Describe one of your best friends.

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Describe one of your best friends

1. Who is that person?/ Who this person is?

- Amrit

2. How you became friends?

- Met in College 

3. What things you do?

- Go for movies

- Go for vacations 

- Mostly together 

4. Explain why he or she is your best friend?

- Understanding 

- Supportive 

- Helpful 

• My best friend’s name is Amrit.

• She became my friend when I met her in college.

• We are mostly together, going for movies, vacations or needs.

• I think, she is my best friend because she understands me and is supportive and helpful. 

Friendship is not an opportunity but a sweet responsibility. I believe that books and friends should be good and few. I have never had many friends and I would like to talk about my best friend, Amrit. She is a beautiful person inside, out and she has always been with me through the thick and thin of my life. I can never thank her enough for being a pillar of strength for me. Although our friendship of four years has had some dark days but I am sure that though days have had no effects on the bond we share. Together we have made many memories, been there for each other when there was no one else. We have been out to shop, watch movies and plan trips to the hills. I know for sure that she is one person who will never been judgement about me. With her, I do not have to think of what I say. I can be myself and be sure for her constant support and help. I am awestruck at the amount of faith and trust she places in me because I feel that to be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. She has never failed at illuminating my dark times and has always made me feel that though I am away from home, I have another home and family. I wish and pray that we share this bond for our lives and always stand by each other in hours of need and that God also blesses others with a friend like her. 

Followups:

1. How do people in your country make friends these days? People in my country make friends through social networking sites or other applications like WhatsApp, Instagram etcetera. Some may meet new people in gardens or parks and make friends.

2. Do you trust friends that meet on the internet? I do not feel that making friends on various websites is reliable. I do not trust people who are acquainted through the internet.)

3. How do you get along with people you don’t like? (I stay neutral towards people who I don't like. I indulge in limited conversations with them.)

4. Why is it hard to maintain friendships for some people? (Ego and taking friends for granted are the main reasons for the inability of some people to maintain friendship.)

5. Would you only make friends with people who are similar to you? (I generally make friends with people similar to me because it is easier to get along likeminded people.)

6. Do you like to have many friends? (I believe that books and friends should be high on quality and low in quantity. So, I don’t have many friends but the few I have are very good.) 

Related Questions: Childhood friend OR A person you like spending time with. 

An incident where you forgot something important

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An incident where you forgot something important. 

1. When was it? 

- 4 years ago

2. What did you forget?

- Admission 

- Younger sister

3. What was the result?

- Seat given to someone else 

4. How did you feel?

- Upset

- Angry

1. I made the mistake of forgetting something four years ago.

2. I forgot to deposit my sister’s admission fee.

3. She was to begin school and her seat was given to someone else.

4. I was upset and angered with myself at the way I had been careless and forgetful.

To err is human. No one is perfect and I too make mistakes. I remember it was 4 years ago when my youngest sister was begin to school that my parents entrusted me with the responsibility of depositing the fees in her school as they had to go out of town due to an unexpected death in the family. I was sure that I would remember and be able to do so but sadly on the day of deposit, I totally forgot. It was in the late afternoon that I realized about the same. I felt so upset and angered with myself that because of my carelessness, my little sister would suffer as this was the best school for girls in my town. However, after a lot of efforts, we were able to secure the seat back for her. Though I had gone several times and so did my parents to speak to the principal and request her but she refused and bluntly said that rules were same for all. Finally, by the grace of God, someone who knew the principal spoke to her and managed to get my sister’s admission done. My parents did not scold me but only told me to learn my lesson. I learnt it the very same day and till today, I make it a point to write or a set a reminder so that I do not commit the same mistake again. 

Followups:

1. What do people do to remember things?

- People normally write the things that they need to remember or use alarms and reminders on their phones. 

2. Why do old people forget things easily?

- Yes, they find it difficult to remember things because growing age makes the memory weak in most people and they are unable to retain most things. 

3. What kind of things can people do to prevent a bad memory?

- In India, people eat almonds but one can also avoid the excessive use of phones or other electronic gadgets to avoid bad memory. 

4. Do you think memory is important while learning a language?

- Undoubtedly, like for all other things, memory is also important to learn a language, if you are a forgetful person other then learning a language will be challenging.

