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Reading poetry does us great harm by distracting our mind towards unwanted things. It shouldn’t be part of compulsory syllabus in school level. Support and oppose. Support The world is being competitive at a furtive pace. From farmers to factory workers, from scientists to soldiers, …
The Rat Trap Introduction … This story by the Swedish story teller Selma Lagerlof has an ending that can silence even a diehard cynic. It implores the reader to look within and rediscover the sparks of goodness and compassion that lie under a heap of …
A Photograph by Shirley Toulson This is a poem of reminiscence with a rather sad tone. It brings into focus the unstoppable changes ‘time’ brings about to the lives of humans and objects. With the passage of years, an old un-framed family photograph mounted on …
The Portrait of a Lady by Khuswant Singh Explanation of the text ………. 1st part .. The author was lovingly reared by his frail, ageing grandmother. Her long-departed husband’s imposing photo hung on the wall. The author was not born when the grandfather was alive. …
The Voice of the Rain by Walt Whitman About the poet .. Walt Whitman (1819-’92) was an American poet, whose non-conventional views on religion, friendship, and social mores created an endless chain of criticism. Controversy triggered by his book ‘Leaves of Grass’ plagued him all …
Ode [We are the Music Makers] by Arthur O’Shaughnessy An introduction … The life of artists has seldom been a bed of roses. Winning accolades, or even earning enough to make both ends meet from this profession is, in most cases, an uphill task. The …
The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role by Nani Palkhivala About Nani Palkhivala .. Nani Palkhivala (1920-2002) was a celebrated jurist and an economist of repute. He was from Mumbai (Bombay, then), and endeared himself to the people through his articulate analysis of the Annual …
B. Wordsworth by V. S. Naipaul About V. S. Naipaul.. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul(1932-2018) had his ancestral roots in India. His grandparents migrated to the West Indies to work there as plantation workers. Life was very hard as adjusting to a totally alien environment was not …
The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan Let’s know the characters .. Taplow .. He is a sixteen-year-old boy waiting for his promotion from Class V Junior to Class V senior. Mr. Crocker-Harris .. He is a senior teacher in the school where Taplow studies. He …
Vocabulary Exercise – 8. Learn new words and phrases with practical examples. Fete [As noun] The girl wanted to stage a dance show in the fete organized in her school to raise money for the widows of the Pulwama CISF martyrs, but her conservative parents …