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tells them to come out, but they do not understand what "the house is on fire" means, and they are immersed with their playthings. So the father tells them that he has presents outside like goat carts, deer carts or bullock carts for the various sons. The children then hurry to come out and ask for the carts, but the father does not have them. Instead, he gives each child a far better gift than they could have imagined, drawn by white…

the camera symbolizes his ignorance to the state of the world. “Mr. Kapasi pulled over to the side of the road as Mr. Das took a picture of a barefoot man, his head wrapped in a dirty turban, seated on top of a cart of grain sacks pulled by a pair of bullocks. Both the man and the bullocks were emaciated.” (49) Most people if they were to see this would feel immediate sadness or would feel compelled to give money to this man. The fact that Mr. Das takes a picture of this shows just how out of…

river with sheer dint of perseverance and determination. The flood water deafened him and timber struck and contused him. Weary and exhausted Sher Singh encountered some philanthropists on the main road to help him reach the hospital first in a bullock-cart then in a rickety truck. Next day, Sher Singh had to work lifting / loading coal in the rail-yard to earn a pittance to keep body and soul…

Child labour The first incident we could find in the novel was about ‘Duggodu’ who belonged to Mala caste to work as ‘paleru’ in the house of Kotaiah. He was as small as Kotaiah’s son Venkayya. His son left for playing with his friends of his age and at the same time he was sent to school for education and but this poor boy has to do the house hold work and later he had to go for animal gazing which was one of the interesting work for him. This was a violation of human rights in those days…

the few divided highways one can expect to meet local transportation traveling in the wrong direction, often without lights. Heavy traffic is the norm and includes (but is not limited to) overloaded trucks and buses, scooters, pedestrians, bullock and camel carts, horse or elephant riders en route to weddings, bicycles, and free-roaming livestock. Traffic in India moves on the left. It is important to be alert while crossing streets and intersections, especially after dark as traffic is coming…

CHAPTER 3: CRAFTMANSHIP IN THE WORKS OF RUSKIN BOND Bond is the master storyteller of the present age because he has developed his individual style of narration. His narration is marked with simplicity of tone and depth of meaning. Though, writing for him is a spontaneous overflow of emotions, his stories are carefully crafted. For him writing is a means of conversing with the world. He writes to ease his soul. He also believes that writing is an art, it needs as much devotion and love as an…

Introduction A social entrepreneur is someone who advances “systemic change” by “shifting patterns and perceptions.” This type of person is “relentless in pursuit of their visions” and “will not give up until they have spread their ideas as far as they possibly can.” They often work off of limited resources and must rely on the generosity of the government and private donors to continue their work. Social entrepreneurs often exist in what is called civil society. Bruce Sievers defines civil…

Emergence and expansion of Railway The rapid expansion of Railways was the most important infrastructure development in India during the British Raj. Starting in 16 April 1853, when the first railway passenger train started its operations, Indian railway system expanded to become, the fourth largest in the world by 1910. The pioneer of railway expansion in India was Governor-General Lord Dalhousie who formulated the plan to build a network of trunk lines connecting the major regions of…

The present study consists of 100 road traffic injury cases admitted in our tertiary health care centre. In the present study males victims (84 cases, 84%) outnumbered the females victims (16 cases, 16%) with an approximate male female ratio of 5:1. Four wheelers and two wheelers involving mainly pedestrians were the most common cause for fatal head injury seen in 66 cases, 66%. Multiple abrasions were the most commonly seen external injury, seen in 68 cases, 68%. Skull bone fracture was seen in…

Wherever in the path, fathers implored their children would be successes.... No exertion would be saved, "future" and "vocation had turned out to be Bengali words, consolidated unknowingly yet hotly into Bengali speech. In the interim, kids, similar to Egyptian slaves, dragged gigantic squares of baffling examination throughout the day to assemble that amazing however non-existent pyramid of achievement. (23-24) This concentrate uncovers the extraordinary want for upward portability and the…