(This essay features in B.Ed. 1st Year's General English book, Tribhuvan University) Gist of the Essay The essayist argues for liberal democracy. A liberal democracy has two characteristics: (i) a government based upon the fair election of its leaders (democracy), and (ii) a political system that ensures basic liberties of speech, assembly, religion and property... Continue Reading →

(By James Ramsey Ullman from Adventures in Appreciation, Walter Loban, Dorothy Holmstrom and Luella B. Cook, Eds. 1953) The Gist of the Essay This essay is a thrilling account of how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa finally reached the peak of the Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 at 11:30 a.m. Hillary from New... Continue Reading →

(This essay, written by Bertrand Russell, is taken from Twentieth Century Prose in Dr. V. Sachithanandan, Ed.) What kind of man is the happy man? The happy man is the one who: as a child is raised by loving and caring parents, in a free and secured environment. is provided exam-free education and course of... Continue Reading →

(This essay, written by Aldous Huxley, is taken from Essays, Short Stories and One Act Plays by RK Kaushik and SC Bhatia, Eds.) The main ideas of the essay are: Organized and intelligent non-violence is the best, the most practical policy. There have been mass movements in which the principles of non-violence are applied to... Continue Reading →

(This essay is taken from Refining Composition Skills by Regina L. Smalley and Mary K Ruetten, et al.) Three categories of college teachers: 1) The positive teachers the most agreeable teachers interested in his/her subject and his/her students try to learn all of the students' names allow for questions and discussions in class and do... Continue Reading →