Essay No. 01   Your visit to a holy place of Pilgrimage India is a land of holy places and there is no dearth of Pilgrims in this country. Our biggest centers of pilgrimage are Badri Nath, Puri, Rameshwaram, and Allahabad on the occasion of Kumbh, Hardwar, Kurukshetra and Garhmukteshwar. Perhaps the largest number of people gathers at Allahabad and Garhmukgteshwar. I also visited Garhmukteshwar on Kartik Purnima and had an...

A Visit to a Ration Shop “It is my turn,” said one. “No, it is mine, I came first,” roared the other. “Let us have patience and wait for our respective turns,” suggested the third. A big queue was there and everybody seemed to be in a hurry. But this was not the scene at the ticket window of any cinema house. Nor it was the booking office at any railway...

A Visit to the Super Bazaar Prices had been steadily rising in the country and there was a big hue and cry among all the sections of people. The govt. therefore, thought of giving some relief to the people by opening cooperative stores. Under the name of SUPER BAZAR a cooperative store was also opened in Connaught Place New Delhi, near Shankar Market. It was the first Sunday of Dec. when...

A Visit to a Hair Dresser Now a days, hair dressing saloons are quite different from what they had been a few years back. When you enter the saloon, you find people reading newspapers and periodicals and waiting for their turns. The owner of the salon greets you very politely and you also join the others waiting there. When your turn comes the barber takes a white apron, sometimes not very...

A visit to a Hospital as an Outdoor Patient Of all the places that a man likes to visit, one is such as nobody would ever like to go to. It is the hospital which a man abhors the most. But still circumstances sometimes compel an individual to act against his desire. I, too was once put to such an ordeal. It was the occasion of my birthday party. Friends and...

A Visit to the Zoo “Come, hurry up. It is a very big round” came a loud cry from one side. Hark! The king of the forest is roaring aloud” raised a noise from the other side. “See the ditch. How artistically is it made!” remarked others. Groups of merry making should move about the vast premises of the zoo, making the above comments. It was a fine Sunday morning when...

Republic Day Celebrations 15th August or the Independence Day is celebrated in memory of the 15th August, 1947 when we got our independence, while 26th Jan. is celebrated as a mark of memory of 26th Jan. 1930. On this day the country took a pledge on the bank of river Ravi to keep on fighting fill the country achieved complete independence. It is also celebrated in memory of 26th Jan, constitution....