100 Essays Vol. 3
100 Essays Vol. 3
100 Essays Vol. 3
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Index
Essay on Monuments
1. Essay on India Gate
2. Essay on Qutub Minar
3. Essay on Red Fort
4. Essay on Taj Mahal
Essay on Relationships
5. Myself Essay
6. My Family Essay
7. My Best Friend Essay
8. Essay on Teacher
9. Essay on My Teacher
10. Essay on My Favourite Teacher
11. Essay on My Father My Hero
12. Essay on My Father
13. Essay on Mother’s Love
14. Essay on Mother
15. Essay on Love
16. Essay on Importance of Friends in our Life
17. Essay on Importance of Family
18. Essay on I Love My Family
19. Essay on Grandparents
20. Essay on Good Mother
21. Essay on Friendship
22. Essay on A Good Friend
Essay on Vacation/Holidays
23. Essay on Holiday
24. Essay on how i spent my summer vacation
25. Essay on my plans for summer vacation
26. Essay on Summer Camp
27. Essay on Summer Vacation
28. Essay on Vacation
29. Essay on Winter Vacation
Essay on Sports
30. Essay on Cricket
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31. Essay on Football
32. Essay on Hockey
33. Essay on Importance of Sports
34. Essay on Mountain Climbing
35. Essay on Sports
36. Essay on Sports and Games
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76. Pollution Essay
77. Prevention of Global Warming Essay
78. Save Trees Essay
79. Soil Pollution Essay
80. Water Pollution Essay
81. Why Plastic Bags Should be Banned Essay
Essay on Proverb
82. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
83. Child is Father of the Man
84. Cleanliness is next to Godliness
85. Essay on A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
86. Essay on All that Glitters is not Gold
87. Essay on Charity Begins at Home
88. Essay on Laughter is the Best Medicine
89. Essay on Rome was not Built in a Day
90. God helps those who help themselves
91. Health is Wealth
92. Honesty is the Best Policy
93. Knowledge is Power
94. Money can’t buy Happiness
95. Necessity is the Mother of Invention
96. Practice makes a Man Perfect
97. Prevention is better than Cure
98. Simple Living High Thinking
99. The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
100. Time and Tide Wait for None
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1. Essay on India Gate
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India Gate is a historical monument located in New Delhi, India. It was built to
commemorate the Indian soldiers who fought bravely and sacrificed their life during the First
World War. The names of numerous soldiers are engraved on this beautiful monument.
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the monument is said to boast the architectural style similar to
Arc de Triomphe that stands tall in Paris.
Many years after the construction of India Gate, a small memorial referred to as Amar Jawan
Jyoti was constructed under it. This construction was made to commemorate the Indian
soldiers who lost their lives during the Liberation of Bangladesh in the year 1971. Both India
Gate and Amar Jawan Jyoti remind us of the bravery of our Indian soldiers.
Although India Gate is a war memorial however it usually grabs attention due to its beautiful
architectural design. People from far and wide visit this place to witness its magnificent
beauty. The whole area around this historical monument is beautiful. There are sprawling
green lawns on both sides of India Gate. These green patches add to the grandeur of the
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entire place.
India Gate holds special significance for every Indian. It serves as an inspiration for the Indians
to fight bravely and selflessly for the honour of their country. Though crowded by tourists and
hawkers most of the time, this place renders calmness.
India Gate is a war memorial. It was build to honour thousands of soldiers who sacrificed their
lives during the First World War that lasted from July 1914 to November 1918. India was
colonised by the British Empire during that period. The British Army needed brave soldiers to
fight during the war and around 1.3 million Indian soldiers were sent to the battle field to
further the mission.
These soldiers fought courageously and gave a tough fight to their opponents. Among these,
more than 70,000 Indian soldiers fought till their last breath and lost their lives during the war.
The Britishers decided to honour these Indian soldiers by constructing a war memorial for
them. India Gate is symbol of the bravery and sacrifice of our courageous soldiers.
Another construction, Amar Jawan Jyoti, which was constructed under this huge historical
monument, also boasts the heroism of our Indian soldiers. It was constructed to
commemorate the soldiers killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. This memorial
that forms a part of India Gate is also a symbol of bravery and sacrifice by our great Indian
soldiers.
India Gate instils the feeling of patriotism in our countrymen and inspires them to fight all
obstacles bravely. It also emphasizes the importance of staying united to fight a big cause. This
monument holds a special place in the heart of every Indian.
India Gate has a long standing history. This historical monument is a storehouse of numerous
memories and sacrifices. It was built by the Britishers nearly a century ago and is being
maintained with care since then. The monument located in New Delhi is a witness of
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numerous events and holds a special significance for Indians.
History of India Gate
Here is a look at the interesting history of the magnificent India Gate that draws the attention
of tourists from different parts of the world:
The First World War
During the First World War that lasted for more than 4 years (from July 1914 to November
1918), the Britishers employed more than a million Indian soldiers to fight the battle as a part
of the British Army. More than 70,000 Indian soldiers lost their lives during this unfortunate
event.
In order to honour their struggle and sacrifice, the British government decided to build India
Gate. This huge monument has the names of as many as 13, 300 servicemen including officers
and soldiers inscribed on it.
Duke of Connaught laid the foundation stone for India Gate on 10th February 1921. This war
memorial was constructed with the aim to remember the sacrifices of the soldiers of the
British Indian Army and inspire the future generations to serve the country with equal
devotion.
The monument was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Numerous labourers were employed to
construct this huge edifice and it took around 10 years to build it. Viceroy, Lord Irwin
inaugurated India Gate on 12th February 1931.
Many Indian soldiers fought courageously during the Bangladesh Liberation War in the year
1971. The Indian government decided to dedicate a special war memorial to them. Amar
Jawan Jyoti was thus built under the India Gate. It forms a part of the India Gate and together
these war memorials remind us of the heroism of our brave soldiers and their love for the
country.
Amar Jawan Jyoti has a black marble pedestal with an upturned rifle. This rifle has a war
helmet on it. The memorial has four eternal flames on its sides.
Conclusion
The significance of India Gate is understood only by those who know about its history. Its
beauty draws numerous tourists from around the world. Though it is appreciated for its
architectural design however only those who are aware about its historical past can truly see
and appreciate its grandeur.
ESSAY ON INDIA GATE AND NATIONAL FESTIVALS CELEBRATION – ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
India Gate stands tall in the heart of the national capital of the country. It draws travel
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enthusiasts as well as patriots alike. The war memorial built to honour the 70, 000 Indian
soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War is a symbol of bravery and sacrifice. It
holds special significance for Indians. Many events are organized at India Gate to celebrate
special occasions. The place is especially decked up to celebrate our national festivals.
Republic Day
A great national event is organized at Rajpath and India Gate on the occasion of Republic Day
each year. The President and Prime Minister of India are present on this occasion and so are
numerous other ministers and people in power. Ministers from foreign countries are also
invited to grace the event. There is a feeling of joy pride and patriotism all around. The place is
filled with people who watch the celebrations with immense zeal.
At the onset of the Republic Day celebration, the Prime Minister of India visits the Amar Jawan
Jyoti memorial at India Gate to offer tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to save
the honour of the country. This is followed by a silence of two minutes for our martyrs.
The Republic Day parade is the main highlight of the celebration. The parade is held from the
Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate and past it. The regiments of the Indian Armed Forces
including the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force march past on this occasion. This is followed by
the parade of tableau depicting the culture and tradition of various Indian states. Besides, a
number of cultural programs are presented by school children on the occasion.
The president steps forward to give bravery awards to the children who indulged in acts of
bravery for noble cause. He also awards soldiers from the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force for
showing exceptional courage on the battle field.
Independence Day is also celebrated at India Gate. The celebration is synonymous with the
Republic Day but with few changes. India Gate is illuminated with Tri-Colour on the occasion
of Independence Day. Cultural programs are organized at India Gate to celebrate this national
festival. Patriotic songs are sung and the entire crowd seems to immerse in the feeling of
patriotism.
Certain groups assemble and organize cultural events at India Gate on the occasion of Gandhi
Jayanti. It is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation and thus calls
for a celebration. Though the main Gandhi Jayanti event takes place at Rajghat, many times
bhajan programs and other similar events are organized at India Gate also to pay homage to
Gandhi ji and to celebrate his birthday. These celebrations see large gatherings. The love and
respect for Bapu can be clearly seen among Indians on this occasion.
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Conclusion
Think of an Indian national festival and the thing that comes first in our mind is India Gate.
This is because this war memorial and its surrounding areas are decked up on these festivals
and special events are organized at this place to celebrate them. People gather around at
India Gate and make merry to rejoice our national festivals.
India Gate, constructed to honour the soldiers killed in the First World War, boasts a beautiful
architecture. It was inaugurated in February 1931 and still holds the same charm. It reminds us
of the sacrifices of thousands of soldiers who laid their lives during the First World War.
India Gate is known for its marvellous architectural design. The monument that took almost
ten years to build was designed by Edwin Lutyens. Lutyens was one of the most talented
architects of his times. He was a member of the Imperial War Graves Commission that was
formed in December 1917. He specialised in designing war memorials and graves and was thus
given the task to design one of the biggest war memorials in India.
Located in the heart of the national capital, India Gate is a 42 m tall edifice which is 9.1 m in
width. It is mainly made with yellow and red sandstone and granite. Its architectural style is
Triumphal Arch. The domed bowl on the top of India Gate was made with the aim of filling it
with burning oil on important days such as national festivals and anniversaries.
The architecture of India Gate is quite like the Arc de Triomphe de I’Etoile which is one of the
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most famous monuments of Paris.
While India Gate was built to commemorate the soldiers of the British Indian Army killed
during the First World War, a small edifice was constructed under it to honour the soldiers
who lost their lives during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. It is an integral part of India
Gate.
Amar Jawan Jyoti encompasses a black pedestal with an inverted rifle covered with a war
helmet on top.
India Gate is a place of national importance and many important events are held here. One of
the major events organized here is the Republic Day celebration. The President and the Prime
Minister of India along with many prominent ministers and foreign guests are present at the
event. The general public also shows up in large number to attend the event. Several cultural
programs and other activities form a part of this event.
Many other major events are also organized here during different times of the year.
India Gate is one of the major tourist attractions of Delhi. The locals as well as tourists flock
around at this place round the year. The sprawling lawns on both the sides of India Gate offer
a good picnic spot for the locals.
The place is centrally located and it is easy to reach here. During winters, people usually pack
their lunch and head to India Gate with their family and friends to spend quality time with
them and soak up the sun. Children are seen playing in these lawns while the elders sit and
chit chat. Hawkers selling eatables and toys roam around in the area and make good business.
The sight is similar during the summer evenings. However, it looks more beautiful at night as it
is illuminated with lights. People roam around here from evening till mid night. The place is
specially crowded on the weekends.
Conclusion
India Gate is one of the main historical edifices located in our country. This war memorial
invokes the feeling of pride and patriotism in our hearts. It inspires us to do something for the
country just as the Indian soldiers did. It motivates us to serve our country selflessly.
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2. Essay on Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world (73 metres) built in Mehrauli,
Delhi using red sandstone. It is the historical monument of India named after the Qutb al-Din
Aibak.
Qutub Minar
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located in Delhi and built using red sandstone and marble in the Indo-Islamic architectural
style.
The base diameter of this minar is 14.3 metre and top diameter is 2.7 metre. Its stairs contains
379 steps. It was started building in 1193 by the Qutb-ud-din Aibak however carried on by his
successor named Iltutmish. Its fifth and last storey was constructed by the Firoz Shah Tughlaq
in 1368. There are many other ancient and medieval structures and ruins surrounding the
minar in the Qutb complex.
It was built in 12th to 13th century by the Qutb-ud-din Aibak and his successors in order to
celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori over Rajputs. Earlier, it was the symbol of military
strength of Turko-Afghan Empire and Islam. It is one of the tallest minar in conical shape
having base diameter of 14.3 meter and top diameter of 2.7 meter. It contains 379 staircases
inside it and five distinct stories. A spectacular view of the city looks from the top of minar. Its
first three storeys are built using red sandstones however fourth and fifth storeys are built
using marble and sandstones.
There is an attractive green garden surrounding the Qutub minar drawing the mind of visitors.
It is one of the most famous and attractive destination of the tourists in India. It is the most
visited monument of the India where people from corner of the world come to see every year.
It is a five storeys tower built in unique designs (first three storeys are built using red
sandstones and top two storeys are built using marble and sandstones) having base diameter
of 14.3 meter and top diameter of 2.7 meter.
There is another taller minar adjacent to the Qutub Minar is Alai Minar. Qutub Minar
symbolizes the victory and strength of Islam as well as served earlier to call people for prayer
at Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque. It is the attractive tourist’s destination in Delhi and mostly visited
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by the kids, children and school students in their summer or winter vacations.
It is the splendid piece of Mughal architecture and has become a popular tourist spot in India.
It attracts millions of tourists especially students every year. It has been declared as one of the
World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO. In the ancient time Qutub-ud-din Aibak came to India,
fought to Rajputs and became successful to defeat them. In order to celebrate his victory over
the Rajputs, he ordered to build this unique piece of minar. The construction of it was
completed in several centuries however some changes are made from time to time (last
change was done by the Sikandar Lodi). Originally it was built of only one storey tall and other
storeys were added by the later rulers.
The base diameter of it is 14.32 metre and top diameter is 2.7 meter. It is 73 metre tall minar
containing 379 steps or staircases. It is considered that it was of seven storeys however top
two were fell in the earthquake. Some other unique structures such as Alai-Darwaza, Tomb of
Iltutmish, two mosques, etc are surrounding this tower as well as enhancing its attraction. It is
built in Indo-Islamic architectural style.
The construction of the Qutub Minar was started by the Qutab-ud-din Aibak however finished
by the Iltutmish. The construction of this minar was completed in 1200 A.D. It is one of the
great masterpieces of the Mughal architecture having number of storeys with beautiful
carvings. It is one of the attractive sightseeing which attracts a huge crowed every year from
every corners of the world. It had faced many damages because of the earthquakes however
restored and renovated each time by the respective rulers. Firoz Shah had repaired its two top
floors which was damaged in the earthquake. Another restoration was done by the Sikandar
Lodi in 1505 and Major Smith in 1794 to repair damaged parts of the minar. It opens up at
6am in the morning and closed at 6pm in the evening everyday of the week.
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The minar is built many years ago using red sandstone, sandstones and marbles. It contains
several flanged and cylindrical shafts and its storey is separated by balconies. The first three
storeys of the Qutub minar are built using red sandstone however fourth and fifth storeys are
built using marble and sandstone. There is a Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque (considered as the first
mosque built in India) at the base of this minar. There is an iron pillar of height 7 meter in the
Qutb complex written with Brahmic inscriptions. The walls of the minar are written with
various verses from the Quran (Muslim’s holy mythological scripture). It also contains its
history written in Devnagari and Arabic characters.
It is the famous monument of tourist attractions including other structures near it. From
ancient time, it is believed that one who encircle it (iron pillar) with hands by standing in front
of it with his back, would get his all wishes fulfilled. Tourists from many corners of the world
come here every year to see the beauty of this historical and unique monument.
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Red Fort
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very long red stones and took approximately nine years in getting completed.
It is situated at very approximately places at the bank of Yamuna River. It is located in front of
the Chandni Chowk market in Delhi. It is very beautifully designed from inner and outer side. It
has a big and grand museum inside having residues the Mughal time as an historical asset.
There is a Diwan-e-Am as a hall of Public Audience. It also has a Diwan-e-Khas for meeting
purposes.
It is situated adjacent to the older Salimgarh Fort which was constructed by Islam Shah Suri in
the year 1546. Both are connected through the water channel called Stream of Paradise
(Nahr-i-Behisht). It was designed to be built in innovative architectural style using Islamic
prototypes including mixture of Timurid, Persian and Hindu traditions. It has been taken under
the World Heritage Site in 2007 by the UNESCO. An Indian flag is hoisted by the PM every year
on 15th of August on the main gate of this iconic symbol of country.
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He ordered the highly skilled and professional architectures to design and built a Red Fort
using red sandstone at the west bank of the river Yamuna. It has a museum, beautiful
structures like Rang Mahal, Moti Mahal, Diwan-i-Aam and Diwan-i-Khas. The surroundings of
the pavilion have been decorated using precious gems, valuable stones, and silver linings.
Diwan-i-Khas is beautifully designed and has its walls engraved with following text “If there is
anywhere Paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, and it is this”. A Diwan-i-Aam is also built inside
it as a Hall of public audience. Another superb structure like Pearl mosque or Moti Masjid is
built near the Rang Mahal. Shah Jahan was very famous Mughal emperor and known as the
“prince of builders”. At every Independence Day, the Prime Minister of India hoists a national
flag here.
Red Fort is located at the bank of Yamuna River in the centre of the city, New Delhi. It was
constructed by the famous Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1648 during 17th century. It is built
using red stones. It is the place of great historical value and located near the Salimgarh Fort in
Delhi. Other historical places in Delhi near to the Red Fort are Qutab Minar, Humayun’s Tomb,
etc. My school principal arranges a trip every year for us to visit the Red Fort. We have to
submit an assignment over the red fort after our visit. It is the place of attraction for the
people of many countries.
It is one of the most famous tourist destinations in India where a big crowd of the people
come every year from many countries. Prime Minister of the India hoist a national Flag here
(on the ramparts of the Lahori Gate) every year on the most important Indian occasion of
Independence Day, 15th of August. It has been selected as one of the World Heritage Sites in
2007 by the UNESCO.
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Nahar-e-Bishisht (Canal of Paradise), etc). It is built using the red stones and designed by the
highly skilled and professional architectures. On the first floor, there is a War Memorial
Museum is housed.
Sheesh Mahal (means Sheesh-mirrors and mahal-palace) is situated in the northern and
southern sections. There is a well designed Khas Mahal (Emperor’s Palace) as a special room
for private purposes like worship or sleeping. A nice balcony in designed using the white
marbles projecting towards the banks of Yamuna River. There is a well designed Peacock
Throne. The text “if there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, and it is this” is engraved on
the walls of it. There is a Shah Burj is designed in the palace for the emperor’s private
conclaves and relax in privacy. A Moti Masjid also called Pearl mosque which was added in the
palace by the emperor Aurangzeb. It contains three domes and looks very elegance. North to
the Moti Masjid, there is a Hayat Baksh means a Mughal garden which was built by the
Shahjahan.
There is a Royal Tower of Shah Burj where lively gatherings and feasts was held. Red Fort of
Delhi is considered as the greatest of Mughal Palaces and known as the heart of Shah Jahan’s
empire. Red Fort has become a grand and attractive place for the tourists from the India as
well as abroad and serving the country for many years. Last year I went to the Red Fort with
my parents where I enjoyed a lot and got lots of knowledge about the fort including its history.
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after her death. It is situated in a big area having lots of greenery in front and side, a river in
back side, and lake and lawn. It is located in the Agra, UP, India. It is one of the Seven Wonders
of the World. It is the most beautiful building made by the white marble. It is like a heaven of
dream. It is designed in attractive way and adorned with royal beauty. It is one of the amazing
Nature’s beauties on the earth.
There are graves of both, king and queen in a dark chamber under the dome. There are some
rhymes written of Quran on the walls using multicoloured pieces of glass. It has four minarets
situated at its all four corners in very attractive manner.
TAJ MAHAL ESSAY 3 (200 WORDS)
Taj Mahal is a great historical monument designed very beautifully. It is made up of white
marbles which gives it a grand and bright look. It has attractive lawns, decorative trees,
beautiful animals, etc in its surrounding areas. It is located in the Agra, UP at the bank of the
Yamuna River. It is a very beautiful tomb made by the King Shah Jahan in the memory of
Queen Mumtaz Mahal. In the ancient time Shah Jahan was a king and his wife was Mumtaz
Mahal. Shah Jahan loved her wife a lot and he became very upset after her death. Then he
decided to build a large grave in the memory of her wife. And he built Taj Mahal as a seventh
wonders of the world.
Taj Mahal is located just back to the Agra fort from which King was used to see Taj Mahal daily
remembering her lovely wife. Every year thousands of visitors come to the Agra to see its
beauty. It was built by the hard works of various artists, artisans and workers. It was
completely prepared in twenty years of long time by the use around 20 crores of Indian
rupees. Taj Mahal looks very beautiful in the silvery night of full moon.
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TAJ MAHAL ESSAY 5 (300 WORDS)
Taj Mahal is one of the best and most beautiful tourist destinations of India. There are many
wonderful historical monuments in India however Taj Mahal is only one. It is a great artistic
charm which attracts various people’s mind towards it every year. It is the most fascinating
monument of India has been chosen as seventh wonder of the world. Taj Mahal is the love
symbol of the great king of Agra. It is built using white marble which gives it attractive and
amazing look. It has been called by the Rabindranath Tagore as “A Dream in Marble”. It is a
real heaven on the earth which has been mentioned as the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It was built by the great Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, in the memory of his dead wife,
Mumtaz Mahal. It is considered that he had loved her wife so much and became so sad after
her death. He started living without food and water. He decided to keep her all the memories
in front of his eyes then built Taj Mahal in front of the Agra Fort in the memory of his eternal
love. He was used to saw Taj Mahal daily from Agra Fort and remembered his wife. Taj Mahal
took many years to get completed. This historical monument is a symbol of love of Shah Jahan
and Mumtaz Mahal.
The surrounding environment of the Taj Mahal is so natural and attractive. It is located on the
bank of Yamuna River in the city of Agra, UP. The Taj Mahal has been built using royal deigns
by the ideas of many artists and artisans. Lots of decorative grasses and trees enhance its
beauty and fragrance of the environment. There are also some charming water fountains set
up in the middle of the cemented footpath in front of the Taj Mahal building. These charming
water fountains make the entry to the great mausoleum.
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attractive monuments of the world which has been mentioned as the 7th wonders of the
world.
This monument is the symbol of the love and devotion of the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan to
her wife. It is called as the grand Mughal monument (a majestic historical structure) which is
located in the heart of India. It is prepared using white marble and costly stones engraved in
its walls very beautifully. It is considered as the Taj Mahal has been gifted by the Mughal
emperor, Shah Jahan to her lovely dead wife, Mumtaz Mahal. He called best artisans of the
world to design the Taj Mahal building. It took many years and lots of money in getting
prepared. It is also considered that he had rejected around hundreds of the designs and finally
approved this one. Taj Mahal has four amazing pillars in its corners. They are designed so
beautifully and slightly inclined outward in order to prevent Taj Mahal building from any
natural calamities (like storm, etc) in the future.
The white marbles which have been used in building the Taj Mahal are very costly and were
especially ordered from outside by the King to Agra. Taj Mahal has been structured combining
various architecture styles like Indian, Persian, Islamic and Turkish. It has been declared by the
UNESCO as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1983. It has attained a worldwide
popularity as a seventh wonder of the world. Last year I went to the Agra with my dear
Parents especially to see the Agra Fort and Taj Mahal. It was my winter holiday, I was so happy
to see the monumental beauty of India. My parents had clearly described me about its history
and truth. Really I had seen its real beauty with my eyes and felt very proud to be an Indian.
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5. Myself Essay
Below we have provided some simple paragraph and easy essay on Myself for
the school students. They are generally given this topic to write paragraphs or essays in their
schools during exams or class tests.
My Self
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exactly same personality. It never changes and decided the quality of a person. I am taking the
example of me. I am so special in this world and have unique personality than others. I am
very responsible and sympathetic person. I always help others and try my best to solve their
problems. I am self-centred woman have not have any enemy in this world.
I always talk to others very happily with smiling face. I am a very simple student in my school
and attend each class. I do my homework very well on daily basis and study well every day in
the night till 10 pm and in the morning from 4 am. I always pay attention to my study and
motivate my friends as well to focus on their study.
I have a unique family. All the members of my family are broad and open minded. They always
promote me to do well in every field. They never pull me back instead motivate. I am very
happy to get birth in this family. My family is cross-cultural extended family where my uncles,
aunts, grandparents, cousins, etc live together. I have great time with my family because we
celebrate each festival together. I help other kids in family in doing their home works daily.
I read in 8th standard in the school, Deepak High School. I am 13 years old and live in Amreli
with my parents. I also have joined dance and piano classes out of the school as I like to learn
dance and piano very much. I enjoy my school time thoroughly with my friends and home
time with my dearest parents and grandparents. I have good neighbours; they understand
each other and never quarrel. I love picnic and go to tour in my winter and summer vacations.
I am very good student in my school. I participate in all the extracurricular activities of the
schools and do well. I am very good in academic and sports activities. My school has a big
garden and big playground provides all the facilities of sports. My school has healthy, nice and
peaceful environment.
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MYSELF ESSAY 5 (300 WORDS)
My name is Vidisha; I read in class 9th standard in Delhi. I am a self-driven and self motivated
student. I like to motivate my friends of the school always and help them in their difficult
times. I am a bright student of my school and do well in the academic and sports activities. I
am capable to do well under any stressful condition. I am very skilled and knowledgeable
student in my school. I do very hard study for long hours around the clock at home. I never left
my home works and class works incomplete and like to complete all before bed time. My
teachers like me very much because of my goodness and punctuality. I never become tired
and continuously do hard work because my parents take care of me always. They always
become conscious for my health and diet.
Because of my academic tenure, I always get good marks and grades. I am a merit scholarship
holder in my school. I learn computer very well in my school and know everything about
computer. I do everything according to my organized schedule of work. I never avoid my any
of the works whether at home or at school. I always respect my parents and help my mom in
her house works and my father in his office projects. I share my mom’s laundries and washing
dishes works. I always keep my room clean and decorate attractively every Sunday. I
understand my all responsibilities toward myself and my family very well. I always try to make
my friends and classmates happy through my interesting jokes and nice talks. I always become
ready to give them advises and suggestions to get them out of their difficulties. I am very
sympathetic girl and try to support old people and children in my colony or on the way.
My school organizes inter-school competitions at every six months which I must participate. I
always come first in every competition. My school celebrates all the important events of the
year such as independence Day, Republic Day, Christmas, 2nd October, Mother’s day,
Teacher’s day, etc in order to increase our awareness and knowledge about. We are advised
by our class teacher to must participate in the cultural activities while celebrating any event. I
generally take part in the poem recitation or speech recitation. I also like dance but not feel so
comfortable to dance at event celebration. However, I take part in the dance in my annual
function which gets celebrated in the month of November every year. My parents are also
invited to the school annual function.
My parents get me out at picnic or long tour in my every vacation during winter or summer
season. I live in very good society where some programmes are organized from time to time in
order to increase awareness among common public about the social issues. My father always
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takes me with him to participate in such programmes. My mom always teaches me about
ethics and etiquettes to make me a good citizen of India. I always keep my study room and
bed room neat and clean. I always take care of my hygiene and wash hands well with soap
before and after eating the food. My mom and dad love me a lot and care for my every likes
and dislikes. I like to play ludo or carom with my parents whenever they become free.
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6. My Family Essay
Family is a social group of people in the society having one, two or more than two
parents and their children. Each family member commit to each other to their mutual
relationship.
My Family
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society involves in making a good country.
Family makes a man grow and develop into a complete human being.
It provides security and a lovely environment which helps us to share our happiness and
problems.
It makes a man social and intellectual.
Person living in family is happier than a person living alone.
It provides security from the outside conflicts.
A family provides happy, active, quick learner, smart and better new generations to the
society and country.
A family makes a person emotionally and physically powerful, honest, and confident.
Sometimes because of the lack of proper rules in the joint family, some members live as
parasites and become habitual of feeding on other’s income. They start exploiting other good
and innocent members of the family.
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In some cases, high status and money earning members of the joint family generally insult low
status or low money earning members.
Sometimes, members earning more money give higher and good study to their kids in the
costly schools however never share the burden of study of kids of low income members so
there may be feeling of discrimination among children of joint family.
There is a big chance of separation in the joint families because of imbalance of feelings of
generosity, brotherly love, and feeling of oneness.
My parents love and care to my grandparents very much and always take care of their needs.
They give lots of needed things to them whenever we go to village. My parents talk to my
grandparents with mobile almost every day. I am so lucky and feel very happy to have such
lovely and careful members in my family. I really miss my grandparents when I get returned to
my home.
My mom is very sweet and love and care us a lot. She always gives us tasty breakfast and
lunch every day. She cares a lot to my father and he too. She tells us about all the Indian
culture and traditions in order to pass to next generation. We happily celebrate every festival
with my grandparents in the village and give nice gifts to each other. We live an advanced
lifestyle in the city however really enjoys a countryside lifestyle in the village. Both, my mom
and dad help us all in doing home work. We enjoy a nice get together in the evening at dinner
table and spend some time with each other in the ground.
Actually, I belong to the middle class family having six members (mother, father,
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grandparents, me and my younger sister). Every one of us follows the orders of my
grandfather because he is the head of the family. We really respect and enjoy his commanding
position in the family. He is the great person because he had performed various adventurous
activities in his time. He always thinks about our wellness and takes right decision for us. His
decision becomes final in all the family matters. He sits on the front chair on the dining table.
He takes our class in the early morning and evening to teach us Indian cultures and traditions.
He is a very cool personality and friendly person of the family however everyone of us do not
have dare to go against him. He is very effective person and wins everyone’s heart through
nice talk. He is very old however helps us in doing our home works because he was teacher.
He teaches us about the tools of success in the life such as discipline, punctuality, cleanliness,
moral, hard work and continuity.
My grandmother is also a nice woman and tells us nice stories every night. My father is a
principal of the school and like discipline very much. He is very punctual, sincere and
hardworking in nature. He teaches us also that when you eat time, time will really eat you one
day so never waste time and use it in positive ways. My mom is a sweet and very simple
housewife. She cares every member of the family and makes a happy environment in the
family every day. She gives special care to the grandparents and kids as well as always helps
poor and needy people in the society. We have always been taught from our childhood to love
and respect elders and help needy people on the way. My sweet small family is really full of
love, care, peace, prosperity, and discipline.
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MY BEST FRIEND ESSAY 2 (150 WORDS)
It is very tough for everyone to be involved in the true friendship however if one get it become
very lucky in a big crowd. It is a divine and most precious gift of the life. Getting true friend is
rare and counted as a big achievement of the life. I am as lucky as I have a good friend from
my childhood. His name is Shailesh and he is still with me. He is very valuable for me and I
value his friendship a lot. Really, he is my best and true friend.
We both are in class 7 and studying well. My best friend is very lovely in nature and loved by
everyone such as my parents, my class teacher, my neighbours, etc. He is one of the ideal
students of my class. He is very punctual and come to the school at right time. He always
completes his home task timely and regularly as well as helps me too. He keeps his books and
copies very clean. His writing is very nice and he promotes me to write well too.
We share our Tiffin in the lunch time. He respects my feelings and helps me always. Many
things of us like hobbies, likes, dislikes, etc are similar. We love to listen music, watching
cartoons and playing carom at home. We take care of each other in the school and
playground. We share school copies and help each other whenever one of us remain absent in
the school. We love drawing sceneries and arts in our spare time. We go at tour and picnic
with our parents together in every winter and summer vacation.
She is much similar to me in many aspects. She never argues me and describes me well
anything which I get stuck. She is an open minded girl and never feels bad for my misbehave.
She is very entertaining in nature and makes me laugh through her interesting jokes and talks
in the spare time. She is very cute and attractive, attracts everyone through her smile and nice
way of talk. She promotes me always to do better in the classroom and exams. We are good in
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sports and academic activities. She takes my opinions in her every tough work to do in the
right way. We manage to share things in our difficult times. We always perform better in the
class tests and main exams.
She is very friendly in nature to everyone and meets warmly. She thinks positively and
motivates us all time. She talks very politely and never quarrels to me and others. She never
tells lie and has good manners. She is very funny person and loves to tell us funny stories and
jokes whenever we become sad. She is a compassionate friend and always cares for me. She
has ability to do anything hard in her life and I always appreciate her for each small and big
achievements. She is a popular student of the school because she is good in academic, sports
and other extra activities.
She always gets high score in the class tests and main exams. She explains any subjective
matter in very easy way during exam time. She has good observation power and skill. She
catches everything very fast whenever teacher explains in the classroom. She plays football
very well and has taken part in many school level and district level competitions and won
prizes too.
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the fifth grade and now we are in 8th standard in the same section.
He is very tall and looks different from my other classmates. Once I was very upset because of
money problem. I could not buy all necessary books in the class 6. He asked me, what
happened and I told him my story. He said that, for this small problem you are so worry and
not happy for some days. He laughed and told me that don’t worry we can share all books in
the school as well as at home. You don’t need to buy even any single book for whole year.
After that he made me laugh through his jokes and stories. I never forget that moment he
helped me and always become ready to help him too. He is so practical and never mixes the
personal and professional life. He helps me always whenever I get difficulties in solving my
Maths homework. Our likes and dislikes never match however we are best friends.
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8. Essay on Teacher
A teacher is a person who provides knowledge and improves skill of his/her students whether
at home or schools.
Teacher is one who shapes up the whole life of the students through his/her knowledge,
patience, love and care. These simply written essay on teacher will help your kids and children
know something about his/her teacher and role of a teacher in the life of every students. You
can select any teacher essay given below according to the class standard:
A teacher is the person who shapes the future of everyone by providing best education to
her/his students. Teacher plays a great role in the education of every student. A good teacher
has many qualities and fully able to make his/her students successful in life. A teacher is very
intelligent and know well that how to draw attention of students towards study. She uses
creativity while teaching students so that students may concentrate. Teacher is a good
conductor of knowledge having lots of patience and confidence who take responsibility of the
future of students. Teacher knows the ability of each and every student and tries for them
accordingly.
Teachers are great sources of knowledge, prosperity and enlightenment to which anyone can
be benefited for whole life. They serve as the real light in everyone’s life as they help students
to make their ways in the life. They are the God gifted people in everyone’s life who lead us
towards success without any selfishness. Really, we can call them as builders of the dazzling
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future of our nation through education.
Teacher plays very essential role in the field of education who teaches students very nicely to
be a person of good moral and behaviour. They make students academically superb and
always encourage to do better in the life. They equip students with lots of knowledge, skills
and positive attitudes so that students can never feel lost and go ahead. They help students to
get sure about their goals of education through clear vision and ideas. Without teachers in the
life one cannot grow mentally, socially and intellectually.
A teacher is a good person who takes very important responsibility of shaping up the lives of
young ones and impressionable children. They get great feeling, pride and true joy in their life
by teaching their students on the right path. They never do any type of partiality between
good or bad students instead they always try to bring bad one on the right path through their
lots of efforts. A good teacher is someone who spent their whole life in giving quality
education to their students. They push all the students to do their best. They make learning
process very interesting as well as creative. Teachers try their best to bring all the students on
the right track by motivation them positively towards study. Good teachers leave good
impression over their students.
Teachers, sometimes award their students for their great works however sometimes punish
them to let them understand that they did something wrong which is bad for their life. They
make their students able to differentiate between right or wrong so that they can chose for
right one in their life by fighting with wrong. Teachers understand that all students do not
have same capacity to learn in the same way so they try to let them understand in their own
way.
The teacher’s profession is considered as the best and ideal profession in this world as they
provide selfless duty to shape someone’s life. Their committed work cannot be compared to
anything. Teachers are those who always take care of their all students. They check their food
habits, cleanliness level, behaviour to others, and concentration towards study. They check
our nails weekly to maintain cleanliness and hygiene and prevent us from diseases. They
organize health camp quarterly for us in the school campus where student’s weight, height, IQ
level, blood pressure, heart rate, lungs capacity, blood check up, urine check up, chickenpox
immunization, immunization for MMR, measles, DPT booster dose, polio drop, etc takes place
to closely monitor and maintain the health records of us.
Teachers are never bad, it is only their way of teaching which is different from each other and
makes them different in the mind of students. They only want to see their students happy and
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successful. A good teacher never loses patience and teaches every student accordingly. Our
teachers motivate us to wear clean clothes, eat healthy foods, avoid junk foods, care for
parents, behave well with others, come to school at right time in proper uniform, never tell lie
to anyone in life, react positively, take care of school property, take care of your books, copies,
and other study material, always pray to God for better concentration on study, always
discuss to your subject teacher about any confusion, do not argue with strangers and many
more.
Education is considered as the most powerful weapon of life to get victory and success. This
great responsibility and job is given to the teachers to nourish and shape up the lives of young
ones and future of their country. The teacher plays great role towards education and shape up
both present and future of a student. Teachers serve a great job in making the good society by
educating and guiding number of students in their whole life. Teachers are especially send by
the God to lead people on right path in the life as well as make them able to take right
decisions in bad situations. They lead young ones from their childhood and make them fit
mentally, socially and intellectually. Teachers are like common people who are from between
us but they chose to do unusual job of teaching to their students.
My best teacher is my art and science teacher who always have a big smile on her face and
make us happy too. She has added lots of creativity in her teaching strategy which we like so
much. We like very much her ways of teaching and bring good percentage in her subjects. She
teaches us about the reality of life, her own experience of life and other ways to get out of the
bad situations in very simple ways. She is our best teacher who understands and reacts us all
equally. She never differentiates among us and motivates all to do our best. We always praise
her goodness to our dear parents at home. She knows that we are only interested in her
subjects so, one day she told us that we should concentrate on every subject so that no one
can defeat us in any field. We need to be strong from every aspect that’s why we should study
our all subject equally.
A teacher is the precious gift from God to us. A teacher is like a God as God is the builder of
whole universe however a teacher is considered to be the builder of a good nation. Teachers
are very prestigious people in the society who take responsibility to raise the mind status and
living standard of the common people through their magic of teaching. Parents have lots of
expectations from the teachers of their kids. The role of teachers varies from classroom to
playground and from student to student. A teacher is very important in the life of everyone
who is supposed to be performing different tasks in our life.
Before coming to the classroom, a good teacher ensures his/her goals of education on daily
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basis. Every teacher has different qualities of teaching their students. They vary in their
knowledge, skills, and attitudes in teaching specific subjects. They try their best and do all
efforts in helping us to achieve our goals in life. School life is considered as the best time of
everyone’s life as this is the time when everyone learns basic things about life and different
subjects. All of us set our goals in the school time which decides the development of our
nation. Each and every student gets open their mind in the school time and enhances their
skills and knowledge by participating in the co-curricular activities such as sports, games,
quizzes, group discussion, debates, essay writing, speech recitation, excursion, tours, field
trips and many more.
Good teachers are also the best friends of their students who help them in deciding true path
in their life. There are many teachers in any school or college but only one of them becomes
favourite of any student. Teachers set our goals of education through their collective roles of
unique teaching and learning process. Our teachers motivate us to always work in harmony.
Our teachers understand the problems of us and deal with us in both ways personally and
professionally. They teach us to have positive attitude towards life. A good teacher is one who
only gives his/her students but nothing accepts whole life instead he/she become happy with
the success of students. A best teacher is the one who provides a best model of future
generation to his/her nation. Proper education is the only way to remove social issues,
corruption, etc from the nation which ultimately lead to the real growth and development of a
nation.
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9. Essay on My Teacher
It is difficult for me to describe, reflect or discuss fully on this topic because whenever
I think about my teacher (or teachers) who taught me, I get emotional and that feeling clouds
my judgement. Still here, I have tried to put forward my views and my experiences (I used to
be a teacher). I hope these essays will find a space in your hearts.
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Maximum of the relations mentioned above have a clear cut function. But there is one
relation, according to me which is a combination of all relations and I think that relation is a
student teacher relation. I can say this with absolute certainty because of my personal
experience. For me my nursery teacher (especially and other teachers also) was a complete
world for me. I am sure many of you will agree to this. A teacher is a guide, mentor, friend and
many other things which one can think off.
Sant Kabir das has truly said this line for teachers:-
“Guru Govind doukhade, kakelagupaye, Balhari guru apne, Govind diyo batay”
In the above lines a student says that if both God and my teacher are standing in front of me
and I have to decide that whose feet I should touch first. In that case I will touch the feet of
my teacher first, because it is the teacher who has taught me the way to reach god.
This was the place given to teacher in those days but now both (I mean students as well as
teachers) have changed. Earlier it was more of a passion than profession but now it has just
become a means of livelihood. But, I think, all is not lost. Whenever I see students celebrating
teacher’s day and teachers getting emotional over it, I feel really happy. Teachers have and
will continue to hold a special place in our heart.
ESSAY ON TEACHERS ARE THE BUILDERS OF OUR FUTURE – ESSAY 2 (300 WORDS)
Introduction
No one can deny the fact that teachers play an important role in shaping our future. Right
from the first day of school to the last day of college, they teach, find and correct faults and
besides giving education, they also shape our personality. In short they make our future.
Teachers are the Builders of Our Future
There are many relations which have a special place in our heart. I am sure one of that is a
“teacher”, for most of us. Some of us even hate our teachers, especially those who were strict
with us or used to give us punishments or scolded us for misdeeds.
As we grow old, in most of the cases, this hate turns into love because in professional life we
realize the importance of being scolded. Kabir das has put the functionality of the teacher,
beautifully in the following lines….
“Guru khumbhar shishya kumbha hai, Gadhi gadhi kadhe khot, Anter hath sahar de, Bahar
mare chot”
In the above lines Sant Kabir das says that a teacher is like a potter and a student is like the
water pot being made by him. In the process of making the pot, he beats the clay from outside
but at the same time keeps a hand from inside for support.
This is why I love my teachers (especially those who scolded me more). They are the ones
responsible for making my future.
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When I was young, I wanted to become an English writer. When I used to tell this to my
friends and parents, they used to laugh because I was very bad at English. My teacher used to
daily used to scold and punish me but I never lost my patience. His guidance and mine hard
work paid off and I am able to become an English teacher and a writer. I used to curse him
earlier for being so strict with me but now I am thankful to him because his strictness paid off.
Concluson
So, do love your strict teachers because they will make you what you want to become. In
other words they are the architects of your future.
It is true that parents are our first teachers. They teach us a lot, but this fact could not be
denied that our real education starts in school and is provided by our school teachers. This is
why teachers are given a lot of respect in our society. They play an important role in a
person’s life.
A teacher is a guide, mentor, friend and many other things which one can think off. It depends
upon the student, on how he defines his teacher. Sant Tulsi das has put this beautifully in the
following lines…
“Jaki rahi bhavana jaisi, Prabhu murat dekhi tin taisi”
In the above lines Sant Tulsi das says that God/Teacher will appear to the person in the same
way as the person thinks. For example Arjun felt that lord Krishna was his friend while Mira
Bai felt that lord Krishna was her lover. This is true for teachers also.
There was something magical about her. I trusted her blindly. I can’t give a name to the
relationship which I shared with her but I can surely say that it was an amalgam of many
relationships.
It is said that if the foundation of a building is strong, then one can add any number of floors
to it, but if the foundation is weak then doing that is risky. I was lucky to have very good
primary teachers who laid the foundation of everything like education, character etc in me. It
was because of that strong foundation, I am able to become what I wanted to become.
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Whatever discipline I have, it’s because of my middle school teachers. They scolded, shouted
and pushed me to the limit. When I was in school, I hated them the most, but now I realize
why they did that.
Someone has truly said that when son’s/daughter’s shoe size becomes equal to the size of
parent’s/teacher’s then they become friends. I used to share all my personal things with my
teachers and in return I got guidance and because of that I got saved from teen age related
problems.
Conclusion
A teacher plays many roles in our life, like an actor, who plays different roles in different
movies and we appreciate him/her in all roles.
I think it is very difficult to write the importance of teachers in one’s life because for maximum
of us they are the whole world. Lucky are those who had good teachers.
A new born child has an empty mind or we can say that his mind is a blank slate. Whatever a
teacher teaches him, it becomes his/her personality.
The primary aim of the teacher is to impart education. He/she tries his/her best to teach and
impart education to students. He has to adjust according to the needs of the students and
sometimes has to teach and perform with less or practically no resources (in government
primary schools).
Many times a teacher has to work for long hours to meet his/her financial needs as salary paid
to teachers is normally not good. In order to maintain quality of education, a teacher has to
prepare notes, do research etc. All in all he works very hard.
A Teacher is a Character Builder
Besides giving bookish knowledge a teacher is expected to impart moral education to kids.
Sometimes, it is given in a formal way and sometimes, it is given in a causal way.
When I was a kid, I once picked up an eraser of my friend without asking him and forgot to
return it. My friend went to my teacher and told her that I have stolen his eraser. I cried and
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said that I just forgot to ask him. My teacher said, “I believe you, but you should have asked
for it.” Trust me, till know I remember that lesson, and never forget it.
Small things which we are taught in schools (manners) like, ‘do not tell lies’, ‘always say
thankyou and please’, ‘ask for permission before entering a room or sitting on a chair’ etc. I
thought, they were small things but trust me; these small things have the capacity to make or
break a situation (especially interviews).
When I was in class 10th, I was not sure as to which stream (science or commerce) I should
pursue. The more I took opinions from other persons, the more I got confused. At last, I
consulted my teacher and he said,” Just listen to your heart and you will get the answer” and
yes I really got the answer.
A Teacher is a Friend
I firmly believe that no matter how talented a person is, he/she can’t perform if he/she is
emotionally not well. If one is able to consider his/her teacher a friend then trust me your
teacher will definitely guide you through your emotional turbulence.
There are some persons who will never betray you. One among them is your teacher. No
matter what you think of him, he/she will always be your well-wisher.
I would like to share one incident. When I was in school, there used to be one maths teacher
of ours who was very strict with us. He used to scold us, beat us, gave us punishment. In other
words, he made our life hell. All students used to really hate him. One day we lost our
patience and decided to take revenge. We burnt his motorcycle. An FIR was registered. When
one of my classmates was threatened, he took some names. When police came to arrest
those boys, our maths teacher withdrew his complaint.
No one of us expected this. We went to him and said sorry. We also asked him that why he
withdrew the police complaint. He said and I quote,” As students you are bound to make
errors and as a teacher it is my duty to correct them. But I can’t give you that punishment
which will ruin your career and brand you as a criminal. This is why I withdrew my police
complaint.” We all cried and said sorry again. This is what a real teacher is like.
Conclusion
In all I can say that a teacher makes you a complete person in true sense.
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Man is a social animal. We are so many things at the same time. For example, we are son,
father, mother, brother, husband, friend, boss, employee etc, all at the same time. We fulfil so
many obligations at the same time. Almost the scope of every relationship is well defined. But
there are some relations which are complex, or in other words they are an amalgam of many
relations. One of them is the relation between a student and his/her school teacher. It is very
difficult to define it because a teacher plays so many roles in a student’s life.
I am sure, most of you will agree to the fact that the relationship which exists between a
nursery student and his/her teacher could not be defined. I have just one word for it –
magical. If she asked me to do something, there was no way I could say no. Once I asked her
innocently,” Madam, do you like me?” To this she replied,” yes, of course”. That day I became
so happy.
One day, due to some reason, I got angry and was not eating food at home. My Mom and Dad
tried every trick which they knew but were unsuccessful. At last my dad called my school
teacher and I was asked to talk to her on the phone. She just said “Dheerendra…..”. I instantly
replied back,” Yes madam, I am not angry at all and will have my food right now and will also
do my homework….”. That was the magic of her.
Now as a teacher, I try to create the same bond with my little students. I became successful or
not, that can be a matter of debate but I am trying and will continue to try to become a good
teacher.
When I was in class 6th, I joined NCC. I remember, he was such a tough guy. We used to call
him Gabbar. Whatever discipline and toughness I have, all credit of it goes to him. He taught
us survival skills among other things. The relationship that existed between us was mainly
based on fear. It is almost like the terror of Gabbar Singh from the movie Sholey.
When he used to shout, “Boys, are you hungry”? We used to shout back, “no sir”. Then again
he shouted, “Are you tired”? “No sir” was the reply. Even now when I feel tired, I just recall
that shout and in the next moment I feel fully charged.
Teenage is normally considered the best time of life. Normally in this age the student-teacher
relationship is based on understanding, love and attraction. To handle teenage kids, a teacher
has to be very mature; otherwise there is a good chance that things may go south.
It is also an age of rebellion. I mean the more a teenager is stopped from doing a thing, the
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more he wants to pursue it. Therefore good teachers use strictness in a calculated amount
because excess of it can become counterproductive.
When I was in class 8th, my English was horrible. This is why I was not able to write answers
correctly. One day my English teacher called me. She had my English literature copy in her
hand. I thought that I would get a nice scolding, may be I will get punished or worse, my
parents will be called. But thank God nothing like that happened. She politely asked my
problem but I was unable to explain to her because of fear. When I realised that she won’t
scold me, then I told her my problem. She then worked vey hard on me and only because of
her hard work and mine will power, my English improved significantly. The point is, if she
would have scolded me or punished me, I am pretty sure, things would not have worked out.
I try to do exactly the same with my students. Sometimes, the situation becomes really tricky.
For example, once a girl student of mine asked me in the class, “sir, mai aap ko kaisi lagti hu”.
To this I laughed and said, “You are a good kid”.
Conclusion
Overall, I can say that the student teacher relationship is one of the best relationships among
all the relationships because it is a combination of many relationships.
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Teacher is a person in our life who provides many important things together with the
good education. A teacher means a lot to his/her students. He/she plays extraordinary roles in
our lives from the beginning years of development till we get mature. They mould us and our
future accordingly in order to make us a responsible citizen of the country. We have provided
below some paragraphs, short essays and long essays on my favourite teacher to help
students in completing their essay writing task. All the my favourite teacher essay are written
very simply. So, you can select any essay on my favourite teacher according to your need and
requirement:
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My Favourite Teacher
In spite of the subjects, she teaches us good ethics and etiquette also to make us strong by
character. May be; she will not be our teacher in next class however; her teachings will always
be with us and show us way to difficult situations. She is very caring and loving in nature. She
has been the gold medalist in the university she got her higher education. She would always
be my best teacher.
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MY FAVOURITE TEACHER ESSAY 3 (200 WORDS)
Ms. Neeta Ramanuj is my favourite teacher in the school. I study in class 4th standard and she
teaches me EVS (Environmental Studies). She is a good teacher. She cares us a lot and teaches
using easy ways. She never takes study very serious and teaches us with entertaining
activities. She always comes at right time in the class and never misses her class. We enjoy her
class very much as she makes us happy too. She loves me very much as I am her very
disciplined and ideal student. I follow her all the orders and do my class work and home work
in neat and clean manner daily.
I never become late or absent in her class. She motivates us to always follow right path in the
life even we have to face much difficult situations. She tells us that we never become hopeless
in difficult situations and search some easy ways to get out of them. She also tells us that
never think negative and always think positive as it always happens what we think and do. She
describes very well about all the topics of EVS. She wants us to talk in English in her class. She
goes to her home with us in the school bus where we enjoy a lot by singing songs and reciting
poems in the bus.
He always smiled when entered to the classroom and first asked to us about our well-being.
He also assisted us in the sports whenever our sports teacher was absent. He has smiling face
however very strict in the study. He always punished to the students who were with
incomplete home works. He is famous for making lots of fun during the class time however
students get good marks in his subjects. He is a teacher with good skills of teaching, friendly
nature, good sense of humor, patient and easygoing. I am one of the obedient students of
him. Sometimes he gave us chocolates on doing well in the class tests and exams. He never
gave us lots of assignments at home. He is very enthusiastic and always motivated us for doing
our best in the study.
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order to make fun and draw our attention towards study. I am not so good in the Hindi subject
however do very well in the Computer. She helps me a lot to improve my Hindi language.
After taking the class, she always gives some questions to learn and ask for next day.
She takes us to the Computer lab to make us more clear and sure about the Computer. She
wants to keep quiet in her class when she teaches. She never leaves her weak students
unclear about what she has taught. She makes everyone very clear about any topic and
motivates us to ask questions in her class. She never start next topic until we all understand
the last one very well. She is very caring and loving in nature as she takes care of all students
in the class. No one quarrel or fight in her class. She makes seating rotation of the students on
weekly basis so that no one remains weak and unhappy. My all friends like her class and
attend daily.
She supports some weak students by giving them over time outside the class. She also helps
us to solve the problems other than the study. She promotes us to take part in the sports or
other competitions organized in the school. She looks good with her smiling face and
supporting nature. She helps us to get prepared for the event celebrations in the school such
as Independence Day, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti, Teacher’s Day, Mother’s Day, etc.
Sometimes, when topics over, she shares with us about her struggle period of the life in order
to encourage us towards study. She is very friendly and easygoing teacher. We never fear with
her however respect her a lot.
She is very friendly to us and never makes us fear from her. We ask her any question related
to the subject in the class or her cabin without any fear. She watches the activity of each and
every student while teaching in the class and punishes the naughty ones. She tells us to
concentrate on the study and always follow things what your teacher says in the class if you
really want success in the life. She never makes partiality between weak and brilliant students
in the class. She supports a lot to her weak students and requests to brilliant students also to
help their weak colleagues. She tells us to be passionate about our study and aim of the life.
She is very encouraging teacher, encourages us not only in study however also in the
extracurricular activities. She cheers personally to the student doing well in the school
whether in academic or sports activities. She gives free tuition to her weak students at her
home for one hour. Each student does very well in the science subject both in the class tests
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and exams. She is also the Vice-Principal of the school. So, she performs her all the
responsibilities very well. She takes care of the cleanliness and greenery in the school campus.
She never looks serious as she has a smiling face. She keeps us happy in the school like her
own kids. She takes care of all the arrangements in the school during any event celebration or
competitions organized in the school. She talks to all the students very politely and knows well
to handle any difficult situation of the school.
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Fathers are always special for their children but for some they are a constant source
of inspiration. They go on to become heroes for their children by the way they lead their lives.
Every child loves his father but not each one of them can call him his hero. Lucky are those
whose father inspire and motivate them and they look up to them as their hero. Here are
essays on ‘My Father My Hero’ of varying lengths to help you with the topic in your exam. You
can choose any My Father My Hero essay as per the need:
Even today, his nature hasn’t changed a bit. He is appreciated for his hard working nature and
has helped his department achieve many a milestones. His boss and other colleagues always
praise him for his dedication towards work. He is equally considerate about the household
tasks. He helps my mother with the household work. He also helps us with our homework and
other assignments. He plays with us whenever he finds time and also takes us out for
recreation regularly. Apart from this, he is always ready to extend help to our neighbours and
relatives whenever there is any need.
Another quality my father possesses is that he is a believer of holistic living. He takes utmost
care of his physical health by eating right, taking proper rest and exercising and teaches us the
same. After all, a healthy body breeds a healthy mind.
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My father is my mentor, my hero and my best friend. He has been there for me at every step
in life and supported me in all my decisions. He has taught me a lot and continues to shower
his words on wisdom.
My father believes in leading a simple life. Though he earns well and can afford a luxury car
and a big bungalow. However, he still continues to live in a small flat. His needs are minimal
and he has taught us the same values. He believes in spending a good amount of his salary to
social work. He is a part of a non-profit organization that is dedicated towards providing food
and education to the underprivileged children. Every Saturday he visits these children and
distributes fruits and other eatables among them. He also gives free mathematics classes to
these students in the charity school run by the organization. Many a times, he also takes us
along. He has taught us how to share and care. I and my sister have inculcated this value from
him. We also do our bit to light up a smile on the faces of these children. This is true joy for us.
No amount of toys, holiday trips and visits to restaurants can render such a joyful feeling.
Just like my father, I also love keeping it simple. I have understood that “needs can be met but
greed cannot”. I am not keen on buying new bags, clothes and accessories every now and
then. I only buy things when I truly need them. I love accompanying my father to the places he
visits for his charity work and wish to join one such non-profit organization as I grow old.
Conclusion
I am proud of my father. He is a noble soul who is dedicated towards helping others. His
teachings and values inspire me to become a better human being.
My father is someone I look up to. He is highly qualified and is extremely dedicated towards
his work. His dedication towards the family is as much as it is towards his work and this is one
quality about him that I admire the most.
Whenever I need an advice I know whom to turn to. It is my father. Children are more
attached to their mothers and mostly share all their secrets with them. However, in my case it
is different. I share all my secrets with my father and go running to him whenever I am
confused about anything in life. He has a clear perspective about life and knows exactly how
to calm my chaotic thoughts. Whether I have a fight with my friends or am unable to
concentrate on studies or am unable to choose which co-curricular activity to go for – I know
whom to ask. He knows me extremely well and is also worldly wise and thus gives advice
keeping both his experiences and my nature in mind.
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My Father – The Backbone of Our Family
My father knows his responsibilities extremely well and never tries to escape from them. He is
constantly there for us fulfilling each and every responsibility of our family. He is like the
backbone of our family. From fulfilling our financial needs to taking care of the emotional
upheavals – he is always there standing strong besides us. I have learned a lot from this
attitude of his. He has taught us how we must all take our responsibilities seriously and fulfil
them happily. Taking inspiration from him, me and my brother also complete every little task
and responsibility assigned to us sincerely. If every member of the family takes his
responsibilities seriously then everything will remain well-coordinated. There would be less
stress and relationships would be sweeter. Unlike when people need to be reminded of their
responsibilities several times and still do not fulfil them. Children in such families suffer the
most. There are constant conflicts between family members which creates a tensed
atmosphere. I am lucky to have born in a family where people are mature enough to
understand their responsibilities and have taught us the same.
Conclusion
My father is indeed my hero. He has given us good values and brought out the best in us. He is
not just my father. He is my best friend and my hero.
We all love our parents but I am lucky that I also draw inspiration from them. I look up to my
father as a source of motivation and inspiration. He is my hero in the true sense. I admire his
love towards his family, dedication towards work and concern for the environment and people
around.
My father is a true nature lover. He loves plants and this is the reason why we have turned our
terrace into a garden. Earlier, we only had some pots kept at some distance from each other
on the terrace but now we have plants all over the place. However, his love for nature is not
just limited to gardening at home he is also involved in improving the environment by planting
more and more trees and plants in the surrounding areas. He has joined a non-profit
organization that works for making the environment clean and green. He helps the
organization to further their mission by joining them every weekend. He and his team choose
an area every week and do their best to clear the dried leaves and other waste products from
there. They hire a sweeper to help them and do whatever they can on their own. After the
cleaning drive, they plant trees and plants at suitable places in that area. Many a times he
takes us along for help.
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He was also invited to my school to sensitize the students to make the environment clean and
green. He gave lecture on the subject to help the students understand the importance of this
issue. It was a proud moment for me.
My father believes in working as a team. He does not expect my mother to do all the
household tasks and handle the kids all on her own. He helps and supports her at every step.
They both work as a team to make our house a better place to live. My father also works with
us whenever we require working on some assignment we are not much familiar with. Rather
than just giving us instructions and judging our skills from a distance he gets involved in the
same to help us learn and understand the task better. Many of my friends share that their
parents give them instructions to do certain tasks and expect them to complete them
appropriately. They do not help in the process and even scold them if the task is not done
properly. They also have set definition of the tasks that need to be done only by the females in
the house and those that the male members should take responsibility for. I am lucky my
father does not possess such a mindset. We have learned the art of working as a team from
him and this has helped us at various stages in life.
Conclusion
My father’s dedication towards making earth a better place by contributing his bit towards
improving the environment as well as his concept of working as a team are certainly two of his
best qualities. I have learned a lot from these.
My father is not just my hero but an inspiration for everyone around. Besides being a great
father, a good husband and an obedient son, he is a very noble human being. He treats
everyone alike and does not distinguish between anyone based on their caste, religion or
social status. Everyone in our family, extended family and neighbourhood talks highly about
him because of his extremely friendly and helpful nature. People come to him to seek advice
as well as for help as they know he has the solution for every problem.
Just like the heroes in the Bollywood movies my father is always ready to help everyone
around. I still remember the incident when one of my father’s colleagues fell seriously ill my
father supported his family wholeheartedly. His colleague’s family was not financially well off.
He was the only earning member in the family. His parents and wife were not only financially
dependent on him but also did not know how to deal with the hospital formalities and other
stuff. My father helped them during their hour of need. He used to spend hours in the hospital
helping his colleague’s family with the hospital formalities. He also arranged for money for his
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colleague’s treatment. He contributed whatever he could and requested his other office
colleague’s to contribute for the cause. He served as an inspiration for others. Many of his
colleagues came forward to contribute their bit for the treatment. Soon, the funds were met
and the treatment was completed. I remember the day when that colleague and his family
visited our family after his recovery and thanked my father with all their heart. This incident
has left a mark on my heart. I feel proud of my father whenever I think of it.
My father has taught me how we must be ready to help those around us and how a little help
from us can make a difference in other people’s life.
Another quality of my father that I truly admire is that he is very hard working. He is
appreciated for his hard work and dedication at work. He won several awards during his
school and college days and this inspires me to work hard and earn appreciation too. Even in
his office he has won the employee of the year award, most hardworking team member
award and many other accreditation. I have seen him working for hours whenever his work
demands. At times, he even works on holidays. However, this does not mean that he ignores
his family and gives priority to his work. He knows how to maintain work life balance and we
love this thing about him.
Many of my friends share that their fathers are extremely engrossed in their office tasks. They
come home late from work and also have to go out with colleagues on the weekends. But I am
lucky that my father values his personal relationships as much as his work. He does not take
his family for granted. He makes sure he comes home on time and spends time with us. He
also takes us out regularly. Besides, he helps my mother with small household tasks to share
her load.
Conclusion
My father is very clear about the fact that family comes first. So, even though he is always
ready to help others and is extremely dedicated towards his office work he does not ignore us
in the event. He in fact, involves us in many of his tasks instead of leaving us behind waiting
for him. This helps in two ways. We stay close to him and also learn from his good deeds.
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Father essay given below according to their class standard:
He is the good adviser in my family, every family member takes advice from him whenever
they get problem. He is the head of the family and always takes first seat while eating food at
dining table.
He takes us out of the home every Sunday morning in the park or other favourite places to
make our holiday a happy holiday. We take delicious breakfast at every Sunday morning and
be together whole day with lots of activities. Sometimes we go to the picnic or famous
sightseeing for long time with all family members. In my winter and summer vacations, my
father takes us (me, my sister, mom and grandparents) to the hill stations, seaside and hotels
for some rest or recreations.
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My father is very lovely father of the world. He is my real hero, best friend, my inspiration and
best person of my life I ever seen. He is the person who helps me a lot in getting prepared for
the school, getting rise of the bed and getting my home work done well. He always cares for
me and calls to my mom in the afternoon to know that whether I have come from school at
right time or not. He is very healthy, fit, happiest, peaceful and punctual person. He always
goes to the office at right time and teaches us too to go to school at right time. He teaches us
the value of time in the life and says that if one wastes his/her time, time ruin his/her life.
He is very nice person and helps my neighbours in their difficult time. He loves, cares and
respects my mom always and never quarrel her. He always supports her and helps sometime
in the kitchen during her illness. He respects and loves my grandparents and teaches us to
care for them. He tells us that old people are like God for us, we should care, love and respect
them. We should never avoid old persons in their difficult time as this time comes in
everyone’s life once. He tells us that we should always help needy people of any age group all
though the life according to our status. He takes 15 mins of us every day to tell us about the
ethics and other good habits.
He never thinks to be back in helping needy people and always ready to help them especially
old people. He is my best friend and discusses my all problems. Whenever I become fed up, he
ask me the reason very peacefully and takes me to the top floor, let me sit in his side, keep his
hand on my shoulder and discuss his own experiences of life, his faults an drawbacks including
his success in order to make me realize that what I am doing wrong or right. He teaches us
about ethics of the life and importance of elders and the life time. He tells us that we should
never make any person unhappy in our life and always help needy people especially old
people.
He always cares of my grandparents and tells us that old people are like precious assets of the
home, without them we are like children without mother and fish without water. He always
gives very good examples to make us understand anything very easily. At every weekend
means at Sunday, he takes us outside of the home to the park for picnic where we all enjoy a
lot by having some outdoor activities and sports. We generally play badminton as an outdoor
game and carom board as an indoor game.
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The person I admire ever in my life is only my lovely father. I still remember all my childhood
memories with my father. He was the real reason of my happiness and joy. What I am is
because of him as my mother was always busy in the kitchen and other household activities
and it was my father who has joy with me and my sister. I understand he is very unique Dad in
the world. I am feeling of being so lucky to have such father in my life. I always praise to god
to give me such opportunity to take birth in the family with good father.
He is very polite and peaceful person. He never scolded me and takes my all mistakes very
easily and makes me realise my all mistakes very politely. He is the boss of my family and
helps each and every family member to take good decision in the bad time. He always shares
his life drawbacks and achievements with me to let us know. He has his own business of online
marketing but never force me to do go in the same field or attract me towards his own
business instead he always promote to do what I want in my life. He is really a good dad not
because he helps me but because of his knowledge, strength, helping nature and most
importantly his way of handling people.
He always respects his parents means my grandparents and cares for them all time. I still
remember that when I was little, my grandparents were generally talked to me about my
father naughtiness in his childhood but they told me that your father is very good person in his
life, be like him. It is my father who wants to see everyone happy in the family and always asks
whenever anyone becomes sad and solves his/her problems. He loves and cares my mom and
suggests her to take rest when she gets tired of doing all the household chores. My dad is my
inspiration, he always becomes ready to help me in my school tasks and even go to every PTM
to discuss my behaviour and performance in the class.
My father was born in very poor family however currently he is one of the richest people in
the city because of his patience, hard works and helping nature. My friends generally tell me
so lucky of being the son of such father. I usually laugh on such type of comments and tell my
father, he also laughs and says that what they are telling is not true but the truth is that I am
so lucky to have son like you. He tells me that, my son always be what you want and always
believe in you.
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ESSAY ON MOTHER’S LOVE – ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
A mother is the person who plays most important role in every one’s life. No one can take
place of her. Being a mother is the best feeling a woman can have ever in her whole life.
Mother is the one who can do her best for giving her child each and every comfort. At
different stages, a child tries to learn life’s lessons under his or her mother’s guidance.
Mother’s love for her child is beyond any one’s expectations. Mother can easily identify each
desire of her child even when her child is not able to speak properly.
Behind a person’s success, the most efforts who put, is the only one, the mother. Mother’s
love can change that wrong way on which her child has started to move. Her love easily turns
her child into the right way of truth and honesty. This is the power of mother’s love.
It is a kind of sweet connection between child and mother that if child gets hurt mother feels
the pain. A mother feels intolerable pain when she gives birth to her child but when she only
saw her child’s face she forgets all the pain and trouble. This is the greatness of a mother.
God’s best creation on the universe is Mother. We always heard from our elders or written in
the ancient books, that God can’t go everywhere or can’t be available with everyone, so they
have created Mother. Mother has all the quality such as caring, sweet, selfless love, patience,
forgiveness, kindness, simplicity, perseverance etc.
When the child born, this is the Mother who understand all the requirement of child as their
relation are developed since child was inside her. Not only mother who gave birth is important
while who brought up is also important. As Lord Krishna was having two mothers, one who
had given him birth “Devki” and another foster-mother “Yashoda” who take care of him
during his childhood. Both mothers have same love and affection towards Krishna. It is the
quality of mother, she never differentiate between own kid and other kid, she always give love
and affection to other kids also.
Mother is the first teacher for the child who teaches about good or bad things of life. She also
prepares her child for future struggle of life and guides them to become a good human being.
She is so kind hearted that she easily forgives her child for any wrong doing.
As we can’t compare the delivery pain of mother with any other pain in world, similarly we
can’t compare the affection of mother towards her child with any other love in world.
Conclusion
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One person in the whole world has same importance i.e. Mother. She has same respect
whether you are of any country, any caste or any religion. In Hindi, we always heard “Putra
Kuputra ho sakta hain, lekin Mata Kumata nahi ho sakti”. It means “Son can do any worse with
Mother, but Mother can never think any wrong about her child” and it’s always true.
Mother is the synonyms of care, sacrifice or selflessness. Mother’s love to their child can’t be
compare with any love in the world. For a child, mother is so special that it is difficult to
express in words. The bond between a child and mother are so strong that nobody can break
it.
When a child born; it is the mother who easily understands the feelings or requirements of her
child. She spends every second around her child for fulfilling his all needs. Since childhood our
mother keeps telling us what is wrong and what is right in manner to build us as a good
human being and also encourage us to do good things in life. She loves and cares us without
any personal greed.
Mother always understood our problems even if we are not sharing with her. She boosts the
confidence in us to overcome the problem. She always stands with us during happiness or
sadness. Mothers work round the clock without any complaints to keep us happy. She always
first thinks about her family members without fulfilling her own desires.
We should always thankful to God for giving unique qualities to Mothers such as caring,
helping nature, sacrificing, forgiving, and always putting others before themselves. A mother
changes house into home and create environment of home to live happily. She is the first
teacher for her child and she not only teaches about academic but also behaviour lessons.
Mother manages the home without any leave or break throughout her life. She wakeup early
in the morning and does all the jobs at home till midnight without any complaints. If she is ill
then also she doesn’t complain and do all jobs. She never asked for any favour for doing jobs.
She always remain happy and create the atmosphere of home lively so that when someone
come from office or shop feel relaxed at home.
Conclusion
Being a mother it is become a responsibility to shape and maintain her child’s character. If
someone does wrong blame totally comes to his mother. To make her child as gentle person,
a mother does all best things that she can do. Mother’s love is like blessing of your worship.
Never hurt her she is the one who spends sleepless night when you were ill.
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ESSAY ON POWER OF MOTHER’S LOVE – ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
Mother, the ultimate human creation by god is not only an ordinary woman but a super
woman in herself. She cares for her child throughout her life without any expectations but just
have one hope that her child gets all the happiness and his dreams come true.
Fragrance of a mother can easily be recognised by her new born child. Since the birth a child is
being observed by his mother. For providing child all comforts she does all needful. All
mothers are pure by heart and want all best things in their child’s life whether it is any toy,
clothing, education and the values.
Definition of mother is something like sweet and innocent, caring and loving, nice and warm.
Everyone who has mother is the luckiest person in world as he or she knows what mother’s
love and its importance. A mother is that special gift which a person gets directly by god. It is
only the relation which can’t be replaced by any other relation. Sometime a mother becomes
strict to her child only for their better future which shows the hidden love behind her anger.
This is another sweetness of mother’s love.
Though a day has been set for celebrating mother’s day but we need to celebrate it any time
any day as her efforts are priceless which helps us in being a successful and gentle person in
life. No one in whole word is our true well-wisher except our parents and the mother is
connected with us through the heart. She teaches us those moral values which always help us
in the journey of life.
Motherhood is the best part of life a lady can have. It is a full time job without any salary but it
worth’s a lot for a child. Mother’s love is something that can feel, mothers love is like blessing
by god, mothers love is everything. People who escape from love of their mothers are really
very unfortunate.
As we know both parents are important in life but the role of mother is all time superior. She
wakes up early in the morning and till midnight she keeps fulfilling all family members’
requirements including other house hold works. Mother’s love for us is unlimited,
unconditional and unforgettable for a child which gives him power to face each tough
situation which comes in life. Mother’s love is so sweet that desire only her child’s happiness
no matter what her age and what her child’s age.
Conclusion
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We as a child always take our mother for granted but without her our life becomes worthless.
She is the one who always keeps her eyes on us that we don’t get involved in any bad habit or
troubled by anyone. First teacher is mother for any child and if he keeps learning life’s lessons
under her guidance nothing can stop him in achieving the heights of success.
Mother’s love is sweet, innocent, loving, caring and sometime with full of worries. This simple
word ‘MAA’ has so much power in itself that can remove all pains if a child gets hurt. Mother’s
love denotes that power which helps a child to overcome all difficulties or tough situations. I
have influenced by my mother in various ways as she plays various role in my life like a friend,
a companion, a mentor and a teacher. Let’s describe little bit:
After birth a child finds his mom as first friend who plays with him along with extra care and
nourishment. She interacts with her child as a friend and keeps watching all her child’s
activities. A mother never feels tired while playing with her child and always fulfils all his
demands without thinking of her. A mother is like an angel for her child.
Mother as a Mentor
Without any expectation a mother keep on working for the betterment of her child. She plays
all roles including mom like a mentor, a teacher, a friend, a caretaker. She loves her child more
than any other thing in this world but sometime she becomes little strict towards her child for
making him capable to fight with different circumstances comes in life. His life is full of
challenges and we need to face them on every stage. Mother gives us that power with which
we become able to accept them and get success.
Mother as a Caretaker
A Mother always want best for her child and never compromise in anything related to her
child. Parents protect their child from any difficult situation and provide him all comfort that
they can afford. Mothers love is not only about pampering her child but also about letting her
child know the moral and cultural values. A person’s character shows his or her upbringing
level that completely depends on the lessons learnt by their mom. A good upbringing makes
the better future of a person and a mother does excellent job to give best future for her child.
Mother is a female parent and role of a mother is much superior then father. She converts a
house into home; she works as a superwoman because to keep managing house hold works
and to fulfil all family members’ requirement on time is not easy task at all. If we talk on
working ladies than we can’t even imagine how she would manages all things together. I am
proud of my mother who has nurtures me along with doing job and also managing home
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properly.
Mother as a Mother
Mother’s love is pure and divine. Mother’s love is something that never dies even it grows day
by day. This relation of mother and child is full of emotions. It needs no expectations and no
demands. She gives us birth after bearing unlimited pain and nurtures us with care and love
throughout the life. Generally after growing up we ignore all her sacrifices and efforts. It is
very unfortunate that some selfish people leave their mother in old age homes when they
become old and week. They forget how much efforts their parents have put for making them
established and successful.
Conclusion
Mother is a precious gift by God which we need to keep with love and care. People who have
their mother are very fortunate. She does her job of motherhood with pure heart and
complete devotion. It is very common to say that ‘mom you don’t understand’ but in reality
mother knows each and every thing about her child. The level of parent is equal to God and
thus respect your mother god will always with you.
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Mother also acts as a mentor or guide, introducing the world to her off springs, at the same
time ensuring their well being. The love of a mother knows no bounds and surprisingly animals
too display a strong sense of motherhood. Sometimes a woman, who is not biologically
related to the children, but nevertheless feeds and nurtures them, is also referred to as the
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mother.
She is the one who spends her sleepless nights during our sickness and other bad days. She
happily involves in our happy moments and understands our each and every likes and dislikes.
She always guides us to go ahead at right path and do right things in the life. She is our first
teacher who teaches us at every step of life. She teaches us to always be in discipline, behave
in well manners and make us understand about our roles and responsibilities towards family,
society and country.
A mother is very ordinary woman who never considers her own happiness in front of her kids.
She always shows her interests in our every activity and laugh. She has a selfless soul and very
kind heart full of lots of love and care. She is a woman with strong willpower who always
teaches us of how to face the toughest challenges of the life. She always inspires us to achieve
good things in our life by overcoming all the hardships of the life. She is the first teacher of
everyone whom teachings are always proved to be precious and valuable all through the life.
A mother is the first, foremost and best friend of everyone’s life as no one can be true and real
like her. She is the one and the only person who always stands with us in all our good and bad
times. She always cares and loves us more than anyone in her life. She always gives us first
priority in her life and gives us the glimpse of hope in our bad times. The day we are born, it is
our mother who becomes happy more than anyone else. She knows all our reasons of
happiness and sadness and tries to make us happy every time.
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Bond of Love between Mother and Child
There is a special bond which exists between mother and her child which can never be ended.
A mother could never decrease her love and care towards her children and always gives equal
amount of love and care to every kid of her but we all kids together can never give her a little
love and care like her in her old age. Even then she never understands us wrong and forgives
us like a small child. She understands each and every activity of ours and we can never fool her
easily.
Conclusion
A mother never wants us to get hurt by anyone and teaches us to behave well with others. In
order to pay attention and pay thankfulness to the mothers, May 13th has been declared as
Mother’s Day which is celebrated every year. No one pay even a single role in our life as a
mother. We too must always take care of our mother all through the life.
A mother is only person in everyone’s life who can never be replaced in our hearts. She is just
like Mother Nature who only knows to give without taking anything in return. We see her
from the first moment of our life when we open our eyes in this world however we feel her
nine months before in her womb. The first word of us becomes mom whenever we start
speaking. She is our first love, first teacher and first friend in this world. When we are born we
are unable to do anything however it is she who makes us grow and develop in her arms. She
helps us to understand this world.
A mother is always available for her child and nurtures him like God. If there is any God on the
earth, it is our mother. No one can care and love us like our mothers and no one can do
sacrifice like her. She is the best woman of our life whose place can never be replaced by
anyone in the future. Even after being tired she is always ready for us to do anything like a
tireless person. She gets up early morning, prepares breakfast and gives us lunch and water
bottle without being late a single day.
Conclusion
She waits for us in the afternoon at the door after doing all the daily chores. She prepares a
delicious dinner in the night and always takes care of our likes and dislikes. She helps us in
doing our homework and project. She never gets tired giving lots of love and care like ocean
can never be water less. She is unique and the only one in the whole universe whom nothing
can replace. She is the true solution for our small and big problems. She is one who never says
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anything bad to her child and always takes side of her child.
Nothing in this world can compare with the true love and care of our mother. She is the one
and only woman of our life who loves and cares us so much without any personal intention of
her. A child is everything for a mother. She always encourages us to do any hard things in the
life whenever we become helpless. She is a good listener and listens everything bad or good
whatever we say. She never restricts and limits us to any limitation. She makes us able to
differentiate between good or bad.
True love is another name of a mother which only a mother can have. From the time we come
in her womb, take birth and throughout her life in this world, she gives us tireless care and
love. Nothing is precious than a mother which one can be blessed by the God thus we should
always thankful to the God. She is the embodiment of true love, care and sacrifices. She is the
one who turns a house into a sweet home by giving birth to us.
She is the one who starts our schooling at home and becomes our first and lovely teacher of
our life. She teaches us behavioural lessons and true philosophies of life. She loves and takes
care of us from the existence of our life in this world from her womb and throughout our life.
She gives birth to us after bearing lots of pain and struggle but in turn she always gives us love.
There is no love in this world which is so lasting, strong, selfless, pure and devoted. She is the
one who brings lights in our life by removing all the darkness.
Conclusion
Mother tells us about mythological tales, stories about the God and Goddess and other
historical stories of king and queen. She is always very anxious about our health, education,
future and safety from strangers. She always leads us towards right direction in the life and
most importantly she scatters true happiness in our life. She makes us strong human being
mentally, physically, socially and intellectually from a small and incapable child. She always
takes side of us and prays to God for our wellness and bright future all through the life even
after we make her sad sometimes. It is also rightly said that God could not be everywhere so
he created mother.
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15. Essay on Love
Love is a beautiful feeling. A person who has a loving heart is always ready to help
others. He is loved by everyone around as what we give out is what we receive. So, if we give
love we get love in return and it has the power to make our life beautiful.
Here are essay on Love of varying lengths to help you with the topic in your exam. You can
select any love essay as per your choice and need:
Love is an emotion that we all yearn for. Right from the day we are born we crave love. Little
babies who just enter this world are unaware about what goes on around here. If there is one
thing that they understand, it is love. They understand nothing else but love and crave for it.
They long to be with their parents and grandparents as they can feel the love and warmth by
their touch and behaviour. They hesitate and cry when a stranger picks them as the love
quotient is lower or at times not there at all.
The mother-child relationship is said to be the strongest. The sole reason for it is love. There is
immense love involved. The mother loves the child selflessly and the later reciprocates this
love. As we grow up, we make friends, are introduced to teachers, relatives, neighbours and
many other people. What is it that draws or repels us from a person? It is his nature. A person
with a kind and loving nature is loved by all.
For instance, a teacher who is loving and supporting is loved by the students while one who is
harsh is not liked by anyone. Similarly, we love those relatives who love us and treat us nicely.
We look forward to meet them and feel happy in their company.
Thus, love is the basis of every relationship. A place where people love each other is peaceful
and beautiful.
Introduction
Love and affection are often used simultaneously. These are both essential to build long
lasting relationships. Relationships those have love and affection along with other things such
as mutual trust, honesty and care are the best relationships. These emotions are not only
essential for romantic relationships but to strengthen familial bond and friendships too.
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Difference between Love and Affection
Love and affection are two different emotions though they often overlap. While affection can
be defined as a liking for another person owing to the qualities he/ she possesses love is a
deeper emotion. Loving a person means accepting them with all their vice and virtues. It
involves caring for them and standing by them during their thick and thin.
True love is selfless and pure. It does not demand anything in return. However, a relationship
where the flow of giving and receiving love is in equal balance lasts longer and is more
satisfying.
Just as love is essential to build a long lasting relationship so is affection. Love without
affection can make any relationship dull and lifeless. Showing affection towards the other
person is of utmost importance. This is true for every relationship. It is the key to a happy
relationship. For instance, parents love their children. They make sacrifices and fulfill all their
duties and responsibilities towards their children selflessly out of their love for them.
However, merely paying the children’s school fee, buying dresses for them and cooking food
for them is not enough. Children long for love and affection. In order to develop a strong
parent-child bond it is essential to spend time with them, listen to them, give them attention
and make them feel loved.
Conclusion
Where there is love there is affection and where there is affection there is room for love to
penetrate. Love and affection often coincide and depend on each other. Both are essential for
a loving and fulfilling relationship.
Introduction
Love is the basis of a happy family life. It brings the family members closer to each other and
creates a strong bond. It is natural for us to have an inherent love for our family members.
Whether this love grows with time or the relationships turns bitter depends largely on how
well the elders in the family nurture their children.
Parent-child bond is one of the deepest and strongest bonds. This is because is it based on
pure love. Parents love their children with all their heart. On the other hand, children feel the
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closest to their parents. They cannot imagine their life without their parents. Parents help and
support their children at every step in life. They may be strict with their children and may even
scold them at times. However, it is all for the good of their children. All these emotions are
born out of love.
Grandparents shower immense love and affection on their grandchildren. They love their
grandchildren with all their heart and always look forward to spend time with them. The
bonding between grandparents and grandchildren is impeccable. This is because the love
between them is limitless. Grandparents can go to any extent to make their grandchildren
smile. They always want to see their little ones happy.
Everything they do reflects their love for their grandchildren. Grandmothers are more than
happy to prepare delicious food for their grandchildren while grandfathers take them out for
walk and share their experiences to help them become more aware and able in life.
Grandchildren respect their grandparents because of their love for them and not because of
fear. This is a true mark of respect.
No matter how much the siblings fight with each other, they love one another dearly. This can
clearly be seen when an outsider behaves rudely with their siblings. Siblings share a deep
bond and are inseparable. The bond grows deeper as they grow up. They are always there for
each other.
The parents play an important role here. It is the duty of the parents to help their children
bond well with each other. There are some families where there is sibling rivalry. This can
largely be attributed to bad parenting or unintentional negligence on the part of the parents.
Conclusion
A family where love blooms is an ideal family. Children raised in a loving atmosphere develop
a loving nature and spread love and joy all around while those who are raised in dysfunctional
families turn bitter towards everything in life.
Introduction
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lived as they do not render happiness.
Love is a beautiful and intense emotion that has the power to bring people closer and bind
them together. Here is how love impacts people and relationships:
Parent-Child Relationship
Parents are known to love their children selflessly and limitlessly. However, not every child is
lucky enough to have been blessed with loving and caring parents. Some parents are so self
absorbed that all they think about is themselves. They care about their career and social life
more than their children. Children feel neglected in families where both the parents are self
engrossed. Lack of love hampers their growth and development. Children who are loved are
more joyous and content. Besides, they develop a deep bond with their parents.
Similarly, parents need love and attention as they grow old. Lack of it can affect their physical
as well as mental health negatively.
Sibling Relationships
Love is of utmost importance among siblings. Siblings who truly love each other are there to
support one another at every step. They develop a sense of security as they know someone is
always there to stand by them. On the other hand, sibling rivalry develops when there is lack
of love in this relationship.
Romantic Relationships
Romantic relationships are born out of love. Love keeps them alive and the lack of it can be
quite frustrating. Couples often drift apart as love among them begins to fade.
Friendship
Friendship born out of love is the strongest. Many people become friends with others because
of their social standing or have other selfish motifs. Such friendships do not last long as the
true intention of the person is revealed soon. Only those friendships that are based on love
last long.
While love forms the basis of any relationship, the feeling of love alone is not enough for a
happy relationship. There are a number of other things that are needed to nurture a
relationship. For instance, parents must render a feeling of safety and security to their
children besides loving them dearly. This can be achieved only when they fulfil all their
responsibilities properly. The children on the other hand must not only love their parents but
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also respect and obey them to build a healthy relationship.
Similarly, in a romantic relationship, love coupled with trust can build a strong and long lasting
relationship. Love without trust can make one feel vulnerable.
We feel love for some people and are naturally drawn to them. This is how we make friends,
build romantic relationships and connect with our neighbours and extended family members.
Getting into different relationships is easy however maintaining them is difficult. Relationships
can last long only if we add a dash of other emotions along with love. Humour, trust, honesty,
care, kindness and respect are some of these emotions.
Conclusion
Love brings people closer and has the power to make any relationship beautiful. We must
recognise the importance of love and never hesitate to express it in relationships.
Introduction
As soon as the word nature is mentioned, the images of trees, mountains, valleys and rivers
pop up into our mind. Nature encompasses all the beautiful things available naturally without
any human intervention. We too are a part of the nature. Being in the natural surroundings
full of tress, plants and other marvels of nature such as sea, mountain and river is a joyous
experience. Man’s love for nature can very well be seen by his longing to visit hill stations and
other places that boast of beautiful natural surroundings.
Nature is beautiful. The snow covered mountains, the green valleys, the spectacular
waterfalls, the ever-so-beautiful moon, the calm night sky and the restless sea – these are all
breathtaking. The beauty of these natural wonders is loved by all. People visit far and wide to
view nature’s beauty. While everyone appreciates nature and wishes to spend time in the
beautiful natural surroundings not everyone has the ability to be one with it.
One can experience the true beauty and power of nature only by being one with it. True love
for nature works on a deeper level. Nature loves us as much as we love nature. Somebody
who becomes one with nature can experience the true joy of life. Being one with the nature
helps connect with our own self. It enlightens and empowers us. It has the power to help us
recognize and understand our purpose of life.
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Nature Loves Selflessly and Abundantly
We love our family and friends. We are there for them in the hour of need and try to do the
best we can to help them. However, often we get disappointed when we do not get as much
love and care in return. It is quite natural to feel this way. However, such expectations and
feelings of being left out often ruins relationships.
Many times, people break their ties with their loved ones. Sibling rivalries, divorce cases and
estranged family relationships are mostly a result of unfulfilled expectations. While it is alright
to expect however we must not hold grudges against people who do not come up to our
expectations.
Here, we can take a cue from the nature. Nature gives from an abundant heart. It does not
worry about receiving anything in return. The sun rises every day, the wind blows carrying the
pollens from one place to another without worrying about whether they will sprout or not,
rain falls without thinking whether the rain water would be wasted or put to good use and the
trees give us shade without thinking about whether we would return the favour by watering
them.
Just like nature, we must also spread love and joy in abundance. We must love others
selflessly without worrying about whether they will love us back with same intensity. We must
do our bit and not stress about the behaviour of others.
Nature loves us abundantly and we all claim that we love it too. But do we really love nature
or are we just attracted to its beauty? If we truly loved nature we would not spoil it. The fact is
that we are deteriorating our natural surroundings with every passing day. The increasing
levels of air, land, water and other forms of pollution are causing extreme damage to our
beautiful nature.
If we truly love nature, we must do our bit to keep our surroundings clean and bring down the
pollution level.
Conclusion
Nature renders positive energy and helps us rejuvenate. It renders strength and makes the
world beautiful. It is sad that we human beings are ruining our beautiful natural surroundings
in the name of development. We must show our love for nature by maintaining its beauty.
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16. Essay on Importance of Friends in our Life
Friends give us emotional support, they help us during difficult times and make us feel special.
Blessed are those who have true friends in life. Here are some essays on Importance of
Friends in our Life of varying lengths. You can choose any Importance of Friends in our Life
essay as per the need:
Friends are extremely important for everyone. Whether it is a toddler, a teenager, a middle
aged person or an old person – everyone needs good friends around to live life to the fullest.
During childhood, friendship helps in making us understand and develop the habit of sharing
and caring. Small kids develop friendship faster and enjoy the company of their friends. They
play and learn together. Friends are important for their proper growth and development. As
teenagers, friends become all the more important for us. We go through numerous emotional,
physical and mental changes during our teenage. Many of the problems faced during this age
cannot be discussed with our parents and other family members. However, we are quite
comfortable sharing these with our friends. Having good friends who can listen to our issues
and provide us support and guidance are indeed a blessing during this age.
We have all heard about mid-life crisis. More and more people these days are suffering from
this problem. Their family, job, kids and almost everyone and everything around begins to
appear as a burden to them at this age. Having good friends around at this time can help in
bringing about positivity amid this emotional upheaval. Friends are equally important during
old age. With the growing nuclear family system couples are left alone during their old age. If
they have friends around, their life remains joyful and interesting instead of becoming dull.
Introduction
Friends form an essential part of our lives. Life becomes more enjoyable and bearable when
we have good friends around. Even one real friend can bring about a positive change in our
life. Here is why friends are important:
Support
True friends are extremely supportive of each other. They support one another at various
levels. They help in bringing out the best in each other by extending help when it comes to
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studies and other activities. My friends are always ready to share their notes with me
whenever I miss out any class. This is a great help for me. They also act as an emotional
support. Whenever I am down emotionally, I turn to my best friend. She knows how to calm
me and support me at such a time.
Guidance
Good friends are also our best guides. They are there to guide us at every step. Whenever I
need advice regarding handling my relationships, managing my studies or participating in
other activities my friends are there to guide me. They are also there to guide me whenever I
break down emotionally. They help me look at the positives in life and shun the negativity.
Enjoyment
There is no denying the fact that having friends makes life more fun and enjoyable. Being
around friends is extremely fun and exciting. I love going out on trips with friends. While I
enjoy family trips too however the enjoyment on trips planned with friends is simply
unmatched. Partying with friends, gossiping with them for hours, going for shopping and
movies with them and indulging in crazy activities that only your group can understand is all
extremely fun.
Conclusion
I am lucky to have a crazy bunch of friends whose level of craziness matches mine all the way.
They make my life amazing and so full of life.
Introduction
Friendship is known to be the most beautiful relationship in the world. We choose our friends
on our own unlike our family members and relatives who form a part of our lives whether or
not we want them to. A person who has a bunch of good friends around is happier than those
who don’t.
