Causes and Effects of Global Warming Global warming is increasing day by day because of the continuous increase in the levels of greenhouse gasses. Such gases have a tendency to trap heat from many sources like sun, electricity, burning coal, burning fuels, etc, and prevent...
A Cyclone When a storm revolver violently rounds a center, it is termed a cyclone. It moves at a high speed ranging from forty to one hundred or more kilometers per hour. A cyclone may occur any time and at any place. The violent rounded....
A Christmas Celebration Christians all over the world celebrate Christmas in the same way whether they are in Europe where it is cold or in Africa or South-East Asia where it is hot; the only difference is in the climate. It is the birthday of...
A Daring Rescue It was a seven-story building that had caught fire. The lower floors were used for offices and shops. On the three upper floors, people were living with their families. There were several families living in the flats. The fire started in a...
A Daring Robbery The pilgrims never dreamt that it would happen. They were hopefully thinking of reaching the place of worship before the day dawned. As the place of worship was about 75 kilometers from their homes they had left at 2.00 a.m. in the...
A Day in The Life of A Waiter Life as a waiter has multiple advantages. Not that it is all pleasure and no drudgery. Its greatest advantage is the crowd of people one meets. As a waiter does not meet them at a social level,...
A Great Inventor It is surprising what a man can achieve with imagination and hard work put together. Yet how few of us achieve it. It is futile to say that some are too poor and others too rich to put in the required amount...
A Hairbreadth Escape Ahmed and Ah Chua were known as ‘mischief makers’, not because they were really wicked, but because they weren’t. It was just that they liked fun and adventure. “Whatever can we do with them ?” their parents used to say, “they are...
A Happy Day at School It was a most trying period. Things at home were getting from bad to worse. Dad’s alcoholism had become worse, especially after his retrenchment. Mum was always temperamental as she could not make ends meet with her meager income as...
A Heated Argument The crashing sounds of wine glasses followed soon after the shattering of the expensive Ming vase. Emily crouched even further into her corner, willing her mind to stop taking in the sounds of her parents arguing again. She could not remember exactly...
