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The Gentleman of the Jungle Background of the story .. Europeans entered Africa in the early part of the fifteenth century. The expeditions were mainly for exploring a foreign land that was so different from their homelands in Europe. The diversity of the flora and … Read more
Too Dear! by Leo Tolstoy About Leo Tolstoy .. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is perhaps the most revered Russian writer, who is accepted the world over as the conscience-keeper of mankind. He wrote novels and short stories with moorings in morality, pacifism, and spirituality have influenced … Read more
CBSE Language paper – 2 (with answer) Paragraph 1 … In 2003, a prominent business house of India, submitted an ambitious plan to the government of West Bengal proposing the creation of an enormous new tourism complex in the Sundarbans. Although the details of … Read more
Dissent and Defiance Roil Hong Kong Position as on October 11, 2014.. Hong Kong, one of world’s busiest commercial places, has seen unprecedented and very disruptive street demonstrations for quite some days now. Spear-headed by students, the tone of the chants and slogans have … Read more
Comprehension 25… Read he passage and write the answers. Justice is 7 years old. She’s besotted with Frozen’s Princess Elsa and knows all the words to the film’s hit song “Let It Go.” Every morning, she collects the frangipani flowers that have fallen into her guardian’s … Read more
CBSE type Comprehension exercise 1 Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions that follow. Walking in one of Panaji’s local markets one warm afternoon earlier this year, I found the shops shuttered all along the street. I was in search of a new pair … Read more
Current Affairs 4 – Ebola Ebola virus disease (EVD) is an infectious disease that spreads through contamination with a patient’s body fluids like blood, semen, or a lactating woman’s milk. It starts with high fever, sore throat, muscular pain, vomiting and diarrhea. One out two patients … Read more
Current Affairs 3 OIC, the Uighurs (also spelt as Oyghurs), and Kashmir – How OIC cowers before the Chinese for commercial gains. OIC is the acronym for Organization of Islamic Cooperation. It is a body of some 57 Islamic countries, who strive to plead for … Read more
Contrast between Goa and Hampi through a tourist’s eyes … A visit to Hampi Ancient Vijayanagara, a crumbling 16th-century metropolis, is a stark contrast to the decadence of Goa’s beach life. Once the hippie paradise of the sixties, Goa’s beautiful beaches are now overrun with … Read more
The International Court of Justice ruling in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case On July 17, 2019, the ICJ in The Hague in Netherlands pronounced its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. The government of India had approached the Court to seek relief for Jadhav relating to … Read more