If you have even one good friend in life, you will know what I mean. Among other things, I
cherish my friends for extending emotional support. There are numerous instances in life
when we get emotional and just want to talk our heart out to somebody. There are many
things that we cannot share with our parents and siblings for the fear of hurting them or
invoking their anger. This is when we can turn to our friends. Good friends are always there to
listen to you endlessly. They are there for you during your difficult times when you have an
emotional outburst. Sometimes, all we need is someone who can listen to us without passing
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any judgement and forming any opinions about us. This type of comfort level is only found in
friends. They listen to us and help us get over that emotional phase.
I remember the times when I have an argument with my mother or sister or get a scolding
from my father or teacher for some reason, it becomes very difficult for me to concentrate on
my studies until the things resolve. All I keep thinking about is that I should not have said or
done things that led to such a situation. I almost break emotionally and go on a guilt trip.
These are the times when I need my friends the most. I turn to them for advice to get things
sorted. At times, their advice works at times it doesn’t. However, just venting out my feelings
in front of them can make me feel much better. I know that I have someone whom I can fall
back on whenever I am faced with an emotional situation. They may or may not be able to
alter the situation however at least they help me overcome that guilty feeling by reminding
me that I am just a human being and that I do not have to be too harsh on myself.
Conclusion
I am lucky I have some really amazing friends around. They are my pillar of strength and as
important to me as my family. Without them my life would have been extremely dull.
Introduction
It is rightly said, “True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have
friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island”. Friendship is indeed very
important in our lives. True friends are blessings from God. They make our life worth living.
It has been observed that when there are two children of the same age group in a house, they
grow and develop faster at various levels as compared to single child in a family. This is
because they share similar interests, indulge in similar activities, play, enjoy and learn from
each other. However, unfortunately, in today’s time, most families have single child. Most kids
are left alone with maids or with their mother who are already loaded with numerous other
responsibilities that they are unable to give enough attention to their kids. This hampers their
physical as well as mental growth. While the nuclear family system has become the need of
the hour, we can ensure proper growth of the toddlers by helping them build friendships.
Parents must take their toddlers to parks where they can find kids of the same age. Being
around kids of their own age is a delightful experience for them. They play, learn and grow the
right way when they are surrounded with friends.
This is also one of the main reasons for the establishment of so many play schools these days.
Kids who are sent to play schools learn to share and care and grow better. They are better
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prepared to take on the regular school as compared to those who do not attend play school.
Earlier there was joint family system. People lived with their extended families and rejoiced
every occasion with them. They helped and supported each other with various tasks. Friends
were still important and their presence added to the overall mood of every occasion. Besides,
there are always numerous things that one cannot share with his/her family member but can
easily share with friends. However, the growing nuclear family system has made people realise
the importance of friends all the more. Not just the young couples and kids, the old men and
women also feel the need to have a good friends circle. Old people these days are left alone as
their children move out for professional and personal reasons. Those who have a good friends
circle can survive well even after their children get busy with their lives on the other hand
those who do not have friends often feel lonely and get into depression or incur other such
illnesses.
So, people belonging to the older generation, these days, seriously need some good friends.
Many clubs and societies have been formed to help old people bond with each other.
Conclusion
While friends are extremely important for kids in their growing age as well as for the older
generation, people from other age groups also need the gift of friendship as much. Friends
teach us a lot in life and make us stronger. They are as important as our family.
Introduction
Friends make our lives special. If you do not have friends then you merely exist, you don’t live
in the true sense. The importance of friendship has been emphasized time and again and the
concept is not overrated.
There is a lot of competition in corporate offices these days. People need to work for long
hours, go to work on the weekends and even require going on official tours regularly. There is
a lot of work pressure and life can become extremely stressful in such a situation. However,
not when there are friends at work. When you find friends in your colleagues, your workplace
becomes an interesting place and you look forward to go to your office. You know that there
are people around who are going through the same amount of work pressure and stress.
Conversing with them, venting out your feelings about work environment and taking and
giving them tips on how to handle work pressure can make you feel much better.
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You need emotional support when your boss shouts at you for some reason or doesn’t grant
you leave or sets unrealistic targets for you. Having friends at office can help in lowering stress
caused due to such reasons as they understand your situation best. Office then doesn’t just
remains a place to immerse yourself in work or take instructions from your boss it becomes
livelier. It has been seen that those who have friends at office tend to stick to the organization
for long and take fewer leaves.
However, in the corporate world people often make friends with selfish motifs. So, before
sharing any important information or getting emotionally attached with your colleagues
turned friends you must ensure that they are genuinely interested in your friendship and not
because being with you benefits them in some way.
Imagine what kind of a person you will become if your life only involves going to the school
and coming back home, if all you do at school is study and stay confined to your home with
minimum interaction with the outside world? Your life will become extremely dull and boring.
Many people these days lead such a life as they grow old. This is especially so with the
housewives who stay confined to their homes most of the times and do not make friendships
outside. This way they lose confidence. They become socially awkward and eventually do not
like going out and mingling with people even when they get a chance. Many of them even get
into depression. Having friends makes life worth living. They also help in enhancing our
personality. People who are surrounded by friends are emotionally strong. They are also more
confident as compared to those who do not have strong friendships. This is because they have
people around to discuss issues, vent out their feelings, seek advice and go out.
Hostel life is considered to be the best time in a person’s life and this is mainly because they
are surrounded by friends during this time. Friends can be extremely fun to be around. This is
the reason why a place where we are away from family, all on our own can also appear good.
The importance of friends can be felt at this time and having good friends around can be a
blessing. Most of the friendship bonds formed in hostels last a lifetime. Friends are there to
provide emotional support to each other. They cheer us up when we feel low, help us with the
studies, travel for kilometers with us for shopping and indulge in various fun activities.
Conclusion
Friends are an essential part of our lives. They add vibrancy to our lives. Without friends life
can be quite dull and boring.
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17. Essay on Importance of Family
Family is the first and the most basic connection that we make in our lives.
Everything else springs from that connection or the lack thereof. Family is also the building
block of society and therefore civilization.
If one looks at the strict definition of family, it is the people you share genetic material with,
the ones who are related to you by birth. This starts with your immediate family – your
mother, your father or your parents and your siblings. Then there is your extended family –
grandparents, uncles and aunts and cousins. This strict definition, however, doesn’t cover
every aspect of family. Marriage, for example, is one of the most common ways to join a
family. Adoption is another. The one fact that cannot be denied is that the family is important.
Importance of Family
Regardless of what form family might take for you, one thing is certain – family shapes us. Our
family is our first introduction to the world. It is also our first interaction with it. We learn the
most basic and the most important social skills from our family. In addition, we also fulfil our
emotional needs through them. Human beings are social animals, something that means that
it is not possible for us to lead entirely solitary lives. Modern life is tough and stressful.
Handling it becomes a lot easier if you have a support system behind you. That support system
is your family.
Conclusion
Love them or hate them, families are a very essential part of our lives. They play crucial roles
in teaching us how to deal with the world. Without a family, an individual’s identity isn’t ever
complete.
While the strict definition of family states family as being those people who are biologically
related to you, in real life the term is much vaster than that. Families can come in many
formats – from the traditional nuclear family to those in which children are raised by relatives
to same-sex partners with their children. Many people turn to their friends for love and
support and, therefore, consider them their real families. Regardless of what each one of us
defines as family, one thing is pretty certain – we need our family.
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Why Family is Important to Me
One of the main reasons family is essential to me is that we provide support and security for
each other. This doesn’t only mean financial support but also emotional support. The
knowledge that should something go wrong with my life, I won’t be alone makes me feel
much more confident and ready to face the world.
Another reason family is very important to me is that they are the ones who love and
understand me. Everyone has emotional needs. We are a species as reliant on our emotions
as our intellect. For our well-being, both mental and physical, we need emotional connect. My
family provides that to me in spades. They understand why I do the things I do and love me
anyway. My family gives me unconditional love.
My family also gives me the feeling that I belong somewhere. They give me my roots. Knowing
where I belong gives me the anchor I need to deal with everything the world throws at me.
Conclusion
Having a family is such a basic necessity that often we take it for granted when we have it. Our
families stay with us from our first breath to our last. They provide us with the foundation
upon which we build ourselves. To me, my family is an extension of myself.
Family is our foundation. It is through family that we learn our first interactions with the
world. It teaches us how to love and be loved, how to offer and receive support and how to
respect others while earning their respect. It provides the framework for our views of the
world. The socially acceptable version of family is the people who are biologically related to
you.
However, when you look at what a family actually means, you realize that family can be
anyone, the people you were born to or the people you choose to be with. Love them or hate
them, you cannot deny the fact that your family is pivotal in your life and there are quite a few
reasons for that.
A family provides us with a sense of security. It acts as the bulwark against the world that we
need. On a purely practical level, we are unable to care for ourselves when we come into the
world. It is our family who takes care of our basic needs and protects us. As we grow older,
that protection expands to give us a place where we can find emotional security as well.
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Our first social interactions are with our family. Hence, a family has great influence over how
we interact with each other and society at large. For any kind of productive interaction, we
need to follow certain rules and norms. Our family imparts the knowledge of these norms to
us and these norms are called values. They determine not just the interactions but the
thinking that goes behind those interactions.
Family Gives Us Satisfaction
You’ve got the promotion at work or the top grades in school. Imagine having no one to talk to
about it. You decide to go on a vacation. Imagine having to do it all alone. You lost your job or
had your heart broken. Imagine having no one who can listen to your sorrows. A family does
all of this for us and so much more. It makes us happy and fulfilled.
Conclusion
Without a family we end up navigating the calms, the storms and the choppy waters of life all
alone. If we do not have a family to anchor us, we often fail at this navigation and drown
under the force of everything life throws at us. Family gives us the strength we need to get
through the bad times and celebrates the good times with us.
If one looks at the old definition of a family, what a family was a hundred years ago, it is pretty
clear cut. A family was a unit consisting of a father who took care of it financially, a mother
who looked after hearth and home and one or more children. Depending upon which part of
the world you were in, this could also expand to include extended family members such as
grandparents and uncles and aunts and their families. This system was called a joint family.
We have come a long way since then. With the emergence of feminism, nuclear families and
many other societal changes the traditional version of a family is no longer completely true.
This has led many to believe that the concept of a family is dying out. However, nothing could
be further from the truth. It is not that the family is dying out; instead, the fact is that our
concept of what constitutes a family has changed. A family can consist of single parents, same-
sex partners and even friends. In other words, as society has changed, so has the idea of what
a family is.
The prevalence of divorce has led many people to believe that the family construct is no
longer valid and is crumbling. This, however, is just not true. The fact of the matter is that the
concept of what a family is has evolved to keep up with the changes in modern society. This
then means that family still is at the foundation of society. The only thing that has changed is
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the type of family that holds society up.
A family is needed to take care of the vulnerable, those members of society who aren’t able to
take care of themselves such as children, the elderly and the ill. The basic needs of such
members can only be met when they have value to a society and that value comes through
family.
A family is essential to our need for love and belonging. As per Abram Maslow’s diagram
called the Hierarchy of Needs, once the needs at the bottom of the pyramid such as food,
water and shelter have been fulfilled, we have emotional needs. We need to feel love and we
need somewhere to belong to. A family provides that foundation.
A family is the first social environment that we interact with. It is through family that we learn
the basics of social interactions and socialize ourselves, i.e. learn to interact productively with
society. It is through family that we learn how to survive and thrive.
Conclusion
Times have changed. Our attitudes towards marriage, relationships and what constitutes a
family have also changed. Relationships that were taboo once are now considered normal.
Those resistant to these changes have predicted the breakdown of society and said that
families are under attack. However, all that has really happened is that our concept of what a
family is has evolved along with the social changes of the last 100 years. Families are still the
foundation of society and they always will be.
The modern world has a different definition of family than has been the norm for thousands
of years. However, the basic principle behind a family hasn’t changed – caring. No matter
what the type of family unit – single parent family, same-sex partners, nuclear family, joint
family or step family – care for each other is the foundation of family.
To further this, in order to keep families strong the relationships amongst the members of the
family have to be strong too. Each member of the family is unique and has his or her own
personality. The interactions each of them has with other members of the family are unique.
Nevertheless, the interactions need to nurture and strengthen the bonds between family
members or the family will drift apart.
There are quite a few factors that help strengthen family relationships. Some of the most
important ones are:
Love – This is the factor that comes to mind first. Love is what is at the heart of the family.
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Everyone has the need to love and be loved and the family is where they give and receive that
love first. In fact, the family is where we learn to love. Through love we learn about intimacy,
privacy, belonging, caring and sharing. However, love doesn’t just come by itself; each family
member has to work on it and nurture it.
Loyalty – Some would say that this is a natural offshoot of love. A family that is strong is
devoted to each other. When dark times come, the family stands together to face them. They
defend each other and stand up for each other when an outsider attacks. They cheer each
other on to victories and commiserate with each other in defeats. They believe in each other.
Learning – Since the family is the first social interaction we have, this is where we have our
first learning too. Families teach us about behaviour, skills and values. Strong families teach
their members how to navigate the outside world but do not allow the outside world to rule
them. They become examples to society of how families should be.
In order for a family to be strong, the bonds amongst them need to be strong. Relationships
are the bonds that keep a family together. If the family has a good relationship with its
members, they will have a stronger commitment to each other. Family unity will be important.
Strong family relationships also mean better communication. The members of the family take
out the time to talk to each other. The conversations could be about small things or big ones –
that doesn’t matter. What matters is that the family members are connected to each other.
They understand one another and listen to what the other person has to say.
The strength of family relationships gives members the impetus to appreciate each other.
After love, this may be the most sought after need in a human being. Everyone feels the need
to be appreciated; it helps us feel worthwhile and boosts our self-confidence. Stronger family
bonds mean that when a family member appreciates you, it enhances your self-esteem and in
turn makes it easier for you to express your appreciation.
Conclusion
In the end, strong relationships amongst family members are essential to keeping a family
together. A family without good relationships falls apart very quickly and in doing so
traumatises the family members on different levels. Too many family units falling apart and
the fabric of society start crumbling. In other words, strong family relationships are the basic
glue that holds society together.
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18. Essay on I Love My Family
Family holds a special place in everyone’s life. I love my family and can do anything
for my family members. They have given me so much love and affection and have made me
who I am today. I love my family more than anyone in this world. Their happiness means a lot
to me and I can do anything to keep them all happy.
We make it a point to have our dinner together every day as we believe, “A family that dines
together stay together”. During the afternoon hours, I and my brother have lunch with our
grandparents as our parents go for work. My grandmother has been taking care of us during
the day time ever since I was born as my mother is working and comes home in the evening.
While I love all my family members, I share a very close bond with my grandmother. She
inspires me to be a better human being. One of the best things about her is that she manages
her time extremely well and motivates us to do so too. It is because of her that I and my
brother are so disciplined and good in studies as well as extra-curricular activities. I am blessed
to have such a loving and caring family.
I love my family and can’t imagine my life without them. It is natural to love one’s family. We
grow up with our parents taking care of our needs, our grandparents loving us endlessly and
our siblings being partners in crime in whatever we do and hence we are bound to form a
deep bond with them.
I live with my parents and two younger sisters. My father runs a successful business and my
mother is a wonderful homemaker. She looks after all our needs all day long and loves us
immeasurably. She is always there for us.
Whether it is helping us in studies, cooking delicious food for us or teaching us art and craft –
my mother is involved in all these activities only to nurture us in the best possible way. My
father on the other hand works tirelessly to ensure we get a good lifestyle. He also makes sure
that he takes us out on the weekends to spend quality time with us.
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I and my sisters have a lot of fun together. We go to the same school and have a number of
common friends. While we three love each others’ company and play together, we do call
some of our friends home every once in a while and it becomes all the more fun.
During our summer vacations, we visit our grandparents’ house which is located in a beautiful
village in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is a big house with a front lawn filled with
various trees and plants. I and my sisters eagerly wait for this time of the year. We love our
stay at our grandparents’ place. I especially love playing in the front yard filled with numerous
fruits and flowers.
Conclusion
Growing up surrounded by such loving and affectionate family is like a dream. I love them all
because of their loving and caring nature.
I love my each family member because they all are precious to me. They love and care me a
lot and never let me go anywhere alone. They always remain with me in my all ups and downs.
They teach me morals, etiquettes, values and importance of relationships in human life. They
are strong supporter, ideal and role model of my life.
I live with my grandparents, parents, my sister and a cousin. My cousin has been staying with
us since the last three years as his parents have shifted abroad. Initially, their plan was to
come back after two years and they did not want to change his school as there is a drastic
difference between the study patterns of the two countries.
This is the reason why my cousin came to stay with us. However, their plan has extended and
so has our cousin’s stay at our place. He has now become an integral part of our family. I love
all my family members. Here is what I love about each of them:
My Grandmother
My grandmother cooks delicious food and makes sure we are fed with healthy and
scrumptious food each day. Besides her food, I also love the bed time stories she narrates to
us. Me and my sister and cousin cuddle around her every night to listen to her stories.
My Grandfather
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mathematics and English. I especially enjoy the morning walks with my grandfather. He shares
his life experiences during these long walks and I just love listening to them.
My Mother
My mother keeps the entire house neat and clean. She organizes everything so well that we
don’t have to waste our time looking for things. She also shops for us and takes us out to park
and malls. She loves us dearly and takes care of all our needs.
My Father
My father works very hard to ensure we live comfortably. He spends time playing with us on
the weekends and at times also during the evening hours. I really look forward to our
weekend outings with him.
My Sister
I am closest to my sister. We are like best friends. We share everything and keep each other’s
secrets. We laugh, play and study together. We help and support each other during the good
as well as the bad times.
My Cousin
My cousin is very disciplined and hard working. He also has a good sense of humour. He is
three years elder to me. He helps me in my studies especially in mathematics. Our house has
become livelier ever since he has come to stay with us.
Conclusion
Our home is filled with love and laughter. Our parents and grandparents have taught us to
share and care and live cordially with everyone. This is a great life lesson and I am sure it will
help me do well personally as well as professionally as I grow.
My family consists of me, my father and my mother. I am their only child and am extremely
loved and pampered. I love my family and am thankful to them for helping and supporting me
in whatever I do. Every child has certain dreams and aspirations. However, not everyone is
lucky to get the support of his/ her family to attain them. I am one of those few lucky ones
who have got complete support from my family in this regard.
I have always been a great fan of Madhuri Dixit although she is from an era when I was not
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even born. I grew fond of her when I saw her performance in the movie, Aaja Nachle. I
became a huge fan of her dance moves. It was then that I searched for all her songs online and
watched her dance. I tried to copy her dance moves but could not. She inspired me to dance
and I immediately knew that this is my calling in life.
I was in sixth standard at that time and I spoke to my mother about my newly found passion. I
also told her that I wanted to learn dance from a professional dance school. I had joined
drawing and swimming classes during my primary classes. However, since I had been
promoted to sixth standard and had to take tuitions for mathematics and physics I had no
time left for such hobby classes, so I withdrawn from these classes.
My parents wanted me to concentrate on my studies as this was the time to build a strong
base. However, my mother agreed to enroll me at a professional dance school looking at my
keen interest in it. I promised her that I will study dedicatedly and wouldn’t let this hamper my
performance in school. My father also supported in my decision.
It has been 4 years now and I have been continuing with my dance classes. I am now in class
tenth and have my boards this year. My parents suggested me to discontinue the dance class
this year however they did not insist and asked me to take the decision on my own. This is
what I love the most about my family. Nothing is forced upon me. They treat me like a mature
person and this has actually made me wiser and mature.
It has enhanced my decision making ability. Slowly and steadily, I have developed the ability to
analyze what is good for me and take decisions based on it. This has boosted my confidence
and helped me so far and will certainly help me in future. This has only been possible because
of the love and support of my parents. If they had objected to my decision, I would not have
evolved so well in various aspects in life. Dance has given meaning to my life.
Conclusion
I love my family for standing by my side, loving me unconditionally and being my support
system. I am lucky to have such a loving and understanding family.
I live in a joint family. There are ten members in our family including me, my brother, mother,
father, grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt and two cousins. We all bond well with each
other. We help and support one another during all times. In today’s times, when most people
live in nuclear families and hesitate meeting their extended family members due to various
reasons, I am proud I come from a family that lives together in harmony with each other.
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Ever since I was born, I have seen my family members living cordially with each other. Unlike
other joint families where there are frequents quarrels and arguments, my family members do
not indulge in any such thing. They are all happy in their own space. They have their duties
and responsibilities well defined and work accordingly without questioning or blaming each
other.
For instance, my grandfather manages all the finances, my mother and aunt take care of the
kitchen and other household tasks, my father and uncle go out to earn and my grandmother
teaches us good values and takes us to the park every evening.
One thing that I love about my family members is that they are all mature enough to
understand that no one is perfect. They know that people are bound to make mistakes at
times and that is how they learn and grow. They have taught me that it is necessary to
understand and forgive in order to live cordially with one another. These are the few qualities
that help us all live together harmoniously.
I just love our weekend outings together. Every alternate weekend we all go to a mall or
amusement part or for picnic to a nearby picnic spot to spend the entire day together. For
picnics, we pack food and take it along. We also take along games such as Tambola and Ludo.
All my family members participate in these games and we thoroughly enjoy this time together.
It strengthens our bond all the more. During our outings to the mall, we sit and dine together.
During these dining sessions we talk, laugh and get to know each other better.
My grandparents are from the era where people invited their friends and relatives home and
also visited them quite often. So, this trend still continues at our home. We host a lot of house
parties wherein we invite our relatives and friends. These parties are full of fun. We get to
meet our cousins and friends and have amazing food during these parties. We also meet our
uncles and aunts who pamper us and shower us with blessings.
So, we all get to play a lot. We also get to eat a variety of food items cooked by our aunts. It is
also the time to have a lot of ice creams and jellies. We study for around an hour or so during
the entire day during this time and the rest of the time is for enjoying and playing with the
cousins. During the evening hours we go to the nearby park and play football, cricket and hide
and seek.
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Conclusion
I really love all my family members and wish we live together forever. I strongly believe that
joint family system is the best however only if the family members accept each other as they
are live together in harmony. I am truly lucky to have such a loving family and extended
family. Life is so much fun when we are surrounded by such beautiful people.
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It is seen that grandchildren possess many of the traits of their grandparents. You might have
noticed them behaving exactly the same way at times. Interestingly, it is not just the case with
those who stay together but also with those who hardly get a chance to meet each other. This
is because kids inherit some of their grandparents’ traits by birth.
Unfortunately, the growing trend of the nuclear families has limited the contact between the
grandchildren and grandparents and both tend to miss out on a lot owing to this. Parents must
take out time and take their children to their grandparents’ place every once in a while to
maintain the bond or call them over to stay. If meeting doesn’t seem possible as often then it
is suggested to help them stay in touch with each other via phone or other means.
While earlier children got to spend abundance of time with their grandparents, however, due
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to the growing trend of the nuclear family system they don’t get to see each other as often.
While the parents have numerous personal and professional commitments to fulfil and cannot
spare enough time to take their kids to the grandparents frequently, however, they must look
for ways to ensure the two spend quality time with each other often enough. Here are a few
tips that can come handy in this direction:
If you cannot visit your parents often or are unable to stay back due to your professional
commitments then you can drop your children for a couple of days or call your parents to stay
over at your place.
Travelling frequently can be a hassle, however, that should not dither you from staying in
touch. Make sure your kids speak to your parents regularly via phone or video call.
You can also ask your children to post hand-written letters and cards to their grandparents.
This may sound a bit old-fashioned but it can certainly make a lasting impact and nurture their
bond.
Sending gifts has become easier with the advent of e-commerce portals. Make your kids select
gifts for their grandparents and send them on special occasions.
Conclusion
The life lessons that grandparents teach cannot be learned by reading any number of books or
attending any class. Parents are the connecting point between grandchildren and
grandparents and they must take it as a responsibility to ensure they keep this connection
alive.
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Children often tend to imitate us. When they stay in a nuclear family they often adapt the
habits of mother or father and start behaving in a certain manner. However, staying in a joint
family broadens their perspective. They come in contact with different people and learn how a
single task can be done in different ways and choose the way they like the best rather than
blindly imitating one.
Sharing and Caring
Though the child gets to enjoy the company of different family members living in a joint family
system, he is not the sole point of focus. He understands that every big and small thing
brought is not wholly and solely for him and is to be shared among the members. It thus helps
develop the habit of sharing and makes him more sensitive towards the needs of others.
More Fun
All the special occasions such as birthdays and festivals become all the more special when you
celebrate it together.
Support System
Grandparents act as a great support system for the family. You can count on them anytime. As
they grow old, they also require attention and care and joint family fulfils their requirement
too.
Conclusion
The joint family system is said to be the best for the growth and development of the children.
Though the concept is slowly fading away, some people still prefer it over the more popular
nuclear family system for the aforementioned reasons.
Grandparents are usually more excited about the arrival of a new born in the family as
compared to the parents. If you are an expecting or new grandparent and are feeling nervous
about taking up this new responsibility then the following information should help:
Extend Support
Your responsibility as a grandparent begins much before the arrival of your little bundle of joy.
Extend your support to your children as soon as you receive the good news. Provide tips on
how to take care of oneself and the child during that crucial phase and also give them the
affirmation that you are there to guide and support them at every step. Make sure you keep
your promise and extend your support whenever required.
Be Realistic
Even as you should be there to support your children during this phase and after the child is
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born, this should not force you to take major life-changing decisions such as leaving your job
or relocating. Always remember, you can support the other person and provide love and care
only when you are at peace and satisfied in your own life. Don’t stop being who you are.
Maintain Contact
Maintain contact with your children and grandchildren if you are staying away. Call them
often, visit them and invite them to your place to ensure you meet your grandchildren
regularly and spend quality time with them.
Give Life Lessons
As your grandchildren begin to grow, take it up as a responsibility to inculcate good moral
values in them. Share your experiences and stories with them to help them learn how to
handle different situations.
Don’t Be Rigid
You have your own set of ideologies and possess a far better sense of right and wrong.
However, this doesn’t mean you have to set stringent rules for your grandchildren. It is your
duty to guide them; however, don’t be too rigid while dealing with them. Be flexible, listen to
their ideas and bend rules whenever required.
Conclusion
Becoming a grandparent, especially for the first time, can be an overwhelming experience. Be
calm, patient and don a positive outlook as you enter this new phase of life.
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20. Essay on Good Mother
No love can come even close to the love mother feels for the child. Most women
are naturally good mothers. Mothers share the bond of unconditional love and affection with
their children. Mothers always take care that their children are happy, safe and healthy
throughout their lives. Mothers are meant to be the mentors for their children. Children get
highly influenced by their mother’s behaviour.
“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers”. I truly believe in this quote
by Rudyard Kipling. We don’t even need to ask her for anything, she is just always there. There
is nothing better than the mother’s love and affection. Her happiness lies in our laughter and
smiles.
The reason why every Mother is special is that her heart is full of unconditional love for her
child. There is no other special bond in the world like a bond shared between a child and a
mother. For nine months she nurtures a child in her womb and smiles at the first glimpse of
her child. From the day we are born she protects us in her arms. The comfort that we get in
her arms is the most loving and soothing feeling in the world. It is priceless. There is no other
feeling so precious in life. She feeds us and spends sleepless nights to sing us lullabies so that
we can have a sound sleep. Every moment she loves and cares for us.
As a child, we often trouble her but she never complains about it. She gives us more priority
than her own self. As we grow, we may have disagreements with our mother but the bond is
so strong that the disagreements turn in to agreements. We develop a new relation of
friendship with her and share every aspect of our lives with her. She understands and supports
us in every aspect of our lives.
There is no comparison to the role that mother plays in our life. She is always the most special
person in her child’s life.
A woman enters motherhood by giving birth to a child, raising him, feeding him and nurturing
him with love and care. Mothers have been valued all through human history. However, it is
not necessary for a woman to give birth to a child in order to experience motherhood. In fact,
motherhood is much more than just giving birth to a child.
Motherhood refers to the art of loving and nurturing a child with deep care from the heart
without any expectations. There are mothers who have not physically given birth to the child
but have proved to be the most loving and caring mothers. And there are also mothers who
have left their children after giving birth to them. Motherhood refers to the role that she plays
as a mother. A mother loves, protects, nurtures and supports her child. Motherhood is the
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strong bond between a child and a mother.
She is the strength and courage of her child. We should stop attributing motherhood to
selflessness and sacrifice. She has enough strength, patience, and love for the child that gives
her the pleasure to play the role of mother. By God’s grace every woman has the ability to
foster a life. Motherhood gives her joy and it’s a privilege for her to raise her child. Everything
about her child appeals to her. Mother has the Godly characteristics to nurture and love the
child that no one else can match. The value and importance of a mother in life cannot be
described in words. Their role is priceless.
There is a nursery rhyme we all are aware of ‘Gods love is so wonderful’, I am sorry but it
should have been ‘Mothers Love is so wonderful’. We have never seen God, but from the
moment we open our eyes we feel and experience the strong bond with mother. Her love for
the child is greater than anything else in the world.
Introduction
Mothers play an influential role in our life. Life may seem incomplete without her love and
strength. She guides and supports us at every step of life. She teaches us the most valuable
lessons of life. We share the most special bond with her from the day we are born.
Express Love: The first thing a child wants from a mother is love, unconditional love. A tight
hug, kisses, caressing, pulling cheeks and a lot more makes us feel so lovable and special. We
just need lots of love and care from her.
Support: We always need our parents to support us for whatever we wish to do in life. No
matter whether we join a hobby class or plan to go for a summer camp – we always need
motivation and support from them. Their support gives us a new kind of energy and
confidence to get going.
More Attention: We need attention from parents all the time. We just need our mother when
we are upset, happy, annoyed or irritated. A good mother always gives her children the first
priority and attention.
Have patience: It takes time for children to learn something new so it’s always good that our
parents are calm and composed while dealing with us. A good mother always listens and
understands her child with patience and smile on face.
Share experiences: We love to know about life experiences of parents. Parents should share
with us interesting experiences and adventures of their life. Talk to us about anything but just
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talk to us is what we want. A good mother shares her experiences with her children.
Guide Us: A good mother teaches moral values and leads us to the right path in life. We
always need our mother to help and guide us in everything we do. She forgives us for the
mistakes and blunders we make in life and guide us in the right direction.
Be a Friend: A good mother spends more time with her child and participates in fun activities
with them. She plays games, shares stories, plans picnics, indulges in hobbies and a lot more.
We love and enjoy spending time with our parents. Good mothers treat their kids like friends
and make their children feel comfortable.
Conclusion
Mothers are always very special and have the first place in our hearts. We want them in every
aspect of our life. We want them to encourage, support and motivate us in whatever we do in
life. We feel more protected and safe with a mother’s love and support in life. Mothers always
mean the world to us.
Introduction
The role of a mother is the most beautiful privilege assigned to women. Mothers play the
most influential role in the life of a child. They shape the character, qualities and personality of
the child. The overall child’s growth and development is influenced by a mother. Mother’s life
revolves around the child’s life and every need of the child is met by a mother. Children are
always dependent on mother for their needs. She teaches us how to walk, speak, read, learn,
and write and so on. There is a never ending list of what a mother does for the child.
Unconditional Love: Mother shares the closest bond with us from the day we are born. The
connection and the bond that we feel with a mother have a deep impact on our lives. Her love
is unconditional and `even when there are disagreements, she never stops loving and praying
for us.
Timeless Teacher: Mothers are the first and foremost teachers in our life. They are the most
influential mentors in our life. They bestow to us enduring wisdom, the legacy so valuable and
priceless. They play the most vital role in our overall growth and development. They always
guide us to the right path in life. They instruct, support and encourage us to achieve what we
want in life. Mother fosters our understanding and intelligence to the full potential.
She is the Giver: We are all dependent on mother for our needs whether it is to tie our
ponytails or to serve us food. She is always concerned about our needs more than her own.
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She does so much for us but never complains a bit or expects anything. She keeps smiling in
spite of the pressure of responsibilities of the whole family on her.
Family Bond: A mother always teaches us the importance of family. She is the one who holds
everyone in the family together. She teaches us to respect the elders and care for the younger
ones in the family.
Hard Work: Mother inspires us to work hard in life. We see her working for the whole day
without complaining. It is the endless love for the family that gives her the pleasure and
satisfaction at the end of the day.
Keep us Safe: Our safety is the first priority in her life. Mother sets the limits for us to keep us
safe. She protects us from any kind of harm and constantly makes efforts for our well-being.
She is Always there: Mothers are always there for their children in every situation of life. No
matter how wrong or right we are our mothers will always be there for us and guide us to the
right path.
Conclusion
We should all love and respect our mothers for everything that she does and sacrifices for us.
We should try to never hurt her or let her down in life. We should never forget how
dependent we have always been on her. She is the one who loves and nurtures us throughout
life with all her heart.
Introduction
Mothers play an influential role in the life of their child that has a lifelong impact on the child’s
values, beliefs and behaviour in life. A mother loves and cares for her children unconditionally.
Since mother is the closest and most important person in the life of a child, she should set a
good and positive example in front of her child.
Love and Affection: A good mother loves her child the most in life. Mothers love and affection
could not be matched with any other love in the world. The comfort we get in her arms or
with her tender caressing cannot be matched by any other comfort. Her affection is enough
for the child to feel loved, protected and safe.
Have Patience: Children are always demanding and fussy. It’s likely for a mother to get
annoyed easily but a good mother keeps her cool and has patience with them. She treats her
children with love, care and affection. She always keeps calm and has gentle attitude to
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mellow them down.
Support her Child: A child needs his mother’s support for almost everything. A good mother
will always be there to offer all the help, love and support to her child. Of course, parents
support their children financially as much as they can but there are other needs that should
not be neglected. A good mother will always be there to provide emotional support to the
child like caressing her child to sleep, a kiss on an injury or a hug while crying and small love
gestures that make her child feel good.
Help to Socialize: Some children have less developed social skills and ability. They have
difficulty communicating and mixing with other children. A good mother always reaches out
for help and seeks appropriate playmates for the child. She can arrange a party at home for
the children or structure fun activities for them where children enjoy playing and feel
comfortable.
Never Neglects them: When a mother doesn’t pay attention that the child seeks and their
emotional needs are not met they tend to show discontent through their behavior and
attitude. It is hard for children to accept the feeling of being ignored. They start behaving in an
aggressive manner. A good mother always values them and appreciates them for their efforts,
applauses them for even their smallest achievements and lets them know how special and
important they are.
Understand the Child: A good mother spends more time with her child and understands
him/her well. She takes interest in her child’s interest and encourages him/her to try new
things. She knows their strengths and weaknesses and helps them overcome their weaknesses
and develop their skills.
Get Involved: A good mother thinks of new and innovative ideas to channelize her child’s
energy and participates whole-heartedly in their activities. She steps out for the outdoor
games with children or takes them to the parks for playtime. She plans and challenges them
with activities that best suit their potential.
Good Food: Children are most of the time fussy eaters. A good mother always prepares new,
healthy and tasty meals for her children and serves them with love.
Conclusion
The privilege of being a mother is only bestowed to women. A good mother is whole-
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heartedly active for the child all the time. There is no love in this world so pure, devoted,
selfless, strong and lasting than mother’s love. Mother is Godly figure for children. Children
look up to their mothers for everything.
The role of mother is most important to shape the child’s behaviour and code of conduct. A
good mother teaches her children to deal with various situations in life. She sets a good
example in front of her children by acting in the most positive and responsible manner.
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21. Essay on Friendship
Friendship is a mutual relationship between two or more people who are attached and
interacted to each other in friendly manner. Find very simple and easy to learn essay on
Friendship for your pretty kids and children going to school. They may get topic of friendship
to write something or recite on stage about this.
Such Friendship essay can help you a lot. These Friendship essay are written in easy English
language and will help you to improve English and English writing skill of students.
Friendship is a faithful and loyal relationship between two or more person living anywhere in
the world. We cannot leave our whole life alone and need a faithful relationship to someone
to live happily called friends. Friends have intimate relationship and ca trust to each other
forever. It is not limited to the age, sex and position of the person means friendship can be
between men and women, men and men, women and women or human to animals of any age
group. However, generally it grows between the persons of the same age without the
limitation of sex and position. Friendship can develop between persons having similar or
different passions, emotions or sentiments.
Friendship is the most valuable relationship in the life of a person instead of having many
important things in life. No one of us has complete and satisfied life if we lack faithful
friendship. Everyone needs a good and loyal friend to share bad or good life events, enjoy
happy moments and share unbearable events of the life. A good and balanced human
interaction is very necessary for the survival of everyone.
Good friends share each other’s emotions or sentiments which bring feeling of well being and
mental satisfaction. A friend is a person whom one can know deeply, like and trust forever.
Instead of being some similarity in the nature of two persons involved in the friendship, they
have some different traits but they need each other without changing their uniqueness.
Generally, friends motivate each other without criticizing but sometimes good friends criticize
to bring some positive changes in each other.
A true friendship is the most precious gift of the life of persons involved in it. A person is called
very lucky having true friends in his/her life. True friendship gives us memorable, sweet and
pleasant experiences of many types in the life. Friendship is the most precious asset of one’s
life which he/she never wants to lose. True friendship leads two or more persons involved in it
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towards success without any demotion in life. Searching a best friend is not an easy process,
sometimes we get success and sometimes we lose because of misunderstandings to each
other.
Friendship is a devoted feeling of love to which we can share anything about our life and care
for each other always. A friend is someone who understands and appreciates other one
without any exaggeration. True friends never becomes greedy to each other instead they want
to give something better to each other in life. There are any boundaries or differentiation of
age, caste, race, creed and sex exist between them. They know the realities of each other and
live satisfactorily by helping each other.
Human is a social being and cannot live alone; he/she needs someone to share his/her feelings
of joy or sorrow. Generally, a successful friendship exists between persons of same age,
character and background. Friends are the loyal support for each other who aimlessly support
during bad moments of life.
Friendship is the divine relationship between two or more persons. Friendship is another
name of care and support to each other. It is based on the trust, feelings and proper
understandings to each other. It is very ordinary and loyal relationship between two or more
social people. People involved in the friendship care and support for each other forever
without any greediness. The relationship of true friends becomes stronger day by day with
care and trust.
Friends trust and support each other without showing their vanity and power to each other.
They have sense of equity in their mind and know that anyone of them may need care and
support anytime. Dedication and trust is very necessary to maintain the friendship for long
time. Sometimes greedy people become unable to lead their friendship for long because of
the lots of demands and lack of satisfaction. Some people make friendship just to fulfill their
interests and demands.
Searching a good friend in the big crowd of people is as hard as searching a diamond in the
coal mine. Real friends are not those who only stand with us in our good moments of life but
those who stand in our trouble too. We must be careful while choosing our best friend as we
may get cheated by someone. Getting a best friend in the life is very hard for everyone and if
one gets it, he/she is really bestowed with the true love of God. A good friend always supports
in bad time and suggests to go on the right path.
True friends are really bestowed to someone special in the life after hard works. Real
friendship is the true relationship of two or more people where only trust exists without any
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demands. One always ready to give care, support and other needed things to other in the true
friendship. Friends are very important in the lives of everyone as they play a great role in
standing someone needy person by giving love, care and emotional support. Friendships can
be between two or more people of any age group, sex, position, race or caste. However,
generally friendship occurs between people of same age.
Some people successfully carry their childhood friendship for whole life however someone get
break in between due to the misunderstanding, lack of time or other problems. Some people
tend to have many friends at their kindergarten or primary level but only one or no one they
carry in later life. Some people tend to have only one or two friends which they carry in later
life even in old age very wisely. Friends can be from outside the family (neighbour, relative,
etc) or inside the family (one of the family members).
Friends can be both types good or bad, good friends lead us on good path whereas bad friends
lead us on bad path, so we should be careful while choosing friends in life. Bad friends can be
proved very bad to us as they are quite enough to ruin our life completely. We need someone
special in our life to share our feelings (happy or sad), to talk someone to remove our
loneliness, to make laugh someone sad and many more. In the good company of our friends
we get motivation to do any hard work in life and it becomes easy to pass bad times
cheerfully.
Friendship is a devoted relation between two people in which both of them have true feeling
of love, care and affection to each other without any demands and misunderstanding.
Generally friendship occurs between two people having same tastes, feelings and sentiments.
It is considered that friendship has no any limitations of age, sex, position, caste, religion and
creed but sometimes it is seen that economic disparity or other differentiation damages the
friendship. Thus it can be said that true and real friendship is possible between two like-
minded and uniform status people having feeling of affection to each other.
There are many friends in the world who always remains together at the time of prosperity
but only true, sincere and faithful friends who never let us to be alone in our bad times, time
of hardship and trouble. Our bad times make us realize us about our good and bad friends.
Everyone has attraction towards the money by nature but true friends never make us feel bad
when we become in need of money or other support. However, sometimes lending or
borrowing of money from friends keeps friendship in great risk. Friendship may be affected
anytime by others or own so we need to make a balance in this relationship.
Sometimes friendship gets broken due to the ego and matter of self-respect. True friendship
needs proper understanding, satisfaction, helping nature trust. True friend never exploits but
tends to motivate each other to do right things in life. But sometimes the meaning of
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friendship becomes changed totally due to some fake and fraud friends who always use
another one in wrong ways. Some people have tendency to unite as soon as possible but they
also tend to terminate their friendship as soon as their interests become fulfilled. It is difficult
to say something bad about the friendship but it is true that any careless person gets cheated
in friendship. Now a day, it is very hard to find true friends in the crowd of bad and good
people but if someone has true friend, no other than him is lucky and precious in the world.
True friendship can be between human and human and human and animals. There is no any
doubt that best friends help in our difficulties and bad times of the life. Friends always try to
save us in our dangers as well as provide timely advice. True friends are like best assets of our
life as they share our sorrow, sooth our pain and make us feel happy.
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Five different essays are given in this section on the topic of ‘A good friend’. All good friend
essays are in simple English language and useful for essay writing competition for students in
schools and colleges. You can select any essay on a good friend as per your need and interest:
A true friend is the person who is believed to be the closest and dearest one for any boy or
girl. Without any friend life is just meaningless and dull. To find a good and best friend is just
like to win the half of the world. A good friend‘s company always matters a lot in the success
of a person. A child learns good or bad habits from his or her friend but if one gets good
company as friend he is the luckiest person in word. Never lose those friends who were always
besides you in your bad time.
We can’t live our life alone we need a friend on every stage of it. Any relation can be stronger
if it adds friendship in to this for example a father or a mother can be the first friend of their
child who helps them in growing with best upbringing for the better way of life. Friendship is
the relation where friends listen and try to understand each other’s problems. Thus we can
say that this relation is about good listeners. There is nothing can be hidden among true
friends and friends never lies to their best buddies. This is the greatness of true friendship.
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ESSAY ON WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND – ESSAY 2 (300 WORDS)
Introduction
A true friendship is the most beautiful blessing from god which is needed to be treated and
nourished like any priceless thing in world. A good friend is someone difficult to find with no
expectations and no demands. A true friendship has the quality of different shades with lots of
sentiments sometimes they get happy, sometime they get emotional and some time they fight
with each other but that doesn’t affects their true friendship.
True friends are always caring, loving, loyal, passionate, a little bit critic and most importantly
trustworthy towards their friends. These qualities make a friend as a good friend. The person
who cheats you, talks behind your back and laughs at you can never be your true friend.
Friendship is the relation where friends listen and try to understand each other’s problems.
Thus we can say that this relation is about good listeners. To have a good friend is always like
getting a real pearl.
Friendship has never bounded by people’s financial status. A king can be a true friend of a
poor beggar and a poor labour can be a good friend of a rich industrialist. Lord Krishna was in
unconditional true lovable friendship with poor Sudama. Friendship of Krishna and Sudama is
a milestone for all of us. They were like soul mates. Their friendship was on that level where if
one get hurt other feels the pain.
Conclusion
To follow the simple rules of friendship is not easy for all it require a kind of faith trust and
loyalty towards their friends. It is purely blessed relationship we get in our life and needs to
maintain with some dignity. A friend might be of our age or of different age group but it
doesn’t affect the quality of true friendship.
ESSAY ON TRUE FRIENDSHIP AND WHAT IS A TRUE FRIEND – ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
A good friend is the only relation which we earn in life. To find a one who is loving, caring,
helpful, honest, loyal, and most important compatible is the biggest achievement of us which
we get in form of true friend. Since childhood we always learn some things new and exciting in
the company of our good friends. A fun time spent with friends is a kind of some happiness
that can’t be express. Whether you make group study or enjoying in someone’s birthday party
it is always fun with friends.
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True Friend – the Secret Holder and Best Companion Ever
True Friends are the closest one with whom we can share each and every secrets of us. We
trust them and feel safe in their company. True friendship is there where we don’t need to say
our problems in words, true friends already understand the emotional expressions of their
loving ones. Some of friends always remain the best friend for whole life and can never be
replaced by any other person or relation. This is the value of true friendship.
A true friend is one who always being there for helping you in different circumstances
whether good or bad. Friendship is the relation which is not limited to any particular age
group. A person always needs a true friend in every stage of life.
This fast running world has always creates different circumstances in one’s life but with the
help and guidance of a true friend you can easily overcome from those situations. After
parents true friends are the real well-wishers of us who can even slap us when we are wrong.
Bonding between two friends is just hilarious as whether they live near or far their connection
never breaks due to any misunderstanding or any communication gap. They feel close to each
other when they require. May be you have a list of many friends but the important part is how
much true friends you have, this is the real gain in life. Thinking of that time which was spent
with friends always makes you feel happy and emotional.
Conclusion
True friends proves best companion too with whom we enjoy and learn a lot in life that is
priceless happiness which cannot be express. A trustworthy relation is always believed to be
among friends. True friends are real achievement in life’s journey. Good friend is just not a
friend who is good enough but it is someone who is believed as quality friend. You should
always value to your true friend and never let them go.
Introduction
A true friend is found with full of qualities and makes their friend either him or her luckiest
person in the world. After family a child always search a friend to play with or to share their
secrets. Childhood friend are the first company for the people with whom they start learning
the new fresh chapter of life. A Friend can change a person’s life completely. Where one side a
good friend helps their friend in getting heights of success on the other side a bad company
can destroy their friend’s life completely. It is our duty to find good one as our true and best
friend.
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True friends come with various qualities which makes them someone special in one’s life. Here
we are pointing some qualities of a true friend and its impact on friendship:
A friend is the need to live here with some expectation like to share some secrets and to
express good or bad feelings. A good friend is one who listens carefully to his or her friend
without making fun of it. Thus we can say friends are also good listeners.
Adding to this talking or bitching behind the back of one is not the quality of a good friend.
Friends are those who believe in saying their opinions and advices direct to their friend. And
also friends are those who understand their friend’s suggestions and advices with full
devotions.
Friends have the quality of caring sharing and comparing. They care other, share their things
together and sometimes they get lightly jealous from each other. These are all the mixed
shades of a true friendship. A true friendship is just about happiness, togetherness and the
biggest part loyalty among friends. Friends are like special gift from god which is priceless.
Friends are the person who always bare orders, complaint, criticism and also sometime anger
of their dear friend. They never complaint and expect from each others as they know these
are little things in front of their real true friendships.
Reliability enhances the quality of a true friend. A person can easily rely on his or her friend for
any kind of task whether it is easy or difficult enough.
True friends are like soul mates whose place can be replace by anyone on any condition. Each
one is stand like a pillar for his or her friend in their difficult situations. A good friend is always
there when you in need and supports you in whatever the circumstances are. That’s why a
relation of true friendship becomes the most lovable relationship among all for any child,
teenage or adult.
Conclusion
This life is full of ups and downs and on each stage you need someone who can understand
and support you with no any expectation. Those special persons are called true friend.
Friendship can be between two boys, two girls, one boy and one girl or any two persons of
different age group etc. True Friends has always its special place in one’s life whether they
meet once in a week, month or a year. True friendship is always done by heart not by mind
and thus it is something special.
LONG ESSAY ON A GOOD FRIEND: TRUSTWORTHY AND LOYAL PERSON – ESSAY 5 (600
WORDS)
Introduction
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Friends are the medium by with a person can live life with more happiness, excitement and
enjoyment. Good friends comes with definition of loyalty and trustworthy. A true friend never
let his or her friend alone during their tough time. This bonding creates a pure relation of true
friendship.
Childhood friends are always remembered for whole life of a person. They actually denotes to
true friendship. With a friend a life becomes easy on every stage of it and results always in
better way. It is quite obvious that definitely there would some issues or fight between friends
but it makes their relation more strong. To have a good friend is always like getting a real
pearl.
Friends are those who become the part of their friend’s happiness and true friend are those
who always support them in their bad or tough time too. Quality of loyalty makes a friend as
true friend. Loyalty is a vital virtue for any friendship. A loyal friend always helps in need, care
each other’s feelings and shares secrets without any question. Loyalty enhances the purity of a
friendship.
Two persons of any age group can be friend, they like to spend time with each other also
share their secrets, sadness, emotions, happiness, and expectations from life. Loyalty is must
in this kind of friendship as without trust you can’t be able to express your feeling with
anyone. Loyalty and trust matter from both sides in a relation of true friendship. A friend is
needed to trustworthy for this healthy relationship of friendship. This relation is difficult to
express or describe only people who involve in true friendship can feel the fragrance of it.
A type of friendship relies on the behaviour and a mutual understanding between two or more
persons. A surrounding of some close or good friend helps in making the life easy and
meaningful also helps in handling Challenges comes in every stage of life’s journey. Only the
presence of your good buddy in you bad time gives you a moral support and helps a lot in
overcoming that tough situation. A friend is always needed either you are happy or you are
sad. No matters they are far or near a good friend is one who never let his or her friend alone
in their bad time.
Good friends are always honest and loyal to their friends they never backbite or betrayal their
friend. People who praise someone on their face and say bad behind their back are not
counted as true friend. Definition of good friends is one who is honest, loyal, and trustworthy
for his or her friend. Good friend is hard to find but when you get its god’s blessing. Loyalty
and trust is needed in every relationship along with friendship. A person who is not loyal is not
eligible for becoming even a friend. Good friends are the secret holders of each other. They
have blind faith on their true friends. Friends share their secrets to each other only based on
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the trust they have between them.
Conclusion
True friendship is like a result of any worship or we can say when God wants to help someone
he sends a person as a true friend of him or her. True friends are those who understand
without even saying what your friend needs, this is the quality of a good friend. Never let your
true friend go from your life, it is a kind of pure and divine relation which we earn from life.
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23. Essay on Holiday
Holidays are the most awaited time of the year. We yearn for holidays to take a break
from our monotonous routine and make numerous plans for the same. While some of our
plans materialize others are postponed for next holidays.
With the five days week culture creeping in the corporate sector these days working people
are also able to plan holiday trips every now and then. Saturday and Sunday coupled with one
holiday makes for a good weekend outing. Working professionals these days are required to
work for 9-10 hours a day. Such hectic working hours often result in stress and can lead to
health issues. Holidays offer a respite from this hectic routine. It is a time to relax and
rejuvenate. It is also a time to bond with family and friends.
Holidays indeed hold a special importance for every person. Besides indulging in different
activities you must also take out enough time to take rest and relax during your holidays.
A student’s life revolves around homework, exam preparation and tests. So basically studies,
studies and more studies. We go to school then go to the coaching centre and then study at
home. There is hardly any time for other activities especially in the higher classes. Sundays
come as a respite but mostly there is some or the other test scheduled for Monday so we
cannot escape studies even for a single day in a week.
Summer holidays are the best time of the year for every student. We plan a family trip during
our summer vacations every year. Our family trip is the best part of these holidays and I
always look forward to it. Most of the times the four of us that is my father, mother, brother
and I go on these trips but many times my cousins also join us. These trips are always full of
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fun. Last year, we went to Ooty and Mysore for six days. Both the places were spectacular.
Ooty was particularly awesome. These places encompass many beautiful gardens and
marvellous edifices. We went for sight-seeing, had scrumptious food and spent quality time
with each other. It was a great experience. It was one of the best family trips we had every
gone for. It was also the longest one. We often plan holidays only for 2-3 days but this one was
for 6 days and was thus more fun. I cherish the days spent there. These are my fondest
memories of my summer holidays.
Conclusion
Holidays are a good time to take a break from the routine. It is the time to indulge in our
hobbies, meet our old friends and extended family members. However, we must not let our
studies take a back seat during this time. We must devote some time to studies even during
our holidays.
Holidays are a time to be with the family and friends. It is also the time to indulge in our
favourite sport or pursue our hobbies. We make numerous plans for our holidays but most of
them are not fulfilled. One of the main reasons for this is procrastination. We want to do a lot
during our holidays but usually get lazy and vile away the time only to regret at the end of the
holidays.
Here are a few ways to make the most of your holidays to get back to work with fresh mind.
Now, don’t over indulge in your work. Just squeeze in an hour or two each day for the same so
that you stay in touch.
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Socialising is very important. We don’t get enough time to visit our friends and relatives due to
our hectic routine. But we can certainly do so during our holidays. So take out time to meet
them.
Go on a Trip
Go for a trip with your family or friends to take a break from your routine life. Trips are
refreshing. I always make it a point to go for one trip each during my summer and winter
holidays.
Conclusion
Holidays are a great time to bond with family and friends. It is also a time to follow your
interests and rejuvenate yourself. So, make the most of this time.
Holidays are a time when we can finally take a break from our otherwise hectic routine and
follow our hobbies and interests. I always make it a point to join a hobby course during
holidays. I love art and craft and thus join different art and craft classes to hone my skills in the
same. Last year, I joined glass painting classes, prior to that I joined pottery classes and this
year I am planning to learn the art of candle making. My friends also join different classes as
per their interest. Some of them join dance classes, others join vocal/ instrumental music
while yet others join sports such as skating, swimming and basket ball.
Holidays are also a time when we can socialise with friends and relatives and spend time with
our family. I love family outings. We plan at least one family trip during summer vacations. I
am also allowed to go over to my friends place to spend the day every once in a while. I also
love the time when my cousins come over to stay at my place. Those days are particularly the
best part of the summer vacations.
Most importantly, holidays are a time when we can relax and understand how to improve our
skills to perform better in our exams as well as other activities. I make sure that I set aside at
least 2-3 hours a day to study during the vacations. This helps me keep pace with my studies
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as I join back.
Importance of Holidays for Working People
Working professionals and businessmen also yearn for holidays. But they do not get long
vacations like the school and college going kids. However, whatever little break they get they
must make the most of it by indulging in the activity of their choice.
Working professionals mostly have long working hours these days. Many people even require
working after they get back home from their work place. This hectic professional life often
takes a toll on their personal life. They are hardly able to spend any time with their family
members and this result in conflicts and strained relationships. Holidays give them an
opportunity to spend time with their family to strengthen the bond. It is a good idea to plan a
family vacation. Socialising is also very important and this can also be done during holidays as
the hectic work routine does not allow any room for it during the regular days. It is a good
time to meet one’s friends and relatives. Holidays are also a time to relax and focus on one’s
physical as well as mental health.
Conclusion
Holidays are important as they help in maintaining a balance between our personal and
professional life. We must spend them wisely to make the most of them.
Holidays are the best time of the year. I always look forward to my summer holidays as these
are the longest holidays we students get during the year. I mostly spend them with my family
and extended family. My parents also allow me to go on a few outings with friends as a
reward if I study and behave well during the holidays.
Until 5th grade my parents did not allow me to go for school trips but as I entered my 6th
grade I got this chance. My school had organized a three day trip to Shimla during the summer
vacations. Many of my friends filled the consent to go for the trip. I wanted to go to but feared
that my parents would not agree. At first, I thought there was no point even asking because
their answer would only be no but my friends insisted I should.
I still remember how I hesitantly handed over the consent form for the trip to my father and
began telling him about the details of the trip. I also told him that many of my classmates are
going for it and that I also wanted to go. Initially, he refused as he felt I was too young to go
out without their supervision. It took me around 2 days to convince my mother to allow me to
go for the trip and she in turn convinced my father for the same. I was finally glad and super
excited about the trip. I promised them that I will not talk to strangers, always move with the
group and be careful with everything during the trip.
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We travelled from Delhi to Kalka in train and then took a bus to reach Shimla. We reached our
hotel in the afternoon. The first day we went to the mall road. The weather was pleasant and
the place was amazing. I had been to various hill stations earlier as well but this place had
something very refreshing about it. The company of friends made it all the more amazing. We
roam around on the mall road and had planned to have dinner in a restaurant on our way
back to the hotel but could not resist the smell of freshly steamed momos. They were super
delicious and we ate so many of them that there was no room for dinner.
The next day we went to the Jakhu temple. The road to the temple was quite steep and we
encountered hundreds of langoors on our way. It was a bit scary but exciting at the same time.
The temple is set at a very serene place and we loved sitting in peace for some time. On our
way back we decided to trek down the road and the experience was amazing. In the evening
we visited the church and spent time on the mall road again. On the third day of our trip our
teachers allowed us to go for shopping. We went to the Tibetan market to buy some really
cool stuff. I bought scarves, hair clips and a jacket for myself. I also bought souvenirs for my
siblings and friends.
The time finally came when we had to bid goodbye to the beautiful mountains and valley view
of Shimla. We took the night bus straight for Delhi and reached home safely.
Conclusion
I had been on many family trips before this and loved them but the joy and excitement of
going on trips with friends is something different. Since then I have been on many trips with
my friends but I can never forget the wonderful moments spent on my first trip with them.
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24. Essay on how I spent my summer vacation
Summer holidays are considered to be the best time for students to explore
themselves and their surroundings more as they have no study pressure and mental stress.
This also gives them the much required respite from the scorching heat.
Different students have their own different ways of spending their summer holidays. While
some visit their grandparents others join summer camps yet others like to stay at home and
catch up on their studies. Here are essays of varying lengths on How I Spent My Summer
Vacation to help you with the topic in your exam. It is written in very easy and understandable
language. It may be a better reference point for you and you can also add your own
experience for making your essay best.
Summer time is a treat for all the students struggling the whole year with exams and
assignments. This is the time when they can spend their days doing whatever they want
without any restrictions and pressure of parents or teachers. Most of the students along with
their parents or friends prefer to go to some hill station or to their village or for other outings
to relax. But holidays can also be fun when they are spent staying at home.
This summer I decided to stay at my home during summer vacation instead of going anywhere
for trip. To spend my time fruitfully, I joined classes where I learned canvas painting and along
with it, I also started learning table tennis. During the afternoons, I helped my mom in kitchen
and also assisted my dad with some accounts related tasks. This was the best time where I felt
more close to and involved with my family. Then, for the remaining time I went out with
friends. I also spent some time watching movies and web series. Besides entertainment, these
shows and movies also taught me some life lessons.
Conclusion
So, this summer vacation was spent getting closer to myself and my family which I wasn’t able
to do during my academic year. I realized how fruitful and satisfying can it be to spend
holidays at home.
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Summer vacation is the most awaited time in a student’s life. It is the time to relax and
explore the world around us. This time I decided to spend my summer break with my
grandparents. Here’s a brief account of my stay at my grandparents’ house during my summer
vacation.
My sister and I decided to spend this year’s summer vacation with my grandparents. They live
in a small village near Kutch district, Gujarat. We were not sure about this trip because we had
never visited any village before and knew nothing about their lifestyle. But as days passed we
got adjusted to their way of living and totally enjoyed it.
Our stay was full of fun. My grandmother told us funny incidences about my dad as a little
mischievous and a notorious kid. She told us how he used to play pranks on his school
teachers and their neighbours. She also told us how I and my sister behaved when we were
young. She told us we were as notorious as our dad.
One day my grandfather took us to the Great Ran of Kutch which is located in the Thar Desert
and is one of the largest salt deserts in the world. We took a camel ride and stayed there till
the sunset. After spending some quality time there we then went to the main market. My
grandma told us about the unique handicrafts of Kutch and how a lot of women make their
living by selling different types of embroidered cloths. We bought an embroidered kurta for
dad and a sari for mom. After this we headed back home and helped grandma with dinner.
The next day we went with our grandpa to a farm and he taught us about various farming
techniques which was really fun. We indulged in different activities each day.
Conclusion
This was one of the best trips where we had loads of fun and also learnt about the culture and
heritage of Kutch. I am looking forward to more trips like these.
For those of us living in metropolitan cities summer holidays mean watching movies and
television series or hanging out with friends or just surfing internet. This consumes all of our
time. But, this summer spending time at my aunt’s place in Bhiwani village was an enthralling
experience. It seemed like a different world to me.
The houses in the village are as big as palaces but still people are emotionally attached and
aware about what is going on in each other’s life. Eating together, understanding situations
and opinions of other people and working together are some of the few small things that add
up to make a beautiful village life.
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Waking up early in the mornings is a practice that most villagers follow. It keeps them healthy
and makes their day more productive. So, all the people of the house are required to be
awake by 6 in morning which seemed like a curse to us initially. My uncle owns a utensils shop
in the village and he opens it at 7 in the morning each day. He left for work before 7 am each
day. Most of the people were seen heading for their work around the same time.
I spent my mornings in the kitchen with all the ladies of the house doing preparations for
breakfast and lunch. I also helped them clean up the house after the kitchen tasks. In the
afternoon, me and my brother took a round of the village and also delivered lunch at my
uncle’s shop. Rest of the afternoon was spent in slumber after having a heavy diet and loads
of gossips.
The evening time in the village was the time for which I waited with a lot of excitement. One
evening we went to the village well where women went to fetch drinking water. It was great
to see them balance the pots full of water and walking back in a row. But the main treat was
to see the confidence and happiness on their faces. The village also encompassed a big
playground that used to be full of kids during the evening hours.
Our aunt and uncle also took us to the farm to show us the beautiful process of growing and
nurturing of fruits and vegetables. Looking at the farmers, putting so much effort on their
harvest and their faces during the harvesting time was a great sight.
I also went to one of the panchayat going on in the village under a banyan tree where issues of
the village were being solved by the elders of the village with the consent of all other people
of village. This is where I witnessed a small example of democracy.
Conclusion
The simplicity of the life in village is where its beauty lies. My visit to village always teaches me
compassion and to have love towards our family.
ESSAY ON HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION IN HILL STATION – ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
Summer season is mainly known for its heat waves and holidays that we students get because
of that. It’s a great time for students to go for a stress relieving trip and to be closer to nature
for which they don’t get time during their hectic schedule throughout the year.
Our family decided to go for a summer trip and that too to a hill station this year. There are
many beautiful places in India known for their scenic beauty such as Mussoorie, Ooty, Wilson
Hills, Kufri, Nainital, Manali, Kerala and Rishikesh to name a few. After a long discussion about
which hill station to go for, we finally settled for Shimla.
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Our Trip to Shimla
We all went there via road in our car and reached there in the morning. Then, we directly
went to the hotel that we had already booked. Shimla has got everything to lure the tourists
from lavish hotels to picturesque locations and from mall road to shopping streets full of
people coming from different cultures. We had planned the trip for 5 days. So in the evening
of our first day of trip we went to the mall road and Jhaku hills which are known as the main
tourist spots in the city. In the evening, there are many different activities going on there. It
was amazing to witness the night life of Shimla. We visited the Footloose Discotheque which
was full of vibrant people and buzzed with great music.
Our next day included travelling through the toy train. This toy train here runs from Kalka to
Shimla. There are only 3 such trains in our country and one of them is here. It’s an amusing
experience to travel through them irrespective of the fact that they are really slow. The
evening time was spent doing some snow adventures such as skiing and bungee jumping.
The next days were spent visiting places near Shimla such as Chail, Kufri and Chitkul. These
places can be visited for some snow adventure besides enjoying their beautiful scenic beauty.
Shimla is also a good treat for foodies like me. A bizarre thing about Shimla’s food is – either
there are really tiny diners or cafes offering just fast food, variety of teas and cold drinks or
fancy eateries that have over priced alcohol in the menus – there is no ground in between. We
had salami burgers at Beekays, which were delicious.
During all these days filled with loads of activities to do, we used to get really tired in the
evening, but the night life of there or just staring at the starry sky used to give us immense
sense of joy and fill us with new energy. There is an enchanting music from tall trees standing
upright there, curvy roads that makes one look at those beautiful hills from all the angles and
that lively breeze that fills one’s soul and heart with ecstasy.
Conclusion
We came back to Delhi after spending five fun-filled days in Shimla. The memory of this trip is
fresh in my head. Shimla is indeed the queen of hill stations. I would love to visit the place
again.
Summer is the most awaited time in any student’s academic year. Despite the scorching sun
and blazing heat, these months for me have always brought a peculiar type of calmness to my
soul that oozes freedom from monotony and dullness. As it is time for vacation, it is the time
to explore, wander, plan and much more. Summer vacations are always fun but my summer
holidays were especially memorable. What made it special was that it was my first advent on a
foreign land or I might say “lands”.
My First Foreign Trip
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The year 2017 was my last academic session in school. So, before going to the college a
complete family gateway to exotic lands was the gift I got from my family. I could not have
asked for more. Our travel plan was a perfect mixture of fairy Disneyworld and glamorous
Hong Kong and then to the multi ethnic country island of Malaysia.
On the very next day when my summer vacations began, I found myself on the terminal 2 of
Chhatrapati Shivaji airport, Mumbai, looking for my flight boarding pass and posting stories
about it on my social media accounts. My parents, siblings and cousins surrounded me. There
was excitement on every one’s face. Being a full extended family vacation with all my cousins,
aunts and uncles it seemed super fun from the time we set out in cabs to the airport. It was
not my first time being amidst the clouds but it was my first international flight giving a
magnificent view of night lights of the complete city and looking at that I knew that this trip
was going to be a one of a kind experience for me.
Landing at Hong Kong, I was taken aback by just the mere sight of their airport. I think they
indeed lived to the fact that the “first impression is the last impression”. I was definitely
amazed beyond imagination but somewhere I knew this was just the beginning. The first day
at this beautiful place mainly consisted of exploring the streets of this breathtaking city which
was rich in fashion, food, tech and everything that screamed modern and at the same time
archaic in their way of life.
The next place we visited was what all of us had dreamed of visiting since long. IT was the
mesmerizing Disneyland. The very first thing that caught my attention was not the people
around dressed in Disney characters or the marvellous expanse of the space and rides and
shops but the castle at the far end – The Disney Castle. It was just spectacular. The very charm
and enchantment of it knocked me out of breath. The fireworks at night after a complete
parade show especially makes you wonder if you really had crossed a line and entered the
fantasy world. It had been a lot more than I would have imagined even in my make-believe.
The next was a travelling day as we moved to our next destination Malaysia. The City gateway
was complete opposite of where we came. This city did not have many sky scrapers but the
beautifully spread horizontal city was very rich in culture and diversity. The exquisiteness of
mosques, museums and heritage sites perfectly blend with the modern lifestyle and modern
layout of city. The hill top parts of the country like Genting Highlands could be definitely called
heaven on earth. The beaches here offered a perfect place to relax and rejuvenate. I am glad
we choose this as our last destination during this trip.
Conclusion
This has been one of the best holidays I have ever gone on. I saw so many beautiful places,
had great experiences and spent a lot of time with my loving family. My last summer vacation
was indeed the best so far.
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25. Essay on my plans for summer vacation
Summer vacation brings along with it ample of opportunities to enjoy, relax and have fun. We
do not have a boring routine during this time period and can plan and enjoy the way we want.
The days are full of energy for adventures and activities. Here are essays of varying lengths on
My Plans for Summer Vacation to help you with the topic in your exam.
Summer vacation is the most interesting period of the year since there is no school, no need
to wake up early and no studies. After working hard for the whole year we eagerly await
summer vacations. It is a sigh of relief when we are done with our final exams. This summer I
plan to engage myself in activities that will relax my mind and body. I am really planning to
wake up late every morning first of all.
I am going to engage myself in Yoga as I am a fitness freak and Yoga strengthens your mind
and body and sets you up for wellness. I love the whole concept of Yoga. It’s more than just
physical exercise, it has spiritual and meditative core. Another activity that I am planning to
engage in is ballet dance. I would love to practice classical ballet this summer.
It requires a special training and summer vacation is the best period for engaging in something
I love. This year I won’t be going for any trip. I and my siblings are only planning to get more
creative and fit for a more productive and fun year ahead. We are all quite excited about the
summer vacations and have chosen our activities as per our choice.
Summer holidays are always special and super fun. Summer vacations mean no school, no
studies and a break from the boring routine. I really love village life and miss my grandparents
so I always make sure to visit my grandparents in village during my summer holidays.
I am super excited as I will visit my grandparents in the village Dharagiri, 5 km away from
Navsari, with my family this summer vacation. I feel very eager and happy to visit my native
place since I get a chance to meet my grandparents, other relatives and cousins. My
grandparent’s house in the village is surrounded with the trees of mango, coconut, chikoo,
guava, pomegranate and several other fruits and vegetables. I love plucking fresh fruits and
enjoy eating them. I am especially fond of mangoes. My maternal aunt cooks delicious
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traditional recipes for us. The taste and aroma of the food is amazing and we enjoy it with
delight.
The greenery, scenic beauty and the fresh air of village gives such a soothing effect. During my
stay at village, I love exploring different places with my siblings. We play several games, swing
on the roots of the banyan trees and walk by the riverside to get wet and play in the water.
We also go for field trip with my maternal uncle and ride horses. The life in village is full of fun
and activities. It never gets boring and I realize that I never watch TV or play games on the cell
phones when in village. The days I spend in the village are always the most memorable days of
my life.
Even this year, I plan to visit my grandparents in village and meet my relatives there. It is a
great pleasure to enjoy the scenic beauty of the village and breathe some fresh air. It is
relaxing and rejuvenating to be away from the city pollution.
Introduction
My plans for summer vacations include a long list of fun activities. Summer vacations mean no
school, no waking up early from bed, no homework and no boring routine. All I plan is fun and
adventure.
Here are some plans that I have for this summer vacation. I will not miss these at any cost:
I love driving with my mom to the Holiday Club we are members of and have a pool party
there with my friends that come along. I and my friends enjoy swimming and playing pool
games. My mom orders cup cakes and milk shake for us. We have been doing this since the
last few years and this is our fixed plan for Saturdays and Sundays during this summer
vacation.
My dad has just got a new DSLR camera last month so I am planning to try my hands on it. It is
going to be super fun to learn photography from my dad during the summer vacation. I love
taking pictures of the local people and beautiful landscapes I explore.
We are also planning a short family trip to Goa to chill at the beach side this summer vacation.
I am a huge fan of Goa and love exploring the local markets for shopping. I love going to the
beach early in the morning to get wet and later taking sunbath since mom says sunlight is the
best source of vitamin D.
I love reading and writing. So, I have some of my favorite books to be read during the summer
vacations. I mostly enjoy reading love stories. I also love writing short stories and poems so I
plan to write a few this vacation in my free time.
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I will also enroll myself at music classes this summer vacation as I wish to learn to play piano. I
love listening and playing music in my free time and am planning to practice more in this
summer vacation.
I also plan to learn cooking some delicious recipes from my mom during vacations. This time I
am planning to learn some cup cake recipes. I love experimenting in the kitchen and cooking
some easy recipes.
Conclusion
So, I am all set and super excited for my summer vacations and have so many plans. I will stick
to all these plans to make the most of my summer vacations. It is surely going to be fun,
interesting and full of energy.
Introduction
We are already getting the summer vacation itch and dreaming of the beach days and
adventure trips. It’s important that the summer vacations pass by in a fun and productive
manner. With a bit of planning we can ensure a creative and memorable vacation. There are
many activities we can engage in during summer vacations.
Here are some simple yet useful tips to plan summer vacations:
Plan your summer vacations wisely by using it for various activities, camps and trips.
Make sure you don’t waste your time and don’t delay your plans.
Mark in the calendar for the days you want to go for a trip or camp.
Join hobby classes immediately to learn something new by the end of your vacations.
Think about the activities you want to engage in and try to indulge in them during summer
vacations.
Planning a Trip: Plan a short trip to your favorite location to relax and rejuvenate yourself after
the yearlong labor. Choose any new or your favorite location to travel and have fun with
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family.
Summer Camp: Summer vacation is the best time to stay active and enjoy with friends. Do a
bit of research in the local news papers and magazines to find out about various summer
camps and choose the one that best suits your interests.
Go Swimming: It feels great to go swimming in the cool pool water for relaxing and
rejuvenating during hot summer days. I enjoy going for swimming with friends and playing
pool games.
Hobby Classes: Try learning something new and fun. Join hobby classes like singing, dancing,
painting, photography or whatever activity interests you. This will be the most fun way to
spend your vacation doing what you actually love.
Enjoy Nature: During school days we don’t get enough time to enjoy the scenic beauty of
nature. Summer vacation is the best time to take a long walk in nature and smell some roses
or plan a camp in the local park with siblings and friends.
Classic Film and Shows: If you are spending the vacations at home the best way is to
rediscover classic films and TV shows. Organize a pajama party and enjoy your favourite
movies and shows.
Explore the Options in the City: Get out and get going, explore your city clubs, art and science
museums and parks etc. If you love shopping visit malls and your favorite shopping stores with
your friends and check out for the new collections.
Go Biking: It is super fun to go biking in nature to enjoy the weather. It is also the best exercise
for your body. You can also visit your friends riding a bike.
Conclusion
Pump up yourself for fun and adventure during summer vacations. Make it more active and
interesting so that you don’t regret when your friends share their super cool vacation
activities with you. Have a great summer!
Introduction
Summer vacations are great to go for trips or learn something new and exciting instead of
mindlessly sitting in front of the idiot box and doing nothing at all. It’s very important to plan
ahead for a more fun and creative vacation.
Mark out the days in the calendar that you plan to go for a trip. If you have some plans lined
up within the town or some relatives visiting during the vacation then make a note of those
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days in the calendar. This will give you a clear idea of the busy days so you can plan your
vacation accordingly.
Plan a Trip: The best part about summer vacations is that you can plan a long or short trip to
relax. Plan a trip to your favorite location. Do a bit of online research to choose from the
various beautiful locations. Plan a budget for transport, hotels, food and drink costs, shopping,
rides and whatever else you are going to need for your trip. Here are some tips to plan your
trip efficiently. Choose the trip and location that best suits your interest and budget.
Book your tickets in advance as nothing is more frustrating than a delayed trip. The best part is
that you get great discounts while booking tickets online in advance. It is easy to search and
book flight tickets online. You can compare the flight fares on several sites available online.
Not only flights but you can also book hotels online in advance. You can choose from a range
of hotels and services as per your choice and comfort. Also, you can compare prices and get
great discounts when you book hotels online in advance. Do your research and always check
the services and the pictures of the hotel rooms and ambiance before booking.
You should pack your bags at least one day earlier than you travel. Pack the clothing, shoes
and accessories that are appropriate for the location and climate. Don’t forget to carry your
cameras, selfie sticks, hats, sunglasses, binoculars, iPods etc. for a fun vacation. Also, make
sure you pack the medications that you might need on trip. And you are all set to go for a fun
vacation.
Summer Camp: Summer camp is a great way to play and enjoy with friends and at the same
time stay active. It feels great to spend time outdoors in the summers and make new friends.
You can choose the camp as per your choice from the several available camps such as sport
focused camps, day camps, artistic camps, sleep away camps, etc.
Search in the local magazines or newspapers for the upcoming summer camps. Sign up early
for the camps so that you don’t miss the spot.
Go Hiking: Summer is the best time to engage in outdoor and adventurous activities as the
days are longer. You can go hiking at the local trail and stay active. It is a great way to stay fit
and have fun.
Dress appropriately for such activities in comfortable and sporty clothes, caps and sports
shoes.
Find local trails by visiting local nature centers, contacting local parks or doing a bit of online
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search.
Make a Reading List: If you have some of your favorite books pending to be read since quite a
long time then summer vacation is the best time you can start reading.
You can order some new books online or download e-books on your PC to read them.
Conclusion
So, there are many ways we can enjoy the summer vacations instead of wasting it by sitting at
home and doing nothing at all we can make it more interesting and productive.
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Summer camp is a great initiative taken up mostly by schools to help students make optimum
use of their holidays by learning and mastering an entirely new skill. This way by trying various
activities, young kids can explore their potential and passion for certain arts and
simultaneously widen their horizons. Here are essays on Summer Camp of varying lengths to
help you with the topic in your exam. You can select any Summer Camp essay as per your
requirement:
A summer camp is not about sitting in an area bounded by four walls and staring at a teacher
continuously speaking his mind instead it involves extensive learning and self development of
the child. In addition to the various activities such as painting, swimming, dancing, playing
instrument, etc that are usually taught at a summer camp, a child learns various valuable life
skills such as leadership qualities, socialising with other kids and discipline which are as much
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important as academic knowledge. These skills build confidence in a child from the start and
that in turn aids in his overall development.
Many of us have really fantastic and beautiful memories of summer camps. This time of the
year is loved by all as it provides the much needed break to students from their routine of
attending academic classes. It is usually extremely interactive in nature and the students feel
at ease while learning their favourite activities intensively. Summer camp is an event
organized by schools for the overall development of their students. Here we shall discuss
about the importance of summer camps in a child’s overall growth.
Summer camps are of extreme importance to for the children. Summer camps provide young
children with a sense of independence when they spend several days without their parents.
Kids learn to take care of themselves and their belongings and socialize with other kids in the
camp.
There are various kinds of camps. One of these is a nature camp where kids are supposed to
stay at a place disconnected from the hustle of city and technology. Camps disconnect kids
from gadgets and internet and compel them to learn and adjust in a new environment amid
nature. They learn to appreciate nature and indulge in various physical activities during the
camp. In addition to all of this, they acquire problem solving skills and take responsibility for
their actions. Simultaneously, they learn to adjust with adverse weather and lifestyle
conditions when they are away from the comfort and warmth of their homes.
Conclusion
Many summer camps operate for 3-5 hours during the day. These camps train the children for
activities such as painting, dancing, playing musical instruments, learning a language and many
more interesting and interactive activities which aid in overall development of a child. These
activities help children identify their passion and the skills they are good at. During these
camps, kids develop a positive attitude, learn to work hard and team up with other kids.
Summer camp is an essential part of school life which should not be ignored among the hustle
and bustle of academic life. Different schools have different methods of conducting summer
camps. These camps include all kinds of activities such as camping, hiking, swimming, music,
dance and anything and everything one can imagine. Parents these days are becoming more
and more aware about the importance of summer camps for a child’s overall development.
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Summer Camp in My School – A Great Learning Experience
Just like various other schools that give utmost care and attention to the overall development
of their students, my school also conducts summer camps to further this. Various teachers
from our school volunteer to help organize the summer camp to make it an extremely
memorable experience for everyone. I have enrolled for many of these camps in the last few
years.
During these camps, we are given a huge bunch of activities to choose from. Every year
different themes are used for the summer camp activities. During one of these camps, the
theme of the camp was ‘Culture’. We were taught about various cultures in depth and were
also equipped with practical knowledge about those cultures such as their music, cuisine,
lifestyle and endless such aspects.
We as students were made to brainstorm on the customs and traditions of various cultures. At
the end of the camp we were asked to share what we learnt with everyone. This was a really
interesting activity as we got to listen to everybody’s perspective about the importance of the
camp. Our teachers also came up and shared their views on the importance of such camps and
the positive impact they have on our young minds.
This camp was a memorable experience for all of us as at the end of it, we took home many
important skills and lessons. This camp not only taught us about various cultures and their
lifestyles but along with this we learnt to work efficiently as a part of a team. Along with this,
we learnt to socialize with other people and develop better communication skills.
Conclusion
Summer camps are supervised camps conducted to entertain as well as equip students with
various life skills such as teamwork, socializing, decision- making, independent and responsible
living and more. It aids the overall development of a child and in addition to all these perks,
children have fun during this process as they get to explore entirely new arenas and expand
their reach. This is a widely accepted drill by the schools for the students.
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Here I’d like to share my own experience with a summer camp in grade 6. Our school
organised a little 3 day camp to a nearby hill-station. Many of our regular teachers joined us
along with hike counsellors and tour guides who were extremely experienced in camping
activities. We were given special instructions about discipline and behaviour which has to be
maintained while at a high altitude place.
We started the journey in a bus where we played team games to socialize with students from
other classes. Upon reaching our destination, we were informed about various aspects of
camping and about everything we should pay attention to it. It was a first multi-day trip
without our parents for most of us.
It was a challenge as we had to take care of ourselves and our belongings in the absence of
our parents who usually complete most of these chores for us. This taught us about living
independently and taking up responsibility. While on the campsite, all the students were
divided into groups and were given various tasks such as helping to set up tents, gathering
firewood and arranging food.
These tasks gave us a chance to work in teams and know each other well. After the hard work,
we were served delicious but simple food. Once done with the dinner, every student helped
tirelessly to clean up the surrounding areas and wash the dishes. These things develop helpful
nature in the kids and inculcate a fine habit of completing their work themselves.
We were taken into the woods to hike and explore nature and its elements. There we were
taught about the importance of various vegetation and we also learnt about the local wildlife.
While hiking in the dense and endless woods we received a chance to explore the intricacy
and wonders of nature.
The entire camping experience holds an overwhelming amount of life skill to learn and apply. I
feel extremely lucky to have got the chance to experience this time as it taught me values of
life. Every parent should ensure that their child spends enough time in understanding and
exploring nature rather than indulging in technology all the time. Nature teaches us the
concept of simple living and provides serenity to our minds in our fast moving lives.
Conclusion
Keeping in mind the vast difference this little endeavor creates in a child’s development
schools across various countries have started organizing such camps. These are aimed at
ensuring the overall development of a child along with academic excellence. Students as well
as parents must encourage the students to participate in such camps.
Summer camp is a special camp for children to come together and have fun. They try new
adventures and learn new things in a safe environment away from home and thus develop a
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sense of independence. They also make new friends and socialize that develops their social
skills and self confidence.
Make New Friends: Summer camp is a place where children make new friends and can
socialize with them freely. They get the opportunity to perform several activities together like
singing, painting, dancing, drawing and playing to name a few. They share space with each
other and work as a team and thus develop new friendships.
Develop Social Skills: Joining summer camp is to join the community where children agree to
co-operate with each other. It gives them the opportunity to inevitably interact with their
peers. Living together and performing several tasks together draws them together. They learn
to efficiently work as a part of a team by coordinating and cooperating with each other.
Grow More Independent: Being away from home children need to take their own decisions
without their parents’ and teachers’ guidance. They learn to manage their daily chores and
activities in the safe and caring environment of the camp. They learn to act in a more
responsible manner.
Develop Skills: Summer camps are a great way to enhance your skills. The variety of activities
offered at summer camps help children to discover and develop their interests. You are
provided with the right amenities and environment to enhance your skills and abilities. It
allows you to show your talents and be more creative.
Bond with Nature: Summer camp allows children to connect with nature. Outdoor activities
are a great way for children to observe nature and develop awareness of the natural world.
Outdoor experience is important for the healthy growth and development of a child.
Away from Technology: Getting engaged in the real world by staying away from technology,
TV and cell phones is the right way to nurture the kids. It encourages children to engage in real
activities. This way their understanding and ability to interact with real people and handle real
tasks enhances. They also realize that there is so much more to indulge in for fun.
Self-Confidence: Summer camp helps children develop their self-esteem in the absence of
academic and social competition that forms their school lives. During these camps they
participate in non-competitive and diverse activities. Camp life motivates children and is a real
boast for them.
Physical Activity: Summer camp life makes them physically more active as they participate in
various physical activities such as swimming, hiking, riding, playing outdoor games and
indulging in new adventures. In camps they are always active. This makes them physically
stronger. It enhances their physical competency and their ability to challenge themselves.
Learning Opportunities: Summer camps create many learning opportunities for kids whether
its music, dance, science or art. Learning in camps is more effective as it gives the kids more
practical knowledge and real experience.
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Summer Camp is a Break: Summer camps are something really exciting and adventurous.
Children welcome this whole new experience than to continue with the same old boring
routine. It is the much needed change for children to have fun and experience carefree living.
They can relax and learn at the same time.
Conclusion
Summer camp is not only for having fun. The value of experience is more important. It affects
the child in a lot of positive ways. It develops the child’s mental, physical and social ability. It is
the opportunity for them to grow emotionally and socially. They become more independent
and confident about themselves and we know that practical knowledge is better than
theoretical knowledge; due to their own experience they will prove better in their life.
Summer camp teaches them some of the most important lessons of life.
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Kids can do anything what they are interested in. They can enjoy with their parents, best
friends, neighbors, etc all through the vacation.
Another purpose of the summer vacation is to give students some relax from the unbearable
heat of the summer season. They may hurt to a great extent due to the high summer heat, so
summer vacation is the best option to give them a nice break from the study and summer. It
also aims to help students to get recovered in the weak subjects. During summer vacation,
students get opportunity to visit new places, enhance their general knowledge, get time for
project work of school, etc.
Boys generally like to play cricket in the nearest playground with their friends whereas girls
play football, badminton, basketball, etc during the summer vacation. Parents already plan
summer holidays to spend quality time with their kids for fifteen days or one month long.
They already book air ticket, train ticket or bus ticket according to their plan of touring. Some
of the parents book beautiful hotels to stay for some days however some plan many
interesting things to do at home such as morning walk, a morning tea in balcony with kids,
interesting breakfast, watermelon in noon, ice-cream in evening, late night dinner, etc crazy
things.
Skating is also an interesting and popular sport to learn in the summer vacation. Children with
their parents and other family members, comeback to their home city and feel more relaxed,
fresh and energetic.
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SUMMER VACATION ESSAY 5 (300 WORDS)
Summer vacation is the happiest period of the year for the students. It lasts for about one and
half months (half May and full June). All the school activities remain off after a year long
period of hectic schedule. It generally commences from the first day of third week of May and
ends on last day of last week of June every year. Summer vacation is the happiest period of
the year for me. I like it most because I get protected from the high heat harming sun rays all
through the day in summer season. I really enjoy the whole summer vacation with my loving
parents and brother. We generally plan to go to the hill stations every year to get protected
from the unbearable heat of summer months. It gives me chance to enhance my skill and
knowledge in the areas other than the studies.
I also join tuition classes to improve my weak subjects. I enjoy my summer vacations by
visiting new places of my country. This year, we have planned to visit my home town’s aunty’s
home at Uttar Pradesh for almost 10 days. Then we will go to visit Science City, Victoria
Memorial Hall and Nicco Park in Kolkata. We also go to visit my native place where my sweet
grandparents live. I like very much to spend some quality time with them and eat fresh
vegetables and fruits they crop in their fields. I will click some memorable snaps with them
and keep with me forever.
Summer vacation brings lots of happiness to me every year and gives me enough time to meet
my all near and dear ones. I will return to my city back on 1st of June. My parents have
planned a tour for abroad also. We will rest for one week and then will go to the Singapore on
8th of June for two week. We will be back on 22nd of June and start doing holidays homework
seriously.
I have captured all the memorable moments into my smart phone to keep it with me forever.
My sweet family members are also captured in the clicks. We did swimming, morning walk in
the cool natural air, wander on the roads full of greenery, played football in the ground and so
many joyful activities in between the tour whenever we got time. I have noticed and tried to
learn something good from the people of all cultures and traditions of India. I have met people
of various religions in this year’s summer vacation. I was excited to join cricket academy from
my end however, when I heard the plan of my parents I shouted loudly and jumped many
times and forgot about the cricket.
I am very happy because my inner soul is satisfied. I have done a lot of shopping too with my
parents at various places of India during the tour. I think it was the best summer vacations of
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my life. Now, we are back to the home and started doing my project works. I have to help my
sister and brother too in completing their holiday’s homework. Two weeks are left more in
opening our school. After completing our school holiday homework, we will go to the home
town to meet our grandparents. We can go there by bus because it is quite short way of 200
km. Later, we will go at short tour of Pradarshani and nearby historical places of the village.
We will eat there lots of mangoes, bael, papaya, litchi, banana, cucumber, kakadi, including
other summer fruits and home-made ice-cream at my grandparent’s home.
There is a lake also where migratory birds come every year. We will enjoy seeing them in the
early morning and evening. This summer vacation is really full of huge fun to me but I have to
take care of my health too so that I cannot fall sick and join my school properly.
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Everyone loves vacations. We start planning for our vacations long before they begin. It is a much ne
plan to indulge in different activities to cherish those days for the times to come. Here are Vacation
same in your exam. You can select any essay on vacation as per your need:
Like everyone else, I also make a lot of plans for my vacations. While earlier most of my holidays wen
procrastinating. Towards the end of the vacations, I always regretted having wasted them all. Howev
gives me a feeling of joy and content.
During my summer and winter vacations, I make sure that I have at least one short trip planned with
enough time to plan a trip during my vacations, I go on a trip planned by my school. Such trips are ex
sure I devote few hours a day to study each day during the vacations.
Besides, I love helping my mother with household tasks and also enjoy going out shopping with her.
every bit of them.
Vacation is the best part of a student’s life. It offers the much-required break from the boring lecture
parents have always made sure that I have a great time during my vacations and have given me num
memory is that of my last winter vacations.
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My Fond Memory of Winter Vacations
I love winters and vacations are the best part of this season. The Christmas and New Year gush and t
awesome feeling. I remember how I and my younger brother decorate the Christmas tree and prepa
Winter vacations are a time of celebration. We also invite our relatives to celebrate New Years’ eve.
these vacations each year but last years’ winter vacations were all the more special. We always long
surprise by planning a trip to Shimla during our winter vacations.
It was a three day trip and we were lucky that it snowed twice during those days. Watching the snow
sight. There was snow all around and we just loved it. It was quite exciting for us as we saw it for the
the mall road sipping hot tomato soup and having steamed hot momos with the spicy red chutney.
The Christ Church on the mall road was all decked up during that time and looked marvellous. We w
few woollen clothes and souvenirs from the market there. It was great fun.
Conclusion
I cherish the days spent on our Shimla vacation and wish we go on more such outings in the times to
when you have a loving family.
Vacation is one word that instantly brings a smile on my face. And why not? It offers a great respite
day. It is time to try new things and bond with our family.
We are all fond of horror movies. So, almost every night during their stay we watch a horror movie.
then sit together for this spooky adventure. We scream, shout and scare each other to take the expe
nights spent with my bunch of crazy cousins.
Besides, we indulge in various indoor and outdoor activities. We go for morning walks and evening s
the nearby malls accompanied by our elders.
We are all also made to sit for around two-three hours each day to study. It is much better than stud
these study sessions, they are actually not that bad. We get yummy refreshments during this time an
that makes these sessions fun.
I love the way my aunts pamper me. The presence of my aunts in the house also means that we get
have good culinary skills and we love the items cooked by them.
