A place of Historical Importance Delhi is famous for its historical monuments. Every year tourists come from all parts of the world to see them. Once I went to see the Qutab Minar, a tower situated at about eleven miles from Delhi. It is said that the Minar was built by Prithvi Raj for his daughter Bela, who nosed to have a look at the Jamuna daily before her meals. The...

Essay No. 01   Your visit to a holy place of Pilgrimage India is a land of holy places and there is no dearth of Pilgrims in this country. Our biggest centers of pilgrimage are Badri Nath, Puri, Rameshwaram, and Allahabad on the occasion of Kumbh, Hardwar, Kurukshetra and Garhmukteshwar. Perhaps the largest number of people gathers at Allahabad and Garhmukgteshwar. I also visited Garhmukteshwar on Kartik Purnima and had an...

A Visit to a Ration Shop “It is my turn,” said one. “No, it is mine, I came first,” roared the other. “Let us have patience and wait for our respective turns,” suggested the third. A big queue was there and everybody seemed to be in a hurry. But this was not the scene at the ticket window of any cinema house. Nor it was the booking office at any railway...

A Visit to the Super Bazaar Prices had been steadily rising in the country and there was a big hue and cry among all the sections of people. The govt. therefore, thought of giving some relief to the people by opening cooperative stores. Under the name of SUPER BAZAR a cooperative store was also opened in Connaught Place New Delhi, near Shankar Market. It was the first Sunday of Dec. when...

A Visit to a Hair Dresser Now a days, hair dressing saloons are quite different from what they had been a few years back. When you enter the saloon, you find people reading newspapers and periodicals and waiting for their turns. The owner of the salon greets you very politely and you also join the others waiting there. When your turn comes the barber takes a white apron, sometimes not very...

A visit to a Hospital as an Outdoor Patient Of all the places that a man likes to visit, one is such as nobody would ever like to go to. It is the hospital which a man abhors the most. But still circumstances sometimes compel an individual to act against his desire. I, too was once put to such an ordeal. It was the occasion of my birthday party. Friends and...

A Visit to the Zoo “Come, hurry up. It is a very big round” came a loud cry from one side. Hark! The king of the forest is roaring aloud” raised a noise from the other side. “See the ditch. How artistically is it made!” remarked others. Groups of merry making should move about the vast premises of the zoo, making the above comments. It was a fine Sunday morning when...