English - FL Essay Writing [7-M] (Final Exam)

“Who is here so vile that will not love his country ?”
“You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race’’.
Patriotism means love for one’s native land. . Just as we love our father and mother, so we love the land of our birth. This feeling is called patriotism.
But we find some people who love themselves more than they love their parents. They think of their own happiness and comforts before the comforts and happiness of their father and mother. Similarly, some people love their country less and love themselves more. Such people are selfish.
This should not be the case. It shows a feelingless heart and a selfish nature. Just as it is the first duty of a child to love his home, so also it is the first duty of everyone to love the land of his birth. A man owes much to the land of his birth. Just as he grows up in the lap of his mother, he is brought from making any sacrifice for his motherland when he is called upon to do so.Who can forget the great sacrifices of Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gandhi, Nehru and other freedom fighters who sacrificed their all for the freedom of their motherland? Such patriots are honoured everywhere and in all ages.
Patriotism is of two kinds: The first is a; healthy one and should be encouraged while the! second one is of an undesirable kind and should be condemned. Healthy patriotism teaches us to ‘love our country with all our heart and to do everything in our power to make our country happy, great and glorious. It tells us to build our glory on the ruins and sufferings of other nations. The first kind of patriotism is good for our country and for the world. The second kind of patriotism is bad for the world and will, sooner or later, be bad for the country that oppresses others.
It is our duty to love the land of our birth. It is also our duty not to hate other nations. We must try to cultivate a healthy type of patriotism and to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the uplift and prosperity of our own country. We must not have the perverted notion of patriotism that believes in the dictum: “My country, right or wrong.” Most of the crimes against humanity have been committed by people having this type of fanatic patriotism. Patriotism must go hand in hand with internationalism. One should never forget one’s duty towards humanity in general. Such patriotism as encourages narrow, parochial fanaticism is a bad type of patriotism which has no place in a fast progressing civilization of today. We are today suffering the consequences of this type of patriotism, which in turn gives birth to terrorism.

The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi launched an initiative named Make in India on 25th of September, 2014 in New Delhi. The aim of this campaign is to provide India an economic global recognition. While launching the programme, P.M. said that investors should take it as an opportunity and not as market in India. This campaign aimed to renew an Indian economy from a services-driven growth model to labour-intensive manufacturing-driven growth. A successful implementation of the programme will be the reason of employment for more than 10 million people in India. This is an effective plan which will attract top foreign companies to set up their business here in India.
In order to attract foreign capital, huge changes have been made in defence, the manufacturing and insurance sectors, however, according to the analyst, they need to do in more effective manner. More employments in the country will boost the purchasing power of common man. India is a country having unique combination of demography, democracy and demand which can benefit the investors.
Because of the lack of resources and wider clarity on policy issues, Indian businessmen too were planning to quit India and set up their businesses somewhere else. If this continued, it would have caused more poor economy. Make in India campaign with various effective resources will draw the attention of worldwide top businessmen to invest in India for any related business. In order to avoid the compulsion of Indian businesses to another country, the government has launched this attractive plan.
The dream of P.M. Narendra Modi is to make this country free of unemployment by bringing development and growth-oriented employment through his effective governance. Poverty in India can be reduced to a great level by solving the unemployment issue for youths which in turn may solve various social issues.

Start-up India Stand-up India is an initiative launched with its complete action plan on 16th of January, 2016. However, this scheme was announced earlier by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech in 2015. This programme is a new gift of year 2016 to the young people by the Indian government. It will help them to set up their new businesses or innovative projects. In this way, almost all the youths of country will be encouraged and use their new innovative ideas to create job. It will be proved much helpful in improving the economic growth of the country and career growth of the youths.
This initiative seeks the participation of almost all the major higher educational institutions in India through the online connectivity in order to be successful. This programme will help India to be a Start-up capital of the world. The complete action plan of this scheme has been launched with the launch of Start-up India Stand-up India campaign. Establishing a high-level, inter-ministerial panel has also been planned to create a friendly ecosystem to look after the innovation as well as evaluate Start-up proposals to ensure that whether they are qualified for incentives or not.
This initiative is an effective effort by the government to assist Startups in starting new business ventures especially those with innovative ideas and skills. It will help in improving the status of small and new entrepreneurs as well as creating new job opportunities for others. P.M. Modi has requested each bank’ to support at least one dalit and one woman entrepreneur in opening their business ventures. There is no lack of talented and skilled youths with innovative plans in India, however, they need some effective financial support to be encouraged and go ahead without fear of getting failed. All the IITs, central universities, IIMs, NITs and other institutions of India were lively connected to each other for the successful launch of this campaign.

Our age is an age of anxiety. So today’s society presents a very strange picture. An overall view can make someone assured of pleasures, success and all comforts of life. People have more money to spend for luxuries. It makes the youngsters feel that they can bag high rewards for their efforts. So they don’t bother to maximise their efforts. As a result, when they have to face some failure or disappointment they get heartbroken and the easiest way to overcome it is drugs.
Drugs provide easy, quick relief from mental agony. The mounting temptation is too difficult to handle. As a result, thousands of young lives are ruined during their budding state of life by the cruel effects of various drugs. Young students and unemployed rural and urban youths fall prey to drug addiction. They escape at least temporarily, the mental agony.
Smack, Bhang, Ganja, Charas, certain injections, syrups and even painkillers also cause addiction. Alcohol is also very commonly used in one class of society.
The drugs require money. As a result, the addicts harass their family members. If they fail to get money from family members, they take to stealing and live a life of slavery and misery. They can become criminals also.
The addictive drugs are strong and when used regularly cause damage to brain cells. The addicted person becomes aggressive, violent and emotionally disturbed. His personality gets distorted.
Who is responsible for this pathetic situation? The society is under the grip of the newly spread western culture. Parents toil blindly to maintain their acquired high status. But they forget to spare some quality time for their children. Educational institutions should share their responsibility and guardians have to co-operate with them. Drugs shouldn’t be sold without prescriptions. Strictness and vigilant attitude is a must for health authorities. We have to make the youth strong – mentally and physically. We need to take all the necessary precautions today. Tomorrow may be too late.

Modern age is the age of advertisements. Business plays a vital role in the economic progress of the country and the advertisements help the business prosper. Though it is an expensive means to sell goods. It is highly effective if skillfully handled. Creativity of the advertiser can make ads and posters catchy.
Advertising is an industry. As an industry, it requires professionals. So many institutions offer standard courses in advertising and mass communication. A candidate can apply for this course after graduation and in some cases even after 12th.
We find that ads on TV channels create great impact and temptation. They impress children and housewives to great extent. That of course results in good initial sale. If the ad is authentic, sales graph goes higher and higher. Otherwise, customer stops responding to the ad. Ads sell dreams-dream kitchen, dream bedrooms, dream houses, dream gardens and what not! They bring the dream in reality and it results in luxurious lifestyle.
Newspaper/magazine ads also have great impact. Circulation of handbills also creates awareness. People forget that all things that shine are not gold. They spend money wastefully – sometimes for fashion, sometimes for craze. Advertiser tries to take advantage of this psychology. However, code of ethics for advertising in India issued by Advertising Standard Council of India, regulates and controls the advertiser and advertising agencies from publishing offensive and misleading advertisements. Advertisers may reap benefits to some extent. They advertise more, they sell more. It gives more business to ad agencies. And people may shop till they drop.
However, wisdom says that consumer has to be judicious and responsible. He has to control excessive expenditure. One shouldn’t go beyond his means to satisfy his craze for accumulating the latest products. Money needs to be utilized to get its full return because we have to save our future.

Man is a social animal. He cannot live in isolation. There is interdependence between man and his environment. Man receives much from society. Therefore, he must render service to the society, which gives him existence and relevance. Students, particularly, are ideally suited for social service as they are young, energetic and enthusiastic and have plenty of time on their hands.
Students can involve themselves in different types of activities. They can begin some activity in or around the building where they live and then extend it gradually. For example, students can organize story-telling or newspaper reading sessions in their neighbourhood or they can help local bodies in conducting pre-primary or adult education classes. They can also organize cleanliness campaigns and tree plantation programmes, conduct first aid, classes or instruct people about cleanliness and hygiene. Organizing blood donation camps or giving aid in the form of money, food or clothes to the victims of floods or droughts are other ways in which students can render social service. In fact, with the co-operation of local doctors mental and physical health awareness programmes can be organized. Mental health is as important as physical health. Therefore, it is said ‘A sound mind in a sound body.
Social service enables students to come into contact with people who belong to various strata of society. This brings about a humanitarian outlook. Social service also teaches students to work in co-operation with a group and to organize themselves to achieve predetermined goal. Students get this experience through NCC or NSS camps.
India is a land of diversities, communities, creeds, religions and languages – there is such a confusing multitude that it becomes difficult to achieve harmony. Our students can make a substantial contribution by developing a non-communal outlook. They are young. Their minds are yet uncontaminated by religious fanaticism or communal or provincial prejudice. They retain the recognition of basic human values. They can really reconcile diversities and work for national integration.
The knowledge of various problems that the people around us have a genuine desire to help the needy will go a long way in making the world a better place to live. All that one needs for this type of service is a willingness to work for the common good, a generous heart and freedom from personal greed and ambition. It is necessary that the youth of India come forward and dedicate themselves to the noble task of working for the upliftment of others since India’s teeming millions are in dire need of such selfless help. Students should know ‘God helps those who help their fellowmen’. Indian youth know well that service to man is service to God.

