and frustrating experience was the disorderly traffic in the busy...

You are an American citizen who visited some of the programmes held in connection with the Festival of India in the United States. Write a letter to your friend in India, telling him how the experience has changed your perception of India. Examination Hall. July 19, …… Dear Lalit, I was long under the impression that India was a land of sadhus, beggars, cobras and jugglers. That was the image stamped...