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  The world famous scientist Albert Einstein was born on 14-March-1879 in the German city of Ulm in ordinary surroundings. As his head seemed much too large, his mother felt he was an unusual fellow. As a child, Einstein did not talk much. He had very few friends and they called him ‘brother boring’. Mechanical toys were his favorite. Everyone around him had a low opinion of him. His headmaster said he would never succeed at anything. And his mother promoted him to learn violin. At school, he was good at most of the subjects. However, he had problems with the school’s strict disciplining system. He clashed with his teachers and left the school for good. From Munich, he went to that part of Switzerland where German was spoken. There he enjoyed so much freedom. Since he was gifted in Mathematics and Physics he joined a university in Zurich. There he met his future wife, Mileva Maric. Like Einstein she was also someone who did not like the philistines (people who liked langu...

“Earth is all that we have in common”: We forget this simple principle. Knowingly and unknowingly we pave way for the funeral of our own earth. Killing a Tree is a simple act but when it is done in a macroscopic level, it is highly destructive to nature. Indian poet Gieve Patel discusses this idea in his poem “On Killing a Tree”. He begins the poem by declaring that killing a tree is not a simple task but says: “It takes much time to kill a tree/Not a simple jab of knife will do it”. He then discusses the tree as a thief who without permission, consumed the earth, feeding upon its crust, absorbing years of sunlight, air water etc. The poet cleverly tries to present the existence of tree itself as a sinful act. From the very beginning itself, we can understand that the poet is equating the life of the tree with the life of a human being. Just like human being who is an emotional being, the poet treats the tree also in the same manner.      ...