What a pleasure it would be to wake- up and have a steamy cup of tea on the table inviting to enjoy sip after sip without the slightest disturbance from the hustle of routine newspaper. This may sound little queer for those who are habituated to go through the same array of news in the press every day. What we read from the newspapers is almost trash vividly magnifying the instances of accidents, rapes, robbery, gang wars, intrigues, conspiracies, political degradation, murders, scandals and terrorism and whatnot. There is hardly any place for human values in today’s newspapers. In spite of this situation, modern educated public cannot think of a morning without newspaper. Because what is said above is only one, side of a coin. The other side is much more important and has become an unavoidable part of human life. The newspaper today is as necessary as food and clothing.
Basically, in the absence of newspapers, the position of every individual would be precarious. Everyone would be groping in the dark because of the ignorance about the world around. No news would be known to anybody. A politician would not know the latest developments both in the party he belongs to or in the opposition parties. A businessman would be unaware of the market conditions making him blind about all his business strategies. Scientists will not know the latest development in science and technologies. Young people would not know what entertainment programmes are waiting for them. General public would also feel a vacuum in the absence. of entertaining news about accidents, murders, scandals, criticism, gossips about leaders, film stars, sportsmen and such others. The life would in a way become very stale, dull and static without the newspapers and society would come to a standstill position. This is not the sign of a progressing society.
Newspapers have powerful influence in the modern days that they are almost regarded as the ‘Fourth Estate’. Newspapers not only provide information but possess literacy value, work as a powerful means of propaganda, influence public opinion, extend incentive to business world, expose various opportunities of jobs, attract suitable people for employment and also entertain people through news on movies, drama, sports and other columns.
If all this were stopped, what would remain in the life of a country? It will become stagnant and remain backward. If one has to enjoy the fruits of modern developments brought about by science and technologies, one has to keep abreast with all the news about all the matters around. One cannot, therefore, afford to stop having newspapers. This would mean the death of the society. Newspapers are the life force of every dynamic society. No one can survive in this world without newspapers. It is not; therefore, fair even to think of the society where there are no newspapers. Without newspapers the world would become standstill.

There is no need to dwell on the truth of this maxim in the present day. The rush of the hurrying throng, the shriek of the railway whistle, the throb of the steamer’s engine, the click of the telegraph needle, and the sharp peal of the telephone call, are daily and hourly telling the same tale “Time is money”. In a literal sense in the business of life of the present day, ‘Time is money. Opportunities of acquiring money have increased to such an extent that for the worker time means money. The struggle for wealth has become so keen, education has fitted so many more to join in the struggle that time becomes the capital of trading, professional or businessmen.
So many new avenues of enjoyment have been opened up in recent years, and have been rendered so cheap, that the only requirement for their enjoyment is time, but to the busy man, “Time is money” and so they cannot enjoy. Distances too that have to be traversed, make delay such a vital matter that here again “Time is money”.
Metaphorically, too, the maxim is true. Time can be spent, it can be squandered, and it can be put out at interest. Man may be rich in it or he may be poor. Youth is rich in it and can spend it lavishly, while old age is poor in it, having to count the days and use it thriftily.
Like money, too, time, when once spent, will not return. It is a talent which if rightly used, bears rich interest, if wasted, renders its owner poor indeed. But time is unlike money, in the fact that it cannot be circulated. Money passes from one to another, and one man’s loss becomes another man’s gain. But lost time is utterly lost, and gone forever. It is on our own to use or to waste, and it cannot be used by another, neither can it be accumulated because ‘Time flies’.
Its importance, cannot be estimated properly because it cannot be seen, hence its losses cannot be measured and we are inclined to waste time as we should never waste money. At such times this little commonplace maxim is of great service, “Time is money”.

It is said by one of the thinkers, ‘A sound mind in a sound body, if our health is good only then we can do something in life. Everyone likes to play games. Even in modern education, sports have occupied an important place at all levels. Today the games have become a matter of national spirit and pride. We play different types of games. There are many indoor games like carrom, chess, table tennis, badminton and playing cards. And there are outdoor games like football, hockey, volleyball, basketball and cricket. There are also Indian games like kho- kho and kabaddi.
We play games because they are very important part of our life. They are necessary to keep us in good health. We know that ‘health is wealth’. We also play games for pleasure and entertainment. Games and sports are a matter of joy and happiness; in playing games, there is a thrill and adventure in all games. I like the game of cricket the most.
Two teams play cricket. Each team consists of eleven players. After the toss of the coin one team starts with batting. The players of the other team, fielders as are called, take their appointed places. In the centre of the pitch, there are stumps. The bowler tries to hit the stumps by bowling the ball fast. The object of the fielding side is to get the batsman out. Every team plays two innings. There are many rules and regulations. There are different terms like LBW, caught, run out, byes, no balls, boundaries, sixes, etc. One should know all these terms.
Cricket is a popular sport. It gives refreshing and healthy exercise. It strengthens the body and trains the mind. It makes players alert, watchful and fleet-footed. It brings them imagination and judgement. It gives mental and physical agility, skill and pleasure. It teaches the value of co-operation, obedience, patience, discipline, team spirit and sportsmanship. It is exciting and interesting. It is full of suspense, surprise, joy and sorrow. It gives full enjoyment to all players as well as spectators. And it is also a matter of great enjoyment to listen to the commentary of a cricket Test Match. Nowadays, cricket has become the most popular game in India. And the recent record-breaking form of Virat Kohli has made it more so in India.
By playing games we learn how to struggle and opt for self-help. The spirit of struggling and self¬help is quite essential for personality development. In a game, the spirit of sportsmanship is much more important than winning a prize. Where there is a friendship there is leadership. Those who play games in the right spirit, become happy and make others also happy.

A sound mind in sound body’ is an expression so familiar and so often quoted that its meaning is likely to have lost something of its edge and appeal. Yet it expresses a profound truth and formulates an ideal which every individual should set before himself. Bodily ailments stunt the growth of mind, just as mental maladies affect the health of the body.
The education that is imparted in our schools and colleges is mainly intellectual. It is true that every school and college has a playground and offers facilities for sports like cricket and football, basketball and badminton, but participation in games is not compulsory and littie account is taken of it while awarding certificates and degrees. Besides, there is acute shortage of playgrounds in large cities. Our educationists should realize the organic connection between mind and body and pay more attention and importance to the physical training of the young.
Outdoor games like cricket, hockey, football and tennis are the best means of ensuring physical health and mental development. They have several advantages over other forms of exercise. They provide not only exercise for the body but recreation to the mind. Exercising one’s limbs at home or in a gymnasium calls for some effort of the will, but boys and girls have natural inclination for sports and they derive exercise from them in an agreeable way, without specially exercising themselves. They return to their studies feeling refreshed and energetic.
Sports also inculcate valuable qualities in young people. They learn how to co-operate with one another and to subjugate their selfish desires in the interest of the team. They learn to play the game, practising fair play and showing generosity towards their opponents. They cultivate the quality of sportsmanship which consists in playing a game according to its rules and accepting defeat in good spirit. They are likely to follow the ideal of sportsmanship in life also, showing honest and uprightness in their dealings with others and never using unfair means for personal ends.

Longevity of life does not necessarily indicate greatness. A short life, lived to the hilt in working for the betterment of mankind, or spent in constructive work is definitely better than a long unproductive life.
Ben Johnson rightly stated “In short measures life may perfect be”. He compares and contrasts a short-lived lily and an oak which lives for a hundred years. A lily offers nonpareil beauty for a day, with which it captivates the hearts of the beholders but an oak is ugly and despite living for a long period of time, ends as a wooden log, devoid of charm and beauty. Its long life and immense proportions are a poor substitute for a lily’s beauty. Similarly, a rainbow is a joy to behold, but it is there for a very short period of time. The same is the case with dewdrops, sunrise, sunset, etc. but they leave an indelible impression upon the heart. It is only then that we realize the truth of the proverb “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” Beauty is no doubt a nine days’ wonder. But its impression on the mind is everlasting. Perhaps that is what prompted William Wordsworth to immortalize the beauty of the daffodils in a poem when he tells us “Ten thousands saw I at a glance. Tossing their heads in sprightiy dance”.
Later on, he goes on to tell us how he stored the sight of the beauty of the daffodils in his memory bank to be recalled at will, for he tells us-
“For oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon the inward eye,
Which is the bliss of solitude”
Thus, we see the permanent effect of Beauty on the mind, despite its short mortal duration.
Most of the great men of the world led short but fruitful lives. They left behind a rich heritage to posterity. Men like Madhav Rao, Swami Vivekanand and Guru Gobind Singh, poets like Byron, Shelly, Keats died early but even today, almost a century later they continue to live on in their poems. Shakespeare and Alexander Pope too did not enjoy a long life but through their works, they have become immortal. Man like Bhagat Singh, Udham Singh and many other historical personalities were cut off in the flower of their youth, but the heroic deeds they did, the sacrifices they made by giving up their lives for the nation gives them a permanent place in the hearts of men which neither age can corrupt nor wars can destroy their memories. Hence, I can conclude by reiterating that a short life spent in the service of humanity is better than a long life spent in a self-centred sequestered corner.

