The poem ‘A River’ by Ramanujan is one of his finest poems taken from his magnum opus, The Striders (1965).In this poem, the poet has compared and contrasted the attitudes of the old poets and those of the modern poets towards human misery. He concluded that the two classes of poets are oblivious to human pain and sorrow. Their poetry does not reflect the miseries of human beings. In the present poem, he has proven this argument.
Where The Mind Is Without Fear Central Idea This poem is a reflection of the poet’s good and ideal nature. He has utmost faith in God. He prays to God with all his heart that He should guide the countrymen Read more…
A Nation’s Strength Central Idea: The poem “A Nation’s Strength” speaks about the values which are necessary for making a nation strong and prosperous. He reveals the secret of a nation’s strength. The poet takes into consideration the various elements Read more…
How Teachers Learn INTRODUCTION ‘How Teachers Learn’ is a much-needed reminder for most “grown-ups” to open their eyes to view the world through the eyes of the children. This lesson gives an insight to understand the young ones in their Read more…
How Teachers Learn By John Holt SUMMARY In this lesson, the narrator explains how he learned about a child’s learning process from a five-year-old girl named Nora. The narrator who is a teacher says he learned from Nora about the Read more…
Mankind has been facing natural catastrophes like floods, earthquakes, storms, cyclones, tsunamis, etc. The devastating effects of a man-made Catastrophe, i.e., global warming, have already become evident. Global warming is a gradual increase in the temperature of the earth’s surface Read more…
The Unthankful Man SUMMARY The Unthankful Man is a beautiful story. This is a story about thanklessness. Raman was a poor Brahmin who lived on the outskirts of a small town. He was so poor that he and his wife Read more…
Outline of The Lesson Netherfield Park which is vacant for a long time is at last taken by a wealthy and dashing young gentleman whose name is Mr Bingley. When Mrs Bennet comes to know about it, she becomes extremely Read more…
THE HAPPY PRINCE SUMMARY The statue of the Happy Prince stood on a tall column. The statue was decorated beautifully. It was covered with gold. It had two bright sapphires for eyes and a large red ruby on its sword Read more…
CLUES Good manners oil the machine of life….earn us respect….’please’ and ‘thank you’ settle bitter quarrels….should be observed……respect elders…..be polite to the younger….. talk less and listen more……take turn in queue……civility of behaviour is a moral obligation…….bad manners create bitterness Read more…
