Is Science A Blessing? Mankind would not have made any progress in the absence of science. Science has opened before us a world full of interesting facts and figures. Science has brought about many changes in the life around us. No area of activity has been left untouched by the magic wand of science. It has revolutionized every department of life. There were times when ignorance made mankind afraid of many...

The Present Education System Tagore had once said that the aim of true education is the harmonious development of body mind and soul, altogether. Education can be called real education if it brings about the development of all the faculties of a person. Unfortunately, our modern system of education falls short of all these yardsticks. Although faults of this system are many, there is a near-total agreement on the fact that...

The Correct Use of Time One often hears complaints from people about the lack of time. Time has often played villain to the plans of our heroes and heroines in novels and plays. It is not surprising therefore that time has always been painted black by everyone. Phrases like ‘how time flies’, ‘in the nick of time’, ‘time and tide waits for no one’, ‘it was a cruel hour’, etc. would...

A Pleasant Dream My work as a scientist often requires that I work till very late in the night. Last Saturday was one such day when I had to stay back very – late in the night at my laboratory. I came home in the early hours of the morning and fell asleep immediately. Soon I started dreaming about the project that I was working on I saw that I had...

Co-Education in India The history of co-education in India has been of a mixed kind. In the northern part of our country, there are a large number of coeducational schools. While in the southern part the numbers of unisex schools are more. This is also true for the rural India, where the rural masses frown upon both the boys and girls studying together. The aim of co-education basically is to provide...

Why I Consider Myself Lucky To life is perfectly blissful. Pessimists see the glass of happiness as half empty and the optimists find it half-filled. I am an optimist and I consider myself lucky because I have loving parents and an affectionate sister. I lead a comfortable life. By God’s grace, my parents have money enough to provide me with sufficient education and many physical comforts. Nature has bestowed me with...

The Book That Has Inspired Me Most Or My Favourite Book In the evergreen garden of literature mellowed with innumerable blossomed flowers, I like one tiny flower and that is a small novella Jonathan Livingstone Seagull’ by Erich Bach. This book was given to me by my favorite teacher, who herself was a source of inspiration for me. It’s a story about a seagull—who aspires to fly very high in the...

Life in The Capital Delhi, the capital of India has a magician’s spell for the tourists. But my personal experience exhorts me to state that it’s a beautiful place to visit but a ghastly place to live in. Although there are many beautiful and historical places that fascinate any romantic heart its reality lies in the stuffed colonies, long dark streets, and overcrowded D.T.C. buses. Life is slow and quiet in...