My aim in life is to be a doctor. My father does not agree with me. He is a merchant. He wants me to take a degree in commerce. His desire is to make me a rich businessman, but I have no liking for business. I hate the job of buying and selling. Business would fill my pocket, but it would leave my soul empty. I would never accept that.
I love the medical profession. This is not because it means status but because it means service to humanity. To serve humanity is to serve God. My ideal hero is Dr Hilbert Schweitzer. He lived and died for the suffering, people of French Equatorial Africa. My father is kind, I am sure that he will let me be a doctor.
I shall take my degree. Many young doctors go away to America to make money. I shall consider it my duty to serve my motherland, which made me a doctor. I shall start practice in Mumbai. I shall charge my patients according to their incomes. Treatment will be free for every poor person. I shall never squeeze anyone. I shall be very careful about my examination, diagnosis, and treatment of patients.
Wealth will come to me. Then I shall visit selected villages at regular intervals. There is greater need of healthcare in rural India than in advanced cities of India. If the educated sons of India do not serve their own less fortunate brothers and sisters, who will? W Beran Wolfe has said that our’ duty is to put back into the world what we take from it. Free treatment of villagers will be my way of doing this. As a doctor I shall have the following motto.
‘Service before self’
Life is a dream. We should realize it. Life is a challenge we should accept it. Life is a promise we should fulfil it. Life is an opportunity we should utilize it.

The first law of nature is Discipline. We see that the sun rises and heralds the dawn of a new day. The sunsets and there is night with its star-spangled sky and the dim light of the moon keeping the earth from total darkness. Thus, day and night follow each other. The months and seasons come by rotation. There is not scramble for outmanoeuvring one another. The elements and compounds all follow their natural properties. The earth revolves around the sun unfailingly and the Law of Gravitation and other such natural laws hold their ground eternally.
Man is part and parcel of nature. He is also a unit, an entity in the social fabric. If there were no strict adherence to laws by objects of nature, there would be complete chaos, so also if human beings do not observe discipline, the entire social structure would fall apart like a house of cards. For instance, we can break traffic rules and regulations only at a great risk to our life and limbs and that of other people as well. A disobedient child may have to face the ire of his parents by being deprived of his paternal inheritance. A disrespectful and disobedient student assimilates nothing from his school teachers and lives to repent his actions in the long run. A disobedient public servant may lose his job. In the armed forces, an errant soldier can be court-martialled.
Hence, it follows that discipline is essential for an individual’s personal success. However, discipline is also necessary for a nation’s success. Those nations which lack discipline make no progress, they may even lose their freedom. Countries like Japan, Germany, the USA and France have made tremendous progress only through the observance of discipline. A nation’s discipline has not only to be social and political in the form of hard and honest work by its citizens and leaders alike but also fiscal and economic in the form of discarding wastage and lavish spending. Discipline includes patriotic thoughts and patriotic deeds for the defence and progress of the nation. Even population cannot be controlled without self-discipline by the citizens. It is said that discipline is unavoidable for every nation. Those nations which do not or cannot observe internal discipline will, ultimately, are ruled by some external power which is capable of enforcing discipline. This is a lesson taught to us by history and if we fail to learn from it we will be forced to relive history again.
Discipline for an individual can be broadly classified into two types of discipline, i.e., external and internal discipline. External discipline is observed in the form of obedience to superiors like parents, teachers, bosses, etc. and in strict adherence to daily routine for efficient work and excellent results in our mundane activities. But internal discipline is a higher form of discipline which pertains to the mind and the soul. This form of discipline necessitates a high character and high ideals of truth and honesty in the face of all temptations, allurements and coercions. To adhere to this notion one has to be a man of principles and a man who keeps his word at all costs. In doing this one may have to face many privations, tortures, desertion and opposition, sometimes even by near and dear ones. This spiritual discipline has been observed most avidly only by the greatest messiahs of humanity who are the eternal beacon-lights guiding man’s destiny. So let us encourage youngsters, the future citizens of India, to join hands in promising to emulate these messiahs to the best of their ability so that we can build a better tomorrow for us and for the generations to come.

Knowing that I should be responsible,
Is just the battle half won,
Proving that I can live up to that,
Is where lies all the fun!
Responsibilities have and will always be a part and parcel of human life. Man, by nature, is a social animal, who depends on others to satiate his basic needs. Without society, even his basic abilities of speech and civilised behaviour would be but a distant dream. Hence, human beings depend on each other for survival. Shouldering one’s responsibilities well is what the cycle of give and take, mutual cooperation and the very edifice of human society stands on. Realising these responsibilities is the first step in improving society as a whole.
A student’s responsibilities start at school by putting his best foot forward academically and at the same time preparing to take on his responsibilities as a model citizen by taking care of school property and conscientiously contributing to the cleanliness of the classroom, school and the environment in general.
The real test of fire comes when you step out of the portals of your school into a larger world where your responsibilities increase by leaps and bounds, with no kind hand of a mentor in the background steering you away from the pitfalls of life or quietly encouraging you to soar to greater heights.
Students are ambassadors of knowledge. ‘True happiness’, they say, lies not so much in the taking, but in the sharing and spreading of it. Hence, it is not sufficient to bid ‘adieu to our schools and forge ahead with our lives, traversing the road of success. It is the responsibility of each of us to share the knowledge gleaned in school with our less fortunate brothers, who have been deprived of the light of knowledge by circumstances beyond their control. It is only when you see your illiterate brother read aloud his own handwritten sentence, and see his face glow with happiness at his achievement, the result of your painstaking efforts,, in sharing your knowledge, will your success at school become meaningful. Hence, our schooling will become meaningful and successful only when we follow the maxim ‘each one teach one and share the responsibility “of removing illiteracy from our teeming millions.
The students of today are the architects of tomorrow. It is on their shoulders that the destiny of India rests. If these intelligent youngsters are enticed by the lure of money to sell their talents to distant and different lands, then how will we see our beloved motherland progress through the years to come? It is for the students to realise their duty towards their motherland for they are and always will be Indians. Hence, no matter what field of life one chooses to work in, the service of our people should feature as top priority on our schedule.
Our country with its untapped potential is like a sleeping giant at present. All it needs is good leaders and responsible people. We, as students on the threshold of youth, should channelise our zeal and enthusiasm towards awaking this dormancy, there will be no better way of fulfilling our responsibility towards our motherland. Hence, we would do well to keep this tiny verse in mind, when we lose hope and think of ourselves as tiny droplets in the vast ocean of humanity.
“I might be just a tiny little drop
In this vast ocean of mankind
But if I can make its waters sweet
Where else will I, such satisfaction find ?”

What do we understand by the term ‘Value Education’? As I understand it, value education would mean inculcating values in young minds through education. But do our youngsters need this kind of education? Of course, they do! Take a look at the daily newspapers, which are filled with depressing news like scams, clandestine deals, strikes, murders in broad daylight, extortion, bomb blasts, house collapses, etc. the list is endless. What is the root cause of all this? Dissatisfaction one would say, but I feel the root cause of all these social and political maladies is lack of sound values. The only way we can tackle this problem is by attacking it at the grass-root level. The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow, so let us use education to inculcate in them sterling values which will prepare them to face the challenges and the temptations of the future. The next question that naturally springs to mind is what values should we stress on? There are innumerable values that need to be imbibed but today there seems to be a greater need of some values more than the others.
Take, for example, the value of patriotism. In days gone by, people sacrificed their lives for their country. Mahatma Gandhi, Babu Genu, Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Chandrashekhar Azad and a host of others. Today our youngsters find it difficult to show their loyalty by standing respectfully when the national anthem is being sung. The need of the hour today is to nurture this feeling of patriotism in our youngsters, not only by respecting our national flag and singing patriotic songs but by going a step further such as collecting, memorizing and even writing patriotic songs. Thus, our patriotism will be nurtured and developed and respect for the national anthem and the national flag will come as naturally as day follows night. Encouraging the narration of patriotic stories gives birth to patriotic thoughts and goes a long way towards fostering the spirit of nationalism. In such circumstances, protection of public property would then undoubtedly be the actions of a true patriot.
Another value, very essential in a diversified country like ours is Integration. We have many diversities like language, culture, dress, food, etc. from state to state, yet it is imperative for us to develop unity in that diversity so that our country will gain in strength and be in a position to weather any storm be they internal or external. To do this effectively we must, at all times, keep in mind the pledge ‘India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters -If this be our attitude we will stretch a helping hand to all our Indian fellowmen, regardless of colour, caste or creed. This would also imply a justifiable pride in the achievements of our sportspersons, surgeons, artists, etc. This will go a long way in cementing our unity,
Yet another value which is absolutely essential in this materialistic world of ours is religiosity. We today use religion as a political stepping stone, uncaring about the seeds of division. We are sawifig and fragmenting our country on a religious bias. Hence, respect for all religions is what we should inculcate in ourselves. After all, all religions are but different paths to the same God. Respect for women is yet another value which seems to be lacking amongst our people. We Indians have double standards where our women are concerned while mouthing phrases like the mother is a goddess who should be respected within the confines of her home, but whom we treat with scant respect in public, by depriving her of equality, education and a chance to develop her personality.
A scientific temper would be another appropriate value to be developed in modern times. This would teach our youngsters to be aware of the environment and to preserve its purity by taking active part in environmental programmes and helping to further the progress of science as we step into the twenty-first century.
Our beloved Bapu taught us the dignity of labour which today we seem to be forgetting. Surrounded by material luxuries we tend to look down on menial tasks forgetting the advice of sages, “if you want to be great in the eyes of the Lord, you have to be a servant of all.” This maxim, if followed to the letter, would result in the eradication of the Dalits and untouchables and we would be progressing by leaps and bounds towards a classless and casteless society.
These are but a few of the innumerable values we need to cultivate for a better tomorrow. The values like courtesy, protection of national property, punctuality, neatness and cleanliness are a few other pertinent values which need to be inculcated in the formative years. If we succeed in making these values a part of the child’s mental and moral characteristics, we can rest assured that the Indians of the twenty-first century will be perfect citizens worthy of emulation.

