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There are basic three types of plants- herbs, shrubs, and trees. These are classified based on their heights, stems, and branches. Herbs are the small plants that have soft stems. Shrubs are the medium-sized plants and somewhat bigger than herbs. Trees are the tallest and largest plants. They have hard and woody stems. A single, main stem arises from the ground that is called the trunk of the tree. The tree forms many branches when it reaches a certain height. Those branches carry leaves, flowers, and fruits.
There are two more types of plants- climbers and creepers. There are some plants that have weak stems and can’t stand on their own. Creepers are the types of plants with weak stems that cannot stand upright and directly spread on the ground. It expands horizontally adjacent to the soil. They are generally called ground covers as there is no valid reason for them to leave the soil. Some examples of creepers are Pumpkin, Watermelon, Sweet Potato, etc.
Climbers are the type that cannot stand on their own and need support for the same. They need some support to grow whether natural or artificial. They are often capable of climbing without any help, but they definitely need some intervention to guide them in the proper direction and give them some display value. They have long and thin stems which cannot stand corrected without any support, so they required an external support to climb vertically and handle their weight by using some special structures called tendrils. Examples of climbers are Grapevine, money plant, cucumber, bean, etc.
Like many vines, whether creepers or climbers, the Trumpet vine can be the most difficult one to handle because of its tendency to spread out of control. Unless anyone puts a hurdle for them to grow, they will spread out unconditionally.
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World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to underline the significance of nature and the environment. This day is especially to create awareness of the environment and nature. It is celebrated to remind the people of nature’s kindness towards us. We should understand that nature has been so kind to us without any selfish reason, so we should also be kind towards the environment.
With this pandemic situation rolling over our heads, the environment has received its benefit lately. People could not go out to litter the garbage on the roads, or to destroy the water bodies by dumping the garbage out there.
World Environment Day is one of the greatest events created by the United Nations to create knowledge importance of nature and its greenery. It was started in the year 1974 in the US. In the initial year, it was celebrated with the theme ‘Only One Earth’. The themes keep on changing every passing year. Pakistan is the Global year for the big day. The theme for this year is “Ecosystem Restoration”. In 2020, the theme for World Environment Day was “Celebrate Biodiversity”.
The main intention behind glorifying this day is to highlight the greatness of the environment and to evoke to people that nature should not be taken for granted. It is observed in all the countries to appreciate and recognize everything that the environment has given us and to take the pledge that we will protect it. On this day, the focus of the government and the people of the country remains on the one issue that is addressed by the theme of Environment Day.
People mostly blame the environment for everything, they should rather blame themselves for the harm that they are causing to the environment. It is said that the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.
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Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, popularly knows as CV Raman was an Indian physicist who excelled in the field of scattering of light. He was born on 7 November 1888. He was born in a middle-class Tamil family. His father was a teacher by profession at the local high school. He was considered lucky for his family as when he was born his father’s salary had increased. In 1892, they moved to Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh as his father was appointed in the Physics department at Mrs. A.V Narasimha Rao College. Ram got admission at St. Aloysius’ Anglo Indian High School. He also received a scholarship at the age of 13 as he secured his first position under the Andhra Pradesh school board examination.
He joined the Presidency College in 1902 in Madras. He obtained his B.A Degree from the University of Madras in the year 1904. He also won the Gold medal in Physics and Maths. He had a good interest in understanding the concept behind musical sounds. He worked out the theory of transverse vibration of string instruments based on the superposition of velocities. He also tried to get the concept behind the musical instrument Violin. He also performed his experiments with mechanically played violins.
He also was interested in the scattering of light. His first theory was to understand the blue color of seawater. While his tour from England, he noticed the blue color of the Mediterranean Sea. Using a spectroscope and a Nicol prism, he studied the seawater. The Nicol prism helped him to view the color of the seawater without the influence of sunlight. He then contradicted Rayleigh and described how the seawater appeared even more blue without the influence of sunlight. He, along with Krishnan, published a paper on 31 March titled “A new type of Secondary Radiation”.
