Personas and Things I see at Night”- As told by a Street Lamp.   Ours is a large family. We are seven in all. We have to live in a single room. Naturally, when I wish to read a book, I do not find our living room a very suitable place for study. So, I often sit under a street lamp that stands in front of my house. One summer night...

My favourite character in History-(Maharni Laxmibai) There are only a few names of women warriors in the history of India. Razia Begum, Durga wati, chand Bibi and Maharani Laxmi Bai. The last stands the highest amongst them all. She is a star of great glory. She is the most brilliant example of brave Indian womanhood. Her simple memorial at Gwalior makes the visitor bow his head to her real greatness. Laxmi...

The Ramayana- My favourite Book The Ramayana is my favourite book. It is an epic in ‘Sanskrit written by Balmiki. It has been rendered into beautiful Hindi poetry by Goswami Tulsi Dass, the Saint poet of India, It deals with the life story of Rama, the king of Ayodhya. The Hindus worship Rama as an incarnation of god. The Ramayana is the Bible of the Hindus. It is read with devotion...

My Idea of a Happy Life When I think of my poverty I felt I would be most happy if I had enough wealth to speed. With money in my pocket, Imagine that I would be able to buy any pleasure in the world, command the service of people whom I may not care to know and become the master of all I survey. I look at the happy faces of...

My Favourite Fruit- Mango God has given man sweet, juicy, delicious and fleshy fruits like apples, apricots, bananas, berries, cherries, dates, figs, grapes, oranges, pomegranates, mangoes and scores of other kinds of fruit to eat. I like eating apples, oranges and grapes but my favorite fruit is mango. During the season when mangoes are available I eat at least two mangoes of good size and weight daily. There are many kinds...

My best friend There are men and men but every stone is not a gem. Rajesh is my chum, my best friend, a gem among the lot. He belongs to a very respectable family. His father is a renowned writer. His mother is a very famous doctor. He is the only son of his parents. He is my class fellow. We live in the same street. His parents treat me as...

My Elder Sister I come of a very respectable family. My father is simply a clerk in an firm. We are two brothers and two sisters. The eldest of us all is my sister Mohini. She is doing her M.B.B.S. This is her final year. Since her early age, she has been burning with a keen desire to become a doctor. It is rightly said, where there is a will there...