Unthoughtful Almsgiving Almsgivings is enjoined as a duty by the great religions, all of which exalt charity as one of the chief virtues. And, apart from the idea of …
Fruits and Flowers India is a continent with every variety of climate, soil, and elevation, and the name of its fruits and flowers is legion. Merely to give a …
Large Family In a large family of brothers and sisters, there is plenty of fun and amusement and social life. An only child, who has no companion of its …
War: Is It Necessary? If war is necessary, it is a necessary evil. Its evil is sometimes concealed for a time by its glamour and excitement; but when war …
Chhatrapati Shivaji Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha nation, was born in 1627, at the time when Moghul Emperors were trying to conquer the independent Muhammadan kingdoms of the …
Hope It is scarcely necessary to define the word hope, for we all know what it means by experience. But it may be said that it is a combination …
True Friendship Everyone has a number of acquaintances, but no one has many friends. For true intimate friendship is not common, and there are many people who seem to …
Man’s Use of the Forces of Nature What distinguishes man from all other living creatures is his superior intelligence, which has enabled him not only to subdue them, but …
More Haste, Less Speed This proverb seems at first sight to be a contradiction in terms; for “haste” and “speed” mean the same, namely, swift movement. The saying would …
Strikes A strike is the refusal of an organized body of workmen to continue their work except on certain conditions. Some people denounce strikes as always wrong and foolish …
