The Educational Value of Travelling Or The Advantages of Tourism In books we read only ideas, thoughts and experiences of other men. The knowledge thus acquired is theoretical. In day-to-day life, we cannot be successful with mere theoretical knowledge. We must also know about the habits, manners and ways of living of other persons. We can learn about others by coming in contact with them. Travelling takes us from the field...

My Ambition A person without any ambition in life is like a ship without a rudder. He has no destination. He does not have urge to make a start. He reaches no where. He is tossed about like a straw in the wind. He achieves nothing in life. So everybody should have an ambition in life. But simply having ambition is not enough. Whatever be the ambition, it must be backed...

My Hobby ‘An idle mind is a devil’s workshop, is a well known saying and is really true even to this day. A man who has no pleasant occupation for his leisure hours, is likely to fall into some mischief. So it is important to cultivate some hobby. A hobby is what we do in our leisure hours. There is a well known proverb : “All work and no play make...

Spirit of Sports What matters in sport not victory or defeat but how you played the game. This is what we call sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is one of the most desirable qualities in any great player whether he be a cricketer or tennis player, a footballer or any sport person; the spirit of sports separate the excellent from the mediocre, the grain from the chaff. It shows the quality that needs to...

A Tribute to Motherland   It is pure grace in the mother’s mind which is instinctive and never artificial that makes her divine. The man has to move heaven and earth to achieve this divine character. The love that a woman bestows on her child is subtler and purer than the love she professes to have for her husband in a given moment. If a woman is asked to choose between...

The Autobiography of A Cricket Bat Hi Mr. Bat, why are you crying ? Were you also thrown away by your master ?” Mr. Tinman asked me. I burst into tears and narrated him my sad story “Ah ! those were my golden days of childhood. I was born in England. My father was one of the highly prized willow tree. It was seasoned for about a year before it was...

A Trip to the Hills   Every year, Botany students go on a trip to a hill station for collecting plant specimens. We were taken to Delhousie hill station this year for a trip. As the D-day approached, we realised what a job it was to go in a journey. Packing proved to be most difficult. As a result, the questions discussed in college were not intellectual or academic but revolved...

Agra : The City of Monuments   When Humayun died, 13 year old Akbar with his guardian, Bairam Khan was in the Punjab. He was crowned Emperor in a garden at Kalanaur on February 14, 1556. At the time of his accession, his territory was confined to the Punjab and the area around Delhi and Agra. Six months after his accession to the Throne, Akbar arrived at Agra. Agra was Akbar’s...