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Conclusion
Vacations are full of fun and summer vacations are simply the best. They are the longest vacations a
a time to catch up on a lot of sleep and bond with our extended family members.
The term, vacation usually brings in mind the idea of going out on a holiday. However, it is much mo
for different people. While for some it means going on a holiday, for others it is a time to take the m
health.
Students are the luckiest when it comes to vacations. This is because they get the maximum number
winter break, an even longer summer-break, autumn break and a lot of other holidays grouped toge
Many schools and colleges organize trips during the vacations. All those students who are interested
their parents and pay the required amount to be a part of these. School and college trips are extrem
summer and autumn break. I have been on a number of these trips and I find them to be the best pa
Many students join hobby classes during summer vacations. Summer camps are also run during thes
that are not only fun but also offer great learning experience.
Vacation is also the time for family get together and outings. It is fun to go out on holidays with our
cherish forever. Meeting cousins and staying over at their place is another exciting part of the vacati
Studies are an integral part of a student’s life. School students often get a lot of homework during th
scheduled just after the vacations. So it is also important to devote enough time for studies during th
Just like students, working professionals also wait for vacations. However, they are not blessed with
on the long weekends. As the calendar for the New Year is out, everyone begins spotting the long we
professionals often go for outings with their family and friends during this time. Many also indulge in
There are a number of working professionals who relocate to different places to seek good opportun
home to meet their family. They are immensely excited about the vacations and eagerly await the sa
their family is quite difficult for them.
Vacations for some working professionals are also a time to take rest to get back to work with fresh
opportunity to hone their professional skills by taking short term courses. These days there are seve
instantly. Many professionals go for such courses.
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For working mothers, vacations mean spending quality time with their children.
Conclusion
Vacations are a great time to bond with your family and friends. This is also a time to follow your ho
different vacations differently to make the most of them by building varied experiences.
We all look forward to vacations to take a break from our boring routine. It is time to take a lot of re
However, vacations also have their own set of disadvantages. Let us see why vacations are importan
disadvantages attached to them.
Importance of Vacations
Vacation time is limited and we must make the most of it. Many people plan a long holiday and then
seem to need another vacation before they go to work. Others vile away their time sleeping or indul
wasted their vacations. Yet others keep themselves occupied with work and studies only and thus do
All these are not a good way to spend your vacations.
You must strike a balance between these activities. If supposing you have a week-long vacation, it is
days then take rest for a day, then make a list of the household tasks you need to take care of and co
in about an hour or two for your work or study for the remaining days after the trip. This is importan
and get baffled as you resume it after the vacation.
When you balance between different things, you feel content as your vacation ends and can concen
back.
Disadvantages of Vacations
Disrupts Routine
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Life is much more sorted when we follow a routine every day. We go to our school/ college/ office a
schedule for the other tasks as well. It is easier to manage things this way. Vacations disrupt the sche
after the same. This hampers work.
Disturbs Budget
We often plan trips and excursions during vacations and this can disturb our budget. Social media pl
get inspired to visit various places looking at the pictures posted by their friends and colleagues. Ma
they do not have the budget.
People who do not have company or budget to go out and enjoy often get bored during the vacation
during their vacations.
Conclusion
While vacations are a good time to relax and rejuvenate these can be troublesome for some particul
go out or enough budget to plan a holiday.
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Here are essay on winter vacation of varying lengths to help you with the topic in your exam.
You can select any Winter Vacation Essay as per your need:
I make numerous plans for these vacations and live them to the fullest. Our winter vacations
usually begin on Christmas which is one of my favourite festivals. So, I start my vacations with
Christmas shopping. I visit the local markets with my mother to buy decorative items and
colourful lights for my Christmas tree. Me and my brother decorate the Christmas tree and
love it when it lights up.
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During the vacations we visit our cousins or call them home to spend few days together. I love
the company of my cousins. We all have a great time together. My mother also makes sure
that we study for at least 2 hours each day to prepare for the exams ahead.
New Year also comes during winter vacations. We usually have a small house party to ring in
the New Year. It is a small get together wherein we invite our close relatives and friends.
All in all, winter vacation is time for friends, family, cousins and lots of celebrations. I simply
love it.
Winter vacation has always been special for me. It brings in a lot of love, joy and laughter.
Each winter vacation gives several memories to cherish for a long-long time. While during the
primary classes all we did during the winter vacation was to eat, sleep, play and visit our
friends and relatives however as we have entered the senior classes things have started to
change. Now, we also need to spend time studying during our vacation. Here is how I spent
my winter vacation last year when I was in seventh grade.
So, we had increased number of coaching classes. Since, we studied more at the coaching we
had to take out more time for self study each day in order to revise those chapters at home.
So, most part of the time was spent studying which was tiring but helpful during the exams.
I live in Delhi and winters are extremely chilling here. Our winter vacation mostly begins on
the 1st of January and the school re-opens on the 16th of January. This is the time when the
cold is at its peak. The winter rain is also expected during this time making the weather even
colder. However, due to extreme cold our winter break was extended by a week last year. This
was great news. We planned a weekend family trip during these days. It was just what I
needed after studying hard for so many days.
Conclusion
All in all, this winter vacation was different from the rest. It taught me the importance of
following a schedule to make the most of the time and do well in life.
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ESSAY ON HOW I WILL SPEND MY WINTER VACATION – ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Winter vacations are about to begin and I have numerous plans for the same. I am planning to
visit my cousins, help my mother with household tasks, spend time with my grandparents,
learn a new art and prepare for my final exams.
Visit Cousins
I am planning to visit my cousins during these winter vacations. We have been planning this
ever since they visited us during the summer break. We have a lot of plans for the few days I
will be visiting them and are quite excited about the same. I am lucky to have like-minded
cousins. Being with them is the best feeling in the world. I just can’t wait to spend time with
them and indulge in various mischievous activities during this vacation.
Family Time
I also want to spend time with my family. I am so tied up with my school assignments,
coaching classes and other activities during the usual school days that I am hardly able to
spend any time with my family. It has been long that I sat with my grandparents and listened
to their interesting stories. I want to spend a lot of time with them during the vacations. I also
want to play with the baby sister who always yearns to spend time with me. Besides, I will
help my mother with the household chores as much as I can.
Apart from visiting my cousins and spending time with my family, I also plan to learn a new art
during my winter vacations. Glass painting has always fascinated me and I wish to learn this
art during this time. I have already selected few tutorials online. I will refer to them to learn
this new art.
One of my neighbourhood aunts is also skilled in glass painting. She has done glass painting on
her windows and has also hung numerous glass painting pieces in her house. In fact, her
beautiful pieces of glass paintings have inspired me to learn this art. Besides, watching
tutorials, I plan to visit her few times to acquire this skill. I have already brought the colours,
brushes and frames and just can’t wait to begin these sessions.
Conclusion
I am just waiting for my mid-term exams to get over so that I can enjoy my winter vacations.
However, I will not only indulge in all the fun activities during my vacations but also study for
my final exams.
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Introduction
Winter vacations are just about to begin and I have a number of plans lined up for the same
like each year. I will spend time with my parents, grandparents and siblings. I will indulge in
my favourite hobbies and get a lot of time to relax. However, I am not just planning to have
fun during the vacations but also aim to study for the exams ahead.
Over the years, I have learned that it becomes so much easier to learn the chapters during the
exams if we have already studied and learned them earlier. My schedule is very hectic on the
days when the school is going on. I attend the school, go for tuition classes and have to
complete my homework assignments. I hardly get any time for self study. Holidays are a good
time to study. There is a lot of time that can be invested in self study during the holidays.
I am a morning person. I love waking up early in the morning and that is the time when I can
focus easily. So I have decided to study for at least three hours each morning during my
vacations. I will sit for two more hours during the afternoon hours to cover the maximum I
can. This will help me prepare thoroughly for my final exams.
My grandparents live in another city. We visit them during summer as well as winter
vacations. This year also we shall be going to their place for few days. I love my grandparent’s
house. It is a huge house with a big lawn that has different kinds of beautiful trees and plants.
Visiting my grandparents place is the best part of the vacations. I always look forward to it.
My grandparents are extremely loving and caring. They eagerly wait for our vacations and are
pleased to have us home. My grandmother prepares delicious food for us. We get to eat
different kinds of delicacies at their place. I especially love the different kinds of sweet dishes
prepared by my grandmother.
I also love spending time with my grandfather who shares his life experiences with us. He
narrates stories and real-life incidences that help us learn so much about life. The days spent
at my grandparents’ house have always been special for me. They have given us so many
beautiful memories to cherish.
Other Activities
I also wish to indulge in some of my favourite activities during my winter vacations. I have
already booked two classes a week for pottery. I will be going to the classes with my sister. I
am also planning to go for evening walk regularly during my vacations. I love the weather
during the winter evenings. A stroll in the park during this time is simply refreshing. It is an
awesome experience and I don’t want to miss it at any cost.
Conclusion
With so many plans, I just can’t wait for my winter vacations to begin. I am eagerly waiting for
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them.
Winter Vacation is the time to relax and celebrate in the company of friends and family. It
comes after the second term examination and gives the much needed respite after a month of
rigorous study. I await the winter vacations eagerly as I indulge in a lot of fun stuff during
these holidays.
Winter Vacations are mostly for fifteen days and two of the festivals I love the most i.e.,
Christmas and New Year fall during this time. So there is a flavour of festivities all around. I
and my sister specially look forward to Christmas as our parents bring gifts for us and the
whole house is illuminated with lights. We also shop for a lot of small bells, stars, reindeers
and candies to decorate the Christmas tree.
I purchase a gift for my sister. We love the delicious cake our mother prepares for us on
Christmas. The celebration is completed with family dinner. There is festive vibe all around.
New Year celebrations are all the more special. This is because we are either invited to some
friends’ or relatives’ place or we host a party. It is time to meet our family friends and cousins.
I enjoy the good food and good company on this day.
Family Trip
We also plan a family trip to a hill station during winter vacations. If we are lucky enough we
get to witness snow fall on such trips. It is usually a short trip of two-three days. Most of the
times, we book the tickets almost a month in advance. We are all excited about the trip and
start packing our stuff days before the same.
My father plans everything in advance to ensure a smooth trip. The hotel booking is done,
sight-seeing list is prepared and the budget for everything is set. We mostly travel by train and
it is fun. Last year, we travelled to Shimla during the winter vacations. It was a three day trip.
The mall road was the main attraction during this trip. It was covered with snow and we just
love walking on it. Our hotel was near the mall road and we spent our mornings and evenings
on the road. We enjoyed the weather, played with the snow and had piping hot momos as we
sat on the benches placed on the mall road.
There was a Tibetan market near-by. I and my mother went shopping to the market. I just
loved the variety of winter clothing items available there. I bought jackets and sweatshirts. I
also bought a pair of boots and some accessories. My mother bought a shawl for herself and a
lot of other stuff for the entire family. We also went for site seeing to other places. The best
part of the trip was the snowfall that we witnessed on the last day of our trip. It added to the
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overall experience and made the trip completely worth it.
A Strict Routine
Though, we are in a holiday mood throughout the winter vacations and enjoy them to the
fullest, our mother makes sure that we do not skip studying. She prepares a schedule to
ensure that we make the most of the time we have to prepare for the final exams and have
fun at the same time.
The schedule includes two hours of study in the morning and an hour during late afternoon.
She also makes sure we wake up early and go for walk or cycling. We are free to choose what
we want to do during the rest of the day. However, we can watch TV only for two hours a day.
Conclusion
I just love winter vacations. They have given me some wonderful memories to cherish for a
lifetime. These vacations are truly full of fun, frolic and warmth.
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Cricket is a most famous and passionate sports of India for many years. It is mostly liked by the
children. Generally they used to play cricket on any small open places like road, small fields,
etc. Kids and children are so fond of knowing about the cricket and its rules and regulations.
Most importantly, it is a very common topic which students generally get as a topic to write
essay in the essay writing competition. So help your kids and children in getting participated in
the essay writing competition or other type of competition like debate, group discussion, etc
using such simple and easy written essay on cricket. You can select any cricket essay given
below:
Cricket is a most famous outdoor game played in India on national and international level. It is
a passionate game of India played with a bat and a ball. There are two teams of the cricket
each of them having 11 players. It is played for a very common aim of getting maximum scores
and number of runs by both of the teams. The team wins who get higher score in the end of
match. There is an action centre called pitch around which the game is played. It is played in
the big open space and well maintained field from wicket is 68-58 m and small circle of main
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playing field is 2.64 m.
Cricket is an outdoor game mostly liked by the children and they dream to become a good
cricketer in their young age. It is played using a bat and a ball in the big open field. It is the
played in between the two competitor teams having 11 players. It is played in the field having
a centre of rectangular 22-yard long pitch. It is used by the batsman to take a turn while
batting and attempting to get score runs as an innings.
The one member of opposite team called bowler delivers a ball to the member of another
team called batsman. Bowler attempt to hit the ball away from the bat in order to take a
wicket of batsman. A batsman continues his batting until he gets out by the bowler after doing
some fault. Whoever team starts batting, continues the batting until his ten batsmen become
out or one batsman has completed the specific number of overs of six balls.
Cricket is a professional outdoor game played especially by the boys of many countries on
national and international level. There are two teams of 11 players each in this outdoor game.
Cricket is played until 20 overs are completed by each team. All the Laws, rules and regulation
are maintained by the International Cricket Council and Marylebone Cricket Club. It is played
for Test matches and One Day Internationals. Earlier it was played in the southern England
during 16th century. However, during 18th century it was developed as a national sport of
England.
During the expansion of British Empire it was started playing overseas and by 19th century a
first international match was held by the ICC (a governing body) with two teams having 10
members each. Cricket is the most popular game played in many countries like England,
Australasia, West Indies, Indian subcontinent, and Southern Africa. Small children in India are
very fond of this game and generally used to play the cricket in small open place, most
probable on the roads or parks. It is a very simple game if played and practiced on daily basis.
Cricket players need to practice this game on daily basis to remove every small fault and get
fluency.
Cricket is my favourite game than all other outdoor games in India. I used to play cricket in
front of my house in the park with my school friends and neighbours. Cricket is a game
originated in British Empire (an English origin) however started playing in many countries. We
need a bat and a ball to play this game. The cricket game came in vogue and gained popularity
by 18th century. There are two teams in cricket with 11 players in each, two umpires to notice
the faults according to the law and judges all the fair and unfair while playing the cricket.
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Before stating the game, a coin is tossed by the captain of any team to decide which team
start batting first and other one bowling.
Both of the teams get the chance of batting alternatively however the team who win the toss
do batting first and opposite team do bowling. Cricket has become one of the most fascinating
games in India from points of view of the observers. When any national or international level
cricket game is fixed to play, highly interested people become so excited a week before the
start of the game. Many cricket lovers start booking tickets to see the live and onsite cricket
game in the stadium instead of seeing on TV or news. Our country has become one of the
famous countries in the field of cricket playing all over the world. Many times India has won
the world cup and many test matches.
Cricket is the exciting outdoor game in India and played in many countries all through the
world. It is not so popular in Unites States however played as a most fascinating game in many
countries like India, England and Australia. It is a wonderful game played using a bat and a ball
in the open space in the big field. It is my favourite sports. I generally used to see only cricket
on the TV whenever any national or international cricket competition takes place. In cricket
there are two teams having 11 players in each team. One team starts batting first and another
team do bowling according to the toss winning. The team who win toss do batting first
however both of the teams can do batting alternatively.
There are many rules in the cricket and one cannot play the cricket without knowing the rules
and regulations properly. It is played well when play ground becomes dry however there exist
some problems when ground gets wet. One batsman gets chance to do batting until he gets
out of the game. Whenever match starts everyone’s enthusiasm runs high and a high pitch
sound of people gets spread all over the stadium, especially when favourite batsman does
through a chauka or chhakka ball. Sachin Tendulkar is my favourite cricketer and would be. He
had made a new record in the cricket history of India. I completely forget to eat anything for
whole day whenever he played his cricket match on national or international level.
Cricket is a hard however simple game if practiced on regular basis. I too, very fond of playing
the cricket and play daily in the evening in the play ground near my house. My parents are
very helpful and motivate me always to play cricket very well.
Cricket is most popular and favourite game of everyone. We like cricket very much and play in
daily evening in the small play ground. It is liked by the people of almost all age group as it is
very interesting and suspicious game. There is no any accurate prediction that a particular
team would win. At the last moment any of teams may win which increases the enthusiasm of
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everyone. People have their own favourite team which they want to win and see until the
game become over and they get some result. There become a big crowd of cricket lovers in
the stadium and TV rooms to see the cricket whenever any test match, national level or
international level competition takes place.
Young boys are highly affected by this game and almost everyone wants to be a good
cricketer. Cricket is not an Indian native game however played with lots of enthusiasm and joy.
Cricket is played in many countries England, India, Pakistan, Ireland, West Indies, Sri Lanka,
Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, etc. Cricket
matches are generally played for five days with one Rest-Day. Cricket match is played with two
teams of 11 players in each and whole test match contains two innings of first innings and
second innings. Win and loss in the cricket by any team depends on the highest total runs
scored by the teams in their two innings. And the team getting maximum runs at the end of
the game is declared as the winner of that day match.
Cricket is not a simple game however can be learned and practiced on regular basis by
following all the rules and regulations of the cricket. There is two main player called one
batsman and one bowler at a time and both are changed timely whenever they become out or
completed their all number of balls and overs. Before starting the cricket match, a coin is
tossed to decide which team would start the batting first. The team who win the toss starts
batting first and opponent team do bowling however both of the teams get chance of batting
and bowling alternatively. Winning and defeating are two aspects of the cricket game which
have made this game most interesting and suspicious. Whenever the batsman through the
ball for chauka and chhakka, the whole cricket ground and stadium becomes full of high tuned
sound of the cricket lovers especially when the most favourite team do batting.
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Football is a game played outdoor by the two teams. Each of the football team contains
eleven players means total players in football match become 22. This game aims to make
maximum goals by each team. The team with maximum goals is called as the winner team the
one with less goals become loser. It is a game which played by kicking a ball with foot. This
game is also called as soccer in some countries. There are various forms of the football such as
association football (in UK), gridiron football, American football or Canadian football (in US
and Canada), Australian rules football or rugby league (in Australia), Gaelic football (in
Ireland), rugby football (in New Zealand), etc. Various forms of football are known as football
codes.
It is a team sport played between two teams aiming to score more goals by each team than
other team by putting the ball in opposite goal-post. A team becomes the winner which scores
maximum goals at the end of match.
Playing football sport is a good physical exercise. It also provides various other benefits to the
kids, children and youths including other age group people. It is generally played in the schools
and colleges for the health benefits of the students. It helps in improving the student’s skill,
concentration level and memory power. This is a game which makes a person physically,
mentally and socially healthy and well being. It is a great source of entertainment which
refreshes mind and body. It helps a person to tackle all the common problems of daily life.
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various countries with full interest. It has two big aspects, one is health and other is financial.
It makes a person physically, mentally and financially strong as this game has lots of health
benefits with a nice career. Earlier, it was played in the western countries however, later it
spread to all over the world. Football is a round shape rubber bladder (made inside with
leather) tightly filled with air.
It is played by two teams having eleven players in each. It is played in a rectangular field of 110
meter long and 75 meter broad, properly marked with lines. Each team aims to make
maximum goals by putting the ball in the opposite goal-post at the back end of each team.
There is a goal-keeper, two half-backs, four backs, one left out, one right out, and two centre-
forwards in the field for each team. It has some important rules which must be followed by
each player while playing the game. It is started to be played from the centre and no one
player is allowed to touch the ball with hands except the goal-keeper.
Football is an outdoor game considered to be beneficial for both, players and spectators. It is a
game of much importance in the India especially in Bengal. Crazy football players do all the
efforts to win the football match. Strong will of the watchers and players of this game
motivate them a lot to achieve the success in life. It makes people more enthusiastic and
interested to play and watch the game. A football match attracts a huge crowd of eager and
curious spectators from the nearby regions. It is a team game which teaches team spirit to all
the players.
It is 90 minutes long game played with a little break in two parts of 45 minutes. It is a game
which makes players physically, mentally, socially, intellectually and financially healthy and
strong. This game has nice financial career so any student (much interested) can make his/her
bright career in this field. Playing this game regularly keeps one healthy and fit all time.
Football game is very useful to all of us if played regularly. It benefits us in many ways. It is an
interesting outdoor game played by two teams having 11 players in each. It is a game of good
physical exercise which teaches players about harmony, discipline and sportsmanship. It is a
popular game all over the world and played for years in various cities and towns of many
countries.
Historically, the football game has been 700-800 years old however became the world’s
favorite game for more than 100 years. It was brought to the Britain by the Romans. It was
first started playing in England in 1863. Football Association was formed in England as the first
governing body to govern this sport. Earlier, people were playing it simply by kicking the ball
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with their foot which later became an interesting game. Slowly, this game got much popularity
and started to be played with rules on a rectangular field which marked by the boundary lines
and a centre line. It is not an expensive and also called as soccer. The Laws of this game were
originally arranged in a systematic code by the Football Association, England in 1863 which is
governed internationally by the FIFA. It organizes the FIFA World Cup after every four years.
Rules of playing the football game are officially called as Laws of the Game. There are almost
17 rules of playing this game under two teams:
It is played in a rectangular field with two long sides (touch lines) and two shorter sides (goal
lines). It is played in a field divided by halfway line.
Football must be round in shape (made of leather) with 68-70 cm in circumference and filled
with air.
It has two teams of 11 players in each. Once cannot start this game if any team has less than 7
players.
There should be a referee and 2 assistant referees to ensure the Laws of game. Assistant
Referees.
This game is of 90 minutes duration with 2 halves of 45 minutes each. Interval should not
exceed more than 15 minutes.
A ball becomes in play all time however becomes out of play whenever a team has scored a
goal or referee has stopped the game.
There is a goal kick to restart the play after a goal is scored.
Conclusion
Football is a most popular game all over the world. It is an inexpensive game, played in almost
all the countries with much interest. Players, who practice it regularly, get benefited in many
ways. It provides lots of benefits to the physical and mental health.
Football is an extremely famous game which attracts people’s attention worldwide. It helps
people to get relief from stress, teaches discipline and teamwork as well as brings fitness to
the players and fans. It is the game of much interest, joy and wonder. It is played by kicking a
ball with foot, so called as football game.
History of Football
Football is considered as an ancient Greek game called as harpaston. It was played in most
similar way by kicking a ball with foot by the two teams. It was a rough and brutal game aimed
to score goal by running or kicking the ball past the goal line. It was played without any
specific limits filed size, number of players, side boundaries, etc. It is considered that it has its
origin in twelfth. Later it became popular in England first and then its rules came into effect
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when it became a leading sport in schools in 1800s. Later, it was spread to the America. In the
mid, it was ban especially in the schools because of the increasing brutality. However, it got
legalized by committee in 1905 but still prohibited for rough play like locking arms, etc.
Football is a popular game which keeps players healthy and disciplined. It develops their mind
and team spirit and sense of tolerance among them. It is a game played for ninety minutes (in
two halves of 45 minutes and 15 minutes break). This game has two teams of eleven players in
each. Players have to kick a ball with their foot and take a goal by putting ball into the
goalpost of the opponent team. In order to oppose the goal made by players of opponent
team, there is a goalkeeper on each side. No one player is allowed to touch the ball with hand
except the goal-keeper. A team having more goals got declared as the winner and other as
loser. The game is conducted by a referee and two linesmen (one on each side). All the players
are warned to strictly follow the rules while playing this game. It has been an international
game and played as World Cup tournament every four years in different countries worldwide.
Playing football on regular basis provides numerous advantages to the player such as
increases aerobic and anaerobic fitness, psychosocial benefits, enhances concentration level,
improves fitness skills, etc. It benefits people of all ages. Following are its important benefits:
Football is a nice game which benefits a player in various aspects like physically, mentally,
socially, intellectually and financially. It helps a player to make a unique reputation in the
society on national and international level. Kids and children should be promoted to play
football at home and schools as well to get fit physically and mentally.
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32. Essay on Hockey
Hockey is an outdoor game played using hooked sticks between two teams (having eleven
players in each) by following rules and regulations in order to win or defeat other team.
The period between 1928 to 1956 is known as the golden era of Indian hockey. The brilliant
Indian hockey players has made the country so proud of them as they have won Olympics
games for hockey many times for India. They knew well the magic of playing hockey and won
the heart of everyone.
Hockey
There are 11 players in each team (divided as five forwards, two full backs, three half backs,
and a goal-keeper). It is played in two halves of 35 minutes with an interval of 5 to 10 minutes.
It is a game of much interest and enjoyment easily motivates watchers to see the hockey
match. It provides various health and financial benefits to the player. A person interested in
this game can easily make his/her nice career.
Hockey is a national game of India in spite of ever-growing popularity of other games and
sports in India (like cricket, badminton, etc). It is not officially recognized however chosen as
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national game. The golden period of hockey in India was from 1928 to 1956 when its brilliant
players had won the six consecutive Olympic gold medals for it. Later, the future of hockey got
in darkness after the death of a hockey star and hero named Dhyan Chand. At that time many
hockey-playing Anglo Indians were migrated to the Australia. However, recently it is seen a
little growth in the interest of Indian players towards hockey. Dhanraj Pillay was another hero
of Indian field hockey who has been a former captain of Indian hockey team. Currently he is
appointed as the manager of Indian hockey team. He had won an Arjuna Award for Hockey.
Hockey has been chosen as the National Game because of the golden period of hockey in India
(from 1928 to 1956). At that time, the Indian hockey players were doing really excellent job of
them, so their regular win and outstanding talent was the reason to choose this game as a
national game of the country. During that golden time, India had actively participated and
played 24 Olympic matches. And the most surprising thing was that it had won all the matches
scoring 178 goals and conceding only 7 goals. It had won gold medals in Tokyo Olympics
(1964) and Moscow Olympics (1980).
Conclusion
Hockey is a nice game and mostly liked by the students. In order to bring another golden
period for the hockey, it should be promoted in the schools and colleges among students to
actively participate. Talented children should be properly trained to play hockey right from the
school level. There should be the arrangement of necessary funds and other facilities for
students by the government in order to preserve the Indian glory.
Some of the Indian heroes of golden era hockey were Dhyan Chand, Ajit Pal Singh, Dhanraj
Pillay, Ashok Kumar, Udham Singh, Baboo Nimal, Balbir Singh Sr., Mohammed Shahid, Gagan
Ajit Singh, Leslie Claudius, etc. They were real heroes who led India towards a huge success in
the field of hockey. Dhyan Chand was a brilliant hockey player who is still called as the wizard
of hockey. India became the world champion first time in hockey in 1928 and won the Gold
Medal at Amsterdam Olympics. After that year, India had continued maintaining its world
championship in hockey till it lost to win in the Rome Olympics. Later, it got seventh place in
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Montreal Olympics, regained Gold Medal in Moscow Olympics (1980); however, again lost a
Gold Medal in 1984.
Hockey is an outdoor game played by two teams having eleven players in each. It has been
chosen as the national game of India because India has been a world champion in hockey for
many years. It is not officially declared as the national game however only considered as the
national game as India had won many gold medals in hockey. It is played in many countries all
over the world. It is not an expensive game and can be played by any youth. It is a game of
much interest and enjoyment which involves lot of action and suspense. It is very fast game
and situation changes very often in this game which creates surprise.
Importance of Hockey in India
Hockey is a game of much importance in India as it is chosen as the national game because it
had made India a world champion in hockey many times. This game has a big and bright
history as it was deep rooted in India by the brilliant hockey players. It is one of the oldest
known sports of India however the root has been weak now because of the lack of talented
hockey players and required facilities. This game is considered to be in existence for around
1200 years old before the Ancient Games of Olympia.
Earlier it was played in different variations, however currently it is played as field hockey
which was developed in British Isles in 19th century. It was an English school game however
brought to India by British Army regiments. Later, it was spread internationally and got
worldwide popularity. In order to govern this game and standardize its rules, London Hockey
Association was formed. Later, the International Hockey Federation (in 1924) and
International Federation of Women’s Hockey were formed.
First hockey club in India was formed in Calcutta (1885-86). Indian hockey players made their
successful Olympic debut in 1928 Amsterdam Games where they won the Olympic gold
medal. It happened because of a brilliant Indian hockey legend named Dhyan Chand. He really
mesmerized all the Indians in front of the Amsterdam crowd. India continuously won six
Olympic gold medals and 24 consecutive hockey matches during its golden era of hockey.
Some of the outstanding players of golden era of hockey were Dhyan Chand, Balbir Singh Sr.,
Ajit Pal Singh, Ashok Kumar, Udham Singh, Dhanraj Pillay, Baboo Nimal, Mohammed Shahid,
Gagan Ajit Singh, Leslie Claudius, etc.
Hockey is a most popular and interesting game played in many countries. It has been chosen
as the national game of India however never got any official declaration. This game has two
teams with eleven players in each. Players of a team in this game aimed to make maximum
goals against other team by putting a ball into the opponent’s goal post using hockey stick.
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Our country has made an excellent record in the field of hockey after winning the six Olympic
gold medals and various consecutive matches. The period when India won various consecutive
hockey matches is called as the golden period (1928 to 1956). Dhyan Chand was a famous
hockey player of the golden time and known as the wizard of hockey because of his
outstanding achievement.
Hockey is an ancient game played for years in India. It is played with a hockey stick and a ball.
It was played in Ireland before 1272 BC and during 600 BC in Ancient Greece. There are
various variations of the hockey; some of them are named as field hockey, ice hockey, sledge
hockey, roller hockey, street hockey, etc. Now-a-days, field hockey is generally played. Ice
hockey was evolved as a derivative of field hockey to be played in the icy conditions of Canada
and northern United States.
Equipment Needed to Play Hockey
Playing hockey game in safe manner requires some important equipment which are named as
helmet, neck guard, shoulder pads, elbow pads, Jockstrap with cup pocket and protective cup
(to support or protect male genitals), hockey stick, and a puck or ball.
Forms of Hockey
Other forms of the hockey (derived from hockey or its predecessors) are like air hockey, beach
hockey, ball hockey, box hockey, deck hockey, floor hockey, foot hockey, gym hockey, mini
hockey, nok Hockey, pond hockey, power hockey, rossall hockey, skater hockey, table hockey,
underwater hockey, unicycle hockey and many more.
Hockey is a national game of India. It is only said so, however not officially declared. Now, it is
our responsibility to make it an officially declared national game by bringing its golden period
again. It should be highly promoted among students from the school time by providing them
all the facilities from the end of teachers, parents and government.
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33. Essay on Importance of Sports
Sport is a physical activity that tests our athletic abilities. It’s kind of a physical exercise in
which we compete with the opponent/s solely for the purpose of entertainment. Basket ball,
foot ball, cricket, volley ball, hockey are some of the most well known sports. Sports have
many physical and psychological advantages on the participants as well as the viewers. They
result in a better physical stamina and improved reflexes along with other advantages.
We have provided some essay on Importance of Sports under various words limit for the
students. Now-a-days, students are commonly assigned to write essays and paragraphs in
their classroom by the teachers. Essay writing helps students to enhance their writing skill and
knowledge about any topic. All the Importance of Sports essay given below are written using
easy words and simple sentences. So, students can select any of the sports importance essays
given below according to their need and requirement.
Additionally these essays will also make you understand what is the importance of sports,
what are the values of sports and games, what are the advantages of sports and games, what
is physical coordination and strength, how sports helps in character and health building, what
is the role of sports in building health, money and nation, what is the role of eminent sports
personalities, what is the importance of sports for health, how it is important for personality
development, what is the importance of sports in nation development etc.
Sport is a competition where you compete with the opponents. You need to judge their moves
and make instant decisions, consequently improving your mental ability. Thinking quickly and
responding accordingly has positive impact on a sportsman’s brain.
Sports also develop your social skills as you interact with your opponents as well as the
teammates. It improves one’s ability to work in a team giving him/her an exposure to the
team culture, which is beneficial in professional life as well. Even the mere spectators of a
sport interact with each other and support their respective teams by shouting and cheering;
resulting in overall happiness and a good social behavior.
Importance of Sports
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themselves in the sports activity even for a small time all through the day. Sports are
necessary because it brings physical and mental fitness to the person involved in this on
regular basis. People who have busy schedule in their life get tired very easily. As we all know
that, living a relaxed and comfort life we need a sound mind and a sound body. Education is
very necessary to get name, fame and money. In the same way, getting a sound mind and
body, everyone must involve in some type of physical activities for which sports is the best
way.
Being involved in sports activities benefits a person in many ways. It does not provide only
physical strength however it increases mental power too. Outdoor sports such as football,
cricket, volleyball, hockey, running, etc helps in improving physical health and mental fitness.
However, some indoor games and sports like brain games, chess, Sudoku, etc improves
mental power and concentration level.
Importance of Sports
Sports are nice way to get involved in the physical activities which benefits a lot. Sports are
given much importance in many countries as they know it’s real benefits and need in the
personal and professional life of a person. Sports are physical activities of much importance
for any athlete or a professional sportsperson. It means a lot for them and their life. Sports
have nice scope for the sportspersons nationally as well as internationally. In some countries,
sports and games activities are arranged in the celebration of some events or festivals, for
example; Olympic Games are organized to pay honor to the Olympiads of the ancient Greece.
Sports are nice physical activities that provide freedom from the stress and worries. It has nice
scope and professional career for the sports persons. It has ability to give sportspersons their
required name, fame and money. So, we can say that, sports can be played for personal
benefits as well as professional benefits. In both ways, it benefits our body, mind and soul.
Some people play it daily for their body and mind fitness, enjoyment, etc however some play
it to get valuable status in their life. No one can ignore its values in the personal and
professional life. First Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens which is now held
continuously after every four years in different countries. It involves both, outdoor and indoor
games in which sportsperson of many countries takes part.
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Some of the outdoor sports and games are like football, hockey, volleyball, baseball, cricket,
tennis, kho-kho, kabaddi, etc which require a playground to be played. Indoor games are like
carom, cards, chess, table tennis, puzzle, indoor basketball, etc can be played at home without
any playground. Some sports and games like badminton and table tennis can be enjoyed both
as indoor and outdoor.
Sports and games are very beneficial to us as they teach us punctuality, patient, discipline,
teamwork and dedication. Playing sports help us in building and improving confidence level. If
we practice sports on regular basis, we can be more active and healthy. Being involved in the
sports activities help us in getting protected with numerous diseases such as arthritis, obesity,
obese, heart problems, diabetes, etc. It makes us more disciplined, patient, punctual, and
courteous in life. It teaches us to go ahead in life by removing all the weaknesses. It makes us
bold and gives the feeling of happiness by reducing the occurrence of anxiety and angry. It
makes us physically fit and mentally comfort using which we can easily deal with all the
problems.
Sports are generally liked by everyone especially kids however it may harm them in many
ways. Kids can be easily injured and deviated from their study. However, kids love to go
outside and play sports or games with their friends. If we have a look on the history, we see
that sports are given much importance from the ancient time. In the modern time, growing
popularity of other entertainment things like video games, television, etc are decreasing the
demand of sports and games in the life. However, it is also true that sports and games are
treated by the many countries as cultural activities, so we can say that the trend of games and
sports can never finish in the future.
Sports activities have been made compulsory in the schools and colleges for the student’s
good physical health, mental health and professional career. Sports have nice career in future
for anyone who involved dedicatedly. It is very beneficial especially for the students as it
support physical as well as mental development. People who are much interested and good in
the sports can live more active and healthy life. They can develop better discipline and
leadership qualities at the workplace as well.
It is considered that both, sports and strength are two sides of the coin. It is true that a person
involved in the sports activities get more strength than the normal person without any
physical exercise. A person interested in the sports can develop great body strength and make
his/her career bright by participating in any sports at national or international level. Playing
sports help in strengthening the immune system, maintaining physical coordination,
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enhancing body strength and improving mental power.
Playing sports on regular basis helps in character and health building of any person. It is
generally seen that a person involved in sports activity from the very young age, develops very
clear and strong character as well as good health.
Conclusion
Sportsperson becomes more punctual and disciplined thus, we can say that sports give various
strong and well-built individuals to the society and nation.
Sports and games are physical activities involves in skill development of competitive nature.
Generally two or more groups compete against each other for the entertainment or win the
prize. Sports activities for both, men and women are needed to be promoted as it enhances
the physical, mental, financial health of the person. It plays various great roles in
strengthening the nation by building the character and health of its citizens. Sports bring
speed and activeness to human’s way of acting.
The role games and sports can never be ignored by anyone as it really the matter of
importance. People can be involved in the sports activities for their personal as well as
professional growth. It is good for both boys and girls to build fine physique. It makes people
mentally alert, physically active and strong. Good health and peaceful mind are two most
important benefits of the sports. Students are youth of the country and they can be more
benefited by the sports activities. They can be more disciplined, healthy, active, punctual and
can easily cope with any difficult situation in their personal and professional life. Being
involved in the sports regularly helps to easily overcome from the anxiety, tension and
nervousness.
It improves the physiological functions of the body organs and thus positively regulates whole
body functioning. It helps in maintaining the body health and thus keeps mind peaceful, sharp,
and active with improved concentration. It boosts the body and mind power and energy level.
It gives everyone a nice break from the monotonous life. Sports have a bright professional
career so youths interested in it, do not need to worry and they only need to continue their
interested sport with full dedication. It teaches everyone to work in team by developing a
sense of cooperation and building team-spirit. More inclination towards sports makes both, a
person and a nation, financially healthy strong. So, it should be promoted by the parents,
teachers and government of the country.
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Role of Eminent Sports Personalities
The nation having more famous sports personalities get worldwide familiarity very easily in
less time. There is no need of extra effort to motivate the youths of that country. They can be
easily motivated by seeing the already famous sports personalities. Youths of such country get
more chance very easily to make their career in the field of sports. Well known sportsperson
also encourage the forthcoming youths of their country.
The importance of sports in one’s life is invaluable and has many physical and mental health
benefits. In schools, importance is given to sports to make the overall development of children
and prepare them to face all the challenges of life. It enhances their capability so that they can
perform better in their academics and achieve the goal of their life. The importance of sports
can be easily understood by the fact that various sports events are organised on national and
international platforms and sportspersons represent their countries in these events for the
pride of their nation.
Sports also play a vital role in developing values and mutual trust. They help us to take instant
decision and also enhance our thought process. The sportsmanship or the sportsman spirit
which develops during sports, teaches us to accept victory or defeat in a graceful manner with
being respectful to others. Sport also prepares us to face the challenges of life in a very
positive and calm way. Sports like Kho-Kho, Kabbadi, Football etc helps to develop the physical
fitness in an individual by strengthening their muscles and bones.
Sport is one of the best exercise which helps to maintain the overall fitness of an individual.
Engaging regularly in various sports prevents various chronic diseases and develops healthy
bones, efficient heart and improves lung functions. It helps to manage weight, controls
diabetes, improves blood circulation and controls stress level. Sports lead to a well balanced
mental and physical growth and tones up muscles and strengthen bones.
For the growing children, sports play a very essential part in developing their body and mind.
It also helps to improve their academic level and makes them alert and attentive. Sports can
also make significant contribution to the well being of the people in leading a healthy lifestyle.
Regular sports and physical exercise could also help to treat various communicable and non
communicable diseases and it is also a cost effective method to improve the health of the
general public in developing as well as developed countries.
Sports not only develop our physical strength and keep us fit but it also does more to our
overall personality. It helps in character building, developing leadership skills and improving
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goal setting capabilities. A person who engages more in sports activity regularly will
automatically have improved self-esteem, increased social interaction and more resilient
qualities which will make him to progress positively in his life.
Sports make children learn values, ethics, discipline, responsibility and develop a sense of
mutual trust and confidence. It also makes them more accountable and improves their
thought process. The most important aspect of sports in personality building is that it teaches
sportsmanship which makes a person face ups and downs in his life more gracefully and
makes him respectful to others. A sportsperson will always lead his life with a positive
attitude, moral values and staying away from all the evils of the society.
The most important thing which majorly contributes to a nation’s development is peace and
unity and sport plays an important role in nation building by creating a sense of oneness and
togetherness among its citizens. It helps to build a sense of cooperation and team building
among its people so that they can unite together and work for the development of the
country. Sports build a strong character and elevate the confidence level in the youths of a
country so that they can face the challenges of the competitive world and emerge successful
to contribute in the nation’s development.
Sport also helps to elevate the health standard of a country. The country which has a high
health standard always has a good quality of life and stress free environment. The country
with healthy living will definitely have fewer issues as compared to the country with an
unhealthy lifestyle.
The popularity of sports also gives rise to setting up of various sports industries which adds
value to the country’s economy and increases the status of employment. The revenue
generation potential from these industries is very high which could contribute to the economy
in multiple ways.
Conclusion
As we can see that sport is not only a medium of entertainment or an activity of leisure time
but it also plays important roles in all the perspective of life. It is because of the importance of
sports that there are various national and international sports events organised across the
country as well as in the world. These events help to bridge gap and reduce tension between
countries and make the global audience witness the diverse traditions and culture of the
world. It teaches the importance of discipline, punctuality, responsibility and being respectful
to others. Sport lays the foundation of healthy individuals and develops their capabilities and
personalities in building a well developed and resilient nation.
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34. Essay on Mountain Climbing
Mountain climbing is one of the most popular adventure sports. It can be experienced at
various places around the world. The thrill and excitement involved in this activity is
unparalleled. Several people from different parts of the world indulge in mountain climbing to
experience the thrill it offers. The height of mountain peaks varies from place to place – the
higher the mountain the greater the thrill.
Those who aren’t daring enough to go mountaineering but still yearn to experience similar
thrill can go for a mini version of it that is rock climbing. While mountain climbing is more
challenging and dangerous and requires greater focus and conviction, rock climbing is less
risky as the person is required to climb a cliff which is not as high as a mountain.
Rock climbing doesn’t require much skill and can be done with the help of the guide’s
instructions even if you do not have any prior knowledge about the sport. However, those
planning to go for mountain climbing must gather information about how this sport is carried
out and the risks involved. It is also important to ensure that you are physically fit to indulge in
this sport. It is advisable to speak to someone who can render first-hand experience of
mountain climbing before planning to take up this adventure sport.
I have tried rock climbing and the experience was awesome. I would also like to try mountain
climbing but I need to gather enough courage for it first.
One must be physically fit and have good stamina to take up this sport. Equipments such as
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trekking poles, hiking boots, mountaineering boots, alpine climbing harness, crampons and ice
axe are required for this adventurous activity. Unlike various other adventure sports,
mountaineering cannot be done in a few minutes or hours. It takes days to complete this sport
and the entire experience is breath-taking.
Mountaineers are given strict instructions that they are required to follow diligently during the
course of this activity. Even a small mistake on the part of the mountaineer can be extremely
dangerous. Thus, besides physical stamina this activity also requires a good presence of mind
and determination.
Mountaineering in India
Mountain climbing is one of the oldest adventure sports. It has always excited the adventure
seekers from across the globe. There are various places in different parts of the world where
one can enjoy mountain climbing and trekking. India also has quite a few places where this
adventure sport can be tried. Mountaineering became popular in India post-independence. As
people began showing keen interest in this activity many mountaineering institutes were
opened. Mountaineering institutes in Sikkim and Manali are among the oldest in the country.
Some of the mountain climbing destinations in India are the Friendship peak in Himachal
Pradesh, Ladakhi Peak in Himachal Pradesh and Stok Kangri in Ladakh. Adventure seekers
from around the country and even from different parts of the world go for mountaineering
expeditions to these places.
Conclusion
As exciting as it is, mountaineering is equally risky. One must take proper training and ensure
he is physically and mentally fit to take up this activity before going for it.
I always wanted to try my hands at mountain climbing. I often surfed about the mountain
climbing groups that headed to different places to experience this adventure sport. I tried
hard to convince my parents to allow me to go for the same however they feared I might incur
some injury in the event and denied permission each time until recently when I finally
managed to persuade them to send me for mountain climbing to Nag Tibba mountain located
near the famous hill station, Mussoorie. Few of my friends also managed to take permission
from their parents and we were super thrilled about our expedition.
Nag Tibba is considered to be one of the best mountain climbing sites in India. The peak
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stands at a height of 9915 ft. Mountain climbing here was a two day affair and I packed my
stuff accordingly. We reached the base camp at Panthwari via jeep. Our mountain climbing
guide and his team were waiting there for us. We were a group of eight friends and there was
another group of 12 people that was to accompany us up the mountain trek along with our
guide and his team. We were given clear instructions about how to go about this adventure
sport and we followed the same throughout.
The trek was beautiful. We saw the picturesque view of the hills, valleys and a variety of flora
and fauna as we headed to our first stoppage, Khaitan which was about 4.5 km from
Panthwari. It took us around 6 hours to reach Khaitan. We enjoyed the whole experience. We
laughed and clicked pictures on our way. However, we were extremely tired by the end of it.
We had piping hot Maggi as we reached Khaitan. After resting for some time, we explored the
area around the place, clicked pictures and enjoyed the serenity of nature.
The next morning we trekked from Khaitan to Nag Tibba. It was a 2 hours climb amid breath-
taking surroundings. We felt accomplished as we reached Nag Tibba. We stopped there for
some time and then began the descent which was equally thrilling. It took around three hours
to cover the same.
Conclusion
It was truly a great experience. We caught beautiful view of the Bandarpoonch peak,
Kedarnath peak, Gangotri group of peaks, Changabang peaks and Doon Valley during our
mountain climbing voyage. The view was breath-taking and has left a mark on us. I wish to go
on many such mountain climbing expeditions in future.
Trekking and mountain climbing had always fascinated me. However, I didn’t know it was so
amazing until I finally experienced it. I went for the Deoriatal to Chandrashila peak trek with
two of my close friends and a group of complete strangers whom we soon befriended.
Chandrashila peak trek here is considered ideal for the beginners. The travel group that had
arranged for this sport had given us prior information about the kind of weather and
atmosphere we should expect, the kind of clothes to carry and other equipments that should
form a part of our travel bags. We were extremely excited about experiencing this new
adventure sport and packed all the stuff carefully.
We reached the Sari village from our hometown, Haridwar. It took around ten hours to reach
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this village that was our base camp. We spent a night there and started our mountaineering
experience early the next morning. Before starting with this adventure sport, we were
explained about its nitty-gritty’s. Our trek leader and his team were quite experienced. Our
trek leader led us, while one of his team members moved in the middle and the other at the
end of our group to ensure proper guidance and security. We were given trekking poles and
taught how to use them.
We began trekking from Sari to Deoriatal. The way was difficult and we would have slipped off
and on had it not been for the trekking poles. The view on the way was amazing. We saw a
variety of colourful birds flying freely in the sky. We also had an amazing view of the
Kedarnath range. We reached Deoriatal in around four hours and stayed there for the day.
The next morning we trekked from Deoriatal to Rohini Bugyal. It was a windy day and thus it
became very chilly. We trekked through the forests and witnessed lush greenery all around. It
was an 8 km long trek. It was the month of December and the trek was all covered with snow.
We were all tired on reaching Rohini Bugyal. We had our lunch, took some rest and roamed
around to view the scenic beauty. On the third day we trekked from Rohini Bugyal to Chopta.
It was a 6 km long trek covered with dry leaves and snow. We saw a beautiful waterfall on the
way and sat by its side for some time.
On day four, we trekked from Chopta to Tungnath to Chandrashila and back. This was the
most challenging route. The trek from Tungnath to Chandrashila was especially very steep and
scary. Our trek leaders remained vigilant at all times and guided us through.
We stood on the Chandrashila peak for a while to see the picturesque view and clicked several
pictures. It was pure bliss. We then climbed down the mountain and reached Chopta. The next
morning we trekked to Duggalbitta which was the last point of our trekking adventure. From
there we went to Haridwar via bus.
Conclusion
It was a great experience. I conquered my fears and made memories for life during this
mountain climbing and trekking expedition. My friends shared the same feelings and we
planned to go on more such trekking voyages.
Mountaineering is one of the oldest adventure sports. It is being enjoyed by people across the
globe since centuries. In the earlier times, mountain climbing tested the physical strength and
stamina of a person. However, with time a number of mountaineering equipments have been
manufactured to ease the task of the mountaineers.
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Mountain Climbing is True Pleasure
Mountain Climbing, like various other adventure sports, renders an ecstatic feeling. It is an
extremely pleasurable activity. It is one of the best ways to rejuvenate and be one with the
nature. The hilly areas, snow covered peaks, glaciers, forests and all the other things one
encounters during this expedition is breath-taking.
Travelling through this difficult path brings out the best in a person. One must be physically fit
and possess good presence of mind to take up this activity and enjoy it. A person’s physical
and mental strength is challenged and tested during this adventurous activity and knowing
ones strength and experiencing it is true pleasure. One comes out a better person after this
challenging experience.
While many people go ahead and take up mountain climbing as a challenge to set up new
records, it is largely done for pleasure and rejuvenation. One needs to deal with harsh
weather conditions and take to risky paths to accomplish this activity. However, the thrill and
excitement it offers is simply unmatched.
I had heard and read a lot about mountain climbing since my childhood. This inspired me to
try this adventure sport and it was only after I experienced it first- hand did I come to know
about the actual thrill and pleasure it offers. I set out for my first mountain climbing
expedition with five of my friends. We decided to climb the Friendship peak that stands at an
elevation of 5289 m. We were joined by a large group of people who had booked for the
mountain climbing activity from the same place.
Though we were told there was no need of any special training to climb this peak and that the
instructions given by the mountain guide would be enough to take up this adventure, we
watched quite a few videos to understand the various nitty-gritty’s of mountaineering. We
were super thrilled but at the same time quite anxious as we had chosen a difficult site. The
climb here was quite steep and the path was mostly covered with snow and ice.
Friendship peak forms a part of the Pir Panjal range in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district. So, we
boarded a night bus from Delhi to Manali. From Manali we were taken to the Solang Valley via
car. We rested at Solang Valley, enjoyed the cool breeze and the picturesque view there. We
started the mountain climbing voyage the next day. We trekked from Solang to Dhundi on the
first day. We spent the night at Dhundi and began our journey to the Friendship Base Camp.
After spending the night at the base camp we set out for the advance base camp that was at a
distance of 3900 meter. We camped at the advanced base camp overnight. Next day, we
finally set out for the Friendship Peak. The climb was steep and frightening however we were
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lucky to have a team of experienced mountain guides who led us through. It was indeed an
accomplishment to reach the Friendship Peak. The view from the peak was mesmerizing. We
took several pictures, explored the surroundings and sat amid the nature. It was an amazing
experience.
Conclusion
Mountaineering offers an experience to cherish for a lifetime. Each and every moment of this
adventure must be enjoyed. As Karyn Kusama puts it, “There’s no glory in climbing a mountain
if all you want to do is to get to the top. It’s experiencing the climb itself – in all its moments of
revelation, heartbreak, and fatigue that has to be the goal.”
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Sports are very much liked by the children in their school time. In order to let students know
the benefits and importance of the sports all through the life, teachers assign them the topic
of essay on sports in the school to write something in their own words. So, students you are at
right place, here we have provided some easily written and simply worded long and short
sports essay. By going through this essay you can know what is sports, what are the types of
sports, what are the benefits of sports, what is sportsmanship or sportsman spirit, etc.
Sports
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Sports are the physical activity done in particular ways of style and all are named accordingly.
Indian government has made compulsory playing the sports in the schools and colleges for the
student’s welfare and good health as well as improving mental skill. Participation of the
children in any of the sports is very necessary and important. Students should be encouraged
and motivated by their parents at home and teachers in the schools. It is necessary for the
growing children so that they may develop good habits and discipline which they may
continue to their adulthood and pass to the next generation.
Sports play great role in improving and maintaining the health and fitness, improving mental
skills and concentration level as well as social and communication skills. Playing sports on
regular basis prevents person form the many diseases and disorders of the body organs
especially overweight, obese and heart problems. Children should never be demoted for
playing the sports instead they should be promoted.
Playing sports and games continuously means motivating the mental and physical growth. It
makes us learn about how to maintain the physical and mental balance as it improves the
concentration level and memory. It makes life too peaceful to tackle any difficult situation. It
develops sense of friendliness and removes all the differences between two people. It keeps
body in shape which makes us strong and active however it also keeps mind peaceful which
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brings positive thoughts and keeps us away from the many diseases and disorders.
It gives us lots of energy and strength as well as removes all the tiredness and lethargy by
improving the blood circulation all through the body and promoting the physical and mental
well-being. It improves ones capability, work efficiency and prevent from being exhausted
mentally and physically. It is the integral part of improving the quality of education among
students. Sports and education both together are the best ways of achieving success in life.
As the health of the body is essential for getting healthy all through the life, it is also necessary
to have a mental and intellectual fitness to concentrate completely on the target. Playing
sports brings highest level of confidence and teaches us discipline which remains with us
whole life. Motivating children for the sports and make them interested in the games should
be started at home and school level by the equal participation of the parents and teachers.
Sports and games become very interesting and can be played by anyone anytime however it
should be practiced from childhood for better achievement of the goal whether in the study
or other.
Sports and games are of many types and named according to the rules and ways of playing
them. Some of the sports are cricket, hockey (national game), football, basket ball, volley ball,
tennis, running, skipping, high and low jumping, discus throw, badminton, rowing, swimming,
kho-kho, kabaddi, and many more. Sports are the best ways to deal with the losses and profits
in the life by making the balance between body and mind, excitement and sorrow. Playing
sports for some hour on daily basis has been made necessary in the schools for the welfare of
the children and better future of the country.
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and facility provided to the athletes in India.
Still the Indian athletes have not achieved a standard in the international sports however it
seems that soon they would do as the criteria and scope of sports is increased in the current
years. It has been promoted to a great extent in the schools and colleges by the government
of the country. Indian athletes are showing their full participation in every national and
international level sports and continuously trying to achieve the quality and standard. Since
Indian athletes had win only few gold medals in the last Olympic Games however they had
played with full courage and enthusiasm. India is leading in many sports like hockey, wrestling,
cricket, etc.
The selection of best sportsperson is done from the students playing well the schools or state
level. Now the condition of sports in India has become changed and it has become the good
field to get popularity and success. It is not separate from the education and it is not necessary
that if one is playing good sports he does not need good education or if one is going good in
education he should not involve in the sports. Education and sports are two sides of the same
coin means success. Playing sports in the schools by the students has been made compulsory;
teachers and parents should promote the children on their own level to play the game for
their growth and development as well as make future of the country.
Sports nourish the life of us in many ways. It teaches us discipline and continuity in the work
to get the goal. It keeps us fit both physically and mentally and thus socially, emotionally,
psychologically and intellectually. It is best way of entertainment and meditate the mind in
such a polluted and pressurized environment where everyone becomes ready to give tension
and create problems for other one. It enhances the concentration level and memory power
and fills the mind with positive thoughts.
Sports are termed as any physical or mental activity which is mostly done during leisure time
and includes a high level of entertainment involving a sense of competition. Sports are an
integral part of everyone’s life and each and every person would have been a part of at least
one or the other sports. It not only makes us fit but also makes us alert and active by
improving our overall physical and mental health.
Sports also help to spread communal harmony on a larger platform during various global
sports events like Olympic, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games etc. Various teams across the
world take part in these global events and compete with each other to emerge as a winner.
Not only being part of a sport is a wonderful thing but even watching our favorite sports and
cheering up for our team is also a great experience.
Types of Sports
Sports can be broadly categorized based on the location or area where it is being played. It
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could also be further classified on whether it is mind, physical or electronic sports. The major
classification of sports is given below:
Outdoor Sports
Sports which require a huge area and are played on a large playground are termed as Outdoor
Sports. E.g. – Football, Cricket, Hockey, Rugby etc.
Indoor Sports
Sports or games which can be played within a room, hall or a smaller area are known as
Indoor Sports. E.g. – Table Tennis, Badminton, Snooker, Boxing, Chess etc.
The indoor sports could be further classified as mind, physical and electronic. The major
classification of Indoor Sports is as follows:
Mind Sports
Sports which does not require much physical exercise is known as Mind Sports. Chess, Card
Games etc can be termed as mind sports.
Electronic Sports
This is one of the latest indoor games which involves competition using the video games. The
game is played on bigger screens and people compete with each other using their gaming
console.
Benefits of Sport
Sport not only has an entertainment factor but it also has many physical and mental health
benefits. It enhances the overall personality of an individual by making him fit and active.
Some of the major health benefits of playing sports are given below:
Manages Weight
Sports are the best way to burn calories. It is the exercise which gives us enjoyment and
manages our weight.
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Stress Buster
Sport is the best stress buster. It helps to improve our mood and relieves stress. It is the best
way to fight depression.
Improves Concentration
Sports make our mind alert and active by improving our concentration. It helps to sharpen
focus and elevates self confidence.
Apart from health benefits, sports can also be chosen as a career option. You can work as a
trainer, coach, umpire, sports journalist, sports teacher etc. Also for the individuals who excel
in their fields can participate in various national and international sports events and bring
pride to the country by their performance and emerging as a winner. There had been many
sportsperson in India who brought pride to our nation by their exceptional performance in
international sports events and earned medals and trophies for the country.
What is Sportsmanship
Conclusion
A healthy mind resides in a healthy body and outdoor sport is the best fitness option for the
people who don’t have time to go to the gym or to exercise. It is also helpful for the people
who are mostly involved in desk jobs and do very less physical movement during work. Sports
also help to fight stress which is very common nowadays in every field. It cheers you up and
lifts your mood elevating your self esteem and confidence. It teaches us discipline, value of
time and team spirit which helps us to beat every challenge and achieve success in our life.
Sport enhances the overall personality of a person and makes him smart, productive and
focused.
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36. Essay on Sports and Games
Sports and games are essential to enjoy overall health and well being. These are a good way to
keep fit mentally as well as physically. Various kinds of sports and games are played in
different parts of the world. Sports and games offer numerous advantages and are thus highly
recommended for everyone to indulge in the same irrespective of their age.
Sports and games are recommended for everyone. These serve as an exercise that must form
a part of our daily routine if we want to stay fit and active. The key to staying fit is following a
healthy lifestyle that includes a healthy diet and exercise. Different outdoor sports such as
cycling, swimming, football, basketball, etc are a good way to exercise. These do not only help
in keeping our physical health intact but are also a good way to stay fit mentally.
Indoor games such as chess and carom board serve as a good exercise for our brain. They
enhance our thinking capacity and analytical skills and sharpen our mind. It is suggested to
inculcate the habit of following a sport or game in children from the very beginning. It is good
for their growth and overall development.
Sports and games are of great value. They must be followed to live a wholesome and healthy
life. Everyone, no matter what age he/she is, must follow sports activities as per their interest
and calibre. This is a good way to stay away from stress and boredom and lead an active and
fit life.
In today’s times, stress and anxiety have become a common problem. These often lead to a
bigger and more serious problem called depression. While many people are becoming victims
of depression because of loneliness others are suffering from it because of the growing
competition and various other reasons. A good way to combat stress is to take a break from
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the daily chores and indulge in sports and games for some time each day. A lot of research has
been done in this field and it has been found that people who spend at least an hour playing
their favourite sport each day are far less prone to stress and anxiety compared to those who
lead a sedentary life devoid of any such activity.
Sports and games are not only recommended for good mental health but also to keep fit
physically.
Playing indoor or outdoor games with one’s family members helps build stronger
relationships. Playing indoor games such as Ludo, carom board, chess and other board games
with our family members is a good way to spend quality time with them and strengthen our
bond. These are a few such games that people of any age can play easily and enjoy. Indulging
in outdoor sports and games such as badminton, hide and seek, cricket, etc with our family
members is an equally good way to bond with them.
Conclusion
Thus, sports activities are a good way to stay fit physically and mentally and also a great
means to strengthen our familial bond.
ESSAY ON IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS AND GAMES IN STUDENT’S LIFE – ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Sports and games play an important role particularly in a student’s life. It is a growing age and
students must be involved in sports activities to ensure their all round development. Besides,
there are many other reasons why students must be encouraged to play sports. These have
been discussed here in detail.
Explore Interest
Indulging in sports and games is important for the students as it helps them explore their
interest in life. If a student is only made to study different subjects and indulge solely in
academic activities then he would never be able to know if he is good in a sport and can excel
in it. Playing different games and sports helps them explore their interest and understand
what their true calling in life is.
Combat Stress
The growing study pressure these days often leads to high level of stress among students.
Indulging in a sports or games for an hour every day gives them the much needed break and
helps them rejuvenate. It is a good way to combat stress and anxiety which is a growing
problem among students these days.
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Stay Fit
Sports and games activities help in staying fit both physically and mentally. This is one of the
main reasons why students must be encouraged to indulge in these. Teachers and parents
must make it a point that their students/children indulge in sports or games every day for at
least an hour so as to keep fit.
Conclusion
Thus, sports and games play a very vital role in a student’s life. There are many things that
academics cannot teach the students. These can only be learned by indulging in sports. Thus,
every student should be encouraged to play different games and sports.
Sports and games are recommended for various reasons. It is often said that we must indulge
in sports and games for few hours a day in order to stay fit and active both physically and
mentally. Besides these, there are numerous other advantages attached to these activities
because of which these are highly recommended. However, they do have their downside too.
Here is a look at the advantages as well as disadvantages of sports and games:
There are many advantages of sports and games. Following are some of the main advantages
of indulging in these:
Strengthen Bond
Playing games and sports with family members, be it kids or elders, is a good way to spend
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quality time with them and strengthen the bond. Different types of board games can be
played indoors with elderly people.
In today’s time when both the parents are working and giving enough time to the kids is
difficult, indulging in outdoor sports with them even for half an hour a day can help create the
required bond.
Burst Stress
Sports and games are one of the best ways to burst stress. It is highly recommended to
indulge in one’s favourite sport activity for an hour each day as it helps in combating stress
and anxiety.
Build Stamina
Indulging in sports activities regularly helps in building stamina and boosts immunity. It helps
in keeping physically fit.
Sports and games can be hazardous in certain ways. Here are the main disadvantages
attached to sports and games:
Can be Dangerous
Many sports activities particularly adventure sports such as bungee jumping, big wave surfing,
cave diving and high lining can be quite dangerous. These have injured numerous people and
taken many lives. It is essential to ensure you are medically fit before indulging in such sports
to avoid the risk of incurring any serious medical condition. However, the possibility of
accidents cannot be barred completely.
Can Be Exhausting
Playing outdoor sports and games for an hour or so every day is a good way to build stamina
and stay fit. However indulging in them for long hours can be quite exhausting and can take a
toll on a person’s physical health.
Conclusion
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Thus, while sports and games are good for an individual, one need to choose the right sport
and not over indulge in them so as to avoid the disadvantages attached to them.
Different sports and games are being played in various parts of the world since centuries.
Cricket, football, basket ball, archery, horse riding, hockey, golf, tennis and chess are some of
the popular games played around the world. These sports and games are played locally and
even at national and international level. The inclination towards sports is increasing with time
and so are the sports academies and institutes.
Sport activities are given special place by every nation. Every nation around the world has a
national sport. Here are the national sports of different nations:
Schools and colleges around the world are recommended to involve their students in various
indoor as well as outdoor sports activities. Most of the schools have play grounds where
students can indulge in various outdoor sports activities including cricket, football, volleyball,
etc. Basket ball and lawn tennis courts are also built to practice these sports. Indoor games
such as carom board, chess, etc are also encouraged.
Interschool sports competitions are held regularly so that students get a chance to display
their talent. Many students are selected for playing different sports at state and national level
based on their performance in school and colleges.
Special sports clubs are established where students are trained to play different sports
efficiently. Many students enrol at such academies to hone their sports skills.
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There are many indoor games that are enjoyed by people of all ages. Some of these include
snakes and ladders, carom board, chess, marbles, cards, Pictionary, scrabble, tick-tack-toes
and dots and boxes. These games are easy to play and great fun. These are a good way to
release stress and bond with our near and dear ones.
Snooker, bowling, squash and table tennis are some other indoor sports. However, these
require a special setting and sports equipments to play.
There are a number of outdoor games and sports that can be enjoyed mostly as a part of a
team. These include cricket, basket ball, base ball, football, hockey, kho kho, hopscotch, hide n
seek and tug of war. These are all great fun. They do not only help in taking a break from the
mundane routine but are also a good way to build one’s physical stamina and burst stress.
Cycling, rock climbing and dodge ball are some of the other sports that can be enjoyed
outdoors.
Be it a small child or an elderly person – sports and games are recommended for all. We often
overlook the importance of games and sports. However, these are a good way to spend our
time resourcefully. There are different types of indoor as well as outdoor sports and games
that one can indulge in. Different sports and games help in our development in different ways.
While some serve as food for our brain and help in sharpening it others keep us physically fit
and active.
Conclusion
Thus, sports and games are essential for the overall growth and development of an individual.
These activities help in keeping a person physically fit and mentally strong. It is important to
inculcate the habit of playing different sports and regularly from an early age itself.
We all must have heard the phrase- “Health is wealth” at some point of time in our lives. The
phrase implies that wealth is nothing but a manifestation of a healthy body. The phrase might
be deceiving for some, because the ‘wealth’ mentioned here is not the materialistic ‘wealth’
but the real wealth of ‘health’. That means- if you are healthy and fit you will well be able to
live linger, work and meet your requirements, prosper and grow.
If you lose wealth, it could be gained back through hard work, but if you lose health then it will
be much more difficult to gain it back. To stay healthy you must be physically active by actively
participating in sports and games. Playing sports and games keep the vital stats of your body
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maintained by keeping your vital organs healthy and functional. Below we are providing a long
essay on sports and games, stressing upon the difference between sports and games,
importance of sports and games and a brief description of some of the world’s famous sports
and games.
There is a huge difference between sports and games, barring few exceptions. Any kind of
sport must mandatorily involve physical activity and skills, but a game may or may not involve
physical activity; nevertheless, it will also require skills. ‘Sports’ is a completion in which the
participants are solo and usually relying on their own individual skills. Some of the examples of
sports are- swimming, javelin throw, gymnastic, dirt racing, horse riding, para gliding etc. They
all rely on the participants individual skills and all involve physical activity.
There is also an exception to the above rule- some sports those involve team work, can be
termed both as game and sport. For Ex- Cricket, basket ball and volley ball are referred to as
games as well as sports. It is very common to hear phrases like- ‘game of cricket’ or ‘cricket is
a great sport’ etc. One rule never changes, and that is- if you are calling an activity a sport, it
must involve physical activity and exertion.
Many games on the other hand, don’t require any physical activity; nevertheless they still
require individual skills. Some examples of such games are – chess, board games, card games,
party games, dice games, video games etc. Some of these games may require a little physical
movement; not enough to categorize them under sports.
Getting involved in a sport and game has various positive effects on one’s body, mind and
personality. They keep you physically and mentally healthy, making you ready to accept defeat
and rise again. Below given are some of the most important advantages or values of sports
and games-
1) Physical Fitness
Playing sports and games will keep your body fit by keeping your vital organs healthy. Physical
fitness is one of the main attributes of sports and games. Physical exercise makes your heart
beat faster, improving the health of your heart and lung as well.
2) Mentally Fit/Alert
Playing any kind of sport requires not only physical agility but also mental activity. A
sportsman is required to think fast and respond immediately to different situations. Such
mental exercise keeps your brain fit and alert and dramatically improves your response time.
Games like chess, checkers and cards etc improve thinking ability.
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3) Team Work
Sports improve your ability to work in a team and fight for a common goal. You get to know
that how to work in a team. You listen to the opinions of your team mates, even suggesting
them where ever necessary and together chart out a plan for your team’s win.
Seeing your strategies working out for your team, the win, the appreciation that you get from
your team mates and friends, will boost up your confidence level to a new high. Even if you
are on the losing side, you still will have the confidence to compete again and win.
5) Stress Buster
Playing sports and games, even the ones those don’t involve much physical activity are natural
stress busters. You pumped up heart or an actively concentrated brain will ultimately bring
your stress level down.
6) Socialization
Playing sports and games is also a kind of social activity. You interact with your opponents,
team mates, viewers and judges. Strategies and rules are discussed; pleasantries are
exchanged, all improving your social skills and conduct. A good sportsman knows how to
conduct himself with different people and under different circumstances.
7) Personality Development
Being physically fit, mentally strong, taking the failure with courage and knowing how to
conduct yourself in private or in public, improves your overall personality. A true sports man
remains composed both in win and also in defeat.
1) Football (Soccer)
Going by the number of fans around the world, soccer is the most popular game with and an
estimated 3.5 Billion fans worldwide. The game is played between two teams with minimum
11 players, including one goal keeper. The game is played for two halves of 45 minutes each
with a rest of 15 minutes.
2) Cricket
Cricket is the second most popular game after football. The game has nearly 2.5 billion fans
worldwide and is played by two teams with 11 players each. It is played with a bat and a ball
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with only one team batting at a time.
3) Field Hockey
Field hockey is another popular sport with 2 Billion fans worldwide. Field hockey is played
between two teams with 11 players including the goal keeper on each side. The time is divided
into two halves of 35 minutes each and the game is played with a small ball and a wooden
stick.
4) Basketball
There are estimated 400 Million fans of basket ball, across the globe. Played between two
teams with five members each, competing to shoot a ball through a hoop placed 10 feet high
from the ground. The game of basketball is played over an average time of 2 hours 15
minutes.
5) Chess
The game of chess has been termed as the ‘sleeping giant’ in the world of games with an
estimated 600 Million regular players worldwide. It is a board game which is played between
two contestants. Playing chess require the ability to think and predict the moves of the
opponent and make moves accordingly.
Conclusion
Sports and Games, involving either physical or mental exercise have a positive effect on one’s
health, mind and personality. It is an activity which doesn’t has any ill effects and is healthy,
rejuvenating and also entertaining. We all must take out some time from our studies and work
to play the sports or games of our choice and inclination.
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Both natural and man-made sources are known to play a role in the formation of acid rain.
But, it is mainly caused by combustion of fossil fuels which results in emissions of sulphur
dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
Acid Rain is a significant topic on which students are frequently asked to make projects or
write essays. We are providing here essays on Acid Rain with different word limits, so that the
relevant essay could be picked up by the students as per their words requirement.
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LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON ACID RAIN IN ENGLISH
Acid Rain
Acid rain includes rain, snow, hail, fog, or dew that is high in acid pollutants, especially
sulphuric and nitric acid. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen
oxide, which reacts with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids.
The reasons of presence of these acids in air are both natural and man-made. Volcanic
eruptions and decaying vegetation constitute the natural reasons and pollution due to
combustion of fossil fuels and from road transportation, chimneys, industrialisation etc
account for man-made reasons of Acid Rain.
Acid Rain has been shown to have a bad impact on forests, water as well as soil. It kills insects
and marine life-forms as well as causes damage to buildings and has drastic impacts on human
health.
Acid rain also makes rivers, lakes and other water bodies poisonous. Many buildings and
monuments have also been damaged by acid rain since the acid damages calcium carbonate
stone.
While nothing can be done with regard to the natural causes of acid rain, we can teak steps to
reduce the man-made factors. Towards this end, we should opt for cleaner forms of energy,
such as the use of solar power, re-recycling of natural resources and by planting more & more
trees.
Acid Rain can be classified as: Dry Acid Rain or Wet Acid Rain. Both the wet and dry forms of
acid rain can be carried away by the wind and travel a long distance before being deposited.
Apart from these natural reasons, the pollution in the environment due to the chimneys,
industries, vehicles etc, constitute man-made reasons for Acid Rain.
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When the Acid Rain falls, it can dramatically alter the acidity level of the habitat and can cause
a great damage and destruction to the living as well as the non-living things within.
The most drastic effects from Acid Rain could be damaging for all one and all including forests
wildlife, aquatic biodiversity, human beings, buildings, infrastructures, soil, historical
monuments and many more.
The way by which each one of us can prevent Acid Rain is by start using cleaner forms of
energy, such as use of solar power, recycling of natural resources and by the massive tree
plantation i.e. Afforestation. If we are determined to prevent Acid Rain on our part, then it can
definitely lead to a better state of environment and a balanced pH level of air.
In simple terms, it means the rain that is acidic in nature due to the presence of certain
elements in the air which is aggravated by the pollution of cars and industrial processes.
Acidity is determined on the basis of the pH balance of the water droplets. Although, normal
rain water is slightly acidic with a pH range of 5.3-6.0, because carbon dioxide (Co2) and
water(H2O) present in the air react together to form carbonic acid. But when the pH level of
rain water depletes below this range, it is referred as Acid Rain.
Both natural and man-made reasons are said to play an important role in the occurrence of
Acid Rain. Both volcanoes and decaying vegetation are the natural reasons for the release of
gases that result in the formation of Acid Rain. However, the majority of gases come from
man-made sources, such as fossil fuel combustion.
Acid Rain has alarmingly negative effects which can be described as:
Acid Rain can cause various respiratory problems and make breathing more difficult.
It speeds up the decay of building materials and the paint on them is more likely to peel.
The acidity also wears down stone statues, making them appear older and reducing their
value. For example, the Taj Mahal has had to face the ill-effect of Acid Rain on its structure.
Acid Rain also releases excess aluminium into the soil around trees, which makes difficult for
them to absorb the water. For example, in Germany, there is a place called the “Black Forest”,
which received its name because acid rain caused the trees to drop their needles with the
result that they simply turned to black trunks and branches.
It may not seem as though Acid Rain is much of an issue, but it can cause disasters, more than
that we can even imagine.
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How to Stop Acid Rain?
There are number of ways to prevent Acid Rain. But one way by which each one of us can stop
it is by start adopting cleaner forms of energy, such as solar power, recycling of waste and use
of electric cars. As we know, there are numerous attempts to clean the air, but the
atmosphere is still a long way from being clean. If man becomes more careful about
environment, the occurrence of Acid Rain can be minimised. But if we are not resolute in our
attempts to reduce atmospheric pollution, we may eventually cause grave damage to all our
natural resources, which would lead to the extinction of life on the Planet Earth.
Basically, Acid Rain occurs when hazardous gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), sulphur
dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOX) react with rain .Exhaust fumes and open-air burning
release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. When these gases enter the environment,
they mix with the pure rain water to form deadly chemicals & acids like carbonic acid,
sulphuric acid and nitric acid. Eventually, they form acid rain.
Mostly, Acid Rain occurs as a result of rising levels of pollution. Acid Rain is thus quite common
in large towns and cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi, etc. This is due to the rapid
industrialization and urbanization in these areas. However, acid rain and its effects are not
confined or limited to these areas only; as the air blows it takes the hazardous chemicals along
with it to far off places. Scientists also agree that the fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas,
when burnt are a major cause of Acid Rain. Thus, industries which use fossil fuels like the
automobile industries, paper industries and chemical industries should minimize the emission
of harmful gases, which will in return reduce the percentage of acid in the rain.
Acid rain has many adverse effects which can be described as follows:
Lakes and rivers cannot sustain aquatic life when acid rain flows into the water. Acid rain
affects the aquatic habitat of the ecosystem. The number and types of water animals and
other aquatic plants that live in these waters decrease as the lakes, streams and other
freshwater bodies become more acidic.
It also leads to a reduction in crop yields.
It causes massive damage to the forests and wildlife. When acid rain falls in forest areas, it
releases toxic metals such as lead and zinc which cause the reduced growth of trees and
plants. In this way, acid rain brings about reduced growth and the ultimate forest depletion.
Being corrosive in nature, it can cause extensive damage to the buildings and infrastructure.
An example of an important building that has been corroded by Acid Rain is the Taj Mahal at
Agra.
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Acid Rain also affects human beings. Skin problems such as rashes and itching, hair loss and
breathing problems are caused due to acid rain. Acid rain can also lead to heart and lung
problems.
Due to acid rain, the poisonous metals seep into underground drinking water sources also,
thereby making it unfit for human consumption.
Solutions to acid rain:
Most of the factories are required to be equipped with Scrubbers now. Despite being very
expensive to maintain, they remove maximum amount of sulphur dioxide after the coal is
burnt. In scrubbers, poisonous gases are sprayed with a mixture of water and lime; limewater,
which make a substance known as Sludge.
Another solution to lake acidity is liming. Lime is very alkaline, so when poured into lakes, it
clears out the acidity. The only problem with liming is that it is expensive and only a temporary
solution.
Another solution is something called a catalytic converter, which is required for all cars, buses,
autos and other road transport. The converter is mounted on the exhaust pipe forcing all
exhaust to pass through it. The catalytic converter converts the gases like nitrogen oxide,
carbon dioxide, and unburned hydrocarbons into a cleaner air.
The term “Acid Rain” was coined in 1872 by Robert Angus Smith. The problem of Acid Rain has
not only increased with rapid growth in population and industrialisation, but has also become
more alarming. In fact, the use of the smokestacks (tall chimneys on a factory, ship, etc) to
reduce local pollution has contributed to the spread of Acid Rain by releasing gases into
regional atmospheric circulation.
Large amount of acid deposits are witnessed in the Canada, United States and most of the
parts of Europe, including portions of Sweden, Norway, and Germany, currently. In addition,
some amount of acid deposits are found in parts of South Asia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and
Southern parts of India like Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai.
There are two types of depositions in which acid rain occurs. They can be discussed as follows:
Wet deposition: When the acid falls on the ground in the form of rain, snow, fog or mist, it
removes acid from the atmosphere and settles them on the Earth’s surface. When this acid
flows through the ground, it affects a large number of plants, animals and aquatic life. The
water from drain flows into the water sources like rivers and canals which is then mixed up
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into sea water; thereby affecting the aquatic habitats.
Dry deposition: When the acidic pollutants merge into dust or smoke and fall to the ground as
dry particles, these stick to the ground and other surfaces such as buildings, cars, houses,
trees and monuments. Majority of the acidic pollutants in the atmosphere spread through dry
deposition.
The major causes of acid rain are Natural and Human-Instigated causes. However, Acid Rain is
basically caused due to the combustion of fossil fuels which results in emissions of sulphur
dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) in the atmosphere.
Natural Sources: The main nature causing agents for acid rain are volcanic eruptions.
Volcanoes emit a large amount of lava, producing harmful gases which create higher than
normal amount of Acid Rain. Decaying vegetation, wildfires and other biological processes
within the environment also generate the Acid Rain forming gases. Dimethyl sulphide is a
typical example of a major biological contributor to sulphur containing elements into the
atmosphere. Lighting strikes also produce nitric oxides that react with water molecules via
electrical activity to produce nitric acid, thereby forming acid rain.
Human-Instigated Sources: Human activities leading to the emissions of chemical gas include
sulphur and nitrogen gases from the factories, power generating premises and automobiles.
Most of all, the use of coal for electrical power generation is the biggest contributor to
gaseous emissions which lead to acid rain. These gases react with water, oxygen, and other
chemicals to form various acidic compounds such as sulphuric acid, nitric acid etc. As a result,
those areas experience exceedingly high amounts of acid rain.
Marine Biodiversity
Soil
Architecture & Infrastructure
Forests and Forest wildlife
Public Health and so on
Methods to Avoid Acid Rain: Acid Rain caused due to the natural reasons cannot be stopped
but there are ways following which we can avoid the same caused due to man-made reasons.
By the use of limestone, known as liming process, by which people can repair the damages
caused by Acid Rain to lakes, rivers, brooks and other water sources. By adding lime into acidic
surface, water balances the acidity. Although, it only offers only a short-term solution at the
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expense of solving the broader challenges of SO2 and NOx emissions and risks to human
health, nevertheless, it helps to restore and allow the survival of the marine life by improving
chronically acidified waters.
Millions of people directly or indirectly contribute towards SO2 and NOx emissions. Mitigation
of this challenge requires individuals to be more updated about energy conservation such as;
turning off lights or electrical appliances when not using them; use public transportation; use
of energy efficient electrical appliances; and use of hybrid vehicles or those with negligible
NOx emissions.
Besides fossil fuels, there is a wide range of substitutable energy sources that can generate
electrical power. These include wind energy, solar energy, geothermal energy, nuclear power
and hydro energy. Harnessing these energy sources can offer effective electrical power
alternatives instead of using fossil fuels. Natural gas, fuel cells and batteries can also substitute
use of fossil fuels.
Conclusion
As you can see, there are many attempts to clean our air, but due to increase in population
and rapid industrialization, we need to make efforts on a war footing to reduce the
phenomenon of Acid Rain. The whole world needs to take a call to avoid inflicting colossal
damage to the environment.
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38. Essay on Benefits of Planting Trees
Trees and plants are one of the main reasons why we are alive on this earth. They provide the
life giving oxygen without which our survival on this planet is simply impossible. Besides this,
there are various other benefits of planting trees. There are numerous benefits of planting
trees. Some of the benefits they offer include absorbing harmful gases that pollute the
environment, providing food and shelter for birds and animals and providing shade during hot
summer days.
Trees also provide shelter to birds and animals. On a hot summer day, they even provide
respite from the scorching sun to the travellers. Trees make our planet worth living. But even
though trees offer numerous benefits and we cannot imagine our lives without them, we are
cutting them at a rapid pace to fulfil various needs.
Wood is used for making various products of necessity as well as luxury. This is the reason why
several trees are being cut each day. The growing population is another reason why numerous
trees are being cut speedily. Forests are being turned into industrial areas and residential
places.
It is the time government must put a restriction on the cutting of trees and encourage people
to plant more of them.
Trees are an essential part of the environment. The survival of human beings and other
species of animals is not possible without the existence of trees and plants on earth. This is
the reason why cutting of trees is condemned and the government propagates to plant more
and more trees.
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The need to plant trees is stressed upon time and again. Here are the various benefits of
planting trees:
Source of Oxygen
The first and the foremost benefit of planting trees is that they inhale carbon dioxide and
exhale oxygen. And the need of oxygen in the environment is known to all.
Provide Shelter
Birds build nests on the trees thereby providing shelter to them. Trees are also home for
spider monkeys, koala, green tree python, tree-kangaroos and various other species of
animals.
Provide Food
Trees bear fruits and provide food for birds, animals as well as human beings. Cows, goats and
other herbivorous animals also eat leaves.
Conclusion
Various benefits of planting trees have been stated time and again. On the surface level, you
may just see a few of these benefits however as you look deeper and feel one with them, you
will know how they are extremely essential for our existence.
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There are a number of non profit organizations that have taken up the responsibility to build a
cleaner and greener environment by planting trees. These organizations also discourage the
cutting of trees. Some of the NGOs working in this direction in our country include Sankalp
Taru Foundation, Youth Services for Peace, Say Trees, Grow Trees, Green Yatra, Reforest India,
Green Life India and Tree Plantation.
The sole aim of these NGOs is to sensitize people about the benefits of planting trees and
engage them in doing so. Numerous people supporting this cause have joined hands to make
our country greener and are working in this direction. Those working with these organizations
plant trees to spread greenery. From time to time they also run campaigns to encourage more
and more people to do so.
We can plant trees in our nearby area to support the cause. However, if we want to bring
about a major difference, we must join these NGOs to work on a large scale.
Government must support non-profit organizations to help them propagate the importance of
planting trees. It must also put a restriction on the cutting of trees. Planting trees would never
be enough if they are cut ruthlessly at a rapid pace.
People must be sensitized about the importance of planting more trees by emphasizing on
their benefits. The propagation of the same can be done by way of radio, television,
newspapers, social media, hoardings and leaflets. The contact details of the NGOs must be
spread by way of these mediums. The problem right now is that even though many people
want to work in this direction however they do not know the right means to contribute their
bit.
It is also a good idea to teach the students about the importance of planting trees from the
very beginning. Educational institutes can take the initiative to plant trees by engaging their
students in the task from time to time.
Conclusion
As a Chinese proverb states, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best
time is now.” So do your bit and make this place more beautiful.
Plants and trees make this planet worth living. Without the existence of trees, we cannot
imagine life on earth. One of the basic benefits of planting trees is that they provide the life-
giving oxygen and absorb carbon-dioxide exhaled by animals. However, not just oxygen trees
also provide us fruits, wood, fibre, rubber and much more. Trees also serve as shelter for
animals and birds.
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Trees Boost Health
Among the various benefits offered by trees, this is one of the most significant one. Trees
boost our health in various ways. Here is a brief look at how they impact our health positively:
Provide Medicines
Many trees and plants including apple, ash, cedar, beech, aloe vera, basil, white pine and
silver birch are known for their medicinal properties. While the barks of some of these trees
possess medicinal qualities, the leaves and fruits of others are known to offer relief. Various
medicines are derived from these trees to prevent/treat various illnesses. With the increasing
requirement for various medicines and treatments, it is essential to grow more such trees.
Burst Stress
Trees have the power to rejuvenate us instantly. Spending time under a tree on green grass
can reduce your stress drastically. The sound of the birds chirping on the branches of the
trees, the rustle of the leaves when the wind passes through and the smell of the leaves and
flowers on the trees – all have a calming effect on our sensations and burst stress. Researchers
also claim that hugging trees can act as a great stress reliever. Stress which is a cause of
various physical and mental ailments these days can thus be reduced by trees.
Trees and plants are actually essential for the all round development of a person. A place
where there are no trees appears naturally sad whereas a place surrounded by a good number
of trees automatically becomes lively and worth living/visiting. Trees do not only keep us
physically fit but also aids in the development of our mind. Trees have a calming effect on our
mind and calmness is the key to being patient. Someone who is patient can take better
decisions and work well in different situations.
Conclusion
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Trees make this world a much better place to live. We must thus plant more and more trees
and inspire others to do the same.
Trees offer environmental, social as well as economic benefits. This is the reason why the
government and environmental specialists emphasize on the importance of planting more and
more trees. Here is a brief look at the various benefits of planting trees.
The environmental benefits of planting trees are known to all. They exhale oxygen and inhale
carbon dioxide to maintain the ecological balance in the environment. They also absorb all the
harmful gases and give us fresh and pure air to breathe. Planting more trees means fresher air
and purer atmosphere. The growing pollution cannot be controlled but its effect can be
undermined by planting more and more trees. The places inhabited by large number of trees
are quite cooler compared to the concrete jungles that cannot do without air conditioners.
Trees build a sheet to protect us from the harmful ultra violet rays.
Trees also serve as a habitat for birds and various species of animals. Besides, the leaves,
flowers and fruits they bear are a source of food for the living beings. Planting trees means
having sufficient food and shelter. This is not it. Trees help in controlling water pollution and
preventing soil erosion. In the hilly areas they slow down the run off and hold the soil.
Urbanisation has cut the people from their roots. People are seen engrossed in the modern
day gadgets and are moving away from the nature. Planting more trees is a good way to keep
them close to the nature. Growing rows of trees and building garden and parks at short
distances in towns and cities provides an easy place for the people to socialise. People come
here for morning walks, evening strolls, yoga sessions and laughter therapy. These also serve
as a safe place for the kids to play and socialise. So, these offer a chance to indulge in various
recreational activities. Planted forests give you the chance to indulge in activities such as
hiking, hunting, etc.
A good environment helps in uplifting our mood and trees help in building the same. With so
much stress around these days we all seek things that give us pleasure and uplift our mood.
What we don’t realize is that nothing can burst our stress as easily and quickly as the nature.
Trees are also known for their healing properties. Researchers claim that patients who view
trees and plants out of their window tend to heal faster.
Many of the social benefits of planting trees are related to their economic benefits.
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Trees provide wood that is used for building various things such as furniture, houses and
stationary items to name a few. Besides, trees also provide fibre, resin, rubber, tannins, honey
and much more. So the more trees we plant, the more things we can build. More factories to
manufacture such things means greater number of businesses which is good for the economic
prosperity of those involved in the business as well as the country as a whole. More factories
and greater number of booming businesses also mean more employment opportunities for
people. Trees also increase the rate of properties. A place surrounded by trees offers a good
environment to live and is thus more in demand.
Conclusion
So, the benefits of planting trees are enormous however we still overlook their importance. It
is time we realize how important these are for our environment as well as our social and
economic well being. Each one of us must take it as a responsibility to plant trees whenever
and wherever we can to make our planet a better place to live.
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However, with the growing air, water and land pollution on our planet it is becoming difficult
to maintain biodiversity. A number of species of plants and animals have become extinct as a
fall-out of the rapid environmental changes caused due to the aforementioned reasons
leading to decline in biodiversity. This needs to be controlled to save the planet and those
living here.
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The various species of plants and animals present on Earth are not distributed evenly. The
main reason for this uneven distribution is the climatic conditions of our planet. The climate
varies highly in different parts of the world and thus there is a variation in the kind of life
present in each part. The climatic conditions have undergone a major change over the last few
decades and this has led to a decline in biodiversity. The growing imbalance can cause a threat
to the mankind as well.
The reason for unequal distribution of various organisms in different parts of the world is the
varied climatic conditions. There is greater terrestrial biodiversity near the equator and this is
caused due to warm climate and high primary productivity. On the other hand marine
biodiversity is highest along the coasts in the Western Pacific as it has the highest sea surface
temperature. Biodiversity basically clusters in hotspots and while it has been on a rise through
the time researchers state that it is likely to slow down in the times to come.
There are around 300,000 species of flora that have been known to date and numerous
species of fauna that includes not only animals but also birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, insects,
molluscs, crustaceans, etc. Our planet Earth was formed close to 4.54 billion years ago and
there have been evidences of life since around 3.5 billion years ago. A number of species of
both flora and fauna have gone extinct over the past centuries and many more are anticipated
to go extinct in the times to come there by disturbing the level of biodiversity.
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Human beings have become so driven towards technology over the years that they have
forgotten its repercussions. Several new inventions have proven to be hazardous to the
environment and are having a negative impact on biodiversity. It is high time humans should
start taking the environmental issues seriously and contribute their bit towards improving the
atmosphere. A healthy environment is essential for developing rich biodiversity which in turn
is essential for the human beings to live in a harmonious state on Earth.
While the importance of maintaining a rich biodiversity has been stressed upon time and
again, over the years the level of biodiversity has seen a downward trend and it is likely to go
down further in the times to come. The main reason for this is the growing pollution which is
an outcome of the industrial wastes and the use of various new-age inventions. Several
species of plants and animals have become extinct in the recent past due to the
environmental changes brought about by man and many are estimated to go extinct in the
coming time. This would lead to further decline in biodiversity which in turn would lead to
imbalance in the environment and cause a threat to the human race as well as other
organisms living on Earth.
It is essential to grow more sensitive towards the environmental concerns. The governments
of various countries are spreading awareness about the same and are trying to curb the issue
by using different means. It is also the responsibility of the common man to come forward to
do his bit to conserve the environment.
