National Blood Donation Day – October 1  World Blood Donation Day is commemorated on October 1, as a global celebration of the millions of people celebration of the millions of people throughout the world who give their blood on a voluntary, unpaid basis to save the lives of unpaid   basis to save the lives of those in need. The day aimed to raise awareness of the need for safe blood, to thank...

National Service Scheme(NSS) Day-September 24 Essay No. 01 The National Service Scheme (NSS) was formally launched on 24th September 1969. The Programme was started during the birth centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Nation, who inspired the Indian youth to participate in the movement for Indian Independence and the social upliftment of the downtrodden masses. Every year 24th September is celebrated as NSS Day with appropriate programs and...

International Day of Peace  – September 21 The General Assembly, in resolution 55/282 of 7 September 2001, decided that, beginning in 2002, the International Day of peace should be observed on 21 September each year. The Assembly declared that the Day be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non- violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the day. It invited all Member...

The First College Experience I Had College seemed to be the scariest thing that I could think of. Whenever I thought about it my stomach would immediately begin to spin in circles. Although I was ready to go off and be by myself and meet new people I was scared to death at the same time. I didn’t know much about the ‘college experience’ and what I thought of, scared me....

Life we get what we pay for    Life’s a cafeteria here. We can get anything we want as long as you are willing to pay the price. We can even get success, but we’ll never get it if we wait for someone to bring it to us. We have to get Up and get it ourself. Success is defined differently by different people. Most people think of success as making...

Love Only Needs an Open Heart    Love is not love Which alters when it finds alteration Or bends with the remover to remove O! No! It is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken Sonnets: W. Shakespeare Mention the word “Love” and it immediately conjures up a whole gamut of emotions and electric impulses. Hearken your  ears to the passionate utterances. Heads bow gently, the  pride,...

Destiny  Destiny is something to which a person or thing is destined i.e. the course of events in our life is predetermined to reach a preordained destination. Destiny implies that there is some Power which decrees or determines the course of events beforehand. In this view there is no chance or choice left. Let us be clear, any other meaning of destiny would not be permitted by standard dictionaries. However people...

Value of Friends  Man is a social animal. This phrase sounds too cliched. But try to look a little deeper and you’ll find a world of interesting aspects. This is because, it is one thing to live. The day you entered this world, you started to live, and live you will, till the day you breathe. It is yet another thing to lead a life, it involves interaction with other individuals,...