My Classmates In our class Mayank is the noisiest- of all boys. His voice is like that of a bull frog, but the volume is louder. In this noisy bunch is a girl who hardly ever opens her mouth and her name is Padma. The boy who sits next to me is such a gentle and soft creature. Then there is Disha, our class monitor. She sits right in front of...

My School Essay No. 01 I study at Cambridge School which is one of the best schools in Delhi. It has a stone building. It has all the facilities a good school should have – well-furnished classrooms, laboratories, library, and playground. As we enter the school, there is a playground to our left and a small garden to our right. When we enter the building, the Principal’s room and office room...

The Thoughts of Youth are Long, Long Thoughts This line is part of the refrain of Longfellow’s poem, “My Lost Youth”, in which he looks back with fond memories to the seaport of Portland, in Maine, where he was born. The poem begins thus :- “Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of the dear...

How do we to Continue your Education When we Leave College ? A father once proudly said to me, “My son has finished his education”. He did not mean to be funny ; but he was. Of course he meant that his son has taken his degree and left college ; as though it is only in schools and colleges that education is to be had. “Finished his education !” Why,...

The Ideals of Democracy The popular definition of the term democracy is that it is government of the people, by the people and for the people, though in actual practice we know that this is not always true. In large democracies it is not possible for millions of people to participate in the formulation of policies or in their execution ; it is largely left to their elected representatives. Though few...

Peace Hath her Victories, no less renowned than war We generally associate the word “victory” with war and battle. We think of Trafalgar and Waterloo, and many a “famous victory”. We speak of “glorious” victories; but even the most glorious victory in a righteous cause must mean death and destruction, and misery to countless thousands. But the victories of peace, “no less renowned”, have brought men comfort and happiness, health and...

Proverbs Proverbs have been well defined thus: “Short sentences founded on long experience”. They are brief, pithy sayings condensing in a witty or striking form the wisdom of experience. Most of them are anonymous; and many are very old, having been handed down by word of mouth from father to son for generations. Being short and striking, they are easily remembered. The use of rhyme (or of assonance) and alliteration helps...

The Autobiography of a Rupee I am now an old coin, and have been in circulation for many years. But I can still remember my early life. My active life began when I was paid over the counter of a bank, along with other new rupees, to a gentleman who cashed a cheque. I went off jingling in his pocket; but I was not long there, as he gave me to...