Conclusion
Human beings seem to have grown so accustomed to using the technology that they have
overlooked the importance of conserving the natural surroundings. It needs to be understood
that insensitivity towards environment is nothing but paving way towards your own
destruction. Do your bit to bring about the change!
Biodiversity, also referred to as Biological Diversity, is the variety of flora and fauna present in
a particular habitat or on Earth as a whole. It has largely replaced the more clearly defined
terms – species richness and species diversity.
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Biodiversity – A Unified View of Biological Varieties
There are many other terms that have been used to define this diversity. These include
ecological diversity (viewed from ecosystem diversity perspective), taxonomic diversity
(gauged at the species diversity level), functional diversity (computation of the functionally
disparate species within population) and morphological diversity (derived from genetic
diversity). Biodiversity offers a unified view of all these biological varieties.
Human beings need to understand the importance of maintaining rich biodiversity. The
vehicular smoke that leads to massive air pollution is becoming a threat to various species.
This is one of the first things that need to be controlled in order to bring down the pollution
level in the atmosphere. The industrial waste that goes into the sea is harmful for the marine
life and must thus be disposed of using some other means. Similarly, land and noise pollution
must also be controlled.
Deforestation is also a major reason for the decline in the level of biodiversity. Not only is it
rapidly bringing down the number of plants and trees but it is also taking away shelter from
the animals and making it hard for them to survive. Such practices must be controlled in order
to ensure harmony in the environment.
Conclusion
Every species of flora and fauna serves its unique purpose towards maintaining the
environment and making it worth living. Thus, in order to maintain a balanced environment, it
is important to maintain richness and balance of biodiversity.
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40. Essay on Conservation of Biodiversity
Biodiversity is essential for maintaining the ecological system of our planet. Rich biodiversity is
a sign of a healthy environment. Conservation of biodiversity is vital for the survival of human
beings as well as other living beings on Earth. A lot of emphasis is being given on the
conservation of biodiversity these days. This is because rich biodiversity is what makes our
planet fit for living.
Biodiversity is vital for the environmental harmony. God has created numerous species of flora
and fauna and there is a reason behind these diverse creations. But, we humans seem to have
turned a blind eye towards the need to maintain biodiversity and are indulging in various
activities that are causing a decline in the same.
What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity, also known as biological diversity or ecological diversity, is the diversity of the
species of plants, animals and other living organisms in the world or in a particular habitat.
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There is a need to maintain rich biodiversity as it helps in maintaining the ecological balance
on Earth. This is because each species of flora and fauna has its own role to play in the
ecological system to keep it intact.
Our beautiful planet has given us numerous things that occur here naturally. Natural
resources, rivers, valleys, oceans, different species of animals and beautiful varieties of plants
and trees are among some of these. But man is so busy growing and developing his own
artificial world that he is spoiling these beautiful natural things. Today, we have exploited
most of the things that were available abundantly in nature. There is a dire need to conserve
these natural things. Among other things, there is a serious need for the conservation of
biodiversity.
The requirement to maintain biodiversity has often been overlooked. This is because we think
that we are doing well for ourselves, even though many species have gone extinct until now
and that we would remain unaffected even if few more go extinct. However, this is a
misconception. Richness of biodiversity is essential for the proper functioning of our
environment. We would not be able to survive in the times to come if the biodiversity
continues to decline.
Conclusion
Humans must keep a check on their activities and stop exploiting flora and fauna for serving
their own selfish purposes. They must instead contribute towards the conservation of
biodiversity.
All the species of plants and animals present on Earth together form biodiversity. We depend
upon each other to fulfil various needs so as to live comfortably on this planet. Rich
biodiversity is vital for our survival. However, unfortunately it is declining at a fast pace and
this may put us in deep trouble in the times to come. Conservation of biodiversity is the need
of the hour. We must all contribute towards the same to ensure a comfortable and peaceful
life ahead.
Conservation of biodiversity is important for many reasons. Here are some of the main
reasons why we must conserve biodiversity:
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different kinds of deficiencies for others species. Some species even starve to death as their
main source of food goes extinct. Rich biodiversity thus helps in the process of food chain.
Nutritional Needs
We eat different kinds of fruits, vegetables, meats, fishes and other things as they satisfy
different nutritional needs for the proper functioning of our body. The decline in the variety of
plants and animals would mean the decline in the variety of food we eat and this is likely to
result in nutritional deficiencies.
Cleaner Air
Trees and plants inhale carbon dioxide and other harmful gases from the atmosphere and
exhale the life giving oxygen. Some plants and trees have a greater ability to purify the air and
keep the atmosphere clean. The decline in the number and types of trees and plants can
impact the quality of air negatively.
Conclusion
Thus, the richness of biodiversity is essential for the survival of living beings on Earth. This
issue must be taken up seriously and stern measures must be taken to conserve biodiversity.
The need for conservation of biodiversity has been stressed upon numerous times as it is of
utmost importance for the survival of the mankind and other living beings on Earth. In
addition to emphasizing upon the importance and need to protect and conserve biodiversity,
it is essential to share the methods to conserve it.
Here are some of the methods that can help in the conservation of biodiversity:
Control Population
One of the reasons why biodiversity is declining is because of the growing human population.
Trees are being cut and animals are being harmed at a large scale in order to satiate various
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human needs. The greater the population the higher the needs which would result in further
exploitation of flora and fauna and decline in biodiversity. The first and foremost thing that
needs to be done for the conservation of biodiversity is to control human population and
allow other species of plants and animals to thrive on our planet.
Control Pollution
The growing pollution is causing harm to our beautiful planet. The temperature is rising and
subsequently causing global warming. The changing climate, deteriorating air quality and the
growing amount of pollution on land and in water bodies is leading to different types of
diseases in many species and has also caused the extinction of several of them. Many species
of flora and fauna are unable to withstand these changes in the atmosphere and it becomes
extremely difficult for them to survive. It is essential to cut down on the activities leading to
pollution in order to lower it.
Avoid Wastage
It is imperative for us to avoid wastage of any kind. Most of the things we use are derived
from natural resources. From the electricity we consume, to the fuel we use, from the clothes
we wear to the paper we write on, everything has been prepared directly or indirectly from
the natural resources. We need to understand that natural resources are not only essential for
us but are also vital for the survival of other species. We must thus utilise only as much as we
require so that these remain available in abundance in the nature for future use.
Spread Awareness
Apart from this, one of the best methods to conserve biodiversity is by spreading awareness.
People need to be sensitized about the issue so that they act responsibly and contribute
towards conserving biodiversity. The government can do so at a bigger level while we can
spread awareness by word of mouth and through social media.
Conclusion
Conservation of biodiversity is vital for maintaining the Earth’s environment and sustaining life
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on the planet. There are a number of ways in which the richness of biodiversity helps in
maintaining the ecological system and serves us. Different kind of foods available fulfils
different nutritional needs, plants clean the air, many organisms keep the soil health in check
and survival of different species is possible due to the process of food chain. These are some
of the examples to show the importance of conserving biodiversity on Earth.
The continual decline in biodiversity has become a cause of concern world over. Many regions
in the world have seen a major dip in the biodiversity owing to the changes in climate and
increasing pollution levels. This has had a big impact on the other species living in those areas.
Biodiversity is declining world over. Research shows that numerous varieties of animals go
extinct each year largely due to human activities.
Western Black Rhinoceros, Dodo, Tasmanian tiger, Golden Toad, Woolly Mammoth, Caribbean
Monk Seal, Ivory-billed Woodpecker and Japanese Sea Lion are some of the species of animals
that have gone extinct. Lemur, Mountain Gorilla, Vaquita, Sea Turtles, Amur Leopard and Tiger
are some of the species that are on the verge of extinction. Apart from these many species of
plants and trees including Lepidodendron, Araucaria Mirabilis, Wood Cycad and Kokia Cookei
have gone extinct and many others are endangered.
If we continue to lose different species of flora and fauna at this speed, our survival will
become extremely difficult on Earth. This is because every species of plant and animal either
big or small, contributes towards the maintenance of the ecological balance in its own unique
way. Loss of these can have a huge impact on the environment as well as other living beings.
For instance, we depend on different kind of plants and animals as they serve as a source of
food for us.
They satisfy different nutritional needs. Trees provide wood and other raw material that are
used to craft numerous things that are vital for us. Similarly, different kinds of herbs are used
for preparing medicines. Likewise, different species of insects and animals contribute in their
own way in making the environment fit for living. If this richness of diversity is not maintained
we shall lose out on many things and it will make our life difficult. This is why it is extremely
important to conserve biodiversity.
We as general public can help in the conservation of biodiversity by avoiding wastage of the
natural resources. We can also do out bit by avoiding activities that lead to pollution as
pollution is the main cause of decline in biodiversity.
Besides, we must plant trees and plants and encourage those around us to do the same.
People mostly think that their contribution may not affect much and thus do not make any
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effort. If each one of us thinks this way we will soon be making life difficult for us. We must
contribute our bit towards the conservation of biodiversity. These small contributions can lead
to major change over the course of time.
The government must sensitize people about the need for conservation of biodiversity
through media, hoardings and other means. The government must also keep a tab on the
human activities that are causing a decline in the biodiversity. Strict action must be taken
against individuals, groups and organizations indulging in these.
Conclusion
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serious penalty to the planet and indicating the end of life on this planet. The regular cutting
of the forests is creating lots of negative effects over the climate, environment, biodiversity,
whole atmosphere as well as threatening the cultural and physical survival of the human
being. There are many causes of the deforestation such as wood extraction because of the
increasing human population and industrial interests of people. Woods are considered as the
primary product of the forest and structural component of the physical requirement of the
human being.
Exploding human population requires more land to live and harvesting so they need to cut the
forests. In this way deforestation is going on more rapidly to fulfill the human needs in many
ways. However, the effects of deforestation are faster than the deforestation itself. It is
affecting the human lives to a great extent by forcing the negative changes to the
environment and atmosphere.
Deforestation results in many effects like loss of animal home, animals are dying, environment
change, seasonal change, increasing temperature, rising environmental heat, global warming,
increasing green house gas effect, melting ice caps and glaciers, increasing seas level,
weakening ozone layer, hole in the ozone layer, sea animal dying, increasing risks of natural
disaster like storm, cyclone, typhoon, flood, drought, and many more negative changes which
are enough to last the existence of life on the earth.
Forests plays great role in balancing the human life and environmental cycle by regulating the
water cycle, production of soil, providing habitat for animals, providing oxygen, utilizing
harmful CO2, regulating environmental temperature, preventing soil erosion and many more.
By cutting the forests we are stopping all the positive activities done by forests in the favour of
human and environment.
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Wild animals are migrating and dying, original flora and fauna are lasting, environment is
changing negatively and disturbing the human life. Natural habitat of the most important
animals is destroying because of this some are migrating to other areas or entering to the
human areas or dying. We need to preserve trees by stopping the forest cutting or replanting
the plants in order to save the animal sanctuary and maintaining the natural cycles of the
environment to save the life here in future. Preservation of forests is also necessary to get
fresh and healthy oxygen as well as reducing the amount of carbon dioxide gas.
Deforestation lead to increasing air pollution, increasing level of poisonous gases in the
environment, increasing soil and water pollution, increasing environmental heat, and many
more. All the negative effects of deforestation cause many health disorders and most
importantly lungs and respiratory problems.
Deforestation disturbs the human lives by causing several imbalances ecologically and
environmentally. Deforestation is alarming continuously and indicating the need to stop
cutting plants for the safety of human lives. Some people are doing deforestation to fulfill
their greediness of earning money from wood. People are cutting plants for their agricultural
activities, logging (to make papers, match-sticks, furniture, etc), urbanization (road
construction, housing, etc), desertification of land, mining (oil and coal mining), fires (to get
heat), etc.
Deforestation is affecting the health of human being and fresh environment through climate
imbalance, increasing global warming, soil erosion, floods, wildlife extinction, decreasing level
fresh oxygen and increasing carbon dioxide gas and many more. Deforestation is very
necessary stop in order to run the life as usual in better way. There should be some strict rules
and regulations by the government of the country which everyone must follow to check
deforestation. There should be simple and easy ways to make common people aware about
the causes and effects of deforestation. Population should be controlled to lessen the need of
forests cutting. Whenever any plant is cut, there should be rules for replanting the plants in
the place of old one.
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one for many purposes like harvesting, livestock, logging, building houses, furniture, roads,
firewood, industrialization, and other many purposes. Deforestation is affecting the
environment more badly and more rapidly. Earth was full of forests in the last century
however currently around eighty percent of the forests have been cut and destroyed and even
rain forests has been disappeared permanently.
Forests are required for the wellness of the wild animals, human being and environment.
Because of the deforestation many unique species of the plants and animals has been extinct
permanently. The process of plant cutting is disrupting the natural carbon cycle and increasing
its level in the environment day by day. Forests are the best medium to utilize the CO2 gas
from the environment as well as remove other pollutants from the atmosphere and thus
maintain the freshness of the environment. Whenever trees are destroyed or burned by any
means it releases carbon and methane which is dangerous for human life. Both of the gases
are called as the green house gas and involve in the greenhouse effect which ultimately causes
global warming.
Forests are very necessary for the proper rain, getting medicine, air freshness, removing air
pollution, getting wood for many purposes, etc. When we cut plants, it disturbs all the cycles
and affects human lives. Instead of cutting plants to fulfill the need of paper, we should make
the habit of recycling the old things as possible as to avoid the cut of new plants. Just imagine
the planet without water, life is not possible. And same way, life is also not possible without
plants and forests as they are the source of rain, fresh air, animal habitat, shadows, wood, etc.
Without plant, it is not possible to rain on the earth, nor fresh air, no animals, no shadows, no
woods, and medicine. Everywhere would be only heat, warm, drought, flood, storm, carbon
dioxide gas, methane, other poisonous gases, no winter season and rainy season, only
summer season. We should join our hands together to prevent the deforestation. We should
not waste the papers and avoid the unnecessary use of things like paper kitchen towels, facial
tissues, etc. We should think about the reuse and recycle of the papers things without wasting
them to lessen the need of plants cutting. Saving forests and plants is in our own hand and
only a small step from the end of us all may show a big result towards stopping deforestation.
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Drought which is marked by the absence of or low rain in a particular region for a long period
of time occurs because of various reasons including global warming, deforestation and many
other human activities. This climatic condition can cause disastrous impact on the
environment as well as the living beings. Some of the effects of drought include failure of
crops, financial loss, price rise and soil degradation.
Several Indian states have been hit by drought leading to mass destruction of crops and
disruption of the normal functioning of the society. Many parts have even witnessed famine
leading to the death of several people due to starvation. Looking at the adversities faced by
people in such areas, the government of India has come up with various drought relief plans
however a lot more needs to be done to control this problem and deal with its after effects.
Some of the solutions suggested in this direction are rainwater harvesting, recycling and reuse
of water, controlling deforestation, sea water desalination, cloud seeding, growing more
plants and trees, stopping overall waste of water. However, most of these cannot be achieved
if the general public does not support the cause. Each one should thus take it as a
responsibility to contribute his/ her bit to curb the problem.
Causes of Drought
There are various factors that lead to drought. Here is a look at these causes in detail:
Deforestation
Deforestation is said to be one of the main causes of shortage of rainfall that leads to drought.
Adequate amount of trees and vegetation is required on land to limit evaporation of water,
store enough water on land and attract rainfall. Deforestation and construction of concrete
buildings in their place has caused a major misbalance in the environment. It lowers the
capacity of the soil to hold water and increases evaporation. Both these are a cause of low
rainfall.
Global Warming
The negative impact of global warming on the environment is known to all. Among other
issues, the emission of greenhouse gases that results in the rise in earth’s temperature has
resulted in the rise in evaporation. High temperature is also a cause of wildfires that worsens
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the drought-condition.
Apart from these, excessive irrigation is also one of the causes of drought as it drains the
surface water.
Conclusion
Though the causes of drought are largely known and are mostly the result of misuse of water
resources and other non-environmental friendly human activities, nothing much is being done
to curb this problem. It is time the governments of various countries should join hands to
overcome this global issue.
Types of Droughts
While some areas are marked by complete absence of rain for a long period of time, others
receive less than the average amount of precipitation, yet others might face drought for some
part of the year – So the severity and type of drought varies from place to place and from time
to time. Here is a look at the different types of droughts:
Meteorological Drought
When there is a reduction in rainfall in a region for a particular period – it can be for few days,
months, seasons or year – it is said to be hit by meteorological drought. In India an area is said
to be hit by meteorological drought when the annual rainfall is 75% less than the average
rainfall.
Hydrological Drought
This is basically associated with the reduction in water. Hydrological droughts are often a
result of two successive meteorological droughts. These are divided into two categories:
Agricultural Drought
When the meteorological or hydrological droughts lead to negative impacts on the crop yield
in a region, it is said to be hit by agricultural drought.
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Famine
This is said to be the most severe drought situation. People in such regions do not get any
access to food and there is mass starvation and devastation. The government needs to
intervene in such a situation and food is supplied to these places from other places.
Socio-Economic Drought
This situation occurs when there is a decrease in the availability of food and loss of income
due to the failure of crop and the social security and access to food for the people in such
areas is at risk.
Conclusion
Drought is a difficult situation to deal with especially if the severity is high. Several people are
affected due to drought each year. While the occurrence of drought is a natural phenomenon,
we can certainly reduce the human activities that lead to such a situation. Government must
also come up with effective measures to deal with its after effects.
Impacts of Drought
The regions hit by drought take a good amount of time to recover from the disaster caused,
particularly if the severity of the drought is high. Drought disrupts the day-to-day lives of the
people and has a widespread impact on various sectors. Here is how this natural disaster
impacts the lives of the people living in the affected region:
Agricultural Loss
A major impact occurs on the agriculture and other related sectors as these are directly
dependent on the ground and surface water. Loss of crop yields, low rate of livestock
production, rise in plant disease and wind erosion are some of the major impacts of drought.
Wildlife at Risk
The cases of forest fires increase during droughts and this puts the wildlife population at high
risk. Forests get burnt down and many wild animals end up losing life while others lose their
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shelter.
Price Rise
The prices of various cereals, fruits, vegetables rise because of low supply and high demand.
The prices of food items such as jams, sauces and drinks that are produced from those
particular fruits and vegetables also increase. In certain cases, goods are imported from other
places to meet the demands of the people and hence the prices levied on the same are high.
The retailers who offer goods and services to the farmers also face financial loss due to
reduced business.
Degradation of Soil
The soil loses moisture due to continuous drought and its quality degrades. It takes a lot of
time for some areas to regain the ability to yield crops.
Conclusion
Drought is one of the most disastrous natural calamities. Famine, that is the most severe
forms of drought, ends in major socio, economic and environmental loss for the regions
affected.
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Many regions in the country are hit by drought each year. Statistics reveal that approximately
one-sixth of the total geographical area of the country that inhabits around 12% of the
population is drought prone.
One of the most drought prone states in the country is Rajasthan. As many as eleven districts
in this state are hit by drought. These regions receive scanty or no rainfall and have low level
of ground water. Drought is also a common phenomenon in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Almost every district here is hit by drought each year.
Here is a look at some of the other regions in the country that face frequent drought:
Cloud Seeding
Cloud seeding is done to modify weather. It is a way to increase the amount of precipitation.
Potassium iodide, silver iodide and dry ice are some of the chemicals used for the purpose of
cloud seeding. The government should invest in cloud seeding to avoid drought in the areas
prone to this condition.
Water Usage
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Each one should take it as a responsibility to stop the wastage of water so that there is
availability of enough water even when during times of low rainfall. Government must take
steps to keep a check on the usage of water.
Conclusion
Though the government has put certain drought relief plans in place however these are not
enough to overcome the drastic problem of drought. It is important to take strong steps to
avoid this problem. Everyone should contribute their bit to control this problem.
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As it is said, little knowledge is dangerous hence lame predictions about earthquakes do more
harm to the people than good. People begin to live in constant fear of earthquake. Panic
among people living in such areas can be seen clearly as they can hardly do much about
safeguarding themselves from the possible destruction caused due to this natural calamity.
However, earthquakes aren’t always severe and destructive. At times, these are small and
mild. Sometimes, these are so mild that people do not even get to know that these have
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occurred. However, even at the slightest of tremors, it is suggested to evacuate the buildings
and come out in an open area to ensure safety.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are two natural calamities that occur due to the changes in the
surface of Earth. Man has little or just no role in bringing about these natural disasters.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are said to be interrelated. It has been observed that volcanic
regions are more prone to earthquakes that often serve as a warning sign of an impending
volcano.
Earthquake
Earthquake is basically the shaking of the Earth. Earthquakes either occur due to the
movement of tectonic plates under the Earth’s surface or because of the movement of magma
in volcanoes. The ones caused due to magma movements may be followed by volcanic
eruptions. Earthquakes can be weak as well as violent. While the weak volcanoes are hardly
felt, the violent ones can result in the devastation of big buildings and huge loss of life.
Numerous earthquakes have occurred in different parts of the world causing severe
destructions.
Volcanoes
Volcano is the eruption of hot lava from the surface of Earth. It occurs when the Earth’s crust
ruptures. Hot lava, poisonous gases and volcanic ash come out by way of volcanic eruptions
and can cause vast destruction. Different types of volcanoes include super volcanoes, sub-
glacial volcanoes, underwater volcanoes and mud volcanoes.
Volcanic earthquake also known as volcano tectonic earthquake is caused due to the
movement of magma. This movement exerts pressure and causes changes in the rock around
the magma and this eventually leads to volcanic earthquake. These earthquakes are known to
cause major destruction that may include ground deformation, uprooting of buildings and
ground cracks.
Conclusion
Both earthquakes and volcanoes may result in severe loss for the mankind. While scientists try
their best to predict both of these, they haven’t been successful in determining the time and
date for these natural disasters. People living in earthquake and volcano prone areas must
stay vigilant and be prepared to face these and should act calmly and wisely if such a problem
occurs.
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ESSAY ON TYPES, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKE – ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Earthquakes are caused due to the movement of magnum or tectonic plates under the Earth’s
surface. They may vary in severity, time and other factors. Earthquakes have been classified
into various categories. The effect they cause varies based on their type.
Types of Earthquake
There are different types of earthquakes that have been experienced on our planet. Here is a
look at the main types of earthquakes:
Tectonic Earthquake
A tectonic earthquake is an outcome of the breakage of Earth’s crust because of exertion of
pressure on rocks and tectonic plates.
Aftershock
This is often a mild earthquake that takes place in the same area that has been hit by a severe
earthquake few hours, days or weeks before.
Foreshock
A small earthquake that takes place before a severe earthquake is referred to as a foreshock.
Explosion Earthquake
This type of earthquake occurs because of explosion of a chemical and nuclear device.
Volcanic Earthquake
It is an earthquake that occurs due to the combination of tectonic forces and volcanic
activities.
Collapse Earthquake
This type of earthquake is caused due to the explosion of rocks. These are generally mild
earthquakes that occur due to mining activities.
Submarine Earthquake
It is an earthquake that takes place underwater particularly at the bottom of an ocean. It is
commonly referred to as Tsunami.
Causes of Earthquake
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the various causes of earthquakes:
Volcanic Eruptions
Volcanic eruptions are a common cause of earthquake. Areas that are faced with frequent
volcanic activities are more prone to earthquakes.
Geological Fault
It occurs because of the displacement of plates from their original position. As the rocks move
alongside these planes, it brings about tectonic earthquakes.
Human Activities
Man is known to influence various natural activities and earthquakes are no exception.
Nuclear bombing, building of dams and mining are few such human activities that can cause
earthquake.
Effects of Earthquake
Mild earthquakes are harmless however the violent ones can cause mass destruction.
Numerous lives are lost, several people are injured and many houses and other buildings are
devastated during this natural calamity.
Conclusion
Earthquake is a dangerous natural calamity that has caused huge damage in various parts of
the world. It cannot be avoided as the scientists are not able to predict its occurrence
accurately.
Earthquake is a natural calamity which is capable of causing vast destruction and there is no
way to stop it from occurring. Our planet has been hit by a number of strong earthquakes of
different magnitudes that have led to the loss of many innocent lives and heavy damage to
the property. A need for disaster management for earthquake was felt owing to the huge and
frequent damage they had been causing around the world.
Earthquake Management
The seismic department studies earthquakes. The department monitors the environment and
the activities that occurs under the Earth’s surface in an attempt to predict earthquakes and
their severity. However, it has largely failed in predicting the exact date and time of
occurrence of the earthquake.
Since it is almost impossible to forecast and avoid the occurrence of earthquakes, we must
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prepare ourselves to lower the losses caused by these. Japan for instance is highly prone to
earthquakes. However, their preparedness to handle this natural calamity ensures little or no
damage to property and life in the country.
The recent earthquakes that jolted India have shown how under-prepared we are to handle
this natural calamity. A need to build an environment which is earthquake resistant has been
felt. Though, this cannot be full proof however efforts in this direction can certainly help bring
down the magnitude of losses.
Extensive research is going on in this direction. Builders are being encouraged to build
earthquake resistant structures. Special degree in Earthquake Engineering is being imparted to
prepare our future generations to tackle this natural disaster smartly. Structural Earthquake
Engineering, Geo-technical Earthquake Engineering, Remote Sensing and Seismology are the
fields that are being explored and taught.
It is but natural to panic during any difficult situation however doing so only worsens the
problem. We must thus not panic during earthquake. We should rather act wisely. Here are
few things you can do to lower the possibility of disaster:
Come out of your house/ office/ shop and gather in an open place.
Do not use elevator. Take the stairs to go down.
Make sure you are at a safe place as you come out and not somewhere where there is a
possibility of falling objects or collapsing building.
Get under a table or bed if you cannot move out.
Stay calm and don’t indulge in negative talks.
Help those caught inside or in need if you can.
Earthquake: Precautions to be taken
People living in earthquake prone areas must stay alert and prepared to handle this natural
disaster at all times. Here are certain things that they must keep handy:
Necessary medicines
Canned packaged food
Camp stoves that can be installed outdoors
Enough drinking water
Sanitation stock
Cash/ Debit card/ Credit Card
Important Certificates/ documents
It is a good idea to prepare a bag that can be carried easily in case of emergency.
Conclusion
The government must take measures to ensure the destruction caused by this natural
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calamity is lowered. In case of a severe earthquake, the government must take measures to
help people who lose their houses and other important belongings. The government must be
prepared to handle such an emergency situation efficiently so that people do not suffer
further.
Earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates shift and climb over one another. This leads to
mountain building referred to as orogeny which is the cause of severe earthquakes. Thus, the
tectonic plates that lie under the surface of Earth are responsible for this natural calamity. Just
like many other parts of the world, India has also experienced numerous earthquakes in
different areas. While some of these have caused serious destruction others have largely gone
unnoticed.
Our country has suffered from some major earthquakes in the past that have led to severe
damage and immense panic among people. Some of the major earthquakes experienced in
India are as follows:
The Hindu Kush Earthquake (26 October 2015): This was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that
caused vast destruction in South Asia. Jammu and Kashmir in India was jolted by this quake
and tremors were felt in many other parts of Northern India. With its epicentre in Afghanistan,
the quake caused tremendous destruction in the country as well as in its neighbouring country
Pakistan. Statistics reveal that 399 people lost their lives and as many as 2539 were injured
during this earthquake.
The May 2015 Nepal Earthquake: Yet another severe earthquake in Nepal that led to havoc in
India too as strong tremors were felt in various parts of our country including Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, and Delhi. With its epicentre in Dolakha and Sindhupal Chowk, Nepal it was a 7.3
magnitude earthquake. Considered to be an aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake, it took
away 218 lives and injured more than 3200 people.
The April 2015 Nepal Earthquake: This is said to be one of the major earthquakes that has ever
occurred in the recent times. It was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The epicentre of this
earthquake was Gorkha District in Nepal however strong tremors were felt in various parts of
India too. It led to the devastation of many buildings and took as many as 9,000 lives. 22,000
people were injured during the event.
Bhuj Earthquake (26 January 2001): This was one of the most devastating natural calamities
that ever hit our country. The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 lasted for more than 2
minutes and wrecked havoc on the beautiful Indian state of Gujarat. Numerous buildings were
devastated as a result of this earthquake. It killed around 20,000 people and injured as many
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as 167,000 people.
The Latur Earthquake (30 September 1993): The Latur earthquake hit the Indian state of
Maharashtra. This 6.2 magnitude earthquake mainly affected the districts of Latur and
Osmanabad. It demolished as many as 52 villages in Maharashtra and killed around 10,000
people. As many as 30,000 people were injured during the event.
Uttarkashi Earthquake (2nd October 1991): The earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude hit Gharwal
and Uttarkashi in Uttrakhand. Strong tremors were felt in these two regions and various other
parts of Uttar Pradesh. It caused mass destruction. Numerous buildings were wrecked during
the event. More than 700 people lost their lives and numerous others became homeless.
Almost every part of India has been hit by earthquake at some point or the other. While some
areas in the country are highly prone to earthquakes others stand a low chance of being hit by
them. Some of the earthquake prone areas in the country include Srinagar, Mumbai, Delhi,
Guwahati, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Patna, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. All these regions
have felt strong tremors of earthquake in the past and stand a high chance of experiencing the
same in future as well.
Conclusion
India has seen major destruction due to earthquakes. Many buildings have been damaged and
several people have lost their lives due to this natural calamity. We wish and pray to God that
such strong tremors don’t occur in future.
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Human beings are cutting down forests around the world for various purposes. One of the
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main purposes of cutting vast forest areas is to use the land for agriculture. With the growing
population there is a need to grow more crops to satisfy the demands of the people. This can
only be done if we have enough land for agriculture. In an attempt to expand the agriculture
sector and meet the demands of the people, we humans are cutting the forests. Forests are
also being cut to build towns and cities to accommodate people and for setting up offices and
factories.
To be precise, we are damaging the beautiful natural surrounding and turning it into a
concrete jungle. Causing harm to the natural surroundings means disrupting the natural
processes such as water cycle, carbon cycle and eco system. Deforestation is mainly impacting
our climate and biodiversity. A large number of species of plants and animals are getting
extinct because of deforestation as their habitats are getting destroyed.
It is time we must mull over the harmful impacts of deforestation on our environment and put
an end to it.
Deforestation, the act of clearing the forest land to serve different purposes, is a growing
concern worldwide. It has led to numerous environmental problems. Some of these include
the loss of wildlife, impact on biodiversity, climate change, global warming and impact on the
water cycle.
Deforestation has disrupted the water cycle as well as the carbon cycle and thus attributed to
climate change which in turn is causing numerous problems for humans as well as animals.
Plants and tress inhale carbon dioxide and release oxygen which is one of the essentials for
the human survival. Trees also absorb other harmful gases from the atmosphere thus making
it cleaner. Deforestation is leading to the loss of vast number of trees which in turn is leading
to an increase in the amount of carbon and poisonous gases such as methane in the
atmosphere. This has contributed a great deal to the global warming.
Forests also play a significant role in managing the water cycle. Continuous cutting of forests is
leading to disruption in the water cycle which is leading to erratic rainfalls in different regions.
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plants are dying each day due to loss of habitat and lack of food. Our planet needs to sustain
rich biodiversity in order to strike environmental balance. Deforestation is thus creating an
imbalance in the environment.
Conclusion
Deforestation is deteriorating our environment in many ways. It is high time we humans must
realize the severity of the issue and control deforestation. If we do not stop this now, our
environment will deteriorate further and the future generations will suffer heavily.
Biodiversity, also known as biological diversity, means the importance of sustaining vast
variety of flora and fauna on Earth as a whole and also in different regions and habitats. This
plays an important role in the food chain and helps in striking a balance in the environment.
God has created innumerable species of plants and animals that rely on each other for various
needs and contribute in maintaining harmony on Earth. However, man is playing with this law
of nature. Various human activities are leading to extinction of many of these species.
Deforestation is one such human activity that has impacted biodiversity vastly.
Animals and plants require a certain climate and environment to live peacefully. Forests serve
as habitats for vast species of plants and animals. Clearing of forest land is resulting in clearing
of the safe abode of the wild creatures that live there, thereby impacting the biodiversity.
While some of them move to other places to survive, others are unable to adapt to the
environmental changes and get extinct. The loss of various species of plants and animals
owing to deforestation disrupts the food chain adversely. Herbivorous animals find it hard to
look for food on cleared lands. They often starve to death. This in turn impacts the carnivorous
animals that rely on the flesh of the herbivorous animals. With herbivorous animals going
extinct or starving, the carnivorous are also unable to get the required diet. Thus, not only are
these wild animals deprived of their habitat but also of food.
Statistics reveal that forests are home for around eighty percent of animals and plants around
the world. Deforestation is thus impacting a vast number of species which is affecting
biodiversity badly. Researchers claim that more than a hundred species of animals are getting
extinct each day. If we do not stop deforestation, around 10% of the species of animals will
lose their life in the next two decades.
Conclusion
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Thus, we see deforestation has affected the biodiversity to a great extent. Man is destroying
the beautiful creations of God without any inhibition just to satisfy his need and make life
comfortable for himself. What he isn’t realizing is that this act of his is affecting biodiversity
which is creating an imbalance in the Earth’s environment. If the process of deforestation
continues at this rate, our planet will not remain fit for survival of the human beings as well as
other living beings in the times to come.
Deforestation started centuries back when man stopped relying on hunting to satiate his
hunger and took to agriculture. Forests were cleared to make way for agricultural land.
However, it did not pose much threat to the environment back then. With time, the need for
deforestation has increased manifolds owing to various reasons. The rapid increase in
population is one of the main reasons for deforestation.
In order to accommodate the growing population and satisfy their needs, the forests are being
cleared and turned into agricultural land and residential colonies. The advancement in
technology is another reason for deforestation. More and more industries are being set up
and new products are being made. Deforestation is done to make place for these industries
and also to derive various plant and tree based products. The wildlife is the worst affected due
to deforestation.
Loss of Habitat
Forests are home for a variety of flora and fauna. Clearing the forests means destroying the
habitat of the wild creatures. Deforestation has taken away the habitat of several wild animals
and birds. It is a pity that in an attempt to build his own home, man is destroying the habitat
of the innocent animals.
Extinction of Flora
It is unfortunate that we have lost numerous species of beautiful plants and trees that added
beauty to our planet. Many species of plants grow only in a particular climate and soil in the
forests. Thus, due to deforestation many such species have gone extinct.
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Starvation
The biodiversity has been affected badly due to deforestation. Many animals feed on
particular animals, birds, insects and plants and loss of the species they survive on has led to
their starvation. Many wild animals are having a hard time finding food and are starving to
death.
Conclusion
To conclude, we can say that many species of wild animals and plants have been impacted due
to deforestation. Some of them have lost their homes, others have incurred diseases and yet
others have gone extinct. They are suffering at the hands of humans because of just no fault
of their own. We must stop this torture on animals by controlling deforestation.
Deforestation is the clearing of forests to satisfy various human needs. These largely include
the need to expand the agricultural land, increase the number of residential colonies, set up
new industries and derive various products from trees and plants. While man is indulging in
deforestation to meet the demands of the growing population and to make life comfortable,
this process is having several ill effects on our environment.
Global Warming
Trees are a rich source of oxygen. They exhale the life-giving oxygen and absorb the harmful
gases from the environment thereby making it cleaner. They particularly balance the amount
of carbon in the environment by the process of photosynthesis. Cutting more and more trees
mean causing imbalance in the carbon cycle. Deforestation is resulting in lesser absorption of
carbon and other harmful gases by the trees which is adding to global warming.
Soil Erosion
When vast numbers of trees that hold the soil with their roots are uprooted it results in soil
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erosion. Deforestation has caused huge soil erosion across the world especially in the past few
decades. Soil erosion results in numerous problems. When heavy rain falls on the cleared
forests it carries the soil with it to the rivers. This disrupts the irrigation process. It also raises
the river bed that increases the risk of floods. Besides, the accumulation of sediments in the
rivers cause harm to the fish eggs. As this soiled water reaches the oceans, it dirties the water
there and harms the coral reefs.
Threat to Wildlife
One of the most harmful effects of deforestation is the loss of life of various wildlife animals
due to the loss of their habitat. Forests are home for numerous species of animals that are
unable to adapt elsewhere. Many species of wild animals have gone extinct because of
deforestation and many others are struggling to survive in their new surroundings.
Conclusion
Hence, we see that there is a tremendous need to save our forests. Deforestation has led us to
the verge of destruction. If we do not stop it now we will be destroying our environment
further and it will be difficult for us to survive.
Deforestation is a global problem. Both tropical and rain forests are being cut year after year
to fulfil various human needs. The government of different countries around the world must
make a collective effort to overcome this problem. Though the cutting of trees cannot be
stopped completely, it can definitely be reduced with proper planning and efforts.
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45. Essay on Effects of Global Warming on Coral Reefs
The temperature on the Earth has increased and led to mass coral bleaching events.
Corals cannot survive the severity of prolonged bleaching events. This is a major threat to the
survival of corals. Global warming impacts every human, plant, animal, ocean and atmosphere
level on our planet Earth. Major stress that contributes to the white and lifeless appearance of
coral is the climate change.
LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON CORAL REEFS IN ENGLISH
Here are essays on effects of global warming on coral reefs of varying lengths; you can go with
anyone which you like the most:
SHORT ESSAY ON EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON CORAL REEFS – ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
Global warming is a threat to coral reef ecosystems. Scientific evidences have clearly indicated
that the earth and oceans are warming. Climate change is the result of excessive amount of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere released from human activities. The oceans are
extremely massive sinks that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere impacting the
chemical and biological processes in them.
Due to the rise in temperature, coral bleaching events and coral diseases have significantly
increased and are occurring more frequently. Coral diseases cause pervasive mortality among
reef building corals. Many scientists believe that the rise in mortality is due to the
deteriorating quality of water attributed to man-made pollution and rise in ocean surface
temperature. Carbon dioxide dissolved in to the ocean from the atmosphere has begun to
reduce coral reef calcification rates in reef associated and reef building marine organisms by
changing sea water chemistry due to prolonged reduction in seawater pH level. This is known
as ocean acidification.
Changing climate will further affect the coral reef ecosystem through rising sea level and
changes in intensity and frequency of tropical storms and changing circulation patterns in
oceans. This will change the ecosystem functions and the supplies and services provided by
coral reef ecosystem to the people around the world.
Coral reefs have survived thousands of years adapting natural change in climate but may not
be able to survive the extreme climate temperatures. Around twenty five percent coral reefs
worldwide are damaged and are beyond repair and other two-thirds are under serious threat.
Coral reef destruction refers to the potential mass death and degradation of the ocean corals.
There are many causes of coral destruction such as pollution, illegal fishing tricks, hurricanes,
earthquakes and the main reason is climate change that is responsible for warmer ocean
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temperatures. Climate change is majorly responsible for death of nearly half of the great
barrier coral reefs.
Corals are living organisms and just like any other plant or animal species, corals can get weak,
ill and die. Corals cannot survive the extreme water temperature which causes them to expel
the microorganisms inside of them that gives them their colors.
Bleaching is the result of low tide, pollution and the factor majorly responsible for coral
bleaching is global warming. The severity and frequency of bleaching may further increase in
future. Such bleaching events will severely damage the already stressed coral reefs and coral
ecosystem. The corals become fragile and vulnerable to disease and may die if they are
subjected to prolonged stress.
Plastics and other waste products thrown in water can get to the nooks of the reef and corals
can often die due to this.
Increased tourism is also the reason for destruction of coral reefs. Boats and ships used for
recreational activities cause damage to coral reefs. Other tourist activities like snorkelling;
diving may accidentally cause damage to the sensitive reefs.
Marine sediment is composed of insoluble particles transported to the ocean from the land
areas. Human settlements and other activities like agriculture, construction and mining can
contribute to the amount of particles washed off in to the sea. The sediments can suffocate
the coral reefs and deprive them of nutrients and sunlight and hamper the growth of life.
Conclusion
Thus, there are various factors responsible for coral reef destruction. The massive and blatant
degradation of coral reefs is something that we can no longer ignore. Stern measures need to
be taken to prevent further degradation.
ESSAY ON HOW DOES GLOBAL WARMING AFFECTS CORAL REEFS – ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Global warming is the constant rise in the temperature of earth’s climate. The climate on
earth and in the oceans is warming mainly due to the greenhouse gases released in the
atmosphere due to human activities.
Coral reefs complex structures are the hub of active, biodiversity-rich ecosystems. Their
presence is vital for the survival of various marine species. But global warming causes the
temperature of the oceans to rise and the carbon dioxide levels are parting or killing the algae
that keeps the corals colorful and healthy. It is also causing coral bleaching. Coral reef
ecosystems are threatened by number of stressors such as coastal development, overfishing
and coral bleaching. Over the decades global warming with other stressors has resulted in
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degradation of coral reef ecosystems worldwide.
The stone like structures of hard corals are composed of calcium carbonate and are reef
building corals. The calcium substance is also found in shells such as clams, oysters and snails.
Corals in the seawater need calcium to build their hard skeleton. Research has shown that
there is 52-73% deterioration in larval settlement on reefs suffering low pH levels. Latest
studies reveal that world heritage reefs will die of rising temperature stress if global warming
is not curbed.
Increase in ocean temperature due to global warming has increased the severity of coral
bleaching which causes more coral diseases in response to warming seas. Coral reefs such as
staghorn are more sensitive and are seriously affected by coral bleaching events.
The coral reef ecosystem is affected through rise in sea levels due to global warming. Ocean
acidification poses direct impact and greater risk on coral reef ecosystem. Increase in salinity
at tropical level is constant with the intensification of the global hydrological cycle. There are
changes in rainfall and storm intensity and frequency which also impacts the coastal water
quality. The intense storm systems and rise in sea levels increases the amount of force
exercised by waves on coastal areas which impacts coastal infrastructure and coral
ecosystems, sea beds and mangroves.
Conclusion
The pace and scale of chemical and physical changes occurring in the oceans due to global
warming are resulting in range of fundamental responses in marine ecosystems and
organisms. Coral reefs are increasingly being dominated by the temperature stresses. Just like
humans cannot tolerate excessive and prolonged stress even coral reefs cannot. The impact of
global warming on humans and corals is already severe and thus the emission of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere has to be controlled to prevent further damage.
ESSAY ON RISING TEMPERATURES AND IMPACTS ON CORAL REEFS – ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
Rising ocean temperatures due to global warming is affecting great barrier coral reef and may
significantly affect the whole ecosystem. Temperature plays important role in influencing
distribution and diversity of sea life. It is crucial to coral reef building and controlling its
growth.
Like various marine creatures, coral reefs have also grown and adapted to the limited
temperature rates. When the temperature exceeds the normal temperature, the thermal
stress causes them to evict the algae within their tissues. This causes coral bleaching and with
constant stress the corals may in due course starve and die.
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Rise in temperature of the ocean increases the severity and frequency of coral bleaching
events. Warming seas also result in increasing coral diseases.
Catastrophic ice melting due to rising ocean temperatures may increase the global sea levels
which may greatly affect coral reefs. The rising sea levels may cause increased coral
sedimentation due to increase in shoreline erosion which would damage coral reefs.
Tropical storms may severely affect and damage the coral reef ecosystems by causing
significant damage to the reef structure and increasing runoff from the land leading to an
increase in sedimentation.
Ocean currents get affected by the change in temperature, wind, rainfall and salinity due to
global warming. It can affect the temperature routines, movement of larvae and transport of
toxins that negatively affect thermally sensitive species such as coral reefs.
Bleached corals are likely to increase vulnerability to diseases, elevate mortality rates, reduce
growth rates, and decrease reproductive ability. Changes in coral communities affect the
species that depend on them for food, shelter and habitat. When corals die due to coral
bleaching there is change in coral community composition. There may also be decline in
diversity of species when corals die.
Ocean acidification adversely effects on the rate at which corals calcify. This leads coral
societies to become brittle and less resistant to the factors affecting their survival. Chemical
pollutants in the oceans make coral habitat scarce and less appropriate. Sometimes when the
coral dies it is replaced by non-calcifying organisms.
Climate change may raise the disturbance regime of coral reefs, and the destiny of coral reef
ecosystem will ultimately be determined by their potential of recovery and resilience.
Ways to Prevent Destruction of Coral Reefs
Here’s how we can help reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to stop further
deterioration of coral reefs:
LONG ESSAY ON EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON CORAL REEFS AROUND THE WORLD –
ESSAY 5 (600 WORDS)
Introduction
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Global warming is referred to as rise in average temperature of the climate on planet Earth.
The emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is warming the temperature of the
earth. This causes the temperature of the oceans to rise which impacts coral reefs.
Coral Reefs
Coral reefs harbor the largest biodiversity of marine ecosystem globally and support around
five hundred million people across the world. They comprise more than quarter of aquatic
species. Reefs provide wide range of services such as food, support to the tourism industry
and protection from floods. The disappearance of coral reefs will have adverse economic,
health and social consequences.
Ecologically coral reefs undersea are as important as trees on land and are vital for the well-
being of the oceans. Through the process of photosynthesis carried out by their algae, corals
serve as the most important contribution of food in tropical marine food chain. The reefs
provide shelter to 25% fish life in the oceans and around 2 million marine species. If the trees
undersea are eliminated due to coral bleaching then everything that depends on them for
survival may get eliminated gradually.
Coral reef ecosystem is one of the most threatened ecosystems on earth, majorly due to
climate change and global warming, combined with natural pressures. Coral reefs are the
warning signs of what may happen to the less sensitive river systems such as deltas if the
global warming issue is not addressed. If the temperature is not controlled the degradation
may pass to other systems as well and may cascade irreversibly at rapid speed.
Over the past few years coral reefs worldwide have suffered from massive and frequent coral
bleaching events as a result of rise in global temperature. Greenhouse gas emission in the
atmosphere has caused increase in global surface temperature. This has led to frequent coral
bleaching events turning corals white. If the corals are bleached for long period of time then
they may eventually die. Great barrier coral reef in Australia and Hawaiian Islands in US have
gone through worst bleaching on record with destructive effects. Statistics reveal that the
bleaching of Great Barrier Reef killed around 50% of its corals in 2016 and 2017.
Not only Great Barrier Reef, but there has been a vast damage to the corals around the world
in various oceans. Events of extremely intense warming are also occurring. El Nino takes place
at times when ocean temperature rises gradually. This type of event mostly occurs when hot
water is concentrated to the center of Pacific Ocean. There has been sharp rise in the
temperature of the water of the Indian Ocean and Caribbean Sea. In the western part of
Indian oceans 50% of corals have vanished.
The problem is that corals cannot survive the intensity and frequency of bleaching events from
global warming. And if the global surface temperature continues to rise the condition will get
worse in future. As per UNESCO, if we continue to emit greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
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as usual scenario, coral reefs in 29-reef containing sites worldwide may get extinct by the end
of century.
Conclusion
Needless to say, that the extinction of coral reefs has adverse consequences on the total
ecosystem. Limiting average temperature around the world below 2:C provides the only
chance for preservance of coral reefs worldwide. Addressing issues such as local pollution and
fishing practices is also important. Economic systems need to speedily move towards circular
economic systems and low greenhouse gas emission scenario to decrease the effects of global
warming. Sustaining coral reefs is important and investments should be made for their
maintenance and preservation.
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affected to a great extent by the means of air pollution, noise pollution, deforestation, water
pollution, soil pollution, acid rain and other dangerous disasters created by the human beings
through technological advancement. We all must take an oath together to protect our natural
environment to keep it safe as usual forever.
If we do anything in wrong way out of the discipline of nature, it disturbs the whole
environment means atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. Besides natural environment,
a man made environment is also exists which deals with the technology, work environment,
aesthetics, transportation, housing, utilities, urbanization, etc. Man made environment affects
the natural environment to a great extent which we all must be together to save it.
The components of the natural environment are used as a resource however it is also
exploited by the human being in order to fulfill some basic physical needs and purpose of life.
We should not challenge our natural resources and stop putting so much pollution or waste to
the environment. We should value our natural resources and use them by staying under the
natural discipline.
We need to maintain the originality of our environment to continue the life on the earth, the
only place where life is possible till now in the whole universe. World Environment Day is a
campaign being celebrated for years every year on 5th of June in order to spread the public
awareness all over the world towards the environment safety and cleanliness. We must
participate in the campaign celebration to know the theme of celebration, to know ways of
saving our environment and to get aware about all the bad habits which declining the
environment day by day.
We can save our environment in very easy manner with the little step taken by every person
on the earth. We should reduce the amount of waste, throwing wastes properly to its place
only, stop using poly bags, reuse some old things in new ways, repair and use broken things
instead of throwing it away, see how much it would take to repair them, use rechargeable
batteries or renewable alkaline batteries, make use of fluorescent light, rain water
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conservation, reduce water wastage, energy conservation, minimum use of electricity, etc.
Environmental pollution is affecting our daily lives negatively in various aspects of life such as
socially, physically, economically, emotionally and intellectually. Contamination of the
environment brings lots of diseases which human being may suffer whole life. It is not a
problem of community or city, it is a worldwide problem which cannot be solved by the effort
of one. If it is not addressed properly, it may end the existence of life a day. Each and every
common citizen should involve in the environmental safety programme launched by the
government.
We should correct our mistakes and selfishness towards our environment to make healthy
and safe from the pollution. It is hard to believe but true that only a little positive movements
by everyone may bring a huge change in the declining environment. Air and water pollution is
leading our health on danger by causing various diseases and disorders. Nothing can be said
healthy now a day, as what we eat is already affected by the bad effects of artificial fertilizers
which reduces and weakens our body immunity to fight disease causing microorganisms.
That’s why, anyone of us can be diseased anytime even after being healthy and happy.
So, it is a major worldwide issue which should be solved by the continuous efforts of
everyone. We should participate in the World Environment Day campaign to actively
participate in the environment safety event.
There are various cycles which happen regularly between environment and living things to
maintain the nature’s balance. However, by any means if such cycles gets disturbed, nature’s
balance also gets disturbed which ultimately affects the human lives. Our environment helps
us and other forms of existence to grow, develop and flourish on the earth for thousands of
years. As human beings are considered as the most intelligent creature made by the nature on
the earth, they have lots of eagerness to know things in the universe which lead them towards
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the technological advancement.
Such technological advancement in everyone’s life put the life possibilities on the earth in
danger day by day as our environment is destroying gradually. It seems that one day it
becomes so harmful for life as the natural air, soil and water are getting polluted. Even it has
started showing its bad effects on the health of human being, animal, plants and other living
things. Artificially prepared fertilizers by using harmful chemicals are spoiling the soil which
indirectly getting collected into our body through the food we eat daily. Harmful smokes
created from the industrial companies on daily basis are polluting the natural air which affects
our health to a great extent as we breathe it every moment.
In such busy, crowded and advanced life we must take care of such types of small bad habits
on daily basis. It is true that only a small effort by the end of everyone can bring a major
positive change towards our declining environment. We should not use the natural resources
in wrong ways for just our selfishness and fulfil our destructive wishes. We should grow and
develop science and technologies for the betterment of our lives but always be sure that it
would not ruin our environment in future in anyways. We should be sure that new
technologies would never disturb the ecological balance.
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Development is a continuous and constant process. However, every development has some
positive and negative results. While development is carried out for the benefits of the
inhabitants, the environment is equally important. If development is carried out without
considering the environment, it may have a negative impact on the environment. This, in turn,
will cause harmful effects on the inhabitant.
The environment does not only mean surroundings. Environment refers to air, water and land
and the interrelationship of all these factors with human beings. Environment and
development cannot go against each other. They should be complementing each other. If all
the resources on earth are utilized for the development of the world, without the thought of
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preserving them, soon the earth will turn into an uninhabitable place.
For the development of a nation, a huge amount of land is acquired which results in the
cutting of trees. Again, as a result of development, non-renewable resources like fossil fuels,
water and minerals are utilized faster before they are replenished. The global warming and
depletion of resources affect the inhabitants of the world, for which they cannot reap the
benefits of development.
Conclusion
Environment and economic growth are interrelated. On one hand, the economic growth of a
nation affects the environment. At the same time, the degradation in environmental resources
will affect the economic growth. There are environmental policies that can help in making the
most out of environmental protection and economic growth.
Economic development is very much essential for the growth of a nation. A nation is
considered developed if it provides enough job opportunity for the inhabitants thereby
providing them a better life than struggling with poverty. This type of development helps in
reducing income inequality. The higher economic growth of a nation also results in the
increase in tax revenues and reduction in government expenditure on unemployment and
poverty-related welfares.
Environment plays an important role in the economic development of a nation. A large part of
the development of a nation is related to production in different sectors. The natural
resources like water, fossil fuels, minerals, soils etc from the environment are needed for
production in various sectors. However, the pollution caused as a result of production is
absorbed by the environment. Additionally, the consumption of resources for production can
lead to shortage of resources in the environment.
The continuous process of consumption of the natural resources and the increased rate of
pollution to the environment will lead to poor quality of resources. This, in turn, will not only
impact the quality of production but also result in various negative health impacts not only for
the labors involved in production but also for the inhabitants for whom the production or the
development is being carried out.
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Conclusion
In order to enjoy the benefits of economic developments, in the long run, one should give
equal importance in conservation of natural resources. Maintaining a proper balance between
environment and economic development will keep on running the cycle of development
whose benefits will be not only is limited to the current generation but also for the future
generations.
The concept of Sustainable Development is derived from the definition phrased in the
Brundtland Commission in 1987. According to the phrase, sustainable development refers to
the development that meets the needs of the present generation and preserves enough
resources for the future generation to meet their needs. At the UN Sustainable Development
Summit in 2015, world leaders have included some goals as Sustainable Developments Goals.
They are –
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Building of effective and responsible institutions at all levels to provide justice for all.
The above mentioned sustainable goals are aimed to end poverty, fight inequality and
injustice and tackle climate changes by 2030. These goals are set to ensure that the future
generations are not deprived of the benefits of development and they can utilize the natural
resources to satisfy their needs as well.
Conclusion
The concept of sustainability is related to the concept of carrying capacity. If the natural
resources are used up fast than they are being replenished, it would lead to degradation of
the environment. This might lead to the destruction of the population to a level where the
natural resources become inadequate for the living population. Therefore, environmental and
sustainable development should be given equal importance for the benefits of the population.
Sustainable development aims to preserve the natural resources so that even after the current
generation used them to meet their needs, there is enough left for the coming generation.
And as a matter of fact, even for generations after that. In order to maintain the sustainable
development, the environment is needed to be protected.
Some of the current issues related to environment are global warming and depletion of
natural resources. Global warming refers to the permanent climate change of the earth owing
to industrial pollution, degradation of the environment, greenhouse gas emission, depletion of
the ozone layer which means a decline in the total amount of ozone on earth’s stratosphere.
Scientists have proven that the temperature of the earth is increasing and if necessary
precautions are not being taken, the situation will be worse which will cause further negative
impact on the environment and human health.
Depletion of natural resources is another major concern. With the overpopulation, the
consumption of earth’s natural resources is taking place at a faster rate even before they
could be replenished. Global warming leads to the low rate of production of agricultural
products and with depletion of natural resources adding to it, very soon the mass population
of earth will face not only a shortage of food but also shortage of resources to carry out any
development process.
In order to overcome the shortage, chemicals are used to increase the production of
agricultural products. This not only decreases the value of soil, but also affects human health
in a negative way. If the process continues, the inhabitants of the earth are going to face
serious issues. In all these years, plenty of damages have been caused to earth’s environment
and its resources. If necessary activities and measures are taken to protect the environment,
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there is hope that much worse condition could be postponed if not totally avoided.
In order to reduce global warming, protection of forests and wetlands are important. Trees
should not be cut until and unless they are absolutely necessary. In such cases, it is required to
plant as many trees wherever possible. A single step taken by a huge part of the population
can play a major role in protecting the environment. It is also important to conserve natural
resources, biodiversity, and wildlife. Apart from that, every inhabitant of the earth should play
their part in preventing ozone layer from depletion.
The main ozone-depleting substances are widely used in refrigerators, air conditioners and fire
extinguishers. Many refrigerators and air conditioners use Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)
and Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) as a refrigerant. These are important elements in causing
depletion to the earth’s ozone layer.
It is hence important to not use products that use HCFC and CFC as refrigerants. It is also
advisable to avoid using aerosol products that use HCFCs and CFCs as propellants. Apart from
all these above-mentioned measures, precaution should be taken to emit less carbon to the
environment.
Conclusion
Conservation of the environment involves two processes – protecting natural resources and
living in a way causing less damage to the environment. Environment refers to natural
resources like air, water, and land and their interrelationship with the human beings. In a
broader aspect, it also comprises of trees, soil, fossil fuels, minerals etc. Trees help in
protecting the soil from getting eroded due to flood or rain. They are also needed to purify the
air.
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Water is needed not only by human beings for consumption, but also for agriculture, the
existence of living beings like plants and animals and production in different sectors. The soil is
needed for providing production of food for all living beings as well as for filtering water.
Hence, trees, soil and every source of water is needed to be conserved and stopped from
getting polluted. These three elements play an important role in the existence of living beings.
Pollution of these elements will not only cause us harm, but they will also pose more threat
for the coming generations.
Conservation of environment not only includes conservation of natural resources. It also refers
to the conservation of energy. Solar and wind energy are two forms of renewable energy that
will help in the reduction of usage of non-renewable energy like fossil fuels, power cars etc. If
all forms of renewable energy are used to replace the non- renewable forms of energy, a huge
positive impact on earth could be achieved. Non-renewable energies take time to replenish;
this is the reason why renewable forms of energy should be used.
Apart from the conservation of the environment, certain measures should be taken to
replenish the resources of the environment that are being used. Reforestation of trees,
composting of soil, to maintain their quality are some of the useful ways to replenish the
resources of the environment. These methods will certainly help in maintaining a balance in
the environment.
Along with these factors, measures should be taken to reduce pollution in the environment.
Usage of electric or hybrid vehicles instead of gas guzzlers can be a wise alternative in
reducing carbon emission to the environment. It is also advisable to walk or ride a cycle or
share a vehicle to reduce carbon emission. Organic farming is another alternative to maintain
the quality of soil as well as the food thereby causing less harm to the environment and
reducing health hazards which might be caused due to the usage of chemicals in farming.
Quitting smoking and using natural products instead of chemical products not only benefit
your health, but also have a positive impact on the environment. One can save water by
turning off the faucet or by storing rainwater for different uses. Cleaning clothes and dishes
only after having a full load can also save water. Unplugging electrical devices when not in use
is a cost-effective and energy-saving way. Besides, one can also reuse and recycle products
that will bring a new life to old items. Also, avoiding using plastic products can have a positive
impact on the environment.
Conclusion
The aim of sustainable development could be achieved by conserving the environment. It will
not only help in reducing the damage to the environment but also help in the preservation of
resources for the future generation.
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48. Essay on Environment Protection
Our environment is getting deteriorated because of several reasons such as global warming,
deforestation and rise in various kinds of pollution. Environment Protection has become a
cause of concern.
Environment Protection is essential for the survival of human beings as well as other living
beings. It is our duty to do whatever we can to protect our environment to ensure healthy
living.
Nature has an amazing quality of reviving itself against changes made in itself by natural and
manmade factors, but there it has a saturation level too and maybe we have already crossed
that. We have degraded it beyond repair. We have accounted to enough deforestation to
imbalance the required ratio of carbon dioxide; we have impregnated the water resources
with hazardous wastes enough that it cannot purify it further on its own. Soil has been
degraded until the level it loses its cultivability. Problems are beyond the count and a perfect
solution yet to be found.
We have gone too far and it is already too late. If we don’t start working now, we won’t have
tomorrow to repent. It is no more a matter of protecting environment, but it’s about
protecting us from getting into danger any further. It is the time to make amends with the
nature so that it can grant us few more centuries of human existence in our home, Earth.
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So here are some of the things which we can do to conserve our environment:
If you are painting your house, use latex paint, as oil-based paints release hydrocarbon fumes.
Instead of using your personal vehicle, go for bike or public transport. Vehicle traffic is a major
contributor to noise pollution and also to smog.
Try to use less fertilizer or use organic fertilizers instead because when it rains, fertilizers drain
into streams along with rain water.
Don’t trash the streams instead do volunteering with other groups in cleaning them on regular
basis.
While using washing machines, try to load it full or adjust the water level according to the
load. Washing machines use almost 40 gallons of water.
Use bucket for washing cars or other vehicles, instead of hose. Because the water running
from hose while you are working wastes a lot of water.
Set the sprinkler in the lawn instead of watering it as that will be helpful in saving water.
Close the tap while brushing, washing or bathing when it is not in use. 5 gallons of water goes
to drain every minute the water runs from faucet.
Try to conserve energy by switching off the lights, fans and other electrical appliances when
not in use. This will also help in reducing your bill to a much greater extent.
If you have mercury thermometer, replace it with the digital one. Mercury is a major pollutant
and is non-degradable which moves up to the food chain and causes serious health issues.
Thinking about taking a paper bag or plastic from shop? Better yet, take your own canvas bag
to the grocery shop and reuse it each time you go for shopping.
These small things can go a long way in saving and protecting the environment.
Environment is degrading which means the chances for survival of living organisms on earth is
decreasing. But there is still some stubborn mentality in some people that the environment is
degrading naturally, so it will also recover or be back to normal naturally. This is a very wrong
notion. If we don’t start protecting our environment now, then there is a huge possibility that
we won’t be able to save our humanity in future.
To consider this problem seriously, let’s think about the possibilities which will arise due to
environmental degradation.
Firstly, let’s imagine a life without clean air. Polluted air contains dust particles and other
harmful particles, which maybe in solid or gaseous form. Haze, a combination of dust particle,
smoke and other harmful gases, will occur. This will obscure the vision which will lead to
accidents of vehicles, and in worst cases, deaths.
Due to high level of CO2and CFC, ozone layer will go on depleting, or there will come a time
when it might extinct. In this case, harmful UV rays will enter the earth’s atmosphere and can
cause skin cancer and other harmful diseases.
Carbon monoxide is also a very lethal pollutant. If it enters the human body, it mixes with
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haemoglobin and makes the circulation of oxygen through blood difficult, which will make us
feel dizzy. If the amount of CO consumption through air is more, then this might even lead to
death.
Due to increase of acids in air and other harmful gases, frequency of acid rain will increase.
Acid rains are harmful for every living organism, from microbes to giant animals. It can cause
many diseases as well as death. It can make the harmful elements enter the ecosystem
through soil and water.
Soil having water of acid rain will degrade in its quality. This type of soil won’t possess the
required mineral content and water holding capacity which will lead to decrease in the
production of crops, or their quality. If the production or quality of crops decreases, then this
will directly affect the humans which will lack the energy to perform because of lack of
nutrient supply. This can stop the progress of the whole civilization.
If the acid rain or CO2enters the water bodies in excess quantity, then it will affect the marine
life also which will eventually affect the whole ecosystem.
Conclusion
Even after understanding the need and importance of protecting the environment and saving
the planet if we don’t do our bit towards the same then it will be a big mistake on our part.
We should take it as our responsibility to create awareness regarding this and do whatever we
can to save the environment.
Good Environment is a pre-requisite for the survival of life on Earth. There are visible signs
that it is getting degraded. Still, there are no visible changes in our lifestyles to stop the
condition getting worse then what it is now. Things that are doing harm to the environment
such as working in industries or factories, commuting via fuel-driven vehicles, using air
conditioners, etc have become an essential part of our lives. The amount of energy that we
are using is essential and there is no other alternative to it. Mentioned below is a reality check
of how we are being the major contributors in environmental degradation despite being fully
aware about the importance of protecting the environment:
Over Population: Many parts of our planet are being over populated by human population.
Over population means more demands and less supply. This creates an imbalance and
disturbs the ecosystem as for human survival, the shelter of birds and animals are getting
destroyed. This also increases the fossil fuel consumption and the harmful impacts of it on the
environment.
Pollution: Increased population leads to increased waste to make the supplies reach the
required rate. This wastes level leads to air and water pollution. The condition of pollution is
so bad that to date, 2.4 billion people do not have access to clean, drinkable water. Humanity
is constantly polluting the irreplaceable resources like air, water and soil, which takes millions
of years to replenish. Not only air, water and soil pollution, humanity is also responsible for
noise, radiation and light pollution.
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Global Warming: The major cause for this is the increased level of CO2, and that is because of
the increased rate of burning of fossil fuels. Current measurements of CO2levels have
exceeded above 400 ppm breaking every record dating back 400,000 years. And this has lead
to increase in earth’s temperature, which leads to melting of glaciers and increase in ocean
level to rise.
Non-Veg Diet: Human’s digestive tract is a long one like that of herbivores. But still most of the
human population relies on non-vegetarian diet. To grow a hen of 1 kilo, many kilos of wheat
is required, but 1 kilo of wheat can satisfy the hunger of 2 persons. Hence, this non-veg diet is
really expensive to the environment.
Deforestation: Deforestation is required for creating land space for making roads and homes
for humans. This leads to destruction of the habitat of wild animals and birds. It also leads to
constant increase of level of COSince there are no trees to absorb this gas so it remains in the
atmosphere leading to global warming.
Excess Usage of Useless Commodities: For the sake of vanity, we use commodities such as
leather shoes, belts and jackets which are made from the skin of animals without thinking
about the impact it has on the animals. Animals suffer because of this while we adorn such
decorative items made from their nails and tusks.
Conclusion
So, we know how humans are the ones responsible for destroying the environment and killing
the humanity. It’s time to acknowledge and understand the importance of protecting our
environment and work in that direction.
Environment is the surrounding in which the living creatures live and interact. Everything that
is needed by an organism to survive is provided by the environment. It includes physical,
chemical and natural forces, which are required for the survival of the living beings.
Environment has been serving mankind since the beginning of the time, and continues to do
so. But since the last few decades, nature is suffering at the hands of mankind, and payback
for this has already begun. Recent researches have proved that if this imbalance caused is not
made right the reckoning will come. This doom can only be avoided with staunch and effective
measures taken for its revival as soon as possible.
Our entire human existence is dependent on the nature itself. We depend on the nature for a
tiny pin to the most complex man made constructions. Environment has come to our aid in
every way possible. Ayurveda, a practice of medicine since ancient India which is completely
dependent on natural herbs, is facing crises due to depletion of various species of plants.
Species of various animals and plants have become extinct or on the verge of extinction due to
unnecessary interruption in the ecosystem by the humans.
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Ozone layer which prevents ultraviolet rays from sun to enter our atmosphere is getting
depleted due to the increase in harmful gases causing pollution in the environment. Because
of the increasing demands of the increasing human population, the pollution is increasing.
Man started polluting the environment since the first fire was produced. From then to now,
man has been polluting the environment in the name of development. Due to cumulative
effect of ozone depletion and greenhouse effect the temperature on earth is rising
continuously resulting in global warming.
As a result of which glaciers at the poles are melting and contributing to rise in the sea level,
many major cities inhabited by humans are predicted to submerge in water in next few
decades. Post effects of this environmental degradation are beyond our imagination, need of
the hour is to preserve our environment in the best way possible, not only because it is our
moral duty to do that, but because it’s our only to way to survive from the harm.
Environmental Protection Act is an act passed by the Parliament of India in 1986 in an attempt
to protect and conserve the environment. This was enacted by the government after the
Bhopal Gas Tragedy. It was a gas leak incident in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in December 1984.
It was considered as the world’s worst industrial disaster as the official immediate death toll
was 2,259 and over 500,000 people were exposed to Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas. The
purpose of establishing this act was to make people implement the decisions of the United
Nations Conference on the Human Environment. It was for the protection and improvement
of the environment and the prevention of environmental hazards.
Conclusion
Environment Protection acts have been put in place to stop people from damaging
environment in the race of becoming better than others. Individuals just think about
themselves. These acts are a way to make them realize that we are standing at the verge of
environmental degradation. However, all these efforts will go in vain until the individuals
consider saving the environment as their very own responsibility. We all have to come
together, individually, to save our planet by saving our environment.
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induced factors. Though, the environment has an ability to naturally repair the damages
induced, the situation gets worsened if the rate of damage exceeds the rate at which it could
be repaired.
Everything that surrounds us constitutes the environment. Our natural environment includes –
the air we breathe, the water, oceans, forests, soil, vegetation, other living species etc, all are
part of the environment. Today, this environment is threatened by a number of human
activities leading to “Environmental Pollution”.
Environmental Pollution
Incessant combustion of fossil fuels emits toxic gases, polluting the air; toxic waste is disposed
by factories into our water bodies, rendering them unusable and damaging aquatic life;
urbanization results in deforestation and hence poor air quality; littering of plastic waste
damages the productivity of soil and pollutes water bodies.
Conclusion
If adequate measures are not taken today to control environmental damages, the day is not
far when earth will become an arid planet unable to sustain life. Uncontrolled environmental
pollution will soon lead to extreme climatic conditions and natural disasters like floods, famine
etc. The nations must realize the urgency to make necessary policy changes and to raise
awareness, taking adequate measures towards slowing down environmental pollution. There
could be hundreds of examples of human induced environmental pollution, but finding a
solution to them, also lies only on humans.
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Introduction
The environment is like our mother. If she is unwell how do you presume that she will be able
to nurse or nurture you with her milk for infants and other caring components in her nature
for the adults. Her care is a physical, intellectual and emotional support that is healthy for her
children. Similarly all the natural resources that belong to our earth are like our inheritance for
the safety of our health and future. When we become selfish and dig deep into her resources,
we degrade and pollute her. When we become greedy we empty her coffin as well.
Nevertheless our health depends on her well-being. It is a direct equation.
It is needless to repeat that environmental pollution has degraded and spread its poisonous
tentacles in the very basic human needs – food, water, air, soil – inhaling, eating, drinking
damages or has ill-effects on human and animal health. Gaseous emissions from industries,
motor vehicle combustions and burning fossil fuels into air; oil spills, solid industrial waste, city
garbage, plastic dumps find their way into water; similarly vegetable waste and inorganic
methods of farming denudes the soil depriving it of its fertility. Since soil is the source of food,
water is for drinking and air is meant for breathing; all three polluted elements inject their
toxins into human body and incur diseases in it.
The diseases can include any of these – Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Skin
cancer, Lung cancer, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke, Lead poisoning, Mercury poisoning,
Radiation augmented cancers, Allergies, Birth defects, Lung diseases due to occupational
exposure to various toxins; the list is endless.
Conclusion
We are all regressing towards an unhealthy future for every living creature not only humans
beings. The signals of depleting health are loud and clear – pollution – in air we breathe, water
we drink and use for various purposes and inorganic food we process and eat.
The environment gets polluted when we add harmful substances in it, in the form of solid,
liquid or gas. The main types of pollution are – air, water, soil, noise, thermal, nuclear and
radiation. Its cause is prolonged and continuous development and human activity to fulfill
endless materialistic demands of an ever increasing world population.
Polluted Air – industries consume and run on coal, charcoal, petroleum its products and
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natural gas. After consumption they produce energy to manufacture industrial goods. In the
tail end of the produce a large quantity of toxic gases are belched out or exhaled as
byproducts or side-effects of these natural resources. These poisonous gaseous contents are
namely – sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and minute untreated dust
particles. Motor vehicles pose a similar danger from the fumes they emit.
Lacking Forests and Trees -Trees are a major source of cleaning the air. They inhale CO2
discharged in the atmosphere and exhale oxygen that creatures breathe. And as getting a sore
throat by yelling on top of the roof top: stop cutting trees, stop demolishing forests; for the
very same reason. But of course they are necessary for us to adorn our houses as wood items.
The value of a tree should be as high as a priceless diamond or an exclusive prohibited animal
fur. Our refrigerators and other cooling electronics release CFC, which is a gas that drills a hole
in earth’s ozone enfolding that is slowly ripping it apart. It is exposing us to the dangers of
excessive heat, which the world calls and terms it as climate change.
Contaminated Water – the chemical residues of fertilizers and pesticides used in farming
mixes in the soil and runs off into water. The solid and liquid forms of residual wastes from
industries; urban garbage and untreated sewage and soiled water will all flow into our water
bodies. And that is contaminating our rivers, seas and oceans that pose a danger to our
marine life. This will include accidental oil spills from sea tankers, carriers and containers due
to human negligence.
Contaminated Soil – we are denuding our soil from fertile to infertile. The indiscriminate use
of chemically laced fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides to tend crops, actually contaminates the
soil. Unprocessed garbage and sewage encroach upon unoccupied land making it dumping bin
in sprawling cities. The green belts are the only grazing grounds left for animals. Drilling,
digging and mining all chisel the layers of minerals and granite emptying the soil and leaving
the rocky hills, lifeless and corroded. All these factors render the land useless for planting and
cropping. Unsystematic, inorganic farming practices leave the soil unsustainable for growing.
Nuclear radiation
The potentially disastrous threat to the environment is from nuclear radiation, termed as the
nuclear holocaust. Chernobyl, Russia and the Bhopal, India gas tragedy are succinct examples
of what it will lead to and how the world will end up being.
Conclusion
All the causes of pollution are mostly man-made. We will have to reverse from hammering on
nature and reserve back whatever little we can from our remaining resources. We will succeed
if we willingly or by duress remove those causes that cause environment to degrade and
pollute.
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Introduction
In the name of uninhibited progress and development humans have gorged upon the pristine
glory that once earth was. What’s happened to it now is the effect of years of exploitation of
its natural resources. We can look forward not to a bright future, despite our so called
‘progress’, but a damaged one. The earth and its creatures cannot sustain themselves due to
the effects of environmental population.
Human evolution has come full circle – from creation to self-destruction. Both quantity and
quality of our natural wealth – air for life, water for drinking and otherwise, land for forests
and food – is forsaking us.
You do not have to see or go far to prove this. Look at the garbage inside your own home and
its pile every few meters of walk. Deafening horns blare to damage your ears, vehicles emit
fumes, pure water is beyond bounds, like a dream. Your throat, eyes and nose are parched,
itchy and poisoned due to the effects of pollution.
Effects on Air
Dust and carbon particulates suspend in the air in the form of haze, smog and smoke are
damaging respiratory systems. Caused by emissions from industrial and manufacturing units;
burning fossil fuels for energy, vehicular combustion of carbon fumes.
These factors affect the immune system to cause allergies and infections due to viruses
transmitted to the air and through infected birds and animals.
Environmental pollution also affects the system and body organs. It causes cancer, bronchitis,
respiratory diseases in children and adults; liver, lung and heart diseases; nasal dysfunction
due to infection, allergies and inflammations of throat are the effects of air pollution.
Both organic and chemical human waste poisons the air with its odor. It introduces chemicals
in soil and water. Land pollution is caused by inundated agricultural practices, in the forms of
pesticides and fertilizers for crops; seasonal farming and soil erosion; dust from ploughing;
animal manures and carcasses and crop residues.
Effects on Water
Water gets contaminated with waste and debris and chemical effulgent from industries and
human made dumps. This water is used for drinking and irrigating crops which either gets
damaged or germ infected. Animals drink and die due to the same water. It also affects
marine life. 80% of marine pollution comes from land that drives its entire chemicals,
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particulates, industrial, agricultural and other dangerous organisms. All water, carrying waste,
rubbish and sewage flows towards rivers and empties into oceans in a big way. Animals, other
than while grazing, choke on the same water, swallowing plastics and chemically laced
objects. This affects their organs and hastens mortality rate in them also.
Soil and water pollution contaminates food, which further affects health. Food carries and
laced with chemical components obtained through the first step in their cycle of growth and
ends with their produce and sale in the markets. Beginning with the use of fertilizers and
pesticides and contaminated water in the soil, to use of preservatives after harvest, to
increase their life.
Effects on Climate
Also referred to as global warming, is over-heating of earth’s hemisphere. The heat of sun’s
rays and through emissions, cause the protective, ozone layer to slowly corrode; trapping the
heat inside.
The heat is trapped uninhibited for 50 – 200 years, after that it is emitted. Its effects will be
felt fatally by our coming generation. Extreme and irregular hot and cold temperatures affect
humans, animals and the bio-sphere. Other unstable climactic features are – famine, parched
land, intermittent or shallow rain and snow, suspended haze and smog of carbon particles in
the atmosphere; also severe dust storms due to denuded soil; thunderstorms, avalanches,
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Conclusion
Man has splurged enough on his natural environmental wealth at the cost of the health of
nature’s creatures – animate and inanimate. The effects are emerging now at high speed and
weighing critically in 100s and 1000s of years thence.
Even as we introduce the topic at the very start and without copious wordy delays at the
outset let us make an appeal to stop smoking. Smoke fumes kill the one who smokes and
those innocents who are subject to passive smoking. Smoke of any kind is not just a health
issue, but a serious endanger to the environment inside or out.
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Similarly control over and changing farming methods to suit the environment, even gradually,
after the prolonged damage is advisable. Farmers have to be nudged to see profit in eco-
friendly farming methods with the help of government aided and subsidized, farmer- friendly,
proven practices. Here are some effective solutions to prevent environmental pollution:
We simply have to try and curtail our daily needs by keeping them small, simple and
minimalist. And fine tuning these to comply with nature and its processes. We must rid our
habitats and dwellings of unnecessarily accumulating waste – to be disposed off, treated and
recycled – in organic forms for future usage.
Dwellings and toilets should be spic and span, clean and disinfected, to avoid catching
infections. Industries belting smoke should be strapped by regulatory norms. Household
chimneys should be attached with smoke filter gauzes.
Ban on plastics should be turned into a movement. Its use will be deterred by issuing a huge
fine on it. This will encourage the use of paper packets recycled from waste. Be as ethnic as
possible in dressing up your homes and houses as hand –crafted and semi-tailored items are
original and abide by an eco-friendly template.
Crops contain lesser amount of toxics when fertilizers are treated organically. Result is
wholesome and healthy food.
Consumption of greenhouse gasses to treat meat processing plants is 7 times more than that
treated for vegan diet. Other than economic the major loss is inevitable extinction of the
animal race, from the environment. This will not be less than a curse for the existence of
human race. The truth is that a non-vegetarian diet is not considered unnatural be it chicken,
pork, mutton or beef. However those who seek for a substitute these are available in the
markets – seitan, tofu, legumes or tempeh – in their vegetarian form.
Hybrid food farming should be replaced by genetically produced organic food. Vested
interests prefer hybrid forms because they are produced in large quantities, are pest resistant,
preserved and last longer. Even so organically produced food stays unparalleled in its time
tested quality and as healthy diet. We must aim at conserving and producing genetically pure
crops and vegetables as they will go a long way in keeping us healthily alive and robust.
Chemical toxins and exposure to synthetic chemical solvents used for cleaning parts and
surfaces cause skin bruises, corrosion, and allergies specially in children. These need not be
tolerated as there are ‘green’ solvents and disinfectants, which are effective, economical and
observe environment compliance regulations.
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Hazardous Waste Recycling
Treatment of hazardous waste material before disposal combined with recycling plastic waste
will help unclog sewage pipes, gutters and garbage landfills.
Governments are slowly waking up to the clarion call of climate change and environment
degradation. Several citizen forums and activists including the United Nations are applying
pressure on countries to construct regulatory bodies as watch dogs for controlling natural
resources ‘piracy’ and ‘poaching’, so to speak.
Educating Environment
Developing tropical countries possess the largest bio-diversity and thick green forest cover
plus a phenomenally expanding population. These factors render them to be ‘sitting ducks’ to
environment hungry hunters and exploiters; even as they become prey to anti-environment
policies. Environmental education is the only direct course to its awareness and protection.
We should educate young and old generations of the fragile condition of the biosphere and
our entwined links with the eco-system.
Conclusion
The political, economical, social and ethical stakes are high on preserving the purity of earth.
Our eco-system is inter-related. Over stress on one half will imbalance the other. We ought to
understand and approach the contingency and onus of improving our environment, as resting
on our shoulders alone. There is no other substitute. It’s a legacy, whose mainstay lay in an
attitude of care and protection: if we wish to continue breathing clean air, eat wholesome
food and inherit a green, environment friendly earth.
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Flood occurs due to excessive downpour and lack of proper drainage system. The severity of
flood may vary from region to region and the destruction caused due to the same varies
accordingly.
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FLOOD ESSAY – 1 (200 WORDS)
Floods are caused in areas where there is excessive downpour and poor drainage system.
Flood is also caused because of other reasons including overflow of water from rivers and
oceans, overflow of water in the plains due to dam break, excessive flow of water owing to
sudden melting of glaciers. In coastal areas hurricanes and tsunamis cause flood. Floods can
cause major destruction just as other natural calamities.
Several towns and cities around the world have suffered from severe floods that have cost
lives of people and animals, resulted in loss of property and other valuable assets and
destruction of soil and plants. Farmers are majorly impacted by floods as their crops get
ruined owing to this weather condition. Water accumulated for days at a particular place also
results in the outbreak of various diseases. When the condition is severe, the schools and
offices are shut and it thus disturbs the normal life of people. Places that face severe floods
take months to resurrect.
The irony is that there are certain regions that are hit by flood frequently and even though the
government is aware about the problem, proper measures are not being taken to overcome it.
The government must build good drainage system and water storage systems to control this
problem.
Types of Floods
Some floods can subside in a few days while others take weeks to subside and have a major
impact on the lives of the people living in that area. Here is a look at the different types of
floods:
Flash Floods
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Flash floods mostly occur within a very short duration of time such as a few hours or even
minutes. These are mostly caused due to heavy rainfall, melting of snow or dam break. These
are known to be the most fatal among all and can result in mass destruction as these are
almost sudden and people do not get any time to take caution.
Conclusion
Floods disrupt the day to day life in the affected regions. They cause various problems for the
people living in such areas. Regions hit by severe floods take months and at times even years
to rebuild.
Several regions across the globe are prone to frequent floods. The cities around the world that
face severe and frequent floods include Mumbai and Kolkata in India, Guangzhou, Shenzen
and Tianjin in China, Guayaquil in Ecuador, New York, NY-Newark, NJ, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam, Miami and New Orleans. Floods are known to have caused mass destruction in these
areas in the past.
From damaging the environment to disrupting the human life – floods have several negative
repercussions that are difficult to deal with. It is thus important to take measures to control
the same. Here are a few ways to control this problem:
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One of the main causes of flood is the poor drainage system. It is essential to build good
drainage systems to avoid water logging that results in flood.
While the occurrence of rainfall, melting of snow-mountains, overflowing of water bodies and
hurricanes can be difficult to control however these can be predicted in most cases and the
government can take measures to ensure that water logging, that in turn results in flood, does
not happen as a result of these conditions. This can be done by employing few of the methods
shared above.
Consequences of Flood
Floods disrupt the normal functioning of the region affected. Severe floods can result in mass
destruction. Here is how floods impact life on earth:
Threat to Life
Many people and animals lose their lives because of severe flash floods. Many others get
injured and are infected by various diseases. Water accumulated at places for days result in
the breeding of mosquitoes and other insects that are the cause of various diseases such as
malaria and dengue. Cases of dysentery, pneumonic plague and military fever are also on rise
during this time.
Power Cuts
The supply of electricity and water is disrupted during this time thereby adding to the
problems of the general public. There is also a risk of catching current in places where the
electricity supply is still intact.
Economic Loss
Many people lose their houses and other assets such as automobiles that they take years to
earn. It is also a costly affair for the government as it has to deploy a number of policemen,
firemen and other officials to conduct the rescue operation. In case of severe floods, the
affected regions take years to re-build.
Price Rise
The supply of goods in the flood affected areas lowers as the road transport cannot reach
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there. Besides, the goods stored in these areas also get spoiled due to floods. There is a
shortage of supply and the demand is high and it thus results in increased prices of the
commodities.
Soil Erosion
When the downpour is too heavy, the soil cannot absorb the entire water and it often results
in soil erosion which in turn has dreadful consequences. In addition to the erosion of soil, the
quality of soil is also impacted, often degraded.
A number of regions in India face the problem of floods year after year. The major areas
affected by this natural calamity in the country are most of the Gangetic plains including North
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, Mumbai, Maharashtra, parts of Punjab and Haryana,
coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, the Brahmaputra valley and South Gujarat. Floods are
known to have caused severe damage to these places in the past and are still a threat here.
Conclusion
Floods are one of the natural disasters that are known to have caused major destruction in
various regions. It is time the government of India must take this issue seriously and come up
with strong measures to control this problem.
Causes of Flood
Heavy Rains
Flood like situation arises each time the downpour is more than the drainage system can
absorb. At times, heavy rainfall occurring for a short period of time can cause flood while on
other occasions light rainfall that goes on for days may result in flood like situation.
Melting of Snow
The mountains covered with snow during the winter season begin to melt as the temperature
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rises. The sudden melting of the ice usually causes the temperature to rise and this results in
enormous movement of water into the plains. The areas that do not have proper drainage
system to get rid of the excessive water face flood. This is often referred to as snowmelt flood.
Breaking of Dam
Dams are created to hold water that flows down from a highland. The power in the water is
employed to turn propellers for the generation of electricity. At times the dams break as they
are unable to hold large amount of water thereby resulting in flood in the nearby areas. At
times, excessive water is deliberately released from the dam so as to stop it from breaking.
This may also result in flood.
The frequency of floods has increased in the recent past. It is said that the average sea
temperature has increased a great deal due to global warming and this has resulted in the
increased rate and sternness of tropical storms in the Caribbean. These storms are a cause of
heavy downpour in the countries in their path. Global warming that is causing a rise in the
temperature in the atmosphere is also a cause of the melting of glaciers and ice caps that is
again a cause of flood in many regions. This is said to have a major impact on the polar ice
caps in the times to come and the situation is likely to worsen.
The overall climatic conditions on earth have undergone a major change and global warming is
said to be a cause of this transformation. While certain areas experience extreme floods
others experience drought.
Conclusion
Though we cannot do much about the rain or the melting of the glaciers however we can
certainly build good drainage systems to deal with the water they bring along. Many
countries, such as Singapore that receive heavy rainfall for most part of the year, have really
good drainage system. They come out clean even after days of heavy downpour. The
government of India must also build good drainage system in order to avoid the problem of
flood and the damage it does to the affected regions.
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51. Essay on Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse effect is the trapping of radiation in the lower atmosphere
warming the temperature of the Earth. The natural greenhouse effect is essential for
sustaining life on Earth. The effect of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is intensified due to
the emission of these harmful gases in the atmosphere by mankind. This warms the
temperature of the earth leading to Global warming.
Greenhouse effect occurs naturally but has increased mainly due to human activities such as
clearing forests, burning fossil fuels and so on which has resulted in global warming. Since the
beginning of industrial revolution, the amount of methane in the atmosphere has doubled and
the amount of carbon dioxide has also increased by approx 30 percent.
The increase in emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has altered the climate of our
planet and can alter it further. This will result in extreme drought and rainfall that will disrupt
the production of food in various regions. Biodiversity, ecosystem and life of people is
adversely affected due to global warming caused because of greenhouses gases. Global
warming is a major issue worldwide that needs to be prevented by taking serious measures.
Global warming is the increase in temperature of Earth and its oceans. Greenhouse gases
absorb and emit infrared radiation and trap the radiation in the atmosphere in the form of
heat causing greenhouse effect by warming the temperature of Earth.
The primary greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are namely carbon dioxide (CO₂), water
vapor (H₂O), methane (CH₄), Ozone (O₃), nitrous oxide (N₂O) that retain much of the heat. The
average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere is 15:c (59:F), whereas the temperature
without greenhouse effect would have been – 18 degree F.
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The increased emission of greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels, agriculture,
deforestation and other human activities are the primary reasons for global warming over the
past few decades. It is resulting in the melting of ice sheets and glaciers which causes rise in
sea levels. Warmer climate may probably lead to precipitation and evaporation. Global
warming also results in changing the weather patterns making some places dryer and other
places wetter.
It may result in frequent natural disasters like drought, floods and hurricanes. The climate
change adversely affects nature and human life and we might see worse effects of it in future
if the emission of greenhouse gases continues to grow. The consequences of global warming
will be disastrous for the coastal regions. The poles will start melting due to rise in
temperature causing rise in sea levels due to which coastal cities might get submerged.
Conclusion
There is no country in the world that is not affected by the adverse effects of global warming.
Reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases can prevent the adverse effects of global
warming. Measures need to be taken by government and non-governmental organizations to
control the emission of toxic gases in the atmosphere. Greater use of renewable energy and
forestation instead of deforestation should be promoted.
The warming of the temperature of Earth by the gases trapped in the atmosphere is known as
greenhouse effect. It is natural and is important to sustain life on Earth. Unfortunately since
industrial revolution there has been an excessive increase in the emission of greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere. It has increased manifolds due to human activities. This has contributed to
climate change and global warming.
Some naturally present elements on Earth produce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide
that can be found in oceans, methane that is produced by decaying of plants due to natural
forest fires and nitrogen oxide that is present in soil and water in small amounts. Only
fluorinated gases are produced by humans and are not present in nature.
Water Vapour is also crucial in greenhouse effect. Water vapour absorbs thermal energy,
mostly when the humidity rises in the air. This raises the temperature in the atmosphere.
Animals breathe oxygen from the atmosphere and release carbon dioxide and methane gases.
It is also one of the natural causes of greenhouse effect.
Manmade Causes:
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Burning of fossil fuels such as oil and coal is one of the greatest contributors of the
greenhouse effect. Burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which is the
cause of greenhouse effect. Further, the atmosphere is polluted by the release of methane gas
from Earth when the gas, coal mines or oil wells are dug.
Deforestation is another major cause of greenhouse effect. Trees help in reducing the carbon
dioxide and producing oxygen. By clearing away forests and trees the carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere continues to rise.
Artificial nitrogen is used for the fertilization of crops, which is released as nitrogen oxide in
the atmosphere. Nitrogen oxide in the atmosphere increases greenhouse effect.
Industrial gas is released in to the atmosphere at very high rate across the world. Industrial
gases include gases such as methane, carbon dioxide and fluorine gas.
Farm animals such as goats, pigs, cows also contribute to greenhouse gases. Methane is
produced in their stomach when they digest their food and is released through their manure
into the atmosphere. Clearing away forest to expand farmland for raising farm animals further
elevates the emission of greenhouse gases.
Conclusion
So, the human activities are the major reason for the rise in emission of greenhouse gases.
Greenhouse gas emission causes global warming which has several adverse effects on human
life and our nature.
Greenhouse gases prevent radiation from escaping in to the outer space which results in
gradual warming of the temperature of the Earth surface that causes global warming. The
equilibrium of the radiation earth receives and the radiation that is reflected back to the space
makes the Earth habitable for humans, with average temperature of 15:C (59 degrees), as per
NASA.