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S[ring season is one of the four major seasons in India. Spring means differently in different regions of the country. When it is spring season in the Northern Hemisphere, it is Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and vice-versa. In this season, days and nights are approximate of the same duration 12 hours each. But as it progresses, days start becoming longer and nights are comparatively shorter.
There is a sequence of all the seasons in India. The months of December, January, and February are full of cold weather and hence called the winter season. Then comes the Spring season which occurs in the months of March, April, and May. Thereafter, the Summer season starts in the month of June and ends in August. Then comes the rainy season which starts after Summer i.e. September and prevails till November.
The Spring season is all about rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection, and regrowth. During this season, the axis of the Earth tilts a bit towards the Sun because of the which the length of daylight increases. Many flowers start blooming at this time of the year. Generally, trees like Deciduous, magnolias, cherries, and quince bloom at this time of the year. This season is usually warm. It is the best time for trees and flowers, as the trees begin to grow their leaves, and flowers start to bloom. Also, young animals like chicks and lambs are born in this season.
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Albert Einstein, born on 14 March 1879, was a German physicist who explained the distinctive and global theories of relativity. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921 for his demonstration of the photoelectric effect. He is commonly recognized as the most prominent physicist of the 20th century.
He belonged to a middle-class family. His father was initially a featherbed salesman but later ran a business with moderate success. His mother was a homemaker. He had a younger sister. Einstein became very religious at the age of 12 and even wrote some songs to praise God. He used to chant tose songs on his way to school. But this began to change when he started Science. He notices that Science always contradicted his religious beliefs.
Einstein started building his interest in the subject of Science. In his earlier days, he had read a book in which the author imagined riding along with electricity that was moving inside a telegraph wire. But he knew that stationary light waves could never be seen, so there was a contradiction there. He wrote his first scientific paper “The Investigation of the State of Aether in Magnetic Fields”.
He is known for the discovery of the Photoelectric effect, for which he also won a Nobel Prize in the year 1921. He is also known for his relativity theory, which was proved by the equation E=mc^2. He had made some significant contributions to the extension of the theory of quantum mechanics. He had also extended his research in the fields of gravitation. In 1916, he got his paper published on general relativity, which was all about the theories of gravitation. He also went deep down in the concepts of thermal properties of light and the quantum theory of radiation, which was the foundation of his photon theory of light.
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The rainy season or the season filled with continuous rains is among the four major seasons of India. Rains are generally because of the variations in the flow of winds and other geological factors. There is a sequence of all the seasons in India. The months of December, January, and February are full of cold weather and hence called the winter season. Then comes the Spring season which occurs in the months of March, April, and May. Thereafter, the Summer season starts in the month of June and ends in August. Then comes the rainy season which starts after Summer i.e. September and prevails till November.
Rainy season comes after the summer season so as to beat the heat off people’s lives. This season provides the people with much-needed aid from the extreme heat from the previous season. Plants also get refreshed in this season. Even all the living beings are very fond of the rains.
Some people also love to get wet in these rains. Although, the season’s first rain is the acidic one, but all of the others are safe and the water is totally pure. It is said that Rainwater is the purest form of water. Even children love to make paper boats in this season and dive them in the water outside. Women at home generally cook some delicious items like pakodas along with chai and the family enjoys the season by sitting on the terrace and enjoying the food.
Excess of anything is also harmful. The crops get destroyed because of heavy rains. Also, some places tend to have floods and many of the people get homeless. All the water bodies get full of water and the trees and flowers start blooming once the rain starts falling on their leaves. Greenery feels all around in the rainy season.
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It is generally said that reading books is a good habit. “A novel is a direct impression of life” as said by Henry James. Reading books is a matter of pleasure for most of the people. Some people find it beneficial for their physical and mental bodies.
Some people find it interesting to read novels when on a train or a bus or while on a flight. It is the best pastime for people whenever they take out time from their busy schedule.
