Amritybhav

The author had an aversion for water since his childhood. When author was three or four years old, his father took him to beach in California. He hung on to his father.   But, the waves knocked him down and swept over him. He was frightened and waves created a fear in author’s mind. He decided to learn to swim at ten or eleven years old, in pool at Y.M.C.A in Yakima. A big eighteen-years-old boy threw the author into pool. The author thought that when his touched bottom of the pool, he would make a jump upwards and would came to surface. But, when he went down, nine feet seemed like ninety to him. When his feet touched bottom, he came up rather slowly.  Have You Read?   Lost Sp ring Whenever, he opened his eyes, he saw nothing but water. He was suffocating. He became panicky. He tried to cry but no words came out. His legs seemed paralysed. Instead of coming up, he went down and down. A great force seemed to pull him under water. Only his heart showed that he was alive....

Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence |Chapter -1 |Short Notes| CBSE |Class-12 1) Colonial Exploitation Of Indian economy Under British Rule: Indian Economy under the British Rule was subjected to colonial exploitation. a)  Colonial Exploitation Of Agricultural Sec t or- Agriculture was exploited through zamindari system of land revenue. Zamindari system of land revenue – A system of land revenue that worked through middlemen called zamindars, an intermediary between colonial government and peasants.  Zamindars were declared as owners of the soil. They were to pay a fixed sum to the Government by way of land revenue, and were free to extract as much as they wished from tillers of the soil. tillers of the soil  got bare minimum for survival. They were left with no surplus for investment in agriculture. On the other hand, Zamindars spent their revenue income n the luxuries of life.  b) Industrial Sector –  Prior to British Rule, Industrial ...

Saheb is a rag picker, came from Dhaka, in Bangladesh. He has no memory of his name. His full name was “ Saheb-e-Alam” which means Lord of Universe. This name is ironical as he is not Lord of even his own life. He leads a life of utter poverty and misery.  The lives in Seemapuri , dirty colony on periphery of Delhi. About 10,000 rag pickers live there. The colony show no signs of development. The houses are made of mud and have roofs of tins and tarpaulin. They have no identity. Saheb works in a tea stall ; gets 800 rupees plus meals ; has lost its carefree look ; no longer master of his own. Have You Read? The Last Lesson   Mukesh’s family works in a bangle factory, lives in dusty street of Firozabad. This town is famous for its bangles. It’s center of India’s glass blowing factory. More than 20,000 children work  in bangle factories of Firozabad. It’s illegal for children to work in glass furnaces with high temperature. They work in dark cells without air and light. He ...

Griffin : Griffin is the protagonist of the novel. He is a brilliant scientist. He wants to prove that human body can become invisible and he successfully discover a rare drug that can make human body as transparent as glass. But,  Griffin misuses his discovery. To save himself from his landlord, he takes that drug and becomes invisible. He is a lawless person and does many unlawful activities when he become invisible. He sets fire in his landlord’s house and steal things and money from shop. He is very irritable, impatient,  looses temper over petty things. He is a heartless fellow. To further his research,  he needs money and for this,  he robs his own father. His father shot himself because money was  not his. He even doesn’t feel sorry even after burglary which leads to his father’s death.  He wanted to establish a reign of terror and turned against his own race and died tragically. He is the only one who can be blamed for his own tragic end.  ...

National Income and product accounts – Data collected and published by Govt. describing the various components of National Income and output in economy. Gross Domestic Product – It is the total market value of a country’s output. It is market value of all final goods and services produced within a given period of time by factors of production located within a country. Intermediate goods : Goods that are processed by one firm for use in further processing by another firm. Value of intermediate goods is not counted in GDP. So, here comes question why are intermediate goods not counted in GDP? Let’s get started, Suppose that in producing a Car, General Motors (GM) pays  Rs. 200 to Goodyear for tires. GM uses these tires to assemble a car, which it sells for Rs. 24,000. The value of car(including tires) is Rs. 24,000 not (Rs.24,000 + Rs. 200). The final price of the car already reflects the value of its components. To count in GDP both the value of tires would result in Double Cou...

Poet: Stephen Spender In this poem, the poet focuses on the theme of social injustice and inequalities. He presents the pathetic and miserable picture of elementary  classroom in a slum. These children have pale and lifeless faces. They are like rootless weeds which are uncared and unwanted with their disorderly hair torn around their faces. They are depressed and oppressed with the burdens of life and keep their heads down. They have stunted growth. They inherit the diseases of their father.  Have You Read? My Mother At Sixty-Six Some of them do have dreams. A sweet young boy is sitting at the back of the dim classroom. He is dreaming of a squirrel’s game in the trees and probably other interesting things.  The walls are dirty and creamy and on them are hung on donations given by the rich and also Shakespeare’s portrait. A civilised dome found in the cities and Tyrolese valleys with beautiful flowers are also put  up. The map on the wall shows the children, the beau...

Poet – Kamala Das This poem is rich in imaginary, compare and contrast. The poet comments on the feelings of pain one’s feel for the ageing parents. The poet was driving from her parents home to Cochin last Friday Morning and she saw her mother  beside her dozing, open mouthed which symbolises death. Her face is compared to dead body as it is dull, pale, and ashen ( figures of speech is “simile” ). The poet realised with pain that the mother was ageing and her death was approaching. She was unable to bear , the look of her mother so she put this fear of losing her mother away and looked outside the window. Have You Read? The Last Lesson The Tiger King The Invisible Man She saw young trees sprinting ( figures of speech used “personification” ) and merry children spilling( figures of speech used “metaphor” ). To bring out the contrast-  children present an image of happiness, life, energy , zeal, activity and enthusiasm. The mother is an image of ageing, death, dullness, decay a...