English Essay

Title: My Hobby

The word “Hobby” is derived from a “Hobby Horse” which flick fitted with a wooden horse and on which small children for their amusement. So, hobby is a useful work which can be take up during leisure. Hobby means a useful work in which one interest and drives pleasure by doing it in spare time without monetary benefit. This occupation is quite apart from the regular work. There are many hobbies like gardening, stamp-collecting coin-collecting, photography, reading, etc. which one adopts according to one’s taste and purse.

It is a recreation from the exhaustion and fever of life. After a day’s hard labor, not all persons can go to see the movie and visit clubs for entertainment. Hobby provides a cheap source of entertainment and amusement. Gardening is my favorite hobby through which I can sec Nature and enjoy it. Nature is a true and dependent guide of man. Wordsworth contends that Nature never betrays anyone who loves her.

Ours is a big house. There is open space for vegetation, fruits and flowers. I have grown flower plants of rose, lily and sun-flower. The sweet fragrance of the flowers serves, as a tonic for my body and thus relieves me of becoming a prey to some disease. I have planted a few fruits also. There is adequate growth of vegetables in our compound. So, we seldom purchase any vegetable from the market.

Gardening provides me a good exercise for the day. It keeps me healthy. Happy and fresh for the day’s labor. Gardening is my sincere friend and inspires me whenever I am in a depressed mood. Whenever I cast a glance over my small garden and see the beautiful flowers, my heart blossoms.

Life is strife. If we rest, we rust, if we work. We shine if we shine, the world gives us credit. Moreover, an empty .mind is a devil’s workshop. It is better that one should pass a very much bus life. Struggle in the life it, self gives pleasure to a man.

Hobby, thus, is an interesting, pursuit through which one derives pleasure, recreation and amusement in the leisure. In hobby one sucks pleasure, feels exalted and mentally elated. Hobby removes the monotony and melancholy of mind. Rather, hobbies have a great educative value. Moreover, hobby gives a stimulus to better living.

Story Title: The Lion and the Mouse

Once upon a time there lived a lion. He was sleeping under a shady tree. A mouse lived in a hole nearby. It came out of its hole. It began to move up and down on the body of the lion. The lion woke up from his sleep. He was very angry. He wanted to kill the mouse. The mouse prayed for its life. It said, “Please spare my life. I will pay back your kindness”. The lion took pity and set the mouse free.

One day, the lion was caught in a net. He began to roar. The little mouse heard his roar and came there. It saw the lion caught in a net. It cut the net with its sharp teeth. The lion was free. He thanked the little mouse for its timely help.

Moral:
Do well and have well.

Title: The Street Beggar

Beggars are very common in hole world. They are found in almost ever village, town and city. The main centers of their activities are the places of pilgrimage and worship. They squat on the banks of the rivers, in front of mosques and other places of hectic activity. They roam from street to street, from one location to-another and beg for alms, food and money. They accept whatever is given to them. Sometime they pursue the people so doggedly that people are fed up with them.

Some give alms to beggars in order to ward off the nuisance and not out of charity. Some beggars are so hale and heart so young and healthy that they do not deserve charity at all. The deserving cases are few : those who are crippled or lame, deaf or rift blind or handicapped, they are incapacitated and cannot earn their living. Some are in such a pathetic Plight that they evoke pity ad compassion. Such crippled beggars are well-versed in the art of singing religious songs. Some have really very melodious voice their sweet voice attracts the passers-by. Such beggars are found in trains and buses and they enthrall-the travelers by their religious and devotional songs and poems.

Sometimes one comes across a deaf or dumb beggar, lifting a blind or lame beggar on his back and begging for alms. It is also usual to see a leper placed in a low cart and carried from place to place. These beggars know human psychology and work according to that.

But most of the beggars live en the generosity of women: These beggars never miss religious gatherings and other festivals. Some wear only a loin cloth. Others besmear themselves with ashes, have long hair and pair of tongs. Some meditate under a tree. But man. are cheats and hypocrites. These beggars deceive the innocent women and at times rob them.

The number of beggars in every country is rising. These beggars live on the earnings of -others. It is really a curse that. Even able-bodied citizens of every countries resort to begging. They indulge in various vices like drinking smoking and gambling. Their bodies are diseased. They carry with them infection and roam from place to place and. thus, are responsible to a large extent for spreading epidemics.

Begging should be banned by law. A legislator must be enacted to put an end to this profession. However deserving cases should be helped and others should be given gainful employment. Street begging is really a great nuisance. Now -a-days people are not moved by any religious consideration, so beggars are not treated as they hope to be treated.

Title: The Snake Charmer

Snake-charmers are a class by themselves. They go about from place to place, displaying ir snakes which they keep as a precious treasure. No one knows from where they come and where they go. Probably they have no fixed habitation.

They have a basket which they sling on their shoulders, and in-which they keep their pet snakes. The vina is their constant companion, on which they play sweet tunes, which madden the serpents.

Promise them a pie, and they begin to play on the vina. Their Ida in modulating and controlling breath is wonderful, and the drawling music which they produce has a strange fascinating Influence.

