Development of Tourism in India Tourism is expanding the fastest and is the most rewarding industry of the modern world. International tourism constitutes the invisible export trade. No wonder, then, that some more enterprising countries have turned this flourishing industry into a means of spinning money. In recent years, India too has woken up to this great reality and concerted efforts are now being made to develop and promote this foreign-exchange-earning...

The Ganga River  Ganga is the most important of all rivers of India. She is about 2500 km long. She is held in high esteem by the Hindus who believe that she was brought by Bhagirathi from heavens. She rises from the Gangotri, flows through the Himalayas and entered the plains at Haridwar. When she reaches Allahabad, the Yamuna also joins her, so it is called ‘Sangam’ or Triveni, Then it...

An Educational Tours Travelling as a means of education is as old as civilisation. We often read of foreign travelers coming to the ancient Indian seats of learning. Gentlemen scholars in the Middle Ages in Europe organised Grand Tours to Greece and Italy to quench their thirst for knowledge. Most of the religions of the world owe their great progress to travelling missionaries. Organised educational tours, however, are of recent origin,...

Real Happiness Since time immemorial, man has been searching for happiness in mountains, forests, ashrams, clubs and cinemas. But where is happiness? Just to escape for a while from the boredom and monotony of everyday existence can hardly be termed happiness. Our life may be a round of pleasures but pleasures too, have their sting no less than pain. Happiness is a lasting state of mind, whereas pleasures are short-lived. Happiness...

My Favourite Author My favorite author is the Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens. My first acquaintance with him dates back to my early boyhood when I saw a film version of his famous novel A Tale of Two Cities which made a deep impression on my mind. As I grew up, I read the original novel. My interest in Dickens deepened and in the course of a few years, I read his...