Category: Music

Noise pollution can be defined as unwanted or offensive sounds that unreasonably affect our daily activities. The term noise is very subjective. Sometimes when you are concentrating on your work then even a mild conversation or whisper sound may become a noise. On the other hand if you are in light mood in a party, then even many people talking does not seem to be noise.The unit of sound measurement is decibel (dB). Decibel is the unit for measuring the relative loudness of sounds equal approximately to the smallest degree of difference of the loudness that human ears can normally detect. Some levels of sound and their sources. Image Source: c14608526.r26.cf2.rackcdn.com Major Sources of Noise Pollution: ADVERTISEMENTS: i. Road traffic: Road traffic noise is one of the most widespread and…

Freedom is an innate right which humans have since their birth. Freedom is not something that can be touched, seen, felt or reached. All this gives a vague idea about freedom. What exactly does freedom mean?Different people have different opinion, definition and thoughts about the idea of freedom. Some talk about freedom in political sense, some talk about social freedom, some about personal independence and some define it as religious freedom. But the fact that everyone wants to be free, holds true in all cases. “The best road to progress is freedom’s road.” – John F. Kennedy Image Source: img07.deviantart.netFreedom is the choice to live one’s life doing what one wants, live where one wants, eat by own choice and learn what one’s heart desires. This means that freedom can…

Janmashtami is celebrated with all fervor and heightened spirits throughout the country. It marks the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna who is believed to be an incarnation of Vishnu as per Hindu religion.The festival celebration takes place on the eight day of the dark fortnight of the month of Shravana (August-September) as per Hindu calendar. Krishna was the eighth son of Devaki and Vasudeva. King Kansa ruled the Yadava province “Mathura” and a prophecy predicted the death of the king by the eight sons born to his sister. Kansa killed all the six children given birth by Devaki after imprisoning the couple. The seventh one, Balarama was secretly handed over to Rohini. The eighth child was Krishna. Vasudeva escaped from the prison the night Krishna was born and he was…

The law of diminishing marginal utility suffers from the following limitations: (1) Measurability of utility: The law assumes that utility of a commodity can be measured with the measuring rod of money. If a consumer goes on consuming several units of the commodity then from each successive units of commodity he derives some satisfaction. Image Source: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Those are measured in our example 25, 20, 15 and so on. But utility is a subjective concept. It is not objective like a matter in the laboratory. It is a short of feeling and introspection. How can we measure feeling by giving number. This appears to be impossible. (2) Abnormal persons: The law is not applicable to abnormal persons. If a man is drunkard the more liquor he drinks the more…

Chandran, the darling of his family is deeply attached to his parents: Chandran, the final year student of B.A. History in Albert Mission College, Malgudi and the hero of the novel is the son of H.C. Venkatachala Iyer, a retired District Judge. Chandran lives with his parents and younger brother, Seenu in their palatial house in Lawley Extension. Chandran is very much attached to his parents. image source: itsmylifenmyspace.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Though Chandran is not their only son, he is the darling of the family. His brother Seenu is also very much attached to him, and when he is absent from home for long during his sanyas, he finds no one in the house except the cook to talk to. Chandran is very much attached to his parents. He spends some…

The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian poetry edited by Prof. V.K. Gokak has listed about fifty earlier Indian poets writ­ing in English. While the most important of them have been discussed in the foregoing pages there are a number of others who, even if they were not of the stature of Sri Aurobindo, Tagore, Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu, had written poems of quality which deserve attention. These are poets who have more in common with the earlier poets rather than with the poets of the post-Independence period though many of them lived and wrote in the first few decades of the twentieth century.Behramji Malabari (1853-1912), for instance wrote in the style of the eighteenth century English poets, particularly like Pope and Dryden. His The Indian Muse in English Garb (1876)…

Henry Louis Derozio (1809-31) was an Indian only in the sense that his mother was an Indian, for his father was Portuguese. Indian poetry in English may be said to have begun with this talented young man who was also a teacher of poetry who inspired in his pupils a great love for the language and literature of England. Unfortunately Derozio died young, at twenty-one. Though from his father Derozio had inherited a strong prejudice against Hindus and Hinduism, he had inher­ited from his mother a great love for India. image source: file2.answcdn.comDerozio was undoubtedly influenced by the Romantics, particularly by Byron, Scott, Shelley and Keats. As E.F. Oaten has observed, in both Keats and Derozio “there was a passionate temperament combined with unbounded sympathy with nature. Both died when…

A huge python: The python refers here to the huge and heavy creeper which, by coiling round the giant tree, keeps it in an almost stifling embrace.Upto its very summit near the stars: This refers to the great height of the tree.Sung darkling from our tree: This obviously refers to some sweet-singing bird which pours forth its melodies from its dark habitat in the tree. The word ‘darkling’ is reminiscent of Keat’s use of it in his “Ode to a Nightingale”. image source: lucylivg29.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The idea of the garden overflowing with the song poured forth by an unseen bird is itself very reminiscent of the poetry of the Romantics. Casement: Window; reminiscent again of the ‘magic casements’ in Keats’s Ode.Baboon: a kind of large ape with short tail.15-19: the…

Thought, the Paraclete is a mystic poem which opens up a vision or revelation of an ascent through spiritual planes. It may lend itself to a descriptive interpretation or help the emergence of a general idea but what is really important in it is the vision, what one can apprehend through intuitive perception rather than through logical explanation. If poetry has its origin in a spiritual experience, it has to be perceived only intuitively.As Dr. Iyengar has observed, the central idea of the poem is the transformation of the self brought about as a result of the as­cent of consciousness to the supramental level. This idea is suggested by the imagery and the music rather than explained in terms of logical argument. Dr. Iyengar identifies in the poem four separate…

What are you looking for? The latest LCD or the latest palmtop available in the market? Bikes have always been the bad boys’ favourite toy! So which are you going for? The one that can jump from 0 to 90 km/hr in seconds? And what about your latest mobile? Does it have a 4.5 mega-pixel camera with other features like MP3 player, built in recording system that can record any conversation and FM music? Yes! Does it have a palmtop with proper Internet facilities? What would you prefer, 2G or 3G? Not the scams, silly!Technology today has truly come of age. We have some rare advantages in our life which would have been unimaginable even three decades ago. If we go back just a hundred years, we shall be shocked…