The mesmerising beauty of the Himalayan mountain range was put to question on 8th of October 2005, when a massive earthquake rocked some parts of the Himalayan region. The earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, was devastating. According to the seismologists, the epicentre of the earthquake was in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. The worst-hit areas were Pakistan- administered Kashmir, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and western parts of the Kashmir valley in the Indian- administered Kashmir. A fairly large number of people died in the quake. Many of them were school children who got buried under the rubble of their school buildings.
There was a huge national and international humanitarian response to the crisis. The UN and the US were criticised for not taking practical steps and focussing on training and seminar costing millions.
To conclude, the 2005 Himalayan quake will never be erased from our memories. Though it has taught many lessons to the planners, architects, disaster managers and the policymakers, the suffering of the victims will always invite sympathy of the mankind worldwide.

Those who can bear all, can dare all. This holds good at all levels – individual, social, economic and organisational. The ability or attitude to endure in a given situation or environment is of utmost importance. In a given situation, one’s response is either reactive or proactive. One may have positive or a negative response towards a situation. But for becoming effective in life, one should cultivate a balanced or neutral attitude. A balanced attitude promotes development of endurance.
Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of electric bulb, owes his success to his ability to bear hardships. He once commented that genius is ninety per cent perspiration and ten per cent inspiration. Though he had to perform hundreds of experiments to invent the electric bulb, he did not let the failures overpower him. This attitude ultimately brought him success. Napoleon, the famous French leader, regarded endurance as the most important quality of leadership. He said that losing a battle does not mean losing the war. Lord Buddha once said that the world we live in is in a state of ux. There is no certainty as situations do not always remain the same. In other words.
In the era of globalisation and market economy, the quality of endurance is a prerequisite for the entrepreneurs. There are ample growth opportunities as well as uncertainties due to the play of market forces. In fact, one can take risk or bear uncertainty only when one has developed the quality of endurance. There may be ups and downs in business but one has to bear all.
To conclude, endurance is not the virtue of the weak rather it is the source of strength. That is why it is said “Those who can bear all can dare all.”

What is it that gives earth a unique place in the Universe? Undoubtedly, it is the availability of water, due to which existence of life is possible on earth.
Biologists opine that life on Earth originated in water. In fact, water has been the subject of study for a number of disciplines. All these studies have generated many fascinating facts about water. The scientific study of water is called Hydrology.
Poets of all literary traditions have composed wonderful poems in praise of water. Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance artist, produced many paintings on water. Moreover, almost all the religions of the world have given exalted positions to water. Water is regarded as a symbol of purity in all the religions.
Interestingly, water is considered as a standard of ‘measurement by scientists and a standard of excellence by philosophers. It is a symbol of motion and UX. According to a school of Chinese philosophy, the highest excellence is like water. Besides, in alternative medicine systems, water is very useful in treating many diseases.
In view of the importance of water, the United Nations has declared March 22 as the Day for Water. There are numerous other fascinating facts about water, which is a vital necessity for any living being.

The present era shows that there has been tremendous progress in the public health scenario. There has been considerable progress in the development of vaccines for a number of communicable diseases. Illnesses like smallpox have almost been wiped out from the world. The use of laser, microsurgery and synthetic components are on the rise.
Over the last few years, W.H.O. together with major international academic institutions has organized several consultations and seminars on the issue of public health. The future success of the public health institutions will depend largely on how academic institutions prepare health personnel to link meaningfully with other sectors and with decision-makers.
The major challenge, however, is how to produce a proper mix of health care personnel, capable of fulfilling effectively the health needs of the people. The health personnel need to be trained using a more holistic approach, including a team approach, in health care and development. Another challenge is to reorient those already in workforce with the new concepts, knowledge and skills.
Finally, global action and cooperation is a must to secure the benefits of globalisation for health for all, on ‘an equitable basis. This is essential to prevent or minimise threats to health and well being. We need to foster global public health action through full utilisation of international and intergovernmental organizations involved in health and health development. Such global public health action will include active surveillance on the global burden of disease, support for research on poverty and health, and the development of scientific norms and standards.

The study of human population as a phenomenon yields many interesting trends and patterns. Human population has never been static. Malthus, a famous classical economist, observed that human population grows at geometric proportion whereas food grows at arithmetic proportion. The dynamics of human population is influenced by many factors – social, cultural, economic, environmental and technological factors.
According to demographers, between 1965 to 1970 the growth rate of human population was 2.1 per cent per annum, which is recorded as the highest. The coming generation will look back at the event as the most significant event in the history of human population. Human population never grew with such speed before 20th century and is never again likely to grow in future.
Demographers like astronomers keep on observing interesting trends and patterns in human population. As of now human population has been showing inflationary trend, that is, it is growing in size.

The concept of success is integral in our lives. History is replete with examples to demonstrate success and failure. The conquest of the Everest, man’s landing on the surface of the moon, the invention of information technology and so on and so forth; the list is unending.
The secret of success lies in proper thinking. Success means attaining a specific goal within a specific time frame, in a particular situation. Thus, attaining success depends on understanding the situation and setting the right goal in the right situation.
To be successful in any domain, one needs to assess one’s strengths and weaknesses. One has to apply strength, weakness, opportunity and threat analysis before venturing into any activity. This holds good for an individual as well as a team or an organisation. In other words, our thinking and knowledge plays a key role in attaining success. Moreover, failure in one situation may lead to success in the other. It all depends on one’s attitude. Failure prepares the way for success.
To conclude, success which we all wish to attain comes as a result of proper thinking and attitude. T. S. Eliot, the famous poet once said: “Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things.”

Though shopaholics adhere to the slogan ‘shop till you drop’, policymakers, the ecologists, the economists, the philosophers, the medical experts and many others do not buy the thought.
Interestingly, Gandhiji used the adage ‘Think before you shop’ during the Swadeshi Movement. He gave the clarion call to boycott foreign-made goods to promote indigenous industries. In the present scenario, ‘Think before you shop’ has been advocated by ecologists to warn that indiscriminate behaviour on our part may affect the environment adversely. In fact, the market is flooded with products made from animal parts making the animals vulnerable. In other words, we should think twice before buying any product.
We should consider the possible environmental effects before buying any product. Economists want us to think before shopping as our shopping behaviour has many economic implications affects local, regional, national and international economics. If, for example, we start buying imported goods then this will gradually deplete our foreign exchange reserve.
Medical experts and psychiatrists advise us to think before we shop as the products we buy may have negative effects on our health. On the other hand, social activists advocate us to be very cautious while shopping, as the products we are going to buy might have been produced by child labourers.
To conclude, the adage ‘Think before you shop’ is loaded with implications. It is indeed a very important directive for all of us as our shopping behaviour has a multidimensional impact on the world we live in.

People wonder why we should learn about war and why it's so important. War is something that cannot be avoided as long as humans continue to change and grow. There are many advantages and disadvantages of war. Advantages use few like peace, love, money or getting some land of other country. And disadvantages of war Include death and injury of large numbers of people, loss of economic resources, destruction of the environment, loss of productivity and lasting damage to military personnel. Since humans as a whole are constantly changing their personalities, their way of life, and their technological and social ways of life, it seems that as long as we continue to grow and change as humans, then there will always be war.
The disadvantage of war is that the people of the affected countries and their civilization are ruined through the war. The people become homeless and their economic condition becomes very critical. There is only one thing important at that time is to win the war so all the social things will be put aside by the authorities and so the social life of the people will be affected most. All the schools are closed in that emergency situation if the war is on their land so the children will remain uneducated and their future will be in the dark in that situation. There is somewhat like emergency declared and so all the social rights of people of that country will be demolished by the government. People cannot express their ideas freely as there is no freedom of speech or no freedom of press.
The main disadvantage is trauma. There are many kinds of trauma that can scare you in a physical or mental way that will never make you the same as you were before. Each kind of trauma transforms the complete, basic human being into someone else, someone having parts missing from their psyche. War leads us to poverty; human loses and long lasting consequences to follow.
Every war gives the same result as one side winning and the other side losing. One side with pride and reward and the other side with loss. But both sides however have devastating consequences that follow war. Death, debt and poverty: some of the most major effects that follow war.
The rewards of the war can be great, but the loss is too great. War should be avoided in any way possible.

We've all heard of the old saying, "Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat!" We aren't saved by our faith alone, but by our "Works" also. Basically, if you want something done, you'd better get your chin up and do it. There is much to learn from all this. Basically success, fortunes and dreams aren't created by themselves. They are created by work.
Our great former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has achieved all this success only through sheer hard work. To support his studies, he started off as a newspaper vendor. Then later in his engineering studies, he worked very hard and bagged scholarships which helped him fund his education. Even our former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was born in a village without electricity studied in candlelight and still stood first throughout his academic career, all possible through hard work. The life of Mr. Narayan Murthy also- establishes the importance of hard work. From having slept at a railway station for 2 days without food to starting Infosys in a one room flat to taking Infosys to its current level is no mean task. Such a seemingly impossible task made possible only through hard work. What else other than hard work can be attributed to the success of Mr. Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel? Sunil Mittal started a small bicycle business in Ludhiana. From then on with his sheer hard work, he moved on and try to understand various businesses and finally founded Airtel and made it a great success. All great sports persons have to practice a lot and only then are they able to maintain their performance.
Hard work is the basis for everything worthwhile you will achieve in life. There's no easy way to do hard work. You have to find your passion: stay focused, and keep at the task until the job is done. You have to stay extremely motivated. Success never comes to one who sits idle, like it is said 'Fortune Favours the Brave', we need to be active and hard working to have the lady luck favouring us and taking us towards the success.
Unfortunately today's modem youth wants everything very fast. This is a 'fast food era! People want to have success in their life without exerting much. They want a short cut method for everything Yes, sometimes these short cuts may work for some occasions but they can't work every time.
There is no substitute for hard work and there is no short cut to success!

Our hearts at their birth serve the purpose of passing oxygen to our blood cells-10 pump repeatedly and keep us alive. Their pulse is a rhythm, sometimes captivating, sometimes haphazard when we are scared. The most fascinating quality of the heart is love. I believe that love is the most powerful force in the world. It can build a life to the stars but also be fatal if it's lost. It's everything all at once-beautiful, gentle, ugly, and brutal. It's formidable as well as fragile. Love is what drives people and begs for change.
We are surrounded by it since before our birth. We feel it from our mothers, our fathers, and family members. Love reminds us that we are not alone. It's the act of finding peace with ourselves and the world around us. For me, it's like babies sleeping cosily in their mother's lap, a beautiful painting painted with the colours of imagination and the very first time a bird opens its wings to fly. Love is the light of hope in the darkest caves of adversity the spark that says 'yes I can.'
As love creates indestructible families, builds long lasting bonds in relationships, develops inner peace and promotes peace and understanding in the world. Love is the catalyst that bonds all other virtues that make up the content of good character I personally believe, "Love" is the greatest virtue, it is by far the greatest gift you can give or receive. Commit to loving unconditionally, yourself with all your flaws and imperfections, your family life with all your heart, and learn to love life with a passion.
Love can be defined by many ways: when a sister tells her brother that she cats the hidden chocolates from his bag everyday and brother thinks that he puts it only for her that is love. Love is the leading force of life in the old age. When giving becomes more important than gaining it is love. Love gives hidden strength to accept a person knowing all his vices.
Of all my virtues, love is the most important. Love has become a driving force within me. Love has built me, destroyed me, crippled me, and then healed me. Love is life in four letters. It's what I have, will always have, and always seek to find in others. Love simply is the most powerful force in the world.

Cartoon characters always attract children. There are many cartoon characters in the world of television like Mickey, Donald duck, Doremon, Henry, Barbie and the most popular of all Chotta Bheem. This is characterised after the famous character of Bheem from the epic Mahabharata. But all the other characters are fictional and not related to the Mahabharata.
There are many characters in this cartoon series such as Bheem, Chutki, Raju and a monkey named Jaggu. These are the main characters of the series formed a group and enjoy together. My favourite cartoon character is Chotta Bheem. I also like the character of Chutki in Chotta Bheem. She is very cute and beautiful. Chotta Bheem first appeared in Pogo T.V in 2008. Bheem lives in Dholakpur. Dholakpur is ruled by King Indraverma, who likes Bheem very much. Bheem protects the city from many evils like Keechak, Kirmada, Mangal Singh etc. Bheem always fights for justice and destroys evil. I like him because he is very strong and powerful. He likes laddoos, especially the ones made by Tun Tun aunty. Tun Tun aunty is Chutki's mother. She is also round in shape, like her laddoos. Bheem's other best friends are Jaggu, the monkey and Raju. Kalia is always jealous of Bheem but Bheem likes him too. Bheem is so good that he always helps Kalia whenever he falls in trouble, even Kalia doesn't forget to help Bheem in return when needed. There is also Dholu and Bholu, the identical twins.
In the cartoon series we see Bheem helping everyone in Dholakpur and also the neighbouring kingdom. He made a tree house for his friend Jaggu, the monkey. He fights the dacoits alone and gets back the things that they have looted from the people. All these qualities of Bheem make him my favourite character. But as you know Bheem is not a real character, so we should not imitate him fully. We should cat all the food made by our loving mothers and not only laddoos, as too much of laddoos are harmful for our health. After watching Chota Bheem we should come back to our real life and carry out our duties with great responsibility.
There is also moral story in this cartoon series. It gives children the message that even children can fight with the evil and also helps them to be bold. It also teaches that the truth wins at the end. We as a parents also feel relieved that some morals regarding bravery, friendship, helping nature, truth etc will be easily incorporated with the children without knowing them. At the end we can say that cartoon series are very useful for the development of children.

Most of us have fond memories of spending our childhood days with our grandparem. While some of us have spent our after school times with our grandparents some had the opportunity to be with them only in the holidays.
Grandparents have magnanimous love for their grandchildren and pamper als them a lot. This is the time when they are free from other responsibilities and can afford to play their grandchildren and wheedle them with love. A grandparent's presence in a child's life gives him the human sense that he may have lacked otherwise.
The tales that these elderly people tell at the bed time to their grandchildren helps them learn a lot about life and also develops their interest in social events and activities. Many children learn the social values and also virtues like honesty, kindness, gratitude, faith etc. Children who grow up in the solace of their grandparents naturally have more respect for the elderly people.
Grandparents with their kind advice and useful tips give a direction to their life and children developer better insight into their lives in future. Grandparents also make up for the time that parents fail to provide to their children due to busy schedules and pile of responsibilities and duties. Many children are crazy about their grandparents and find them a vital part of their everyday routines. Children love the recipes of their maternal or paternal grandmothers and express their feelings and get loads of love in form of good food from them. Children bond well with their grandfathers who play indoor games with them and also take them for evening strolls or accompany them to the parks or stadiums where they meet up with friends.
With nuclear families becoming popular, many children have to stay away from grandchildren and can't spend every day or their routine with them. Such children wait to see them in vacations when they get their share of love and care from the grandparents.
While the role of grandparents is such indispensable for the children, it is also equally important that they understand the needs and the changing demands of the next generation. Really the role of grandparents in the life of any child is unique in the overall development of child.

What is freedom? Is it an absolute right? We are born to become free. Freedom is different aspects and according to different cultures, freedom varies from culture to another. Some define freedom as a natural right, the human being is born with. Everyone wants to be free and independent from others. Freedom is the right to do what one wants, live where he wants, eat what he wants, learns what he wants, and chooses the religion in which he believes, without ignoring or harming other's rights.
How can we live free? From my point of view, we can live free by respecting others' rights defined from to live free, too. We cannot ignore the rights of people with whom we live in the society. We cannot simply do what we want and ignore others. We must take other people rights into consideration. The idea behind freedom is to be respectful and useful to our society. Freedom is important to everyone. When freedom is guaranteed, I can think freely, go where I want, say my opinion without fear from people who may not like my opinion. Where freedom of opinion is not guaranteed by the authority, the creativity of mind is killed and buried .Society is the largest and biggest loser because of this lack of creativity. But our practicing of freedom should never lead to threatening our national security.
Among the most humiliating ways to punish a human, is to deprive him of freedom. When one goes to jail, he is derived from freedom, and so he is suffering, which is the point to punishment. Lacking freedom teaches the human lessons, he will make use of it. Freedom cannot be felt right, unless one tastes lack of freedom, then only he will really appreciate freedom.
Freedom is not absolute. Freedom must be limited. You cannot just do what you like and say "I am a free man". You can not kill, smuggle drugs or violate the laws and rules for freedom's sake. There should be respect to other people and their needs. Once, there were two men setting side by side, and someone lifted his own hand and touched the others' nose, the latter complained, the former said "I am free", this was as a dismay to the latter who was ready with an appalling answer and said "The freedom of your hand ends where the freedom of my nose begins". Yes, the freedom of anyone ends where the freedom of another one begins.
Parents must teach their youngsters to be free. They must plant in them the love for freedom. But their freedom must be watched, it should not be without limits. If so, we can censor their behavior without fear from friends of our children. Freedom in the teen years is very important for building a good character and stable personality. Teens want to hang around with friends, do whatever they like, or do not like. They want to experience everything. If they are given freedom with no limits, they can go down to the base and may be lost. So we must watch their behaviour, teach them to do what is right and leave what is wrong. Such supervision is, generally not considered a limit or constraint on freedom. It is important for protection of existence.
In summary, freedom is an innate right, humans are bom with. Nothing should threaten our freedom, deprive us from our right. Also our right of freedom must never harm any other human being, directly or indirectly. We must respect freedom of everyone in the society. This way we can enjoy our freedom throughout our life.