Without this balance our planet would be either too cold or too hot. The exchange of the
radiation of the sun that warms up the temperature of our planet is called greenhouse effect
as a greenhouse also works in a similar way.
CO₂ contributes majorly to the greenhouse gases and has increased by 40 percent since
industrialization. Natural processes can absorb the gases in the atmosphere. For instance, the
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process of photosynthesis can absorb carbon dioxide, but the emission of the gases gradually
began exceeding the capacity to absorb greenhouse gases through natural process. This
imbalance between the ability of natural processes to absorb gases and emission of
greenhouse gases has increased the intensity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
We have burnt large amount of fossil fuels, cut down vast areas of forests, farmed livestock
producing large amount of methane and contaminated our atmosphere with toxic gases.
Greenhouse gases that absorb the radiation are in excessive quantity in the atmosphere and
can force climate changes. Global warming is the biggest challenge we are witnessing
presently.
Effects of Climate Change
Forests play a vital role in absorbing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere majorly responsible for
global warming. Destroying trees further emit carbon dioxide adding to the greenhouse gas in
atmosphere and causing global warming.
Climate change affects the water systems and may result in floods and droughts more
frequently. Water bodies are also contaminated around the world and the quality of water has
degraded due to excessive pollution and presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Glaciers are melting that impacts the freshwater ecosystems. Increasing acidification of
oceans is a threat for the oceanic wildlife.
Climate change is a threat for several species. It is the cause of extinction of various species.
Species that live in the areas that are highly affected by climate change are unable to adapt to
rapid change in the climate.
Increase in the temperature of Earth may result in extremely dangerous climate change.
Conclusion
The damage already caused to the Earth’s atmosphere and climate is severe and cannot be
reversed. We can either adapt to the climate change and live with the adverse consequences
like floods and rising sea levels or mitigate the impact of global warming by implementing
policies that reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse is made of glass and is designed to trap heat inside. Even on cold winter days
there is warmth inside greenhouse. Like greenhouse the atmosphere on Earth also traps some
energy that enters from sun and blocks it from escaping back from the Earth. In the
atmosphere of the Earth there are molecules called greenhouse gases that trap the heat.
The greenhouse effect is important as absorbing the energy keeps the temperature of Earth
warm and appropriate for living. The problem is that the greenhouse effect is warming up
rapidly as excessive greenhouse gases are released in our atmosphere leading to climate
change. Greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere and also occur due to human
activities.
Greenhouse Gases and their Effects
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The most dominant gases present in our atmosphere are as follows:
Carbon dioxide (CO₂): Of all the greenhouse gases the most prominent is Carbon dioxide. The
chief sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere include manmade activities such as clearing
of land, burning of fossil fuels and production of cement and natural sources such as
volcanoes, respiration by oxygen-using organisms, combustion and decay of organic matter.
The natural sinks that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere involve the process of
photosynthesis which is very important. The marine life also absorbs the carbon dioxide
dissolved in the oceans. But the deforestation and cutting of plants at huge level without new
tree plantation is harming the environment very badly.
Water vapor (H₂O):Water vapor is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere of our planet. The warmer the climate on Earth, the greater the evaporation of
water from the Earth’s surface. The greater the evaporation, the greater the concentration of
this powerful greenhouse gas.
Greater the emission of greenhouse gases, greater the concentrations in the atmosphere.
Each gas remains in the atmosphere of the planet for different time period i.e. from few years
to thousands of years. Each gas impacts differently, some are more effective than others
making Earth warmer. Several aspects of environment are changing due to climate change i.e.
warmer climate, rising sea levels, droughts and so on. It will impact Earth for centuries and we
must be ready for the adverse effects of climate change in future if we still overlook the extent
of damage it has caused. Efforts should be made to prevent the emission of greenhouse gases
and more use of renewable sources of energy should be encouraged.
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52. Essay on History of Global Warming
Global Warming is the continual change in the Earth’s temperature due to the release of
harmful greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon. These gases are making the
atmosphere warmer. The history of global warming largely dates back to the inception of the
industrial revolution.
Man has always been interested in exploring about the Earth’s atmosphere. It is said that even
in the ancient times, it was believed that man can contribute towards the change in global
temperature. Many studies have been going on in this regard since around two centuries and
it was in early twentieth century that scientists came up with the theory of global warming.
It was around the 1930s that the researchers and scientists claimed that the growing amount
of carbon emission in the atmosphere was having a warming effect on our planet. It was
observed that first world countries that had welcomed Industrial Revolution full fledgedly by
that time were experiencing substantial increase in the temperature. It was predicted that the
temperature was likely to rise further in the coming years. The prediction wasn’t taken as
seriously around that time however the scientists continued to research on the possible
changes in the temperature in the times to come and the affect it would have on the Earth’s
environment.
Many projects were introduced to closely monitor the changes in the climate due to the
increasing level of carbon and various greenhouse gases. The temperature of the Earth is
increasing at a steady speed since then and the phenomenon of this change in climate is now
commonly referred to as global warming.
Global warming is a result of the increasing level of carbon and other harmful gases on Earth.
The increase in the amount of these harmful gases can be attributed to various factors
including the rising population, urbanization, increasing use of technology and rising number
of factories.
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Global Warming: History
Around a century ago, researchers had shown concern about the rise in the Earth’s surface
temperature owing to carbon emission. The growing amount of carbon as well as other
harmful gases since then has led to global warming. Scientists have been collating data and
conducting rigorous research on the subject since the mid twentieth century. Research shows
that the Earth’s temperature has increased alarmingly over the last century.
Global warming has led to drastic changes in our atmosphere. Here is a look at the impact of
global warming:
Global warming has resulted in the melting of glaciers. This has increased the water level in
oceans and seas. The increasing water level of the seas is becoming a threat for those living in
the coastal areas.
Global warming is having a huge impact on the precipitation pattern. While many areas are
experiencing drought like situation others are experiencing heavy floods.
The intensity of heat waves has increased and this has resulted in the rise in various health
problems such as sun strokes and headache.
The oceans absorb the harmful gases released in the atmosphere due to which their water is
becoming acidic. This has become a threat to the marine life.
A number of species of plants and animals are unable to withstand the changing climatic
conditions caused due to global warming. A number of such species have disappeared or are
on the verge of extinction.
Global warming has led to a number of health problems. People are experiencing lung
infection, dizziness and many other serious health problems due to global warming.
Conclusion
Thus, global warming is a cause of global concern. It is time for us to understand the
seriousness of this issue and work collectively to save our planet from its effects.
ESSAY ON HISTORY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE – ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Global warming is a result of various modern day human activities. Our planet had been kept
safe all these centuries as people were closer to the nature and enjoyed a simple life. While
the advancement in technology has made life comfortable for men on one hand, it has had
numerous negative repercussions on the environment. Global warming is one such negative
impact of technology on our beautiful planet.
In the late 19th century, it was observed that the Earth’s temperature may rise in the coming
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years and the reason for the same would be the increasing amount of carbon emission in the
atmosphere. However, there was no strong proof about the same. It was in around 1938 that
the theory was backed by data collected over the last 50 years. This data clearly showed that
the temperature of our planet had gone up during these years. The curiosity about the subject
rose and many scientists and researchers became involved in its study.
A rise in the temperature was observed through the 1970s and 1980s and the term global
warming was coined around the same time. Since then, the temperature of Earth is rising.
Research shows that the climate of our planet has undergone a major change in the last
century. As per a research conducted by NASA, the Earth’s temperature has gone up by
around 1.4 degree Fahrenheit since 1880.
It has increased substantially since the beginning of the twenty first century owing to the
increase in the emission of greenhouse gases. This increase is alarming and it is anticipated
that the condition is likely to worsen further in the times to come if the human activities
resulting in global warming are not controlled.
A number of climatic changes have been observed in the last two decades. Global warming
has led to the melting of glaciers which in turn has resulted in increase in the temperature of
the Polar Regions. Warmer areas have been impacted as badly. Our planet never experienced
such strong heat waves as it is observing in the current times. There has also been a change in
the timings of the seasons and that too has been attributed to global warming.
Conclusion
Our planet is getting warmer owing to global warming which is a result of various human
activities. The causes of global warming have already been identified. We need to work on the
solution now.
Global warming is the rise in the temperature of Earth which is affecting the climate adversely.
This is being caused due to a number of human activities. Global warming is having numerous
negative repercussions on our planet. While the term global warming is used widely these
days, there are certain facts about this phenomenon that the common man is not really aware
of.
Here are some of the facts about global warming. They give a brief on the causes of global
warming, its effect and how it has changed the overall climate of our planet:
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The surface temperature of Earth has increased around 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit in the last
one century.
The last four decades have seen a substantial rise in the Earth’s temperature and have
contributed to the increase in global warming.
Global warming is caused due to various human activities including burning of fossil fuels,
overpopulation, accumulation of garbage and deforestation among other things.
Global warming has led to the melting of glaciers and rise in the sea level. This has increased
the chances of floods in the coastal areas. People living in such areas live under constant fear
of getting caught in the flood during the monsoon season.
Researchers claim that the sea levels are likely to rise by 7-23 inches in the times to come.
Since the temperature has gone up due to global warming, the intensity of the heat waves has
also increased. This has led to problem such as sun stroke. The cases of people suffering from
sun stroke have increased drastically in the last decade.
The growing intensity of heat waves on Earth is also a cause of frequent wildfires.
The glaciers are melting at a rapid speed because of global warming. Many huge glaciers have
melted in the last few decades. The Montana Glacier National Park that had as many as 150
glaciers in 1910 is now left with just 25 glaciers.
Global warming is also a cause of frequent hurricanes, storms and droughts in many parts of
the world.
More than a million species have disappeared from the face of Earth because of the adverse
effects of global warming and many others are on the verge of extinction.
Global warming is resulting in the melting of the Arctic ice and it is predicted that the region
may be completely ice free during summers by the year 2040. This would be one place which
would be worst effected by global warming.
Global warming can be a cause of shortage of food and water in the coming years and this can
create a major problem for the living beings on the planet.
The colder areas of the planet that are a habitat for flora and fauna accustomed to breed and
survive in such a climate are getting warmer and this is resulting in the extinction of many
species.
Conclusion
Global warming is thus deteriorating our environment and making the survival of the living
beings extremely hard. It is time for us to control the human activities leading to global
warming to limit the effect of this problem.
The concept of global warming and its effect on the Earth’s climate is known by almost
everyone in today’s times. It is talked about widely on the internet, on news channels and
newspapers. Scientists have been conducting vast research on this subject. They share their
findings about this concept with the general public every now and then.
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Phenomenon of Global Warming Dismissed in the Past
The phenomenon of global warming was not known until a few decades back. In fact, the
scientists and researchers who studied the subject closely and suggested change in the climate
in the future were not taken seriously. Their theories were often taken lightly or dismissed
completely. It was argued that human activities cannot be strong enough to create a huge
impact on the planet. Around a century back, it wasn’t expected that this will become a cause
of serious concern.
Though, the research involving the impact of human activities on the climate was not given
much importance largely, however, those interested in the subject kept a close watch on the
Earth’s temperature and the changes it was going through. They kept a track of the noticeable
changes. It was in the year 1896, that a Swedish scientist, Svante Arrhenius, suggested that
Earth’s climate was changing due to the increasing amount of carbon emission in the
atmosphere. However, not much weightage was given to his study as the scientists during that
time emphasized that Earth has its own way of maintaining the ecological balance and thus
this cannot have any widespread impact on the environment or life on our planet.
It was in the late 1930s that an engineer collated and studied the data of the Earth’s
temperature and noticed that it had actually increased substantially over the last 50 years.
This was the first time that the subject was taken seriously and researchers actually suspected
that this could be a cause of concern in the coming years.
However, the next three decades saw a decrease in the temperature by around 0.2 degree
centigrade. This was a result of the volcanic eruptions and the industrial activities that took
place around that time. This resulted in high amount of sulphate aerosols concentration in the
atmosphere. Sulphate aerosols scatter light from the Sun and reflect its heat and energy back
in the space. This has a calming effect on the Earth’s climate.
However, the amount of sulphate aerosols was brought down by lowering the activities
resulting in the same to ensure a cleaner atmosphere. This led to the warming of Earth in the
1970s. The rise in the temperature of the Earth’s surface became a cause of concern and
researchers started monitoring it intently.
Concept of Global Warming Finally Recognized
It was a research paper in 1975 that first mentioned the term global warming. The
temperature kept rising through the 1980s and became a cause of growing concern. This was
the time when the general public also became aware about this new phenomenon. The
problems that could be underway owing to the change in the climate were shared by the
media around that time. The effect of greenhouse gases on the atmosphere was also
discussed around the same time. Studies suggested that the temperature was likely to rise
higher in the twenty first century.
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The scientists during that time anticipated a number of changes in the atmosphere owing to
global warming. Many of the anticipated changes such as rise in the ocean levels, frequent
wildfires and intense heat waves began showing up since the beginning of the twenty first
century and are a common sight now.
Conclusion
Global warming has become a cause of growing concern. It is damaging our atmosphere year
after year and will lead to mass destruction if not controlled on time.
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Global warming has become a big threat for the oceans in today’s times. The Earth’s
temperature is rising constantly because of global warming which occurs due to the presence
of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere. As noted by the
researchers, the temperature of our planet has increased by up to 1.4 degree Fahrenheit since
1880. This has brought about numerous changes in the Earth’s atmosphere. Oceans have been
worst effected due to this increase in the temperature.
The rapid rise in the release of harmful gases has made the oceans acidic. They are no longer
fit for the proper growth and survival of the marine creatures. Global warming has also
resulted in the melting of glaciers. This has resulted in the expansion of oceans and rise in the
sea levels. Rising sea levels result in frequent floods in the coastal areas which disrupt the life
of people living in those areas. Besides, oceans play a vital role in defining the Earth’s climate
and these changes in the oceans has thus led to a change in the weather pattern.
Many species of creatures are suffering due to this change in the quality of ocean water.
Several of these species are now extinct and many others are likely to disappear in the times
to come.
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ESSAY ON GLOBAL WARMING EFFECTS ON OCEAN LIFE – ESSAY 2 (300 WORDS)
Introduction
Global warming has had a major effect on the ocean life. This global phenomenon has affected
the ocean currents, raised the ocean level and caused the acidification of ocean water among
numerous other adverse impacts it has had on these beautiful water bodies. Those living in
the oceans as well as close-by have been adversely affected by the changes brought about in
the oceans due to global warming.
The temperature of the oceans has increased because of global warming. The increased
temperature is not fit for the survival of many marine animals. Many species of fishes, turtles
and other sea animals are struggling to survive in this changed weather condition. As per the
research, many marine species found it hard to adapt to the rise in the ocean water
temperature and thus became extinct. The acidification of the oceans is also posing a threat to
marine life. Further rise in the ocean temperature and acidification of ocean water due to
global warming is likely to worsen the situation.
Not just the creatures living inside the oceans those living outside are also getting impacted
due to the effects of global warming on the oceans. The glaciers are melting at a rapid speed
due to global warming and this is resulting in the expansion of the oceans which in turn is
resulting in the increase in sea levels. Those living along the coastal areas thus live in constant
fear of floods. These areas are often hit by flood thereby disrupting life along the coastlines.
Conclusion
Global warming is a major threat to the ocean life. Our oceans are no longer a safe aboard for
the marine creatures. The constant rise in the ocean water level has also become a threat to
those living in the coastal areas. It is sad that despite having complete knowledge about the
harmful effects of global warming on ocean life, we human beings are not doing anything to
control this problem.
Global warming has resulted in the rise in Earth’s surface temperature. It has also increased
the temperature of the oceans thereby making the ocean water warmer than before. This has
affected the marine life badly.
Different species of flora and fauna require different climate and atmosphere to survive and
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lead a healthy life. Oceans have been home for numerous species of marine creatures since
the beginning of the times. Marine creatures have enjoyed a safe and sound life in the vast
and beautiful oceans since centuries but not anymore.
Global warming has had numerous negative impacts on the oceans and this in turn has
affected the marine life. Among the various marine species affected by ocean warming are
different species of fishes, corals, seals, seabirds and penguins. Many of these species of
marine creatures have not been able to survive the increase in the ocean temperature and
several others are suffering. Here is how this has impacted some of them:
Fishes
Many varieties of fishes thrive for a particular temperature in order to live healthy and survive
in the oceans. The constant rise in the temperature of ocean water has resulted in the
extinction of many species of colourful and beautiful fishes.
Penguins
Penguins live in the Polar Regions and spend most of their lives in the ocean. They need cold
water and extremely cold weather to survive. The warming of ocean water is thus taking a toll
on their lives. They are not being able to withstand the changing climatic conditions of the
oceans and incurring various diseases.
Seals
A large number of seals are found in the Pacific Ocean. The warming of the water of this ocean
has led to sardines and anchovies move to colder areas. Seals feed largely on these two
marine creatures and since they are slowly moving to the cooler regions, seals are starving to
death. They are finding it hard to search for food for seal pups who are thus suffering from
malnutrition and many other health problems.
Conclusion
The overall environment of our planet and that inside the oceans was pure and calm until the
industrial revolution. The industrial revolution has changed the face of the Earth. While it has
brought about many positive changes in the life of man, it has been equally cruel on our
environment. Our clean and beautiful oceans have especially been hit hard by this
development and so has the marine life that was safe inside them until the industrial era. The
warming of the oceans due to global warming has become a major problem for the marine
life.
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Global warming has had a huge impact on the oceans and marine life. It has increased the
ocean temperature, caused acidification of ocean water and brought about many alterations
in the biogeochemistry of our beautiful oceans.
Ocean currents flow far and wide and play a significant role in determining the Earth’s climate.
Global warming is impacting the ocean currents and this in turn is affecting our climate. The
ocean currents are getting weakened due to global warming. As the ice caps melt, fresh water
is released into the oceans and this reduces the density of surface water. This makes the
water sink down and slows down the current.
Ocean currents bring along various essential nutrients which are necessary for ocean life.
Slowing of the ocean currents has resulted in carrying of fewer nutrients. This has disrupted
the food chain and is impacting the ocean life badly. The impact is expected to worsen in the
years to come as the affect of global warming increases.
Research shows that global warming is impacting the ocean water salinity to a great extent.
Since the air is getting warmer its capacity to absorb the water is increasing. Hence, greater
amount of water is evaporating and this is resulting in high precipitation in many areas.
It has been observed that while the wet areas are getting wetter the dry areas are getting
drier. The areas with higher rate of evaporation compared to that of precipitation are getting
drier and those with higher rate of rainfall and comparatively lesser rate of evaporation are
receiving more rains. This is resulting in the increase in ocean salinity in the parts that are
saltier while the parts with fresh water are getting fresher. Melting of ice caps due to global
warming is also impacting the salinity of ocean water. It is decreasing the salt content in the
water.
Researchers claim that, if the temperature of the Earth’s surface increases further then this
will impact the oceans further which in turn will affect the various activities attached to the
same.
Just as global warming is increasing the temperature on Earth; it is also increasing the ocean
temperature. The ocean water is getting warmer and this is impacting the ocean life
immensely. Many species of marine animals are finding it hard to adapt to the changed
climate. A number of species of fishes, turtles and other marine creatures have disappeared
and many have incurred serious illness due to the increase in ocean water temperature.
The rise in the ocean temperature is also having an erratic impact on the precipitation pattern.
Several places on our planet are experiencing erratic rainfall.
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Conclusion
Thus, global warming has vastly impacted the oceans. It has affected the salinity of water
making it more saline in certain parts and less saline in others. It has impacted the ocean
currents to a large extent. It has also raised the ocean temperature which in turn has taken a
toll on the life of the marine creatures.
Greenhouse gases that are a cause of global warming have increased in the atmosphere in the
last century. This has not only impacted the surface temperature of Earth but has also had a
major impact on our oceans. Oceans and ocean life has been affected deeply due to global
warming which is a result of various human activities.
It is the top layer of the ocean which has been worst affected by the atmospheric heat though
even the water at the bottom hasn’t been left unaffected. Data collated by the researchers
indicates that the top layer of the oceans is growing warmer by 0.2 degree Fahrenheit with
every passing decade.
The temperature of the ocean water is likely to rise in the times to come and this would
impact both the top layer as well as the water that lies deep inside the oceans.
The acidification of ocean water is harming the marine organisms as well as the overall
atmosphere. Some of the harmful effects of this phenomenon include decreased immunity of
marine creatures and coral bleaching.
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experienced in today’s times are a result of global warming and its impact on the oceans.
While certain places on Earth are experiencing extreme rainfall others are suffering from
drought. Coastal areas have become more prone to floods due to the rise in the ocean level
because of the melting of ice caps and glaciers.
Several species of fishes and other marine creatures have lost their life due to the rise in the
temperature of the ocean water and ocean acidification. Many have gone extinct and several
others are likely to disappear soon.
Conclusion
We humans are destroying our beautiful oceans. Our oceans started deteriorating with the
advent of industrial revolution. The inception of numerous factories resulted in the emission
of vast amount of harmful gases. The industrial waste added to water and land pollution and
further raised the level of harmful gases in our atmosphere. Deforestation, urbanisation,
increasing use of fuel driven vehicles, burning of fossil fuels and many other human activities
are increasing the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Research shows that even if we stop all these activities to bar further emission of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere, the ocean water will still continue to get warmer for many years to
come and impact our atmosphere adversely.
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oxygen. They inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen without which the survival of living
beings is not possible on earth.
Apart from inhaling carbon dioxide trees also absorb various harmful gases including sulfur
dioxide and carbon monoxide and also filter harmful pollutants from the atmosphere thereby
providing us fresher and cleaner air to breath. The growing amount of air pollution caused by
the smoke emitted by vehicles and factories can be controlled only if we plant more and more
trees. However, this is not the only reason why tree plantation is important. It offers several
other benefits. Some of the top advantages of growing trees include:
Providing fruits and leaves that serve as food for birds, animals as well as human beings.
Maintaining bio diversity.
Providing wood, rubber and other raw materials that are used for manufacturing various
goods such as furniture, doors, windows, utensils, stationary items and decorative items.
Conservation of water.
Habitat for birds and animals.
Climate Control.
Preservation of soil.
Even though trees offer so many benefits and are extremely important for maintaining the
ecological balance, we are cutting these ruthlessly. Tree plantation is essential to compensate
for this loss.
There are numerous reasons why tree plantation is important. One of the main reasons
among these is that trees exhale the life-giving oxygen without which the existence of
mankind is impossible.
A famous quote reads, “Imagine if trees gave off Wifi signals we’d be planting so many trees,
we’d probably save the planet. Too bad they only produce oxygen we breathe”. It is sad how
we have grown so accustomed to technology that we overlook the harmful impact it is having
on our environment. Not only is the use of technology destroying nature but it is also
separating us from the same.
More and more trees must be planted if we really want to survive and lead a good life. Besides
exhaling oxygen and inhaling carbon dioxide, trees also absorb other harmful gases from the
environment thus making the air purer and fresher. The greener the tree the more oxygen it
shall produce and the more toxic gases it will absorb.
The pollution level these days is rising high. The only way to fight it is by growing more and
more trees. The areas that are surrounded by trees, for instance, villages and forests boast of
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a cleaner environment. This is because these are less impacted by the pollution. On the other
hand, the urban residential and industrial areas have poor air quality due to the growing
pollution and lesser number of trees around.
Conclusion
Even when the importance of tree plantation is so evident, there are only a handful of people
who actually take it as their responsibility to indulge in this activity. The rest are so engrossed
in their lives that they do not understand that without enough trees around we wouldn’t be
able to live long. It is time we must recognize the importance of tree plantation and contribute
our bit towards the same.
Plantation of trees and plants aids in making the environment better. It purifies the air,
conserves water, helps in climate control, preserves soil and benefits the overall environment
in several other ways.
On the one hand there are industrialists and ministers who are blinded by money. All they
want is to expand their business and earn money. They don’t mind cutting trees, deforesting
the Earth and raising the pollution levels.
On the other hand there are those who care about the environment and are working towards
improving its condition selflessly.They are involved in planting trees, cleaning the water bodies
and other activities to make the environment clean and green. Many non-profit organizations
have been formed across the globe by the joint efforts of such people. Some of these include
Green Yatra, Grow Trees, Sankalp Taru, Green Life, Say Trees, Save Green, Kudumban, Being
Green and Go Sakthi.
The Department of Environment extends its support to these NGOs from time to time. Besides
being involved in the process of tree plantation and other such activities many of these NGOs
also promote the cause by performing street side plays, updating their social pages and
visiting schools and colleges to spread the word.
Students are given brief knowledge about the importance of tree plantation and keeping the
environment clean in their environmental science class. They learn the lesson for their exam
and forget about it later. This is not how it should be. Special classes must be conducted to
sensitize them about the importance of growing trees and plants.
Teachers must stress upon the importance of tree plantation in these sessions and make the
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students understand how they can help in changing the environment for good. It is a good
idea for the schools and colleges to collaborate with some NGOs and take the students out for
cleanliness drives as well as for tree plantation every month. Practical experience always has a
far greater impact compared to theoretical knowledge. This will generate their interest in this
field and encourage them to make an effort in this direction.
Besides, if each student from each school and college in the country takes part in tree
plantation campaign every month, we will be growing so many trees.
Conclusion
We must plant more and more trees and also encourage those around us to do so. It is best to
join a nearby NGO working for this cause to work efficiently in this direction.
Tree Plantation offers numerous benefits to the mankind and we all are well aware about
these. We also know that a little effort made by each one of us can make a huge difference to
the overall environment on Earth.
We are dependent upon trees for the production of various goods. Trees provide raw material
such as wood, rubber, etc that is turned into furniture, utensils, papers, decorative items and
what not. It is also used in building houses. Trees also bear fruits that are raw or are processed
and used in manufacturing jams, jellies, juices, sauces and what not. Many of the items
produced with the raw material extracted by trees are exported to other countries to boast
businesses and the overall economy of the country. So, the greater number of trees we plant
the greater number of such goods we can produce.
Trees serve as a habitat for birds as well as a number of animals. Some of these animals
include tree kangaroo, tree frog, spider monkey, flying lemur, green tree python and koala.
They live on and around the trees and also get food from them. Some of these relish the fruits
they bear while others love having the green leaves they are full of.
Besides, forests are a natural habitat for the wild animals. This is where they dwell.
Deforestation has led to the extinction of various species of birds and animals. Many others
are on the verge of extinction. It is natural for the animals and birds to die if we snatch their
sources of food and ruin their places of habitat.
Tree plantation can help them survive and live peacefully. It is thus important for maintaining
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biodiversity in the environment. Biodiversity is extremely essential for maintaining the
ecological balance in the environment.
While we must stop deforestation and save trees however with the growing demand of wood,
rubber and various products made from trees it can only be restricted to some extent. We
cannot avoid it completely. Besides the high demand of goods, the need for urbanisation has
also increased. Forests are being cut to construct residential areas in the cities to
accommodate more and more people here.
The land is also being used to set up industries. In this age of growing technology, this is the
need of the hour. While we cannot avoid all this however we can replenish the loss by way of
tree plantation. It is not the sole responsibility of the government to plant trees to make the
city green. We must also work for this cause.
Conclusion
We all know how important trees and plants are for our survival and well being. But how
many of us are actually involved in planting tree regularly? If you are not doing it, it is time you
must take this up seriously and put in whatever little efforts you can to improve the
environment.
Tree plantation is basically the procedure of moving tree seedlings from their original place
and planting them elsewhere for different purposes. The reason behind tree plantation is
mostly forestry, landscaping and land reclamation. Each of these purposes of tree plantation is
important for its own unique reason.
One of the most common purposes of tree plantation is forestry. Forests are extremely
important for maintaining ecological balance on earth. A major part of our planet is covered
with forests. However, these are being cut at a rapid pace ever since the beginning of the
industrial era. Although forests grow naturally however in order to replenish the loss occurring
due to deforestation it is essential for us to contribute our bit towards growing forests. Tree
plantation is done for this purpose. With the help of tree plantation, forests can be grown
faster.
Tree plantation is also done for landscaping purpose. The urban areas these days are mostly
devoid of trees and plants. Landscaping of such areas is done to make these places worth
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living as well as to render a feel good factor to them. Tree plantation is the best and easiest
way to beautify the surroundings. These are often planted on the roadside, in societies, in the
parks as well as other places in the town for the purpose of landscaping. This does not only
make the place look beautiful but also helps in beating the heat and offers various other
benefits.
Tree plantation is one of the easiest and quickest ways to spread greenery. People around the
globe have volunteered to contribute towards the environment from time to time. Many of
them have set up non-profit organizations with joint efforts and are working towards making
earth a better place to live.
These organizations do not only indulge in tree plantation activities and other activities to
spread greenery but also engage in motivating others to work for this cause. They organize
skits explaining the importance of tree plantation and propagate the same among their
neighbours, friends and colleagues. With the advent of social media and internet it has
become easier to spread knowledge about the importance of tree plantation and encourage
people to participate in the same.
While the NGOs are doing their bit towards making the environment cleaner and green, they
often fall short. The propagation of their cause must be done on wide scale in order to involve
more and more people to work towards this drive. Since these are all non-profit organizations,
they do not have enough funds to do so.
The government must support them whole heartedly to further their cause. After all, these
organizations are working towards building a better nation. With the financial help provided
by the government, these organizations can take up bigger projects and encourage other
people by way of advertisements in television, newspapers as well as big roadside hoardings.
People must be sensitized about it so that they participate in large numbers. A big change in
this direction is only possible if each one of us takes it as a responsibility to plant trees. Even if
we do not have time to join an NGO and go with them on the drives regularly, we can make
our contribution towards the cause by simply planting trees in our surrounding areas.
Conclusion
It is time people must recognize the importance of tree plantation and contribute towards the
same. The government must take this issue seriously and work towards involving more and
more people to further the cause.
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55. Essay on Land Pollution
Land pollution is a major problem these days, especially in the urban regions.
The consequences of this type of pollution are no less fatal than other types of pollution such
as air pollution and water pollution. Land pollution is increasing day by day. It is caused due to
solid wastes which are increasing because of the growing number of industries.
The increase in the number of industries has added to the industrial and chemical waste. This
type of waste is extremely hard to dispose and it contributes to the worst type of land
pollution. Mining activities also cause harm to the land and cause pollution. The waste
material that does not get disposed off easily decays over time and begins to produce foul
smell. It does not only lead to land pollution but also contributes to air pollution and is a cause
of various illnesses.
Land pollution and various other types of pollution are not just a problem in India but a global
issue. The government of different countries must look into this matter seriously. People must
also work on their level to bring it down.
Land pollution is considered to be one of the worst kinds of pollution. This is because it gives
way to various other types of pollution thereby degrading the environment immensely.
Land pollution is caused due to various reasons; here is a look at the various causes of
pollution:
Solid Waste
The solid wastes generated at home, hospitals, schools and markets such as plastic containers,
cans, plastic, electronic goods, etc fall under this category. While some of these are
biodegradable others are non-biodegradable and are hard to dispose. It is the non-
biodegradable waste that causes major land pollution.
Deforestation
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Forests are being cut at a rapid pace to fulfil various human needs. Trees are essential for the
soil as they help it retain various essential nutrients. Cutting trees for the purpose of mining,
urbanisation and other reasons degrades the soil and is considered to be a kind of land
pollution.
Chemicals
Chemical waste is hard to dispose of. Both liquid and solid waste derived from insecticides,
pesticides and fertilizers are either thrown in landfills or other places. It spoils the soil and
creates yet another type of land pollution.
Agricultural Activities
A number of high end agricultural techniques are being used by the farmers these days to
ensure higher yield of crops. Over usage of these techniques such as excessive use of
pesticides and insecticides causes dripping on the ground and degrades the soil. Fruits and
vegetables grown here are also not considered healthy. It is considered to be a type of land
pollution.
Conclusion
Land pollution is giving rise to numerous diseases and making it difficult to lead a healthy life.
The government must take measures to control it and we must also contribute whatever we
can in this direction.
Land pollution is caused because of solid wastes. The problem is growing by the day because
of the growing amount of waste products and lack of proper waste disposal options. Waste
products from factories and households are disposed off in open spaces thereby causing land
pollution.
The growing pollution is a cause of concern. It is causing irreparable harm to the environment
as well as the living beings. The various harmful consequences of land pollution are listed as
follows:
Waste products accumulated in an area for a few days get contaminated and create foul
smell. Passing by such areas can be extremely difficult due to this reason. Living in areas with
dumping grounds nearby seems next to impossible. People fear incurring diseases caused due
to land pollution. Besides, the foul smell that these areas exhibit constantly are a big put off.
The price of the land in localities located near garbage dumping grounds is comparatively
lower because the area is not considered worth inhabiting. Despite the low rates, people do
not prefer renting or purchasing property here.
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Toxic materials that contaminate land can interfere with the respiratory system of the human
beings as well as animals. This is also the cause of various respiratory diseases that are proving
to be fatal for the mankind.
Landfills are often burned to get rid of the waste products and lower the land pollution.
However, this ends up in air pollution which is equally bad for the environment and life
around.
Land pollution can cause skin allergies and other skin problems if people come in direct
contact with the waste materials that cause it.
Land pollution is also a cause of various kinds of cancers.
Land filled with toxic materials is a breeding ground for mosquitoes, flies, rats, rodents and
other such creatures. The diseases transmitted due to these tiny creatures are known to all.
Various kinds of fevers and illnesses are on a rise due to these.
Land pollution caused due to over usage of pesticides and other chemicals contaminates the
agricultural land.
Vegetables and fruits grown on soil that is contaminated cause various kinds of diseases.
Conclusion
There is no doubt about the fact that in an attempt to make our life more comfortable we are
ruining the environment. It is time we must work towards bringing down land pollution to lead
a healthier and happier life.
Land Pollution is caused due to various human activities and also because of natural factors.
Some of the reasons of land pollution include over usage of pesticides, lack of options to
dispose industrial and agricultural waste, deforestation, growing urbanization, acid rains and
mining. All these factors degrade the soil and hamper the agricultural activities. They are also
a cause of various illnesses in animals and human beings.
Land pollution is on an all time rise and so are its harmful consequences. While the
government and other organizations are working at their level to bring it down, you can also
contribute towards lowering the same by making a few small changes in your daily life. Here
are some of the ways in which you can curb land pollution:
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to go for products that have little packaging.
Avoid the usage of poly bags. The government has banned the use of these bags in many
states however people still use these. Poly bags are hard to dispose off and contribute to a lot
of land pollution.
It is also suggested not to use plastic utensils and other plastic items. This is because plastic in
any form is difficult to dispose of.
Use paper or cloth bags when you go for shopping. It is advised to do so as these are reusable.
Cloth bags have an edge over the paper ones as these can be washed and reused numerous
times.
Segregate trash by disposing of the wet and dry waste separately in two different dustbins.
The Indian government has already started this campaign and distributed green and blue
dustbins for the segregation of the waste products. A number of green and blue dustbins have
also been planted in various areas in different cities across the country.
Do not waste paper; limit its usage. Avoid using it wherever possible. Numerous trees are cut
each year to generate paper. Cutting of trees is also a cause of land pollution. It is a good idea
to go digital.
Use cloth or reusable dusters and brooms instead of paper wipes or tissues.
Don’t just practice all these yourself but also spread awareness about these ideas by sharing
them with your friends and relatives.
Conclusion
Land pollution, just as various other forms of pollution, is a threat to the environment. It is
degrading the quality of life on earth. It is time we must all join hands and contribute our bit
towards reducing the same.
It is rightly said, “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself”. Land pollution has an adverse
effect on the living beings as well as on the environment as a whole. It is one of the main
causes of the growing number of illnesses around.
Land pollution is caused owing to various factors. These factors are both natural as well as
those induced by man. Here is a look at the various reasons for the same:
Industrial Waste
One of the biggest causes of land pollution is the industrial waste. Lack of proper options to
dispose of the industrial waste which is generated in vast quantity leads to land pollution. The
chemical and toxic waste is thrown in large dumping grounds that breed mosquitoes, flies,
rats and rodents. It gives way to various illnesses as well as air pollution.
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Mining
Mining is essential for the extraction of minerals and metals that are used in various day to
day products. It causes mass destruction of trees and plants and degrades the land. The
digging of soil and use of heavy machinery to carry out the process of mining causes land
pollution.
Pesticides
While it is essential to use pesticides for growing crops and it is alright to do so however over
usage of the same can be harmful. This is because in addition to killing the organisms that
hamper the growth of plants these medicinal sprays also kill the microorganisms that are
useful for plant growth. Besides, over usage of pesticides and other chemical products
contaminates the soil and degrades it. It causes land pollution and the place no longer remains
fit for agriculture.
Cutting of Trees
We all know that trees play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity which is essential for
creating ecological balance. They also help in enhancing the soil fertility and increasing soil
aeration. However, unfortunately forests are being cut at a rapid pace. This exposes the soil to
direct sunlight which is harmful in many ways. It makes the land barren by extracting all the
water and also kills microorganisms that are useful for the soil. The damage caused to the soil
is counted as land pollution.
Acid Rain
Acid rain that is caused due to chemical pollutants present in the atmosphere also degrades
the soil to a large extent and causes land pollution. It also contaminates the water present
underground.
As stated above lack of options to dispose the industrial wastes and household garbage
properly leads to the worst sort of land pollution. We can reduce the harmful effect of land
pollution if we segregate the waste products based on their type. These are classified into
three categories – Organic, Reusable and Recyclable wastes. This is mostly done manually.
However, it is a tedious task. We can contribute our bit towards it by separating the dry waste
from the wet waste. It is suggested to keep separate dustbins for these types of wastes and
dispose them of accordingly.
Recently, the Modi government carried out a campaign for disposing of the wet waste in the
green dustbins and dry waste in the blue dustbins. Thousands of green and blue dustbins were
distributed in Delhi, Chandigarh and various other cities across India. Several others were
planted in different areas with the aim to ease the waste segregation process.
Conclusion
We often complain that the government is not taking proper measures to bring down the land
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pollution. But are we doing our bit to lower the same? No! On the contrary we are only adding
to it, knowingly or unknowingly. It is high time we must take it as our duty to lower the
pollution level by making whatever effort we can at an individual level.
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Unlike the cloth and paper bags, the plastic bags are non-biodegradable. It is a challenge to
dispose them off. Used plastic bags stay in the environment for years and contribute to land
and water pollution. This is the reason why many countries have banned the use of these
bags. These countries have replaced plastic bags with paper bags or reusable cloth bags.
The government of India has also banned the use of plastic bags in many states however the
same has never been implemented properly. We must understand that these have been
banned for our good. Every individual must take it has his responsibility to stop the use of
these bags to make our environment cleaner.
The use of plastic bags must be banned throughout the world in order to make earth a better
place to live. The task should not be very difficult as these can easily be replaced by bags made
of other materials.
ESSAY ON HOW PLASTIC BAG IS HARMFUL TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT – ESSAY 2 (300
WORDS)
Introduction
Plastic bags are preferred over other kinds of bags as these are economical, light and easy to
carry. Though these are widely popular we cannot overlook the harmful effects of these bags
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on the environment as well as the health hazards they cause.
Plastic bags contain synthetic polymer – a substance that causes harm to the environment as
it is non-biodegradable. It is hard to dispose of plastic bags due to this nature of plastic. The
waste plastic bags lead to pollution. Since these are extremely light they are easily blown by
the wind and scatter far and wide. They do not only pollute our towns and cities but even
enter the oceans and become a threat for the marine life.
Plastic bags cause health problems in human beings as well as animals. Waste food and
vegetable and fruit peels are usually thrown away in plastic bags. Animals and birds often gulp
pieces of plastic while having food. This causes various diseases and illnesses in them. Gulping
plastic bags can even choke their throat and suffocate them to death.
Likewise, the marine creatures also tend to mistake the plastic pieces for food and eat them.
This toxic substance causes various health problems in them. People who have sea food can
get infected if they have fishes, lobsters or other marine creatures suffering from illness.
Besides, the pollution caused due to plastic bags is a cause of various illnesses.
Conclusion
Thus, plastic bags are ruining our beautiful environment and have become a threat to our
health. It is high time we must stop the use of plastic bags. We must think about the bigger
scenario rather than convenience of a few seconds. It is not that difficult to keep a cloth bag
with us as we head to the market. This will go a long way in keeping our environment clean.
Plastic bags are one of the most widely used bags when it comes to carrying grocery items.
However, these are one of the worst types of bags to use as these cause a major harm to the
environment. These light bags get torn into small pieces over the time but do not get disposed
off because they are non-biodegradable. They remain in the environment for years and years
and add to land, air and water pollution.
Trees and plants are an integral part of our environment. They are a source of the life-giving
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oxygen and one of the main reasons life is possible on our planet. Unfortunately, we human
beings are ruining these beautiful creations of God. Among other things, it is the plastic bags
that are causing immense harm to the flora.
Today, plastic bags have become a major cause of land pollution. The toxic chemicals
produced by plastic contaminate the soil. This is hampering the growth of the plants. Since
these are light and are carried by wind to different places, the agricultural land is also getting
affected by them. They are deteriorating the soil quality making it less fertile. They damage
the seeds sown in the ground and interfere with the growth of plants.
As the environment gets deteriorated and the growth of agricultural crops and other trees and
plants gets hindered, life of animals and human beings is likely to get worse. The pollution
caused due to plastic bags impacts the human beings and animals directly as well as indirectly.
Animals open eat plastic bags lying in the garbage. These bags can cause severe damage to
their digestive tract and cause various illnesses. Birds, fishes and various marine creatures also
eat the plastic content that floats in the air and water and incur various diseases. Humans who
consume these creatures having illnesses are likely to incur serious illness.
Besides, animals and marine creatures even tend to gulp plastic bags as it is and are often
suffocated to death. Large number of innocent animals die each year because of plastic bags.
Conclusion
Plastic bags are causing immense harm to our environment. The use of these bags must be
banned by the government and as responsible citizens we must stop using these bags. In fact,
the government should put a ban on the manufacturing of these bags so that these are not
circulated in the market.
Plastic bags are a convenient way to carry our goods. These have become an integral part of
our modern day life. We use these almost every day and are often miffed when the
shopkeepers tell us these are banned and that we need to either get our own bag or purchase
a cloth bag from them to carry our goods. What we fail to understand is that the government
has put a ban on these bags for our good.
Here is why we must say NO to plastic bags and switch to eco-friendly alternatives:
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Major Cause of Land Pollution
Plastic bags are non-biodegradable. These are not good for use mainly because they create a
lot of waste. These use and throw bags are a challenge when it comes to disposing them off.
They break into tiny pieces and remain in the environment for thousands of years and add to
land pollution.
Although plastic bags have become an integral part of our everyday life saying no to these
should not be as difficult as it seems. The government has put a ban on the use of plastic bags
in many states of India but people continue to use these as these are still available in the
market.
The government must take strict measures to ensure these are not used. Besides, each one of
us should take it as a responsibility to stop using these. Ban on plastic bags can only be
successfully implemented if each one of us stops using these sincerely.
Conclusion
The harmful impact of using plastic bags has been stressed upon time and again. We are all
aware about the harm they are causing to our environment. We must stop their use to make
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our environment safer to live.
Plastic bags when thrown after use prove to be a major threat to the environment. They
pollute the soil and effect the growth of flora. They lead to infertile soil. Both wild plants as
well as agricultural crops are affected by this. When the trees and plants suffer then the entire
environment is impacted negatively.
Birds and animals mistake plastic for food and eat it. This causes serious illness in them. Large
number of animals and marine creatures die each year because of consuming plastic bags.
Plastic bags contribute majorly in land and water pollution. These are degrading our
environment by the day.
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plastic bags.
Plastic bags are mainly used by shoppers to carry grocery items and other goods. It is a good
idea to carry a jute bag or a cloth bag whenever we head to the market. Big shopping bags
made of clothes are available in the market. We can buy one and reuse it several times. These
bags are much better than the plastic bags as they have more capacity. We can keep a good
number of things in a big cloth bag. It is much better than holding several small plastic bags.
Cloth bags are easier to carry and are also quite firm.
You can also use paper bags instead of plastic bags. Many stores have started providing paper
bags as an alternative to the plastic bags.
Conclusion
We humans have caused immense harm to our planet earth. We have degraded the
environment and are continuing to do so every day. A switch from plastic bag to cloth bag can
be our little effort to reduce pollution and save our environment.
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Plastic plates, bags, spoons, glasses and other material are readily available in the market.
These are economical and easy to use. People prefer using these use-and-throw utensils
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during gatherings and parties as it shuns the hassle of clearing and cleaning the utensils later.
All they need to do is to gather these and throw them away. However, little do they realize
that this waste is not disposed off so easily. It continues to remain in the environment and
harm us adversely.
Not just plastic utensils and carry bags, furniture and various other things made out of plastic
are also used extensively world over. It is high time we must realize the harmful effects of
plastic pollution and contribute our bit towards bringing it down.
Plastic pollution, caused due to plastic waste, has reached alarming heights and is increasing
rapidly with every passing day. It has become a cause of global concern as it is destroying our
beautiful planet and having negative repercussions on all kinds of living beings.
Here are two simple ways to lower plastic pollution that we can practice in our daily life:
Now, since we have grown quite accustomed to using plastic products and these are light on
our pocket, we cannot avoid their usage completely. However, we can certainly avoid using
those plastic products that can easily be replaced with eco-friendly alternatives. For instance,
instead of using plastic bags, we can easily opt for a jute, cloth or paper bag when we head for
shopping. Likewise, instead of using disposable plastic cutlery and utensils during parties we
can use those made of steel, paper, thermocol or any other material which is reusable or easy
to dispose.
Reuse
If you cannot avoid using plastic bags or other products for some reason then it is suggested to
at least reuse them as many times as you can before disposing them off. We are in a habit of
throwing the plastic bags and containers we get with packed food almost immediately after
use even though these can be used a couple of times before disposing off. We should reuse
these instead. This can be our contribution towards reducing the plastic waste and bringing
down plastic pollution.
Conclusion
It is time for us to stand united to fight this evil called plastic pollution. If each one of us
follows the ways to beat plastic pollution shared here then we can certainly bring down the
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pollution level to a large extent.
Plastic pollution has become a major threat to our environment in today’s times and it is likely
to make things worse in the times to come. There are many reasons that lead to this type of
pollution. The adverse effects of plastic pollution are also plenty.
Non-Biodegradable
Plastic waste which is increasing by the day is non-biodegradable. Plastic does not get
disposed of in soil or water. It remains in the environment for hundreds of years and adds to
the land, water and air pollution.
Here is how plastic pollution is effecting our environment and life on earth:
Pollutes Water
Plastic waste is entering the water bodies such as rivers, seas and even oceans and is polluting
our water drastically. This water is then supplied at our places. No matter how much we filter
this water it can never get back to its pure form and thus has negative repercussions on our
health.
Pollutes Land
Large amount of plastic waste is dumped in landfills. Wind carries plastic bags and other small
plastic particles from one place to another thereby effecting major area. Plastic particles
release harmful chemicals that deposit in the soil and ruin its quality. It impacts the growth of
the plants. Besides, waste lying on the land breeds mosquitoes and other insects that are
carriers of various serious illnesses.
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Harms Marine Life
Plastic bags and other plastic litter that goes into rivers and seas are mistaken as food by the
marine creatures who often gulp them and eventually fall sick.
Harms Animals
Animals mostly feed on food thrown in the garbage. They eat plastic bags and other items
along with other things. Plastic bags often get stuck in their intestines and choke them to
death. They are also a cause of many serious illnesses.
Conclusion
Plastic pollution has become a growing concern worldwide. The government of many
countries is taking measures such as banning plastic bags to reduce plastic pollution. However,
bringing down this problem is only possible if we all contribute our bit as responsible human
beings.
It is time the government of various countries must take strict measures to fight plastic
pollution. Here are few steps they should follow:
Spread Awareness
It is of utmost importance to spread awareness about the harmful effects of plastic waste on
our environment. This can be done by way of television and radio advertisements, billboards
and social media. This should help people understand the seriousness of the issue and how
their contribution can make a difference.
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Other Simple Solutions to Lower Plastic Pollution
Here are certain simple ways in which we can lower plastic pollution and make our
environment cleaner:
Recycle
Many recycling companies take used plastic containers, plastic bottles and other stuff made of
this material and recycle it. It is suggested to give away such plastic items to these companies
rather than throwing them in the bin and adding to the plastic waste.
Conclusion
It is a big challenge to dispose of plastic and the increasing amount of plastic waste is leading
to plastic pollution. The simple solutions mentioned here can go a long way in lowering the
level of plastic pollution.
Plastic pollution is increasing by the day. Research shows that the use of plastic has increased
drastically in the last two decades. Plastic is convenient to use and costs less. This is the reason
why people are more inclined towards purchasing various products made of plastic. To meet
the growing demands of the people, the number of factories manufacturing plastic products
has increased rapidly. The more plastic is used, the more plastic waste gets accumulated on
our planet and causes the hazardous plastic pollution. This is becoming a threat to life as it is
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giving way to various illnesses.
Not only is disposing of plastic a serious concern but the production of this substance is
equally devastating for us. The production of plastic involves valuable fossil fuels such as oil
and petroleum. These fossil fuels are non-renewable and hard to extract. A lot is invested in
fetching these fossil fuels and these are required for various other purposes. If we continue to
use these valuable fuels for the production of plastic, we shall run out of them and would not
be able to employ them for producing or running other more important things.
Plastic bags and other plastic particles are carried by wind and water into the seas, oceans and
other water bodies. People who go for picnics and camping also litter plastic bottles and
packets of chips that add to plastic pollution. All this goes into the rivers and seas and effects
the marine creatures adversely. These poor creatures mistake plastic for food and eat it. This
results in serious illness in fishes, turtles and other marine creatures. Many of them die
because of plastic pollution each year. Researchers claim the number of deaths and illnesses
caused due to plastic pollution will increase in the coming years.
Just like the marine creatures, animals also consume plastic lying in the garbage mistaking it
for food. At times, they gulp the entire plastic bag by mistake. This gets stuck in their
intestines and suffocates them to death. Plastic waste keeps deteriorating with time and
becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes, flies and other insects. Large chunk of
mosquitoes penetrate here and give way to various diseases each year.
Plastic waste is also polluting the rivers that are a source of drinking water for us. The quality
of drinking water is getting worse day by day due to plastic pollution and this is resulting in
various water borne diseases.
It is difficult to dispose plastic products. It is dangerous when plastic waste goes to the landfills
and even more dangerous when it goes into the water bodies. Unlike, wood and paper we
cannot even dispose it of by burning it. This is because burning plastic produces harmful gases
that are dangerous for the environment and life on earth. Plastic thus causes air, water and
land pollution.
No matter, how hard we try we cannot do away with the plastic products completely.
However, we can certainly restrict our plastic usage. A number of plastic products such as
plastic bags, containers, glasses, bottles, etc can easily be replaced by eco-friendly alternatives
such as cloth/ paper bags, steel utensils and so on.
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Controlling plastic pollution is not solely the government’s responsibility. In fact, the
government alone cannot do anything. We need to act responsibly and do our bit to bring
down the plastic pollution.
Conclusion
Plastic pollution is rising at a rapid speed and has become a cause of major concern. We can
bring down plastic pollution by restricting its use. Each one of us must work towards
combating this problem.
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Industrial revolution is the major cause of pollution in the environment. The pollutants caused
due to human activities such as construction, burning of coal and wood, agriculture, mining
and warfare contribute largely to pollution.
ESSAY ON POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM – ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
Pollution is the introduction of harmful and toxic chemical substances in the natural
environment. It can be naturally occurring contaminants or foreign substances. With
industrialization and growth in population there has been increase in pollution in the
atmosphere. The air, water and soil have been severely polluted by human activities. Our
ecosystem is affected by pollution in number of ways.
Ecosystem is the natural system made of diverse species in its physical environment. The
natural ecosystem is highly diverse and complex in nature. The toxic chemicals in the
atmosphere spread widely throughout the ecosystem. It affects the soil, plants and other
organisms, both directly and indirectly.
Ozone hinders the process of photosynthesis in plant species. Ozone gets dissolved in plants
and reacts with chemicals that cause number of problems. The process of photosynthesis
slows down which results in slower plant growth. The primary ecosystem function such as
plant growth and biogeochemical cycling is affected by contaminants in the natural
environment which affects the ecosystem services.
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Ecosystem refers to the interaction between various organisms, plants, animals, fungi and
bacteria. They form the entire food web where each depends on the one below it in the food
chain. When the ecosystem gets polluted the natural balance in the ecosystem gets disrupted
which effects different organisms in different ways. The pollutants like oil, nitrogen,
detergents and phosphate can have negative impact on ecosystem especially if the water gets
polluted. It can damage the ecological balance by adversely affecting the marine life. Thus,
pollution hinders the natural cycle of ecosystem.
The presence of that substance in the environment which has harmful and toxic effect on it is
called pollution. Environmental pollution can be caused by natural events such as volcanoes
and forest fires but it largely occurs due to the pollutants caused by human activities. With
growth in population and rapid spread of industrialization pollution has become a global issue.
The awareness for the need to protect environment from pollution has developed among the
people.
Effects of Pollution:
The greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere increases the temperature of the earth. The
climate change causes catastrophic change in weather.
The harmful gases in the atmosphere cause irritation in the throat and eyes, asthma as well as
other respiratory problems and diseases such as lung cancer. Increased level of radiation
increases the risk of skin cancer. It can also have adverse effects on cardiovascular system.
Use of fertilizers such as insecticides and pesticides reduce the soil fertility that results in
reduction of crop production. This may result in famine and malnutrition.
Polluted water affects the sea organisms and aquatic life. The contaminated water when
consumed by humans causes various diseases such as typhoid, cholera, and jaundice.
The excessive exposure to noise pollution can result in impaired hearing or cause deafness in
human beings. It might also result in high blood pressure and coronary diseases.
Wild life is also adversely affected due to air and noise pollution. Toxic soils and water
channels can kill several plants and animals. It may cause neurological damage, cancer and
failure to reproduce in animals.
Conclusion
Pollution has several adverse effects on animals, plants, environment, ecosystem and human
beings. It is a global issue and people are now being more aware of the need to prevent this
problem. It is vital to control pollution to prevent its adverse effects on our environment and
life in general.
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Pollution is the presence of contaminants in natural environment that adversely affect all
living things. The components of pollution can be either naturally occurring components or
foreign substances. The major forms of pollution include; air pollution, noise pollution, water
pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, thermal pollution and light pollution.
Environment includes all the living and non-living components. Plants, animals and other living
creatures are important part of environment but environment also includes, air, water and
land. Pollution in the environment affects it negatively. Given below are the adverse effects of
pollution on environment:
Air pollution: Pollution pollutes the air that we breathe. It may cause harm to the living
organisms such as animals, plants and other living organisms that are important part of our
environment. It also damages our natural environment and degrades the quality of the air.
The pollutants can occur naturally or can be manmade.
Ocean acidification: Emission of carbon dioxide causes ocean acidification. It is the decrease in
the pH of the earth oceans by increase in the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere getting
dissolved in the oceans.
Global warming: The emission of greenhouse gasses in the environment leads to Global
warming which affects the ecosystem significantly.
Soil contamination: The quality of soil can degrade and it may become infertile and
inappropriate for plants. This also affects the organisms in the natural food cycle. Nitrogen
oxides and sulfur dioxide can cause acid rains which reduce the pH value of soil and can have
harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and infrastructure.
Decrease in biodiversity: Invasive species can surpass native species and can decrease
biodiversity.
Plants: Smog and haze can lessen the amount of sunlight received by plants to carry out the
process of photosynthesis.
Water: Pollution of water channels can reduce the oxygen levels and the diversity of species.
Biological magnification: It is the increase in concentration of toxins that may pass through
tropic levels. It refers to the build-up of toxins in the food web. Predators accumulate more
toxins than prey in the food chain.
Conclusion
Thus, pollution in the environment contaminates and reduces the quality of air water and
land. Humans, animals, plants and other living organisms are a vital part of environment that
gets effected due to pollution. Pollution is a global issue and needs serious attention. Various
measures need to be taken to prevent pollution in the environment.
ESSAY ON POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS HUMAN LIFE – ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
Pollution is the presence of toxic substances in the natural environment that cause adverse
effects. It can take the form of energy such as heat, light or noise. The chief forms of pollution
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include noise pollution, light pollution, air pollution, soil contamination, radioactive
contamination, water pollution and thermal pollution. Every living species shares the natural
resources on this planet. What happens in the environment affects all the living species and
the planet as a whole. Pollution has several negative effects on human life.
The greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere causes rise in the temperature of earth that
adversely affects the human life. Humans are chiefly responsible for creating pollution in the
atmosphere. While human activities are a major cause of pollution in the atmosphere,
pollution in the atmosphere has direct impact on them. Let us have a look at the effects of
pollution on human life in detail below:
The poor quality of air can kill many organisms including human beings. Pollution can cause
several diseases like throat inflammation, asthma, congestion, cardiovascular diseases and
respiratory diseases. It damages the immune system, reproductive system and the endocrine
system of humans. Older people are more vulnerable to diseases caused by air pollution.
Those with lung and heart disorder are at further risk.
The toxic chemicals in the air settle in to water and plant resources and the poison travels up
the food web.
Drinking contaminated water may cause several ailments and digestive problems in humans.
The ailments such as typhoid and amoebiasis are caused by drinking polluted water.
Contamination of drinking water is majorly responsible for causing deaths in developing
countries. It is estimated that approximately 14,000 deaths are caused per day due to water
pollution.
Water pollution adversely affects marine life which is one of the chief sources of food for
humans.
Chemical and radioactive substances in air can cause chronic diseases such as cancer and may
also cause birth defects.
Soil pollution, deforestation and improper waste disposal put plant and animal life in danger.
Contaminated soil by chemicals becomes infertile and inappropriate for crops and other plant
life. This hinders the production of food and can lead to malnourishment. Toxic soil may
produce contaminated food and may adversely affect the health of one who consumes it.
Noise pollution can damage physiological and psychological health of humans. It can cause
disturbance in many day to day activities of humans such as sleeping, studying, meditation,
etc. Excessive exposure to noise pollution can lead to hearing problem, permanent hear loss,
hypertension, stress, high blood pressure and cardiovascular effects. Children and old age
people are more prone to such problems. It may also interfere with learning, concentration
and behaviour of children.
Conclusion
We live in the ecosystem where everything is interrelated. We have severely polluted the
environment since decades and are facing its repercussions now. We are now very well aware
of the adverse effects of pollution. It is vital to make efforts towards green and clean
environment to bring positive changes.
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ESSAY ON POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN LIFE, ANIMAL LIFE –
ESSAY 5 (600 WORDS)
Introduction
Pollution occurs when the pollutants contaminate the natural environment that affects life on
earth adversely. With urbanization and development in our lives pollution has reached its
heights giving rise to global warming. Due to global warming human beings, animals and our
environment are adversely affected. Environment, humans as well as animals are severely
affected by pollution. Here is a look at the adverse effects of pollution:
Air pollution can cause respiratory diseases, increased risk of heart attack, asthma, and lung
complications. It can also worsen the existing diseases.
Smog can damage the lungs and cause irritation in throat and eyes. People who already suffer
from asthma are prone to have asthma attacks.
Dioxins present in the air can damage the liver, and also harm the nervous, immune and
endocrine system and reproductive function in humans.
The toxic components from traffic and wildfire such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or
PAHs in huge amounts can cause lung and eye irritation, liver issues and cancer.
Greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere leads to warmer temperatures. Climate change
leads to several issues like extreme weather, heat-related deaths, rising sea levels, acid rains
and increasing number of diseases.
Noise pollution can damage the physical and mental health. Exposure to excessive noise
pollution can cause stress, hypertension, sleep disturbance, rise in blood pressure, hear-loss
and other adverse effects.
Effects of Pollution on Animal’s Life
Pollution causes threat to the habitat of animals and death in some events. There are several
species that have also been pushed to extinction. Animals are affected by both direct and
indirect pollution.
Oil spills affect marine life instantly causing large number of deaths. It causes immediate death
of animals due to toxicity of oil, besides deaths caused, there are several other animals
affected by oil spills. The oil pollutes marine and plant life which impacts animal life in number
of ways such as decreased or impaired reproduction, neurological damage, and vulnerability
to disease are common effects for long period even after the oil spills have been cleaned.
Water is polluted due to acid rain as the rain water drains towards lakes, ponds, streams and
other water channels causing death of fish population. The decrease in fish population affects
other wildlife that depends on fish for food.
Nutrient pollution leads to the dead zone areas in water channels with very little or no oxygen
where it becomes difficult for marine life to survive.
Noise pollution can have severe effect on wildlife increasing the risk of death by disrupting the
balance in predator or prey detection and disturbing the sound in communication. Over
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exposure to excessive sound can lead to hearing issues or permanent hear loss. It can also
lead to change of usual habitat.
Effects of Pollution on Environment:
The toxic pollutants that enter in environment are consumed by the organisms through food
and water or directly absorption through their skin. These toxins pass to the animals higher in
the food chain and so on. Top predators are more vulnerable to experience various diseases,
genetic mutations, birth defects, etc.
Ocean acidification is caused as the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the air gets dissolved in
water resulting in the decrease of pH of the earth’s oceans.
Acid rains caused by pollution damage the forests, water channels and lands.
The population and diversity of birds and animals has shown decline or change of habitat to
excessive noise pollution. Noise pollution also disrupts the communication and mating of
certain species.
Sounds produced by military sonar, shipping traffic create rise in levels of underwater sound
that disrupts the communication, hunting and mating of the marine species.
Conclusion
Hence, pollution has several adverse effects on the environment, human and animal life.
Everything on earth is interrelated and depends on each other for effective functioning. As
humans we need to stop harming nature and take steps towards prevention of pollution.
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Here are essay on Pollution Due to Diwali to help you with the topic in your exams. You can
select any Pollution Due to Diwali Essay as per your interest:
Children are especially excited about burning crackers. However, even the adults indulge in
this activity without giving it a thought that this act is causing pollution which is extremely
harmful for the environment. Air pollution levels in our country are on an all time high during
the Diwali festival. This has given rise to numerous health problems.
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People, who suffer from asthma and other lung problems, particularly have a difficult time
during Diwali. Their problem augments during this time and it becomes hard for them to
breathe. The burning of crackers also causes noise pollution which is especially a problem for
the elderly people and little kids. It is also scary for animals that look for places to hide
themselves as we burn crackers to celebrate Diwali.
We must all remember that Diwali is the festival of lights not fire crackers. We should refrain
from burning crackers and celebrate Diwali in a better way.
Diwali is one of the main religious festivals of the Hindus. It is celebrated with great pomp and
show each year. Lighting candles and diyas to illuminate houses, markets, offices and shops,
making beautiful rangolis, preparing sweets, visiting friends and relatives, exchanging gifts,
offering prayer to Lord Laxmi and Ganesha and burning fire crackers forms a part of the Diwali
celebration.
While all else has been a part of the tradition since centuries, burning firecrackers started
much later. Though it is a way of rejoicing the festival, it is not a good practice. It is taking
away the beauty of this festival and incurring much criticism. It is adding to the pollution on
Earth.
Air Pollution
Air pollution level rises extremely high during the Diwali festival. The smoke emitted by
burning fire crackers makes the air harmful to breathe. The effects of burning large number of
crackers on Diwali can be felt even days after. It is known to cause various diseases. Lungs are
worst affected by it.
Land Pollution
The leftover pieces of the burnt crackers add to the land pollution. It takes days to clean these.
Some of these pieces are non biodegradable. These cannot be disposed off easily and turn
toxic over the time thereby adding to land pollution.
Noise Pollution
Noise pollution is at its peak on Diwali. Firecrackers do not only burn bright and cause deadly
smoke but also create enormous amount of noise pollution. This is especially a problem for
the old people, students, animals and sick people. The noises are highly disturbing. Animals
are worst affected by it.
Conclusion
Burning firecrackers is causing a serious harm to the environment. It is impacting life on Earth.
It is ironic how even after knowing the after effects of burning crackers people still indulge in
this act. It is time we all must stop taking pleasure in such trivial things and think about the
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bigger picture.
Diwali is the festival of lights. It is eagerly awaited all year round. Houses, offices and shops are
cleaned thoroughly around this time. People shop for new curtains, bed sheets and decorative
items to re-decorate their place. The day is considered pious and many people reserve it for
starting something new such as shifting to a new house, signing a business deal or finalizing
and announcing wedding date.
A number of rituals form a part of this festival. Bursting fire crackers is one of them. While all
the other traditions and rituals make this festival beautiful, burning fire crackers on this day
gives it an ugly turn. This is the sad part of the Diwali celebration as it harms the environment
and gives way to several health problems.
Massive amount of fire crackers are burnt on Diwali. The already polluted environment gets all
the more polluted due to the smoke emitted by crackers thereby making it difficult to breathe.
Bursting crackers also leads to many other health problems such as burning sensation in the
eyes, redness of eyes and skin and lung infections. Besides, the noise pollution caused due to
them can have an adverse affect especially on the new born babies, elderly people and
animals.
We must say no to crackers to avoid pollution and its harmful after affects. We should also
inspire those around us to refrain from bursting crackers.
The beauty of festivals is that they bring our near and dear ones closer. As a part of the Diwali
celebration, people visit each other and exchange gifts. Many people host parties on this day
to celebrate the festival with their relatives and friends. The celebration begins by offering
prayers to Lord Ganesha and Laxmi. This is followed by lighting diyas and candles and
illuminating the house. A round of card game adds to the festive mood.
We must take this festival as an opportunity to bond with our loved ones by spending quality
time with them. Having dinner, cracking jokes and sitting in the company of our friends and
family members can be far more enjoyable than bursting crackers and adding to the pollution.
Diwali should be the time to spread love and joy not pollution.
Conclusion
Diwali is a beautiful festival and we must retain its beauty and sanctity by saying no to
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crackers. We must all pledge to say no to crackers to save our environment. A pollution free
Diwali can be the best thing.
ESSAY ON DIWALI, CRACKER, POLLUTION & GLOBAL WARMING – ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
Global warming is a result of the increasing amount of harmful gases in the atmosphere.
Burning fire crackers on Diwali does just the same. The smoke emitted by burning these
crackers is extremely hazardous. It augments the level of harmful gases in the atmosphere
thereby adding to the effect of Global warning.
While the vehicular pollution and the industrial smoke is hard to control, Diwali pollution on
the other hand can be avoided as burning fire crackers is not serving any purpose unlike the
vehicles running on the roads and the goods being manufactured in the industries.
People often argue as to what difference it would make if they do not burn crackers on Diwali.
Most people feel that one day of air pollution caused due to Diwali crackers cannot have a
high impact on the overall atmosphere of our planet. But this is not true. Statistics reveal that
the pollution caused due to the burning of fire crackers on this day is equivalent to that
caused jointly by numerous vehicles running on the road for several days. It thus contributes
majorly to global warming year after year.
Fire crackers are known to produce deadly smoke. The smoke emitted by the bursting of
certain crackers is said to be much more harmful than that produced by factories and vehicles.
It impacts the atmosphere far more adversely and causes numerous air-borne diseases.
People suffer from breathing problems and many other health issues because of this
hazardous smoke. Animals, birds and other living organisms are affected as badly.
Bursting crackers does not do any good to anyone. It only deteriorates the air quality and
causes health hazards. Why must we indulge in such an activity and put our lives at risk?
We can contribute our bit towards a healthier environment by celebrating Diwali without fire
crackers. Diwali is a beautiful festival. Several customs and traditions form a part of this
festival. From decorating and illuminating our place to wearing ethnic clothes, from meeting
our near and dear ones to playing cards, from preparing homemade sweets to making
colourful rangolis – there are so many enjoyable things to indulge in during this festival.
Striking off fireworks from the list should not impact the fun at all. However, it can do a lot of
good to the environment. We must also inspire those around us to refrain from bursting
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crackers. Children must especially be educated about the harmful effects of crackers on the
environment. Such small steps from our end can make a big difference.
Conclusion
Diwali is the time for celebration. It is the time to spread smiles and laughter. We must not
ruin the fun by polluting the environment and incurring health problems. We must remember
that this trivial act of ours is becoming a cause of global concern. It is contributing to global
warming which is one of the biggest threats to our environment. We should act wisely and say
no to crackers.
Diwali is one of the most loved and awaited festivals of Hindus. It is being celebrated since
times immemorial with great pomp and show. People begin cleaning their houses days before
the festival to welcome Goddess Laxmi. Houses and shops are illuminated with lights, diyas
and candles on this day.
There is hustle, bustle and joy all around. Everything about this festival is joyous except one
and that is the burning of fire crackers. Burning of crackers that form a part of the Diwali
celebration is causing an alarming amount of pollution. This is impacting our environment
adversely and creating enormous amount of difficult for the living beings.
Here is a look at the harmful effects of Diwali pollution on the environment and life on Earth:
Effect on People
As the pollution level rises, the human health is impacted negatively. The air is filled with
harmful pollutants that cause problems such as shortness of breath, choking of lungs, burning
sensation in the eyes and redness and rashes on skin. Those already suffering from health
problems such as asthma, heart problem and lung infections are worst affected by the
aftermaths of burning crackers as their problems augment during this time. It gets difficult to
breathe. Besides, the noise pollution caused on Diwali is unbearable and can cause deafening
effects.
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Effect on Animals
Just as the human beings, the increase in the air pollution level after Diwali celebrations
makes life difficult for the animals too. They find it difficult to breathe and suffer from various
other illnesses caused due to the smoke emitted by fire crackers. They are also immensely
affected by the noise pollution caused due to bursting of crackers. These innocent creatures
are seen running around looking for places to hide to escape these loud noises.
Sensitize Children
Children are particularly excited about burning crackers. They begin bursting fire-crackers days
before the festival. Parents must take this as their responsibility to sensitize children about the
harmful effects of burning crackers rather than merely asking them not to do so without giving
any reason. Children these days are smart and will definitely understand why they must
refrain from burning crackers.
Ban on Firecrackers
The government must step in and put a ban on the manufacturing of firecrackers. This can be
an effective way of controlling Diwali pollution. The problem cannot be curbed without the
intervention of the government. If this is not possible then at least there should be a check on
the manufacturing of crackers. Crackers that produce high amount of air and noise pollution
must at least be banned.
Conclusion
We must act like responsible human beings and put an end to this inane practice of burning
fire crackers. It is time to understand that this is not adding to the celebration, this is only
adding to the pollution and causing serious harm to our planet.
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We burst crackers, immerse idols in water, play with water and colors etc, some of these
practices harm our environment and pollute the surroundings.
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LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON POLLUTION DUE TO FESTIVALS IN ENGLISH
In these essays we have tried to cover all the aspects of pollution due to festivals in varying
word lengths to help you with the same in your exam. You can select any Pollution due to
Festivals essay as per your need.
We cause air, water and noise pollution during celebrations and not to forget they have a
huge impact on our health. Not to forget that animals and birds also suffer. Diwali which is the
biggest Hindu festival brings with it a lot of air pollution. The bursting of crackers not only
causes air pollution but noise pollution also. The air is chokes and the visibility is highly
reduced during Diwali.
During Holi, another Hindu festival that is played with color and water, see a lot of water
wastage. Not only that the chemical colors also harm the environment. During Durga Puja &
Ganesh Chaturthi thousands of idols of god are immersed in water that pollutes our rivers.
The constitution does give us the right to freely practice our religion but as the citizens of the
country we must also make it our duty to protect the nature and celebrate in moderation.
Introduction
Water is an essential part of our lives. Since the beginning of civilization we have seen that all
human settlements are near water bodies because it is difficult to survive without water. But
at the moment water pollution is one of the major environmental issues that we are facing.
Humans have polluted every major water body and the marine life is also widely affected. In
India we celebrate a number of festivals where a lot of water is either wasted or polluted. The
huge amount of toxins being immersed in water is one of the major concerns.
Statues Immersion: There are festivals where decorated statues are taken out in the
procession and immersed in water. The amount of toxins that this practice adds in our water
bodies is very high. After these statues are immersed the water is contaminated and becomes
unfit for usage. This water can contaminate crops if used for irrigation because of the mixing
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of chemicals in it.
Holi: This festival includes playing with water and color but often the colors that are used are
chemical and they cause serious health hazards. Not to forget the sheer wastage of water is
also a major concern.
Holy Bath: during some festivals it is considered holy to bathe in rivers and seas. But when a
large number of people do this together it adds lot of unwanted substances in the water
thereby polluting it.
Conclusion: It is a sad reality that none of our water bodies are clean and pure anymore. The
marine life is dying day by day. It is not that we shouldn’t celebrate our festivals but if we do
that sensibly we might be able to save our environment also.
India is a land of diversity and we take pride in it. Many festivals are celebrated in our country
all the year round. We enjoy the festivities with Great Spirit and fervor. The advantage of
living in India is that you get to enjoy traditions and festivals of different religions. There are
festivals celebrating religion, gods, harvest, change in season, saints, gurus etc. So many
different flavors in one land but one thing is common in most of them is that they harm the
environment substantially.
Impact of Festivals on Environment
Our environment has given us many precious gifts but in return we have not given it anything
rather we have robbed it, abused it and harmed it brutally. We celebrate our festivals with
great vigor but we also pollute the environment majorly. There are all kinds of pollutions that
happen during festivals like air, water and noise. Basically we pollute all aspects of
environment during festivals.
The most harmful effects of festivals on air can be seen around the festival of Diwali. Due to
burning of crackers the air gets highly polluted it becomes choking. Not to forget that the
amount of trash that keeps on lying around the nest day on roads. There are some other
festivals also like jayanti’s etc. where fireworks are seen. They also add to the pollution.
Water is also gets highly polluted during many festivals. During holi the amount of water that
is wasted is also alarming. It also poses threat of harmful chemical colors that can pollute tank
water. The main factor of water pollution is the festivals where idols are immersed in water
that are made of toxic materials. They not only pollute the water bodies but also kill many
fishes and aquatic animals.
Garbage disposal is also a big issue during festivals. When crowd gathers for precessions and
cultural get together a lot of garbage is disposed on the roads etc. During many festivals
‘Mela’ and fairs are organized which leads to a lot of garbage disposed openly.
Noise pollution is also one of the biggest environmental threats. Loudspeakers, Music on high
volume and crowd noises during festivals can do some serious harm to us and the
environment.
Conclusion: We can surely say that some of our biggest festivals pollute our environment. We
ignore our natural surroundings in the vigor of celebrating festivals. It is true that without our
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culture and festivals our lives will be quite boring and unexciting but it is equally important to
adopt some methods curb pollution during festivals. Our government should make rules
where festivals can also be celebrated and environment is also saved.
We live in one of the most exciting countries of the world and the reason for that is we have
diverse culture in India. So many religions are practiced in India and all of them have their
unique flavor. The most important thing about all these religions is that we get to celebrate so
many festivals. Each festival has its own uniqueness and ways of celebration.
Although festivals are an integral part of our culture and they bring happiness and joy in our
lives but sadly they do a lot of harm to our environment also. Every festival is celebrated in a
special way and has some or the other ways joined to it. It is these ways of celebration that
cause such great harm to our natural resources. Every year the amount of pollutants added in
he environment keep on increasing. There are all aspects of nature that are being affected by
festivals.
Air Pollution: The Hindu festival of Diwali is the main cause of air pollution in the country as
the Diwali days sees lots and lots of fireworks all around the country. People burn crackers
and sky shots all night long and this causes lots of air pollution. The next day is always choked
and filled with smog. Fireworks are also seen during many other festivals that they are also the
reason of air pollution levels increasing in the country. The air quality of the metropolitan
cities is terrible now. Another reason for air pollution during festivals is the amount of cars on
the road. During festivals it is customary to visit relatives and friends. In order to do that many
people travel by their cars and automobiles. This causes lot air pollution by traffic.
Water Pollution: The main cause of water pollution during festivals is the statue immersion
and throwing various substances in water bodies to offer prayers. The statues that immersed
in water as an offering to god pollute the water and also kill the aquatic life. Other reasons of
water pollution are people taking holy dips in rivers on festivals. When millions bathe on the
rivers together they become dirty.
Noise Pollution: The loud noises can harm the hearing ability and can also cause serious
physiological issues. The use of loudspeakers during festivals is one such reason. The
frequencies at which the music or speeches are played out is dangerous. There are various
processions taken out during festival time that also cause a lot of noise pollution.
Conclusion: Festival is the time to rejoice and be happy. Festivals unite us and bring
sovereignty in the people but it is also true that festivals also cause a lot of harm and pollution
to the environment. As a citizen of the country it is our duty to also protect our natural
resources as they are our wealth. We must find ways in which festivals also celebrated and
environment is also conserved.
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Introduction
In India every festival holds a special importance in our lives. We may belong to any religion
but we take pride in the fact that we celebrate all the festivals together. But it is also a sad
reality that our festivals cause a lot of pollution of air, water and noise.
Festivals are the time when everyone is happy and relaxed and the traditions are passed on
from one generation to another. This is what keeps the culture alive. These festivals cause
harm us on many levels, the quality of air is compromised, the water bodies are
contaminated, the marine life gets affected, the loud noises cause stress and the city gets
filled with garbage and left overs. The modernization has commercialized the festivals also
and the consumerism has taken over the true spirit. So let’s see what kind of pollution does
festivals cause:
Diwali: Every year the figures released by the government regarding the pollution caused after
the cracker bursting is alarming. The next day the air is choked and the city suffers. The
amount of contaminators added in the air on Diwali every year is so high that government has
to ban the bursting of crackers every year.
Holi: One of the biggest Hindu festivals that is celebrated by playing colors and water with
everyone. Now that every festival has been commercialized holi is now nothing more than
wastage of water, noise pollution and chemical and toxin attack. The natural colors are now
replaced with chemical based ones that also cause soil pollution.
Ganesh Festival: Every year devotees immerse the Ganesh idol in rivers and seas as a way to
celebrating to god. The statues of lord Ganesh are made of various toxic materials and
industrial colors. When they are immersed in water they contaminate the water bodies and
also kill the marine life.
Durga Puja: Just like the Ganesh festival during Durga puja the idol of goddess Durga is
immersed in water. This is a serious threat to our aquatic ecosystem. There are bright
synthetic colors applied on these idols to make them look attractive. These colors make a
coating on the water surface and prevent the oxygen to enter in it.
Chatt Puja: Another big festival of north India where water bodies get polluted. Devotees
gather in large numbers to offer prayers and this leave the river banks in bad state. The
amount of garbage disposed pollutes the river.
Jayanti/Birthdays of Religious Leaders: There are number of religions in India and every
religion has a leader or the founder. On their birthdays ‘satsang’ or prayer meetings are
organized. The use of loud speakers causes noise pollution.
Dusshera: During the festival of dusshera ‘melas’ or fairs are organized all around the country
that cause noise pollution and garbage disposed on the roads. On the last day of this festival
the giant effigies are burned and this causes major air pollution.
Conclusion: It is true that our festivals are a reason for our great joy and happiness but they
also pollute the environment. We cannot stop celebrating the festivals but some simple
measures that can help to bring down the levels of pollution can surely be adopted. There has
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to be joined effort from both government and citizens to save the mother-nature. Rather than
polluting the nature our festivals should be the reason for the beautification of the
environment.
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Diwali is a very important festival for a majority of Indians and no celebration of this festival is
considered complete without the use of plenty of firecrackers. So enthusiastic are people
about them that they start blowing up firecrackers days and, sometimes, even weeks before
Diwali. While firecrackers create beautiful patterns and lights, they are also composed of
chemicals that, when burned, cause significant pollution.
Air Pollution
Firecrackers primarily contain sulphur and carbon. However, they also contain added
chemicals added to act as binders, stabilizers, oxidizers, reducing agents and colouring agents.
To create the multi-coloured glitter effect the colours are made up of antimony sulphide,
barium nitrate, aluminium, copper, lithium and strontium.
When these firecrackers are lit, these chemicals are released into the air, reducing air quality
drastically. To make matters worse, Diwali usually takes place in October or November when
many cities in northern India face fog. The gases released from the firecrackers are trapped in
this fog and increase the level of pollution exponentially.
Children are more susceptible to the ill effects of this type of pollution as compared to adults.
However, in both these chemicals can cause wide-ranging illnesses from Alzheimer’s to lung
cancer to respiratory issues.
Noise Pollution
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The bangs and booms of firecrackers that we love so much are actually pretty damaging to our
hearing. The highest level of noise that the human ear can tolerate without damage is eighty
five decibels. Firecrackers have an average noise level of 125 decibels. As a result, there are
plenty of cases of lost or damaged hearing on or after days when firecrackers explode
everywhere.
Conclusion
Firecrackers on Diwali, a day of light, have certainly turned things dark for us. The pollution
has reached such levels that recently the Supreme Court of India issued a ban on using
firecrackers on Diwali. How much harm they cause to the environment can be seen in the fact
that to repair one day’s worth of pollution, it would take the lifetime of five thousand trees.
For the sake of our health as well as our children’s health we need to start thinking twice
about using firecrackers on auspicious events.
ESSAY ON AIR POLLUTION DUE TO FIRECRACKERS DURING DIWALI – ESSAY 2 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Diwali, the festival of lights and the victory of good over evil, has lately become an opportunity
to spend lavishly and show off one’s prosperity. This spending is not limited to the clothes one
buys or how one’s home is decorated. More and more people spend huge amounts on
firecrackers, the louder and more elaborate the better. This exercise in spending has a lasting
cost, not in terms of how it affects the pocket but in terms of the effect that it has on the air.
Delhi, the capital of India, ranks as one of the most polluted cities in the world. The air here is
already subpar because of pollution from traffic, smoke released by industrial chimneys, the
burning of agricultural waste in nearby regions such as Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and
coal-burning thermal and super thermal power stations.
When Diwali comes along the situation becomes much worse. The levels of pollution in the air
rise astronomically. In addition, since it is winter by this time, the particulates become
suspended in the fog and increase the peril to the people. These particulates are less than 2.5
microns making them small enough that they can be inhaled into the lungs causing damage
and respiratory issues.
The Central Pollution Board measured the National Air Quality Index in 2015 and discovered
that at least eight states experienced extreme pollution and deteriorated air quality on Diwali
night. In Delhi alone, the number of PM10 particulates that are hazardous to health rose to
two thousand microns per square meter. The limit recommended by the WHO or World
Health Organization is forty times less than this number. These levels are so high that there
has been a spike in the number of cases of respiratory issues.
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People who want to burn firecrackers and are frustrated by the rules limiting or even banning
fireworks state that the pollution does not last longer than a few days. What they fail to take
into account is that during those few days the air is so polluted that the damage it does to
people’s health, especially children and the elderly, lasts much longer and can even be
lifelong. More awareness and better legislation is the only way to combat the menace of air
pollution caused by firecrackers.
Everyone loves the bangs and fizzes and the pyrotechnics display that fireworks bring with
them. Each year, manufacturers strive to outdo themselves in the magnificence of the colours
and patterns that show up in the displays. Around the world, firecrackers are increasingly
becoming the way to celebrate important occasions or festivals. Whether it is New Year in
New York, Diwali in Delhi or Guy Fawkes Day in London, fireworks are rapidly becoming part
and parcel of these celebrations.
However, despite the stunning display of fireworks, an increasing concern is for the damage
done to the environment when firecrackers burst. Fireworks contain carbon and sulphur as
well as tiny metallic particulates of chemicals such as antimony, barium, strontium, lithium,
aluminium and copper. These particulates are what give colour to the amazing display of
pyrotechnics that we express wonder over. In addition, potassium compounds are used to
propel firecrackers such as rockets.
All these chemicals are released into the atmosphere during a fireworks display in the form of
smoke and miniscule particulates where they linger for days together. They cause substantial
air pollution, making the air almost completely unhealthy for anyone, child or adult, to
breathe in.
This is a problem that persists around the globe. Guy Fawkes Day in London is considered the
most polluted day in the year; Indian cities such as Delhi are covered in smog that is much
worse than what Beijing experiences on a normal day. The particles that were analysed from
these places were found to lower lung defences much more than pollution from everyday
traffic, showing that they are more toxic.
Not all particulates remain in the air. Many of them settle on the ground, where there are
already plenty of unburnt remains of the firecrackers. Some of this residue eventually gets
washed into water bodies nearby such as lakes and rivers. These particulates have been linked
to problems with the thyroid gland. Overall, they reduce the quality of drinking water so much
that some states in the US have actually set limits on the drinking water.
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Fireworks are relatively new additions to occasions and festivals around the globe. However,
in these times, when global warming and climate change are causes for grave concern, they
add significantly to the burden that the environment has to bear. Just one day or even one
night of fireworks use increases pollution levels so much that getting the levels of pollution
down appears a hopeless task. It is up to each individual to take personal responsibility and
stop using firecrackers.
Diwali, for all its colour and light, has become the source of a great deal of debate and
discomfort over the past few years. This debate centres on the use of firecrackers. While
people love bursting firecrackers every year at this time, recent research has shown that
firecrackers and the residue they leave behind can have some very harmful after-effects.
Exploding fireworks release a huge amount of smoke which intermingles with air. In cities such
as Delhi, the air is already full of pollutants from other sources. The smoke from firecrackers
mixes with the air and worsens the air quality, rendering the air quite hazardous. The
particulate matter that is released by fireworks is suspended in the fog and gets into the lungs.
Fireworks contain chemicals such as barium nitrate, strontium, lithium, antimony, sulphur,
potassium and aluminium. These chemicals pose serious health hazards to us. Antimony
sulphide and aluminium can cause Alzheimer’s disease. Perchlorates made of potassium and
ammonium can cause lung cancer. Barium nitrate can cause respiratory disorders, muscular
weakness and even gastrointestinal issues. Copper and lithium compounds can cause
hormonal imbalances and are fatal for animals and plants.
The bursting of firecrackers can have a severely detrimental effect on people who suffer from
mental health problems. The noise alone is enough to raise anxiety levels and the fact that this
starts a week before the festival and lasts late into the night contributes to poor sleep. In
extreme cases, the stress can lead to life threatening hyperventilation. Unfortunately, since
mental health itself isn’t discussed a great deal in India, the effects of fireworks in this sphere
have not been investigated properly.
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time of the year. As pet owners already know, cats and dogs have very sensitive hearing.
Therefore, what are mere loud bangs to us are as good as deafening to them. The continuous
loud noises also frighten them. Strays are the worst hit since there is literally nowhere for
them to go; there are fireworks on every street. Some people even tie fireworks to the tails of
the animals and light them up for fun. Birds too are badly affected by the noise, which startles
and frightens them and the light which can disorient or even blind them.
Conclusion
While fireworks may give dazzling displays, the effect they have on our physical and mental
health, on our atmosphere and on the other beings that we share this planet can range from
dangerous to devastating. We must curtail our use of them; a few instants of ‘fun’ do not
justify long term harm to all.
Diwali is a very important festival for the majority of Indians especially the Hindu, Jain and Sikh
communities. It marks the beginning of a new year as per the Hindu calendar. It also
celebrates the victory of light over dark and good over evil. For centuries, it has been marked
by the lighting of lamps, which are also the reason for its other name – Deepavali.
However, in recent years, another aspect of Diwali has become increasingly popular – the use
of firecrackers to celebrate. From the festival of lights, Diwali has turned into the festival of
sound, with big and small fireworks bursting at every street corner, in every neighbourhood
and even in most homes. These firecrackers are made up of chemicals that are released into
the air when burnt. In recent years they have become a grave cause for concern due to the
pollution they cause over and above the already existing pollution.
When firecrackers are burnt, they release many pollutants into the air. Some of these
pollutants are lead, nitrate, magnesium and sulphur dioxide. In addition, fireworks also release
tiny particulates of various metals such as strontium, antimony and aluminium among others.
So many fireworks are used during the lead up to Diwali and on the day itself that the air
quality becomes quantifiably worse. The particulates are called PM2.5 which is the name
given to particulates that are 2.5 microns or less in dimension.
When one adds these to the already existing levels of air pollution in cities such as Delhi, the
matter increases in gravity. Although Diwali is celebrated only once a year, people start
bursting firecrackers over a week before the festival itself. On the day of Diwali, these
numbers increase exponentially. Consequently, the problem these cities face in terms of
breathable air become much worse during this time.
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Fireworks contain potassium, sulphur, carbon, antimony, barium nitrate, aluminium,
strontium, copper and lithium. When they undergo combustion, these chemicals are released
into the air in the form of smoke and metal particulates. While they may not last in the
atmosphere for more than a week or so, the damage they do when people inhale this air is
very much long-term. In fact, in 2016, in Delhi, schools had to remain closed after Diwali
because of the levels of pollutants that still lingered in the air.
Not all firework particulates remain in the air. Plenty of them drift back to the ground and end
up in the soil. Eventually they are absorbed by crops, either damaging them or making them
hazardous for human consumption or both.
If fireworks are exploded near or above water bodies such as rivers and lakes, particulate
matters eventually drift down to these water bodies or get washed into them. Depending
upon the levels of pollution, the waters then can become problematic or even downright
dangerous for consumption.
Another aspect of the impact of fireworks on the environment, which is often overlooked or
given only cursory attention, is the generation of waste. Considering two factors – the
popularity of Diwali and the sheer number of people celebrating it – the number of fireworks
burst on Diwali is astounding and generates a huge amount of waste. However, waste disposal
resources for cities such as Delhi and Bangalore are already stretched thin when it comes to
daily waste. The waste generated through firecrackers only adds to the sheer immensity of the
problem.
Conclusion
Unfortunately, regardless of these facts, people continue to buy and burst firecrackers every
year on Diwali. There have been times when the judiciary has had to step in with regulations
and even outright bans on fireworks so that air quality doesn’t deteriorate more than it
already has. The responsibility to control this lies on both the people and the government or
the after-effects of Diwali will be anything but light.
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Urbanization essay as per your need:
One of the main reasons of human pollution is urbanization. When human being started
establishing cities and industrialization happened than the level of pollution started
increasing. The harsh reality of urbanization is that many beautiful valleys, mountains, hills
stations and forests have been converted into vessels of pollution. The needs of human beings
kept on increasing day by day and to satisfy those needs we exploited our mother earth. Trees
were cut down, rivers and lakes were contaminated and natural reserves were misused.
The result today is that we live in highly polluted cities where day to day life is becoming
increasingly tuff. We face many health issues due to this urban pollution and the worst part is
that we do not even realize that. It is high time that we must now adopt ways to curb this
pollution and create a better world for our future generations.
