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On Going out for a Walk by Max Beerbohm About the author .. A humorist par excellence, Beerbohm excelled in parody and caricature. Through his writing writings and innocent satire, he brought reading pleasure to countless readers. Sir Henry Maximilian (Max, in short) Beerbohm (1872-1956) espouses his …
Gifts by Ralph Waldo Emerson About the author .. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 -1882) was among the foremost thinkers of his times. He wrote poems, essays, and gave numerous lectures. His lectures bore the hallmarks of his incisive analysis of societal values, the emptiness of …
The Dear Departed by Stanley Houghton Complete summary of the drama ‘The Dear Departed’ included in the CBSE Class 10 book Interact in English – Literature Reader. The story centers around the loneliness and neglect many people contend with in their dotage. The subject dealt …
Kapil Dev by Sunil Gavasker In this short biographical account, Sunil Gavaskar, a cricket legend himself, chronicles the rise and rise of Kapil Dev from a budding player to a cricket icon, admired and adored by millions of Indians. The path of Kapil Dev from …
Air pollution : A Hidden Menace Answers to short questions 1. What accident took place at Bhopal in 1984? Ans .. On December 2, 1984, lethal methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal leading to a deadly disaster. Thousands perished …
Learn how to develop a story skillfully. Important for ISC and ICSE students. Opening lines It was the last class before the summer vacation. We heard the rumbling sound of bulldozers and earth movers approaching our school. Curtains come down on our school It was …
George Orwell Bookshop Memories When I worked in a second-hand bookshop — so easily pictured, if you don’t work in one, as a kind of paradise where charming old gentlemen browse eternally among calf-bound folios — the thing that chiefly struck me was the rarity …
Precis (Summary) Writing – 3 Creative Writing – 25 Write the precis of the following passage The passage [253 words] For centuries, people have been playing kicking games with a ball. The game of soccer developed from some of these early games. The English probably …
Vocabulary Exercise – 14 English Skill Building – 14 Learn six new words and phrases with practical examples Animus After long parleys between the upper and lower caste communities in the presence of the social activist, the animus between the two communities has reduced dramatically. …
Birches by Robert Frost Robert Frost (1874 –1963) was an American poet having his roots in New England. He loved Nature with great passion. He would walk in the countryside for long hours reveling in the small things he saw along his path – the …