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It's true that the fare of Rajdhani Express Train is atop any other train and wandering about such a whopping price is quite usual. However, there is a reason why this train charge more for the same length of a journey.1. Food and Catering Charges: Rajdhani and Duronto trains have the facility for food and snacks at the respective times. Three meals comprise dinner, breakfast, and lunch, as well as evening snacks with tea, are served, the charges of which are included in the ticket fare.2. Speed Charges: There are superfast charges too added in the fare. We all know ... Read More

Shakespeare's The Tempest is full of supernatural atmosphere. The passage in which he refers most directly to Ovid is Prospero’s renunciation of magic in The Tempest. So, even Shakespeare referred to Ovid’s Metamorphoses to seek some inspiration for his play.The Tempest as a Drama of EnchantmentThe scene is an enchanted island that was first surrounded by fairy-like spirits and later by a witch Sycorax and again more lately by a devil Caliban. But Caliban too was succeeded by Prospero, a magician. The drama begins with a storm and weather faded by trees. Water spirits and elves of the brooks and ... Read More

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a popular name among all Romantic poets who were influenced by the French Revolution. He was a leader of the British Romantic movement and was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England.Literary Qualities of Samuel Taylor Coleridge1. Treatment of the supernatural: He treats the supernatural in such a manner that it becomes convincing and at the same time, in some sense, a criticism of life.2. Suspension of Disbelief: The way in which Coleridge has achieved the willing suspension of disbelief has been even explained beautifully in the book The Romantic Imagination by Bowra.3. Realism: He ... Read More

Sixteenth Century Literary Critic Julius Caeser Scalinger defines comedy as “ Comedy is a dramatic poem, filled with intrigue, full of action, happy in its outcome, and written in a popular style.” Now when we know comedy, let us know what is Pastoral Comedy. Any such piece of writing or play performed which has happy marriages in a forest, courts, sheeps, shepherds would come into the pastoral genre and if it is inducing laughter, it is a pastoral comedy. The term pastoral refers to the life of the shepherds or rural folk and their ways of living, manners, and customs ... Read More

Shakespeare is one of the greatest of all writers. He is the one who is remembered for only the magnanimity and grandeur of his works. The works of Shakespeare can be divided into three stages - historical, comedies, and tragedies. Out of the tragedies, King Lear is a melancholic tragedy written in 1605.Features of TragedyThe hero has a terrible flaw.The mood of foreboding follows the play.Hero has experiences of providence not favoring him.The end is usually the death of one or more people as a part of the play.If not death, there is a downfall of the hero which may ... Read More

Fate or Providence is not merely an abstract entity governing our lives trivially. It is the course of someone's life for someone or something, seen as outside their control. It is rather the whole substance in dominating us usually. But that does not mean, a human being should forget all labor and toil to wait for what is stored for him in future.Fate Looms LargeA girl was very diligent and sincere in her studies. She always secured the first rank in her class and was prepared well to appear in her final exams the next day. But her fate was ... Read More

Recently there have been many stand-up comedians coming up with extraordinary talent. I watch many stand-up comedy shows on YouTube and the ones conducted by Canvas Laugh Club (CLC) are my favorite. The list of comedians I would jump to watch is Kenny Sebastian, Aditi Mittal, Amit Tandon, Baggy, Alex, Rehman and so on.TV StarsThere are many comedians who are being in limelight recently, starting from the list of television stars to YouTube stars. Among the television stars, the recent sensation Kapil Sharma who has gained a huge fan base in India as well as in abroad with his show ... Read More

The character of Rapunzel is actually derived from a German fairy tale which is from a collection by Grimm brothers. This was so popular that an idiom “Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair” was made after this story. The character of Rapunzel was discussed in the Disney movie Tangled. She is a young lady having long hair with mysterious powers.The Story of RapunzelThere was an evil witch named Dame Gothel who used to have a walled garden in her premises with Rapunzel plants all over. There lived a couple at her next door who were longing to have children. After ... Read More

Cinderella was the fictional character of a folktale which has a varied version of stories of which the popular version was published by Charles Perrault. This story says that nothing is impossible with graciousness and simple heart.The StoryCinderella is a simple girl born in a wealthy family who lost her mother at a tender age. But her father has little concern towards her. He marries a lady who is very arrogant and haughty. Cinderella’s stepmother treats her like a slave and puts her in servitude. She has two daughters who are equally unkind and disdainful as their mother.Cinderella is made ... Read More

BioleachingBioleaching is an effective technology for metal extraction from low-grade ores and mineral concentrate. This is a simple process which can be done using microorganisms such as Mesophiles, moderately thermophilic bacteria, Extremophiles. Bioleaching is a part of Bioremediation.This process of Bioleaching was used 3000 years ago while recovering copper from mine waters in the Mediterranean area. From then it has been used, but rarely. Recently about 40 plants are using this method to extract copper, gold, zinc, cobalt, and uranium. The organisms used in this procedure are single-celled and undergo chemosynthetic metabolism. They derive carbon dioxide and oxygen from the ... Read More