Class XII English: Lost Spring
Thought-Provoking Long Answer Questions: Lost Spring These questions are designed to challenge your understanding of the deep social, economic, and psychological layers in Anees Jung’s Lost Spring. Themes of Poverty and Stigma Childhood and Stolen Innocence Socio-Economic Injustice Symbolism and…
The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl द अम्ब्रेला मैन
I’M GOING TO TELL YOU about a funny thing that happened to my mother and me yesterday evening. I am twelve years old and I’m a girl. My mother is thirty-four but I am nearly as tall as her already….
The Princess and the Fisherman राजकुमारी और मछुआरा
Roumanian Fairy Tales Once upon a time something happened. If it had not happened, it would not be told. There was once a fisherman, neither very well off nor very poor, but he was young, with a mustache that curled…
THE LADY OF THE MOON चंद्रमा की महिला
In the days of the Emperor Yau lived a prince by the name of Hou I, who was a mighty hero and a good archer. Once ten suns rose together in the sky, and shone so brightly and burned so…
HOW TO TELL A TRUE PRINCESS एक सच्ची राजकुमारी को कैसे पहचानें
There was once upon a time a Prince who wanted to marry a Princess, but she must be a true Princess. So he travelled through the whole world to find one, but there was always something against each. There were…
THE PIGS सूअर
by Hans Christian Andersen Charles Dickens once told us about a pig, and since that time we are in a good humour if we only hear one grunt. St. Antony took the pig under his protection; and when we think…
A Fish Story एक मछली की कहानी
Australian Folk Tale Perhaps you think that fishes were always fishes, and never lived anywhere except in the water, but if you went to Australia and talked to the black people in the sandy desert in the centre of the…
The Cat and the Sparrows बिल्ली और गौरैया
by William Crooke HERE was once a pair of Sparrows that lived in a tree. They used to hop about all over the place, picking up seeds or anything they could find to eat. One day, when they came back…
सती मइया (स्मृति आधारित सत्य कथा)
इस देश में कन्या – शिक्षा एवं आत्मनिर्भरता न होने का इससे दु:खद परिणाम और क्या हो सकता था ? पर यह मइया तो आत्मनिर्भर थीं ; घी और स्वेटर बना कर बेचतीं थीं ? तब संभवतः घोर युवावस्था तथा लज्जा संरक्षण का प्रश्न होगा ! जो भी हो ; उस स्त्री को भूखा-प्यासा, उसके हाल पर, विचार करने के लिए छोड़ दिया गया। अंततः चारों ओर शून्यता और निरीहता का अनुमान कर उस निरीह तथा विवश स्त्री ने पति की राह चुन ली। स्त्रियों द्वारा समस्त पुरुष परिवार को संदेश भिजवा दिया कि पति के साथ एक चिता उसकी भी सजाई जाए। किसी को कोई आपत्ति न थी। अतः चिता तैयार हो गई। जीवित स्त्री पति की देह के साथ श्मशान घाट न जा सकी होगी, अतः ग्राम के अहाते में ही एक समतल रिक्त भूखंड पर चिता सज गई। उस चिता पर वह संपूर्ण विवाह शृंगार कर, विवाह की साड़ी पहन तथा समस्त आभूषण धारण कर ; खुले केश कर बैठ गई। साथ ही उसने एक घड़ा घी भी अपने साथ ले लिया। वह घी, जो उसने स्वयं तैयार किया था। उसने कहा, कि जब आग पकड़ेगी, तब उस। घी को वह अपने ऊपर उड़ेल लेगी या आग की गर्मी से घी स्वयं खौल कर चारों ओर फैल जाएगा। दोनों स्थितियों में वह आसानी से जल जाएगी।
Water Baby
by Gertrude Landa Floating in a basket on the River Nile, Princess Bathia, the daughter of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, found a tiny little water-babe. Princess Bathia was a widow and had no children, and she was so delighted that…
THE BADGER AND THE BEAR बिज्जू और भालू
Retold By Zitkala-Sa ON the edge of a forest there lived a large family of badgers. In the ground their dwelling was made. Its walls and roof were covered with rocks and straw. Old father badger was a great hunter….
THE GREAT SPIRIT महान भावना
by Zitkala-Sa When the spirit swells my breast I love to roam leisurely among the green hills; or sometimes, sitting on the brink of the murmuring Missouri, I marvel at the great blue overhead. With half-closed eyes I watch the…
WATER-LILY’S MISSION वॉटर-लिली का मिशन
“Come away, beautiful flower,” said the kingfisher; “do not waste your beauty in this melancholy mere; float away down the gleaming river where tall bulrushes grow and where you shall find companions.” But the water-lily said, “No, I cannot go,…
अजातशत्रु (इतिहास के पन्नों से एक चरित्र)
कहते हैं कि अजातशत्रु का वास्तविक नाम क्या था, यह तो कोई नहीं जानता, परंतु अजातशत्रु का पराक्रम ही इतना था कि उससे शत्रुता मोल लेने के भय से सभी काँपते थे। कोई भी उसका शत्रु बनकर उसके सामने आना ही नहीं चाहता था। इसी कारण उसका नाम ‘अजातशत्रु’ पड़ गया।
The Jumblies
THEY went to sea in a Sieve, they did,In a Sieve they went to sea:In spite of all their friends could say,On a winter’s morn, on a stormy day,In a Sieve they went to sea!And when the Sieve turned round…
The Real Thief
In a bygone era of opulence and extravagance, a lamentable incident unfolded within the confines of a prosperous merchant’s palatial abode. This merchant, adorned with affluence, found himself ensnared in a distressing situation – an incident of pilfering had transpired…
A LEAF FROM HEAVEN स्वर्ग से एक पत्ता
High up in the clear, pure air flew an angel, with a flower plucked from the garden of heaven. As he was kissing the flower a very little leaf fell from it and sunk down into the soft earth in…
The Enigma of the Magnetic Journey
Title: चुम्बकीय क्षेत्र के तत्व – रहस्यमय यात्रा गहरे अमेज़न वनों के दिल में, जहां हरित फूलों का पर्वाह नहीं और घना जंगल अप्रवेश्य दीवार की तरह था, वहां एक वैज्ञानिक दल एक ऐसी यात्रा पर निकला था जो पृथ्वी…