When the charmer thinks his music has produced its effect on the snake, he will empty the pot or the casket, in which he keeps on the ground, and you will see a curled up thing. It lies on the ground lifeless, and he begins to rouse it by touching it with a stick, or proding it with the thin end of his vina. The lifeless thing now uncurls itself and begins to hiss and dash the charmer.

Sometimes it rushes at the spectators to their great fright. The dance of the cobra when it stands erect and spreads its hood is very amusing. Sometimes the charmer would even make the snake bite him, but he usually carries snakes whose poisonous fangs have been broken. He pretends to possess charms with which he can make these dangerous things harmless.

It is very difficult to understand this mysterious being. You can’t believe all what he says, and yet you cannot deny that he is a very clever man. His eyes are always red, and he has a very wild and frightful appearance. He certainly takes some strong intoxicating poison; otherwise you cannot explain the weird look of his eyes.

Title: The Happiest Day of my Life

There is hardly any living being who has not gone through ups and downs of life. Actually, life is full of bad as well as good incidents. Some of them may be forgotten with the passage of time, whereas others leave an everlasting imprint ‘on the mind. One feels delighted when one is favoured with fortune but plunges into despair during misfortunes. In fact, the wise man is the person who is neither overjoyed in property nor takes adversity to heart.

Last year, I passed the Higher Secondary Examination. Although I had fared well in the examination yet I was not so hopeful of getting first class. I was very much anxious because the question of my career was involved in it. The day earlier, when the result was expected to appear in the newspapers. I spent a restless night. I along with my friends got up early in the morning and wanted to catch the newspaper hawker on the way. Soon he appeared shouting about the declaration of the Higher Secondary results. His shouts were piercing my heart. I hurriedly took the paper and started spotting out my roll number. All sorts of expression were appearing on my face. It was a matter of immense surprise and pleasure to find that I stood second in my school securing 1st class. God fulfilled my desires I felt grateful to Him. My other friends also passed securing good marks. In order to celebrate our happiness, we chalked out a programme to go to some picnic-spot. We decided to go to Canal.

We reached Canal, at 11.00a.m. There was a heavy cavalcade (rush) of people. The banks of the canal were occupied by the visitors. We picked a place under a banyan tree and sat on there. We also took with us all the paraphernalia of lunch. We had our lunch to our heart’s content. Then we listened to music. As we were lost in the sweet music of our transistor, we heard loud cries. I immediately rushed toward the canal and saw to my shock and surprise that a boy was drowning. He was crying for help.

I immediately jumped into the water and swam to wards the drowning boy. I caught hold of the boy after a great struggle and dragged him towards the bank. He was in a semi–conscious state. When I saw him closely I was surprised to know that he was at one time my class fellow. He was then given medical aid and after some time he regained consciousness. I was delighted to see him recovering. My joy knew no bounds because I had saved the life of a boy who happens to be my friend. This day was a day of great joy and happiness. Not only did I secure second position but also did a brave and noble act by saving the boy from going into the jaws of death. This day, never-the-less will go down in my life as one of the happiest day.

Technical Education

According to human needs, education can be divided into three parts: Social or political education: Spiritual Education; Vocational or Technical- Education. Education that teaches us how to live in a society is called social or political education. Education that develops our personality and character may be termed as Spiritual Education. Then, education that teaches us how to earn our living is named as Vocational Education. Technical education is a branch of Vocational Education. By Technical Education we mean education dealing with some practical or mechanical art. Technical education includes training in trade Commerce, carpentry, weaving, agriculture, medicine and engineering. Its aim is to provide instruction and training in skills that have a practical utility. It helps us to meet the needs of the Industrial Age.

Technical Education is very important in the modern age.America, Britain, France, Russia and China are rich, prosperous and resourceful because of their progress in technical education. It produces engineers, Builders, doctors, and mechanics who are very useful in an industrial society. It is the only answer to the problems of our expanding economy. It produces doers and workers. These workers make real and important contribution to the welfare of society. We are able to increase the material resources• of our country through Technical education. It promote the material prosperity and economic advancement. It has a great educational value also as it imparts dexterity quickness, attention to detail, habit of neatness and orders People begin to have faith ig the dignity of labour. We can save a lot of foreign exchange, if we have our own technical experts. In short, Technical Education makes a country Rich, prosperous, and Resourceful. But it has certain limitations also. Too much of technical education changes a man into machine, A man’s specialized knowledge makes him unfit for other jobs. So we should have an element of liberal education in Technical Education.

Nowadays Education is Lacking on the technical side.0ur schools and colleges produce men who are fit only to be clerks. Our young men run after office job. They dislike work in factories and hate to learn practical skills this is why unemployment is So widespread in the country. Poverty is due to the neglect of technical education. Our country is rich in raw material resources. We cannot reap the advantages only because we are not equipped with any technical knowledge. In this respect we must take two steps. First, more and more technical institutions should be established. Secondly, the idea of “Dignity of Labour” should be popularized. We must always keep in mind that progress is possible only through Technical Education.

Title: Smoking

By smoking we usually mean smoking of tobacco. There are many people who are addicted to the smoking of opium and other intoxicating drugs, People use various kinds of apparatus for tobacco smoking such as hookah pipes, cigars, cigarettes and cheroots. Tobacco was first brought from America to Europe. Early one day in 1492, Columbus’s shipmates saw the people of an island (now known as Cuba) smoking bundles of rolled leaves. They copied this habit and became smokers. Later on. Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco and smoking in Europe. Hookah smoking was known to the Eastern kings, the physicians used it as a cure for stomach-troubles. Now, smoking is one of the most popular habits. Even women caught up this habit. Today there are 40 million addicted smokers in the 12 million in great Britain and almost as many in France. Even in poor countries, people smoke away cigarettes of 1000 million rupees every year.

The habit of smoking prevails in every part of the world. Most eminent doctors of the world have expressed thcir opinions about its bad effects yet the fashion continues. Smoking undoubtedly invigorates one’s nervous system after physical and mental exhaustion. But its after effects are really alarming. The smoke contains very small particles of Nicotine which is a deadly poison. By breathing the poisonous smoke, we injure our health; the smoke affects theiwind pipe and the lungs. The throat and lung diseases are, therefore, caused. It is the basic cause of lung cancer. The smokers suffer from cold and cough. Smokers get bad and dirty teeth which cause other diseases. Tobacco causes bad. breath and stinks in the mouth. Eye-sight and digestion are damaged. There is loss of vitality. Endurance power is reduced; memory becomes dead Dead smokers get heart trouble. It is unquestionably a luxury; it is a waste of money. Tobacco is a killer which causes the loss of many lives as road accidents. Balzac, the famous French writer, has rightly said: “Tobacco destroys the body, attacks the intelligence and ridicules nations”.

Smoking is a pernicious habit.Once this habit is formed, it is very difficult to get rid of this enjoyable poison. However, there are some principles and methods which can help a smoker stop smoking. The smoker should take advantage of any break such as illness, fasting in the normal way of life. He should take light meals and plenty of exercises and avoid all contacts with the groups of smokers. He should every often change the brand of his tobacco. This change will diminish this pleasure of smoking and he will smoke less. He should eat fruit because it has been proved that Apples, grapes, oranges and peas reduce the need to smoke. A mouth wash with silver nitrate lean destroy a lot of the pleasure of smoking. The first four or five days will prove to be very hard for the smoker but the difficulty will gradually diminish.

Title: The Dangers of Patriotism

Patriotism means love for one’s own country. It is a noble instinct it is born with our birth and grows with our growth. Love for ones country is a natural thing. We live in it; we breathe its air; we drink its water and eat its food and we enjoy its rights. Even beasts love their homes. Traitors like Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq are always looked down upon by their country men. And those like Tipu Sultan, Sirajuddaula, Liaquat Ali, Major Aziz, Syed Ahmad and the Quaid-e-Azam who suffer or die in a patriotic cause are ever respected by their fellow-men. Patriotism makes a man brave. It enables him to face grave dangers. It makes a man sacrifice pleasure and hope of gain. Surely, patriotism is desirable and the absence of it deplorable.

But Patriotism has a dark side too. It has certain dangers. First, it often makes a man narrow-minded and unfair. A patriot finds no fault with his country. He cannot bear the criticism on his country. To a Pakistani, everything Pakistani is good. To the English everything faultless and admirable. This attitude helps us to develop contempt towards all the other countries. The German national song opens with this “Germany over all “what we call “Color-bar” is really a perverted form of patriotism. The Japanese place themselves at the top of the list of nations.

Secondly, Patriotism is there behind all wars of aggression and all forms of imperialist Imperialist Russia, Imperialist U.S.A., Imperialist Britain and Imperialist India are examples to point. Hitler exploited the patriotism of the German Youth and Mussolini of Italian Youth. The young soldier of Japan would be snot from a cannon for the sake of his empire. Patriotism thus leads to war. People cut each others throat without any remorse in the name of patriotism. Patriotism seems to be a justification of every kind of international crime; every kind of offense against humanity.

Thirdly, within the country itself’, patriotism has its dangers too. Dr. Johnson once defined patriotism as “The last refuge of a scoundrel”. Many wicked persons turn into patriots in order to escape the consequences of their evil deeds. The selfish and ambitious Join the patriotic parties for their own ends. They flourish on the sentiment of patriotism. Under the name of patriotism, they think that they are free to do whatever they like.

Lastly, too much of patriotic feeling is apt to make a man a dreamer or an idealist. He does not set a proper value on the practical aspect of politics but it carries off his feet by emotions. Such patriots often become a constant source of danger. They do not realize the importance of a compromise in the affairs of men. Brutus in Roman history is an example of this point.

In conclusion, we may say that patriotism is not enough in the 21st century. One may love one’s country but one should try to develop an international outlook. We can love the Americans or the Russians or the Chinese without ceasing to be patriotic, True patriotism should never go against internationalism. To save himself from these dangers, a man must always remember that he is first a human being and then a citizen of some country.

Allied Subjects given below:

* Patriotism.
* Nationalism and Internationalism.