Scientists have proved that reading novels leaves a positive impact on our minds. Researchers have confirmed that reading comprises a complex network of circuits and signals in the brain which helps them to remain activated. MRI scans have confirmed this philosophy of the researchers. As our reading ability grows, those networks also get more powerful and more refined. This thing mostly happens when a person is more involved in some suspense novels, people start reading it and get anxious about the further story. That brings tension in the minds of the people and more and more areas of the brain lits up with activity. There is a theory that claims that parents should read novels along with their children. This somehow increases the bond between them and forms a tender and cheerful relationship with books. Through this activity, people get to know what kind of books are liked by their children and in future, they can help their children by getting them those kinds of books. Reading at home boosts the performance of the children in their schools and also increases their vocabulary by getting to learn new words which they won’t learn in their day-to-day routine. It also increases the confidence of the children and builds good communication skills. Their mind also gets vast after reading some novels.
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Holidays are the most awaited break from the busy schedule of people’s lives. Everyone, be it a student or a working person needs a holiday. Regardless of whether it is one day or many days, everyone needs it to relax.
Students use their holidays for enjoying themselves, playing with their friends, or going on vacations whereas working individuals utilize these holidays in completing pending tasks and spending time with their families.
People generally wait for the occasions when they can be granted a holiday from their office. Holidays have the capability to rejoice people and make them enjoy even that one from their busy schedules. People get the time to remain at home and follow their passion. Or they can do something that interests them. For a working individual, generally, 4-5 day leave is adequate for them to refresh themselves.
Holidays are the days when everyone can just sit back home and do whatever they want to do. Children get the time to complete their pending homework. Generally, when there is a holiday from school, the children enjoy eating delicious food at home. Students cherish holidays and prefer either playing with their friends or a picnic with their family. Children so honestly wish for their parents’ holiday so that they can spend some quality time with them. Individuals of each long for a holiday. Kids find it extra exciting not getting up early and getting ready for their school.
People also plan some family gatherings or reunions to enjoy their holiday. Even some people get indulged in some social activities like going to an NGO, meeting new people, helping them in some or the other way.
A holiday spent on traveling can have a long-lasting impression on our brains. A holiday can bring mental peace for the following hectic days.
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Sati was a historical practice in which a widow gives the sacrifice of her life after the death of her husband by sitting atop his funeral pyre. During the Early Mughal period, it was connected with the Hindu Rajput people in Western India.
In the early 19th century, the East India Company was about to extend its rule in most of the parts of India, permitted this practice for some time. In the process, William Carey, who was a British Christian evangelist, took a count of 438 deaths within a radius of 48 kilometers due to this practice. He could not tolerate this kind of behavior for widows. In 1803, even though this practice was banned in Calcutta, still many people followed it. Between the years 1815 and 1818, the number of incidents due to Sati doubled from nearly 378 to 839. This practice was opposed by Hindu reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy as well. In 1829, William Carey with the support of Raja Ram Mohan Roy ultimately led the British Governor-General of India to come out with a law to abandon Sati. Bengal Sati Regulation was finally enacted in the year 1829, declaring the practice of burning or burying Hindu widows alive as a punishable act by criminal courts. This was followed by coming up with other laws which were not in favor of women like Female Infanticide, Remarriage for Indian widows, etc.
During the reign of the Mughals, initially, Humayun had tried to put a stop to this practice. After that, even Akbar tried to ban Sati. Women tried to follow this practice voluntarily, he ordered that no women should follow Sati without the permission of the Chief Police Officer.
The myth of the Goddess Sati is that the widow sacrifices her life by her own wish, however, this is not the true practice of Sati. The Goddess of Sati was not widowed, and the myth does not quite justify this practice.
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The most important person in my life is my sister. She is 7 years younger than me. In my family, there are 4 members including me- my father, mother, my sister, and me. I am really fond of my sister. The bond between sisters, as we already has always been special. Sisters are someone who grows, cries, and laughs with you. She knows all your mischievous stuff and all your secrets. My sister is the one with whom I am able to share all my feelings. Some feelings are there which you cannot share with your parents or anyone else, and at that time she is the one who will listen to you and guide you probably on the right path.