The days are gone when kids would roam freely on streets and birds would fly in the sky. Such
a nice scene has been very rare to see, nowadays. We should blame ourselves only! India was
a land of villages; our culture arose from villages only. But than we did something so bad that
we are paying the price of it even today. We have replaced the major part of earth with
factories, mills and building causing pollution.
Air Pollution: The air in the urban areas is always polluted with harmful substances and it is
becoming hazardous day by day to breathe. The air in the cities is choking. The smoke from
automobiles, factories and power generators make the air unhealthy. There are other factors
also like chemical spills and other toxic gases that contaminate the air.
Water Pollution: As it is there are very less natural water sources in the urban areas and the
ones that are there are getting increasingly polluted. There is a lot of disposal in the lakes and
rivers like household & industrial disposal. A lot of waste gets mixed with rain and washed into
the waters.
Soil Pollution: The mixing of toxins in the soil is disturbing the eco-system.
Noise Pollution: Urban areas are one of the noisiest ones. Various sources of noise pollution
include traffic noises, loud-speakers and other unwanted noises cause many health issues.
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Radioactive Pollution: The accidental leakage by nuclear power plants poses a big threat.
Visual Pollution: The over exposure of visuals in the cities in the form of signs, billboards,
screens, high intensity lights etc. are also quite disturbing.
Other than these there is also ‘Thermal pollution’ that is caused by excessive amount of heat
trapped in earth’s atmosphere.
Conclusion:
The various means of pollution in urban areas can lead to many health issues in the people
living in cities. We are everyday exposed to more than one of these health issues sources.
We achieved a big step when we urbanized our villages but it came with a price. We surely
have a luxurious and a comfortable life in the modern day cities and towns but it has dent a
big hole in the health of our environment. It has brought with it many problems that we face.
The developing cities saw a rapid growth and this urbanization brought with it a web of
difficulties and we seem to be stuck in them.
The need of free space to build roads, buildings and bridges etc made a massive deforestation
happen. The trees were cut down, the fields were cleared and space was created to
accommodate the ever rising population. It is a no-brainer that cutting of trees is a major
reason of pollution. The high density of population created a lack of everything like space,
natural resources like water, coal etc.
The interaction of urban population with environment caused some serious problems. The
consumption patterns and the lifestyle of urban population changed the environment
massively. The urban population consumes more food, energy and water. The air in urban
areas is much more polluted than the rural ones. This is mainly because of the use of
automobiles and building up of industries and factories that pollute the air at an increasing
rate. Almost everything that we use works on electricity. The need for electricity in the cities is
always rising and to meet that more power plants are build and that pollutes the air.
The lakes, rivers and any other water bodies in urban areas is always polluted by the dump of
industrial waste and sewage. The marine life faces a lot of danger. We cannot ignore that
noise pollution is one of the major causes of stress related issues in urban population. More
and more trees are cut down to meet the needs of urban people and in exchange very less
tress are planted. The use of plastic is another major reason of degradation of environment.
Conclusion
Studies show that urbanization is one of the major causes of depleting natural resources. We
are constantly damaging our mother earth and the result is high pollution levels in the cities
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and towns. It is not possible to reverse the damage that we have already done but we can
surely take some preventive measures and control the further damage. It is high time that we
take some serious steps to save our planet and leave a better tomorrow.
The advancement of technology and industrialization has caused the rapid growth in our
lifestyle. Long back we started developing cities that are well equipped with all the facilities.
The process of urbanization created a big dent in the health of our environment. The natural
resources were depleted and this excessive use of technology and energy became a major
source of pollution and today we live in a world that is highly polluted and unfit living.
There are various pollution that are caused by urbanization like air pollution, noise pollution,
water pollution, thermal pollution, global warming, deforestation etc. It is high time that now
we must adopt ways and means by which we can improve the health of the environment.
There is a Number of Solutions that we can apply and create a Better Tomorrow.
Conserve Energy: The urban area’s people always use more energy than the rural area’s
people. The consumption of energy causes various kinds of pollution. Saving energy wherever
possible is one of the best ways to curb pollution. Turn off the electrical appliances when they
are not being used. This small step can help in a big way.
Use less water: We waste a lot of water daily and this can lead to bad consequences. We must
try and use as less water as possible.
Plant more trees: The urban areas are the ones that have less greeneries. Try to plant many
trees and vegetation as much as possible in your surrounding areas. Kitchen garden and small
lawn near home is a good idea.
Green belts: Government can help and declare some areas in every city as green belts so that
trees and other plants can be grown there without any obstruction.
Use less loudspeakers: The minimum use of loud speakers can reduce the noise pollution a lot.
Decreasing the volume of music at functions after a certain time is also a good move.
Indoors: The indoors of the homes are also highly polluted in cities. We must have some
plants inside the homes also, that can filter the indoor polluted air.
Industrial waste: The factory owners must try and make possible that industrial waste is not
dumped in the lakes or rivers. Government can also make laws for the same.
Say no to plastic: Plastic is one of the most harmful substances that can pollute air, water and
soil all together. We must try and minimize the use of plastic as much as possible. Use just
cloth bags instead of plastic.
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Use Public transport: Avoid using cars and bikes for daily use. Try to use public transport,
bicycle and car pools. This will not only curb air pollution but will also decrease the traffic on
roads.
Walk: Try to go to nearby areas on foot i.e. walking, this will reduce pollution and will also
improve your health.
Better garbage disposal: Use the structural methods of garbage disposal in cities.
A small step can help in a big way and contribution of every citizen will make the urban areas
more livable. Following these simple steps and with a little help from the government, we can
definitely reduce the city pollution a lot. If we do not wake up today and do not realize the
worst condition of natural resources then after some time our future generations will not be
able to survive, It’s far to enjoy the environment.
ESSAY ON POLLUTION DUE TO URBANIZATION AND DIGITAL INDIA – ESSAY 5 (600 WORDS)
Introduction
In order to create a better tomorrow we have created a difficult toady. We have urbanized our
villages and made them into hi-tech cities that have all the modern facilities and every day we
are creating something or the other new. Today we all dream of a digital India. In a country
every citizen uses technology for his/her betterment. We aim to create a world where
everything is just a button push away. Everyday more and more Indians are using technology
for making their day to day life easy. Today we have become the slaves of technology and
cannot live without technology even for a minute. We need to be connected all the time. Even
our government is trying to transform the nation into a digitally empowered society.
We see a smart phone in the hands of everybody even a labor of these days. Everybody
understands the power and the reach of the internet. We no more call, now video call our
loved ones. Any information can reach to any corner of the world in seconds now. We cannot
ignore the power of digitalization. But what is the important question here is that can
digitization of the digital movement be ‘environmental substantial’. We must ask this question
to the founding fathers of digital India; can they assure that through this digitization our
precious environment will not be harmed? Is it possible to move forward with modernization
without harming the natural resources and without disturbing the ecological balance?
The digital revolution is such thing which touches every aspect of our life as it connects us to
the rest of the world all the time. We all know that the digital appliances have carbon
emissions and that has harmful effects on our eco system. We are also aware that these
appliances emit radiations that are very harmful for humans. It is also advised not to keep
mobile phones very near to your head or heart at night.
So in short, these digital devices are more harmful than helpful. We are also consuming power
at a rapid speed and soon all the power will be exhausted. We are creating new and more
advanced devices day by and day and we forget that all these use power and more devices
means more use of power. The consumption is increasing day by day but what we do not
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realize that natural resources are scarce. There will be a day when they will not be able to
satisfy our power needs. Soon there will be a time when these devices will become
uncontrollable and we will then suffer from the harmful effects.
The digital India comes with a cost. It can have effects on us at many levels like, it pollutes our
environment, it degrades our ecosystem and most importantly it causes many harmful effects
on our physical health. The radiations cause vision problems, headaches and many other such
issues. What we lack are the tools of awareness that can tell us how to control these effects.
Do we really need a digital India today that cannot promise a better tomorrow?
Conclusion
There is a strong need to create a mass concern effort that can bring awareness about these
problems. Digitization is good but it must be in controlled levels so that we can move forward
but also make sure that our environment is safe. It is our duty to leave a pollution free
environment and safe world for our future generations.
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Recycling is necessary if we want to protect this world for our prospect generations. We make
new products from the old unused products. By reusing and not throwing your old products,
you are actually recycling. Recycling, an old practice with numerous modern applications is
significant to the natural environment as well as human beings. It refers to the revival and
reuse of resources from spent products.
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Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. As you contribute your bit towards recycling and making the
environment clean, keep the following in mind:
If you don’t need something then don’t buy it. By this, you would be reducing the amount of
waste you produce.
If there is a necessity to buy, go for something that has very less amount of packing, the
product that can be reused or something that can be composted. Buy products that are eco-
friendly.
Try buying the products that are made of recycled material. Paper and plastic are some
examples of recycled products.
Before throwing anything, think a way to reuse that item. Plastic containers can be used to
store items in the refrigerator. Old items can be given to charitable organizations where they
can be utilized. Cans and containers can be used as flower pots in the garden.
Recycling Saves the Earth – Recycling a product can facilitate in preserving the environment.
For example, recycling the paper can result in paper production without cutting more trees.
Recycling Saves Energy – Recycling a product needs less energy than to create an article from
virgin material. For example, an aluminum product uses both the aluminum and the vast
amount of energy to create it from raw. Thus by recycling an aluminum item, we can reuse the
metal again and also save the huge energy which helps protect the environment.
Recycling Helps in Reducing Global Warming and Reduce Pollution – One of the main benefits
of recycling is saving energy. Energy saving results in less release of carbon or greenhouse
gases which are a byproduct formed by energy production, which is injurious and detrimental
to the environment if released into the atmosphere.
Recycling Reduces Waste Products in Landfills – Waste that cannot be recycled typically ends
up in the landfill. It is here that the waste is left to decay, rot or decompose, and this might
take numerous years to fully decompose. More and more waste is being sent to the landfills,
and if recycling does not happen than the landfill might be right behind our homes in the
future.
Recycling helps in saving money – Recycled articles typically cost less. By using old material
and a lot less energy, the recycled product can be sold for a very less amount as compared to
items made using virgin materials. Apart from this, selling waste for recycling converts garbage
into cash.
Conclusion
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Recycling can also be done at home, and taught to the children as a good habit to be nurtured.
Biodegradable waste can be used as compost for plants.
Recycling is Inconvenient
The primary reason according to a survey conducted for not recycling was that people don’t
find this practice as convenient or accessible to them. It means they have to take the extra
step for dropping their household waste at the scrap dealer or recycling center. There aren’t
enough recycling bins in many apartments or societies. Somebody who is not interested might
just think there is no recycling program but it isn’t true. Recycling requires a little effort as you
won’t see a scrap drop off center until you look for it.
Space Constraint
People generally have small houses and lack of space is an issue for many. They don’t want to
see junk lying around their house where space is a problem.
No Wish to be Green
There are people who don’t care about the global warming and pollution. These things are
very low on their priority list. Hence, they lack the motivation to contribute to an initiative like
recycling for a green-friendly environment.
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Conclusion
We humans have done a lot of harm to the atmosphere over the years. Global warming is a
result of our mistakes. Recycling can prevent wastage of natural resources. It can prevent
pollution, can save the environment, and helps to create more useful items. So it is our
responsibility towards the environment and we should also teach others to recycle if we want
to save our planet.
Here is how different things are recycled and made to be used again:
Paper – Paper waste contains paper sheets, newspapers, cardboards and other printed papers
used in offices, educational institutes etc. Paper is made of 2 components – wood & water. So
through recycling, the paper is first broken down into these 2 component parts to reform it.
The contamination like ink and dirt is filtered out. Paper is compiled and is given a hot water
bath. This bath quickly breaks the paper down into tiny strands of cellulose fiber, giving a
mushy substance called ‘PULP’ – basically wet lumpy paper. The paper is still dirty though.
Further, it is forced into a screen where remaining dirt is taken out like glue or plastic
particles. Then it is sent to D-inker where another bath is given which contains air bubbles and
soap like chemical called ‘Surfactant’ that separates the paper from the ink. Air bubbles carry
the ink up to the surface and pulp which sinks to the bottom. That pulp is now clean and can
be formed into new paper products.
Steel – Steel can be recycled over and over again without losing any of its properties. With the
help of the liquid floating system, high air-pressure system, steel is separated from other
metal and then it is cut down further by Hydraulic machinery by exerting enormous pressure.
Sometimes gas and plasma arch are used too. Steel is then melted down and shaped into new
items like – cans, utensils, car parts, paper clips etc.
Glass – Glass is shattered and broken down into tiny pieces called ‘Cullet’ which are no longer
than 5 cm wide. Glass pieces are sorted into colored, clear, brown and green color.
Differentiating colors is important as it is permanent. Glass is made of Silica, which is melted
down and molded into new shapes and products.
Aluminum – Similar to steel, once it is separated there is nothing much to do with it when it
comes to making aluminum re-usable. It’s shredded, washed and turned into chips, which are
melted in a large furnace and then poured into molds. Then they are shipped to
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manufacturers where they are melted again and rolled into thin sheets that can be cut, bent
and shaped into new products.
Conclusion
Almost anything can be recycled and waste can be given new shape for re-usage but still there
are some items and materials like computers, batteries, light bulb etc which are complex to
recycle as they largely contain toxins. Hence, we must dispose of them responsibly.
Household Recycling
Recycling in and around the home is quite simple once you have the knowledge. By thinking
rigorously regarding what product you purchase at the food market and the way to recycle
them is the beginning towards economical recycling.
Recycling different household materials – Many materials are often recycled like paper,
plastic, metal, and glass. Alternative things like an article of furniture, equipment, artifact, and
vehicles can also be recycled however many of us don’t typically try to do that.
Buy a product that may be recycled – When looking at the grocery, purchase products that
may be recycled simply like glass jars and tin cans.
Buy merchandise that is made up of recycled material – You can tell if a product is eco-friendly
by viewing the label on the packaging.
Avoid shopping of unsafe material – It is troublesome to recycle the product that contains
unsafe waste. Try and realize safer alternatives to house cleaners and get non-toxic products
whenever possible.
Recycle bins – Make sure you’ve got a recycle bin in your home. Keep it in a clear place thus
you won’t forget to use it. Your native council ought to be able to offer you with a recycle bin
that may be used for materials like glass, paper, aluminum, and plastic.
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By recycling garden products and planting trees, you can help improve the environment in
your garden.
Composting – Composting is a method where waste degrades into compost, which might then
be utilized in your garden to assist plant growth. It’s a superb way to recycle garden and room
waste like plant trimmings and leftover food.
Grass Cycling – Grass cycling is a superb approach of recycling grass cuttings after mowing the
lawn. Simply leave the cuttings on the bottom rather than throwing them away, they’ll
develop into nutrients and act as a fertilizer within the soil.
Sow Seeds – Don’t throw away left over fruits and vegetable seeds in the dustbin. Instead sow
them in your garden. Growing plants and trees will enhance the surroundings by reducing
global warming and providing home for several birds and creatures.
Recycling in the Community
Local Recycling Facilities – Recycling facilities are provided for community use. Verify wherever
your local recycling facilities are and the way to use them.
Schools and Businesses – These can play a vital role in recycling. Follow the recycling schemes
provided by your faculties or at workplace and think about ways to improve them.
Community Projects – Become involved in local community projects concerning recycling by
donating cash or providing and implementing new concepts.
Cash for Cans – This project offers cash to those who recycle their aluminum cans. There are
over 500, money for cans sites around the United Kingdom. In India we have scrap dealers
where we can exchange these items for cash. This is a very good initiative, therefore, we
should also get involved and earn a little of additional cash by this method.
Conclusion
Following these simple steps we might contribute a little for the environment which shall
certainly be fruitful in the long run. This would not only benefit the environment but also the
individuals. So, before you throw something away, think first, if it can be reused.
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ROLE OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN GLOBAL WARMING ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
Global warming is drastic rise in the temperature of earth commonly a result of greenhouse
effect. We, humans are inhuman to our nature. The temperature of the earth rises by
releasing greenhouse gases to power our modern lives. Our earth is a beautiful place with
oceans, mountains, forests, snow-capped mountains, farms etc. But its beauty is fading away
with the climate change due to human activities.
The factors that mainly influence global warming are the burning of fossil fuels, oils and gases.
They emit harmful greenhouse gases that heat the earth’s temperature. Deforestation is
another major cause as trees absorb carbon dioxide and provide oxygen. Cutting down trees
releases CO2 back in the atmosphere. Farming of sheep, cows and goats on a large scale
releases greenhouse gas called methane.
There are several effects of global warming that have been observed. Rising of sea level,
increase in ocean acidification, melting of ice glaciers, change in agricultural production and
frequent natural disasters like flood, droughts are few among them. Climate is a victim of
human activities and now we are victims of climate change. It is rightly said, what we give
comes back to us.
Global warming is a massive issue that needs to be solved. Government has implemented
climate change solutions but we need to play our part by saving energy in several ways on
daily basis. It is important to spread a word about it among the communities to reduce the
effect of global warming.
Global warming is when carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases and other pollutants in the
atmosphere consume the sunlight that is recoiled of the earth’s surface. Generally the
radiation would bounce back to space, but these gases that last for centuries in the
atmosphere, suck the heat which makes the temperature warm.
Over past few centuries humans have changed the earth’s temperature in dramatic ways
resulting in global warming. There should be a balance between the radiation that the earth
receives from the space and the radiation that bounces back to the space. 30% of the
radiation is immediately reflected back to space by clouds, ice, snow, and other reflective
surfaces. The remaining 70% of the radiation is absorbed by the land, oceans and atmosphere.
As the Earth heats up, it releases heat in the form of thermal radiation which passes out of
atmosphere into the space. Without atmospheric equilibrium Earth would be as cold as Moon
or as hot as Venus.
Greenhouse receives heat in the form of UV radiation of sun. The UV rays pass easily from the
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transparent glasses of the greenhouse and get absorbed by the plants. Weaker radiation gets
trapped inside the glasses thus warming the greenhouse. Greenhouse effect is the natural
process that warms the temperature of the earth. The natural greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere cause 33°Celsius warmer temperature than it would be in its absence.
Our current problem is the enhanced greenhouse effect due to human activities like burning
fossil fuels, over use of natural resources, clearing forests, farming etc. that are increasing the
concentrations of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide,
ozone, methane, water vapor and chemicals such as CFCs.
Conclusion
It is a fact that burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas releases greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. The gases raise the temperature of the atmosphere. The switch to renewable
resources for energy such as wind energy, solar energy and hydropower will help to moderate
the demand of fossil fuels which will cut down the emission of greenhouse gases. We can also
contribute by planting trees, saving electricity, using public transport instead of car, and
creating awareness to prevent global warming.
Humans influence the climate drastically. The heat composition of greenhouse gases traps the
heat that would otherwise bounce back to the space making the earth warmer. And as the
temperature becomes warmer we begin to feel the effects of global warming.
Oceans control temperature of the earth and provide 50% of the oxygen. Global warming has
raised the oceans temperature by more than 3° F since 1969. The depreciating consequence is
rise in acidification of the oceans chemistry as effect from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
reacting to salt water. 30% acidification is increased since 18th Ocean species are at risk due
to acidification.
Sea levels have also raised 6.7 inches since past century due to global warming. When the
ocean gets warmer it swells. Ice ocean glaciers melt and the sea rises. Coastal regions get
flooded.
The growth of plants has become less nutritious. Agriculture sector may get affected due to
drought, severe weather, less underground water, etc. There could be shortage of livestock
products worldwide. The consequences of climate change on human may result in hunger,
poverty and diseases and rise in cases of severe conditions like asthma. Spread of diseases like
malaria, dengue and other kinds of fever is also expected. More people will suffer from
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undernourishment.
It is predicted that hurricanes will become more intense due to climate change in near future.
As per Climate Central, scientists predict that weather events such as heat waves, droughts
and rain storms will occur more frequently and intensely in future. It is predicted that dry
regions will turn drier, while wet regions will get wetter in future, though some cases can be
modified by local conditions.
As per National Academy of Sciences, many animal and plant species are moving their range
northward or to higher altitudes due to climate change. The problem is when climate change
velocity is quicker than the rate some species migrate, as they may not be able to survive in
the changing climates. Disease causing pathogen is increasing, killing some of plant and animal
species.
Conclusion
Global warming has become a long term challenge that requires continuous action and
investment over decades. It would also require various short and long term measures by the
nation to reach the goal. Measures are needed to improve energy efficiency and promote the
use of low-carbon fuels. Investment in the development of eco-friendly technology and
infrastructure must to be encouraged.
Global warming is a result of increase in average temperature near the surface of earth over
the past centuries. Greenhouse gases released by human activities are carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases. These are the most dominant gases that
contribute towards the rise in temperature. Scientists around the world have accumulated an
overwhelming amount of evidence making it clear that human activities are highly responsible
for global warming.
With the industrial revolution, human beings began to burn vast amount of fossil fuels like oils
and gases for the generation of power and heat, these fuels and oils when burned, release
carbon dioxide and other harmful gases in the atmosphere rising up the natural greenhouse
effects. As a result, more heat is absorbed into the atmosphere and the temperature of the
earth rises.
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Deforestation
Forests are a boon for the climate of earth. Humans clear forests and cut down or burn trees
for obtaining wood, developing infrastructure, making paper from the wood pulp and many
other activities. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen as they grow. Clearing forests
and cutting or burning trees releases the stored carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.
Forests are the carbon sinks and destroying forests turns these carbon sinks into a source of
greenhouse gases which fuels climate change even more. Globally one-fifth of the greenhouse
gas pollution comes from forest degradation. Reforestation, planting trees and preventing
deforestation is important for better climate.
Farming
Many animals that are gazed like, sheep, goats and cows produce greenhouse gas methane
that contributes towards global warming. Farmers use high amount of fertilizers that release
nitrous oxide a greenhouse gas with 300 times as much heat-trapping power as carbon
dioxide. The use of different fertilizers and different stock feeds can help in reducing global
warming.
Landfills
The garbage and waste that we throw out of our house go to landfills. Some of this garbage is
used by the recycling companies to make useful products. The garbage used for recycling
process releases toxic gases in the atmosphere. Most of the garbage is burnt and emits gases
like methane in the atmosphere that causes global warming.
Overpopulation
More population means more pollution. Rise in population raises the demand of electricity,
goods, food, transport, infrastructure etc. We exploit more natural resources and all this
ultimately leads to global warming.
Conclusion
Human beings are the main cause of global warming and they can also be the solution to
prevent global warming. Long-term planning and investment is needed to prevent global
warming. Major action must be taken against global warming. Policies are needed for energy
efficiency and to encourage the use of less carbon fuels. Use of renewable power should be
increased. Reforestation instead of deforestation should be the goal. Investment in the
innovations of clean-tech will help prevent global warming. We all need to save energy in
every possible way. Planting trees is one of the simplest and effective ways to do so.
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Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of earth. Mankind tends to control
nature for personal benefits. Human beings have forgotten that we are only a small part of
nature. We need to see the larger picture.
Humans are not the only suspects of global warming. Global warming existed even before the
humans evolved. Sun is the chief driver of the climate. Temperature of the earth rises mainly
when more energy from sun enters the atmosphere than bounces back to the space. A drop in
solar activity creates colder climate than usual. Other such natural factors responsible are
volcanic eruptions as well as other heat trapping gases in the atmosphere.
The major human climate drivers are heat trapping emissions from burning coal, gas and oil in
power plants and cars, clearing forests, black carbon pollution, etc. Carbon dioxide is a demon
for our atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is released when we burn fossil fuels, coal and oils to
generate energy we use to power homes, transport, smart phones, televisions and other
devices. Other greenhouse gases are methane, ozone and nitrous oxide.
To address the dangers of global warming government has to implement climate solutions.
Some measures to prevent global warming are as follows:
Stop Deforestation
Deforestation is one of the major causes of global warming accounting for major heat-
trapping emissions. Reducing deforestation and promoting reforestation can significantly
reduce global warming.
Investments in Agriculture
Investments should be done to improve agricultural practices that can reduce the release of
nitrous oxide and methane.
What are Contributions General Public can give towards Lowering Global Warming
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Here are a few simple steps that we as commoners can take to reduce global warming:
Use florescent light bulbs instead of incandescent light bulbs as florescent light bulbs consume
25% energy compared to incandescent bulbs. Also one can use LED bulbs and LED technology
that saves electricity.
Switch off electric appliances when not in use and also instruct children to save electricity.
Use fans instead of air conditioners.
Use energy efficient appliances.
Recycle and reuse things.
Use products with minimum packaging.
Convert your heating system to solar energy and use solar cookers for cooking.
Use electric or hybrid cars instead of gasoline car if you can afford to. Hybrid or electric car
gives you 130 to 140 mg where as gasoline car covers 20 to 30 miles per gallon.
Plant trees and spread awareness about planting more and more trees as trees absorb carbon
dioxide and release oxygen.
Reduce lighting during day time. Allow sunlight in from the doors and windows of your house
for the natural lighting.
Save water by taking short showers. Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth. Use less hot
water.
Eat less of meat as livestock products are resource intensive to produce. Eating less meat can
make a huge difference too.
Using public transport instead of cars will save a lot of energy and reduce air pollution.
Conclusion
Natural climate drivers cannot be held responsible for global warming. Human induced
climate change is the vital cause of global warming. It is vital to educate people and spread
awareness about global warming and the measures that we can take to prevent global
warming.
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essays and long essays on save earth to help students in completing their task. All the save
earth essay are written very simply. So, you can select any essay according to your need and
requirement:
As we all know that earth is the only known planet having life in this universe. So we should
respect and maintain everything we get from our mother earth. We should save the mother
earth so that our future generations can live in a safe environment. We can save the earth by
saving trees, natural vegetation, water, natural resources, electricity, etc. We should strictly
follow all the possible measures to control the environmental pollution and global warming.
Everyone should plant more trees in the surrounding areas to curb the pollution and reduce
the effects of global warming. Afforestation, reforestation, recycling of used paper and other
natural products, saving of natural resources (minerals, coal, stones, oil, etc), electricity, water
and environment should be supported and promoted.
We should stop cutting down rain-forests to our life, atmosphere and homes of many
different species. People should limit their use of electricity and use less fossil fuel to save the
environment from global warming. They should promote the use of solar lights and wind
energy to save destroying earth. Following the 3R rule (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) can be proved
very effective in saving our precious earth.
The rate of various types of pollution, global warming and other environmental issues is
increasing day by day. It is very necessary to stop all the bad practices to reduce the negative
effects of same. Earth day is celebrated every year on 22nd of April to spread awareness
among people all over the world. It is observed annually to appreciate people to maintain the
earth’s natural environment.
Our earth takes nothing in return from us however it demands to maintain it for the continuity
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of health life on earth. We are not alone to live on the earth; there are various unknown living
species that live on earth.
So, we should not be selfish and think about all the living species on the earth. We should save
our earth and environment by reducing the amount of wastes, plastic, paper, woods, etc. we
should make the habit of reuse and recycle things (clothes, toys, furniture, books, papers, etc)
in order to generate less waste. We should stop all the bad practices involved in increasing the
level of pollution and global warming.
Generally, many people use variety of house cleansers in order to keep their houses clean and
disinfected. They never see the chemical constituents of that particular cleanser which can be
very destructive to the water, soil and air. We should be very clear about what products we
are using in daily life and always select eco-friendly cleansing products. Pollutions and global
warming are generally being spread by the commercial industries to a great extent. They
should follow the government rules and regulations made for controlling the same.
They should limit their harmful commercial-grade production and involve in producing
environment friendly products. Awareness regarding save earth should be promoted among
youths by including this topic to their study. They should be involved in the activities like
planting, group discussion, essay writing, speech recitation, banner making, slogan writing
competition, theme based drama play, etc in the school and college. The event named as
Earth Day is celebrated annually on 22nd of April to spread awareness regarding save earth
among public.
Earth is the only known planet in this universe where life is possible as it has basic necessities
of life. We need to maintain the natural quality of our mother earth in order to continue the
healthy life here. Save earth save environment and save earth save life are the most famous
slogans to increase awareness about save earth among people. There are various means the
condition of our earth is getting declined day by day due to the pollution, greenhouse gases,
etc. It is generating the harmful impact on environment and thus health of people. It is the
responsibility of human beings to keep earth safe, clean and natural.
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Earth Day is a global annual observance celebrated on 22nd of April since 1970 to protect the
environment and save earth. The aim of this event is to inspire people for healthy earth’s
environment.
We should not waste water and use only according to the requirement. We should wash dirty
clothes only and in the cold water. In this way, we can save many gallons of water per day.
People should share private cars and generally use public transport in order to reduce the
emission of greenhouse gases.
People should use bicycle to perform work in local areas.
People should follow 3R methods means reduce, reuse and recycle things.
People should make compost which is a great natural fertilizer for the crops.
We should use Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) instead of common bulbs as they are
more durable and use two-third less energy which will reduce the use of electricity and
greenhouse gases emissions.
We should not use electric heater or air conditioner unnecessarily without necessity.
We should maintain our private transport and drive smartly in order to reduce pollution.
We should switch off lights, fans and unplug other electric appliances to use less electricity.
We should plant more trees in the surrounding areas to reduce pollution and effect of green
house gases.
Conclusion
Earth is our mother planet which gives us all the necessary things we need for living a life. So,
we are also responsible to maintain its natural quality and greenery environment. We should
not waste and pollute its natural resources for our small benefits.
Save earth and save environment both related to the safety of life on the earth. As being
human being, we should strictly involve in the activities reducing pollution and global warming
and save the earth.
There are various easy ways which can be helpful in saving the earth. Earth is the only known
planet of the solar system having life. In the ancient time, people were not involved in any
type of destructive work, so there was no any fear of pollution and other environmental
issues. After explosion in the population, people started developing cities and industries for
the modern lifestyle and easy life for everyone. For industrialization man learned misusing the
natural resources beyond the limit. People involved in deforestation which resulted in
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extinction of various wild animals, pollution, and global warming. Due to the global warming
the protective ozone layer got a hole, rise in sea level, melting of ice caps of Antarctica and
Greenland, etc negative changes occurred. Such types of environmental changes are alarming
sign to us. Following are some ways regarding save earth:
We should save forest through afforestation and reforestation. Plants are the most basic need
of life whether human beings, animals or other living things. They give us food, oxygen,
shelter, fuel, medicines, safety, and furniture. They are very necessary to maintain the natural
balance between environment, climate, weather, and atmosphere.
We should take care of the wildlife by stopping deforestation and promoting reforestation.
Thousands of species and birds have been extinct because of destruction of their habitat. They
are very necessary to balance the food chain in the nature.
Our environment is being declined continuously as a result of deforestation, industrialization,
urbanization, and pollution. It is threatening the lives through global warming and climate
changes because of the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. We should
save our environment to balance all the natural cycles.
We are needed to bring huge level changes in our unnatural lifestyle as much as possible to
save the earth.
There is need to transform cities into Eco-cities to maintain the ecological balance in the
atmosphere.
The government of all the countries need to work together to bring global changes.
Why to Save Earth
There is urgent need to save our earth because of the continuous rising in global temperature,
melting of polar ice caps, bleaching of coral reefs, and increasing risks of tsunami, floods and
droughts. The condition of our mother earth is getting poor which is reducing the chances of
healthy life. Earth is the most important source of all the basic elements required to keep us
alive. Bad human activities have given rise to various environmental issues due to release of
toxic fumes, chemical wastes and excessive noise.
Conclusion
Government has taken various effective steps regarding save earth, save life and save earth,
save environment in order to continue the healthy life on the earth. Without earth, life is not
possible anywhere in the universe. Human activities related to the destruction of natural
resources of earth are impacting the earth environment very badly. So, it is our sole
responsibility to save the earth by practicing Eco-friendly activities.
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But even the people belonging to the metropolitan cities get their food, fish, fuel wood and
fodder supplied from rural areas, which are eventually extracted from the natural landscapes.
Hence, our dependence on natural resources has made it essential for us to take considerable
measures to prevent the destruction and depletion of our natural environment.
Here are the essays of varied lengths on the aforementioned topic to help you with your
exams and assignments. You can select any Save Environment essay in accordance with your
requirement:
The main factors leading to this rapid depletion of all forms of natural resources are
population growth and ‘consumerism’ on the part of the privileged sections of the society.
This has led to loss of not only wildlife and trees, but has also disrupted the eco-system. Thus,
it is high time that we should stop misusing these natural resources and instead use them
judiciously.
The sum total of all the surroundings of a living being including air, water, sunlight, etc. and
also the living organism like animals, plants, humans, etc that provide sustainable conditions
for growth and development, constitutes the environment.
Today in the industrial and urban sectors, this environment comprises of well paved roads,
multi-story concrete buildings and skyscrapers. Their main motive is to accommodate the
increasing population and provide various luxuries to the affluent sections of the society.
However, despite this movement the reliability of humans on the resources derived from
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nature still persists. We use air for breathing, water for drinking and other daily chores. Even
the food we eat is derived from plants and animals including vegetables, milk, eggs, etc. In
consideration of these requirements, protection of these resources has become very
important which can be categorised as:
Renewable Resources: As the word suggests, renewable resources can be renewed naturally
through rainfall and re-growth. However, these will be depleted if their consumption at this
fast pace continues, even before nature can replace them. For example, rubber, timber, fresh
water.
Non-Renewable Resources: These resources have been formed over a period of millions of
years under the soil and hence cannot be replenished. Once used, the non-renewable
resources including fossil fuels such as coal and oil can’t be renewed.
Conclusion
The need of the hour is to prevent the misuse of resources and instead use them judiciously as
Mother Earth cannot sustain with this rapid utilization of resources. This is only possible
through ‘sustainable development’. Moreover, the solid and liquid by-products discarded as
garbage by manufacturing units should be equitably managed in order to prevent pollution
that leads to various diseases like cancer and gastro-intestinal diseases. This is possible only if
steps are taken on the individual basis, rather than depending entirely on the government.
Since the beginning of time, environment has helped us in establishing a relationship with the
flora and fauna, and has ultimately determined our formation and survival. It has given us
various gifts, for e.g. water, sunlight, air, creatures and fossil fuels which have made our planet
worth living.
Mineral and Energy Resources: The energy extracted from various minerals including coal, oil,
and various fossil fuels is used massively in power generation plants and also in vehicles,
which contribute majorly towards air pollution. In order to prevent the air borne diseases
caused by their extraction and consumption, the use of the renewable resources like sunlight,
wind and tidal energy must be promoted.
Forest Resources: Forests play a very vital role in preventing soil erosion and also reduces the
effects of drought as they prevent the running off of the rain water from the ground.
Moreover, they not only keep the climatic conditions under control but also maintain carbon
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dioxide levels for the living organism. Thus, it is vital to preserve and expand forests which can
be done by promoting the sale of non-timber products, promoting the states rotational
grazing schemes and most importantly planting more trees.
Water Resources: The aquatic ecosystems are used by people for their daily chores, such as
drinking, cooking, washing etc. and the water cycle maintains it through evaporation and
precipitation. However, fresh water is being overly consumed by man and wasted because of
deforestation (floods). It is also getting polluted at a massive rate. In order to prevent water
crisis in the near future, a number of measures need to be taken, which include building of
small reservoirs instead of mega projects, promoting drip irrigation, preventing leakages,
treating and recycling municipal waste.
Food Resources: The various technologies used during the green revolution that helped in
reducing starvation by booming the production of crops, in actuality degraded the quality of
soil. Thus, sustainable methods of food production need to be used that include using
alternates to inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, promoting consumption of crops that grow
on poor soil, etc.
Conclusion
“No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy– with a full repairing
lease.” These words have been very aptly quoted by Margaret Thatcher and define our
temporary relationship with the natural environment. Despite various gifts that we have been
provided by nature to make our life seemingly easy and this planet worth living, such as air,
sunlight, water, animals and minerals, we have for our own selfish gains overtly exploited
them.
To meet our present day needs due to increasing population levels, we have been persistently
without any check consuming the natural resources. We are not concerned for our future
generations. Thus, the need of the hour is to conserve both the renewable and non-renewable
resources, provided by nature if we really need to save mother Earth.
During the last few decades, water, air and land have been contaminated for achieving short
term gains at the cost of long term ecological losses to the environment. These undesirable
changes have had disastrous effects not only on plants and wildlife, but also on humans which
have been discussed as follows:
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Air Pollution: The development of transportation system and large-scale use of petrol and
diesel has accelerated the production of both undesirable solid and gaseous particles in the
air, in quantities that are harmful for the environment. With the increase in the levels of
carbon monoxide, chloro-fluoro-carbons, sulphur oxides, hydrocarbons and even lead, the
ozone layer responsible for protection from ultra violet rays has started depleting. This has
also resulted in increase in temperatures, commonly known as ‘global warming’.
Water Pollution: Untreated human and animal wastes, suspension of water soluble inorganic
chemicals from industries such as mercury and lead and draining of organic chemicals
including detergent and oils in the fresh water ponds and rivers has made their water unfit for
any use. This has adversely affected aquatic life, reduced crop yields and also made the water
unsafe for consumption by both humans and animals.
Soil Pollution: Due to the excessive spraying of fertilizers and pesticides like DDT, use of
irrigation water that is high in salts for the purpose of increasing crop yields, in the long run
renders land useless. This is known as soil pollution which is also accelerated by soil erosion
caused due to human activities such as construction, deforestation, etc.
Noise Pollution: Noise emanating from vehicles, factories and specially the bursting of crackers
during Diwali in India contributes to noise pollution. This adversely affects the animals as they
are not able to adapt to such noises and in turn undergo hearing loss.
Conclusion
Every individual must solely contribute towards conserving the environment and not majorly
depend on the government itself. Knowingly or unknowingly we contribute towards pollution
on daily basis. Hence, as the consumers of the gifts of nature it is our responsibility to promote
rain water harvesting, take part both individually and collectively in the process of recycling
products, avoiding wastage of resources such as electricity and fresh water, etc. It is by taking
little steps that we can effectively improve the health of our ailing planet.
The gifts provided by the natural environment are bliss for mankind as well as for the other
living organisms. These natural resources including air, sunlight, fresh water, fossil fuels etc.
are so vital that life can never be possible without them. However, with the increase in the
greed for material goods by the large population, these resources are being used and misused
beyond their limits. This, rather than ‘economic development’ is proving to be more
hazardous for human health, which has been discussed below.
Reasons to Save Environment to Save Life on Earth
Following are the points describing pollution due to Misuse and Wastage of natural resources
and their effects on life of living beings on the earth, thus we must save our environment to
save life on earth:
Air Pollution: The increase in the use of petrol and diesel for transportation and the burning of
fossil fuels in industries to produce energy make a terrible contribution in polluting the air.
This results in an increase in the levels of sulphur oxides, hydrocarbons, chloro-fluoro-carbons,
carbon monoxide, etc. These hazardous gases negatively affect human health causing chronic
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bronchitis, lung cancer and various other respiratory diseases. Also, causing the depletion of
ozone layer, making mankind vulnerable to ultraviolet rays, air pollution not only accelerates
‘global warming’ but also weakens the immune system.
Water Pollution: The suspension of water soluble inorganic chemicals from industries, release
of untreated human and animal wastes in fresh water and draining of fertilizers and pesticides
during irrigation in rivers lead to water pollution. This not only makes the water unfit for
drinking, such that its consumption causes gastro-intestinal diseases but also causes cancer.
Moreover, by affecting the aquatic life negatively, water pollution makes fish unfit for
consumption.
Soil Pollution: Use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in soil not only kills’ bad but also good
pests, thereby providing us with less nutritious crops. Also, the exposure to chemical infected
crops due to soil pollution over several years causes mutations, produces cancer, etc. Soil
erosion caused due to excessive deforestation and construction aids in the frequency of
floods, which results in the destruction of human life on a massive scale.
Noise Pollution: Excessive noise emanating from factories and vehicles can cause physical
damage to the ear, resulting in temporary or permanent hearing loss. Amongst Homo sapiens,
noise pollution also has negative effect on mental, emotional and psychological health,
causing stress, anxiety and irritability, thereby adversely affecting the performance at work.
Methods for Saving the Environment
Pondering over the pages of history, it can be observed that our ancestors were more
concerned about saving our environment, than we are today. This can be witnessed in the
contributions of Sunderlal Bahuguna, who through Chipko Movement guarded the forest
resources. Similarly, Medha Patkar effectively saved the environment of the tribal people,
which was negatively impacted due to the construction of dams on the Narmada River. We as
the youth of today can take small steps, to similarly save our natural environment:
We should promote and also apply to the concept of 3R’s, i.e. reduce, recycle and reuse in
order to prevent the excessive use of non-renewable resources. For instance, metal scrap can
be used to make new metal products.
Use energy efficient tube lights and bulbs that save energy.
Reduce the use of paper and wood products wherever possible and go for e-book and e-
paper.
Reduce the use of fossil fuels by opting to walk or using car pool or public transport.
Use jute/cloth bags instead of plastic bags.
Use rechargeable batteries/ solar panels.
Setting up compost bin to produce manure to reduce the use of fertilizers.
Conclusion
Though government has formulated various schemes and established laws in favour of saving
both nature and wildlife. It is still the duty of each person individually to protect the
environment for our future generations, as we are the people consuming its benefits. This can
be very appropriately connoted in the words of Lester Brown, “We have not inherited this
earth from our forefathers: we have borrowed it from our children”.
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67. Essay on Vehicle Pollution
An irrelevant element involved in the air which is harmful for environment is called air
pollution. In India, its biggest cause is due to vehicle pollution which creates many problems
including lack of oxygen in the atmosphere that leads to breathing diseases for all the living
beings and the major issue of global warming.
Where some changes proves beneficial to a part of generation on the other side it become a
curse for all world. For example invention of petrol or diesel fuelled vehicles. At this current
time this world is living under the alarming rate of air pollution and the major cause of this
crisis is the pollutants emitted from vehicles.
India is the country of 125 million people and is the biggest consumer of motor vehicles or
automobiles. These vehicles either operated by petrol or diesels, extremely affect the
environment and our ecosystem. Generally pollutants emitted from car are one of the biggest
contributors to greenhouse emissions in the atmosphere. As we know that the whole world is
under the fear of global warming and the biggest cause of it is the increasing level of vehicle
pollution which needs a quick attention by all of us.
Pollution in big metropolitan cities is increasing day by day and main cause for this is pollution
through vehicle apart from industry. As more people are shifting from small cities to big cities,
numbers of vehicles are increasing and it deteriorating the air quality badly. Various diseases
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in big cities are due to the vehicle pollution.
With the increase in number of vehicles, pollution from these automobiles is increasing
drastically. Combustion of fuel in vehicle emits various gases such as Sulphur oxide (SOx),
Carbon mono oxide (CO), Nitrogen Oxide (NOx), suspended particulate matter (SPM) etc.
These gases are creating immediate and long-term effect on the environment. Immediate
effect are on the human for developing health hazard and long effect are harming the
environment by creating global warming, acid rain, imbalance in eco system etc.
These gases trapped the heat in the atmosphere and leading to increase in temperature of
earth i.e. global warming. This increase in temperature affects ecology such as increase in sea
level; destroy of natural landscapes, drought in many part of world, flood, Cyclone etc. These
gases are depleting the Ozone layer; due to this Ultraviolet rays are easily reaching in
atmosphere which is a source of various skin diseases. SOx and NOx in the atmosphere
converts into acid during rain and destroy the crops, forest and other vegetation. CO2
concentration in the air is increasing and reached up to 400ppm at its alarming level.
Diesel vehicles are more prone to generate air pollution and create various diseases such as
cough, headache, nausea, asthma and other respiratory problems etc. Earlier, lead was used
in fuel to increase the efficiency of burning, however it was discontinued as it was releasing
poisonous gases such as lead, benzene in atmosphere which was more harmful if inhale by
any person.
Conclusion
Effects of vehicle pollution are increasing day by day with the increasing number of vehicles on
the road. Effects of vehicle pollution are badly affecting the living beings on the earth and
causing lots of health related problems. Slowly but surely, it may make the earth an unsuitable
place for living; so, we must take it serious and run to stop the vehicle pollution by regarding
all the possible solutions.
Pollution through vehicle is a big problem in world, especially in metropolitan city. Vehicles
are increasing day by day due to urbanization and increase in income of people. Everybody
wants to go by own car or other vehicles to avoid the crowd in public transport system.
Here are few methods that the government are taking to control the vehicle pollution:
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Promoting of vehicle use with CNG fuel (Compressed Natural Gas) instead of Petrol and Diesel
fuel. CNG are called green fuel i.e. pollution from CNG vehicle are very less in comparison to
Petrol or Diesel.
Regularly check up of pollution from vehicle through registered Authority.
Promotion of Electric operated vehicle to reduce pollution.
Phasing out of old or high polluted vehicles from the big city.
Implementation of Euro-VI fuel in all over India progressively i.e. initially it was implemented
in Delhi from April, 2018. In other big cities, it will be implementing till Dec, 2018. Euro-VI fuel
will reduce the sulphur by 50 to 75 in Diesel engines.
Government of India are working to introduce LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as fuel, it will
further reduce the pollution from vehicle.
Government has taken initiative to introduce mass transport system i.e. number of buses
increased, Metro in various cities, Infrastructure development, Improvement in Road network.
Implementation of Automatic tag system in Toll booth so that vehicle can go easily without
waiting in queue for toll.
Creating the bypass across the big cities so that vehicle coming from one end will not need to
pass through the city to go to other side. Recently Eastern Peripheral Expressway opened that
will bypass the Delhi for trucks or buses, if they are not having any stoppage in Delhi. It will
reduce the traffic situation as well as reduce the pollution and save time for the public.
Delhi Government implemented the odd-even car to run based on their registration number
on particular day.
Conclusion:
For the development of any country Urbanization is highly require but unfortunately it has
been become possible at the cost of unwanted situation of air pollution all over the place.
May be Causes are much enough for this drastic issue but there is always a solution to be
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ESSAY ON VEHICLE POLLUTION: MEANING, CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTION – ESSAY 4 (500
WORDS)
Introduction
A major part of polluted air in atmosphere is because of vehicle and other means of
transportation via water road or air. Vehicle pollution needs a quick attention to control over
it in manner to save people’s health and to avoid global warming. In India some of its metro
cities are under so much polluter air that it has become so difficult even to take breath by
people over here. Situation is so worst that Bangalore has got the title of ‘asthma capital of
India’.
Vehicle pollution is the pollution caused by the types of vehicles running on the road. Vehicles
need petrol or diesel as a fuel to get energy to run which emits various types of harmful gases
in the environment after combustion. These harmful gases (carbon monoxide, unburned
gasoline, lead, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, etc) get spread in the atmosphere and pollute
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the pure air thus cause air pollution. Air pollution caused by automobiles/cars/vehicles
emissions is called as vehicle pollution.
It is clearly defines that cause of increased vehicle pollution is the increased population of
country and thus rapidly increasing demand of cars, bikes, scooter or other vehicles.
Urbanization is also the major cause for vehicle pollution. As people are continuously moving
towards the urban cities from rural areas which lead the growing demand of vehicle on road
day by day.
Petrol or diesel fuelled passenger vehicles emerges a huge amount of nitrogen oxide, carbon
mono oxide, Sulphur oxide (SOx) in the air. Vehicles are responsible for the unwanted
elements in atmosphere which directly or indirectly affecting the people and all living being on
earth.
Vehicle pollution is affecting our environment in various manners like it is making our
atmosphere so harmful that to take breath under metro cities is like just to take slow poison
from air.
Multiple diseases are emerging or we can say growing in urban areas due to vehicle pollution.
Pollution in air creates major effects on human health including animals and plants also it is
badly harming our ecosystem which results in terms of global warming.
Automobile industry is directly affecting 80 to 90% in atmosphere by emerging greenhouse
gases which are a group of compounds that are able to trap heat in the atmosphere, like
nitrogen oxide carbon mono oxide, Sulphur oxide (SOx).
Solutions of Vehicle Pollution
Vehicle pollution is a major environmental issue in India which need to be resolve as soon as
possible for the sake of our future generation.
Air Pollution due to vehicle can be control only by getting strict for traffic rules and by
enhancing the quality of automobile and manufacturing industries.
Proper care of tyres and fuel tank of any vehicles helps in less exhaust emission. Car pooling,
use of transport buses, improved and proper road management, use of CNG operated vehicles
instead of petrol or diesel always helps in reducing air pollution.
Regular vehicle pollution check up from authorized centres is highly required also its time to
remove old vehicles from cities and to introduce electrical operated vehicles in cities for
transportation.
To control over vehicle on road government has tried to do some efforts time to time by
introducing some new traffic rules like odd-even policy in Delhi NCR which led to run vehicles
based on their registration number on their specified day.
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Problems has always its solution only we need is to search and apply the better one. In India
the Vehicle pollution is at high risk that needs an attention and support by each and every
person individually.
In this essay we are taking a serious issue of vehicle pollution in India which is require to solve
at prime basis. As the number of vehicles increases it lead to increase of harmful emissions
which directly affects in air quality. In India this issue has become so huge in some
metropolitan cities that oxygen level has been decreasing rapidly in atmosphere.
Vehicles are always counted as responsible for the production of greenhouse gases these are
calculated as 70% of CO2, 50% of HC, 30-40% of NOx, 30% of SPM and 10% of SO2 of the
overall air pollution over cities.
Now a day a vehicle has become the need of general public in cities because of the high
distance destinations all over and to avoid the over loaded passengers vehicles like autos,
buses and local trains. Urbanization is also biggest reason for the increasing air pollution in
India.
A huge amount of air pollution creates because of the petrol fuelled passenger vehicles as it
emerges a significant amount of nitrogen oxide carbon mono oxide and others harmful
element in air.
A major part of air pollution about 35% in metro cities of India is because of automobiles, cars
or other vehicle. Vehicle pollution causes polluted air in environment and results as a harmful
impact on people’s health.
Engine exhaust (diesel and gas) carries more than 40 dangerous air pollutants. Uncountable
numbers of vehicles on road in metro cities of India are inducing a kind of poison in air which
results in form of symptoms like cough, headache, nausea and asthma problems.
Vehicles play an important role in the formation of ground level ozoneand Carbon monoxide
(CO). This colourless poisonous gas is formed by the combustion of fossil fuels such as gasoline
and is emitted primarily from cars and trucks.
Increased Demand of Automobiles in India
According to the data in year 2011, the urban population has increased up to 377million which
was only 62 million in the year of 1951. Also adding to this, there were only 18 cities with a
population of over 1 million in 1991 which is expended to 46 cities in 2012. This shows the
unmanaged unplanned increased population rate and results in form of high demand of
transportation and its consumption patterns.
There were about 8.9 million vehicles sold in between year of (2005-06) and it reaches 15
million in 2010-2011. In period of 2016-2017 for the first time in India Passenger vehicle sales
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crossed the three million mile stone with a growth of 9.23 per cent.
By the end of March 2017 domestic passenger vehicles (PV) sales were at 30, 46,727 units
against 27, 89,208.
Domestic car sales during the year grew 3.85 per cent to 21, 02,996 units from 20, 25,097
units.
Motorcycles sales in 2016-17 were at 1, 10, 94,543 units compared with 1, 07, 00, 406 in the
previous fiscal, up 3.68 per cent.
Scooter sales in 2016-17 were at 56, 04,601 units in comparison to 50, 31,678 in the previous
fiscal, up 11.39 per cent.
Which shows that the number of vehicles sold in India is increasing fast during the past few
years. At the end of discussion this all lead to the crucial problem of air pollution in
environment due to vehicles, automobile and cars.
Conclusion
Air pollution due to vehicles in India has majorly affected the metro cities. Bangalore has
become the asthma capital of the country and in Pune air pollution has become such a serious
problem that the respiratory suspended particulate matter in the air is more than the
standard national level.
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There are many forms of waste such as solid, gas or liquid and each has different process of
disposal and management. Waste management manages different types of waste created by
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industries, household, commercial activities or natural waste. Large segment of waste
management deals with municipal solid waste i.e. the waste created by industries, housing
and commercial establishments.
The general concepts of waste management are waste hierarchy, that includes three
approaches that are reduce, reuse and recycle. Second is life cycle of product that includes
designing, producing, distributing followed by the 3 R’s of waste hierarchy. The third concept
is resource efficiency that focuses on efficient use of resources. And the fourth concept is
polluter-pay principle where the polluter-party i.e. one who generates waste has to pay for
the impact caused to the environment. However, waste management carried on in developing
and developed countries, cities and villages varies.
Inefficient waste management has several negative effects on health of living beings,
environment and economy for e.g. air pollution, soil contamination, spread of hazardous
diseases, etc. Waste management is aimed to reduce the adverse effects of waste on
environment, health and the beauty of nature.
Solid waste management has become a major problem in many underdeveloped, developing
and developed countries. The chief causes of increase in municipal solid waste are
overpopulation, industrialization, economic growth and urbanization.
Waste management is a global issue but its consequences are more pronounced in developing
countries. In India, solid waste management system has failed to keep pace with social and
economic development in several regions. The inefficiency in management of municipal solid
waste can adversely affect public health, environment and our economy.
Over population
Over population is the obvious cause for major issues of our country. Increase in population
results in increase in solid municipal waste. High population leads to increasing demand of
basic resources which leads to waste generation.
Urbanization
Increasing population, declining employment opportunities in rural areas and migration from
rural areas to enjoy the benefits of urban economic and social growth result in urbanization
are some of the other reasons. Urbanization is the major cause for global warming.
Industrialization in urban areas produces large amount of waste in the process of production
of goods and disposal of goods after use causing waste. In many cities, overcrowding has
overwhelmed the capacity of municipal authorities to manage waste.
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The materialistic perception and the need of luxury products have increased immensely to
lead a comfortable and luxurious life regardless of whether it is needed or not. This results in
more waste generation.
E-waste
As the technology advances, the demand for new technology raises e.g. mobiles, TV’s, play
stations, refrigerators etc. As a result old gadgets and electronics become trash.
Conclusion
Government should initiate awareness campaigns and advertisements informing people about
adverse effects of excess waste. New and advanced technology should be used for the
disposal of waste. Maximum recycling reuse of the waste should be encouraged.
The term waste management means the management from collection of waste to the final
stage of disposal. The complete process includes collection, transport, disposal, recycling,
monitoring, and regulating along with the legal aspects that enable waste management. It
includes all types of waste right from the household waste, industrial waste, agricultural
waste, sludge, health care waste and waste due to commercialization. The methods of waste
management for different kinds of waste vary.
There are different concepts of waste management and some of the general concepts are as
follows:
Waste Hierarchy
The hierarchical process of waste management includes reducing, reusing and recycling of
waste. The most favorable in the waste hierarchy is to reduce i.e. to avoid the consumption
and source reduction followed by reuse and recycle. Let’s have a look at all three approaches
of waste hierarchy in detail below:
Reduce: The most preferred approach is not to create waste i.e. to avoid over consumption of
goods and services, using eco-friendly products and saving energy. It also includes source
reduction by reducing the inputs that go in the production process, production of durable
goods, energy conservation and use of eco-friendly technology, hybrid transport, etc. It
includes energy efficient production, packaging reduction and use of renewable energy
sources.
Reuse: Reuse is another useful approach to reduce waste. This includes reusing packaging
systems which can help in reducing disposable waste. Reuse also includes using second hand
products.
Recycling: In this process, the used products are recycled into raw materials that can be used
in the production of new products. Recycling of the products provides raw materials that are
energy efficient, cost effective and less polluting. This also avoids the consumption of new raw
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materials.
Life Cycle of a Product
Life cycle of the product includes policy intervention, rethinking the need of product,
redesigning to minimize waste and production of durable goods. The main purpose of the life-
cycle of the product is to use the resources to the maximum to avoid unnecessary waste.
Resource Efficiency
Economic growth and development cannot be sustained with current patterns of production
and consumption. We are overusing our natural resources to produce goods and services.
Resource efficiency is the reduction of the negative impact on our environment from the
production and consumption of goods. Reducing the use of energy associated in packaging
and transport of goods by reusing the products. We are wasting our resources by wasting
food, e-waste and wasting water.
Conclusion
These are the most common factors of waste management. However, the waste management
practices of underdeveloped, developing and developed countries are not uniform currently.
Solid waste management which is a very massive task is getting more complicated with rise in
urbanization, overpopulation, commercialization, social and economic growth, etc.
Institutional fragility, financial constrains and public attitude towards waste management has
made the issue even worse.
There are several methods of waste management and some of the most common methods
are as follows:
Landfills: Throwing away waste and garbage in landfills is the most common method of waste
disposal. In this process, the odors and dangers of the garbage are eliminated. The garbage is
then buried on the landfill sites. Landfills are also the cause of global warming which is why
many countries are reconsidering the use of landfills.
Incineration: In this method, municipal solid wastes are buried to convert them into residue,
heat, ash, steam and gases. It reduces the volume of solid waste by 30% of the real volume.
Recycling: It is the process in which discarded items are recycled for reuse. The waste
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materials are recycled to extract resources or convert into energies in the form of electricity,
heat or fuel.
Composting: It is a bio-degradation process in which the organic waste i.e. remains of plants
and kitchen waste are converted into nutrient rich food for plants. Composting is the method
used for organic-farming that also improves the fertility of soil.
Anaerobic Digestion: It is also the process that decomposes organic materials through
biological processes. It uses oxygen and bacteria-free environment for decomposing.
Composting requires air to aid the growth of microbes.
Waste to Energy: In this process, non-recyclable waste is converted into energy sources such
heat, fuel or electricity. This is the renewable source of energy as non-recyclable waste can be
used to create energy again and again.
Waste Minimization: The simplest method of waste management is to create less waste.
Waste reduction can be done by you and me by reducing the waste creation and recycling and
reusing the old materials. Using eco-friendly products and reducing the use of plastic, paper,
etc. is vital. Community participation has a direct impact on waste management system.
Gasification and Pyrolysis: These two methods are used to decompose organic waste materials
by exposing it to low amount of oxygen and high temperature. No oxygen is used in the
process of pyrolysis and very low amount of oxygen is used in process of gasification.
Gasification is the most advantageous process as no air pollution is created to recover energy
by burning process.
Conclusion
Waste management or waste disposal, include all the activities required to manage waste
from its collection to disposal. Other activities are collecting, transporting, handling,
supervising, regulating and discarding of waste and other legal procedures. We cannot
imagine our environment with the waste chunks all around us spreading diseases and
damaging environment. Waste management practices performed efficiently and consistently
can benefit immensely. There are various pros and cons of waste management.
Keeps the environment clean: The process of waste management helps keep the environment
clean though we all as individuals need to participate in keeping our surroundings clean to
achieve the goal. Waste management units work to collect the garbage and waste materials
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from public areas and transport to the landfill sites and other disposal units for its disposal.
The odor and gases from the garbage are eliminated before disposal thus the whole process
results in keeping the environment clean.
Conserves energy: The process of waste management includes recycling. Recycling of the
products helps in reducing the production of new products and raw materials. Recycling also
helps conserve energy as the process of recycling utilizes less energy.
Reduce air pollution: Waste management helps reduce pollution and global warming. It
reduces the intensity of gases like carbon dioxide and methane emitted from waste.
Generate employment opportunities: Huge amount of manpower is needed in all the sections
of waste management. From collection to the final stage of disposal there are several job
opportunities in waste management sectors.
Sustainable use of resources: Minimum use of energy and resources is planned in the process
of waste management. The waste management concept life-cycle of the product aims the
efficient use of resources.
Health: Exposure to waste can effect human health and cause several diseases. Waste
management activities include collecting the waste from the landfills around us and
transporting to the areas where the waste can be disposed in a safe manner saving us from
several health hazards.
Inter-generational Equity: Effective waste management practices will provide following
generations strong economy and clean environment.
Cons of Waste Management
Finance: The amount of waste generated is in very large amounts and so the management of
it and the overall process needs a lot of planning and implementing of the various tasks.
Secondly, lot of manpower and new technologies are needed to manage the various kinds of
waste materials. The complete waste management system and the process of reducing,
recycling and reusing in an effective manner needs a lot of funding and investment.
Health of workers: The process of waste management includes waste of course that attracts
many insects, pests, bacteria and microbes, etc that can cause harm to anyone’s health. The
landfills are highly prone to bacterial and fungal growth that may cause various diseases
making it an unsafe place for workers involved. Harmful gasses are released in the process of
burning disposal that spread widely endangering human health. The sites may get
contaminated due to inefficient waste management effecting human health.
Inefficient waste management: Waste management in developing countries experience fragile
waste collection services and inefficiently managed dumpsites. The waste management
practices are not uniform in underdeveloped, developing and developed countries. Waste
management units are unable to keep pace with increasing amount of waste generation.
Conclusion
Irresponsible discarding of waste and not considering its negative impact on environment and
others is wrong. We all are a part of nature and it’s our duty to prevent nature from the
hazardous effects of waste. As managing waste is a massive process it begins by keeping your
surroundings clean and the rest will be taken care of by waste management units.
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69. Essays on Disaster Management
A disaster is an extreme disruption in the functioning of a habitat that causes widespread
human, material, or environmental losses that exceed the ability of the affected population to
cope with its own resources. Landslides, earthquakes, tsunami, cyclones, droughts, floods etc
are some of the examples of disasters. Disaster management is the discipline by which human
beings continuously make effort to mitigate the harm caused by the disasters.
The disaster management is the discipline by which human beings continuously makes efforts
to reduce the harm caused by the disasters. India has set up many departments and
organizations for the same such as national disaster management authority (NDMA). But we
are yet to achieve satisfactory progress with regard to timely management of disasters. This
can be done by raising adequate awareness about the ways to cope with disasters and greater
co-ordination between the centre and state agencies.
Disasters
Disaster management is a well-planned strategy for making efforts to reduce the hazards
caused by the disasters. Disaster management though does not avert or eliminate the threats;
it focuses on formulating plans to decrease the effect of disasters. In India, national disaster
management authority (NDMA) has been set up to coordinate responses to natural or man-
made disasters across the country. NDMA runs various programs for mitigation and
responsiveness for specific situations.
These include the national cyclone risk management project, school safety project, decision
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support system etc. But going by the lack of preparedness exposed by the outbreak of recent
disasters in the country, the NDMA needs to make more organized and effective efforts to
mitigate the losses caused by disasters. In fact, the society as a whole must make efforts to co-
operate with the central and state agencies in coming out with a collective response to deal
with disasters.
For India, the major hazards are earthquakes, landslides, drought, cyclones, floods, forest
fires, fire accidents etc. Rapid growth in the population rate has certainly triggered the level of
disasters. Natural disasters can only be mitigated but the man-made disasters can be
prevented to a certain limit. India has taken many steps and has formed many organizations in
order to mitigate, reduce and avoid the hazards of the disasters.
In India, the role of emergency management falls within the jurisdiction of the national
disaster management authority of India (NDMA), which is doing a great job in reducing the
hazardous impacts of the disaster and is operating from a government-centered approach to
decentralized community participation.
But it needs much more sustained efforts to come out with a well-thought out strategy and
response to minimize the colossal damage caused by disasters whenever a calamity has
struck, for instance tsunami and Uttarakhand floods in recent times. We have not been able to
mount adequate rescue and rehabilitation efforts to effectively deal with the situation.
Definition
India is a disaster prone country. In fact, there is no country which is immune from disasters
which can be classified as-
Types of Disasters
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Natural disasters
Man-made disasters
Natural disasters are the disasters caused due to natural reasons which are beyond the
control of humans including floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcano eruptions that have
immediate impacts on human lives.
Man-made disasters also known as the complex emergencies are the disasters caused due to
major accidents like fires, the breakdown of authority, looting and attacks, including conflict
situations and war.
The most vulnerable sections in these disasters are the poor. Hence it is necessary to mobilize
them towards preparedness for any emergency. Quick and timely response is the essence in
providing immediate relief and rescue operations, to save human lives and mitigate miseries
as soon as possible.
India has set up many departments and organizations for the same i.e. National disaster
management authority (ndma), national remote sensing centre (nrsc), central water
commission (cwc) etc. And due to the presence of so many authorities it is not feasible for all
of them to take steps in a single direction.
Conclusion
Disaster management has assumed great importance in recent times. To handle any
unforeseen situation efficiently, we need to be well-equipped with latest technologies. It
cannot avert the outbreak of disaster, but can mitigate its impact to a large extent.
God has created everything including land, water, air etc. Nature has several manifestations –
benign as well as hostile. Sometimes, it is soothing, sometimes it is ferocious. Whenever it
turns to be in its bad temper, it can bring about devastation which is known as disaster.
Definition
A catastrophic situation in which normal pattern of life and or ecosystem gets disturbed and
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extraordinary emergency interventions are required to save and preserve lives or
environment can be termed as a disaster. Natural disasters are the manifestation of nature
and they can take place anywhere anytime.
Classification of disasters:
Natural disasters: A natural hazard is a natural process or phenomenon that may cause loss of
life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social
and economic disruption, or environmental damage. Various disasters like earthquakes,
landslides, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, tsunamis, and cyclones are all
natural disasters.
Disasters in India: well, there is no country which is completely free from disasters and so is
India. India, due to its geographical locations & geological formations, is a highly disaster
prone country.
India has faced a number of disasters, ranging from flood, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunami,
drought, landslides. A few recent disasters faced by India include floods in Uttarakhand,
cyclone “vardah” in Chennai, recurring earthquakes in northern India, chama earthquake in
Gujarat, super cyclone in Orissa in 1999, bhuj earthquake in Gujarat in 2001, tsunami in 2004
and Mumbai-Gujarat flood in 2005. Besides, India has had to suffer technology-related
tragedy in the form of gas tragedy in Bhopal in 1984. India also faced the problem of plague in
Gujarat.
Effects:
The direct or indirect impact of the disasters has always been deadly, destructive and
damaging. They cause loss of life to the humans as well as livestock.
Disaster management
In India, a lot of forums, funds and organizations are functioning to mitigate the effects of the
disasters like national disaster management authority (NDMA), national remote sensing
centre (NRSC), Indian council of medical research (ICMR), central water commission (CWC)
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etc. A separate fund called as “national disaster management fund” (NDMF) is also there for
exclusive mitigation.
Sometimes, due to lack of co-ordination between the central and state government as well as
the absence of correct resources; the concerned forums, organizations are unable to provide
the apt rehabilitation.
Conclusion
Land, water, air etc are some of the beautiful creations of the almighty. Nature has several
manifestations – smooth as well as hostile. Sometimes, it is soothing while sometimes it is
ferocious. Whenever it turns to be in its bad temper, it can bring about devastation or
destruction which is known as a “disaster”.
Literal interpretation
Literally, disaster refers to the mishap, calamity or the grave occurrence from either the
natural or man-made reasons which can’t be stopped or tackled immediately by the affected
community.
India, being very much prone to disasters due to its geographical location, earthquakes,
landslides, drought, cyclones, floods, forest fires, and fire accidents are some of the major
calamities that keep occurring, inflicting colossal damage. Rapid growth in the population rate
and urbanization has mostly triggered the level of the disasters.
Types of disasters
Natural disasters
Man made / human instigated disasters
Natural disaster is a natural process that may cause loss of huge lives, injuries or other health
impacts, property damages, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruptions
or massive environmental damage. Various disasters like earthquakes, landslides, volcanic
eruptions, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, tsunamis, and cyclones are covered under the scope of
the term natural disaster. Human instigated disaster is also known as the complex emergency
and is the disaster caused due to major happenings such as fires, oil spill, breakdown of
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authority, looting, wars etc.
India has faced some of the most destructive disasters in past decade which can be named as
under:
The impact of natural as well as human instigated disasters is colossal death, destruction,
injuries, huge loss of the lives of humans and livestock.
Since a long for now, it has been noticed that modernization is leading to grave ignorance
towards the environment. Environmental bylaws are being neglected by industries. Due to
over-exploitation of nature, we humans have created such a situation where events like
earthquakes, landslides are increasingly being elevated to the extent that they are causing
massive loss in terms of human life and property.
It’s not that, every one of us is being ignorant about the environment. There are a lot of
people who are very much concerned about the nature and the environment. Even, there are
many NGOs which are taking the issue of global warming and pollution publically by taking out
rallies and organizing several campaigns to save environment and such initiatives need to be
appreciated.
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Disaster management is the creation of primary and secondary plans through which people’s
vulnerability to hazards can be reduced so that they can cope up with disasters. The
mechanism does not avert or eliminate the threats; instead, it focuses on creating the
strategies to decrease the effect of disasters.
National disaster management authority (NDMA) is the apex body which is mandated to lay
down the policies and guidelines for disaster management to ensure timely an effective
response towards disasters. A separate fund called as “national disaster management fund”
(NDMF) is also there for exclusive mitigation.
Administration
Policies formation for disaster management
Mitigation of disasters
Approval of the plans laid down
Formation of funds for the purpose of mitigation of disasters etc
Running various programs and imparting guidelines
Prevention & control
The natural disasters are inevitable, even if we have measures to predict/ forecast the
disasters we can’t stop them from happening. The best which can be done is to avoid the
practices which are hazardous for the environment which are leading towards environmental
degradation, while preparing plans for our disaster management.
Once a disaster strikes it leads to a massive destruction and loss of life. In case of the disasters
like earthquakes, floods etc. Where a number of humans are displaced and post disaster there
are a number of causalities. This is the time when the actual emergency preparedness comes
into effect by giving first aid to the injured ones, providing rescue and relief operations to the
victims.
Conclusion
To handle the situation efficiently, we need to be well-equipped with latest technologies. Also,
it is of utmost importance to be prepared with a proper disaster management team which can
take charge as soon as possible when the disaster strikes.
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70. Global Warming and Climate Change Essay
Here we have written some essays over the climate change and its connection to the global
warming. All the written essays are very simple and easy in order to help students.
ESSAY ON GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN ENGLISH
Our written essays proves some questions like background of issue, effect of climate change
over people’s lives and relation of climate change to global warming.
A huge level of climate change disturbs the balance of the global ecosystem as well as
increases health risks and more heat-related injuries and deaths. Rising sea levels is a also an
example of climate change due to the global warming which in turn causes flood, drought,
promotes danger of malaria and other parasites.
Higher temperature causes problems to the existence of life on this planet even many
important species of the plants and animals have been endangered. Longer and severe heat
waves of the environment cause more heat-related injuries and higher atmospheric
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temperature increase rate of water evaporation from smaller water bodies. The ever rising
temperature has different effects in different regions like in some areas it raise water levels
and in some areas it decrease water levels. Freshwater availability is declining all over the
world which is a vital resource of life on this planet. In such a hot environment, it is very hard
to grow some crops like corn production may reduced by 10 to 30% if the temperature rises
by 3.6 degree Fahrenheit.
Increase in atmospheric temperature causes many climate changes like increase in sea level,
flood, drought, weather changes, increase summer season, decrease winter season, melting
glaciers, increase death rate, increase number of disease, declining ozone layer and other so
many climate changes. Fossil fuels burning release more carbon dioxide which is increasing
day by day because of deforestation. Plants are the main source to utilize carbon dioxide as a
food however we are disturbing the natural cycle by cutting more plants.
Burning coal, oil and natural gases are the main cause of global warming. CO2 gas acts as a
blanket which retains environmental heat and warms the earth’s surface. The level of carbon
dioxide has become increased to a great level in last century. The earth surface has become
successively warmer than ever in the last three decades. Each month is becoming warmer
than ever which we can feel very clearly. This increasing heat affecting the lives of human
beings, plants and animals even many species have been endangered.
In the few past centuries, human activities have increased the release of large amounts of
carbon dioxide including other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Most of the green house
gases come from burning fossil fuels which work as blanket around the earth and trap all the
energy and heat available in the atmosphere and thus warm the earth surface. This effect is
called as the greenhouse effect which triggers climate to change to the huge level and result in
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dangerous effects to the lives and ecosystems. Such a warmer climate affects the availability
of natural water supplies, crop production, agriculture, natural environment, safety, security,
etc. Such huge climate changes are unavoidable however cannot be stopped at once.
Global warming has really affected and forced the climate to change over the last century
throughout the world. Unusual increase in the earth’s average temperature is because of the
high amount of greenhouse gases release due to burning fossil fuels and other human
activities. Some of the green house gases having more influence on the climate are CO2, water
vapour, dinitrogen-oxide, and methane. According to the research, it has been recorded that
almost 30 percent of the heat by incoming sunlight gets reflected back to the space through
clouds and ice but because of global warming ice are melting. It means there are no left
sources to send heat back to the space and all are getting collected in the earth atmosphere
and affecting the climate.
A huge industrial revolution in the modern time has largely impacted the global climate
system by increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. Heat
trapping nature of the green house gases contributes to the global warming. According to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the increase in earth’s average surface
temperature by 20th century has been approximately 0.6°C. It has also been recorded in the
northern hemisphere over the last century that there is decrease in snow cover by 10 percent,
decrease in spring and summer sea-ice by 10-15 percent, increases in rainfall and its intensity,
huge level change in shifts of ice freezes and breaks up in the rivers and lakes.
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71. Global Warming and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Essay
Here we have provided some essays discussing the meaning and relationship between Global
Warming and Greenhouse Gas Emissions to support school students.
LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON GLOBAL WARMING AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
All the Global Warming and Greenhouse Gas Emissions essay are simple and easy especially
written for the students.
CO2 gas is released by burning of the solid wastes, fossil fuels (like oil, natural gas, and coal),
wood and wood products; nitrous oxide gas emitted by various agricultural and industrial
processes, burning of solid wastes and fossil fuels and methane gas is emitted by the organic
wastes decomposition in the landfills or livestock farming, production and transport of fossil
fuels. The ability of greenhouse gases of absorbing heat and holding heat varies.
Perfluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons are highly heat-absorber, nitrous oxide (270 times)
and methane gases (21 times) have more heat absorbing capacity than carbon dioxide gas.
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primary or secondary hugely affect the temperature of earth surface.
After the beginning of technological and industrial revolution in the modern world, the
condition of global warming has become more drastic because of the increasing level of
release of green house gases due to the burning of fossil fuels, wood, coal, oil, natural gas, etc;
deforestation, increasing atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide and many more
reasons. Greenhouse gases have affected the whole atmosphere including ocean bio-
geochemical changes and marine systems. Such gases absorb as well as emit infrared
radiations.
The most important human activity causing CO2 emission is the burning of fossil fuels, coal,
oil, natural gas, etc for the fulfilling the purpose of getting energy and transportation and
other industrial processes. Generating electricity, transportation and industrial processes need
burning of fossil fuels. Various industrial processes like production of cement, metals (iron,
steel, chemicals), etc require more fossil fuel combustion. The maintenance of natural carbon
cycle is done by the continuous removal of CO2 through natural processes by microorganisms,
animals, plants, etc. Plants are considered as the main source of consuming CO2 from
atmosphere however deforestation by the human being for urbanization or other purposes is
reducing the number of plants and increasing the concentration of CO2.
This process gives release to many gases causing green house effect so called green house
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gases. They have capability to absorb more heat from various sources in the atmosphere
which finally causes increase in earth’s surface temperature. It disturbs the balance between
nature and life on the earth. Other green house gases are like methane (released from
production and transport of oil, coal, natural gases, livestock, agricultural practices, decay of
organic wastes in the landfills, etc), nitrous oxide (emitted through agricultural and industrial
activities, burning of fossil fuels and solid wastes), fluorinated gases
(hydrochlorofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons, halons,
hydrofluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, etc) and many more.
Fluorinated gases are more powerful greenhouse gases having more capability to absorb heat.
Such gases are released through variety of industrial processes and hence are called as High
Global Warming Potential gases (or High GWP gases). Huge level of emissions of such gases
lead to the higher concentration in atmosphere (measured as parts per million, parts per
billion, and parts per trillion) causing climate to change, global warming, increased sea level,
storm, thunder, cyclone, tsunami, etc.
All the changes in the atmosphere have negative effects over animals, people, plants, society,
and environment. Greenhouse gases have capability to stay for long period of time (around
tens to hundreds of years) in the atmosphere if once released by any mean and warm the
climate by continuously absorbing the heat which persist over a long time and hence affect
the present and future generations on the whole planet. Ever green house gases have their
own capability to affect the earth’s climate according to the length of time gases remains in
the atmosphere. Each one has unique ability to absorb heat and energy of the atmosphere
and cause global warming all over the world.
According to the statistics, it has been noted that the emission of total greenhouse gases in
the United States was increased by 5 percent from 1990 to 2012; however, it is decreased by
10 percent in the last few years. High level of electricity generation all across the world is
considered as the main and largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and then through
transportation. Net emission of the greenhouse gases worldwide because of the human
activities was increased by 35 percent from the year 1990 to 2010 from which CO2 was alone
three-fourths of total emissions.
The concentration of green house gases especially carbon dioxide is increasing continuously
since the beginning of the industrial era forcing the climate to change and disturbing the
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earth’s energy through the warming or cooling effect. The total warming effect of all green
house gases has been increased by 34 percent (27 percent of it is only because of carbon
dioxide alone). Regular use of fossil fuels, oil, natural gases, coal, solid wastes, trees, wood
products, organic wastes and deforestation, transportation and soil degradation is adding
more CO2 to the atmosphere.
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Increasing number of factories, vehicles, fossil fuels, and the population of humans all have
contributed to the increase in the amount of these gases. The use of chemical fertilizers and
pesticides is also increasing pollution in soil, water and air. Due to the cutting of trees and use
of fossil fuel (coal) to operate power plants, the level of carbon dioxide is increasing. As a
result, the quantity of sun’s heat absorbed by them has also increased, leading to global
warming.
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Sea is present in more than 70 percent area of the world and has an extraordinary impact on
global weather, but the heat from global warming is rapidly landing in the sea.
A report published in the Science journal said that the temperature of the sea has been rising
since the last 60 years and now it is growing 13 percent faster than the previous estimates.
Earlier it was said in 1992 that the global sea temperature doubled compared to 1960.
According to the author of the report of this study, the rate of sea water heating has increased
rapidly over the last 60 years as 90 percent of the heat emanating from the greenhouse gases
can be absorbed in the sea.
Experts say that it has been proved that the oceans play an unusual role in the climate system
and their heat is affecting the entire system of the Earth. We have seen that 2016 was
recorded as the hottest year of history.
4: – Unseasonal rains.
7: – Disappearance of many species of birds and animals who are unable to cope with the
changing environment.
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Earth will fall below zero centigrade and the whole earth will be covered with snow.
Unfortunately since the industrial revolution has occurred, the human activities have
increased the presence of greenhouse gases beyond desirable levels. The amount of sun’s
energy returned into space is gradually reducing as the greenhouse gases absorb more of the
solar radiation, capturing more warmth than required and not allowing the heat to return into
space.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) form another group of greenhouse gases, which are responsible
for depleting the ozone layer – a high level layer of gas in the stratosphere that helps to keep
out harmful ultraviolet rays. The ozone layer prevents the sun’s dangerous rays from
damaging the Earth. But the holes in the ozone layer are adding to the greenhouse effect.
According to the scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the
global sea level grew to 3.1 mm/year from 1993 to 2003. In Europe, there was so much heat in
July-August 2003 that it broke the record of the past 500 years. During this time, 27,000
people died in the heat wave in the world and economic loss of 14.7 billion Euros occurred
while the loss of agriculture, forests and energy sectors could not be assessed. In April-June
1998 alone, 3028 people died due to heat loss in India, while in the cool city like Chicago 528
people died due to hot winds in five days in 1995. On July 13, 1995, the temperature in the
city was recorded at 107°F (42°C). Similarly, in December 1999, in Venezuela, it was so raining
that about 30000 people were killed. As many as 5748 people were killed due to the
cloudburst from 15 to 17 June 2013 in Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.
In the last 50 years the size of the glaciers has decreased by 16 percent in the United States of
America. In 1972 there were 6 glaciers in Venezuela, which has now reduced to two and it is
estimated that if there is an increase in global temperature, then it will end in the next ten
years.
The rise in sea surface, changes in weather, melting of glaciers, decreasing forests, destruction
of many types of organisms and vegetative species, increase of various diseases, etc are seen
in all parts of the world.
Asia, the United States of America and Europe are responsible for 88 percent of the world’s
total carbon dioxide production. Between 1990 and 2012, they produced 42 percent of carbon
dioxide emissions, 9 percent of nitrogen oxide, 15 percent of methane and double the amount
of chlorinated gases.
According to an estimate, 35 percent of plant and organism species will become extinct by
2050. In the last week of February 2016 due to the race of economic development, pollution
in China’s capital, Beijing increased so much that the announcement of environmental
emergency had to be made. Similarly, in Delhi in November, 2016, the Indian government
closed schools in the capital for three days and banned construction and demolition for five
days following heavy smog and concentrations of harmful PM2.5 pollutants.
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IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON INDIA
The side effects of global warming are visible on the soil, air, water, which are the basic
foundations of life. In the name of advanced agriculture, India’s traditional organic farming
was destroyed. Likewise, in the 1970s, borewells were dug in the place of wells, resulting in
the depletion of groundwater sources in millions of villages.
Together we also need to develop the understanding of promoting herbal plants and
connecting life to its roots or traditional things. All our festivals are made in terms of nature
and environment. We have always been worshiping trees, rivers, ponds and Earth, but a well-
educated modern society has thrown these traditions into the dustbin due to stereotyping
and today our garbage piles are growing. If we have to save the Earth’s environment, to save
ourselves, then we will have to awaken our traditions, and gain eternal consciousness again.
The magnitude of the problem of global warming has brought many countries of the world on
one stage. A solution is being sought to solve this problem. Under the Kyoto Protocol set up in
1997, many countries of the world will reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases. This protocol has come into effect since 2005, but India and China disagree
with its many provisions. These two countries consider the policies adopted in the Kyoto
Protocol to stop global warming, as a hindrance in the development of their country. In the
2015 Paris meeting, many things were agreed upon.
The Paris International Climate Agreement was implemented from 4th of November 2016
worldwide. Now, the pressure to bring greenhouse gas emissions reduction in all countries
and reducing global temperatures has increased the pressure to implement the agreement. At
the same time, it proves that the all the countries are increasingly conscious to overcome the
rising global temperature. 96 countries, which account for two-thirds of greenhouse gas
emissions in the world, have formally joined this agreement. After their involvement, it was
turned into an international law. It includes 55 countries which emit more than 55 percent of
the greenhouse gas in the world. The countries involved in the agreement want to limit the
global temperature below 2 degree Celsius. Many more countries are expected to join the
agreement in the times to come.
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HOW TO PREVENT GLOBAL WARMING/SOLUTIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING?
To prevent the effects of global warming, it is necessary that we take immediate hard steps for
this. We have to reduce the proportion of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere.
It is necessary that we minimize the use of fossil fuels, and reduce pollution in factories.
Control of emissions by vehicles is necessary too.
We have to use sources of energy in which carbon is used in a limited amount or not at all,
such as solar energy, atomic energy and wind power etc.
Trees, our biggest helper in our fight against global warming, should be protected from cutting
and more trees should be planted.
If mankind has to move towards sustainability, it has to take into account those things which
nature can give to us again and again.
We should take the resolve to save the Earth and the environment. Public awareness
campaigns, meetings, seminars and conferences, and programs like planting trees, cleaning
streams of rivers need to be organized.
Climate change needs to be understood closely. And this understanding should not be
confined to scientists only, it is necessary to bring this knowledge to the common man.
The government can employ such devices in domestic aircraft which can give us an
opportunity to know about the climate of the upper surface; the data obtained from it can be
used for betterment.
How water has been polluted in recent times, is a matter of deep concern. Reducing pollution
will also entail the responsibility for monitoring the quantity and quality of water.
We should deliberate seriously upon preserving the Earth in the future. The focus should be
on how the Earth can be sustainable and worth the use.
We know that we do not have control over natural disasters, but if we understand the global
warming, by protecting the environment from being contaminated, major disasters can be
avoided.
We should reduce mounting pressure on mega cities. If we develop rural areas, the
unnecessary pressure on big cities and metropolitan areas will be reduced. We have to
develop alternative means of livelihood. For example, new varieties of crops.
We should aim at creating less carbon by embracing natural, renewable and clean energy
sources like bio fuels, wind power and solar energy. We should replace contaminated fossil
fuel manufactured energy with renewable energy.
Forests need to be protected as they are the lungs of the environment. Trees should be saved,
forests should be conserved, more plantations should be initiated and forests fires prevented.
There is a need to decrease the use of fossil fuels.
Non bio-degradable substance such as plastic should not be used.
We need to go for less emission of unwanted gases, and then bring it down to zero level as
fast as possible.
Tropical forests should be protected with a special funding mechanism.
The use of nuclear energy should be minimised.
Industrial and domestic wastes should be recycled.
Pollution-producing vehicles have to be banned.
We should reduce the use of air conditioners and other cooling equipment.
Solar energy is an infinite source through which the entire world’s electricity requirement can
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be fulfilled. But the total exploitation of this energy source still faces some problems. The
sun’s bright light is not available throughout the day to produce solar power, and it is virtually
ruled out in the night. Similarly, there is a problem in those countries, where the sun does not
appear or appears very little. It has been suggested that there can be optimum production of
solar power generation by having a Global Solar Power Grid.
This Grid may work like this: solar power is produced in all those countries where intense
sunlight is available abundantly. All the centres should be connected through the electric grid
and be scattered all over the world, so that power generation can continue for 24 hours,
cumulatively. It can also help to control the problem of global warming by maximizing solar
power generation.
Conclusion
If the level of global warming goes up, then that day will not be far away when the Earth will
be completely destroyed. That’s why we need to think seriously about it to avoid the
disastrous effects of global warming. It should not be the responsibility of only one
government or just one country, but everybody should understand their responsibility
towards controlling global warming and environmental pollution. The problem of global
warming can be tackled only by public awareness and mutual understanding.
We need to know the dangers of global warming ourselves, tell other people, spread
awareness, spread more greenery on the Earth by planting trees, which absorb greenhouse
gases such as carbon dioxide etc and release oxygen, thus making significant contribution in
reducing global warming. The households, industries and institutions which do not have trees,
should be heavily taxed and the person or organization that follow environmental protection
norms should be provided environmental subsidy and various awards should be given and
their taxes be waived.
Power plants are very responsible for the production of greenhouse gases, hence the use of
solar energy, wind power etc should be encouraged. All these methods should be widely
publicized and environmental laws should be strictly enforced upon industries, institutions
and individuals.
The way the population is increasing, the pressure on Earth’s resources in the name of
development has aggravated the problem of global warming. We can provide safe food, air
and water to the growing population, only when the Earth will survive.
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for the school students. They can choose any global warming solutions essay as per their
need:
It is not a work, it is our responsibility to think about it and do best to solve. We just need to
understand the side effects of everything what we use in our home or offices on daily basis
and follow right step in the right direction.
We should choose an efficient vehicle means vehicles having high-mileage (hybrids and plug-in
hybrids) with less energy use. We should be more energy-efficient in our daily life and buy
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energy-efficient appliances. We can be so by replacing our simple light bulbs with the compact
fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) because they last 10 times longer and use less energy than the
common bulbs. We should switch off all the lights and other electric devices in our home to
avoid unnecessary use and reduce the level of heat.
Use of nuclear energy may reduce the level of carbon emission and thus global warming to
great extent. We should reduce the burning of fossil fuels (wood or coal) by reducing our
dependence over fossil fuels in order to reduce carbon emissions. We never forget to switch
off the bulbs, fans, and other electric devices whenever leave the room because such devices
generate heat and cause global warming. Deforestation should be stopped on urgent basis in
order to improve the absorption of green house gases from the atmosphere and reduce the
effect of global warming. We should promote more new plantation among common public.
We should explore the renewable sources of energy and use public transportation instead of
personal. There is need of more research and development in order to create low carbon
technologies to reduce carbon emissions.
We should generally avoid eating things which take more time and heat to cook such as
chicken, eat, and beef. Other individual means to contribute in the reduction of global
warming is the use public transport instead of personal transport or carpooling method is also
good. Use of programmable thermostat is also nice option to reduce heating and cooling
emissions by 15% percent. Everyone should use power strips whether at home or office or
home entertainment centres. Upgrading of the refrigerators and air conditioners is also
necessary after every five or six years. Use of an electricity monitor in the home or office is
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also best method to track and reduce electricity use.
Changing light bulbs taking more energy than the bulbs taking less energy is good for reducing
global warming. Other options are washing clothes using normal tap water instead of hot
water. The habit of reusing and recycling things is very good option to combat with pollution
and global warming. Policy maker should make new, effective and strict policies towards
global warming so that everyone can follow strictly. Another effective method is the use of
word of mouth technique to create awareness among common public about solutions of
global warming.
It needs to eliminate the burning of fossil fuels, oil, coal, natural gases, etc. It is quiet daunting
challenge however possible within the reach of human beings. Reducing the dependence over
use of fossil fuels may solve the problems to a great level. Practice of using alternatives such
as plant-derived plastics, wind power, biodiesel, etc should be done. Control over the
transportation is another big hand towards the reduction of global warming because means of
transportation alone contribute to the high level emission of greenhouse gas. According to the
statistics, it is noted that burning of single gallon of gasoline creates around 20 pounds of the
carbon dioxide gas. CO2).
Airplanes are the fastest growing source of emitting greenhouse gases on daily basis which is
very tough to control. In order to effectively control the release of greenhouse gases we just
buy less stuff and try to reuse and recycle things. Good and efficient driving is also a best trick
to reduce the release of harmful gases causing earth’s surface temperature to rise. Use of
more efficient electric devices, air conditioners, refrigerators, and other appliances may
reduce the warming effect. Following good habits like turn off the lights, TV, fans or other
electric devices when not in use may also cut the level of green house gases.
Cutting of trees and deforestation should be stopped on urgent basis because plants are the
main source of refreshing air and consuming CO2 from the atmosphere. New tree plantation
should be promoted among the public with the complete description so that they may
understand better. According to the statistic, it is noted that around 33 million acres of the
forests are cutting down per year. It is very simple to imagine the condition of atmosphere in
the absence of plants or continuously reducing the number of plants on such a fast rate.
People should buy energy-efficient electric gadgets to reduce the use of energy and prevent
the greenhouse gas emissions and thus global warming.
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74. Green House Effect and Global Warming Essay
There is a deep relation between green house effect and global warming. It is a general topic
of essay or speech for students in the schools or colleges.
More than 50% of the heat available at the top of the atmosphere gets absorbed by the
earth’s surface. The level of excess heat trapping is increasing with the rising concentration of
carbon dioxide and other green house gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide gas has strong
absorption power and absorbs infrared radiations however does not allow to escape back into
space and cause global warming.