Stress has become an inescapable part of today's world. People are facing stress everywhere, whether it is their homes, offices or even while driving on the road. The world has become a very stressful place. In many cases it is because there are genuine reasons for stress and in some cases it is because people do not know how to cope with stress. Stress is nothing but the incapability of the human mind to cope with the physical and imagined threats that it has to encounter on a daily basis.
Stress can lead to all sorts of mental and physical illnesses. Stress management is the only way by which stress can be coped with. The main signs of stress could be fear, pain, anger, fatigue ¥¾•, emotional arousal, humiliation, frustration, loss of concentration, non-occurrence of an expected event, occurrence of an unexpected event, death/separation of a loved one etc.
Clearly, to enjoy life it is nowadays absolutely vital that all of us develop the following that will give us the ability to control our responses to stress.
Here are some important tips for stress management:

• Do only one thing at a time. This is the simplest and best way to start your day. Focus as much as possible on doing one thing at a time.
• A hectic schedule is also one of the major causes of stress so simplify your schedule by reducing the number of commitments in your life just to the essential ones and get some room for fun and family.
• Do some activities like walk, hike, play a sport, go for a run, hit the gym etc. This will give you positive energy and physical fitness to fight with stress.
• Finance is one of the main drains of your energy and source of stress in your life. Spend les by shopping less and find ways to have fun that don't involve spending money.
• Be creative in the field you like most. Throwing yourself into a creative activity is a great way to reduce stress.
• Do time management and be early in works you do in your routine. Things always take much time then expectation so schedule some buffer time to reduce stress and enjoy the work.

Really in this modern world where over 80% people are having some or other problems and tha problems lead them to stress we have to be very careful about ourselves and be stress free by applying
stress management techniques in our life.

Women Empowerment refers to strengthening the social, economic and educational powers of women. It refers to an environment where there is no gender bias and has equal rights in community, society and workplaces.
Woman empowerment is very important because the population of woman is around 50% of the total population of the world. They have every right to be treated equally with men in every sphere of life and society. The empowerment of women would result in overall development of society both at micro and macro level. Active participation of women in economic activities and decisions, would contribute towards overall economic development.
But there are many challenges / barriers regarding women empowerment. Because of the inherent superiority complex among the males, they often don't allow their female counter-part to rise as high as them. There is high level of domestic responsibilities. There are high restrictions to participate in social, economic and religious activities. In our society, the boy-child often gets preference for education and healthy diet over the girl child. Some people prefer male-child over girl and this still exists among many families in the society.
If there is a problem then there always be solutions regarding women empowerment. Education through mass communication is very important. Both women and men should be made aware of their responsibilities to promote and practice gender-equality. We should gather national data and identify the areas where incidents of violence and gender-inequality are the most. This data can be used by the Government, NGOS and field workers to raise the status of women. The society should be made aware that both boy-child and girl-child are equal, and they both should have equal access to resources.

Why do we make excuses? You may have probably more reasons than I can tell you. We have developed a culture of excuses. The main reason behind excuse is that excuses make life easier, especially when we know the majority of people will buy into them. It's like a snowball effect. When one person makes an excuse, another person hears that and realizes that it will work for them tong Then they share that excuse and so on. When we do something wrong we usually know it's er toile and are already making up an excuse in our head. In our minds we want to believe that others will always buy our excuses.
In the school we hear many excuses regarding the homework such as: I have completed my homework but I have forgotten it at home. This is the most common excuse we hear or give regarding not doing the homework. The other common excuse is I was absent when the homework was given or I was so ill that I could not complete the homework. Other reasons are also given such as I was participating in school extracurricular activity and so I did not find any time to do it. Some students have extra ordinary and hilarious excuses such as when I was coming to school a cow ate my note book.
The problem is, when we make excuses for our situations, we give up control of those same situations. We decide we would rather make an excuse instead of make a change. Excuses are much easier than change. I can make an excuse for not doing my homework. even though I'm free the whole day. What happen if the person does not buy your excuse? Then I'll say, "I'll fix that and get it done right." instead of "I'm sorry". Sorry means that you knew you were going to do something wrong to begin with. "I'll fix that" means that you are admitting to a mistake, but not the intent. "I'm sorry" is making an excuse.
How many times do you say you are sorry in a day? Probably quite a few, if you are the average person. I challenge you to never use those words ever again! Not even if someone loses a loved one! Say something positive instead! Say, you can tell they were loved and you'll pray for them. Say you will keep good thoughts and memories of them. "Sorry" is a word with a negative connotation Try to only use words with positive connotations. Maybe you can be the one to start a positive those snowball effect in the people's lives around you!
No human on Earth is perfect. We will make mistakes. Just make sure you mistakes instead of making excuses for them!

There are many channels and many tv serials and shows. I like the SAB tv the most because it is the only tv channel which shows the family and comedy series the whole day. We can see the serials with whole family and enjoy them. Of all I like Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chasmah the most.
In this serial the story is based on a locality named Gokuldham society. Gokuldhaam Society is a residential society in Mumbai in which six Indian families, respectively headed by Taarak Mehta (from Gujarat). Jethalal Champaklal Gada (from Kutch district. Gujarat), Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide(from Ratnagiri. Maharashtra), Dr. Hansraj Hathi (from Bibar), Sardar Roshan Singh Harjeet Singh Sodhi (from Jalandhar, Punjab and his wife is Parsi) and Krishnan Subramaniam Iyer (from Chennai, Tamil Nadu and wife from Kolkata, West Bengal), a bachelor Patrakar Popatlal Pandey (from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) and a teenager Pinku. There are also other individual characters including Sundarlal (from Ahmedabad. Gujarat), Abdul, Reporter Rita Shrivastav, Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udhaiwala, Bagheshwar Dadukh Udhaiwala, Bawri Dhondulal Kanpuria. Jethalal also has a crush on Babita.
The members of the society and other characters have a good psychological attachment of love and sympathy for one another that makes them the members of a greater family. They are often seen celebrating festivals and participating in events together. In the episodes of the show, the families are shown to live the lives of typical Indian families. However, the characters, more often than not Jethalal Gada, get into petty troubles cropping up from daily life activities that intensify in a comical manner, giving rise to laughter among the viewers. Humour in the show is further heightened by the individual quirks of the characters. Whatever the nature of the problem that a member of the Society encounters, all the other members stand by them to extend every possible help. In an episode, the cessation of the problem that character faces is usually followed by a moral commentary by Taarak Mehta, which is meant for all the characters of the show as well as the viewers.
There is always moral message in almost all episodes and in this morally boosted environment the children team named "Tapu Sena" enjoys their childhood and many children can connect themselves with them. That's why this serial is quite popular among children. Really this is a great series to laugh, to enjoy and get our stress out in this busy and hectic life.

 Good books enrich the mind by providing knowledge, by widening the horizons of our imagination. and giving us an insight into different minds. If a man is known by the company he keeps, why should we not, then, keep the best company, that of good books? Good literature entertains and instructs It takes us on a flight of fancy, away from our boring lives, to a place or country we want to visit without having to pay for the passage. Pleasures derived from external things like eating or sports are short-lived but the pleasure that we derive from reading books is everlasting and satisfying. Even after we have finished reading a book, we continue to think about it and derive pleasure from it.
To derive maximum pleasure from reading we have to gradually pass on from comics, detective novels, magazines and simple storybooks to good literature. Just like friends, the quality of the books that we read also determines the kind of person we are. Good books will enrich our personalities, and it is these kinds of books that we should turn to when we have the leisure. We should aim to read at least ten books every year.

