My True Friend and Me   I study in a class of sixty boys and girls. I talk, help and play with all my fellow students. However, Zinaifer is my true and trustworthy friend. As she sits just besides me, we are classroom neighbours. Since last two years, we have become very close friends. We go to school together and we come to home together. We both are almost together most...

Rashtrapati Bhavan and Edwin Lutyens   In 1911, King George V of England declared that the British capital would be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. The search started for the perfect place for the buildings that would serve as the residence of Viceroy Lord Irwin and the administrative offices. A few important men were selected for this task and Edwin Lutyens was one of them. Edwin Lutyens had decided that he...

Hygiene When the word ‘hygiene’ comes in our mind, it reminds us about health and cleanliness. The habit of keeping oneself clean and maintaining hygiene is very important. There is a saying that says, ‘Cleanliness is close to Godliness’. Here hygiene and cleanliness means a long-lasting part of one’s life that is very necessary for healthy body and mind. Besides providing a decent and pleasant look, hygiene and cleanliness of our...

How Reading and Writing Have Shaped My Life   From my early years, reading was an essential part of my life. My mother not only taught me the alphabet at an early age, but also made sure that I was provided with books. She purchased several books for me and she read them to me regularly. At every night, I would take storybooks to her and she would read them to...

The Most Horrible Incident of My Life   Last year we had a frightening experience while returning home from our maternal grandparent’s house. Our grandmother had turned 75 on that day. My mother had decided to stay with her for some more days. This was the day when the most horrible incident took place in my life. I was shocked and stunned for many days. It was late past eleven at...

Industrial Revolution and Its Causes   According to Professor Ashton, “The Industrial Revolution was a revolution of ideas. Science had widened men’s conception of the universe.” The Industrial Revolution began in the second half of the 18th century. The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ was coined in the 1820’s by French followers in Britain. Industrial Revolution stands for the change that took place between 1750 and 1850. The changes were in certain industries...

Lighting A Spark — Matchsticks In the 6th century AD, the earliest matches were made in China. They were made of pinewood coated with -sulphur. In many European countries, lengths of cotton or flax dipped in sulphur were used. However, they worked only if there was a fire already going from which they could be ignited. In late seventeen century, a scientist from Ireland discovered that if phosphorous and sulphur were...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mobile Phone Millions of people across the world owe mobile phones. It is a helpful device, which makes our lives easy and comfortable. Many times the scientific question has raised, whether their use is safe or not. Do they cause health problems like tumors? Although health risks of using mobiles are mentioned, we cannot find anything that proves that mobile’s cause major health problems. May be mobile...