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Ramadan is a time for the Muslim community to come together both at home and at the masjid or musjid, the Arabic term for mosque. During the month, and especially during taraweeh, observant Muslims will spend lots of time in prayer and discussion at the … Read more
A plethora of vaccines are now available for use. The vaccines came years in advance, triggering great hope for mankind. The scientific community, who spearheaded the astonishingly fast race, was driven by human inventiveness that peaked due to global pressure. Apart from this, private capital … Read more
Summarize to one third its length: A couple of miles along the path they met their two companions returning with lanterns in their hands. They had actually just been for a smoke, and had found out nothing about the firewood. They claimed it was being … Read more
Summarize to one third its length: The widow living with the zamindar Sharadashankar’s family, in the big house at Ranihat, had no blood-relatives left. One by one they had died. In her husband’s family, too, there was no one she could call her own, having … Read more
Fill in the blanks. Use the words given in the box. The evils of Resorts Our parents and grandparents used to live in villages and led simple lives. Due to this, they could keep mental stress———-. They seldom suffered from diseases like cancer, heart failure, … Read more
How to head off a national calamity Vaccinating all the citizens is a good idea, but we are hardly ready The second wave of Covid hit the country so hard and with such pace that the government had to adopt policy decisions that were hardly … Read more
In our English Learning in Slow Pace Series, we aim to break down higher level English lessons into small – easy to understand chunks for the beginners. There will be questions from important sections of the stories which, combined together, give a good overall idea … Read more
Questions and answers .. Q1. What is the news brought by Tom and Alec? How does Mrs. Parker react to it? Ans: Alec and Tom break the news to Mrs. Parker that two convicts had escaped from the prison. The news leaves Mrs. Parker so … Read more
Stanza 1.. A ‘toad’ is a small amphibian species with an ugly look. It hibernates for long months, and is known to be not particularly agile. In this poem, ‘toads’ has been used in a metaphoric sense. Explanation .. The author is clearly an over-worked … Read more
The Eyes Have it by Ruskin Bond Q1. Can you visualize the dramatic setting when the story began Ans: The stats in a railway station where the author is seated inside a compartment. The lone girl passenger comes in with her parents who were unusually … Read more