My sister has always been my partner in crime. Irrespective of the fact, that I am 7 years elder than her, we do the craziest stuff together. Our mother always gets irritated by our crazy activities. We sing together in our totally silly voices, we dance till we get tired. As a team, we can do miracles. She helps me whenever I need her and she knows that I am there for her whenever she needs me. No matter how far we get, we are always connected by our hearts. People say that the best people are those who are there in your hard times as well as the good ones. And she has been there every time. Sometimes, we can’t celebrate together but I am really assured of the fact that whenever I am depressed or whenever I need her, she is there by my side. She knows me better than anyone else. She knows what I like or dislike. And tries every time to make up for everything. There are obviously some fights in every relationship but we make sure that we overcome them and become really good friends again.
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Overpopulation is that unwanted condition in which the number of existing people surpasses the actual capacity of the Earth. There are many causes for this problem. There can be a drop in the death rate of people, or maybe if the birth rate increases then also a place can be a victim of overpopulation.
There may be several effects of overpopulation. Let us take the example of India for this. The population of India is nearly 136.64 crores. The resources in India are very limited. And if people start increasing, those resources won’t be able to suffice the whole population. A similar thing happens with coal, oil, fossil fuels, etc. Because of the problem of overpopulation, nature is also getting affected. The issues like deforestation, pollution, etc are increasing because of overpopulation. Even the problem like unemployment is there in India because of overpopulation. More the number of people, decreasing are the number of jobs in the country. The number of theft cases increases because the number of people in India is too much. Unemployment persists in the country and thereafter people think it is easy to earn some money through stealing. It also becomes unhygienic because of overpopulation. One catches a disease, then that disease spreads among many people and their safety gets at stake. Poverty also develops when there are more people than required. Sometimes, people do not get to eat anything and they have to starve for food.
There was a notion that ran in our country that was “Hum do hamare do” which clearly meant to have only 2 kids per family. If people believe in family planning, overpopulation can be controlled in the country. Better education can only teach people the idea and reasons behind family planning.
It is a major environmental concern these days. And we should take some measures to control the problem.
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Indian Classical dance is the term that is used for numerous performance arts rooted in musical theater styles. There are a number of classical dances in India, ranging from 8 to 15. The Sangeet Natak Academy bestows 8 classical status on 8 Indian classical dance forms.
The Indian classical dance forms are Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Manipuri, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Mohiniyattam, and Sattriya. Bharatnatyam is the classical dance of Tamil Nadu. Kathak is followed by the people of North, West, and Central Delhi. The people of Kerala accept the dance form Kathakali. Kuchipudi is the famous classical dance of Andhra Pradesh. The people of Orissa believe in the dance form of Odissi. Manipuri is the classical dance form of Manipur. Mohiniyattam is the classical dance of Kerala whereas Sattriya is the classical dance form of Assam.
Indian classical dance forms are generally performed in religious activities. They are presented as a part of some expressive plays which include some story-telling and it also forms a part of entertainment for the people.
There have been many famous dancers in each of these classical dance forms. Rukmini Devi, Padma Subramanyam, Vyjayanthimala, And Sheema Kermani have been some incredible Bharatnatyam dancers of their time. Birju Maharaj, Nahid Siddiqui, Sambhu Maharaj, Lacchu Maharaj, Gopi Krishna have made their names stand out in the field of Kathak. Kalamandalam, Krishnan Nair, Ramanakutty Nair have been the famous performers of Kathakali. Mallika Sarabhai, V. Satyanarayana Sarma, Deepa Shashindran have been some unbelievable performers in the field of Kuchipudi dance form. Sujata Mohapatra, Madhavi Mudgal Kelucharan Mohapatra, etc have been performing the dance form Odissi. Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma, Shobhana, Sunanda Nair, Kalamandalam Radhika, Thankamani, etc have been incredibly important for the dance form Mohiniyattam.
There are three categories in the Indian classical dance forms. They are Nritta, Nritya, and Natya. The Nritta is a fast and rhythmic aspect of the dance. The Nritya is a comparatively slower and expressive kind of dance form. The Natya is generally a play, usually a team performance.
