Let’s write good English
The Rat Trap Introduction … This story by the Swedish story teller Selma Lagerlof has an ending that can silence even a diehard cynic. It implores the reader to look within and rediscover the sparks of goodness and compassion that lie under a heap of …
A Photograph by Shirley Toulson This is a poem of reminiscence with a rather sad tone. It brings into focus the unstoppable changes ‘time’ brings about to the lives of humans and objects. With the passage of years, an old un-framed family photograph mounted on …
The Portrait of a Lady by Khuswant Singh Explanation of the text ………. 1st part .. The author was lovingly reared by his frail, ageing grandmother. Her long-departed husband’s imposing photo hung on the wall. The author was not born when the grandfather was alive. …
The Voice of the Rain by Walt Whitman About the poet .. Walt Whitman (1819-’92) was an American poet, whose non-conventional views on religion, friendship, and social mores created an endless chain of criticism. Controversy triggered by his book ‘Leaves of Grass’ plagued him all …
Ode [We are the Music Makers] by Arthur O’Shaughnessy An introduction … The life of artists has seldom been a bed of roses. Winning accolades, or even earning enough to make both ends meet from this profession is, in most cases, an uphill task. The …
The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role by Nani Palkhivala About Nani Palkhivala .. Nani Palkhivala (1920-2002) was a celebrated jurist and an economist of repute. He was from Mumbai (Bombay, then), and endeared himself to the people through his articulate analysis of the Annual …
B. Wordsworth by V. S. Naipaul About V. S. Naipaul.. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul(1932-2018) had his ancestral roots in India. His grandparents migrated to the West Indies to work there as plantation workers. Life was very hard as adjusting to a totally alien environment was not …
The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan Let’s know the characters .. Taplow .. He is a sixteen-year-old boy waiting for his promotion from Class V Junior to Class V senior. Mr. Crocker-Harris .. He is a senior teacher in the school where Taplow studies. He …
Vocabulary Exercise – 8. Learn new words and phrases with practical examples. Fete [As noun] The girl wanted to stage a dance show in the fete organized in her school to raise money for the widows of the Pulwama CISF martyrs, but her conservative parents …
On The Art Of Living With Others By Sir Arthur Helps About the author … Arthur Helps (1813-1875) was a thinker, and writer of great eminence. He was born in London. He went to the elite Eton for his schooling, and later to Trinity College …