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...

Industrial Revolution and Its Causes   According to Professor Ashton, “The Industrial Revolution was a revolution of ideas. Science had widened men’s conception of the universe.” The Industrial Revolution began in the second half of the 18th century. The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ was coined in the 1820’s by French followers in Britain. Industrial Revolution stands for the change that took place between 1750 and 1850. The changes were in certain industries...

Lighting A Spark — Matchsticks In the 6th century AD, the earliest matches were made in China. They were made of pinewood coated with -sulphur. In many European countries, lengths of cotton or flax dipped in sulphur were used. However, they worked only if there was a fire already going from which they could be ignited. In late seventeen century, a scientist from Ireland discovered that if phosphorous and sulphur were...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mobile Phone Millions of people across the world owe mobile phones. It is a helpful device, which makes our lives easy and comfortable. Many times the scientific question has raised, whether their use is safe or not. Do they cause health problems like tumors? Although health risks of using mobiles are mentioned, we cannot find anything that proves that mobile’s cause major health problems. May be mobile...

A Scene at A Water Tap   Water taps are installed by Municipal bodies in different parts of the town. They are for the convenience of the public. The supply of water through such taps is stopped for some time of the day. Therefore, there is a great rush during the water supply hours in morning and evening. There is a municipal tap in our street. Early in the morning at...

My Visit to A Market Place   A market is the open area or building where people meet to buy and sell goods. Different goods are available for purchase in a market. Numerous markets are available in a particular city. Different kinds of goods are sold in markets. Most of the markets are placed close to residential areas for the convenience of the customers. I had heard a lot about the...

Dreams   For centuries, people have wonder about the meaning of dreams. Early civilizations thought of dreams as a medium between our earthly world and that of the Gods. However, a series of image, events and feelings that take place in our mind while we are asleep are known as dreams. In other words, dreams are chain of pictures, ideas. emotions and sensations that occur unwillingly in the human mind during...