XI ENG ESSAYS
SPECIAL ESSAY FOR RANK STUDENTS (PROSE)
BON VOYAGE
INTRODUCTION: “Is there beyond the silent night an endless day? Is death a door that leads to light? We cannot say” -R.G.INGERSOLL Kalpana Chawla , the child of imagination has gone to the space eternally to explore if death is a door that leads to light. With a heavy heart our nation salutes this light hearted soul who thought that the universe was her home. This daughter of universe has disappeared in the space on a space mission to bring the benefits of science to humanity at large
DREAM OF MILKYWAY: Kalpana Chawla’s strong desire was to travel beyond the blue sky. She desired to fly into the heavens and touch the stars someday. In India, during summer Kalpana often slept in the courtyard under the stars. At that time she gazed dreamily at the Milkyway. “Stars in the summer night Far in you azure deeps. Hide, hide your golden light ! She sleeps! My lady sleeps” -LONG FELLOW
But Kalpana did not sleep.She was thinking about the stars and dreaming about reaching them one day. Her awe for the heavens began thus. During her college days she saw the movie, ”Those magnificent in their flying machines.”Her path to the Milky way was laid then. With single mind she determined to be an astronaut. She had inherited her gift from her father who had established a thriving tyre business from dust and destruction.
CHAWLA’S
BON VOYAGE
INTRODUCTION: “Is there beyond the silent night an endless day? Is death a door that leads to light? We cannot say” -R.G.INGERSOLL Kalpana Chawla , the child of imagination has gone to the space eternally to explore if death is a door that leads to light. With a heavy heart our nation salutes this light hearted soul who thought that the universe was her home. This daughter of universe has disappeared in the space on a space mission to bring the benefits of science to humanity at large
DREAM OF MILKYWAY: Kalpana Chawla’s strong desire was to travel beyond the blue sky. She desired to fly into the heavens and touch the stars someday. In India, during summer Kalpana often slept in the courtyard under the stars. At that time she gazed dreamily at the Milkyway. “Stars in the summer night Far in you azure deeps. Hide, hide your golden light ! She sleeps! My lady sleeps” -LONG FELLOW
But Kalpana did not sleep.She was thinking about the stars and dreaming about reaching them one day. Her awe for the heavens began thus. During her college days she saw the movie, ”Those magnificent in their flying machines.”Her path to the Milky way was laid then. With single mind she determined to be an astronaut. She had inherited her gift from her father who had established a thriving tyre business from dust and destruction.
CHAWLA’S