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The story is set in an imaginary, small Indian village called Malgudi. The major character in the story is Thanappa, the village postman. Thanappa was much more than just a postman. He went out of his way to involve himself in the domestic matters of the people t..

. They searched for the scorpion with candles and lanterns. They clicked their tongues that the mother's sufferings may decrease "the misfortunes of her next birth". They also prayed that the sum of evil may be balanced in this unreal world against the sum of good that she had done. They prayed tha..

Question: Night bus to Ajmer How often do memories of one festival bring back those of others gone before? Idling on the porch a day after Diwali and savouring the nip in the air that signals a winter coming too soon, my mind harks back some 20 years to a day when I stood at Delhi's Kashme..

Water pollution is a major problem associated with the developing countries. It severely affects the lives of people. There is an entire village in Karnataka that has been affected by excess of fluoride in the ground water. It causes deformities of the bone. In order to effectiv..

. Traditional methods of surveillance and policing had led to a 'complete alienation of the people from the administration', resulting in frequent clashes between forest officials and villagers. Forest and land related conflicts in the region were also a major factor in fuelling..

The Missing Mail - The Missing Mail' is a well-loved short story. The story is set in an imaginary, small Indian village called Malgudi. The major character in the story is Thanappa, the village postman. Thanappa was much more than just a postman. He went out of his way to invol..

. Today, petroleum based automobiles have largely diversified into: public transport vehicles - lorries, buses, trains, trams private transport vehicles - cars, vans, scooters, mopeds, motorcycles The gravity of problem of pollution due to transport vehicles is not the type of vehicles alone but nu..

Constellation is a group of stars visible within a particular region of the night sky. The stars that appear in the form of closed groups and form recognizable shapes and patterns are known as constellations. There are about 88 different constellations across the whole sky. But no one can see them ..

Lastly, we come to the nature and wildlife enthusiasts who are not in any way dependent on the forests. Environmentalists and Nature Conservationists, NGOs like the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natur..

Inorganic Chemicals and Metals - Industrial and municipal waste waters and mine run offs cause various metals and metallic compounds to be released into water. These pollutants also enter the water bodies as acid rain and their sulphate and nitrate ions make water acidic. Most inorganic compounds a..