In its Strictest Sense the Word Criticism Means Judgement In this connection “criticism” means literary criticism, or the criticism of literature. Unfortunately the word “criticism” is commonly used in a bad sense, meaning mere fault-finding or condemnation. This is misleading; for properly the word simply means “judging”, coming, as it does, from the Greek word meaning “to judge”. Judging a book means examining it to find out its real worth as...

Importance of Examinations The world Examination is noun of the word ‘examine’. It means to test in order to verify, to judge and to certify, certain facts. Examination is a very wide word, which is used in all spheres of life. The learned examiner does not want that sense of examination to be discussed. He has in his mind the University Examination and he wants to know whether the institution of...

Should Games be Compulsory? There is no doubt that manly outdoor games, such as football, hockey and cricket, are very good for growing boys. They provide physical exercise, so necessary for health, in an interesting form. Moreover such games, by training boys to work together in a team, teach corporate discipline, and so promote what is called esprit de corps. All this will be agreed to by everyone. But the question...

Free Libraries There are many people who love reading, but who can-not afford to buy books. Books, even in this age of cheap literature, cost money ; and the poor have not the money to spare. It was for such people that free libraries were established. Many have been set up in England and America by philanthropic people like Mr. Carnegie, the American millionaire. And in England, every town has its...

Oh Blindness to The Future Kindly Given We know the present, what is happening now. We know by memory something of our own past, and by history some-thing of the world’s past. But the future, what will happen but has not yet happened, we know not. The future is a closed book ; or rather, a book that has not yet been opened. To-morrow never comes, and no one has ever...

Prohibition Essay No. 01 Prohibition in India is essential both from material and moral points of view. The intoxicating drinks have ruined many a family by draining their financial resources and by creating complicated domestic problems. The hard-earned money has been wasted on intoxicants by imprudent people and it has brought untold misery to their families. A drunkard is a curse to his family and a nuisance to society. Moreover, our...