Reading Comprehension Comprehension means understanding or perception. The following points are to be carefully noted while attempting questions for comprehension. 1. Go through the passage carefully and arrive at the general idea of the subject the passage presents. 2. Read a second time to get a better understanding of the passage. 3. Arrive at the … Read more
The Tale of the Melon City By Vikram Seth About the Author Image Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has received several awards including Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award. Vikram Seth … Read more
The Mother’s Day By J.B. Priestley About the Author Image Reference: thefamouspeople.com Priestley was born on 13 September 1894 at 34 Mannheim Road, Manningham, Bradford. His father was a headmaster. His mother died when he was just two years old and his father remarried four years later. Priestley was educated at Belle Vue Grammar School, which … Read more
Albert Einstein at School By Patrick Pringle About the Author Image Reference: legacy.com He was born in 1935 in Rochester, New York. Pringle grew up in Mendon, a rural town just south of his birthplace. He was educated in a one-room schoolhouse, where one teacher handled the first through eighth grades. In 1945, the schoolhouse … Read more
Ranga’s Marriage By Masti Venkatesha Iyengar About the Author Image Reference: tcy.wikipedia.org Maasthi Venkatesa Iyengar was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was born on 6 June, 1861 at Hungenahalli in Kolar district of Karnataka in a Tamil language speaking Sri Vaishnavaite family. He spent his early childhood in Maasti village. He obtained a … Read more
The Address By Marga Minco About the Author Image Reference: en.wikipedia.org Marga Minco is a Dutch journalist and author. She lives and works in Amsterdam. She was born on March 31, 1920 in the village of Ginneken, in the southwest of the Netherlands. As a young girl she moved to Breda, a town near her … Read more
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse By Williiam Saroyan About the Author Image Reference: en.wikipedia.org William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was born on August 31, 1908 in Fresno, California. His father came to New York in 1905 and started preaching in Armenian Apostolic churches. At the age of … Read more
Father to Son By Elizabeth Jennings About the Author Image Reference: pinterest.com Elizabeth Joan Jennings was an English poet. She was born on July 18, 1926, Boston, Lincolnshire, England. When she was six, her family moved to Oxford, where she remained for the rest of her life. There she later attended St Anne’s College. After … Read more
CHILDHOOD By Markus Natten About the Author Markus Natten is a poet from Norway. Details of his life are very sketchy so it is unclear when and where he was born. Poem – Childhood When did my childhood go? Was it the day I ceased to be eleven. Was it the time I realised that Hell … Read more
This post “The Voice of the Rain” has a brief life history of the poet, introduction, theme, word meanings, summary, main points, important extracts, questions, and answers with all NCERT solutions to facilitate the understanding of the poem. Academicseasy is presenting a fully revised and updated study material of the poem in accordance with the … Read more
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