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Some other gases like clouds which are considered as non-gas contributor to the greenhouse
effect, but truly they absorb and emit infrared radiations and thus involves in green house
effect. There are many reasons of increasing green house gases in the atmosphere however
one main reason is human activities such as burning fossil fuels in various ways, clearing of
forests, etc causes global warming. Incoming radiations from sun become visible lights having
temperature of 6,000 K which gets absorbed by the earth’s surface and disturbs the whole
ecological balance.
Some major green house gases are carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane, and ozone are
hugely affecting the environment. The main natural sources of increasing CO2 level are decay
of animals and respiration. And other main reason of decreased utilization of CO2 is plants
cutting. Plants are the main source of utilizing carbon dioxide and maintaining the level of
oxygen. Plants also have ability to reduce the emitted greenhouse gases through natural cycle.
Use of refrigerator produces chloro fluro carbons which is a green house gas. Major cause of
global warming is carbon dioxide pollution because of increasing industrialization and
transportation measures.
Nowadays, once heat and energy absorbed on the earth by the green house gases do not go
back to the space and remains on the earth. The availability of high level of heat on the earth
causes many negative effects and disturbs the ecology balance. There are many green house
gases available on the earth however carbon dioxide and water vapour have more power to
absorb infrared radiations of the earth and block such radiations to go back to the
atmosphere. All the absorbed heat gets re-emitted to the earth’s surface and heat up the
whole earth’s surface by increasing the temperature is known as green-house effect.
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Increasing temperature causes both carbon dioxide and water vapour to get combined which
impacts the global climate. This combined effect may increase the temperature by 30 degree
Celsius in the surface temperature if the level of CO2 becomes double. The most alarming fact
about the ever increasing surface temperature by 1 degree Celsius may hugely affect crop
production all over the world due to warming of surface layer.
Such a huge alteration in the temperature causes earth to get warmer day by day which
results in the global warming. There are many benefits as well as disadvantages of the
greenhouse effect to the lives on earth. In the absence of it, earth may get too cold and in the
presence of it, earth may get too hot. Both are the harmful to the living beings so, it is
required to keep it in balance. There are many causes of the greenhouse effect. Three of them
are most common and major cause of greenhouse effect which are CO2, water vapour, and
methane. Water vapour is known as natural atmospheric gas however highly strong to absorb
sun rays heat. 80 percent of the total natural greenhouse warming is caused by the water
vapour and left 20 percent by other gasses.
Carbon dioxide gas is considered as the second biggest heat absorber on the earth which
absorbs heat from sun rays. The major reason of CO2 emission is human activities affecting
the level of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere. Deforestation and fossil fuels burning
are the main human made reasons for CO2 emission. This continuous in carbon dioxide and
other gases causes earth’s temperature to increase and make it warmer than before. Methane
is more powerful than CO2 and can absorb 25 times more infrared radiations. This gas is
created by the biological activities like digestive process of domestic animals, rice cultivation,
leakage in domestic and industrial gas lines, etc. according to the Environmental Media
Services Organization, it is found that only through the greenhouse effect the earth’s surface
temperature may increase by 6 degrees by the year 2100. Global warming is affecting the
whole ecological balance, sea level, corals reefs, marine life, plants, human beings, etc.
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75. Noise Pollution Essay
Noise pollution or sound pollution refers to the presence of excessive and disturbing noise
(from machines, transportation systems, aircrafts, trains, etc) in the environment that is very
harmful to the physical and mental health of the living beings on earth.
Noise pollution : Causes of Noise Pollution | Effects of Noise Pollution | Diseases caused by
Noise Pollution | How to Control Noise Pollution
Noise Pollution
Unwanted sound generally interferes with the daily routine activities like sleep in night,
conversation, hearing ability, feeling of well being, etc. Water animals are also affected by the
noise pollution created by the noise of submarines and big ships in the ocean. Forest animals
have been affected to a great extent due to the chain-saw operations (create extreme noise)
by timber companies. Common sources of the noise pollution are household gadgets,
transport vehicles, jet planes, helicopters, industrial machines, etc. According to the World
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Health Organization, industries must limit their sound production by 75 dB.
High level of the noise causes huge nuisance, injuries, physical trauma, bleeding around brain,
large bubbles in organs and even death to the marine animals specially whales and dolphins as
they use their hearing ability to communicate, find food, defend and survive in water. Source
of noise in the water is navy submarine’s sonar which can be felt around 300 miles away. The
consequences of the noise pollution are more dangerous and worrying in the near future.
There are many preventive measures of the noise pollution, some are like promoting
soundproof rooms construction in the industries, industries and factories should be away from
the residential building, repairing of motorbikes having damaged exhaust pipes, ban of noisy
vehicles, airports, bus, railway stations and other transport terminals should be far from the
living places, declaring silence zones near educational institutes and hospitals, allowing more
vegetation along with roads and residential areas in order to reduce noise pollution by
absorbing sound.
In some countries (highly populated countries like India, etc) poor urban planning also plays
vital role in the noise pollution as this planning includes the construction of congested houses
having large families in small space (causing fight for parking, fights for basic requirements,
etc) lead to the noise pollution. New generation people play music in full volume and dance
for late night causing lots of physical and mental disturbances to the neighbors. High level of
noise causes loss of normal person’s ability to hear properly. High level of noise slowly affects
the health and acts as slow poison.
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It hugely affects the wildlife, lives of plants, and human beings. Normally, the ability of our ear
is to accept the only certain range of sounds without making any damage to the ear. However,
our ear cannot bear the regular exposure to loud levels of noise and get damage to the ear
drums which results in the temporary or permanent loss of hearing. It also causes other
disorders like sleeping disorders, fatigue, weakness, cardiovascular issues, stress, high blood
pressure, communication problem, etc.
High level of noise brings irritation in the behavior of many people especially diseased, old
people and pregnant women. Unwanted sound causes deafness problem and other chronic
disorders to the ear like damage to the ear drum, ear pain, etc. Sometimes high sound music
pleases the listeners however irritates other people. Any undesired sound in the environment
is injurious to the health. Some of the sources participating highly in the noise pollution are
industries, factories, transportation, traffic, aeroplane engines, train sounds, home appliances,
construction, etc.
The noise level of 60 db is considered as the normal noise however, noise level of 80 db or
above become physically painful and harmful to the health. Cities having high noise quantum
are Delhi (80 db), Kolkata (87 db), Bombay (85 db), Chennai (89 db), etc. Limiting the amount
of noise to a safe level has become very necessary for the life on the earth as undesired noise
affects the health of human beings, plants and animals too. It is possible through the general
awareness among public about the noise pollution, its main sources, it’s dangerous effects, as
well as all the possible preventive measures to get prevented from the noise pollution.
Noise pollution is caused by the noise when the level of noise gets increased than the normal
level in the environment. Excessive amount of noise in the environment is unsafe for the living
purpose. Unpleasant sound causes various disturbances in the natural balance. High volume
noises are unnatural and create difficulty in escaping those generated noises. In such a
modern and technological world, where everything is possible through the electrical
appliances at home or outside the home, the risk of noise has been increased to a great
extent.
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Increasing the demand of urbanization and industrialization in India is causing major exposure
of people to the unwanted sounds. Understanding, planning and implementing strategies to
get prevented from the noise pollution has been necessary to curb within time. The sounds
we make in our everyday life like loud music, unnecessary use of television, phone, traffic, dog
barking and etc noise creating sources have become part of the urban culture as well as most
disturbing things causing headache, sleep disturbances, stress, etc. Those things causing
disturbance to the natural rhythm of life are called as dangerous pollutant. Following are the
causes or sources and effects of the noise pollution:
Industrialization is putting our health and life at risk because all the (big or small) industries
are using big machines producing high pitch sound in large amount. Other equipments
(compressors, generators, exhaust fans, grinding mills) used in the factories and industries
also produces big noise.
Regular social events like marriages, parties, pub, club, disc or place of worship, temples, etc
create nuisance in the residential area.
Increasing transportation in the cities (vehicles, aeroplanes, underground trains, etc) produces
heavy noise.
Regular construction activities (including mining, bridges, building, dams, stations, roads,
flyovers, etc) involve big equipments creating high level of noise.
Use of household appliances in our daily life is also the main reason noise pollution.
Effects of Noise Pollution
Noise pollution causes various hearing problems (damage to ear drums and loss of hearing)
because of the unwanted sound.
It reduces ear sensitivity to the sounds required to regulate body rhythm.
It affects the psychological health and causes the occurrence of aggressive behavior, sleep
disturbance, stress, weakness, fatigue, hypertension, cardio-vascular diseases including other
severe and chronic health issues in later life.
It creates communication problems and lead to misunderstanding.
Affects wildlife and makes pets more aggressive.
Preventive Measures:
General awareness should be increased among people and all the rules should be followed
seriously by everyone in order to control the unsafe sound level in the environment.
Unnecessary use of things generating high pitch sound should be reduced in the home or
outside the home like clubs, parties, bars, discos, etc.
Noise pollution is the pollution caused by the various noise sources whether by the industrial
or non-industrial affecting the human beings, plants and animals health in many aspects.
Regularly increasing level of the noise pollution is keeping the lives of people of present
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generation and coming generations at high risk. I have discussed below the sources, effects,
legal aspects control noise pollution and conclusion of the noise pollution.
Noise created by the low flying military aircraft has also added noise pollution to the
environment to a great extent.
Road traffic noise is increasing day by day in the city because of the motors and exhaust
system of vehicles like trucks, buses, autos, motorcycles, personal cars, etc. Tall buildings in
the cities cause noise to resound in that area for some time.
Industrial noise created by the manufacturing plants because of the use of motors,
compressors, fans, etc.
Construction noises created by the construction of tall buildings, roads, highways, city streets,
etc through the use of pneumatic hammers, bulldozers, air compressors, dump trucks,
loaders, pavement breakers, etc.
Rail roads noise (from locomotive engines, whistles, horns, switching or shunting operations in
the rail yards) are also very effective in the creating high level of noise pollution as they create
peak level of noise of around 120 dB to the 100 feet distance.
Noise created in the building because of the plumbing, generators, boilers, household
equipments, music, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, kitchen appliances, fans, and other
noisy activities in the neighborhood.
Another source of noise pollution is the use of variety of fire crackers (high sound generating)
during the festivals and other family occasions.
Following are the effects of noise pollution
Noise pollution highly affects the health of human beings, animals and properties. Some of are
mentioned below:
Increasing noise pollution day by day is decreasing the efficiency and quality of work of human
beings.
Noise pollution reduces concentration level as high level of noise causes fatigue and tiredness.
Hugely affects the pregnant women and cause irritation and abortion.
Causes various diseases (high blood pressure and mental illness) to the people because it
disturbs the peace of mind.
High level of noise decreases quality of work and thus causes lack of concentration level.
It may cause temporary or permanent deafness because noise level of 80 to 100 db is unsafe
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for the people.
It also damage historical monuments, old buildings, bridges, etc because it weakens the
structure by creating dangerous waves which struck to the walls.
Animals lose control on their mind and can be more dangerous because high level noise
damage their nervous system.
It also affects the plants and causes poor quality crops production.
Following are legal aspects to control noise pollution
Constitution of India guarantees right to life, right to information, right to religion and noise.
Section 133 empowers human being to remove a public nuisance on a conditional or
permanent order.
Noise Pollution Control Rule 2000 under Environment Protection Act 1996 involves controlling
the growing problem of noise pollution.
Factories Act Reduction of Noise and Oil of Machinery limits for noise exposure in the work
zone.
Motor Vehicle Act involves the use of horn and change of fault engines.
Indian Penal code deals with the health and safety issues caused by the noise pollution. One
can be penalized under law of torts.
Conclusion
Increasing level of noise pollution has created the urgent need of general awareness about the
sources, effects and preventive measures of the noise pollution. High level of noise should be
prohibited in the areas like working places, educational institutes, residential areas, hospitals,
etc. Young children and students should be motivated to not get involved in the high sound
producing acts like use of high sound generating equipments and instruments on the
occasions. Use of high level sound generating fire crackers should be reduced during the
occasions like festivals, parties, marriages, etc. Subjects related to the noise pollution should
be added into textbooks and activities can be organized in the schools like lectures, discussion,
etc so that new generations can be more aware and responsible citizens.
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76. Pollution Essay
The word pollution refers to the introduction of contaminants (pollutants) into the
environment, having an adverse effect on it. Pollution is caused mainly due to human induced
factors like – industrialization, deforestation, inefficient waste disposal etc. Pollution can be
further classified into various categories like – water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution,
plastic pollution, land pollution, light pollution, radioactive pollution etc. Hence pollution is a
phenomenon having adverse effect on our natural resources – water, air etc or on overall
environment.
Pollution in India is a big environmental issue which everyone must be aware of. Our kids and
school going children of Class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 usually get topics of
pollution to write essay or recite speech on this. Parents should know about the types, causes
and prevention measures of the pollution in order to help their kids. We have provided below
some essay on pollution to help you and your kids. You can select any pollution essay
according to the need and requirement:
Industries emanating toxic gases and insoluble waste, damage our natural resources of air, soil
and water. There could be various examples of human induced pollutants, like – plastics,
littering, radioactive contamination, soil contamination etc. Pollution must be dealt with
immediately and globally as well. Natural resources, which we are losing due to pollution
today, have been produced in millions of years and might take another Million to repair.
Pollution
The major factors causing environmental pollution are human generated – fossil fuels
production and combustion pollutes the air, use of pesticides pollutes the soil, littering of
plastic pollutes the oceans and water bodies, deforestation leads to air pollution etc. Natural
resources on the planet are limited but the factors polluting them are many. There is a global
need to take immediate adequate measures towards restoration and preservation of natural
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resources, before they get damaged up to the point of no return.
Pollution is the mixing of some harmful or poisonous materials into the natural resources
available on the earth. It affects the ordinary living of the species on this planet by disturbing
the natural life cycle.
Types of Pollution
Pollution can be of many types like noise pollution, air pollution, soil pollution, water pollution
etc. Air pollution is increasing day by day because of the growing number of automobiles,
release of poisonous gases, smoke from industrial companies, finely dissolved solids, liquid
aerosols, etc in the atmosphere. The air we breathe every moment causes several lungs
disorders.
In this way soil and water pollution are also caused by the mixing up of the sewage water
(having germs, viruses, harmful chemicals, etc) in drinking water and also some dangerous
agrochemicals such as pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, organic compounds like ether,
benzene and some radioactive materials including radium and thorium, solid wastes
(industrial ashes, rubbish, garbage), etc in soil.
Conclusion
We need to follow all the measures implemented by the government to check harmful effects
of pollution. We should reduce the use of vehicles, save water, follow organic agriculture
system etc to stop pollution.
Environmental pollution is the condition when the natural cycle of our environment gets
disturbed and harms us. Some harmful environmental contaminants created by us in the form
of smoke, solid or liquid wastes get intermingled into the environment and pollute it. Some
bad chemical compositions which we use on daily basis get intermingled into the environment
and disturb its natural functioning and natural processes which directly affect our health.
It is only human who can check the environmental pollution by limiting their bad activities. We
can stop environmental pollution by planting more trees and taking care of the existing ones.
Reduce the usage of vehicles, reuse and recycle items, proper disposal of waste, saying no to
polythene and maintaining a proper sanitation and cleanliness in our surroundings could also
reduce pollution.
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Conclusion
Our environment and we, both are incomplete without the help of each other. Unknowingly
we all are creating problems and challenges to the environment and it is our responsibility
that we should try our best to maintain the healthy environment in order to continue the
natural processes easily.
Pollution has become a major environmental issue as it has created lots of health hazards to
the people and animals of any age group. In the recent years the rate of pollution is increasing
very sharply because of the industrialized waste material mixing out directly into the soil, air
and water. In spite of this, people are still least concerned about pollution and its effects. The
time has come when it needs to be tackled very seriously otherwise our future generations
would suffer a lot.
Types of Pollution
Pollution is classified into many categories according to the natural resources getting affected
such as air pollution, soil pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, etc. There are also various
other types of pollution which are harmful to us as well as the natural biodiversity of our
planet.
Causes of Pollution
Continuous cutting down of the forests, high vehicle usage, rapid urbanization and large
production through industrialization has highly affected the natural environment. Harmful and
poisonous wastes created from such activities causes irreversible changes to the soil, air and
water which ultimately push lives towards pain. Rate of pollution is also increasing due to the
selfishness of the human beings to earn more money and to fulfill some unnecessary wishes.
Conclusion
The issue of pollution needs a public level social awareness programmes to destroy by its root
and get complete relief from this issue. It is also the responsibility of every individual to
contribute from his level in reducing and preventing pollution, and then only we can give a
pollution free environment to our next generations.
Environmental pollution is the biggest problem in the modern times and no species on earth is
untouched by this issue. The contamination of the natural environment gives birth to lots of
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diseases in human beings and affects the normal survival of animals and other organisms.
Effects of Pollution
It affects us in all aspects such as socially, economically, physically and mentally. The
increasing pollution not only affects the lives of human beings but it also has adverse effects
on all the species present on earth. The increasing pollution has also given rise to many major
environmental problems like global warming and climate change.
Causes of Pollution
Pollution is caused due to vehicle emissions, industrial wastes and smoke, improper waste
disposal, too much use of plastics and polythene etc. Too much use of chemical fertilizers and
pesticides also causes pollution and contaminates ground water.
Prevention of Pollution
If we want to fight the issue of pollution then we have to reduce the usage of vehicles, control
industrial smoke, save water, reduce use of coal and petroleum products etc. The use of
plastic and polythene should be completely banned, and too much use of fertilizers and
pesticides should be controlled.
Conclusion
Environmental pollution is not the problem of a single country; it is the issue of the whole
world, so it needs the effort by all of us together to prevent it. If it is not taken under control,
it may affect whole planet to a great extent in the future and will also pose a question of
human survival.
Pollution is the addition of any foreign or poisonous substances into the environment at very
fast rate than the environment natural accommodation. The pollution of natural resources
causes imbalance in the ecosystem. Pollution is one of the most important issues which is
being faced by almost every country in the world.
Causes
The major causes of this issue are industrialization, deforestation, urbanization etc. The by-
products of many activities which are the part of our daily routine also add up to this issue.
Different types of pollutants which are disturbing our natural ecosystem are toxic gases (NO,
SO2, CO2, CO, NO2), halogens (Iodine, Chlorine, Bromine), deposited matters (Dust, Smog,
Grit), agrochemicals (Insecticides, Pesticides, Herbicides) etc.
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Noise, photochemical oxidants (photochemical smog, Peroxyacetyl Nitrate, Ozone, Nitrogen
Oxides), organic compounds from industries (Acetic Acid, Benzene, Ether), radioactive
materials (Radium, Thorium), some solid wastes (ash, garbage) etc are also responsible for
causing pollution.
Effects
Air, water and soil pollution are the most dangerous forms of pollution causing direct health
disorders to the human beings. We have no safe drinking water, no pure air to inhale and no
pollution free land to crop. The industrial development and green house effect have adversely
affected our ecosystem leading to climate change. Human greed and misuse of freedom lead
them towards serious degradation and mismanagement of natural resources.
Conclusion
This widely spreading pollution need to be taken under control for the healthy survival of life
on the planet in future. If we want to give a better environment and a better world to our
future generations then we have to seriously take strict actions to stop pollution and make
earth a better place to live in.
Earth is considered as the only planet suitable for the life existence in the whole universe but
the contamination of natural resources with harmful substance causes hazards to the survival
of species and affects natural ecosystem balance. Increasing number of vehicles on the roads
and rapid industrialization increases the risk of air pollution as they add heavy amount of
poisonous gases in the environment.
Acid Rain
The release of harmful chemicals, poisonous gases, and dust into the air falls back to earth
through acid rains and harms the growth of crops and life. Acid rain causes various harmful
effects to farmers as well as to various species and animals.
Agricultural Contamination
Water pollution is increasing because of the direct drainage of industrial liquid wastes into the
ocean, lakes, rivers, ponds and other water bodies. This water is used by the farmers in
growing crops might be toxic in nature and affects our health.
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The increased amount of pollution has given rise to Global Warming which is the core of many
problems. It has also resulted in climate change which is affecting the natural ecosystem of
earth and has lead to extinction of various species.
Conclusion
Pollution has highly affected the natural ecosystem of earth and the biodiversity of a place. If
the increasing rate of pollution is not stopped now then it might give rise to major problems in
future and lead to severe health and environment degradation.
Pollution has become the most serious issue as everyone is facing lots of health hazards in
their daily life. Various types of pollutants from the industrial garbage and other activities are
contaminating our natural resources like air, water, soil etc. After being mixing into the soil, air
and water, they are directly affecting human beings and animals and causing variety of fatal
ailments to their health.
Pollution in Cities
The rate of pollution in the cities is higher than the villages because of the vehicle
transportation. Fumes from factories and industries are affecting the quality of clean air in
cities and making it not fit for breathing. Soiled water from the big sewage system, garbage
from the households, by-products of factories and industries get mixed in rivers, lakes and
oceans making the water toxic and acidic.
Pollution in Villages
Though the rate of pollution in villages is less as compared to the cities, but the rapid
urbanization has resulted in polluting the clean environment of villages too. The increase of
transportation and usage of pesticides and fertilizers have highly affected the quality of air
and soil in villages. It has also resulted in the contamination of the ground water leading to
various diseases.
Prevention of Pollution
Pollution in cities and villages can only be prevented by raising a social awareness among
people. Initiatives like reducing vehicle usage, planting more trees, limiting the use of
fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture, proper disposal of industrial waste etc can be done to
stop pollution. Government should also ban the usage of plastics and polythene to save our
planet from the dangers of pollution.
Conclusion
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Man-made technological advancement is the major reason of all types of pollution. So it
becomes important that before the issue of pollution crosses danger line we must take strict
and quick steps to curb out pollution and save our Mother Nature and environment from
degrading further. Our united approach could only help us to fight pollution and save our
environment from its hazards.
Environmental pollution is a major issue for the whole human fraternity on this planet today.
We are continuously adding impurities to the environment unknowingly through our careless
activities. Environmental pollution affects the natural processes and living of human beings.
When we play with the natural cycles of the environment which consists of air, earth, water,
land, plants and animals, it will definitely create big challenge to us and makes healthy life
almost impossible. It hampers the existence of both human and nature together as both are
the dependent on each other.
Cutting of Trees
The biggest issue to the environmental pollution is the removal of forests for urban
development. Decreasing number of the trees day by day increases the level of toxic gases in
the environment as trees absorb most of the carbon dioxide present in the environment.
Conclusion
For our good health we need fresh and pure air to breathe, uncontaminated food to eat and
clean water to drink but increasing pollution has made everything quite difficult for us. Apart
from affecting us, pollution has also lead to many ecological problems like global warming,
climate change and extinction of many species.
We have to take the issue of pollution very seriously else it will destroy us very soon. Everyone
should come forward and contribute their bit in reducing pollution and make our environment
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clean and pure.
Types of Pollution
Some of the most important types of the pollution are air pollution, water pollution, soil
pollution and noise pollution. Major types of pollution are given as below:
Air Pollution
The main cause of air pollution is the heavy emissions of harmful and poisonous gases coming
from the increasing number of vehicles, factories and open burning. Most of the air pollution
is carried out by the transportation system on daily basis. Carbon dioxide and carbon
monoxide are the toxic gases polluting the air and reducing the oxygen level in the
environment.
Some other habits like open burning of household garbage and leftovers of crops etc are also
worsening the air quality. Air pollution causes respiratory disorders including lung cancer
among human beings.
Water Pollution
Water pollution is also a big issue directly affecting the marine life as they only depend on the
nutrients found in the water for their survival. Gradual disappearance of the marine life would
really affect the livelihood of human beings and animals. Harmful wastes from factories,
industries, sewage systems, farms etc are directly dumped into the main sources of water like
rivers, lakes and oceans making the water contaminated. Drinking contaminated water can
cause various water borne diseases.
Soil Pollution
Soil pollution is caused by the excessive use of fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides
and other chemical compounds. This contaminates the crop produced on the soil and this
when consumed can cause severe health hazards.
Noise Pollution
The source of noise pollution is the noise created from the heavy machinery, vehicles, radio,
TV, speakers etc which causes hearing problems and sometimes deafness. Noise pollution
highly affects the elderly people and might also lead to heart attacks and depression.
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Conclusion
Each and every type of pollution is dangerous and might result in a very serious consequence.
We should take care of our environment to maintain the natural ecosystem. It requires a joint
effort from everyone to get control over the issue of pollution so that we can get a healthy
and unpolluted environment. Preventing pollution is also very important to save other
innocent species on earth and make the environment suitable for them.
Environment pollution is the mixing of harmful pollutants into the environment causing
disturbance to the natural processes and cycles. Various types of environmental pollution are
categorized as water pollution, air pollution, land pollution and noise pollution. Since last
decade, there is a great increase in the level of pollution and scenario has become worse than
earlier. It is the time to fight pollution and save our ecosystem from its effects.
Effects of Pollution
All the natural gases in the environment make their balance by reacting each other. Some of
them are used as a food by the plants and trees like carbon dioxide. But, just imagine what will
happen when there will be no plants and vegetation. Decreasing number of plants and trees
causes less use of carbon dioxide which gets concentrated into the environment and in turn
increases environmental temperature level leading to global warming which is the epicenter
of problems.
Pollution has become a major challenge in the current time and needs to be checked now
before it takes the face of a monster. We can definitely prevent pollution by the below given
measures:
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animals in the river and oceans and help them flourish without any hazards.
Conclusion
We still have time to save our ecosystem and what we need is the unison effort from each and
every individual. Environmental pollution needs a global level awareness and every one of us
should understand our mistakes and should stop the things we generally do intentionally or
unintentionally which leads to pollution. We should understand our responsibility and should
work to make our planet a better place for us as well as other species.
Pollution has become a global concern in today’s time. It has changed the face of our beautiful
Earth. It is slowly destroying our environment and making it difficult to survive here. Several
species of flora and fauna have become extinct because of the harmful impact of pollution and
many others are on the verge of extinction.
Pollution has been divided into various categories based on its nature. Different types of
pollutions are causing harm to our planet in different ways. Here is a look at the types of
pollution, their causes, effects and the measures that can be taken to reduce them.
Types of Pollution
Here is a look at the different types of pollution, their causes and impact on the environment
and life on Earth.
Air Pollution
Air pollution is said to be the most hazardous pollution. The primary cause of this pollution is
the industrial and vehicular smoke. The harmful gases emitted by these sources pollute the air
and make it difficult to breath. The increase in the number of factories and vehicles has led to
the rise in air pollution. This has given rise to numerous health problems. Bronchitis and lung
diseases are two common health problems caused due to air pollution.
Air pollution is not only impacting human health but is also deteriorating the environment by
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contributing to global warming.
Water Pollution
The industrial and household waste often finds its way into the rivers and other water bodies
thereby polluting them. Our once pure and pious water bodies have now become a breeding
ground for several diseases as these have been filled with large number of waste plastic
products, chemical wastes and other non-biodegradable wastes. These pollutants mixed in
water are impacting our health. Water pollution has especially become a threat to the marine
creatures. Several of them die each day as a result of this pollution.
Land Pollution
The industrial and household waste that doesn’t get dumped in the water keeps lying on the
land. While attempts are made to destroy or recycle it, a large amount of it does not get
disposed off. This causes land pollution which becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes,
flies and other insects that cause various deadly diseases.
It also refers to the contamination of soil due to waste products that eventually turn toxic. Soil
pollution is also caused due to regular usage of insecticides, pesticides and other strong
chemicals. This type of pollution is often referred to as soil pollution.
Noise Pollution
Noise pollution is caused due to high intensity sound made by machines installed in factories.
It is also caused due to the vehicles on the road, the bursting of fire crackers and music played
on loud speakers. Noise pollution can cause stress and impact the brain adversely. It can also
cause hearing impairment.
Light Pollution
Light Pollution is an excess, unwanted or inappropriate light over a particular area. Light
pollution may be in the form of Urban Glow- Excessive unwanted glare over an urban area,
Trespass- light falling without want, intent or need, Glare- Excessive light or bright light and
Clutter- An unwanted group of lights like in an over lit urban areas.
Radioactive Pollution
Radioactive Pollution refers to the presence of unwanted radioactive substances in the
atmosphere. Radioactive Pollution could be a result of radioactive weapon explosion or
testing, mining and handling radioactive substances or accidents in radioactive power plants.
Radioactive substances present in atmosphere pollute even natural water resources, making
them harmful to consumption or even domestic use.
Thermal Pollution
Thermal Pollution refers to a sudden change in the temperature of water bodies; a change
that is big enough to disturb its ecological balance. Use of water as coolants in various
industries is the main reason of Thermal Pollution. When water used as coolant is suddenly
released back into the water bodies, it decreases its overall oxygen content, as gases are less
soluble in hotter liquids; as a result aquatic life suffers due to sudden change in temperature
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and oxygen scarcity.
Visual Pollution
Anything human made, which obstructs your view constitutes visual pollution. It includes bill
boards, sign boards, antennas, trash cans, electric poles, towers, wires, vehicles, buildings etc.
Constant exposure to visual pollution may result in eye fatigue, stress and depression.
Unplanned and non regulated construction of habitation is the major cause of Visual Pollution.
While some cities around the globe have managed to keep the pollution levels low others are
known for their alarming level of pollution. Most polluted places around the world include
Kanpur, Delhi, Varanasi, Patna, Peshawar, Karachi, Shijiazhuang, Heze, Chernobyl, Bamenda,
Beijing and Moscow.
These cities are known for poor air quality and enormous land and water pollution. Life in
these cities has become miserable and this is largely due to the negligence of people and
government of these places. It is time they should take cue from the cities that have low levels
of pollution and incorporate similar strategies to bring down their pollution level.
Now that we know the causes and effects of different types of pollution, let us understand
how we can contribute towards reducing it. Here are some of the ways by which we can bring
down the pollution level:
Car Pool
Vehicular smoke is a major cause of air pollution. With the increasing number of vehicles on
the road, the pollution levels are rising at a rapid speed. Car pooling can help in reducing air
pollution. Car pooling means sharing the space in your car or your colleague’s while travelling
to work. It can also be brought down if we use public transport more often instead of
travelling via our own cars each time.
Say No to Firecrackers
Firecrackers burnt during festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra and New Year create a lot of air
and noise pollution that leads to various health problems. These are especially disturbing for
small babies, elderly people and animals. We must act as responsible human beings and stop
bursting crackers to avoid unnecessary pollution.
Recycle/ Reuse
Waste plastic and other non biodegradable stuff adds to pollution on land and water. It must
be brought down by avoiding their use. In case we use them, we must not dispose them off
and purchase new ones immediately, we should reuse them a couple of times before
disposing them off. We must also make an effort to send such used things for recycling.
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Keep the Surroundings Clean
We must keep our surroundings clean by throwing the waste products in the dustbin rather
than throwing them away on the land or into the water bodies. We can create a big impact if
each one of us remains particular about keeping the environment clean.
Start Compost
A compost pile is a good way to decompose waste food, leaves and plants and turn them into
fertilizer. It helps in clearing the waste material and turns it into something useful. It is easy to
start and manage.
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Conclusion
Pollution is ruining our environment day by day. We must take it as our responsibility to
reduce pollution by following the aforementioned methods in order to make our world a
better place to live. If we continue to ignore this problem and keep adding to the pollution
rather than looking for ways to reduce it, we shall soon have to face fatal consequences.
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We should not involve in the deforestation and inform the authority immediately after seeing
another one involved. We should promote the habit of re-plantation in the surrounding area
in order to get fresh air as well as reduces the amount of carbon dioxide gas in the
atmosphere.
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PREVENTION OF GLOBAL WARMING ESSAY 3 (200 WORDS)
In order to prevent our environment from the bad effect of global warming, there should be
proper and strict norms which are must followed by countries all over the world as it is not an
issue of a single community or country instead it is a global issue affecting the lives of whole
planet. The massive increase in the atmospheric temperature because of many reasons is
causing global warming. A big issue causing increase in the temperature is garbage incinerator
which produces almost 10 percent of the electric energy. We should follow the recycle process
of every possible thing to avoid the garbage incineration process.
Another way is to strictly stop the deforestation process as well as replanting more plants. As
only trees are the best mediums of reducing the effect of greenhouse gases. Trees and soil of
tress absorbs and stores carbon dioxide gas as their food in the presence of sun light. Another
way to lessen the atmospheric temperature is the usages of low-flow showerheads and
washing clothes with warm or cold water instead of hot water. We should reduce our needs of
personal vehicles and try to use public transportations like auto-rickshaw, buses, trains, etc.
We should follow recycle habit to use disposable products once more in other forms instead
of throwing them such as paper, aluminium foils, newspapers, cans, etc in order to landfills.
We should drive vehicles smoothly by ensuring that tyres are inflated properly in order to
lessen the consumption of fuel. We should avoid the use of geysers and dishwasher and go for
cold or warm water at home in order to save more energy producing heat. Avoid buying
packaged products in order to avoid generating more wastes and garbage. We should a
thermostat while using geysers in order to lessen the use of electricity and lower down
temperature. We should keep electronic devices off and avoid unnecessary use to save fuel.
We should do more planting instead of cutting the plants to reduce the effect of global
warming, to get fresh oxygen and reduce amount of carbon dioxide. There should be
international level awareness programmes to make people aware about global warming.
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however what if we cut the plants without replanting them. They utilizes all the carbon
dioxide gas to make their food in the presence of sunlight but reducing number of plants
continuously on the earth increases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere which causes green
house effect and increases the environment temperature and then global warming.
Carpooling with neighbours, friends or others is great idea to reduce the carbon dioxide gas
emission in the air. Driving car need the burning of more fuel which creates CO2 as a by-
product and gets collected in the atmosphere. So decreasing the number of driving by
everyone may reduce the emission of green house gases and thus global warming to a great
extent. There is a habit to replace plastic water bottles with the reusable ones in order to
lessen the cost, effort and effects of waste disposal. It decreases the amount of trash in
landfills as well as reduces amount of carbon dioxide and methane gas in the atmosphere.
People should choose buying local products from the local manufacturers, farmers, and
producers in order to lessen the consumption of energy in transportation from long distance
in order to reduce the carbon footprint. The effects of global warming can be lessened to a
great extent if each and every person becomes responsible from their own end by having
proper understanding and awareness. There are many cheap and simple methods to reduce
the environment temperature as well as effect of global warming. We all need to be equally
conscious and take strict decisions to bring positive environmental changes.
We should not cut plants instead we should do more planting in order to lessen the CO2 level
in the atmosphere. Deforestation completely disturbs the ecology balance and affects the
whole world. The rise in the environmental temperature is going at a faster rate in few last
decades. According to the NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), it is evaluated that the primary cause of increasing global temperature is human
behaviour, activities and life styles. We should reduce our energy use whether at home or
work place because high level energy use contributes high level of carbon dioxide. Fossil fuels
are burned to get energy for many purposes but releases lots of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. So, reducing our energy use we can contribute towards reducing the personal
carbon footprint.
Use of compact fluorescent or LED lights in place of ordinary bulbs reduces the energy use up
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to 75 percent and lasts longer. We should make sure that we are not wasting energy by any
means unnecessarily. We should reduce our dependence over fossil fuels, electric lights, etc
instead use green power which produces energy from the renewable sources such as solar
light or wind. Transportation of materials from outside or other cities causes emission of more
CO2. So, we should buy locally manufactured goods with minimal packaging in order to reduce
CO2 emission and wastes. We should make habit of recycling goods or donate them instead of
throwing them.
Instead of using our personal means of transport, we should use public transport means like
bus, train, etc to reduce the emission of poisonous chemicals and pollutants to the air and
lessen the risk of global warming. We should minimize our use of appliances and maintain our
automobiles as well as make habit of reduce needs, reuse and recycle things.
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We should understood importance of trees in our lives and do our best to save trees in order
to save life, save environment on the earth and make earth a green earth. Trees are as
valuable as gold that’s why they are called as “Green Gold” on the earth. They are the real
source of our health as well as wealth because they give us oxygen, cool air, fruits, spices,
vegetables, medicines, water, wood, furniture, shadow, fuel to burn, houses, fodder to
animals and other useful things. They consume all the CO2, refresh air from toxic gases and
prevent us from the air pollution.
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SAVE TREES ESSAY 2 (150 WORDS)
Trees gives us life and really very important for the survival on the earth. Many people are
dependent on the tree for their survival economically for example paper industries, rubber
industries, match industries, etc are totally dependent on trees. The main role of trees is
giving fresh and oxygenated air to us and consumption of CO2 however they also give
protection, shadow, food, source of money, home, medicines, etc to the people.
Trees are the source of rain on the earth as they attract clouds which ultimately bring rain.
They also help in checking soil erosion and keep environment fresh by preventing from
pollution. They are the home of wild animals and source of wild life in forests. Trees are very
helpful and useful friends of humanity. They clean soil by filtering sewage and chemicals,
control noise pollution, air pollution, reduce flash flooding, etc. By seeing the importance and
value of trees in our life, we should honour and save trees in order to save life and
environment.
Trees are very important source of cleaning and refreshing air (as they produce oxygen and
consume green house gases) by filtering and intercepting the airborne particles, chemicals,
toxic gases, reducing heat, absorbing CO2 and other pollutants like sulphur dioxide, and
nitrogen dioxide.
Trees acts as natural dustbins to the harmful gases in the environment.
Trees are source of natural shadow and cool air and most comfortable than the artificial
cooling technologies like fan, coolers, air conditioning, etc.
They are effective in breaking the force of wind thus helpful in protecting houses, vegetation,
farmland, etc.
They keep us healthy by lowering the dust levels and pollution levels especially in the urban
areas.
They prevent us from the respiratory disorders and breathing problems by refreshing air.
They help in reducing noise pollution and most effective as sound barriers because they act
most effectively like stone walls in stopping sound. They prevent us from the noises of
crowded roads, railway stations, airports, etc.
They prevent soil from erosion, helpful in rainwater conservation, and prevent sediment
deposit during storms.
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such a technological world, where people are fighting and working for themselves only, only
trees are living for benefiting others (human beings and animals).
Trees are nourishing life on the earth in many ways by providing fruits, vegetables, foliage,
flowers, spices, cool shade, medicines, roots, bark, wood, sprouts, etc. One fully grown tree
may serve humanity for many years without getting anything in return. They prevent us from
many diseases by purifying the air, maintaining the ecological balance, providing medicines,
etc. Plants are like important assets prevent soil erosion, provide habitats to the faunal
species, provide nutrients to soil etc. I have mentioned following ways to save trees and
environment:
We should make some effective efforts from our own end by joining the organizations
working for save trees.
We should make our trees saving service volunteer so that other people may also motivate.
We should encourage our family members, friends, neighbors, small kids to get involve in
saving our important resources.
We should participate in the discussion or meeting related to the trees conservation issues in
the community or state.
We should hugely involve our new generation and teach children to respect trees, nature and
environment by getting them to the hikes or camping.
We should promote new planting in our surroundings.
We are really bestowed by our mother earth many precious gifts nourishing our lives. One of
the important precious gifts is trees. It is the source of food and shelter too for human beings
and animals on the earth. Trees are natural home to many tribes living inside forests and
home to all the birds. They give us timber to make furniture, refresh air, prevent soil erosion
and floods, give cool and clean air in summer, source of products like gum, paper, rubber,
medicine, rain, etc. We should understand the roles and importance of trees in our life and
take a pledge to not destroy them as well as encourage people to plant more trees.
Here are some effective ways to save tree and save life and environment on the earth:
We should find out the reasons of trees removal in the particular region and analyze that
whether tree was need to be removed because of being dead, damaged, diseased or planted
in an inappropriate location.
We should get proper information about the street tree removal by contacting city
department, calling to local division of urban forestry, or writing a letter to the city forester
regarding trees removal objection.
We can contact our city council representatives regarding tree removal issue.
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We should join our hands together with neighbors and set a public hearing in front of officials
regarding saving of the tree.
We should research and collect all the benefits of trees in order to make case strong and
effective.
We should contact with the media and make them on our side to reach tree removal issue to
the public and generate awareness.
If trees have been removed, we should contact local governmental or nonprofit organization
for ensuring re-plantation in the same area
Conclusion
Life is possible on the earth because of water, oxygen and trees and we cannot ignore that
trees are source of oxygen and water on the earth. If we are destroying trees or forests, we
are destroying our lives and environment from the green earth. Human beings are considered
as the most intelligent creature on the earth, so we should understand our responsibility
towards the nature and start saving trees, the green gold of earth.
Trees are most valuable and important source of life on the earth. They are very critical to the
healthy and vibrant communities on the earth. They benefit all the living things on the earth in
some direct and indirect ways. Everything on the earth connect to each other and running
according to the nature’s balance, if any disturbance occur to it whole environment may
disturb and harm the lives on earth.
Plants protect us from many natural disasters and nourish our lives in many ways. They keep
our environment clean and earth green so, we are also responsible to them and try our best to
protect trees. Large and mature trees are more benefiting in nature than smaller ones as they
capture more carbon, filter green house gases at high rate, capture more storm water, provide
big shadow and combat urban heat, reduce energy use and many more, so we should not cut
them even in emergency.
Benefits of Trees
Here I have mentioned some real benefits of the trees which help you to understand that why
trees should not be cut however need to be planted time to time.
Mature trees help us to combat the climate changes by refreshing air and absorbing green
house gases as they are the main source of climate change.
Trees helps in air cleaning by refreshing the air as they absorb all the odors and pollutant
gases in the environment.
An acre of mature trees may provide required oxygen to 18 people per year.
Trees help in combating summer heat as well as low winter temperature.
Trees are best energy conservation and global warming management technique as they
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reduce the need of summer air conditioning by up to 50 percent.
They save water by slowing down the water evaporation from ground through their shadow.
Trees are natural water filter and play great role in preventing water pollution by allowing
water to flow down to the earth below tree thus prevent rainwater to carry pollutants to the
ocean.
Trees prevent soil erosion by holding large amount of soil to one place.
Trees provide us a strong shield to get protected from the ultra-violet rays and thus from the
skin cancer and other skin disorders.
Trees are good source of foods (like fruits, vegetables, etc), shelter, medicines, economy, etc.
Trees have good healing property among patients having any health related complications like
children with ADHD if they have direct exposure to the trees and nature.
Trees are good source of identifying seasons, they reduces violence, and create economic
opportunities to people.
Trees are best teacher who never talk but shows everything. They are also best playmate of
the kids.
They are good example of unity in diversity.
Trees are good source of reducing noise pollution, water pollution, air pollution and soil
pollution.
Conclusion
By seeing all the benefits of trees mentioned above, we can completely understand the value
of trees in our lives. Thus we should not cut trees, we always oppose the cutting of trees and
forests, we should promote more tree plantation in the human crowded area, and motivate
common people to save trees.
Trees play great role in cleaning the air, soil and water and thus making earth a better place to
live. People who live close to the trees are generally healthier and happier. Trees help us a lot
through their limitless servings all across the life. As a human being, have we ever thought our
responsibilities towards trees or only we are enjoying their benefits. Saving plants we are not
showing any kindness to the plants instead we are showing kindness to our lives because life is
not possible without trees on the earth. So, if we want to live life in healthy way, we have to
save plants forever.
Importance of Trees
I have mentioned below some importance and precious value of trees which will help us to
know why trees are called as green gold on the earth and most important for the healthy life.
Trees add lots of value to our lives as well as and improve our living status by providing fresh
oxygen and nutritious foods.
Trees also fulfill our additional necessities like shelter, medicine, and other needs of our
modern lifestyles.
Trees in the society, community, streets, parks, playgrounds and backyards play great role in
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providing peaceful environment and aesthetically pleasing environment. Trees help to
increase quality of life by providing cool shadow during our outdoor activities.
Old trees in the living area become historic landmarks and source of town pride.
Trees help in deflecting sunlight thus reduces heat island effect and keep environment clean
and cool.
Trees provide fresh oxygen and reduce air pollution by filtering harmful gases.
They help in water conservation by preventing water evaporation.
They prevent soil erosion and support wildlife.
Trees are useful source controlling climate by managing the effects of sun, rain and wind.
Trees are very essential in balancing the ecosystem in the nature.
They are good source of absorbing and storing rainwater thus prevent from harms after
storms.
They are good source of food and shelter for forest animals. Birds make their nest on the
trunk of plants.
Trees have their personal and spiritual value as they look colourful and very beautiful. Some of
the trees are traditionally worshipped by the people from ancient time.
They are source of economy for many people as they are used commercially as a fuel, building
construction, tools, furniture manufacture, sporting equipment, household items, paper and
so many purposes.
Why to Save Trees
Below I have mentioned some points proving why we should save trees:
Trees always clean and refresh air by releasing oxygen and filtering particulate matter
including dust, micro metal particles, pollutants, green house gases (ozone, ammonia,
nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxides), etc.
Trees reduce smog and air pollution from the environment.
They improve water quality, prevent water pollution, their root system reduce storm water
runoff, prevent flooding and soil erosion.
Trees are good source of energy saving because they reduce the use of air cooling system
during summer season like electric fan, air conditioning, etc.
Well-landscaped yards and real estate have nice value because of having positive economic
influence on real estate they speeds up the sale of home.
According to the Human-Environment Research Lab, trees are very effective in reducing
violence level in the neighborhood.
Four trees near by the home may save around 30% of the summer cooling costs whereas 1
million trees may save around $10 million energy costs per year.
Forty to fifty trees help in removing approximately 80 pounds of the air pollutants per year.
Trees have very less water requirement per year (400 trees need approximately 40,000 gallons
of rainwater).
A tree throughout its life period of 50 years provides oxygen worth $31,250.
Trees around home boost its market value by 6 or 7% and add around 10% to a property’s
value (according to the USDA Forest Service).
A healthy and mature tree may provide cooling effect equivalent to air conditioner cooling ten
room size area (20 hours/day, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture).
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Conclusion
As we have seen above about the importance of trees, values of trees in our lives and also well
aware of why we should save trees; we should start a campaign of tree saving awareness in
our surrounding to aware common public. We should promote people to highly participate in
such type of events to know the issues related to reducing number of plants on the earth.
We should be always active and open our eyes regarding existence of green gold on the earth.
We should not involve in cutting trees and always oppose cutting of trees and forests. We
should always participate in the tree plantation activities especially in the human crowded and
polluted area.
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Soil is getting polluted through the toxic substances released by the use of chemical fertilizers,
pesticides, insecticides, industrial wastes, etc which are badly affecting the fertility of land. Soil
pollution depletes the soil nutrients because of the availability of heavy concentration of
undesirable foreign elements into soil through chemicalization.
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by day at a faster rate in the rural and urban areas of the country.
According to the statistics, it is noted that consumption of chemical fertilizers by the farmers
has been increased by 5.5 million tons from 1980-81 and by 18.07 million tons from 1999-
2000 in order to increase crop production. Such toxic chemicals enter the human body
through food chain and harm by causing physical deformities, neural tube defect in the new
born babies.
All the soil contaminants get mixed to the fertile land and causes variety of health disorders
directly or indirectly such as respiratory illness, bronchitis, asthma, cancer, etc. Kids are more
prone to the polluted soil than the adults as they play into it and gets attacked by many
diseases especially respiratory disorders. Increasing human population need more grains thus
in order to fulfill this requirement people use highly concentrated fertilizers to improve the
crop production which ultimately affects health through the food chain. Soil pollution is the
gradual process of soil poisoning of the toxic soil contaminants.
Varieties of other pesticides (like insecticides, fungicides, etc) are also getting used by the
farmers to save their crops from the insects and fungus. Such type of pesticides are also very
toxic and spreading their side effects to the environment by polluting the land and air. Other
ways of soil pollution are acidification, agrochemical pollution, salinization, and contamination
by metalliferous wastes. Acidification is a common natural cause associated with long term
leaching and microbial respiration which gradually decomposes the organic materials of soil
(like humic and fulvic acids) which again stimulates leaching. Use of inorganic fertilizers on the
fertile lands has increased the level of soil pollution by decreasing the soil fertility at a faster
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rate.
Earlier, the soil were very much fertile without the use of any fertilizers but now-a-days all the
farmers have started using very strong fertilizers in order to increase crop production because
of high demand of food by the increasing population. Improper, unnecessary and continuous
use of variety of strong organic or inorganic insecticides (DDT, benzene hexa chloride, aldrin,
etc), herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, etc in order to secure crops from insects, pests, fungus,
etc are gradually toxifying the soil. All types of such chemicals have very dangerous effects
directly on the plants growth (inhibits growth, reduces production and reduces size of fruit)
and indirectly on the human health. Such chemicals slowly get absorbed by the soil and then
plants which ultimately reaches to the animals and human beings body through the food
chains.
Other radioactive wastes from the sources like mining and nuclear processes reach to the soil
through water and affects the soil and ultimately to the plants, animals (through grazing) and
human (through food, milk, meat etc). Eating such type of food causes growth retardation and
abnormal growth of the animals and human. Increasing industrialization in the modern world
creates huge heap of wastes on daily basis which directly or indirectly gets mixed to the soil
and contaminate it.
All the fertile land on the earth is getting heavily polluted gradually day by day through the
mixing of toxic materials released by the industries and domestic circles. Major sources of the
soil pollution are industrial wastes, urban wastes, chemical pollutants, metallic pollutants,
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biological agents, radioactive pollutants, wrong agricultural practices, etc. Industrial wastes
released by the industrial processes contain organic, inorganic and non-biodegradable
materials which have ability to change physiochemical and biological characteristics of the
soil. It totally disturbs the level of texture and mineral, bacterial and fungal colonies of the soil.
Urban wastes are solid wastes include commercial and domestic wastes which make a huge
heap on the soil and contribute to the soil pollution. Chemical pollutants and metallic
pollutants are the industrial wastes from the textile, soap, dyes, synthetic, detergents, metal,
and drugs industries which are dumping their hazardous wastes continuously in the soil and
water. It directly affects the living organisms of the soil and reduces fertility level of soil.
Biological agents (such as bacteria, algae, fungi, protozoan and microorganisms like
nematodes, millipedes, earthworms, snail, etc) also disturb the physio chemical and biological
atmosphere of soil and cause soil pollution.
Some radioactive pollutants from the sources like nuclear reactors, explosions, hospitals,
scientific laboratories, etc go very deep to the soil, remain there for long time and cause soil
pollution. Wrong agricultural practices using advance agro-technology means use of huge
quantities of toxic fertilizers including herbicides, weedicides, pesticides, etc enhances soil
fertility however gradually declines the physio-chemical and biological property of the soil.
Other sources of the soil pollution are municipal garbage heap, food processing wastes,
mining practices, and many more. Soil pollution is very hazardous to the health because toxic
chemicals enter to the body through food chain and disturbs whole internal body system. In
order to reduce and restrict the soil pollution, all the effective control measures including
environment protection laws should be followed by the people especially industrialist.
Recycling and reuse of the solid wastes and maximum possible tree plantation should be
promoted among people.
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the human and animal lives in all aspects. Water pollution is the contamination of drinking
water by the poisonous pollutants generated by the human activities. The whole water is
getting polluted through many sources such as urban runoff, agricultural, industrial,
sedimentary, leeching from landfills, animal wastes, and other human activities. All the
pollutants are very harmful to the environment. Human population is increasing day by day
and thus their needs and competition leading pollution to the top level. We need to follow
some drastic changes in our habits to save the earth water as well as continue the possibility
of life here.
The highest level of water pollution is caused by the pollutants come from agriculture field
because of the high use of fertilizers, insecticides, and pesticides to enhance the production of
crops. We need to bring vast improvements in the type of chemicals we use in the agriculture.
Oil is another big pollutant polluting the water. Leaked oil from the land or rivers, oil transport
through ships, ship crashes, etc flows to the sea or ocean and affecting whole water. Other
hydrocarbon particles get settled down through rain water from air to ocean or sea water.
Other toxic wastes through leakage of landfills, old mines, dumps, sewage, industrial wastes,
and farms get mixed to the water.
Hazardous pollutants may contain various types of impurities including harmful chemicals,
dissolved gases, suspended matters, dissolved minerals, and even microbes. All the
contaminants reduce the level of dissolved oxygen in the water and affecting the lives of
animals and human beings to a great extent. Dissolved oxygen is the oxygen present in water
required by the aquatic system to continue the lives of plants and animals. However
biochemical oxygen is the demanded oxygen by the aerobic micro-organisms to oxidize
organic matters of wastes. Water pollution is caused by two means, one is natural water
pollution (due to the leaching of rocks, decay of organic matters, decay of dead matters,
silting, soil erosion, etc) and another one is man-made water pollution (due to the
deforestation, set up of industries near large water bodies, high level emission of industrial
wastes, domestic sewage, synthetic chemicals, radio-active wastes, fertilizers, insecticides,
pesticides etc).
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WATER POLLUTION ESSAY 4 (250 WORDS)
Fresh water is the most important source of life on the earth. Any living thing may survive
without food for days however it is impossible to imagine life without water and oxygen. The
ever increasing human population enhances the demand of more water for purposes like
drinking, washing, performing industrial processes, irrigating crops, arranging swimming pools
and other water-sports centres. Water pollution is done by the people of all over the world
because of increasing demands and competitions of luxuries life. Waste products from many
human activities are spoiling the whole water and decreasing the amount of oxygen available
in the water. Such pollutants are altering the physical, chemical, thermal, and biological
characteristics of the water and adversely affecting the lives inside as well as outside the
water.
When we drink the polluted water, harmful chemicals and other pollutants goes inside our
body and deteriorates all the body organs functioning and puts our lives in danger. Such
harmful chemicals also disturb the lives of animals and plants greatly. When plants absorb
dirty water through their roots, they stop growing and die. Thousands of seabirds are killing
because of the oil spilling from ships and industries. High level of water pollution is done due
to the chemicals coming out of the agricultural usage of fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides.
The effect of water pollution varies from place to place upon the type and amount of water
contamination. The degradation of drinking water needs an urgent basis prevention method
which is possible by the proper understanding and support from the end of each and every
person living on the earth.
There are many sources of the water pollution (point source and nonpoint or diffused source)
depending on the specificity of waste materials discharged from various sources. Point sources
includes pipelines, ditches, sewers, etc from industries, sewage treatment plants, landfills,
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hazardous waste sites, leakage from oil storage tanks which discharges wastes directly into
the water bodies. Diffused sources of the water pollution are agricultural fields, live-stock feed
lots, parking lot and streets into surface water, storm runoff from urban streets, etc which
pours their discharged pollutants over the larger areas water bodies. Non-point source
pollution contributes highly to the water pollution which is very difficult and expensive to
control.
Discharging of wastes in the rivers causes water pollution by decreasing the self recycling
capacity of the water so it should be banned by the government in all countries especially
India in order to keep the river water clean and fresh. The condition of water pollution is much
worse in the India than other countries having high level of industrialization. As per the report
of Central Pollution Control Board, Ganga is the most polluted river in India now which was
very famous earlier for its flexibility of self purifying capacity and fast-flowing river. Around 45
tanneries and 10 textile mills are discharging their wastes (containing heavy organic load and
decomposed materials) directly into the river near Kanpur. According to the estimates,
approximately 1,400 million litres sewage and 200 million litres industrial effluents are getting
discharged continuously on daily basis into the river Ganga.
Other main industries causing water pollution are sugar mills, distillery, glycerine, tin, paints,
soap spinning, rayon, silk, yarn, etc which are discharging poisonous wastes. In 1984, a Central
Ganga Authority was established by the government to start the Ganga Action Plan in order to
control the Ganga water pollution. According to this plan around 120 factories were identified
in 27 cities spreading pollution to a great extent from Haridwar to Hooghly. Gomati river near
Lucknow is receiving wastes of around 19.84 million gallons from the factories of pulp, paper,
distillery, sugar, tannery, textile, cement, heavy chemicals, paints and varnishes etc. The
condition has become more deteriorating in the last four decades. In order to prevent the
water pollution all the industries should follow standard norms, strict laws should be enforced
by the Pollution Control Board, arrangement of proper sewage disposal facilities,
establishment of sewage and water treatment plant, arrangement of sulabh type toilets and
may more.
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81. Why Plastic Bags Should be Banned Essay
Plastic bags are a major contributor in plastic pollution – a kind of pollution which is
deteriorating our environment. It is a threat to life on Earth. Plastic bags must be banned in
order to reduce pollution. Plastic bags cause land, air as well as water pollution. This is the
reason why these have been banned in various countries. However, these are still being
widely used in most parts of the world and are proving to be hazardous for the environment.
LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON WHY PLASTIC BAGS SHOULD BE BANNED IN ENGLISH
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SHORT ESSAY ON WHY PLASTIC BAGS SHOULD BE BANNED – ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
Plastic bags are readily available in the market and are used widely. These are especially
popular at the grocery stores since they come handy in carrying the grocery items. Available in
various sizes these are quite economical and also easy to carry. However, the cost we are
paying for using these bags is overlooked. These bags are costing us our beautiful
environment. Yes! The plastic bags that we use in our everyday life are hazardous for the
environment.
The problem is much serious than it appears. Researchers claim that plastic bags are a major
cause of water pollution. These are also responsible for making our agricultural lands infertile
and a cause of a number of other serious problems. Many countries have banned the use of
plastic bags in order to ensure a cleaner and greener environment. India is also among one of
these countries.
Our country has banned the use of plastic bags in many states. However, the implementation
of this rule hasn’t been proper. These are still available in the market. The retailers provide
goods in these bags and the shoppers gladly take their stuff in these easy to carry bags. It is
time each one of us must understand the severity of the issue and stop the use of plastic bags.
The degree of pollution in our environment is rising by the day. It has increased rapidly with
the advent of industrial revolution. The growing number of factories and vehicles on our
planet has increased the pollution level many folds in the last few decades. While the smoke
from the vehicles and factories has polluted the air adversely making it difficult to breathe, the
industrial and residential waste has contributed majorly to the water and land pollution giving
way to several serious illnesses.
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Plastic: Major Cause of Environmental Pollution
Among other things, plastic plays a major role in pollution in today’s time. Plastic which is
derived from fossil fuels such as oil and petroleum is being widely used for manufacturing
numerous things including plastic bags, kitchenware, furniture, doors, sheeting, packing
material, counter tops and what not. People prefer items made of plastic as these are light
weight compared to wood or metal items and are also quite economical.
The increasing use of plastic is increasing the amount of plastic waste which is hard to dispose
of. Plastic is a non-biodegradable substance. It breaks into pieces, deteriorates over the time
but does not become one with the soil. It remains in the environment for hundreds of years
and adds to environmental pollution. It goes into the landfills and leaks pollutants that
damage soil and water. Plastic cannot even be disposed of by burning as on burning it
produces poisonous gases that can cause serious diseases. Disposing plastic has thus become
a big challenge today.
Plastic bags that form a major part of the plastic pollution are thus being banned in many
countries. However, merely banning plastic bags shall not help. Ban must be imposed on other
plastic items as well to bring down the environmental pollution.
Conclusion
It is high time we must understand the intensity at which plastic is destroying our environment
and making life difficult for plants, animals, marine creatures as well as human beings. The use
of plastic products must be lowered to ensure a cleaner environment.
ESSAY ON WHY PLASTIC BAGS ARE HARMFUL FOR HEALTH – ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Plastic bags that we commonly use in our everyday lives are a threat for life on Earth. These
have slowly swept into our lives and are becoming a major cause of illness in animals as well
as human beings.
Plastic bags are extremely harmful for human health. From the time these are manufactured
till the time these are disposed of as waste – plastic bags do nothing but harm the human
health adversely.
The toxic chemicals produced while giving plastic bags their desirable form have a negative
impact on the health of those involved in their making. Plastic bags are widely used for food
packaging. Researchers claim that some toxic elements from the plastic enter the food items
packed in them. Plastic bags thus contaminate the food rather than keeping it safely packed.
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Many cases of plastic causing harm to the food have been reported. Eating such food can
cause food poisoning, intestinal problems and other health hazards. Plastic bags can even lead
to suspected human carcinogen.
Apart from this, plastic bags produce immense amount of non-biodegradable waste. This
waste remains on earth for almost 500 years. This waste material enters water bodies and
degrades the quality of drinking water. The quality of drinking water has gone down drastically
in the last few decades. It is majorly because of the increasing amount of plastic bags being
dumped in the rivers that are a source of drinking water. This has given way to various water-
borne diseases.
Animals and marine creatures are worst effected by waste plastic bags. We throw the plastic
bags thoughtlessly after use. These plastic bags form a major part of the garbage areas where
the innocent animals go looking for food. Animals often eat small plastic content and even the
entire plastic bags along with their food. Small plastic content accumulates in their body and
causes health problems over the time. On the other hand, gulping the entire plastic bag in one
go can suffocate them to death instantly.
It is the same with the marine creatures. The water bodies are polluted immensely because of
plastic waste. It is deteriorating the quality of water that marine creatures drink. Fishes,
turtles and other marine creatures also eat plastic content and sometimes gulp the entire
plastic bag mistaking it for food and eventually fall ill.
Conclusion
Plastic bags are thus extremely harmful for health. It is in our favour to stop their use and
switch to eco-friendly alternatives.
Plastic bags are quite popular because these are light weight and thus easy to carry. Besides,
unlike cloth or paper bags, we do not even require purchasing these as we go shopping. These
are economical and thus given freely by the shopkeepers on the purchase of goods. It is
because of all these reasons that plastic bags are preferred by both shopkeepers and
shoppers. However, we need to look beyond momentary convenience and see the bigger
picture.
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Non Biodegradable
Plastic bags are non-biodegradable. Thus, disposing them of is the biggest challenge. They
break down into small particles and enter the soil and water bodies however they do not
decompose. They remain in the soil and water for hundreds of years and release toxic
chemicals thereby damaging our beautiful planet.
Deterioration of Environment
They are destroying the nature owing to their harmful effect. Plastic bags have become a
major cause of land pollution today. The waste plastic bags are thrown into the landfills where
they take almost around 500 years to decompose. These bags are light in weight and are easily
carried by the wind to places far and wide. The litter caused by them on the land and the
landfills causes land pollution. The plastic bags that enter the water bodies are a major cause
of the water pollution. These are thus deteriorating our environment in every possible way.
Clogged Sewage
Waste plastic bags often run down with water or are blown by the wind and get trapped in the
drains and sewers. Clogged sewers and drains can be a threat to the human beings as well as
animals especially during rains. The water gets accumulated as the drains are blocked because
of plastic bags. This can result in flood like situation and disrupt the normal life of people.
Conclusion
We need to understand the problems being caused by the easy-to-carry plastic bags and stop
their use. It is time our government should take some strict measures to ban plastic bags.
LONG ESSAY ON WHY PLASTIC BAGS SHOULD BE BANNED – ESSAY 5 (600 WORDS)
Introduction
Plastic bags are a major cause of environmental pollution. Plastic as a substance is non-
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biodegradable and thus plastic bags remain in the environment for hundreds of years
polluting it immensely. It has become extremely essential to ban plastic bags before they ruin
our planet completely.
Many countries around the globe have either put a ban on plastic bag or levi tax on it in order
to restrict its usage. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Morocco, Malaysia, Bangladesh,
Taiwan, England, Germany, Hawaii, New York, Italy, Scotland, Rhode Island and Maine are
among some of these. These measures have brought down the usage of plastic bags to a large
extent. However, the problem hasn’t been solved completely because the implementation of
these measures hasn’t been as successful.
Black market for plastic bags exists in some of these countries and these toxic bags are still
being circulated illegally.
There are numerous reasons why the government of various countries have come up with
strict measures to limit the use of plastic bags. Some of these include:
Waste plastic bags are polluting the land and water immensely.
Plastic bags have become a threat to the life of animals living on earth as well as in water.
Chemicals released by waste plastic bags enter the soil and make it infertile.
Plastic bags are having negative impact on the human health.
Plastic bags lead to drainage problem.
Public Must Support Plastic Bag Ban
While the Indian government has imposed ban on the usage of plastic bags in many states,
people are still seen carrying these bags. Shopkeepers stop providing plastic bags to the
shoppers for a few days every now and then but switch back to them as the government
doesn’t take any strong measures to stop their production and distribution. It is time we must
contribute our bit to make this ban a success.
We, the educated lot of the society must take it as our responsibility to stop the use of plastic
bags and ensure that those around us stop using these too. Here is how we can support the
government in this direction:
Keep a Tab
We are so accustomed to using plastic bags that it is difficult to stop their usage completely all
of a sudden. In order to be successful in this mission, we must keep reminding ourselves about
the harmful effects of the plastic bags on our nature and keep a tab on their use. Gradually,
we will become habitual to doing without these bags.
Seek Alternatives
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There are many eco friendly alternatives to plastic bags. Instead of taking plastic bags to carry
our grocery items and other stuff, we can carry a reusable jute or cloth bag each time we head
to the market.
Reuse
We should reuse the plastic bags we already have at home as many times as we can before
throwing them away.
Spread Awareness
While the government should spread awareness about the harmful effects of plastic bags and
the need to ban them by way of advertisements and hoardings, we can also spread awareness
through word of mouth. We can educate our house help, car cleaner and kids in the society
about the environmental problems caused due to plastic bags and urge them to stop its use.
Conclusion
The problems caused due to plastic bags have often been overlooked and underestimated.
This is because people do not look at the long term effect of these small, easy to carry bags
they use in their everyday life. They keep using these bags owing to the convenience they
offer completely ignoring the fact that these bags have adverse effect on the environment and
are a threat to life on earth.
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A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed is a proverb that refers to the importance and value of
true friends in life and reveals that: ‘a friend is a true friend only when he/she helps his/her
friend in the need’.
‘A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed’ is a proverb which students can be assigned by their
teachers in the classroom to write the meaning, paragraph, short essay, long essay or their
own views on this topic. Now-a-days, essay or paragraph writing is one of the good strategies
of enhancing student’s skill of English writing. It is commonly followed by the teachers in the
schools and colleges for same purpose. Following are some paragraphs, short essays and long
essays on A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed to help students in completing their task in the
classroom. All the ‘A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed’ essay are written very simply. So, you
can select any essay on A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed according to your need and
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requirement:
A true friend never see the differences (whether financial racial, cultural or traditional), he/she
just become ready to help in any condition. A true friend always gives and never has feeling to
take in return. Every one of us needs someone who can help us anytime whenever we need
him/her. He/she not only helps us but exchanges good ideas, views and thoughts, sorrows,
hopes, joys and other feelings. He/she never cheats and always cares for us. He/she never
become arrogant and never changes on getting wealth and power.
Getting true friend is a blessing from God and every one of us don’t have such friends. True
friendship becomes noble and great but very rare. Having a good friend is a most precious
earning and most precious possessions of the life. Without having a true friend our life is dry
and dull. True friends give good and safe company to us and make our life happy, interesting
and worth living. He/she understands us and our all needs. They appreciate and motivate us in
our bad circumstances and try to solve problems by sharing all the joys and misfortunes. They
become very good counselor and guide in our life as well as the source of joy, strength and
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courage. They never left us in darkness even they become rich, prosperous and powerful.
Thus, true friends always prove the proverb ‘a friend in need is a friend indeed’.
Some greedy people develop terms with only influential people for getting benefit however it
become their big mistake as this trick can never bless them with true friends. A true friendship
can be test in the time of difficulties. Whereas, greedy friend gets disappear in the difficult
times. They give many excuses of being at distance from us. A true friend always becomes
close to his/her friend even in deep trouble and always concerned about the welfare of him.
True friends always make every effort to help and keep their friends happy all time. We can
see many examples of true friendships from ancient time till date such as friendship of Rama
and Sugreva, Krishna and Kuchela (Sudama), Duryodhana and Karna, etc. Such friends become
life’s greatest blessing and lifetime achievement. This proverb does not only tell the nature of
a true friend but also give us way to choose good friends.
A true friend always gives full support whenever we are in need. We cannot recognize that
whether a friend is good or bad but during difficult times they can naturally be recognized.
Every one of us generally needs a friend who can help us during bad times and not just for fun.
Sometimes the condition really becomes very worst and we do not get any way to be out of
that, in that case we need help from others. This is the time when we miss a friend who can
give us help and take us out of the difficulty. True friends are really of much importance;
whenever we become absent someday in the school, they discuss important topics and helps
us with all the notes and materials done in the class.
No one can really help us like a true friend as they share all the highs and lows of the life.
Thus, we learn from this proverb that it is only real friend who appears with us in all time; but
those who just stay with us in happy times are not good friends. True friends always give good
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memories and reasons to be in friendship forever.
Good people don’t like to have crowd in their life; they have only few friends but true and
trustworthy. They always maintain a true relationship in friendship and are ready to help
anytime. They never judge their friends as they have quality to give not take in order to build a
healthy and long lasting friendship. True friends are trustworthy, honest, loyal, empathetic,
self confident, supportive, non-judgmental and most importantly a good listener.
If we earn a good friend in life, we earn the most precious thing. We can share to them
anything and any secret of the life. Having a good friend is very necessary to all of us in such a
hectic life so that we can release the mind pressure of study, job, business, family, etc by
talking to them. A true friend may have variety of good qualities however having basic
qualities are necessary to be engaged into the good friendship. We should not be hurry in
making friendship in order to avoid stranger and cheater friends. We should take proper time
in understanding the friends all around us and choose someone special for our friendship who
may lead us ahead in life.
May be, you get true friendship very quickly, however, the relationship build over long time
become long lasting and valuable. Being in true friendship for long is much harder than finding
good friends. Not everyone is blessed with true friendship, only few lucky people are blessed
to have this true relationship. A true friend becomes very polite (sometimes hard when
required) and soft-spoken with gentle manners. He/she never show dominance in the relation
and never become selfish and mean minded. True friends never get benefits of our innocence
and softness. They always protect us to go at wrong path and being involved in the wrong
habits.
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Here are some Child is the Father of Man essays of varying lengths to give you an insight about
this idiom and help you with the topic in your exam. You can choose any essay on Child is the
Father of Man according to your need:
A man is basically a product of the behaviour and manners he developed during his growing
years, mainly in his early childhood.
The behaviour of a child determines as to what he will become when he grows up.
The way a person is during his childhood he remains exactly that way in his adulthood as well.
The basic nature and behaviour of a person does not change with age or time.
Though interpreted differently, the meaning of the proverb remains more or less the same.
Conclusion
The idiom, “Child is the Father of Man”, is used quite commonly mainly to indicate that a
person’s childhood habits majorly impact his overall character and this is actually true to a
great extent. It is thus essential to develop good habits during the childhood.
The idiom was originally written by the famous poet William Wordsworth. It first appeared in
Wordsworth’s poem, “My Heart Leaps Up” that was out in 1802. The term gives an important
message and has been used on various occasions since then.
By way of this phrase, Wordsworth stated that as a child he felt extremely joyful looking at the
rainbow and as an adult he still experiences the same pleasure as he looks at the nature. This
is to say that what delighted him during his childhood days delights him as an adult too.
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As per him, childhood shows the adult what morning shows the day. It is but natural that what
a person learns during his childhood days, it will reflect in his habits and words later in his life.
For instance, if a person develops good habits during the childhood, he is likely to lead a
disciplined life through out. Similarly, a child who forms bad habits is most likely to indulge in
ill practices as he grows up.
As per this proverb, deep inside an adult’s heart there remains a small child who guides him
on how to behave and react in different situations.
‘The Child is father of the man’ is the famous quotation from one of the most popular poems
‘My Heart Leaps Up’ written by the legendary poet called William Wordsworth. The poem is
still widely read today both by adults and children, mainly because of the deep meaning
hidden in it.
Meaning
According to the proverb ‘The Child is father of the man’, the basic nature of a man doesn’t
change with age or time. The behaviour and nature of an adult gets developed in one’s
childhood itself and the conduct or behaviour of a child signifies the kind of a person, the child
is going to be. Ideally, an adult is the result of the manner, behaviour or habit that he/she
develops during the childhood.
We all know that a child remains away from all the pressures and practicalities of life, so
he/she can enjoy every single moment of life. Through the proverb ‘the child is father of the
man’, William Wordsworth wants to portray that as a child, he used to enjoy every little things
such as rainbow and even as a man he enjoyed rainbow with the same zeal and vigour. As a
grown up man, no life’s pressure or hard work could stop him from enjoying the nature and
the little things which he used to enjoy as a child. The nature he displayed as an adult was
adopted by him in his childhood itself.
The proverb signifies that childhood forms the foundation stage in a person’s life and
whatever the person learns in his childhood remains with him till the time he lives. The
knowledge, habits, attitude, nature and any behaviour that a person exhibits as an adult is
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actually imbibed by him early in his childhood.
This also puts a lot of responsibility on the shoulder of the child’s parents as whatever
upbringing they would give to their respective child in their early lives will last as the child’s
personality forever. A happy child would become a confident and cheerful person and a child
who undergoes sufferings and agonies may turn out to be a distressed person.
There are lots more interpretation of the famous proverb ‘The Child is Father of the Man’: the
activities done in the childhood majorly influences the overall personality of a grown up
individual. A child knows no enemy, he/she is away from the miseries of life, remains innocent
and loves everyone; he/she finds enjoyment in every small activity, is playful and full of life.
Even though life’s pressure and some uncontrollable facts may change a person at the later
stage of life; but he/she should always remain youthful at his/her heart as a child.
Conclusion
Thus, the parents and the teachers must always remain mindful of their behaviour with their
children and give them a happy upbringing. They must always try to educate and nurture the
child in a manner that he becomes a positive and happy man who serves the society at large.
The famous proverb ‘The Child is father of the Man’ is written by William Wordsworth through
his famous poem ‘My Heart leaps up’. The poet through this line tries to say that the basic
nature of a man gets developed in his/her childhood itself. When he was a child, he used to
enjoy nature and even when he has grown up as an adult, he enjoys the nature. Because
enjoying the nature or rainbow is his basic character which got developed when he was a
small child.
Meaning
The proverb became highly popular due to the deep meaning hidden inside the line. It means
that the core personality of a person gets developed since one’s childhood and it majorly
depends upon the upbringing one gets at home and the teachings one gets at the school.
Thus, based on the kind of upbringing and teaching, the individual develops positive or
negative personality traits at the later stage of one’s life. Also, by looking at the child’s
behaviour, one can identify what kind of person one is going to be.
Even from the learning perspective, whatever learning, education and knowledge one gains in
the childhood remains with the person forever. A child is considered to be the source of
learning for the adult. A child is innocent and full of life, but when he grows up as a man, he
tends to lose the charm and innocence due to various responsibilities and hardships. But the
poet did not lose the childhood charm; he enjoyed the rainbow even as a grown up man.
Likewise, each individual must enjoy life without boundaries and pressures like a child does.
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Like morning is the base of the day; childhood is the base of the overall personality and
character of a man. Childhood activities influence the activities and performance of a man. If a
child gets healthy environment and grows up amongst the motivational and cheerful people;
he is certainly going to become a happy and confident person and if a child is brought up in a
chaotic atmosphere; he will grow up to be a rebel. That’s why it’s been said that the child is
the father of man. It’s the responsibility of the parents and teachers to control their actions
and words and inspire the children to learn good habits right from the beginning; because
children are fast learners and their knowledge remains with them for their lifetime. A person
is not only responsible for his own conduct but his conducts and behaviour reflect the society
too; hence it is important that the child is taught good moral values and to perform good
deeds so that the child can make the world a better place to live in, when he grows up.
Conclusion
Some people, despite having healthy upbringing and delightful memories during childhood
tend to become a serious and quiet person; there is no harm in enjoying the nature and every
little things like rainbow, butterfly, birds, etc; because they not only please you without
costing anything, but they also maintain your innocence and childhood. A man must always
remember that his personality must portray his childhood.
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CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS ESSAY 2 (150 WORDS)
Cleanliness is next to Godliness is a most famous proverb which tells us that practicing
cleanliness is a very good habit and leads us towards goodness in every walk of life by keeping
our body, mind and soul clean and peaceful. Being clean is very mandatory for all of us to get a
healthy body and mind and ultimate success in the life. Maintaining cleanliness is the essential
part of healthy living because it is the cleanliness only which helps to improve our personality
by keeping clean externally and internally.
Cleanliness is the responsibility of everyone and they need to maintain the cleanliness and
hygiene of their surroundings and themselves. A clean body keeps us healthy and away from
the doctors thus saves from the medical expenses and time loss. Cleanliness brings good and
positive thoughts in the mind which slows down the occurrence of diseases.
A clean and well dressed person indicates good personality and good character with
impressive habits. Good character of a person is assessed by the clean dress and good
manners. Cleanliness of body and mind improves the self-respect of any person. Cleanliness of
the body, mind and soul lead towards the godliness which ultimately bring feeling of
physically, mentally and socially well being person. A person needs to maintain cleanliness in
daily life, need to follow a strict discipline and certain principles in the life. People who
become clean are generally religious and god-fearing in nature and never feel hate or jealous
to others.
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There is a close connection between personal cleanliness and moral health of the person.
Personal cleanliness is considered as the symbol of purity of body and soul which is necessary
to get healthy and spiritual connection. People who do not take daily bath or wear dirty
clothes are generally lose their feeling confidence, self-respect and well being. So we can say
that personal cleanliness safeguards us against dishonesty. All the advantages of the
cleanliness proves the question that why religious people and religion founders have made
cleanliness ritual necessary during spiritual occasions. Regular and proper cleanliness helps us
to prevent from germs remaining long on the body and maintain our godliness.
Earlier too, many cleanliness programmes were run however became unsuccessful because of
the not getting proper support of the common public. The celebration of World Environment
Day is also takes place every year having the same objectives of cleanliness. We have adopted
many things from the western culture however never caught their etiquette and habits
related to the sanitation and hygiene. Cleanliness is the matter of attitude which is possible
through the proper awareness among common people.
Cleanliness is a virtue which should be promoted among people of all age group and status to
get complete command over the cleanliness. Proper and regular cleanliness brings good
mental and physical health, tidiness, and purity of soul and mind. Cleanliness of body and
mind provides spiritual and positive thoughts as well as helps to easily connect with the
nature.
People who do not maintain their cleanliness become generally fed up because of many
reasons like physical problems, mental disturbances, diseases, negative thoughts, etc. On the
other hand, people who maintain their hygiene and personal cleanliness become always
happy as they develop positive thoughts which help to balance body, mind and soul.
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clean character of the person.
It is considered that the people maintaining cleanliness and develop the habit of dressing
smartly, become clean character and generally pious and god-fearing. Such people have
certain morals in their life and have clean heart by being godly. We can say that godliness
starts with clean heart and clean heart can be of person with good character. This is the
reason why priests of any religion tell to be clean from body and mind before worship.
Cleanliness is the first and foremost thing to be near to the god.
On the other hand, being clean strengthens our immunity system and secures us from many
chronic and acute diseases. However, clean people may catch diseases from dirty people but
they are strong enough to tackle small problems. They can manage things in their
surroundings related to the cleanliness including instructing poor and dirty people about
cleanliness.
People maintaining their proper cleanliness feel shame in meeting with the people having
dirty face, hands, soiled clothes and bad smelling clothes because they feel their insult while
meeting with such type of people. Cleanliness of body is really very necessary for the good
physical health. On the other hand, physical cleanliness gives inner cleanliness and keeps heart
and mind clean. Cleanliness of mind keeps us mentally healthy and prevents from the
psychological problems. So, the complete cleanliness keeps away from dirt and diseases as
both go together, where there is dirt there is diseases.
Disease causing germs breed and grow very rapidly in the dirt which causes infection or
various epidemic diseases such as cholera. So, in order to be healthy, happy and a peaceful life
we all should practice clean habits in every aspect of life because dirt symbolizes moral evil
whereas cleanliness symbolizes moral purity.
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This applies to almost everything in life. If we procrastinate and delay our work, we shall only
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create problems for ourselves. The work will go on increasing with time and we shall feel
burdened as the days will pass. If we complete our work timely and regularly, we shall not
have any back log and we will not feel over burdened or stressed because of it. This will render
a feeling of contentment and keep our personal as well as professional life intact.
People who are disciplined complete their work timely. They pay attention to even the
smallest problems in their life and try to solve them before they turn big. This is why they are
more successful than others. Each one of us must understand the importance of this proverb
and work accordingly.
‘A Stitch in Time Saves Nine’ is a way of reminding us that if we resolve the small issues of our
lives in time, they will end there and then itself. On the contrary, if we ignore them and do not
solve them timely they will increase manifolds and trouble us in ways we cannot even
imagine.
The proverb ‘A Stitch in Time Saves Nine’ encourages people to take timely action and avoid
delay to prevent problems. This is something that we are taught from our childhood. As kids,
we are told to complete all our tasks on time. Our parents try hard to help us inculcate the
habit of completing our studies and other assignments timely every day as they understand its
importance.
They know that if we leave it for the next day we shall only pile up work for ourselves and it
would result in putting much more effort the next day. Likewise, we must not delay anything
whether it is work or something personal. We must work on things and fix them on time so
that they do not go out of hand later. If we do not complete or fix things on time we may be
required to pay a heavy price for it later.
Conclusion
The proverb means that we should make it a priority to complete our tasks timely. This is
because, if we do not complete them on time they will keep growing and it will become
difficult for us to complete them all at once. This is also true for problems in our lives. If we
resolve them when they are still small, we can resolve them with little effort. However, if we
procrastinate and delay in taking timely action on the same, they grow bigger and it becomes
hard to resolve them.
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The phrase, ‘A Stitch in Time Saves Nine’ basically emphasizes on the importance of fixing
things on time to avoid further problems in life. This holds true for every person in every
situation. We must all complete our tasks and solve our problems in time to prevent them
from growing and burdening us.
The proverb, ‘a stitch in time saves nine’ holds relevance in our personal lives. We are
expected to fulfil various responsibilities as a person. We are expected to obey and respect
our elders, maintain our relationship with our parents, siblings, relatives and friends and grow
into a good human being.
This can only be done if we are disciplined and take things seriously. Only if we are particular
about our life will we be able to fulfil all these expectations. We may have clashes in our
personal relationships. These clashes may be over any big or small issue. If we do not resolve
these in time, these may grow bigger and bigger with time and impact our relationships
negatively. Many people refrain from putting any efforts to resolve such problems initially and
regret later as the differences among them grow bigger and become almost irreparable.
Similarly, they keep procrastinating and do not work on improving themselves while there is
still time. Such people often repent later. A person who does not understand the importance
of resolving things in time and leading a disciplined life always lags behind and develops a
feeling of dissatisfaction.
It is highly important to manage time well and complete all the tasks in a systematic manner
when it comes to a person’s professional life. Any small error must be rectified timely in order
to prevent it from becoming a big trouble. Likewise, all the assigned works should be
completed in a timely manner in order to avoid backlog.
Lack of this can put a person in trouble. It often results in poor ratings and bad mouthing
which can be quite disheartening and discouraging. Many employees are sacked out just
because they do not take their work seriously and keep procrastinating. They realize their
mistake only when it is too late.
Conclusion
Each one of us must realize the importance of this proverb and the message it is trying to
convey. People who value time and understand the significance of resolving things on time are
likely to lead a more peaceful and successful life.
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A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
‘A Stitch in Time Saves Nine’ means it is wise to resolve a fight or issue as quickly and timely as
possible. If we ignore it and make delays in resolving it then we have to face severe
consequences as the problem grows.
The root cause of most problems in our lives is procrastination. By way of this proverb, the
writer is trying to insist on the need to give up on this harmful habit and complete all the tasks
timely.
Firstly, such a person would never be able to succeed in life as he would hesitate putting in
efforts at the right time.
He will turn regretful and remorseful after a certain point in time as he would end up missing
numerous opportunities just because of his habit of procrastination.
He may end up ruining his personal relationships due to the lack of ability to communicate at
the right time. Sometimes an unresolved argument leads to differences that keep growing
with time and are hard to repair.
He may end up ruining his career as it is very important for professionals to achieve their
goals. Procrastination is a hindrance in performing efficiently and achieving the set goals.
People who procrastinate and do not finish up their tasks on time stay at the same position all
through their professional life. Some even end up losing their jobs.
He will be overburdened with work as the time passes and this will lead to a lot of stress that
can have a negative impact on both mental as well as physical health.
He will develop feeling of dissatisfaction over the time.
This is exactly what implies by the proverb, ‘a stitch in time saves nine’. We would be able to
live a satisfied life only when we complete our tasks on time and solve our problems when
there is still time. If we keep procrastinating and ignore our tasks and problems we shall be
burdened with work.
It is important to take this proverb seriously and avert procrastination. In order to overcome a
problem you must first recognize there is one. You must recognize that you are
procrastinating and your work is getting piled up because of this or a small problem that could
have been resolved easily is growing bigger and difficult to tackle.
Once you realize this, you will be urged to do something about the issues you have not been
paying much attention to. With some effort you can inculcate discipline, set a routine and
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complete all your tasks timely. You shall also be inclined to solve your problems when they are
still small so that they do not become more problematic.
Conclusion
‘A Stitch in Time Saves Nine’ is a very thoughtful proverb. It is essential to remind oneself
about the importance of following this and do what it takes to follow it in order to lead a
satisfying life.
‘A Stitch In Time Saves Nine’ is an English Proverb suggesting that we must tackle our
problems immediately; else, they will only get bigger with the passage of time. The phrase
refers to a hole in a garment or a cloth, which if left undone will only results in a bigger hole;
probably needing more stitches to repair. It is therefore wise to make that one stitch on time
to avoid nine later.
Whoever coined the phrase ‘A Stitch In Time Saves Nine’, was very much aware of the fact
that the responsibilities, obligations, problems that we don’t pay attention today, thinking
that they are small and not worth our time; will only get bigger and will be difficult to tackle
later. It is therefore wise to find solutions to our problems when they are small, to save time
and effort.
The phrase ‘A Stitch In time Saves Nine’ also suggests us to not be lazy while delivering our
duties or tackling problems; as they will only get bigger if not attended on time. The phrase
has a wide spread application in both professional and personal life; it is useful to the students
as well as working professionals.
As a student you must not delay your obligations; be it, studying for the exams, completing
home work or working on that science project. If you delay it thinking that you still have plenty
of time left at your disposal, the day will not be far when you will get burdened and stressed
by the piled up work.
As a working professional you must not be lethargic at your place of work and you should
deliver your obligations and duties on time. If you keep on delaying you responsibilities and
don’t act promptly on time, you will only regret later; when faced by a bigger problem.
We can apply the essence of the phrase, even in our personal lives; while dealing with
everyday issues of our family and friends. Sometimes it does happen that we do not attempt
to clear that misunderstanding between us and leave it for time to repair; unfortunately, it
only gets bigger resulting in a greater divide. A small misunderstanding if left unattended will
only get bigger with time, like the hole in a cloth. The phrase therefore advises us to act swiftly
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on such issues to save our relationships and strengthen them by acting immediately on such
issues.
If we delay our obligations we might feel relaxed for the moment, but that is definitely not a
permanent solution; neither a temporary one. It is no more than the reflection of our callous
and lethargic attitude. Wearing such attitude we are destined to feel over burdened and
stressed after the short stretch of relaxation.
Delaying your work or duty is a habit and really not a good one; so, don’t fall prey to it. Get up
and get going! The beauty of the phrase is that it holds true for everyone and in every aspect
of life.
The phrase also holds true on individual dreams and aspirations. Every morning you get up
and postpone working on your dream; the place you dreamt of going to, the person you
wanted to be, the goals you have dreamt of achieving. Every day you think about it, but delay
it further; thinking that ‘I will start tomorrow!’ This tomorrow actually never comes and days
become years and years decades. Before life catches you off guard with nothing else but only
regrets; act on that dream now, at this very moment.
The work that we leave today for tomorrow only gets bigger like the tear in a cloth if not sewn
on time. It is therefore advised to dispose off your duties and work promptly, everyday and on
time to avoid unnecessary and unwanted work load.
Conclusion
‘A stitch In Time Saves Nine’ is a proverb that teaches us to refrain from being lazy; whether,
in work, in studies, in life or in relationships. The phrase has a very simple meaning- The
problems in life will only get bigger if not attended immediately, like a tear in a cloth will; if
not stitched on time.
Be careful next time you say- ‘I will do it tomorrow’; because, ‘i will do it tomorrow’ will never
change to ‘i have done it’ if you make delaying a habit; rather it will change to ‘wish i would
have done that on time’. The last statement is a regret, so don’t delay your work, dream, and
aspiration and start working on them now.
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LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD IN ENGLISH
Here are essay on all that a glitter is not gold of varying lengths to help you with the topic in
your exam. You can select any All that Glitters is not Gold Essay as per your need:
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ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
In life we meet a lot of people and come across numerous things. Many people appear to be
extremely warm and friendly initially. However, in most cases as we get to know them we find
out that they are not that nice. Their actual personality is hidden behind the fake mask they
wear to build relationships for their personal gain.
Similarly, we see several attractive things in the market. We feel the urge to purchase them
and bring them home as they seem irresistible. However, when we begin to use them, we
often realise that it only looks good at the surface level and is not very useful or is low quality.
The famous saying, ‘all that glitters is not gold’ implies just the same.
As per this saying, we must not trust anyone easily. We must take our time to learn about a
person before we establish a deep bond with them. Likewise, we must not purchase anything
big only because it looks good. We must assess it, check its quality and utility and only then we
must go for it. This also holds true for job and business opportunities and almost everything in
life. Many things appear to be good from a distance but they are not actually good for us.
The phrase, ‘all that glitters is not gold’ is old but it is relevant even in the current times. It
suggests that we must be very cautious about everything in life as we may be deceived by
pretty faces and attractive packages that may only look good but in reality are fake and
deceitful.
The saying ‘all that glitters is not gold’ has evolved from the old phrase ‘all that glisters is not
gold’ which was coined by the famous English author, William Shakespeare. It found mention
in his play, The Merchant of Venice published back in 1596. ‘Glister’ was eventually replaced
by ‘glitter’ as the phrase gained popularity.
John Dryden used the phrase, ‘all that glitters is not gold’ in his poem, The Hind and the
Panther in the year 1687. “All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold”, he wrote. The phrase is
used universally to emphasize the fact that everything that seems beautiful or good may not
actually be nice.
The phrase ‘all that glitters is not gold’ is a sort of warning. It warns people not to trust
anything just by its external appearance. This has been done with the example of gold. It
implies that everything that appears appealing to the eye may not be all that great. We must
stay cautious at all times. We must scrutinize people, situations, things and opportunities and
try to understand them well before we accept them. If we fail to do so, we may be fooled and
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deceived. The phrase has been passed on from generation to generation and is commonly
used to emphasize the mentioned point.
