Gautam Buddha The birth date of Gautam Buddha is not known. According to experts and scholars, he was born in 568 B.C. and died in 506 B.C. He was the son of Suddhodhana, the Chief of the Sakya clan of Kapilavastu. His original name was...
Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore was the most famous poet of India. He was born on 6th May 1861 in a rich family of Thakurs in Bengal. He had to take care of his family because his mother passed away when he...
Lal Bahadur Shastri It has been rightly said that success cannot be gauged by achievements but by the difficulties that are overcame during the course of success. Lal Bahadur Shastri is one of those great leaders who had been facing and overcoming difficulties right from...
Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi was one of the most extraordinary women leaders India has ever seen. She was acknowledged throughout the world as not only the head of Government of India but also a world-ranking political leader. She had a charismatic personality and had tremendous...
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru If Mahatma Gandhi is called the ‘Father of the Nation’, Jawahar Lal Nehru is regarded as the `Architect of modern India’. Nehru was one of the important leaders who led India to freedom. He shaped India’s destiny during his tenure as...
Story Writing What is a story? It is a bunch of ideas wove4 interestingly together. The ideas are sometimes original. Most times the ideas are borrowed but it is the way they are presented that makes them different. If you are planning on writing a...
My first elocution competition I was forced to participate in the elocution competition by my English teacher. The topic was, ‘Make hay while the sun shines’. Memorizing the essay was more difficult than writing it. I practiced hard in front of the mirror imagining the...
Newspaper drive Every month the community centre in our neighbourhood organizes a newspaper drive. A little van sponsored by one of the community members takes us volunteers around the block to collect newspapers from each home in our neighbourhood. Some buildings have many apartments so...
A picnic by the lake The setting sun casts a lovely glow on the waters of lake Saroveer. Mom chose a shady spot behind the lake to sit and we quickly gobbled our snacks. We played Frisbee for a while and then threw some pebbles...
You are grounded! You are grounded! The words rang through the house. It meant that I would have no play time. would be confined to my room and the television connection in my room would be severed. my broadband connection would be cut off. Getting...
