Beehive — NCERT-Class 9 –Kathmandu
Kathmandu Para 1.. Vikram Seth has a pronounced wanderlust that has taken him to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. His uncle …
China’s civil aviation leap – impressive, but constrained by import curbs
China’s success in indigenous passenger aircraft manufacturing falters due to geo-political turmoil China has made impressive strides towards producing its own passenger jet that could make it a potential competitor to Airbus and Boeing in the next decade. Its state-owned company COMAC has been able …
Hurricane Melissa
With ominous funk, Jamaica braces for the approaching Melissa Hurricane Melissa is going to be the deadliest storm in Jamaica’s recorded history of natural disasters. Now, meteorologists say that since 1851, a storm of such ferocity has never happened in the island. Melissa’s fury is …
Beehive -NCERT Class 9 –A Legend of the Northland
A Legend of Northland by Phoebe Cary Stanza 1.. Away, away in the Northland, Where the hours of the day are few, And the nights are so long in winter That they cannot sleep them through; Explanation .. The story is set in a …
Beehive- NCERT Class 9 – No Men are Foreign
No Men are Foreign Have you ever thought of some people as strange, or other countries as ‘foreign’? We have many ways of thinking of other people as different from ‘us’, as ‘them.’ ‘They’ may belong to a different country, or speak a different language. …
Beehive-NCERT Class 9 –On Killing a Tree by Gieve Patel
On Killing a Tree Stanza.. 1 .. It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it. It has grown Slowly consuming the earth, …
Beehive – NCERT Class 9 — Reach for the Top -Part 1
Reach for the top Part 1 Santosh Yadav Santosh is a woman mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest, not once but twice. Such a feat is considered unique. She was born in Joniyawas, a tiny village in Rewari district of Haryana. The family had five sons …
Kerala and the flood that raveged it
Rain fury causes massive damage in Kerala’s Idukki (This news item cited in part here appeared in The Hindu dated October 19.) Water level in Mullaperiyar dam rises overnight, prompting Tamil Nadu. to open all 13 shutters; flash floods and landslips were reported at many …
Vocabulary Exercise to improve word power
The following paragraph has many gaps. These are to be filled by the antonyms of the words given at the end of the paragraph. (You May refer to Dictionary.com for help.) —————————————————- Paragraph…. My friend Amit was just 10 when his grandfather passed away leaving …