Conclusion
Several phrases are coined by various poets and authors from time to time, however only few
remain popular even after centuries of their origin. ‘All that glitters is not gold’ is one such
phrase.
The saying ‘all that glitters is not gold’ means that everything that has a shiny and attractive
exterior may not be good in the inside too. It says that the appearance of something cannot
determine its real character. It may be glittery as gold but it may not necessarily be as
precious.
My grandfather often uses the phrase, ‘all that glitters is not gold’. He uses it to warn us
against several things. As a little kid, I was often attracted towards eye-catching things. I
couldn’t think and analyze whether those things were actually useful for me or not. I also did
not have a sense of whether they were right for me or not. Besides, I never really understood
whether they were worth the amount being paid.
I wanted to purchase every toy that appealed to my eye without caring about whether it was
useful for my age or not. However, I was often disappointed later as most of these toys didn’t
turn out the way I expected them too. These were mostly wrapped in beautiful packing but as
I opened them, there was hardly much material to play with. Often times, they were not even
of my interest.
Seeing me disappointed with my newly bought toy, my grandfather once sat with me and
explained a useful concept at length mentioning the phrase ‘all that glitters is not gold’. He
told me that market is flooded with numerous things and most of these are covered with
fancy exteriors in order to lure the customers and increase sale. We cannot bring home
everything that appeals to us as not everything is useful to us and not everything is worth
purchasing. We need to check its utility and also assess whether we really need it or not
before opting for it instead to just purchasing it for its face value.
He also explained that this holds good even for people and relationships. In life, we may meet
many people. It is natural for us to get attracted to those who are beautiful and dress up
nicely however we need to understand that these people may not necessarily be good at
heart. So, before making friends and other relationships, we must observe the person
properly to avoid getting hurt later.
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Conclusion
The phrase, ‘all that glitters is not gold’ is a warning and a lesson that everyone should learn. A
person who understands it is likely to take wiser decisions in life.
‘All that glitters is not gold’ literally means that everything which is sparkling and shiny isn’t
gold. This applies to almost everything. We come across numerous attractive things in life
however not all of them are as pure as gold. Some of them only appear good but are evil or
fake in reality. The phrase is commonly used across the globe since centuries.
The saying ‘all that glitters is not gold’ that has become so popular has been accredited to the
16th century English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. However, what he had
originally written was ‘all that glisters is not gold’. ‘Glisters’ was eventually replaced by
‘glitters’. Though the phrase has grown extremely popular and is used worldwide the
replacement of ‘glisters’ with ‘glitters’ has offended many literature lovers even though both
the terms have the same meaning. They see it as a misquotation and insist that the phrase
originally written by Shakespeare is actually the correct version.
The phrase, ‘all that glitters is not gold’ especially holds true for people in the current times.
People these days have grown extremely cautious about their external appearances. They
want to wear good clothes, dine in fancy restaurants and make rich friends. The growing craze
of posting pictures on the social media platforms is the best example of how people want to
look good and seek attention from those around them. The pictures posted on the social
media are often deceptive.
These are an echo of the expression ‘all that glitters is not gold’. Many people admit to have
dysfunctional families however their social media posts show that the picture is all rosy.
Similarly, a simple picture is made to look exceedingly good by using filters and all sorts of
applications. This is a perfect example of the phrase, ‘all that glitters is not gold’. Research
shows that most people who appear to be beautiful and joyful on their social media pages are
in reality just faking it all.
Besides, most people these days have grown quite greedy and self-centred. They often
befriend others to fulfil their selfish motives. Many people bond with rich and influential
people just so that they can brag about their friendship. Many people also fake being nice and
friendly just to establish business links or grab a job opportunity.
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Once their job is done, they change colour like a chameleon. The phrase can aptly be used to
warn us against such people. We must be very cautious while allowing people in our lives as
often the most charming and friendly people turn out to be the most mean and egocentric
people. We must thus assess people properly before establishing deep connection with them
else we may end up in trouble.
Conclusion
Many similar phrases have been coined from time to time but none has gained as much
popularity as ‘all that glitters is not gold’. It is commonly used to warn people of the
misleading exteriors of things.
‘All that glitters is not gold’ is an expression that emphasizes the fact that everything that
appears to be beautiful and attractive may not be so. Many things that have a fancy exterior
and shine like gold may not be as valuable. This holds true for people too. Many people
appear to be beautiful and friendly but in reality they may not be so.
There are many moral stories and fables that echo similar thoughts as the saying, ‘all that
glitters is not gold’. One such popular fable is that of two friends, Anil and Sunil.
The two friends lived in a village. It was for the first time that they were travelling to the city.
They were all quite excited about their trip. They had planned to visit many places within the
city and do a lot of shopping. Anil especially wanted to purchase a watch. He had been saving
for it since a long time. He was discussing about his plan of purchasing a watch from the city
with his friend just when the passenger sitting next to them overheard their conversation.
He took out two sparkling watches from his bag and showed it to the two friends. Anil was
enticed by the beauty of those watches. He decided to purchase one of them at once.
However, Sunil was a bit sceptic about his decision. He could not trust the man selling the
watches as he said that the glistening strap of those watches was made of gold. He charged
heavily for the watches.
Sunil warned Anil not to purchase the watch from the man as he suspected he was lying.
However, Anil was so attracted to the beauty of the watch that he did not listen to Sunil. He
happily handed a large sum of money to the stranger in exchange for a watch.
Few days later, the watch stopped working. Anil took it to the nearby shop to get it repaired. It
was then that he learned that his watch was made of an ordinary material that only sparkled
like gold but was not precious at all. He realized that all his money had gone down the drain
and felt extremely disappointed. He regretted taking hasty decision even after being warned
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by Sunil.
Since then, Anil took all the decisions very cautiously after assessing all the pros and cons. This
is how each one of us should act in life as ‘all that glitters is not gold’.
The phrase, ‘all that glitters is not gold’ is an improvised version of the original saying, ‘all that
glisters is not gold’ which appeared in Shakespeare’s popular play, The Merchant of Venice in
the year 1596. Many similar phrases have been coined by various writers from time to time.
For instance, Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem, The House of Fame’ included, ‘Hit is not al gold, that
glareth’. The poem was published in the year 1380. Alian de Lille, the 12th century French
theologian wrote, ‘Do not hold everything gold that shines like gold’. The Latin version of the
phrase is ‘Non omne quod nitet aurum est’
Other similar phrases include, ‘appearances are deceptive’, ‘never judge by appearances’ and
‘never judge a book by its cover’. These are all used commonly and convey the same meaning
however none is as popular as Shakespeare’s ‘all that glitters is not gold’.
Conclusion
‘All that glitters is not gold’ is a warning for each one of us especially for those who take hasty
decisions just by looking at a thing, situation or person at the surface level. It is a warning for
those who just look at the external beauty of things rather than analyzing their actual worth.
This is because everything that is appealing to the eye may not be actually good. Just as there
are many things that sparkle and shine but not all of them are as precious as gold.
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It is true that helping others brings peace and happiness but one cannot gain true happiness if
his own family is suffering and he is out helping others. It is rightly said that, ‘Peace, like
charity, begins at home’. Our family must be on the top of our priority list. We must fulfil our
responsibility towards our family before stepping out to improve the society.
Our parents have looked after us for years. They have made us capable of what we are today.
If we ignore them and overlook their needs and go out and work for NGOs, we cannot be
called helpful and caring human beings. Our foremost duty is to be with our parents, take care
of their needs, lend ear to their problems and solve them before we head out to change the
world. Same goes for other close relations in our life.
Charity begins at home is a beautiful expression that emphasizes the need to prioritize the
needs of one’s family before anything. Now, this is not to say that one must only think about
his family and not do anything for the society. Charity is a good thing and we must all indulge
in it for the betterment of our society.
However, this proverb implies that our first duty is towards our family. Once we fulfil this duty
then we should go out and help others. A person who leaves his family crying and goes out
and involves in charitable work cannot be called good.
It is commonly believed that charity refers to providing financial aid to those in need.
However, this is only partially true. The word charity comes from the Latin word, caritas which
means love. So, charity does not necessarily mean providing only alms. It also refers to
offering any kind of assistance and giving love and care to those in need. This means that one
does not have to be financially rich to do charitable work. Each one of us can help the needy in
our own unique way to fill the void in their lives.
For instance, merely visiting children in orphanage or people in the old age homes and
spending time with them can bring a smile on their face. However, someone who ignores his
own parents and spends time at the old age home isn’t doing a task worth appreciation. He
must first give time to his parents and other family members and then go out and help others.
Conclusion
The proverb, ‘charity begins at home’ gives a very powerful message. It says that, we must
love our family dearly and keep them on the top of our priority list. We must fulfil all our
responsibilities at home and then indulge in charitable tasks. Working for the benefit of the
poor and needy is important but it should not be done at the cost of one’s family.
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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
‘Charity begins at home’ means that a person’s foremost responsibility is to serve his family.
He should go out and help others only when he has fulfilled his duties at home. The proverb
dates back to centuries and thus the teaching it gives is being emphasized since a long time.
The saying, ‘Charity begins at home’ was originally mentioned in Sir Thomas Browne’s Religio
Medici in the year 1642. “Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world: yet is every man
his greatest enemy”, he wrote.
While this was the first time this phrase was mentioned in the exact form we use it today, this
notion had been emphasized many times prior to the same. 1 Timothy 5:8, King James Bible
published in the year 1611 mentioned, “But if any prouide not for his owne, & specially for
those of his owne house, hee hath denied the faith, and is worse then an infidel”.
This means that a man’s first responsibility is his family. If he indulges in charity ignoring the
needs of his family, he cannot be regarded as a good man. John Fletcher and John Wycliffe
echoed the same thoughts in their respected works. John Fletcher wrote, “Charity and beating
begins at home” in his book, Wit without Money. The book was published in the year 1625.
The saying, ‘charity begins at home’ is true to every word. How can somebody who cannot
take care of his family members and is ignorant about their needs understand the needs of
people outside? If he cannot cater to the needs of those close to him, those who have been
connected with him since years, how can he possibly understand the needs of a stranger and
help him. If someone is doing so, it may just be a farce. He may just be doing it to gratify his
own ego and fetch attention from those around him.
Even if he is genuinely trying to help others and is ignorant about the needs of his family, he is
not really doing a great job.
We must indulge in social work and help the needy. However, we must first fulfil our
responsibilities towards our family. Lack of it will only create discontentment among
individuals and an overall unhappy society.
Conclusion
‘Charity begins at home’ is an old saying that holds relevance even in the current times. We
must follow the point being emphasized by way of this saying.
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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME ESSAY 4 (500 WORDS)
Introduction
It is truly said that, ‘charity begins at home’. Somebody who cannot love his family and is not
sensitive to their needs is only faking helping people outside. Charity does and should always
begin at home. The proverb is a lesson for each one of us. We must first love our family
wholeheartedly and care for them and then shower love and help to those outside.
While it is largely believed that ‘charity begins at home’ means that our family comes first and
that we should help them before helping the strangers in need however some people debate
that the meaning of this phrase is misconstrued. As per them, it means that kids learn charity
at home. If the parents are loving and giving and work for social causes their kids shall also
learn the same from them and make efforts to improve the society.
This does make sense. A strong message is being sent out to people by way of this phrase.
After all, children follow the footsteps of their parents. If they see good happening around
them they will indulge in the same. If they see their parents helping the poor and needy, they
shall also inculcate the same habit and pass it on to the next generation. It will help build a
better society.
However, the above mentioned interpretation may not be complete in itself. It is to be noted
that if the parents neglect their children, ignore their needs and devote all their time in
helping others, will the children still love the concept of helping others? No! They would
rather hate it more than anything and keep away from it.
So, in a way both the interpretations of this phrase are true and interlinked. While we must
indulge in charity and if the habit runs in the family, the kids shall inculcate the same however
we must first be sensitive towards the needs of our kids and family members and then go out
and help other. This is the best way to lead a wholesome life.
We must learn to prioritize and it should be our family that should be on the top of our
priority list. Ignoring the needs of those at home and working for the good of the society is as
bad as merely looking after our own needs and the needs of our family members and not
extending any help to improve the society even as we have abundant means to do the same.
Conclusion
‘Charity begins at home’ sends across a strong message. We must understand its importance
and follow it to lead a more satisfying life. We must remember that what we inculcate and
practice is what we teach our children. It is thus imperative to imbibe good habits. We must
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first shower our family with abundance of love and care and fulfil all their essential needs and
then help the poor and needy around us. If God has given us enough, then we must thank him
by sharing our blessings with those in need. Children shall learn the same from their parents
and the world will become a better place to live.
Charity begins at home is a social message. It emphasizes the need to love our family and work
for their betterment before we venture to improve the society. It implies that a person who is
insensitive to the needs of his family members and is involved in social causes cannot be called
all that great. He can never be content and happy in life.
It is rightly said that our parents are our first teachers. We learn a lot from them. Children
observe their parents and begin to inculcate their habits subconsciously. After a certain period
of time, most of them begin to behave and react in a similar manner as their parents. It thus
becomes the duty of the parents to behave responsibly. ‘Charity begins at home’ has two
interpretations. One of these is that if the parents are involved in charity, the kids shall learn
and inculcate this habit too.
As explained above, children imbibe the gestures and mannerisms of their parents knowingly
or unknowingly and begin to behave in a similar way. The phrase, charity begins at home’
implies the same. However, here the writer is specifically talking about indulging in charitable
acts. If the parents and grandparents are involved in charitable tasks, the children will carry
forward the legacy.
However, people must first ensure that their close relations are intact and that they have
fulfilled all their responsibilities at home. Only when they have ensured this should they go
ahead and indulge in charitable tasks.
There are many moral stories that explain this phrase. One such story with a deep moral
lesson is as follows:
Once upon a time, a king decided to visit distant areas of his kingdom to see how the people
of his kingdom were doing. He spent hours walking on foot to meet people and understand
their needs. As he came back to his palace, he was extremely tired and his feet hurt badly as
he had to walk on stony paths which he wasn’t used to. Since he wanted to visit the place
regularly to connect better with his people and serve them, he ordered his men to cover the
entire land with leather so that he wouldn’t have to face similar pain again.
Now, this meant slaughtering thousands of animals in order to get leather from their skin.
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Though the idea did not seem great, his servants nodded in affirmation just when one of them
gathered the courage to give him an alternate idea. He said that instead of slaughtering so
many animals to cover the entire land, why doesn’t he just get his feet covered by leather to
avoid them from hurting. The king liked the idea and went for it.
Thereafter, he went to distant areas within his kingdom and worked upon improving his
kingdom and the life of the people living there. This was only possible with a pair of shoes.
Without them he would not have been able to visit these areas so often and would not have
been able to connect well with his people and work for their betterment.
The story gives a meaningful message. In order to help others, we must first help ourselves.
The phrase, ‘charity begins at home’ suggests the same. We should first help ourselves and
those close to us only then we shall be able to do good to the society.
Conclusion
The phrase, ‘charity begins at home’ is a lesson that each one of us must imbibe. It stresses
upon the fact that in order to help others and make this society a better place to live we must
first work upon ourselves and cater to the needs of our close ones. However, it should not end
there. Once these basic responsibilities are fulfilled, we must go out and help those in need.
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The ability to laugh frequently is a wonderful resource to overcome most of your problems
and enrich relations. A hearty laugh eases your stress and physical tension. It improves the
function of blood and increases the flow of blood in your body. This will help protect against
heart attack and many other diseases. Laughter also helps increase your energy level that
would keep you charged throughout. Humour helps build positive attitude towards various
situations in life and reduces negativity. Negative attitude and energy will have negative effect
on your life and health while positive attitude will affect your health and life positively.
Optimistic attitude is also very important to stay focused and to develop positive
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relationships. Sharing joy and happiness will always increase your delight.
Thus one should always maintain positive attitude in life and keep laughing. You will spread
joy and happiness around you as that is the way you will feel from within. So stay happy and
spread happiness.
The proverb ‘Laughter is the best medicine’ means laughter is the best way to get cured
emotionally and physically. It is a natural medicine to recover faster.
Laughter Yoga
Laughter yoga is a mind-body exercise gaining ground all over the world as a reliable therapy
for depression, stress and anxiety. Laughter yoga is being promoted all over the world. People
come together and participate in performing forced laughter with simple breathing and yoga
techniques. In Yoga it is believed that you don’t need reason to laugh. You can simply practice
laughing to gain its benefits. When you attend such a laughter therapy session even as a
viewer it causes you to laugh. The exercise in itself is so much fun; one can’t stop laughing
watching funny faces. You gain positive energy and perspective from such laugh therapies. It is
a great social activity and there are no barriers.
There are several people who benefit and recover from laughing therapies. It completely
rejuvenates your mood. It is the kind of exercise that improves our overall health. It has its
positive effect on mind and body as well. It helps us relax our muscles and prevent the release
of stress hormones. Laughing exercises also initiate the release of endorphins which makes
you feel good and relieves pain. It works wonders in reducing stress, anxiety and depression. It
gives a boost to your immunity making you feel more energetic. It is also a group activity and
will help develop your social connections and reduce the feeling of dejection.
Conclusion:
Life is hectic and stressful these days but ignoring our health is not sensible. Health is actually
true wealth and to improve overall health and enjoy the benefits of laughter we all must join
laughter yoga clubs. It reduces the day to day stress and energizes us for the daily chores.
‘Laughter is the best medicine’ states that laughter can have several health benefits on your
physical and mental health. It is a powerful tool to combat several maladies. It is also helpful
in developing strong bonds and relations.
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Read and Share Jokes: We should read more jokes whether it is in comic books, newspapers or
online. We should also share jokes with others and laugh even more.
Make it a Habit: Like we follow our healthy diet, beauty sleep, and workout regime it is
important to add more and more laughter in our daily routine as a habit.
Have Funny Friends: We should always try and make more friends with good sense of humour.
Hanging out and spending more time with friends who cheer us up with their wit and spread
positive vibes around us is vital.
Watch Funny Movies and Shows: Watching funny shows and movies lifts our mood up and
makes us laugh out loud throughout.
Play with Kids: Kids laugh heartily and spread laughter all around them and they just don’t
need a reason to laugh. Nothing is more refreshing than a kid’s laughter.
Laugh at Yourself: Most of the time we are reluctant to laugh at ourselves as we are self-
aware and don’t want people to make fun of us. But learning to laugh at one self is the ability
to accept our own flaws which is quiet healthy.
Have a Pet: It’s so much fun to play around with dogs and cats, or any pet one likes. The pets
around us never let us feel lonely and are so lovable and cheery.
Laughter Yoga: Laughter yoga is the best way to add laughter to your daily routine. Joining a
yoga club or practicing yoga at home is a superb way to add extra dose of laughter in life.
Share Laughter: We can always share laughter with family members, friends and relatives by
getting involved in funny conversations and fun activities. It’s also important to develop a
habit to greet people with a big smile.
Extra Activities: If we have hobbies such as dancing, singing or playing games, we must spare
time for these activities regularly. As doing something that we really enjoy also makes us feel
happy.
Conclusion
Life gives us many reasons to smile and laugh every day. Let us not miss any reason. Let us
share the natural medicine of laughter with everyone around us.
We often hear the phrase ‘Laughter is the best medicine’ from our parents, relatives, fitness
instructors and teachers. That is because laughter is an expression that actually has several
positive effects on our mood and health. Studies have shown that a Kinder Garten child laughs
around three hundred times a day while adults merely laugh on an average around seventeen
times a day. It is okay to be silly and laugh out loud as it is going to make you feel very happy
and delighted as a result. This medicine really works wonders to cure several types of illnesses.
It is healthy for your physical, emotional and overall well-being. Laughter is the medicine for
many ailments, feeling of depression, fear and anxiety.
In today’s world, there are several people suffering from depression. Depression is the illness
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that affects you physically and emotionally in a number of ways – lack of interest in family,
friends and fun; state of mind in which you just isolate yourself. We see a lot of people around
us who are always sad and depressed. It is very difficult for them to laugh. Being depressed
and sad all the time is the mindset which develops and becomes habitual over a period of
time. Of course one needs to consult a doctor but the laughter therapy with it will always help
cure faster.
Also those who have suffered strokes in the primal brain region have to undertake prolonged
sessions of laughter as it has vital role to play. Laughing is the therapy that heals us mentally
as well as physically. While we laugh endorphins and other stress releasing hormones are
released that make us feel happy, it also results in boosting immunity and relieving pain
naturally. It helps in relaxing muscles and releasing stress. Laughter is powerful coping method
and a natural antidote for anxiety, stress and depression. Laughing is associated with greater
resistance and ability to deal with strain. It influences you to see a world from a positive
perspective.
Laughing can instantly change the mood of a person in to a cheerful one and it is difficult to
feel negative emotions while you laugh. My Yoga instructor says that if we practice smiling,
laughing and laughing out loud, every-day for some time then we will never feel depressed. So
not only is it the medicine to fight depression and stress but also to prevent depression. The
sixth sense which is really very important for living is sense of humour, which should not be
underestimated at all.
Laughing is usually a group activity and sharing joy increases happiness. It enhances our mood
through social connection and decreases the feeling of loneliness. Socializing and sharing
happiness will help repair the damage caused due to stress and depression.
Conclusion
Depression is serious illness and needs to be cured at the earliest stage. Laughing can
definitely help to combat serious illness like depression. There is no loss in laughing and we
should never miss any chance to laugh or simply laugh without any reason.
Laughter is the best medicine. It is the best feeling in the world. It brings so much of cheer to
life. Whether it is a smile, a slight giggle or a loud laughter it completely alters the mood and
atmosphere. Not only does it makes you feel good but everyone around you will catch those
positive vibes from you.
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Reduces Stress Hormones
Improves Cardiovascular Health
Boosts T-cells
Releases the Endorphins
Over all Well Being
Abs Workout
Laughter Helps Fight Depression
Happiness is spreadable
Laughter increases positivity
Lowers Blood Pressure
Yes the simple medicine to reduce your blood pressure is laughter with no side effects and lots
of positive effects on your overall well-being. Thus to control blood pressure it is vital to have
the daily dose of laughter as many times as possible.
Laughter also helps in reducing stress hormone levels which will ultimately reduce the stress
and anxiety that will negatively impact your body. Stress reduction will also result in higher
immune performance.
Laughing is a good cardio workout. Especially those who are inactive can at least laugh several
times a day. One will also burn some amount of calories and remain heartily healthy. Laughter
is also the exercise in which you inhale oxygen which will enhance blood flow and stimulate
heart.
It is a kind of face work out, it relaxes the face muscles and tissues. The more you laugh the
more toned and glowing your face appears. It also adds spark to your eyes which makes you
look even more beautiful.
Boost T-cells
T-cells get activated when you laugh; these are the special immune system cells waiting for
activation in your body. Activation of T-cells help you fight off illnesses.
Endorphins are the tiny neurochemicals released by your body that acts as pain reliever.
When you laugh you release endorphins that can help reduce pain and enhance your mood.
Overall Well-being
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Practicing laughter everyday will heal you faster. It is a well- known fact that people who have
positive attitude towards life fight diseases better than those who always have negative
outlook towards life.-
Abs Workout
Laughing will also help you tone down your abs as when you laugh the muscles in your
stomach move the similar way when you work out your abs. It is an internal exercise.
Laughter is a great way to fight depression. Being depressed and unhappy becomes a regular
pattern if we don’t try to come out of it. It reduces the influence of negativity in life.
Happiness is Spreadable
It cheers you up when you see someone smile at you; smile is your immediate response. And
it always feels great to be around people with good sense of humour. The feeling of shared
happiness will always boost your pleasure and smiles.
Laughter increases your ability to view situations with a positive perspective. It strengthens
your ability to accept failures and hardships of life. It becomes easy for you to cope with the
hardships of life.
Conclusion
Thus to always have smile and laughter on you face is the best way to live a healthy life. Don’t
take your life so seriously that you forget to laugh. Celebrate every single occasion and
achievement in life. Be optimistic and never lose hope in life. Never have a single day without
laughter as life without laughter would be so boring and dull.
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LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY IN ENGLISH
Here are essays on Rome was not Built in a Day of varying lengths to help you with the topic in
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ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
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The ancient city Rome, Italy was not built in a day. Rome evolved to be one of the most
glorious and admirable cities in the world, and it took ages for such a progress. So the proverb
‘Rome was not built in a day’ is rightly said and is an expression that communicates the power
of hard work, patience and determination in achieving such a triumph or making a dream
come true.
When we too dream big we need to make some move and continue making progress in the
same direction. It is not wise to give up on the way. We all know the story of Rabbit and
Tortoise in which Rabbit is much faster than Tortoise but takes rest in the middle of the race
whereas Tortoise is slower but continues steadily till the end and wins the race. So, in life
every success and achievement will take time but if we are determined to achieve something
we are definitely going to win. We just need to move ahead with positive outlook.
Conclusion
If you love to win or want to achieve something in life always remember this proverb and
when you just think about giving up remind yourself that ‘Rome was not built in a day’.
We can dream big, our dreams in life have no boundaries but there would be many obstacles
on a path towards fulfilling the dream as nothing comes easy in life. One needs to put in
efforts and work hard to battle the obstacles coming in way and have patience to reach the
final destination. One should keep working in life until the dream is fulfilled and not give up
easily.
If we plant a tree and want to enjoy the fruits of the tree it’s not enough to just plant a tree.
We need to regularly water the tree and nurture it with love and care for a long time. Only
then the tree would grow and start giving fruits for us to enjoy. If we stop taking care of the
tree and water it for just a few months then it would adversely affect the growth of the tree
and we might never be able to taste its fruits.
Conclusion
So, if we wish to achieve something great in life and have big dreams in life then hard work,
patience and dedication towards achieving the goal are the most important attributes in this
direction. If we are focused towards achieving the goal nothing is impossible in life and the
best example for the same is Rome, one of the most exquisite and marvelous cities in the
world.
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ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY ESSAY 3 (400 WORDS)
Introduction
Rome was not built in a day. It took centuries and the labor of many generations, to be envied
as one of the most glorious cities in the world. The phrase ‘Rome was not built in a day’ is an
expression that motivates us for persistent hard work in life.
Suppose, if someone wishes to play for the Indian National Cricket Team and is talented it
does not mean he will immediately get an entry into the team. It is not possible for anyone to
directly play for the National Team. One needs to practice for many years locally and be
athletic and hard working. Then, one needs to play at school level, in clubs, at local
tournaments, get proper coaching and play on a district level, state level and get noticed. One
also needs to maintain fitness as an athlete and follow special diet regime. A lot of hard work,
struggle, determination and professional coaching are required to get selected in National
Team. If we choose the best for ourselves we need to put in our best efforts for the same and
it is definitely going to be worth it.
But if we would give up by thinking it’s such a long process and so much of hard work is
required then we would never be able to achieve success. If players like Sachin Tendulkar,
Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni would have lost patience and given up before reaching
their goal then we wouldn’t have had such brilliant cricketers in India. The movie ‘M S Dhoni’
is a perfect example and a source of inspiration for us. It shows the struggle behind M.S.
Dhoni’s success story. These cricketers are certainly an inspiration. One needs to be a fighter
to get what he wants in life. Not only cricket but in any sport to represent the country on a
national level is a long process, it takes a lot of hard work, patience and devotion. Similarly in
life any big creation, goal or achievement takes time. Life is not a red carpet of roses. Here we
need to go through several ups and downs throughout the journey.
Conclusion
Thus the bigger your goal or dream in life is the harder you need to work for it and the longer
you need to wait for success. But no one can stop you if you are focused in one direction and
have the talent and willpower to achieve something. This is exactly what is echoed by the
proverb, Rome was not built in a day.
The phrase ‘Rome was not built in a day’ teaches us a very important lesson of life that, when
you aim big you need to work hard for it and have patience to reach your goal. Everyone
wants to be at top and wishes for everything best in life but to achieve the best one has to put
in the best efforts. Experts don’t become experts in a day. They have to practice for many
years to be expert in any respect.
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Essence of this Proverb
If we are not successful in achieving something at once we need to try again and again until
we triumph. It is important to believe in ourselves and have the will power to achieve
something with constant efforts and hard work. We need to build the never give up attitude
as good results take time. We cannot expect to top in class when we just open the books
during exams. We have to study hard throughout the year to top. The competition has
increased so much these days that to get the tag of best or top in any field one has to work
really hard and have patience.
When an author writes a story or a novel it takes so much of imagination, practice, patience
and concentration, it takes feelings and experience of lifetime to paint the realistic story and
characters through words on a paper. It is not at once that the story comes out to be perfect;
it is revised and rewritten several times for the best effect. It takes several days, months or
even years to write. Even then it might get rejected or may be approved for publication. Yet,
when the story gets published it might be criticized by several people and may not achieve a
huge response. But that doesn’t mean that the author would never write again in future and
would give up writing as this happens with almost every author, the same is applicable for the
poets. Only practice, hard work, patience and the flair for writing would make the author
successful.
It’s good to be aware of your dreams but it is also important to consider the other side of the
story. A business man can start a small business and work each day to grow; day after day. He
puts more and more efforts and expands the business to achieve his goal. It becomes his habit
and focusing on your habits to achieve what you want is important than focusing on the final
result. He doesn’t need to achieve his goal in one day but he works every day to move ahead
and is growing; that is what is satisfying for him.
Conclusion
What comes easy in life is never appreciated. When we wait for something or dream about
something throughout our life and achieve that with constant efforts and our ability then that
gives us the reason to be proud, that is the true victory for us. The choice is always ours
whether we want something that comes easily or whether we want to work hard to achieve
something really great.
Rome, Italy is one of the most ancient and beautiful cities in the world. It is famous across the
world for its architectural beauty and infrastructure. It is the city with museums, parks,
churches, villas, and priceless works of art, palaces, and several monuments. The phrase
‘Rome was not built in a day’ states that the most magnificent city like Rome was not build
overnight but has a long history. It took ages and efforts of several generations for the
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evelopment of one the most beautiful places in the world. It attributes the importance of the
glory of the city and the exertions behind the success of the dream city. The same way every
successful story and wonderful achievement requires long term efforts and patience. The one
who is passionate and continuously dedicated towards achieving something will one day
definitely be successful.
Not only achieving the goal but perfection in anything we do is also an important aspect and
perfection is only achieved with practice and patience. We practice driving for several days on
the ground or on roads with less traffic before going on the highway for a drive. Amir Khan is
tagged as a perfectionist in Bollywood after several years of acting career, loads of practice,
hard work, dedication and patience. He puts more than hundred percent in every role to
achieve perfection as he believes in quality more than quantity.
Best creations in the world need patience. The seven wonders of the world are the best
examples for the same and are admired all over the world for generations. If these were
created in rush or panic the results would have been different. Any beautiful creation in the
world is not created overnight but needs lots of time, and labor of various people with diverse
skills.
Many of us wish to be actors or super models and want to achieve name and fame like stars.
But, do we ever think of the hard work and efforts required to become a star? It takes a lot of
hard work, passion, and dedication to master the art of acting. They need to be multi-talented
whether it’s acting, dancing or performing to entertain, which requires many years of practice.
Working out for hours in gym for fitness and following a balanced diet is also a part of their
daily regime. No one is aware of their struggle before one enters the industry.
Conclusion
Whether its development of Rome, fulfilling a big dream, achieving a goal, creating something
great, performing or entertaining, everything takes time and patience. Any field one wishes to
work in or any task one wants to complete it is never going to be a velvet path. There will
always be many speed breakers on the way, many hurdles and many downfalls but one has to
cross all the obstacles and reach the final destination. No other feeling can beat the feeling of
achieving something in life and its worth all the efforts.
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90. God helps those who help themselves
‘God helps those who help themselves’ is a most famous and common saying which tells us
that only those people get help from God who are hard working, disciplined, and committed
to the aim of life. It is a common topic which students can get in their class to write some
paragraphs or complete essay or just give their view on this topic. Teachers assign their
students to write essay to enhance the writing skill and improve the confidence level.
LONG AND SHORT ESSAY ON GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES IN ENGLISH
We have provided below some paragraphs, and essays on God helps those who help
themselves under different word limits. You can select any of the paragraph or essay
according to your need.
A person is always known by his/her works so work is worship. It is work only which can take
us to the top and make us famous. So, if you want to succeed in life, go for hard work in right
direction, you will get fame as well as God blessings.
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‘God helps those who help themselves’ is a famous saying which means that God help us only
when we help ourselves means we need to perform our work with full commitment in right
direction in the field we want to succeed. If we do not work hard and only do worship; God
will be happy but He will never bless us for success. It is our hard work only which help us to
get blessings of God and reach to the top. Here is an interesting story of two frogs which help
us to understand the real meaning of this saying:
Once, there were two frogs, they were enjoying the rainy day. Slowly they hopped to the
house and fell down into the big container of milk. Both frogs tried to get out of the container
for some time however one of them got fed up as he lost his hope of swim any more. The
second one was having much patience and did not lose hope. He continued his swimming and
round movements in the milk in order to get out of that. Slowly he churned the milk into
butter and then climbed to the pat of butter which helped him to hopped out of the churn.
From this story, we learn that, we should never lose our hope and continue our hard work
with full patience; the positive result will be in front of us. Thus, it is proved that, ‘God helps
those who help themselves’.
We can be clearer about this saying through this story: Once a terrible flood came in a village
and people started getting away from the village however there was one person who started
praying God to save him. Water level was rising very rapidly however he didn’t move from him
place. A person in a boat came there and asked him to climb to the boat. He refused in the
wait that God surely will come to save him. Again a person in another boat came there
however he refused. Soon, the water level raised up to the roofs and a person in helicopter
reached there to save him. He denied again and said that he will be saved by God. Water level
raised up to his neck and eventually he died.
After death, he reached to heaven and shouted on God that why You didn’t came to save me
even after being an ardent devotee. God replied that, ‘you are fool, I sent there two boats and
a helicopter to save you but you denied all time. How could I help you if you denied? You got
three chances but you denied them yourself’. The moral of this story is God never help us if
we don’t help us ourselves means ‘God helps those who help themselves’.
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God for their misfortune instead of doing something. ‘God helps those who help themselves’
is a famous proverb which teaches us an important lesson in the life. It is not enough to only
worship the God; we need to work hard in the field we want to succeed.
The story of a farmer can help us better to understand the theme of this saying. Once, a
farmer was riding his cart to the market in order to sell his hay. Roads were very muddy due to
the whole night heavy rain and it was really difficult for his horses to drag the load. Suddenly
wheels got stuck into the mud. He started looking for someone to get help however no one
was there. He became hopeless and cursed his bad luck instead of doing some efforts to get
out of that. He looked up at the sky and started shouting at God for being unlucky. He prayed
to God that ‘please help me’.
God appeared before him and said ‘why you are looking for someone to get help, you can
yourself be out of this problem very easily’. Have you tried even for a while to get the wheels
out of the mud instead of shouting at me? No one can help you until you help yourself. He
ashamed of him and started trying to got the wheels out of mud through his shoulder. He got
success in his first attempt and thanked to God for teaching the lesson of self help. Thus, it is
true that ‘God helps those who help themselves’.
People, who do hard work and have patience, may have to wait to get the desired result
however they can never be failed in their life. And people, who are lazy and don’t want to do
hard work, always curse their luck and shout at God. ‘God helps those who help themselves’ is
an old proverb which emphasizes the importance of self-initiative hard work.
Meaning
It was originated in ancient Greece and means a lot to us in our daily life. The meaning and
importance of this proverb can be better understood by the story of brothers and a mother.
There was a family (three brothers and a mother) living in a village. They were living a happy
life however, once a flood came and destroyed everything in the village. Anyhow they
managed to shift in the village of their mother’s brother as she had some share there. They
migrate there and their mother asked her brother to get her share. He was very greedy and
selfish that’s why gave her only a small piece of land having no sources of water all around.
They were very disappointed however decided to stay there and made a shelter. But they
continued hard work and prepared the land for cropping without complaining to the bad luck.
One of the brothers got hopeless however the elder one was very hard working, hopeful and
strong believer in God. One day, one of the brothers saw fresh reed grasses in the corner of
land which was the indication of water source. They dug there deeply for several days and got
water. They were happy because of getting the result of their hard work.
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This story teaches us that efforts done in right direction with the faith in God bless us with
both, desired results and God blessings. Difficult times of anyone surely change into the good
times but we just need to do hard work and have patience instead of cursing the luck and
shouting at God. According to this proverb ‘God helps those who help themselves’, God help
only those people who solve their problems themselves and never curse their bad luck or
blame others for their problems. So, we should never get hopeless in our bad times and try to
solve problems with cool mind and hard works; definitely that will be over soon with lots of
happiness and confidence.
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Health is Wealth
For getting fit we need to maintain standard and healthy eating. We should follow the regime
like “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise”, “Time and Tide
waits for none”, etc. We should brush our teeth daily two times a day to keep our mouth clean
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and free of diseases. We should clean our hand with soap and water every time before eating
food. We should maintain our good personal hygiene in order to get healthy. We should daily
take bath with fresh water and go for morning walk to have some fresh air.
A good health helps us to life a good, balanced and healthy life. Our good health needs several
things to get done on daily basis. We need fresh air, clean water, proper sunlight, balanced
diet, away from junk food, clean and healthy atmosphere, greenery environment, morning
walk, personal hygiene, proper education, etc.
Healthy food at proper time is very necessary for the healthy body which is possible only
through the well balanced diet. It promotes the proper growth and development of our body
which keeps us mentally, physically and socially healthy. With the help of our good health we
can fight any bad situations in the life. We should always remember that we need proper
food, water, air, physical activity, sleep and rest on daily basis.
A physically or internally unfit person has to face lot of challenges in the whole life even
she/he has to be depend on someone else for performing daily basic needs. This situation is
quite embarrassing for one who faces it. So, it is good at all to maintain a good health forever
to be happy forever without anyone’s help. It is true that to maintain a good health we need
money and to earn money we need good health. But it is also true that without money we can
live life and without a good health we cannot live life happily. Because our good health helps
us all the time and encourages us to do something better in our life, instead of earning money
only.
In such a busy life and polluted environment, it is very hard for everyone to maintain a good
health and live healthy life. It needs a careful watch and regular medical check-up to get
healthy.
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HEALTH IS WEALTH ESSAY 5 (300 WORDS)
Now-a-days, a good health is just like a boon given by the God. It is very fact that good health
is real money of life. Good health is considered as the precious earning of a human throughout
his/her life. If one has losses his health, he has lost all the charms of life. A good wealth can be
earned anytime using a good health however; a good health can never be earned again in the
life if once destroyed. In order to maintain a good health we need to do regular physical
exercises, yoga, meditation, balanced food, good thoughts, cleanliness, personal hygiene,
regular health check-ups, proper sleep, rest, etc. If one is healthy, he/she does not need spend
money on his/her health in buying medicines or visiting doctors. A healthy person just needs
to spend some money only on his health on regular basis. However, on the other hand a lazy,
diseased or sluggish person needs to spend more money throughout his life.
People generally become fail in their life to maintain a good health just because of their lazy
and idle habits. They think that what they are doing is right but time has already gone
whenever they understand their mistakes. A good health is one which keeps us healthy in all
aspects like mentally, physically, socially and intellectually. A good health provides us freedom
from all the sickness and diseases. A good health is the feeling of mental, physical and social
well being. It is a costly and most precious gift of the life and necessary for living a purposeful
life.
A good health allows us to work for more time without getting tired. A good health is the real
pleasures and charm of life. An unhealthy person always worries about his/her physical or
physiological complications. So, it is good to maintain the good health to get rid of all the
complications of body as well as successfully face all the challenges of life.
A good health reduces the stress level and promotes healthy life without any sufferings. We
should always be aware of our health and go for regular health check-up. We should eat
balanced food having fresh fruits, salad, green leafy vegetables, milk, egg, dahi, etc in timely
manner in order to maintain the good health. A good health also need some daily physical
activities, proper rest and sleep, cleanliness, healthy environment, fresh air and water,
personal hygiene, etc. In order to reduce our rush between hospital and home, maintain a
good health is better idea. Maintaining a good health is a good habit which should be
practiced from childhood with the help of parents.
In earlier days, life was not so hectic. It was quite simple and free of too many challenges with
healthy environment in comparison to these days. People were healthy as they had to
perform all the daily routine activities by their own hand and body. But now, life in the
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technological world has become easy and comfortable but hectic because of the competitions.
Now-a-days, easy life is not possible as everyone wants to earn more money to get better life
than others. Now-a-days, living life has become costly and tough as well as unhealthy as
everything like air, water, environment, food, etc has become contaminated, infected and
polluted.
People have to work for at least 9 to 10 hours in the offices by just sitting on the chair without
any physical movement. They come to home in the late evening or night and become too tired
to perform any household work or exercise. Again in the morning they get up late from bed
and do some necessary works like bath, brush, breakfast, etc and go to their office. In this
way, they live their daily routine only to earn money and not their life for themselves. It is very
necessary to earn money for fulfilling some basic needs however, it is also necessary to live a
healthy and peaceful life which needs a good health.
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they will always be cheated in future by the dishonest person through lots of white lies.
Honesty is like a good weapon in the life which benefits us through many advantages and it
can be developed naturally without any cost. Honesty gives us everything expected in the life
whereas a single lie may ruin our life by ruining relationships. Being a lie person may lose our
all privileges of being trustworthy in the hearth of our family members, friends, and other
close ones. So following the saying of honesty is the best policy in the life is good.
On the other hand, saying truth helps in strengthening our character and makes us strong. So,
being honest (especially with family, friends and other loved ones) helps us a lot in many ways
all through the life. Honesty is the most effective tool of protecting the relationships.
Telling lies just to save the situation can make the condition more worse. Saying truth always
helps us to strengthen the character as well as bring confidence within us. There are many bad
and good situations in the life and I think almost all of us have been felt that telling truth to
our dear ones gives us relief and happiness. So, according to this saying, being honest is really
being a good human being in the life.
It has been proved from several years that the saying ‘honesty is the best policy’ has helped
great people in building empires by winning the trust of its citizens. History tells us that telling
lie never become successful and makes the circumstances worse. Some people do not choose
the way of truth because of many reasons or they do not have dare to live with honesty.
However some hard times of the life make them realize the importance of honesty. Telling lie
may hold us in big problems which we cannot bear, so we should be honest and trustworthy in
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our life.
Being honest shows the good and clean character of the person as honesty helps to develop
quality property in the behavior. Honesty changes the person from outside as well as inside
without giving any harm and keeps the mind very peaceful. A peaceful mind gives satisfaction
to the person by making a nice balance among body, mind and spirit. Honest people always
live in the heart of people and we can say that in the heart of God. People who are honest
always respected in their family and society and become the happiest people in the world.
However, a dishonest person always faces difficulty and bad words of the people in society.
Honesty and good character are the more valuable property of the honest person than the
precious things like silver or gold.
Honesty is the important tool of living a successful life, it never make anyone to feel guilty in
the life of doing anything bad with anyone. However, it brings confidence and feeling of well
being and thus a peaceful and successful life.
However, without developing the habit of honesty, we cannot achieve simplicity and other
goodness in the life. We can say that, honesty can be without simplicity but simplicity cannot
be without honesty. Without honesty, we live in the two world, means a true one and other
one which we have created as an alternate. However, the person following the saying of
honesty is the best policy in all the aspects of life (personal, business, job, and other
relationships) generally live the same life. On one hand, where honesty lead us towards
simplicity; dishonesty lead us towards duplicity.
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Honesty in the life is the way to great intimacy means it brings our friends closer to us as true
friends love our real trueness, not the one which we have created artificially.
It helps us to make good, loyal and high quality friends in the life because honesty always
attracts honesty.
It helps us to be trustworthy and get lots of respect in the life because honest people are
really trusted by others.
It brings strongness and confidence and helps us to get prevented from being underestimated
by others or yourself.
It has been noticed that an honest person easily develops feeling of wellness and hardly
develops cold, fatigue, frustration, depression, anxiety and other mental problems.
Honest people live comfortable life with lots of relief however a dishonest.
It is the important tool of peaceful life gives lots of incredible benefits and gets us out of the
trouble.
In the early stages, honesty takes many efforts to get develop however later it become very
easier.
A person with good character, ethics, and morality in the life easily develops honesty because
a good character person has nothing to hide to anyone thus can be honest easily. Honesty
gives us self encouragement without bad feeling.
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Knowledge is Power
Human beings are physically weaker than animals yet they have managed things for years to
become the most powerful creature on earth. Because they get power from knowledge and
not depend on the physical strength. Human beings are clever creature of nature, they have
ability to acquire knowledge and preserve their knowledge, research and experiences in the
books in order to pass to the new generations. Knowledge gives them power to know how to
control the forces of nature and then use them for getting benefited.
Knowledge helps us to convert our planning into the right action and enables to get the
difference between right or wrong and good or bad. It helps us to overcome our weaknesses
and faults as well as makes us able to face the dangers and difficulties by giving lots of courage
and confidence. It makes a person more powerful by giving him mental, moral and spiritual
advancement in the life.
A more knowledgeable person in the society becomes more valuable and respected. A
knowledgeable person gets more fame very easily and people want to work with him.
Knowledge is the way to more doors and opportunities in the life. Knowledge provides actual
freedom in the life and opens all the doors of success. Knowledge provides power to speak
through our mind which really helps people to understand who you truly are.
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Knowledge is very important tool to get positive changes in the society and country.
Knowledge helps us to absorb things from the genius people which have potential to improve
the quality of life. Knowledge is the only precious thing which nobody can take away from us;
it remains with us forever and increases if we distribute it among the needy people. It gives
new and revolutionary ideas which help to alter the way of viewing the world. So, we can say
that knowledge is pillar to the success and happiness.
Man has a mind, full of knowledge and thus full of power which make them able to manage
various up and down circumstances in the life. There are many things which man cannot do
physically such as running on bare foot, see far like an eagle, run so fast like panther, fight
with forest animals, carry heavy loads, smell fast like dog, etc; but he can do all things through
the technologies developed by him by using his power of knowledge.
Man has ability to get knowledge (from books, research and experience), preserve into books
and again pass on that knowledge to their successive generations. Knowledge is a power
which can control nature’s forces as well as giving benefits. The use of knowledge depends on
the man; he can use it in positive and negative ways too. The use of knowledge in positive
ways give lots of benefits to the humanity however, in the negative ways, it may destroy the
whole planet. Man has power to wisely use the knowledge for mankind in order to create a
better and safer world.
True knowledge keeps people away from the fights, corruption and other social issues harmful
for the humanity. Undoubtedly, we can say that knowledge is power which can bring
countless happiness to the people if it is used in the right direction especially for the welfare
of whole humanity. Knowledge opens the eyes of people and opens all the way to success.
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Knowledge gain is not limited to anything; it can be gained by the person all through the life of
any age. Knowledge gain is a long process of dedication, patience and continuity. It is like
unlimited money which can never be finished, however the level of knowledge of a person
increases with the distribution among needy people. A person can gain some new knowledge
through the regular observation and experimentation. Every person take birth with same
quality, mind and power, however when he/she grows develops different quality, mind and
power; all differences are just because of the knowledge level of every person. For example,
Newton discovered theory of gravitation and there are other many famous scientists who
have been discovered amazing things in life involving in making life easy and advance on the
earth. All have been possible because of the power of knowledge.
All the modern technologies discovered in many countries individually have made countries so
powerful economically and militarily than other countries, all are based on knowledge. The
underlying secret of every success is the power of knowledge which ultimately gives a person
name, fame and money. India has also done a lot in the field of science, research, medicine,
education, etc; still developing continuously in various fields to be a powerful country on the
basis of knowledge. The progress of human beings or any country is completely depends on
the growth of knowledge in various fields in the positive and constructive ways. Use of
knowledge in destructive and negative ways may hugely disturb the life existence on the
earth.
Francis Bacon has said that knowledge is itself a power, having ability to change everything.
Knowledge gives way to handle situation, to make plan, the way to implement plan and make
impossible things possible. If one has complete knowledge, he/she is the luckiest and richest
person in the world because knowledge can never be stolen or plundered and does not
decrease even when it is given to others. In fact, knowledge is a power and we can say that
the strongest power in the world is knowledge.
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Money is given huge importance and the simple things which bring us true happiness are
often overlooked. One of the things that give happiness is love. It does not cost anything but
can fill your life with happiness. This feeling cannot be purchased. It cannot be traded for any
amount of money in the world. Generally, people believe that they can make someone feel
happy or loved with the help of money, and perhaps they can but only for a while.
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MONEY CAN’T BUY HAPPINESS ESSAY 1 (200 WORDS)
In general, Happiness is a difficult word to define. The way of measuring happiness is different
for everyone. Few people trust that money can buy happiness, whereas others disagree.
According to me, although having lots of money will surely provide us lot of ways to entertain
ourselves but it can’t buy love and happiness.
Money can’t buy love and a happy life comes from having good friends and family who care
about us. Our life becomes meaningful and happy when we are around loved ones. For
example, I have read an article about a famous actress in Bollywood who died due to
depression and was all alone during her last days. She had been a really popular actress
because of her beauty and acting skills. Even though she was earning a huge fortune every
year, she was not happy as she didn’t have any close friend or family who could take care of
her. Whereas I have seen people who have a happy life without money because they are
surrounded by people who love them and care for them.
In most cases people have to work hard to earn lots of money and due to which they have less
time for their social life. Many businessmen work 6 days a week and earn good money but
they don’t have the time to spend that money and remain stressed. People have money but if
they don’t have the time to enjoy their life than it is worthless.
This term happiness can be well explained by the happiness model. It is quite simple;
Happiness refers to a greater presentation which can bring greater rewards. Let’s take a look
at the Happiness Model:
According to this model, if you love what you do then it is obvious that you will be keen on
knowing it better and will have a better clarity on the subject. With this clarity, you are bound
to perform better which lead you to success and thus the reward attached to it.
A Psychological study has revealed that bigger happiness, comfort, and positivity can show the
way to better performance. Whatsoever activity one is undertaking, he is sure to be successful
when he is in a state of happiness. It enables him to perform at a superior level.
What does it bring? It brings the rewards that you are aiming at. These can be both monetary
and non-monetary. It can be a simple appreciation from your superior at work and receiving a
pat on the back. On the other hand, it may also lead to the achievement of your sales target
and attainment of the bonus attached to it, or a greater opportunity of getting a promotion.
The more constant and steady your happiness and optimistic outlook is, the better
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performance you will have in your pursuit.
A person will be more productive and more successful in whatever work he is doing if he is
coming to work with excitement each day. In your personal life, it is not different.
Conclusion
You will reap the reward if you do what you love. You will generally perform better and will
not only be more wealthy in monetary and non-monetary terms but you will also lead a more
fulfilling and happy life. There is a world of opportunities. So get out into the world and enjoy
what’s around.
A lot of people think that happiness can be acquired with the help of money, or that you need
money to be happy. But there are a few of us that still believe that the best things in life are
free. Many things that can make us truly happy cost nothing. Friends, family, relationships all
are priceless. Such things cannot be bought and that is what real happiness is about. Several
people think that material wealth or just plain money can make them happy, or can buy them
the things they believe can make them happy.
Our family, friends, and relatives are the people that have been there for us all through our
lives. All the memories we have with us were created with them and every story behind our
bumps, bruises, embarrassments, dating experiences and all other extraordinary events is
known to them. No amount of money on the planet could pay for that. Memories are formed
and created hence they cannot be paid for or paid off. I have been a family oriented person,
so I don’t appreciate why some people would think that money could buy happiness.
Lot of us think of our friends as treasures. A friend is somebody that likes you for what you are
and who you are, and they continue to believe in you even when you stop believing in
yourself. The friendship which we form is a tight bond and we get emotionally involved with
people. Money can’t obstruct with our approach, nor can money buy us true friends. We as
individuals would be very sorrowful without friends to tell our secrets to and having a
shoulder to lean on when we need it.
I have personally seen people who buy clothes, accessories, food or anything to buy friends. It
might work but only for a while and then it just goes to demonstrate once again that money
cannot buy happiness.
Conclusion
The finest things in life are indeed free. We may occasionally take for granted the items we
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have, which are priceless. We might not realize how important love, family, and friends are,
but when we really analyze it, we know that indeed the best things in life are free of cost.
Money can only buy the materialistic things and relations that last for a short while whereas
no money is required for the relations build with heart and emotions. Remember, money can’t
buy you happiness but happiness can get you more money!
Can you be happy if you have a big mansion to stay, an indoor pool to bathe or a luxury car to
drive. Or is it something related to the sense of freedom, love, relationship, and self-
realization. There are basically two types of people who think that Money can’t buy happiness
– Those who have an excess of money and still find themselves unhappy and those who have
never had plenty of money.
What is Happiness?
Life is very simple but we make it complicated. The basic rule of life includes ‘Needs and
Wants’. The things which are basics for human survival like food, clothes, shelter etc are the
needs. Sufficient money, electricity, education, and transport can also be counted as needs in
modern day life. Once a man fulfils his basic needs, he doesn’t stop there, he desires for more.
A salary hike, a better home in the city, expensive clothes, luxury vehicle and when he crosses
this stage he wants even more like a world tour, a luxury villa and new hobbies like golf,
sailing, etc.
So basically wants are never ending and if the happiness is dependent on these factors then
it’s really hard to imagine that one will get happiness because he/she will be always indulged
in acquiring more and more. It is good to be ambitious and money can be a good driving force
to lead a comfortable life but when one becomes greedy and selfish then the ultimate goals of
life are replaced with materialistic things. An achievement does bring happiness but for a
short span. We work hard for years to achieve something but it vanishes in few days or
months.
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Is Money Important?
It will be wrong to say that money is not important. Just imagine, you are travelling
somewhere with your family. In this journey, your goal is the journey itself and not the
destination. That journey with family is the happiness but the fuel required to run the car
throughout the journey requires money. If the fuel tank dries, you can still drive it on a slope
but that will be risky. Human life also works the same way, money is essential to run the life
and it is very difficult to survive without money. You struggle for happiness when earning
money is the only goal in your life.
You can acquire pleasure with money but actually you need a lot of money to buy pleasure. A
wise man will not mix happiness with pleasure whereas a common man thinks pleasure as
definitive happiness and at the end of the day he may find himself in depression, anger,
loneliness but with a lot of money. There are several businessmen in India who earn in
millions and can afford pleasures but they get happiness by doing social work and charity and
that is the source of their happiness. Mr. Ratan Tata who is one of India’s top businessmen
spends 60% of his earning to social service, NGO, and charity.
Conclusion
It should be noted that money is an essential part of modern life and one cannot survive
without it but one should not make money as the sole source of happiness. Money can buy
pleasures but not happiness and these two things should be kept different.
Happiness and honesty are some of the human attributes that cost nothing at all. As it is said,
the best things in life are free and there are certain things in life where the currency has no
value – like friends, family, and good memories.
Some priceless possessions that are essential for happiness but cannot be bought are
mentioned below:
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The first time someone says, “I love you.”
Quality time with your loved ones.
Having someone listen to you intently.
The love of your children, family, and significant other.
Pushing one to achieve something great.
Happiness and Other Things Money Cannot Buy
Clearly, money cannot buy happiness. What else can money not buy?
Love: Money can buy attraction, power, and lust but it cannot buy love. Love is an emotion
that can only be felt and experienced. It is something intimate, heartfelt and mysterious.
Truth: Money may be able to buy authority but the truth is most powerful of all. Sometimes
money is exhausted to shove beliefs or an agenda and can even be used to generate unfair
study to strengthen an opinion. Sometimes, people are able to hide the truth with the help of
money but not for long. In the end, no matter how much money is spent on forging the truth
it will always be exposed.
Time: You will never get back the time you have spent. Each minute that has passed will never
return. Despite so much scientific and medical advancements, there is no way that we can
reverse the time or extend our life. No amount of money can turn the clock back so we should
live our life to the fullest, work hard and enjoy what we have.
Peace: It has been seen that the wealthier a person, the less peace of mind he possesses.
Money cannot buy you peace. Many individuals have spent countless amount of money to
establish inner peace and this vast sum of money has never been able to come close to what
we could define as peaceful. Peace does not depend on your bank statement. It depends on
how you train your mind and set your expectations.
Talent: Money can certainly help you to enhance and develop a talent within you but you
won’t be able to purchase talent or skill. Besides inborn talent, there is a zest to learn and gain
knowledge to nurture a skill or talent. All this cannot be purchased with any amount of
money.
Conclusion
“Money has never made a man happy and nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce
happiness”. A precious and priceless asset, happiness is something no sum of money can ever
buy. It is doubtlessly treasured more than any material item you possess.
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95. Necessity is the Mother of Invention
“Necessity is the mother of invention”, a well known proverb, implies that when you are left
with no other option but to complete a certain task or live through a certain situation you
manage to do so by any means.
The proverb, “necessity is the mother of invention” is used commonly as what it states holds
true in real life. It implies that when it is really necessary to accomplish a task you actually end
up doing it by hook or crook.
Conclusion
It is true that necessity compels the man to use his power and accomplish the tasks he might
have felt impossible at some point in time. This also shows how the human beings are capable
of achieving just about anything if they work hard and are determined to attain it. All they
require is a push.
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Origin of the Proverb – Necessity is the Mother of Invention
This proverb has been in use from centuries. It is said that the original author of this old
proverb could not be ascertained and thus it is attributed to the famous Greek philosopher,
Plato. The idea behind it had however been in use in many of the Latin and English works
much before this proverb came into being.
The Latin version of this proverb, “Mater atrium necessitas”, surfaced in the book titled,
Vulgaria by author William Horma back in 1519. A similar saying, “Need taught him wit”,
appeared in English in the same year. “Necessitie, the inuentour of all goodnesse”, was
another similar phase that came out in Roger Ascham’s work in 1545.
The proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention” as it is used in the present day appeared
in Richard Franck’s work in the year 1658.
Explanation by Example
An apt example of this old proverb would be that of the early man. It was human necessity
that led the early man to find food, build shelter and prepare tools to protect him from the
wild animals. He accomplished all these tasks without any prior knowledge about the way
these were to be done. Had all these things not been necessary for his survival, he would have
never tried inventing any of these.
Conclusion
“Necessity is the mother of invention” is true to its word. This shows that no matter how
difficult the process is if it is necessary for the man to achieve something he will do it by any
means.
The meaning of the proverb ‘Necessity is the Mother of Invention’ is not technical; it simply
means that requirement or need for a particular thing drives person to create or invent
something which satisfies that particular need.
The major and notable inventions have been the result of critical necessities in a human’s life;
once the necessity gets satisfied, people achieve a state of happiness; they will live in harmony
and thereby making the world a happy and better place to live in. Even though, the original
author of this proverb is not known, but this famous quote is in use at most of the places right
from the school.
Meaning:
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This is a very famous proverb, people have been hearing since years. Necessity means needs
and human beings work hard to fulfil their needs. That’s the basic meaning of ‘necessity is the
mother of invention’. Since the civilisation started, necessity has kept on driving human beings
to invent innovative and useful things. It simply ignites the passion in a person to work for self
living or invent new things which are beneficial for self and others. Necessity also motivates
people to get into action; human beings struggle hard to achieve something only when they
need something. For e.g. for survival, people need money and to earn money, they need to
work and ultimately they search (invent) an appropriate job for themselves. When a particular
need becomes the necessity for survival, people finds a way to achieve the same.
According to history, in the primitive age human beings had no clothes to guard their body
against heat and cold, no home to live in, no food for their appetite, etc. This dire need for
protection and survival compelled them to invent fire to prepare food, trees bark to cover
their body and leaves, etc to build a hut like home for themselves. Further they kept on
improving and inventing new and better things.
The world knows; when Thomas Edison felt the necessity of light, he invented bulb in 1879
and thus the entire world got lit up. There are several other inventions such as transport
system, television, radio, mobile phones and many more that not only show the brilliance of
the respective owners and inventors, but has also made our lives comfortable and complete.
In the medical world too, necessity has revolutionised the industry and several types of
medicines, surgical equipment and methods to operate those have been invented. These
inventions not only cure critical diseases but also save people’s life in various cases. Organ
transplantation is one such invention which has proven to be a medical boon for many who
had been struggling to live.
Conclusion
Technology is been advancing at a fast pace and various types of modern weapons such as
nuclear bomb, atom bomb, etc are also types of invention. But these are destructive weapons
which may destroy the mankind and entire world ultimately. Thus, it is important an invention
is such which doesn’t destroy people and the relationships; instead helps self and others.
‘Necessity is the mother of Invention’ is a world famous proverb which a child also knows
about. The quotation is not technical; instead it’s very simple and uncomplicated to explain its
meaning with certain interpretations which makes the proverb highly impactful.
Meaning
The proverb ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ implies that when we are in a dire need of
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something and if we cannot be happy or survive without that particular thing, then we find
means and ways to satisfy that need which may result into something called invention. If
someone is hungry; then in order to satisfy the hunger, food is cooked. So hunger is the
necessity and food is the invention. There are several other examples which explain the
meaning of this famous proverb. In fact, most of the popular and beneficial things of the world
are the result of necessity that made the inventors restless and compelled them to invent the
product. Some of such greatest inventions are bulb, radio, television, motor, mobile,
aeroplane and many more.
Invention and necessity are co-related and until wants become necessities a person won’t get
into action. Anything and everything that we use in our day to day life is the result of need or
necessity and human’s desire to fulfil that need. This signifies that even luxury items such as
air conditioners, cars, etc have been invented to satisfy specific needs.
Necessity also makes us hard working and ingenuous. If we look at history, especially the
primitive age when there was nothing for the mankind to survive; people invented clothes,
food, shelter and thus the civilisation started.
Some inventions make our life not only comfortable but also worth living such as electricity.
Imagine a life without light; thanks to Thomas Edison, whose desire to remove darkness from
his surrounding gave us light and benefitted the entire world.
But some inventions are destructive such guns, bombs, weapons, etc. Even though, these
weapons have also been invented out of the necessity for self protection or for protecting the
nation; but these are dangerous and there is always a fear to get harmed in some or other
ways. It is important that self need doesn’t become the reason of other’s destruction.
Necessity and Inventions are positively inter-related as necessity forces or drives people to
action. Human beings, in order to survive need money, which compels them to find a job
which will give them salary in the form of money and the money can be further utilised to
satisfy all types of need for food, clothing, shelter, etc.
Not only does necessity compels people to invent means of survival but it also drives people
to work smarter in order to get promotion and better position in their profession. A desire or
will to achieve success in professional life inspire people to do better than others and thus
they invent new means and methods to win the competition.
Conclusion
Necessity must be seen as an opportunity to do better and achieve success in life and no
destructive inventions should be undertaken to harm others. The proverb has been taught to
people since their childhood in positive aspect and the meaning of the proverb must remain
so and not in the negative manner.
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96. Practice makes a Man Perfect
Practice makes a man perfect is a proverb that refers to the importance of practice in the
human life as it makes a man perfect.
Practice is the only thing we can acquire mastery in any field because it brings perfection into
the action. Just take the example of subjects like physics and mathematics which are based on
practice as we forget all the rules without practice. We need continuous practice if we want to
bring perfection in learning anything like music, singing, dancing, English speaking, sports,
computer, painting, etc.
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PRACTICE MAKES A MAN PERFECT ESSAY 3 (200 WORDS)
The meaning of proverb ‘Practice makes a man Perfect’ is, to succeed in life in any particular
field or subject, one need to practice regularly with full commitment and planned strategies.
Getting success is not an easy phenomenon; it needs knowledge, skill and most importantly
the regular practice. If you desire to be a world-class famous musician, you need to buy an
instrument, arrange a good teacher, learn and practice on it daily for required hours. There is
no power which can make you Kapil Dev or Sachin Tendulkar over night merely through the
inborn skill or complete knowledge about cricket. You cannot reach to the target without
committed practice. You have to go to the cricket field every day for hours to practice cricket
under the guidance of a good and highly skilled coach.
You need to take care of the very little mistakes to bring perfection in the same work you are
doing as well as obey your guide with respect. If we see the list of successful people, we see
that there is regular practice and involvement with full commitment in their work. Students,
who achieve good marks or rank in board examinations, have studied throughout the year
with planned time table and open eyes. They have revised and re-revised their syllabus and
made themselves perfect in all the subjects. There is no alternate to the regular practice which
can make one perfect. Without practice you can give only average performance but not
perfect performance in any work.
In order to lead a team needs more and more tough practice which gives experience to handle
and lead the team. Being a team leader, one need to know well about the subject, read, write
or play, skill to try new ideas to bring innovation and know well about all the team member to
use their knowledge and skill for team. And most importantly, in order to do all such things,
team leader needs to practice harder daily for hours, and then he/she can be a good and
successful team leader. This proverb fits in many ways in our daily life activities. Sometimes,
bad situations teach many people to work harder for achieving things however; some people
become target based by birth because of their parents. People, who want good career in
future, push themselves towards practice of all necessary things. Some people get failed to
practice because of the lack of determination.
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powers leads a person towards perfection by correcting all the possible errors. Practice brings
completeness and excellence to the performance. Practice done with a proper planning
promotes a person for perfect performance. It is very necessary to practice in the right
direction under the guidance of good guide or trainer to reach to the goal. Practice means
repeating an activity in the right direction which sharpens the talents.
Each activity (such as good habit, cleanliness, punctuality, discipline, etiquettes, reading,
writing, speaking, cooking, dancing, music, singing, driving, etc) needs practice in order to
bring quality and perfection. Practice needs a person to have hard work, patience, faith,
strong will power, tolerance, positive thinking, self confidence, determination and dedication.
Practice prepares a person having quality for all other qualities. A person should not stop
practicing until he/she achieves the perfection.
Practice is the best way to achieve perfection as a person practices more, he/she becomes
more errorless and confident. Through practice we do not repeat the same error that is done
previously and learn new things. One can develop the habit of practice at any age however; it
is best to develop right from the childhood like practicing other activities such as walking,
talking, writing, reading, eating, playing, cooking, etc. A school going kid first practice writing
letters, then the words, sentences and finally the paragraphs and big articles; which lead him
towards perfection whether in writing, reading or speaking. In this way, a kid gets developed
into a talented and skilled adolescence a day through regular practice.
Without firm determination, no one can successfully involve in the regular practice. Hopeless
people can never do practice as they easily lose their patience before getting the proper
result. In order to continue the practice, one needs to have hope, patience, faith, and
confidence with positive thinking. If we put our sight at the history, we see that there was
Eklavya who was denied by the Droncharya to teach the art of archery however; his resolute
determination helped him and he learned the art of archery very well after years of practice in
front of his master’s idol.
Practice is like an exercise and mantra for us which brings our physical and mental entities at
one path of required frequency and leads us towards perfection, slowly but surely. Practicing
continuously with faith creates a cohesive force which connects the physical and mental
entities together to work at required frequency. Anyone can achieve his/her goal slowly but
definitely if he/she go with the planned practice. Ambitious people do hard practices to see
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their ambitions fulfilled but never suppose to defeat. Practice is the best tool which we can
use to sharpen our abilities and capabilities beyond our capacities in the pursuit of goal.
Practice is the best friend which leads us towards success and make the knowledge remain
with us.
It helps people to awaken their lethargic potential by inducing confidence level. It calms our
mind and gives happiness as practicing anything is like a meditation. We can achieve anything
and reach to the unreachable heights in our life through practice. It prepares us to go in right
direction and sharpen our abilities to face challenges and win. Practice is the continuous
activity which enhances the will power and encourages us to run to the goal with strong
perfection.
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We have provided below some essays on Prevention is better than Cure under various words
limit in order to help students who have been assigned by their teachers to write some
paragraphs or complete essay on this topic. You can select any Prevention is better than Cure
paragraph or essay given below according to your need and requirement.
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and help us to be in well being status. The meaning of this proverb is well suited to us in our
daily sphere of life. It is the good example to us that even our misfortunes can be changed to
the good fortune only if we take precautions to remain away of troubles and be happy.
Suppose that, we neglect our studies all through the year but start studying just after the
release of exam dates; then what happens, it only will create pressure on our mind and body.
It ultimately improves the heart beat, tension and anxiety level which leads us towards illness
and then cure.
It is good to go to the doctor when we get sick but it is very good when we don’t need to go to
the doctor all around the year. Being healthy is much better than falling sick which is only
possible when we follow prevention methods and be safe. It is very necessary for us to take all
the precautionary and preventive measures in advance and avoid silly mistakes. We should
take precautions during the change of every season so that we may not fall sick. Being
indifferent or negligent to our health may definitely cause illness which may end to the costly
cure and perhaps, sometimes impossible to get normal health.
Prevention is better than cure is a proverb which completely suits us in our daily sphere of life.
It teaches us to take preventive measures always in our life to get away from all sorts of
dangers. Preventive measures help us to save our health, effort, time and money. Preventive
measures are very essential in our life required to deal with the effects of bad circumstances
regarding healthy life. It is good to have preventive measures earlier than following them
while getting affected with any type of health disorder.
So, we should take all the preventive measures before spreading of diseases. Preventive
measures are like drinking clean water, eating healthy diet at right time, washing hands with
soap before and after taking food, washing hands with soap after each and every use of toilet,
follow good habits of hygiene, taking daily bath, wearing clean cloth, taking proper sleep
during night, etc.
This proverb ‘prevention is better than cure’ has various importance in our daily life. Following
it in our life, we can be prevented from illness. It teaches us to adopt healthy habits of eating
and living. It teaches us to do everything in advance in order to avoid last moment
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harassment. We should plan our all the activities for the project we have already decided to
do in future. It helps us to prevent from all the hazards that may occur because of our
irregularity in the daily routine. For example, if we have planned for holidays, we should plan
and work accordingly to the trip for getting smooth travel. If we eat easily digestible foods, our
stomach will be healthy and calm. If we are not prepared for the exam, we will get harassed at
the exam time. So, we should make ourselves ready for all the circumstances.
Conclusion: Prevention is a big tool which helps us in many ways if we understand its real
meaning and follow its teachings in our daily routine all through the life. It benefits a lot than
it means.
Prevention measures help us to avoid difficulties in life and give us a peaceful happy life. Our
life is full of numerous difficulties and if we are not disciplined, we have to suffer too much.
Therefore, this proverb suits a lot to us all through the life. Wise people must follow this
technique in their daily life to be healthy, wealthy and happy. In this polluted environment,
anyone can be deceased anytime with any big or small health disorder. And any disease
require proper cure which is very costly and doesn’t give surety of wellness.
Prevention is much cheaper technique than cure to be safe and peaceful. It saves time, health,
effort and cost. It also prevents us from many anxious thoughts. As a human being, we have
power of reasoning and power of foresight, so we should use it for our own benefit. Our
mistakes and carelessness invites to the difficulties only. So, we should be careful all time.
Conclusion: Life is very short and we should enjoy it completely. However, it is only possible
when we are stress free, disease free and disciplined in our whole life. Our preventive efforts
should be able to prevent troubles and difficulties. It can happen if the principles of this
proverb are followed strictly and faithfully to every aspect of life.
Prevention is better than cure is a most popular and old proverb related to our health and
healthy life. Good health becomes the valuable present for human life. We can earn lots of
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money, make houses, achieve luxurious things, etc in life however we cannot buy good health
once it got declined by some serious diseases. The meaning of each and every luxurious thing
will be zero immediately after we get some diseases. The proverb “prevention is better than
cure” is a best advice to us in life. People should divert their mind from costly treatment
towards spending time on health education, preventative measures, etc.
Most of the people suffer from various fatal diseases which have almost no cure or impossible
to cure. Some of the diseases have very expensive treatment. People suffering from such
diseases are cured by using very hard medicines having lots of side effects in present or in
near future. In order to remain away from such diseases, prevention is a great key we can be
safe from deadly diseases. Prevention is very cheap and save lots of money, time and effort of
us.
If prevention methods are followed by the people, they remain safe and happy forever. Poor
people cannot afford costly medical treatments. So, we should take care of us all through
proper prevention methods so that we can be away from cure. We have only one life which is
very important to all of us. We should live it, not destroy by inviting various problems and
difficulties. Life can be more happy and peaceful if we become disciplined and follow
principles of this proverb.
Conclusion: By properly understanding the meaning and principles of prevention, we can learn
how to save ourselves from deadly and fatal diseases. Generally people know the definitions
of making their lives healthier and happier. But they forget the key point of control, discipline
and patience. Cure becomes the last step to get our body out of danger however sometimes
we cannot get the normal health back in case of some serious diseases. Our doctors may save
the life but cannot return the happiness in life. People, who already had suffered difficulties in
life, well understand the value the prevention. But, it is better, if people understand its value
before getting into any difficulty.
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The proverb lays emphasis on the importance of living a simple life devoid of any kind of show
off. We must keep a check on our wants and desires. However, when it comes to thinking, it
must be big. We must not think only about ourselves but also about those around.
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your exam. You can select any Simple Living High Thinking essay according to your choice:
On the other hand, people who understand that they must only focus on their needs and not
go after every materialistic thing their heart longs for lead a simple life. They only buy things
of need and focus on becoming better human beings by way of their deeds and not by
showing off their belongings. They try to help those around them, involve themselves in
charity work, indulge in activities to improve the environment and more importantly spend
quality time with their loved ones.
Now, this does not mean it is wrong to be ambitious and earn money to lead a comfortable
life. There is a difference between living comfortably and having a lavish lifestyle. There are
many rich people around the world who lead a simple life and possess high thinking. They
indulge in charity rather than spending lavishly on themselves.
This proverb advises human beings to limit their wants and desires as there is no end to them.
If we run in pursuit of every desire of ours we shall never be satisfied as these keep growing
on and on.
We all agree that most of the things we want are not really for ourselves. We want them to
impress our neighbours, friends and relatives. This kind of life can never be fulfilling or
pleasurable. This is because we are not born to please or impress others and we can never
even do so. Whatever we do people only look for opportunities to find flaws in us and this
leaves us all the more dissatisfied. We try to earn more and more, reach at a high position in
the company, increase our social circle and shop for expensive clothes and household items –
what for? All this is done to establish a good social standing.
Now, this is not to say that there is something wrong with being ambitious and making a good
living. All this might as well bring us satisfaction at some level but it also takes away a lot from
us. However, in the quest of making it big professionally and earning more and more to
quench the undying desires people spend a lot of time at work and neglect their parents,
spouse and kids. This distances them from the family and disturbs their personal relationships
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and all this only leads to stress.
Conclusion
If we lower our materialistic wants and stick to our needs, we shall be able to create a balance
between our personal and professional life. This way we shall be able to spend more time with
our family where the true joy lies. We shall also have enough time for ourselves, to look within
and find out our true purpose of life.
Many learned people in the past have followed the preaching from this proverb and have
made a mark in the history. Some such people include Sant Kabirdas, Mahatma Gandhi, Pope
Francis and Abraham Lincoln. All these people have led an extremely simple life and inspired
several people around them to do so.
Very few people lead a simple life today others are busy running after their desires and trying
to impress others by their latest possessions. Here is why one must lead a simple life:
Sense of Control
When you lead a simple life, you require bare minimal to stay content. When you do not have
numerous loans running for different things, you feel more confident. You no longer need to
immerse yourself in work to earn more and more to pay off your loans and bills. You have a
greater sense of control over your life.
Balanced Life
You will no longer toil too hard in your office to get to the top. This is because your wants
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would be limited and your needs can be met even if you are earning fairly well and not too
much. You will thus be able to get home on time and spend time with your family. This will
help create work life balance.
Conclusion
While many people continue to thrive for a lavish life many have turned towards leading a
simple life after seeing the dreadful consequences of the former. It is time we must recognize
that we should live for ourselves and not for impressing others. We must understand that
happiness can only be found within and not in the outside things. Inner peace and happiness
can only be found if we lead a simple life and have a high thinking that inspires us to do good
for others.
Simple living and high thinking must be the motto of life of each one of us. However, people
these days prefer leading a luxurious life with their thinking restricted only to things that can
fetch them worldly pleasures.
People who Adopted the Golden Principle of Simple Living and High Thinking
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi is one of the best persons to exemplify this proverb. He led a simple life and
dreamed big. His lifestyle was extremely simple but his thinking was high. He did not only
work towards driving the British out of the country but inspired several others around him to
support the cause.e He was the He His life hhhh He made use of a simple weapon that is
non-violence to drive the British out of the country.
Buddha
Buddha was a king who had numerous servants available at his beck and call. He had a loving
family and all the luxuries of life. But he left all these to lead a simple life in the jungles. He
could concentrate, look within and think high only when he began to lead a simple life. Had he
stayed in the palace and led the life of luxury, he would never have attained enlightenment.
Abraham Lincoln
American President, Abraham Lincoln who could afford all the luxuries of life and live lavishly
chose to adopt a simple lifestyle. He did not employ any servant to take care of any of his
tasks. He did all his personal tasks on his own.
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your needs are limited but wants unlimited. In order to lead a simple life you must only keep
the things of necessity and not run after acquiring and attaining every materialistic desire.
Help Others
Instead of spending lavishly to show off you should indulge in charity. This does not mean you
have to donate a huge sum each month. Do whatever little you can to help the poor and
needy.
Relax
Just relax, meditate and let go of all the negative thoughts in your mind. Your mind must focus
on the positives in life.
Conclusion
Living simple is not difficult. It is rather simple; you just need to limit your desires and let go of
the need to impress others. When you lead a simple life only then you can think high else you
will only be busy gratifying yourself.
Simple living high thinking is a common proverb used to emphasise the significance of leading
a simple life and having high thinking. If each one of us leads such a life, the world would
become a much better place.
Mahatma Gandhi is undoubtedly the first name that comes to mind when we hear the
proverb – Simple Living High Thinking. Popularly known as Bapu, this great man led an
extremely simple life. He was highly educated and could have easily got a high paying job. He
could have lived in a lavish bungalow and driven expensive cars. However, he chose to live in a
hut. He wore the simplest of attires, a dhoti and ate simple food. While his materialistic needs
were limited his vision was broad. He was a man of high thinking. He dedicated his life to the
nation.
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India’s independence had become his mission and he followed the path of non-violence to
attain the same. His aura was so strong that thousands of Indians got inspired by him and
joined him in his struggle for freedom. He initiated various movements and several Indians
actively took part in the same. He also addressed masses from time to time to share his words
of wisdom and inspired them to dedicate their lives to the freedom struggle. His simple yet
effective ways to deal with the tyranny of the British officials were highly appreciated by
people. Mahatma Gandhi was one of the main forces to drive the British out of the country.
The world has literally become a place to show off. Leading a simple life and thinking high is a
concept that you can rarely see in anyone anymore. People are extremely busy showcasing
how happy, wealthy and full of life they are. While earlier they used to throw parties, invite
people over and buy new things to impress those around with the advent of social media the
quest to impress others has reached a whole new level. People visit exotic locations, go out
for lavish dinners, party with friends, buy new stuff and all this is uploaded on the social media
within no time. Rather than enjoying the moment, people have now become more interested
in showing others as to how cool their life is. And the definition of cool is far from simple.
Those who indulge in such activities regularly are known to have a happening life and
everyone wants to befriend them and go out with them. On the other hand, those who do not
stay active are considered rather dull and boring. No one likes being around such people. So
showing off and talking highly of oneself has actually become the need of the hour. No one
wants to live a simple life. Simple is actually considered as boring. Thinking high is beyond
question as people are so engrossed in impressing others that they don’t understand that real
happiness lies in finding our real selves and helping those around find the same.
Someone who tries to defy these new formed norms of the society is considered anti-social or
just plain dull and boring. Those who do not keep abreast with this new lifestyle are often left
alone. Even if someone cannot afford lavish dinners and doesn’t have a cool gang of friends
and leads a simple life, he also tries to impress people by uploading fake pictures and posts on
the social media.
Conclusion
Simple living high thinking is the mantra to lead a happy life. We must try to stop being a part
of the rat race and look within. This way we shall understand that the things that can give us
happiness and help us live a wholesome life are simple.
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99. The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
The proverb, “The pen is mightier than the sword” implies that the power of pen is enormous,
even more than a sword. A small pen can help you achieve what a mighty sword cannot. The
power of a pen is emphasized by way of this proverb. It implies that a pen is capable of
achieving that what even a big sword cannot.
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By way of this proverb, Bulwer-Lytton wanted to state that the power of writing is much
greater than the power of war and hatred. A war always ends in sufferings and loss where as
writing is a gift to the mankind. The stories learned during our childhood have taught us a lot.
Those teachings are a priceless possession for us.
It is actually true that the peaceful act of writing with a small pen can have a bigger impact
than the act of violence carried out by a sword.
The power of pen and words has been emphasized by way of many other proverbs. Some of
these include “Books are the way to the truth” and “Books are the best companion”.
Conclusion
The pen certainly is more powerful than the sword. The tasks that can be completed with a
small tip of a pen cannot be accomplished if we use something as mightier as a sword.
“The pen is mightier than the sword” has been used to emphasize the power of words over
violence. It indicates that the power of press is greater and more effective than that of direct
violence. This is to say that the point we can put across through simple words can never be
put across or explained by way of violence.
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“The pen is mightier than the sword” is a metonymic adage written by English author Edward
Bulwer-Lytton in the year 1839. It found a place in his play, Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy. The
play opened in March 1839 at London’s Covent Garden.
The first known version of this popular phrase was coined in the early 7th century BC by
Assyrian sage, Ahiqar. It read, “The word is mightier than the sword”.
People do recognize the superiority of the pen over sword and the phrase is often used to
emphasize the same.
Different Interpretations
Here are the various interpretations of the proverb, “the pen is mightier than the sword”:
It means that the act of writing can have stronger impact on people than the act of violence.
It states that words have the ability to solve the problems more effectively than force.
Pen and writing indicate civilized behaviour which is far better than applying brutal force to
achieve things.
Do not underestimate the ability and power of small things. They can at times have a stronger
impact than the biggest things.
The proverb celebrates the power of pen and writing and indicates that writers are powerful
than warriors.
Conclusion
“The pen is mightier than the sword” emphasizes that we must not undervalue the power of a
small thing such as a pen. It implies that a thing as small as a pen can have a huge impact on
people and society as a whole; an impact that even a mighty thing like a sharp sword cannot
achieve.
The famous proverb ‘Pen is Mightier than the Sword’ was first written by Edward Bulwer-
Lytton, which later became highly popular across the world. Everyone knows that a sword is a
weapon with sharp edge while pen is a writing instrument with no edge. But the power of the
pen is extremely greater than a sword. What a sharp edge of a sword can’t achieve; can easily
be achieved with the help of a tiny tip of a pen.
Meaning
While a pen and sword cannot be compared because pen is used for writing purposes and
sword is used for fighting purposes. But the writer through the proverb ‘Pen is Mightier than
the Sword’, intends to say that the power and strength of writing is mightier and stronger than
the influence of war. A war is always destructive and ends lives. Sword can only kill and thus
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result into defeat, loss and death. Even though, one party in the war may win but the loss of
several lives is the ultimate loss of even the winning party; whereas writing is harmony, peace
and it is priceless. Books written with pen give us education, knowledge and wisdom which
remain with us forever. We can never pay back for the tales and stories told to us in our
childhood by our grandparents, parents, teachers, etc for those stories taught us lesson which
we preserve for our lifetime.
There are various quotes and proverbs written and said about books such as: ‘Books are the
treasure house of knowledge’, ‘Books are the best companion’, ‘Books are the way to the
Truth’ and many more. A book written in pen makes it powerful and worth reading. Not every
book is useful as some may teach wrong lessons; some books may be restricted or forbidden.
So, it’s the pen which makes the book powerful. Such mighty, the pen is!
The power of pen can also be understood from the fact that one incorrect answer written in
the answer sheet during exams, tests, etc might fall heavily on us. We are able to know about
history, geography, religion, science, etc all by reading and pen plays an important role in
letting the writer pen down the important knowledge and information for the generations to
come.
History is the proof that writers have changed the world through their writings. Mahatma
Gandhi, John Keats, Swami Vivekananda, William Wordsworth and many more have created
magic through their writing. Pen has the power to break the demographic barriers or a book
can be written in one country and can be read across the world. Writers through their
preaching and knowledge fight against various social evils and bring transformation in the
society.
Conclusion
Writing has the power of building or destroying the image of political leaders or actors, sports
persons, etc. The writer must be really cautious and mindful about the strength of the pen and
write wisely. No writer must display his/her personal grudge through writing. Writing can
create peace during wars and may create wars during peace, since we all know that the ‘Pen is
Mightier than the Sword’.
The famous proverb ‘Pen is Mightier than the Sword’ has a great significance since ages. It
denotes that the pen is more powerful than the sword; irrespective of the fact that the sword
has a sharp edge and the power to kill and win wars. From the ancient days, sword has played
an important role in the history of mankind. We all know that the sword has the power of
winning wars because of the great strength and valour it possesses. But a pen on the other
hand, despite being delicate is much mightier and endowed with the capacity to transform
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history and mankind.
Meaning
Written by the famous author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the proverb ‘The Pen is Mightier than
the Sword’ holds great significance with simple yet profound meaning. It suggests that the
writers of the world leave a greater influence on people than the soldiers; for the world
recognises the name of several famous writers such as William Wordsworth, John Keats,
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Rabindranath Tagore, etc but very few will be able to recognise
the names of great soldiers who won wars, battles, etc. For ages, pen has been creating
wonders as written information gets spread as knowledge which is preserved with people for
their lifetime. The proverb clearly indicates that the writers are more influential than the
mighty fighters and the sword cannot build such impact which writers can.
Writing can unite people to stand against social or national evil. Mahatma Gandhi through his
preaching and knowledge united the citizens; he didn’t fight but won the nation with his
power of wisdom and will. A war may result into victory to one party and defeat to the other
at the cost of several lives; but a book can enlighten the world without harming even a single
person, without any bloodshed.
Pen is the weapon of writers, which they can use to create history. Pen is constructive, while
sword is destructive. A pen has the capacity to write novels, poems, humorous, emotional
stories, facts and figures related to Science, Maths, Geography, etc. One can find joy and
peace by reading and gain knowledge for lifetime. Writings can induce various emotions such
as love, kindness, hatred, enmity, sympathy etc. Writing is regarded with respect and writers
are always considered as the strong pillars of society as they have the power to change the
world through the magic of their writing. Even on national level, debates and discussions can
solve various altercations amongst differing countries, but war can destroy the economical
and physical strength of the countries. On personal level too, literature spreads knowledge but
fighting induces hatred.
Conclusion
In the world of political war and unrest; we need more pens than swords. The fact is that men
are more influenced and guided by ideas than by the fear of sword or physical forces. It is true,
that the command of the sword is restrained to a particular time period but the influence of
pen is immortal and universal. The writer must use this power with utmost care, for their
writing can either make or break the image of huge personalities, because pen is mightier than
sword.
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100. Time and Tide Wait for None
Time is valuable more than money in life because without understanding the value of
time and proper utilization of time in right direction, we cannot earn money. Money and time,
both are very different things because we can store money and use it accordingly however we
cannot save, store or use time accordingly. It passes every moment and never stops for
anyone. It brings opportunities to everyone however benefits those who work on the time.
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Time and tide wait for none is a common proverb which tells us that both, time and tide never
wait for anyone in anyway. This proverb emphasizes the importance and value of time in our
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life. Opportunities knock the door surely for everyone but not always. We must learn to make
use of time properly without losing it a bit. If we lose it, we will miss the chance to succeed. If
we will waste our time, time will waste our whole life. We should not postpone our chores; if
we postpone them, time postpones the happiness in our life. We should perform all the
chores in timely manner to avoid the difficulty. Time passes every second and never comes
back again.
One who lost the time is called as loser and cannot achieve something big in life. We can earn
a lot of money and store it for whole life however we cannot store even a single minute of
time for a second. We can earn more money by using time in right manner however cannot
get more time by using money. We cannot compare time with any precious thing in the world
because it is more valuable than them. We spend money with caution but why we waste our
time. The reason belong to this is, we earn money through hard works whereas time is free.
The person who understands the importance of time goes ahead and gets the success a day.
And the one who misuses it, never climb the ladder of success.
According to the Hindu theory of creation, it is called as the manifestation of God and named
as ‘kalachakra’ means the cycle of time. We cannot see the time visibly however can feel the
ever running of time through the occurrence of day and night, seasonal changes in the year,
etc. New buds bloom to be flowers and they die one day, and this process goes forever named
as life cycle. Every living being has its own life cycle which runs through time.
It is very true that time is invisible; however, it is also true that time is most powerful. Time is
a big ruler which rules each and every thing in this world. Tide occurs in the sea which means
the rising and falling of the sea. It is the process which occurs on its own in the sea. It cannot
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be started or stopped by any means. Both, time and tide are examples that do not have
consideration for anything. ‘Time and tide wait for none’ is a proverb which explains its eaning
itself and true for all spheres of life.
Time is very precious for us. It brings opportunities to us however not always. It is the thing
which never stays for anyone and moves continuously on its track. It comes only once in
someone’s life and never stays even for a second. It is favorable for those who understand its
value and use it properly however unfavorable for the idle people who waste it or use it
improperly. Once it gone never returns just like tide which occur in the sea. This popular
proverb ‘time and tide wait for none’ itself proves its truth in all the spheres of life.
A person, who has missed his/her train and has to postpone all the schedule of that day, may
better understand the value of time. He/she might not miss the train in future ever as he/she
has learned that how much he/she has lost due to the little mistake. Time matters a lot for
them who are involved in hard work in anyway and wanted to achieve their goal. It does not
give chance to anyone to correct the mistakes of past however one can correct the present
and thus future too by avoiding the mistakes and valuing the time.
Scientists who make inventions and discover new technologies, students who have missed the
chance of sitting in the final exams and person who has missed the flight, etc understand the
importance of time very well. Time changes people’s luck into good luck or bad luck
accordingly he/she uses the time. People who are idle always curse their fate for not getting
the things they wish. Whereas, hard working people do their works on time and believe on
their own hard work. In order to get success in any field and achieve goals what we have
decided, we should never waste time and must perform all the work at appropriate time.
We should involve ourselves in the hard work with the patience to wait for the proper and
favorable time. Success will come surely when we have made the best use of time. Time
values a lot differently to the people working in different areas such as farmers have to sow
crop seeds timely in proper season otherwise they will miss the chance for whole season.
Sports persons get fixed time to defeat the competitor and win the game by scoring more
goals against the opponent team. Thus, time is very precious in every area for every work. We
should use it and never waste!
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