          Life without ambition is like a vehicle without steering. Everybody must have some ambition in life. A person must know his goal, and what career he would like to follow when he grows up. Once the goal is decided, then the person can work hard to achieve it.
From my childhood I have wanted to be a doctor. I am always much concerned when my friends fall sick, and I feel like looking after them. Daddy is a business man and would like me to be one. But I have told him quite plainly that I shall be a doctor. Daddy has no choice but to accept my decision. Now he wishes me all success, and hopes that I achieve my ambition.
After I get my medical degree I shall set up a dispensary in my village. There are no good doctors there. Many people die due to lack of medical facilities. I would like to provide medical aid to these unfortunate villagers.
Making money shall not be my aim. I shall never turn away a patient who cannot afford my fees. I shall be gentle and considerate with my patients. I shall visit the homes of the villagers to make sure that they are taking proper care of their health.
I am sure, with determination and devotion: I will be able to fulfill my ambition.

In fact, I like all the scientists but my favourite scientist is Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. He was born in 1919. Right from his childhood, he loved science. His father Ambalal Sarabhai was a well-known industrialist. He engaged the best teachers to give education to his son.
At the age of 17, Vikram went to Cambridge and got his degree in Natural Science in 1939. He received a doctorate from the Cambridge University. Then he worked on cosmic rays, he continues his research work under the guidance of Dr.C.V.Raman at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
He had great capacity as an organizer so he established and developed 'ATIRA' in Ahmedabad. He also established the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. In the field of space science and technology, he set up the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching station. He worked as the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India.
Vikram Sarabhai was much more than a scientist. He was a champion of peace. He look an active interest in world peace. He was a great lover of literature and fine arts. He was fond of music and drama too. He loved to read English poetry, drama and fiction. He was always simple and modest. India owes a lot to this great scientist.

In fact, I love and respect all national leaders. Their good qualities, work and ambition make great. My favourite national leader is Mahatma Gandhi. Om Mahatma Gandhi is our Father of the Nation. He was born on October 2,1869 at Porbandar Gujarat. He loved truth and justice right from his childhood. He completed his school education Rajkot. Then he went to England and became a lawyer. He went to South Africa as a lawyer. There he saw the injustice done to the Black by the White. He could not bear it so he fought against them non-violently. When Gandhiji returned to India, he became the leader of our freedom movement. He lived like a poor man to see the poverty of Indian people. He taught us to fight for our rights against the British Government. He gave courage and confidence to the common man. He made Indian people fearless and started non-co-operation movements. He gave us two powerful weapons truth and non violence. He brought unity among the different castes of people. Gandhiji was a very simple man. Moreover, he was a great political leader, a social and a religious worker, he had great faith in God and believed in truth and non-violence. He loved everyone so people called him 'Mahatma', He loved children very much so they fondly called him 'Bapu". He left us weeping and passed away on January 30,1948. Difficult

The word Terrorism' has become very common today. It has become a burning problem. Nowadays many people become the victims of the terrorists. The activities like a bomblast, firing etc are carried out by the terrorists.
Today, the terrorists are trained by the enemy countries. They are financed and convinced by the powers. The young men who are jobless tempted to undergo terrorism. They are given systematic training for the use of latest weapons, bombs etc. They are also trained to hate people. Such terrorists think that they can force the government to surrender to their demands.
Terrorism has spread in almost all countries. The main aim of the terrorism is to change in the political movements. So terrorism is anti-democracy, anti-people and anti-progress. At present, there is a serious situation on the border between India and Pakistan. The terrorist killed innocent men and women living in the area.
The attack on the World Trade Centre created a terror in the whole world. A plenty of innocent persons had been killed by the terrorists. President Obama decided to wipe out terrorism from the world. Many terrorists take guidance under the Lashkar-E-Toiba and other groups of terrorism. They kill innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir.
Today the world opinion against terrorism. It spreads bad impact on public all over the world. The world organizations should take steps to wipe out terrorism. The frustrated young men should be guided well and turned them into social activities.

It is true that trees are a great boon to mankind. They are quite connected with human life. Without trees, we can't imagine human life. It is said that. "A friend in need is a friend indeed”.
Trees are our true and best friends. They are very useful to us in many ways. They keep the environment clean and beautiful. They take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. They also keep the temperature down and soil fertile. Trees are our natural wealth so we must not cut them down We should not let anyone cut down a tree. If we cut down trees, our life will be in danger. Without trees, the soil is washed away and the land loses its fertility. There isn't enough rainfall so the rivers will dry up. The deserts are expanding and birds and animals are dying.
Trees give us fruits, vegetables, flowers, gum, rubber, medicine etc. They also give us wood for fuel; paper is also made from the trees. Timber is also used to build houses and make fumiture. Trees also give food and shelter for birds and animals. Thus, we must understand the value of the trees.
It is good matter that the government has realized the importance of trees. So a tree plantation programme known as "Van Mahotsav' is held every year. We must not forget the wise saying. Save the trees and the trees will save you."

I like all the games but my favourite game is Cricket. I can play tennis, foot-ball and other games but the game I like most is cricket. Cricket is an international and popular game.
People of England and Australia started to play cricket more than hundred years ago. Since then it has been playing in many countries. Cricket is a good and outdoor game. It is also a democratic game. It brings together the rich, the poor, the high and the low. It is an open air sport so it provides healthy exercise.
Batting, bowling, fielding, umpiring etc are the different skills of this game. There are a few teams of cricket in this world. The cricketers play test match and one day game. Test matches is of 5 days and one day match is of I day. Two teams play with each other on the ground and there are 11 players in each team. Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Murlidharan, Shane warne, Brian Lara, Andrew Filntoff, Jacques kallis etc are some star players of cricket.
India won the world cup in 1983 and in 2011. Sachin Tendulkar has scored maximum centuries in Test matches and in One-day matches. The game of cricket creates a spirit of brotherhood and fine sportsmanship. It teaches discipline, honesty, co-operation, selflessness and fair play. It also teaches obedience to the leader.
But today many players play cricket to earn only money. It is not good if this game is played on commercial base only and the spectators waste a lot of time to watch it.

Animals have been man's friends for centuries. They have also our constant companions because they help us in many ways. Their services to mankind are great and unbelievable. Meat, skin, bones and milk of animals are used all over the world. The horse, the camel, the elephant, the donkey, the reindeer etc. are used for travelling and transportation. Thus, they are very useful to mankind.
But how we treat the animals! We have been extremely selfish in the use of the animals. We have overloaded beasts of burden. We starve them or flog them if they don't learn and perform tricks well in a circus. We do experiments on them and kill them for inventing new medicines. This makes animals suffer a lot. We should remember that our debt to these unfortunate helpless creatures can't be repaid. It is the milk of the cow and the buffalo which nourishes us from our infancy.
The question is, how should animals be treated? We should be grateful to them. We should not harass them for our selfish purposes. We should not beat them to perform the tricks for circus. We should not overload them for transportation or kill them for our needs. The hunters should not hunt them. We should not flog them for our selfish purposes. In zoo, the animals should be looked after well. The visitors also should not tease or harass them.
We should love animals and take care of their lives. We should treat them with care and love because their lives are as important as ours.

India is a democratic country. It is a very big and great country. It is said that there is unity in diversity in India. But they all mingle into one when they are called Indians. There is a lot of vanity in the physical features of India. People of India follow different customs and traditions.
The Hindus, the Muslims, the Paris, the Christians, the Sikhs etc have different places of worship They have also different ways of prayers. Thus, India is known for secularism. Secular countries are rare in the world except India. Though the Indian people follow different religions and customs, they live in a friendly manner with one another.
People of India have diversified interests. Different festivals are celebrated throughout the year There are artists and scientists who are famous all over the world. There are also various ideologies in India. There are superstitions too because of different ideas. But the Indian people are progressive who hold belief based on education.
India is a very colourful country. Costumes, jewellery, food habits and the lives of people are colourful People of India are very fond of variety of food. There are so many languages in India. Sometimes we are surprised to know the list.
Thus, India is a country of diversity but there are similarities and differences both. Ultimately, people of India respect and love one another.

Democracy has been well defined as the Government of the people, for the people and by the people'. India, our country, is a Democratic Nation. Democracy is found in real sense in India. It is the most effective and popular form of government. It is a system that has become more popular and acceptable.
In a democratic government, all the decisions are taken by the people's representatives. The decisions are mostly in the interest of people and the prosperity of a country. The country is self reliant in matters of food and other needs. We don't need to import edible oil or food-grains from other countries now. We have exported some grains nowadays. We have green revolution as well as white revolution by producing many milk products. The present age is also called the age of IT revolution. We have also made progress in space exploration. The Information Technology revolution has changed the face of the whole country. We are one of the leading developing nations.
But the way to success is not always smooth and easy. Every coin has two sides. Even today India is suffering from many socio-economic problems. These problems are poverty, illiteracy, over population, corruption etc. Communal harmony is also lacking, illiteracy comes from over population which interrupts the progress of nation and leads it to poverty. Let's unite together to fight against this misfortune of our country to make it the strong nation.

