No Pains, No Gains

No Pains, No Gains This saying signifies that nothing great and noble can be achieved without a good deal of effort, struggle and sacrifice. As William Penn puts it, “no pain, no palm, no throes, no throne; no fall, no glory, no cross, no crown”. There are not short-cuts to success or golden rules to grow rich or to acquire scholarship in a few hours. In the witty words of G.B. Shaw, the golden rule is that there is no golden rule. The...

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Knowledge is Power

Knowledge is Power There is a difference between ‘strength’ and ‘power’ we say ‘the power of the press’ and not ‘the strength of the press’. A tiger has strength and this is only physical. Contrarily, a man with ideas or knowledge has power which for superior to and dominates mere physical force. It is rightly said ‘a pen is mightier than a sword.’ Today man with has gradually mounting knowledge and wisdom has been able through science, to...

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I am the Master of My Fate

I am the Master of My Fate Man is the maker of his destiny. He is his own star. His character and actions determine his future. Chance plays only an insignificant role in life. There is no effect without a cause, although sometimes the cause may be hidden from our view. Every failure of a particular person should be attributed to the limitations in his person and not to a call us God with arbitrary ways. ‘The fault, clear, Brutus, is not in...

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We Live in Deeds, Not in Years

We Live in Deeds, Not in Years Keats passed away at the age of twenty-six. But what of trat! He is immortal as he has left behind imperishable footprints on the sand of time. The poets smear by Odes. His achievement compels wonder. In a period of four years, he wrote verse that so far is Un-excelled. As a matter of fact, one’s achievement counts more than one’s length of life. Surely, Keats lives in deeds, not in years. Truly has Ben Jonson...

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Honesty is The Best Policy

Honesty is The Best Policy It is possible that dishonesty may succeed for a short time, but honesty is sure to succeed better in the long run. This may be seen considering the career of students in schools and colleges, and of men engaged in the business of life. The student who cheats in an examination may, if he escapes detection, gain a few marks more that he would otherwise have got. But what is the probable result? He learns thereby to...

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Prosperity Brings Friends, Adversity Tries Them

Prosperity Brings Friends, Adversity Tries Them It is natural that prosperity should attract friendship, or at least the semblance of friendship. The friends of a prosperous man derive many obvious advantages from their connection with him. If their rich friend is hospitable, he invites all who have the privilege of caring him to pleasant entertainments in his five house and beautiful grounds. The rich man has also many opportunities of...

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Character

Character Character has been defined as “the distinctive mark of an individual.” What that mark is going to be depends partly upon nature, but largely on family environment and up-brining. Children are imitative creatures, but they are also endowed with reasons; and character is formed, first by inculcating ideas of right and wrong in the minds of the young and, secondly, by the exercise on the part of the children of the reasoning power...

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Problems of Rising Prices

Problems of Rising Prices The problem of rising prices is the greatest economics problem in a country today. It is cutting the throats of millions today because millions of people find it hard to manage one square meal a day. All days work does not promise then sufficient to eat and drink. Prices have doubled in the last five years and many things on daily use are now beyond the reach of common man. More and more things are going beyond...

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A Stitch in Time Saves Nine

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine A stitch in time saves nine and a malady which is curable today and within the control of the physician my become incurable tomorrow and get out of the control of the physician. As they say evil should be mapped in the bad. At any rate, it should not be allowed to gain a firm foot hold. Once it gets a foothold, it becomes a very difficult to eliminate it. It is easier to prevent a boy from smoking if he started...

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Population Problem

Population Problem  The 2001 census that India’s population has crossed the one billion mark. It was 100 crore and 127 lack on March 1, 2001. Ours is the second most populous country in the world after China. Every year we add one Australia to our world after China. Every year we add one Australia to our population. Although India covers 2.4 percent of the total world area, it contains 16 percent of the world population. The situation...

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A Bad Workman Quarrels with His Tools

A Bad Workman Quarrels with His Tools There is ample truth in the saying that bad workman quarrels with his tools. A bad students who fails in the annual examination will like to lay the blame of his failure at the door of those second hand books which his father bought for him and which do not contain, as he himself puts it, up-to-date information. He may also attribute a part of the blame to the environment of the house which interfered...

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Farewell Party at School

Farewell Party at School There is a tradition in every school that the junior students give a farewell to the senior most and outgoing students. Every student who begins school life must end it one day. I had studied in this school for six years. During my stay in the school I had learnt to respect and love every aspect of my school. The teachers meant so much as they gave me guidance at the most needed hour. The hour to leave school had...

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A Morning Walk

A Morning Walk  Last Sunday I woke up early in the morning. The weather that day was very pleasant cool breeze was blowing and the sky, too was cloudy. I felt like going act for a walk. I called my friend Sem, with the idea in mind to ask him to join me for a morning walk. He at once agreed to join me. Very soon we found our self in the lap of nature and were breathing fresh and cool air. Everything around us looked fresh and green....

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The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit It is through the power of habit that every act we do affect over character. This is why habit is called second nature; habit adds new tendencies, which became an important part in the sun total of once character. The tendency to repeat too action that we have been in the habits of doing is seer in our most trivial concern, as well as in more important matter, as well as in more important matter. People get into habit...

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A Memorable Day In My Life

A Memorable Day In My Life I did not wake up and find myself famous on the morning of the 14th of last month. No one wished me even when I left my bed. In those boarding homes, which accommodation two hundred students, not one thought much of me as I passed the corridor. Yet it was going to be the most memorable day in my life. It all came in this way. I was at that time an indifferent cricketer not the well know spin bowler, nor the...

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If I Were A Millionaire

If I Were A Millionaire We have often heard old people advise the young ones not to indulge in wasteful talk about the past and future by quoting the following lines from H.W. Longfellow: “Trust no future, however pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead. Act, act in the living present, Heart within and God overhead. But there will hardly be man or woman who has never indulged in day dreaming. It may be a sheer wastage of time...

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Why Indians Should Study English

Why Indians Should Study English  When India became free, there was a demand from several quarters that English should be banished from our land. It was the language of our rulers and was therefore a painful reminder of our slavery. However with the passage of time we have grown less intolerant. Experience has taught in that English is a much our language us that of the English. We are living in a world which is well inter linked....

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A Quarrelsome Man

A Quarrelsome Man  A story is a told of a Scotsman who saw two persons fighting. He approached them and asked, “Gentleman, is it a private quarrel, or can I also enter it?” There are some persons who are always itching for a fight. They are born under the influence of mars, the God of Battles. I have in my neighbourhood a man who picks a quarrel eight times in a week. A day that passes without a quarrel is a day last and wasted. He...

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The Life of a Soldier

The Life of a Soldier A soldier is the pride of his nation. He defends the honor of his motherland with his life and blood. He has to rise above his own self to defend his nation. His profession brings out the best qualities in him like chivalry, discipline, team sprite, loyalty and steadfastness. His example serves as a beacon light to others who are tame and cowardly. His life is a source of inspiration to the youth of the nation. He has...

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Cinema as a Means of Education

Cinema as a Means of Education There are many ways of educating oneself as well as others. One is through sight education through sight means that whatever is to be taught should be put before our eyes. It is also called visual education. This form of education is very effective and one learns very quickly through it. Film is a form of visual education. We get all sorts of information and enlightenment. Film is a practical teacher. Education...

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