Happy New Year New Year is celebrated throughout the world. It is celebrated just like a festival. It brings happiness on the face of millions of people across globe. New Year is celebrated by kids, teenagers, elders as well as old people around the world. In almost all schools and educational institutions, the winter vacation is announced from the day of Christmas to. New Year on 1st January. New Year is...

My True Friend and Me   I study in a class of sixty boys and girls. I talk, help and play with all my fellow students. However, Zinaifer is my true and trustworthy friend. As she sits just besides me, we are classroom neighbours. Since last two years, we have become very close friends. We go to school together and we come to home together. We both are almost together most...

Rashtrapati Bhavan and Edwin Lutyens   In 1911, King George V of England declared that the British capital would be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. The search started for the perfect place for the buildings that would serve as the residence of Viceroy Lord Irwin and the administrative offices. A few important men were selected for this task and Edwin Lutyens was one of them. Edwin Lutyens had decided that he...

Hygiene When the word ‘hygiene’ comes in our mind, it reminds us about health and cleanliness. The habit of keeping oneself clean and maintaining hygiene is very important. There is a saying that says, ‘Cleanliness is close to Godliness’. Here hygiene and cleanliness means a long-lasting part of one’s life that is very necessary for healthy body and mind. Besides providing a decent and pleasant look, hygiene and cleanliness of our...

How Reading and Writing Have Shaped My Life   From my early years, reading was an essential part of my life. My mother not only taught me the alphabet at an early age, but also made sure that I was provided with books. She purchased several books for me and she read them to me regularly. At every night, I would take storybooks to her and she would read them to...

The Most Horrible Incident of My Life   Last year we had a frightening experience while returning home from our maternal grandparent’s house. Our grandmother had turned 75 on that day. My mother had decided to stay with her for some more days. This was the day when the most horrible incident took place in my life. I was shocked and stunned for many days. It was late past eleven at...