Bicycle Popular Again In 1976, six-year-old Anil Uchil started cycling by renting a bicycle at 25 paise an hour. He got his own road bike when he turned 13 and cycled everywhere: to school, college, and even to work in 1993. He still cycles to work. “It’s healthy, environment-friendly, and economical. But the real reason I cycle is that its sheer fun,” he says. Earlier this year, PM Narendra Modi, in...

Describe the scene of “A Road Accident” as you were driving back home from work you were witness to an accident between a Maruti car and a truck.   A Road Accident In a head-on collision between a Maruti car and a truck where a young man, Ratnakar (30) lost his life and two occupants of the car were injured seriously yesterday on M.G. Road, Meerut. The car driver was driving...

Role of Advertisement in our Life With the advancement of material civilization, human needs have taken the upward track. Advertisement plays a prominent role in it. A familiar example is the motor car once a rare and costly novelty, now a ubiquitous and relatively inexpensive necessity. Advertisement changes the very shape of items from luxuries to necessities. Luxury items need more advertisement for the boosting up of sales. On the other...

Female Education in India Education is as good and necessary for women as for men. It is a fallacy to contend that a women’s duties are in the domestic sphere only, and education would interfere with her duties and responsibilities. Actually, good education renders women all fitter in whatever field they may choose, and an educated woman is a better mother, better wife, and a better housekeeper than uneducated women. Taking...

Value of Books Books are the storehouse of information, knowledge, and wisdom. In the words of Milton “a good book is the life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured upon purpose to a life beyond life. They give us company in solitude. They are our never-failing friends.” In the words of Bacon, “they serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. They offer us opportunities for a welcome escape from...

Essay on ‘Importance of Trees’ Essay No. 01 There has been a lot of debate about the environment in the past few years and the world is getting more aware of the problems of pollution. There is a tremendous and pressing need to protect our forests. The planet earth is rich with natural resources but man has been ruthlessly exploiting them. This has played havoc with the ecosystem. The dense forests...

Joint Family Families living in the urban areas of India can be called “modern” families. In the years bygone, the scene of a typical Indian family was quite different from what we witness today. In the old days, the family was structured differently. The joint family system was still in existence. The joint family had an old couple at the head and the children would live with this couple along with...

Pocket Money Pocket money is what parents give to their children to spend. A child can spend his pocket money as he or she likes. Sometimes parents guide a child as to how to spend it wisely. Poor parents may not give pocket money to their children regularly. But they do give as often as they can afford. They give it, especially at festivals and fairs. My parents allow me a...