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Chapter Summary Poet Nick Middleton wrote the story Silk Road. The story highlights the narrator's journey to Mount Kailash in Silk Road. The narrator wishes that in order to complete his Kora he must visit Mt. Kailash. The author hires Tsetan, the driver, who can drive him up to the mountain and can give him the company. The entire story depicts the author's experience of a journey to Mt. Kailash. He chooses a tough router in order to embark on this pilgrimage journey. The author also takes along Daniel as an acquaintance to chaperon him to Darchen. Throughout the story, ... Read More

Chapter Summary “Landscape of the Soul” is a beautiful story that describes the painter Wu Daozi. The writer of this story is Nathalie Trouveroy and is about the story of art. The story is about the wishes of the artists from Eastern and Western cultures and it gives a description of a diverse sense of beauty. The tale told about the fact east writers seek active and emotional involvement with their profession. It is also about the Western writers who yearn for an exact depiction of life. It is divided into two sections and the first section is from the ... Read More

Chapter Summary The story “Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues” is written by A.R. William. This story is all about the detailed description of the Pharaoh dynasty’s last heir Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun was a teenage king who ruled for about 9 years and was a centre of concern because of this mysterious death. All possible mysteries, associated with this king’s death are mentioned in this story. In this story, a curse, upon the family of Howard Carter and again mystery about his death as well is depicted. Technological advancements and their necessity in resolving any unsolved mystery are important parts of ... Read More

Chapter Summary “The Browning Version” is a play by Terence Rattigan that focuses on the attitude of a teenager student towards his teacher. It is a one-act play that involves three characters and is all set in school. The remarks that have done by the student are terrible because they are very close to reality. The student mimics the voice of his teacher, Mr. Crocker-Harris and starts calling the man inhuman. He is very terrified of his teacher. The reason behind this is that this student’s promotion is completely dependent on the quirk or goodwill of his teacher. However, he ... Read More

Chapter Summary The story in the chapter The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement's Role is written by Nani Palkhivala and was published in The Indian Express. The story mainly describes the Green Movement and it describes how a zoo declared humans as the world’s most dangerous animals. The story mainly states how the world is suffering from an ailment and how humans are responsible for it. It also describes the matter of ecological viewpoint that describes how humans do not care about continuously the only planet they have. The planet is described as a living organism with its metabolism. ... Read More

Chapter Summary Image: Battle of Panipat (Source: Ujala.chowdhry, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) “The Adventure” is a story written by Jayant Narlikar. It is a story that revolves around one professor Gangaadharpant Gaitonde, who is strange. It is a story that centers on a historical event with this historian. Mr. Gangadharpaant is the protagonist. Here, the author shows how this man, Ganadharpant or Professor Gaitonde time travels. It is shown that he is strangely in a different world because he knows that he is in Pune, a city of Maharashtra, but the situation is different from what ... Read More

Chapter Summary “We're not afraid to die if we can all be together” is a story about togetherness and its power that can help in facing any difficult situation. The skills of Gordon Cook and all of his family are presented in this story with which one can understand the power of will and how can any critical situation be handled effortlessly. In July 1976, the writer Gordon Cook, his wife Mary, son, Jonathan, daughter, Suzanne, and some of his crewmen set out on a journey from Plymouth, England. This journey’s main aim was to duplicate the round-theworld journey ... Read More

Chapter Summary “The Portrait of a Lady” by Khushwant Singh is based on a real story. The whole story discusses the life journey about his grandmother which he had listened from her in his childhood. In this story, the writer has discussed the relationships with the grandma throughout her life journey. Before writing this story he minutely observed the daily activities of his grandmother. In order to disclose the portrait of his grandmother, he has provided her actual appearance along wither the emotional attachment with other family members. The relationship between the grandmother as well as grandson is beautifully ... Read More