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A caste is a form of social lamination defined by endogamy, the hereditary passage of a style of life that incorporates an occupation, ritual state in a regime, and conventional social cooperation and separation based on cultural notions of purity and pollution. This ritual is there since ancient history. However, the caste system in India has been declining now because of urbanization and the modernization that is prevailing these days. The caste system was reconstructed by several ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and Modern India, primarily the Mughal Empire and the British Raj. The caste system consists of two distinct notions, varna and jati, which may be considered as diverse levels of study of this system. The Indian Society was divided into five castes. They are the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, the Vaisya, the Sudras, the Untouchables.
Brahmins are considered the priestly caste. Once their religious position declined in society, they became the caste of officialdom. The Kshatriyas are known to be the warrior ones. They were the direct descendants of the warriors who had conquered India. The Vaisya consists of the common people. Generally, they comprise of merchants. The Sudras at that time represented the maximum part of the population. Most of them were peasants, artisans, and others who worked as a part of the manual labor. The fifth caste system comprised of the Untouchables. They were the descendants of either the slaves or the prisoners. They were not given any importance by the people in the society. They were given the most degrading work by people. In Ancient India, people lived and died only as members of their particular caste. Even the marriages mostly took place in the same caste. Every caste thought of the other castes as below average and did not give much importance to the people belonging to the other caste.
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Hello, remember me? I am that little thing present in your class, where teachers write and explain different topics to you. I am a blackboard established in Class 8th of D.A.V Public School, Gurugram. I am fifteen years old now.
I have been made so messy by you people. A long time back when I was coated in the black color and two sturdy men installed my six feet body by four feet frame.
I still remember when the Principal Mr. Gupta took his class and explained the concept of the Pythagoras Theorem using me as a medium. I still remember when Ravi, who was the most studious boy in the class became the monitor of the class and wrote the names of those mischievous students who were shouting in the class in the absence of their teacher, Mrs. Bindu. I loved it when the Maths lecturer, Ms. Ritu used to call girls to the blackboard for solving the sums of Algebra. I really hoped that they were able to solve those questions correctly. Sometimes students scribbled on me when their teachers were not around.
There was a student named Geeta who was made my incharge. She was just like my caretaker. She used to clean me up every morning. She had to write the date and day on the top right side. During school hours, I was always with my friends, chalk and the duster. Sometimes students hid the chalk to tease their teachers and to delay the lectures of the period. Every alternate Saturday, a Parent-Teacher Meeting was announced in the school and I was decorated for the same reason. I remember the farewell of Ms. Tanu for whom students had bought cake and bouquets. And she got emotional seeing this gesture of her students. I remember the last day of class 8th in that classroom when the students had arranged a party in the class. Even I got emotional when they were leaving me.
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Sarojini Naidu, an Indian Political Activist, and a poet was born on 13 February 1879. She proved to be an essential figure at the time of India’s Independence. Her work as a poetess earned her the title “The Nightingale of India” or “Bharat Kokila” by Mahatama Gandhi.
She wrote poetry based on serious issues like Patriotism, Romance, and Tragedy. One of her poems that got really famous in the time was “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad”. She wrote children’s poems as well.
She was born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad. She did her studies in Madras, London, and Cambridge. While she was in England fighting for the rights of women, she was drawn to the Indian National Congress’ movement for India’s Independence. She was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and liked her idea for Swaraj. She was a part of the Indian Nationalist movement. In 1925, she was appointed as the President of the Indian National Congress, and later in 1947, she was selected as the Governor of the United Provinces. She was the first woman to hold the office of the Governor in the Dominion of India. She joined the Indian Independence movement at the time of the Partition of Bengal in 1905. After that, she got the opportunity to meet some other leaders of that time like Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Rabindranath Tagore, and Mahatma Gandhi who really motivated her to work towards attaining freedom from the colonial regime and other social reforms. She also used to travel to different regions in India to deliver her inspirational lectures on Social welfare, Freedom for women, and Nationalism. She also went to London in the year 1919 to ask for support for freedom from British rule as a part of the All India Home Rule League. She played a major role in leading the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi.