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The Loving Mother [Mothers are Always Loving and Affectionate] The Main Characters of the Story Shoji Sakota , The Pharmacist Sakota's Photographer Friend Mother's ghost (who comes every night to Shoji's pharmacy to buy an ame for her child) -------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction: The Loving Mother is a Japanese supernatural story. It's a ghost story in which we find the ghost of a mother, who not only arranges for food for her baby, but also brings into someone's notice that there was a baby there in her apartment. The event takes place in the Sapporo city of Hokkaido Island , Japan.  -------------------------------------------------------------- Short Summary of the St ory: The Loving Mother is a ghost story, in which we find the soul (ghost) of a mother trying to save the life of her child by leading some people to her apartment and thus giving the information that there was a living baby there.  Mr. Shoji

Malini   ------------------------------- (Image source : Google Images) ------------------------------- (Rabindra Nath Tagore/ The Writer, Poet) 1. Main Characters: Malini (Princess of a Hindu Kingdom/ The lead character of the play) The king (Malini's father) The Queen (Malini's mother) The Prince (Malini's brother) Kemankar (The antagonist or opponent of the play/leader of the revolt going against Malini) Supriya (Kemankar's friend) Many brahmins --------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Some points to remember:    Malini is a Poetic play written by Rabindra Nath Tagore. It is in two acts. It is a story of love and hatred, religion and dogma (any belief or set of beliefs which people are expected to accept as true without questioning). It is the story of the conflict between Hinduism and Buddhism. It is also a story of religious harmony: Here  particularly Hinduism and Buddhism. Love, truth, peace, brotherhood and harmony are the major a

  Speaking of Children ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short Introduction of the essay : This essay is related with population education. It expresses the writer's view that it is better to have only one child, rather than to have several children. When there is only one child, the parents can keep them in control and teach many good things, It is like brainwash.  But if there are plural children in a family, they start controlling parents. Out of many problems of plural children family, one is that the parents do not  have enough privacy. They don't have enough time to talk to each other. When the author tries to talk to her husband, they are always disturbed by their children. This makes it difficult for them to have a proper understanding between them. -------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: ( Question: Does this essay speak in favour or against having many children ? Give reasons. ) The wri

Oops! How's That Again (Image Credit : dreamstime.com)   Short Summary : This essay is  about a very important aspect of our daily life. That is verbal errors. Verbal errors are very common in our daily lives. It is a  bitter reality of human beings that they make mistakes when they speak. Human beings often make mistake knowingly and unknowingly when they speak. After making a mistake they also apologize for it. From the uneducated person to highly intellectual and educated, scholar, different verbal mistakes are made according to their level.  This essay describes the verbal errors people make while speaking and the reasons behind them.  The writer has divided such errors into five categories (or groups). They are as follows:  Tongue Slips .  Mistranslations  Bloopers (Public Blunders)  Spoonerisms  Fauxpas Tongue Slips:   Tongue slips are the most common types of verbal errors. They occur when a speaker means to say one thing but happens to say something else. They are usual and

      (Photo Credit: Google) The Six Million Dollar Man 1. Introduction : Dr. Harold Morowita is a professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He is scientist, teacher and writer. "The Six Milliom Dollar Man" is a very popular essay. Here he examines the statistical statement that 'the chemical value of human body is only 97 cents. By the end he redefines the statement and arrives a more accurate definition. From a bio chemical catalogue, he collects information about the prices of the ingredients by which  a human body is made up of. Then he calculates the average value of a gram dry weight of a human being and his own dry weight. When he multiples both, he finds his price, that is, Six Million Dollars. But soon he realized that each human being is priceless, and so is infinitely precious. The message of the article is that there is a difference between a human body and a human being. Human body can be thought or considered in the terms of elements, materials or