Related Question: An appointment you forgot. 

Describe a method that helps you save money

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Describe a method that helps you save money.

1. What method?

- Recurring deposit

2. When you started?

- 3 years ago

3. How you knew it?

- My mother told me

- Aunt in neighbourhood 

4. Explain its helpfulness.

- Saves money for emergency 

- Proper rate of interest 

1. I save money in a recurring deposit account in the post office.

2. I started this practice 3 years ago.

3. My aunt in the neighbourhood works in a post office so, my mother suggested this to me.

4. It is very useful as it helps me to save money for tough times and rate of interest is appropriate, so it is like an investment. 

Money is the most desirable commodity and it brings a smile to every face and gleam to every eye. People put in a lot of effort to earn money. And in today’s world, maximum emphasis is laid on money. Tough I am spendthrift and a shopaholic but I have sure that I save some amount of money for bad times. Whenever I get my pocket money, I make a list of few things I need to spend my money on in a particular month and buy them. Every month, I deposit a part of my pocket money in my recurring deposit account at the post office. This idea was given to me by my mother. A lady in our neighborhood who works at the post office completes the monthly deposit procedure for me. The rate of interest is also good and I have been following this for about three to four years. When my deposit matures, I re-deposit the entire amount and continue the cycle. In this way, I have been able to save a substantial amount of money. And I feel one should be encouraged to save from childhood because tough financial times are unpredictable. To conclude, I would say that for financial security money should be spent wisely and saved generously.

Follow ups:

1. What can parents do to teach children to save money? (Parents can buy children piggy banks to encourage them to form a habit of saving money.)

2. Why do young people tend to waste money? (Akk Young people are not wise or experienced enough to spend money judiciously. So they spend extra money on unnecessary things.)

3. What kinds of things people like to buy in your country? (People in India like to buy a wide variety of things. Women generally spend money to buy clothes and jewellery. Men may like to buy vehicles and children prefer toys.)

4. Do schools in India teach anything about financial management? (I do not think so because as far as I know, no school in India has generic lessons on financial management. Such lessons are restricted to students who choose to study commerce after 10th grade.) 

5. Why is it necessay to teach teenagers to manage money? (It is necessary to teach money management to teenagers because if they are not taught at this age, they may find it difficult to manage their finances later in their life.)

6. How do parents give pocket money in your country? (It varies from family to family. Some parents prefer giving a weekly or montly pocket money to their children, while others give it as and when needed.)

A news reporter you would like to meet.

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A news reporter you would like to meet.

1. Who is it?

- Barkha Dutt

2. How do you know him/her?

- Columnist in Hindustan Times 

- TV show  We the people

- News anchor

3. Why do you like him/her?

- Confident 

- Graceful, elegant

- Well-educated 

India has had many great people from time to time. There are a few personalities who leave indelible footprints in our hearts and they influence us in several ways. The person I truly admire and appreciate is Barkha Dutt who is an Indian television journalist and columnist. I have read several articles written by her in the widely read newspaper, Hindistan Times. She is the host of my favourite TV serial and award-winning, weekly serial ‘We The People’ as well as the daily prime time show, ‘The Buck Stops Here’. She emerged as a prominent figure post her reporting of the Kargil war in 1999. She has to her credit books named the Uniquet Land, Gujrat: The making of a tragedy. She is also the recipient of the Padma Shri for her excellent work. I am inspired by her confidence, elegance and grace. She is a woman par excellence who is an inspiration to many others especially me. Her strong and charismatic disposition makes all her viewers get impressed. All in all, she is a woman who I respect and admire in all respects and would surely want to meet one day. 

Follow ups:

1. What type of people can be seen on TV?

- All kinds of people whether politicians, doctors, priests, astrologers or dieticians can be seen on TV. 

2. Do you think there is too much news about celebrities? 

- Yes, I feel celebrities are excessively flashed on news channels so much so that they lose their privacy. 

3. Do you think negative information shown in the news can have a negative influence on people?

- Definitely, I think that there is major negative influence on people by showing such things on television like crime being committed, or fear of terror attacks, etcetera.

Related Questions:

- Favourite personality 

- Favourite person on television 

- A person you admire