When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. NCERT textbook controversies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCERT_textbook_controversies

    NCERT has removed from the new Class 12 political science and history textbooks references such as the “dislike of Hindu extremists for Mahatma Gandhi’s pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity” and banning of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after his assassination.

  3. National Council of Educational Research and Training

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of...

    Around 19 school boards from 14 states have adopted or adapted the books. [11] Those who wish to adopt the textbooks are required to send a request to NCERT, upon which soft copies of the books are received. The material is press-ready and may be printed by paying a 5% royalty, and by acknowledging NCERT. [11]

  4. The Fun They Had - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fun_They_Had

    "The Fun They Had" is a science fiction story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in a children's newspaper in 1951 and was reprinted in the February 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , Earth Is Room Enough (1957), 50 Short Science Fiction Tales (1960), and The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973).

  5. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots

    The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker containing a Jung-influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years.

  6. The Craft of Science Writing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_of_Science_Writing

    Whether that's the science behind the story or if the science, is the story itself." [ 4 ] Herr wrote that the articles "address artistic, practical, and business aspects of the craft", as well as "the emotional strain of reporting and the journalist’s social responsibility to confront flawed science and incorporate diverse voices...

  7. Pygmalion (play) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(play)

    In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights, including one of Shaw's influences, W. S. Gilbert, who wrote a successful play based on the story called Pygmalion and Galatea that was first presented in 1871.

  8. Bessie Anderson Stanley - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Anderson_Stanley

    Her poem was written in 1904 for a contest held in Brown Book Magazine, [5] by George Livingston Richards Co. of Boston, Massachusetts [2] Mrs. Stanley submitted the words in the form of an essay, rather than as a poem. The competition was to answer the question "What is success?" in 100 words or less. Mrs. Stanley won the first prize of $250. [6]

  9. Success Story - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_Story

    Success Story, a 2002 Indian short documentary film about the 1995 Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge "The Success Story" (Monkees Episode), the sixth episode of the first series of TV show The Monkees "Success Story" (song), a song by The Who appearing on their album The Who By Numbers