The Menace of Copying The menace of copying in examination has assumed alarming proportions. Many students do not work hard all round the year. It is because they know that they can copy the answers in the examination and not only get pass marks but also come off with flying colours. So, why should they work hard? Such students are not interested in the class-room study. They become a nuisance to...

Modern Civilization In primitive times, people lived in caves and under the trees. They had no houses. Agriculture was not there and people had to live on wild plants, wild fruits and roots besides raw meat of animals which they hunted because even fire had not been discovered then. Then civilization developed at a few places in the world. But these civilizations were soon razed to the ground by the barbarians...

The Story of Man It is said that man emerged as such distinct from other animals some ten lakh years ago. Then his shape was different. In almost the present human form he is said to have emerged some ten thousand years ago only. But evidence is there that in Australia man lived even more than fifty thousand years ago. It is now generally accepted that the earliest man perhaps first...

My Favourite Female Singer Music is nearest to soul and is liked and loved by everybody. In fact, even animals and plants love music. When we think of the great female singers of India, naturally our attention gets riveted to Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Anuradha Podwall, Usha Uthap, etc. However, even before these celebrated female singers emerged on the scene, there was a woman singer who was no less adept in...

The Freedom Fighter I Admire Most   Subhash Chandra Bose was one of the greatest freedom fighters of India. He was born on January 23,1897 at Cuttack in Orissa. His father, Jankinath Bose was a renowned lawyer of the area. His mother, Prabhavati, was a highly learned religiously-minded lady.   Subhash Chandra imbibed many of his religious views from her. Some other persons who influenced him greatly were his teacher Beni...