One of the wise sayings is "A healthy mind in a healthy body". Education and sports are like two sides of a coin. Both are equally important for children. True education should aim at developing the all-round personality of a child. It means that education should result in the mental, moral and physical development at a child. But unfortunately Sports education is neglected in India. A strong body is an essential tool to fight the struggle in life. Sports not only promote our health and strength but also develop in us many good qualities of the head and the heart. The school and colleges curriculum should have a place for sports and games. This saying is true- "All work and no play make jack a dull boy." Sports can relax the students from the tension of studies. Sports develop many good qualities like self - confidence sportsmanship, honesty, punctuality, tolerance, team - spirit, leadership, obedience. Co-operation and brother hood. Physical training and sports refresh and entertain children Mental and moral development is not possible without physical development. Sports make us broad minded. Sports teach us secularism and patriotism. Sportsmen can make a nation strong and famous.

Discipline is the training of the mind and character to cultivate the habit of self-control we have been obedient and disciplined during our childhood school days and college days. There is need for discipline in all walks at life. There are two kinds of discipline external and internal. External discipline becomes necessary when a large number of people have to live and work together. The more important type of discipline that we should try to learn and develop is internal discipline or Self discipline Self discipline means controlling our desires and feelings so that they do not become our masters. All great men have acquired this type of discipline. The finest example is that Mahatma Gandhi his book, 'My experiments with Truth' tells us how he achieved self-control. To achieve great things in life, One has to strive hard and practice hard and this calls his self-discipline. Krishnamurti Says that discipline is a complex problem. When we are young, we feel that discipline curtails our freedom. Discipline can help to direct our energy into constructive purposes. Indeed, discipline is the key to success.

Sachin Tendulkar is a famous name in the history of cricket. He is a world class batsman. He has achieved the highest rank in the world-cricket. Sachin is called master-blaster because of his qualities of playing cricket and his achievements in the field.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 23, 1973 at Mumbai. He played cricket from the very childhood. His excellence in cricket proved as he was selected in the National Team to play against Pakistan only when he was 16 years old. It was his first international match. Since then he never looked back. He is rightly described as a run-machine by all the journalist.
He scored more than 45 centuries both in one-day, and test cricket match. He also scored more than 15,000 runs in both types of cricket. He is highest run scorer both in one-day & test cricket He playing maximum numbers of tournaments. He has made 200* runs in ODI and become the only batsman who scores double centuries in ODI. He has more than 65 world records on his side. It is also a different type of world record of Sachin.
Sachin has never disappointed the cricket lovers. Sir Don Bradman also certified his skill in batting. He invited Tendulkar on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Sachin is the only Indian Cricketer to be honoured by Sir Don Bradman.
Besides being a genius, Sachin is a nice gentleman. He never speaks out foul word. He walks away with dignity to the pavilion when he is out. He never shows dissent to the umpire's decision He is also a good human being. He is never caught in any dispute. So, he is a brand name in the field of advertisement.
Every Indian is proud of little master blaster Tendulkar. I wish him every inch of success his life.

We all are very familiar with this "superstitions". It is also known by some other names like "belief", fantasy', 'rumour', and so on. It is completely beyond or any logic. The science bluntly disapproves them. There are so many superstitions which have been with us since the beginning. They are different to the different people. We may be familiar with such superstitions. People act in some certain ways and try to come out from them.
As we know the superstitions exict with us. Some of them are as under. There are the superstitions about the birds, the animals, the colors, the God, the festivals and so on. There is a strange superstition about the black cat. In India people consider it as a bad luck. While in the parts of America people take it for granted as a good luck. Yet there is a superstition about the triangle. It is believed that if a person breaks the triangle by passing under it, it brings him a bad luck. There is the superstition about number 13. In the U.S.A. People believe this number to be very unlucky and therefore most of the buildings and offices do not have the floor number 13. After twelve they give the number fourteen. Moreover there is the superstition about the green color. Any actor or actress docs not use it while performing for the first time on the stage or in drama or in a movie. Mostly they put on or use saffron or red color for a good begining. There is a superstition about the dog's cry. It is believed in India that if a dog cries nearby someone's residence it means it shows the signs of death of someone. There is also another superstition about the bird albastros. The sailors used to believe that if such a bird flies over their ship it may bring ill-luck. Above mentioned superstitions and other superstitions have no logic nor the truth yet they cling to us. The science denies them completely but we, the people are habituated to them and in one or the other way we believe that by acting in certain ways. We can't escape from them though we wish or try. Gradually they are expanding rather than avoiding.

Entrance Examinations are everywhere on the block. With more students and less seats entrance examinations have become a must. Also it is necessary to assess the capability and aptitude of the students before they are admitted to check whether they will be able to do the course and are fit enough to occupy the seat. However, the examinations need to be designed in such a way that students don't find themselves burdened and depressed.
As these examinations are here to stay students need to explore knowledge beyond textbooks and prepare for these exams by getting thorough practice in the type of questions asked. As they are interested in screening the students so that only those who are serious about their studies are chosen.
Also a good point with these exams are that those students who are not able to meet with the cut-off criteria of marks can do well in the entrance exams to take up the career stream they are interested in. Another reason for such examinations is that the number of students for admission is too high so this is the only way to reduce the number who can be admitted. However, these exams leave a feeling of dejection especially for students from rural background who really do not have the means for their preparation.

Sibling rivalry means a kind of a competition existing among children of the same family. If it leads to their growth and all-round development we can call it a healthy rivalry. However, sometimes it leads to breakups in families and creates distance between the members.
Sibling rivalry usually arises due to the overprotective attitude of the parents towards a child, a gender bias or giving a child more importance than the others. Sometimes it leads to unhealthy competition among the children and becomes the onset of an unhealthy rivalry. Usually, the firstborn finds it difficult to accept that somebody else will share the affection of the family. Parents have to play an important role in bringing the siblings together and learning the art of living. They too must stop paying more attention to a particular child and treat all of them equally. Fostering family bonds and increasing family activities where everyone participates is the best way to nullify any sibling rivalry that crops up.
The mass media should have constructive talks, dramas and soaps on TV to make people aware about the problem and delicately treat it with caution. If professional help is required it should be used subtly to nip the problem in a bud before it takes a serious turn.

We've all heard of the old saying, "Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat!" We aren't saved by our faith alone, but by our "Works" also. Basically, if you want something done, you'd better get your chin up and do it. There is much to learn from all this. Basically success, fortunes and dreams aren't created by themselves. They are created by work.
Our great former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has achieved all this success only through sheer hard work. To support his studies, he started off as a newspaper vendor. Then later in his engineering studies, he worked very hard and bagged scholarships which helped him fund his education. Even our former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was born in a village without electricity studied in candlelight and still stood first throughout his academic career, all possible through hard work. The life of Mr. Narayan Murthy also- establishes the importance of hard work. From having slept at a railway station for 2 days without food to starting Infosys in a one room flat to taking Infosys to its current level is no mean task. Such a seemingly impossible task made possible only through hard work. What else other than hard work can be attributed to the success of Mr. Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel? Sunil Mittal started a small bicycle business in Ludhiana. From then on with his sheer hard work, he moved on and try to understand various businesses and finally founded Airtel and made it a great success. All great sports persons have to practice a lot and only then are they able to maintain their performance.
Hard work is the basis for everything worthwhile you will achieve in life. There's no easy way to do hard work. You have to find your passion: stay focused, and keep at the task until the job is done. You have to stay extremely motivated. Success never comes to one who sits idle, like it is said 'Fortune Favours the Brave', we need to be active and hard working to have the lady luck favouring us and taking us towards the success.
Unfortunately today's modem youth wants everything very fast. This is a 'fast food era! People want to have success in their life without exerting much. They want a short cut method for everything Yes, sometimes these short cuts may work for some occasions but they can't work every time.
There is no substitute for hard work and there is no short cut to success!

People wonder why we should learn about war and why it's so important. War is something that cannot be avoided as long as humans continue to change and grow. There are many advantages and disadvantages of war. Advantages use few like peace, love, money or getting some land of other country. And disadvantages of war Include death and injury of large numbers of people, loss of economic resources, destruction of the environment, loss of productivity and lasting damage to military personnel. Since humans as a whole are constantly changing their personalities, their way of life, and their technological and social ways of life, it seems that as long as we continue to grow and change as humans, then there will always be war.
The disadvantage of war is that the people of the affected countries and their civilization are ruined through the war. The people become homeless and their economic condition becomes very critical. There is only one thing important at that time is to win the war so all the social things will be put aside by the authorities and so the social life of the people will be affected most. All the schools are closed in that emergency situation if the war is on their land so the children will remain uneducated and their future will be in the dark in that situation. There is somewhat like emergency declared and so all the social rights of people of that country will be demolished by the government. People cannot express their ideas freely as there is no freedom of speech or no freedom of press.
The main disadvantage is trauma. There are many kinds of trauma that can scare you in a physical or mental way that will never make you the same as you were before. Each kind of trauma transforms the complete, basic human being into someone else, someone having parts missing from their psyche. War leads us to poverty; human loses and long lasting consequences to follow.
Every war gives the same result as one side winning and the other side losing. One side with pride and reward and the other side with loss. But both sides however have devastating consequences that follow war. Death, debt and poverty: some of the most major effects that follow war.
The rewards of the war can be great, but the loss is too great. War should be avoided in any way possible.