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THINKING OUT OF THE BOX - LATERAL THINKING  BY EDWARD DE BONO  The essay “Thinking out of the Box: Lateral Thinking” is adapted from an article on lateral thinking in the internet Edward de Bono is the main propagator of lateral thinking. The essay explains the importance of lateral thinking in solving problems that we encounter in our daily life. Lateral thinking is a way of thinking that is different from logical thinking.  De Bono used the technique of six thinking hats. These hats are of different colours. They have a symbolic significance. Each hat represents a particular style of thinking or approach to a problem. De Bono points out that the use of these hats is particularly useful in group discussions. Different members can wear different hats. There is more team work and less ill will an argument. People are more ready to understand and appreciate each other’s point of view. They are less rigid and stubborn. De Bono says that we have to think in new, crea

THE HINDI ACADEMY: कुरुक्षेत्र (रामधारी सिंह “दिनकर”) : रामधारी सिंह “दिनकर” कुरुक्षेत्र प्रथम सर्ग वह कौन रोता है वहाँ-इतिहास के अध्याय पर, जिसमें लिखा है, नौजवानों के लहु का म...

ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH I HAVE a boy of five years old;  His face is fair and fresh to see;  His limbs are cast in beautyÕs mold  And dearly he loves me.  One morn we strolled on our dry walk,  Or quiet home all full in view,  And held such intermitted talk  As we are wont to do.  My thoughts on former pleasures ran;  I thought of Kilve's delightful shore,  Our pleasant home when spring began,  A long, long year before.  A day it was when I could bear  Some fond regrets to entertain;  With so much happiness to spare,  I could not feel a pain.  The green earth echoed to the feet  Of lambs that bounded through the glade,  From shade to sunshine, and as fleet  From sunshine back to shade.  Birds warbled round me and each trace  Of inward sadness had its charm;  Kilve, thought I, was a favoured place,  And so is Liswyn farm.  My boy beside me

A SPIDER AND A FLY BY DON MARQUIS “a spider and a fly i heard a spider and a fly arguing wait said the fly do not eat me i serve a great purpose in the world you will have to show me said the spider i scurry around gutters and sewers and garbage cans said the fly and gather up the germs of typhoid influenza and pneumonia on my feet and wings then i carry these germs into households of men and give them diseases all the people who have lived the right sort of life recover from the diseases and the old soaks who have weakened their systems with liquor and iniquity succumb it is my mission to help rid the world of these wicked persons i am a vessel of righteousness scattering seeds of justice and serving the noblest uses it is true said the spider that you are more useful in a plodding material sort of way than i am but i do not serve the utilitarian deities i serve the gods of beauty

TELEVISION BY ROALD DAHL The most important thing we've learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set -- Or better still, just don't install The idiotic thing at all. In almost every house we've been, We've watched them gaping at the screen. They loll and slop and lounge about, And stare until their eyes pop out. (Last week in someone's place we saw A dozen eyeballs on the floor.) They sit and stare and stare and sit Until they're hypnotised by it, Until they're absolutely drunk With all that shocking ghastly junk. Oh yes, we know it keeps them still, They don't climb out the window sill, They never fight or kick or punch, They leave you free to cook the lunch And wash the dishes in the sink -- But did you ever stop to think, To wonder just exactly what This does to your beloved tot? IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD! IT KILLS IMAGINATION

HUMAN FAMILY BY DR. MAYA ANGELOU HUMAN FAMILY (POEM BY DR. MAYA ANGELOU)  I note the obvious differences in the human family. Some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy. Some declare their lives are lived as true profundity, and others claim they really live the real reality. The variety of our skin tones can confuse, bemuse, delight, brown and pink and beige and purple, tan and blue and white. I’ve sailed upon the seven seas and stopped in every land. I’ve seen the wonders of the world, not yet one common man. I know ten thousand women called Jane and Mary Jane, but I’ve not seen any two who really were the same. Mirror twins are different although their features jibe, and lovers think quite different thoughts while lying side by side. We love and lose in China, we weep on England’s moors, and laugh and moan in Guinea, and thrive on Sp