House is Not A Home - Summary

This story revolves around Zan. He was feeling gloomy because he went to high school recently. He was desperately missing his old friends and teachers. In his previous school, he was recognised by all but now he had to start everything from beginning. His condition became worst when his house caught fire. 

Perceiving the danger, the narrator and his mother went outside, but suddenly, his mother realised that she had forgotten to bring the important documents from the house and her death husband's photograph. So, she decided to bring those documents and the photographs from the burning house. On the next moment, the author saw his mother going inside. Due to emotional outburst, he too strived to go inside but he was caught by one of the fireman. In the meantime, his mother was saved and they wrapped blankets around them. 

Suddenly, the author recollected that his pet cat was missing and could not find her anywhere. He became upset and cried on not finding his cat and thought that his pet might have died in the fire.

Due to this terrible accident, they didn't have any money left. Zan and his mother went to his grandparents’ house. The next day, he went to school wearing the same clothes which he wore the previous day. 

He was upset desperately and felt insecure about his dilapidated condition. For a moment, he felt a huge loss and missed his old school, his teachers, his friends, his old house and his pet cat. That day, after school hours, he revisited his burnt house and was shocked to see the destruction done by the fire. He saw that whatever hadn’t burned was damaged by the water and chemicals used by the firefighters to put out the fire. He lost everything and felt lonely now.

Soon the news about fire was spread in his new school and now all the new students and teaching faculty helped him by providing notebooks, clothes, school supplies, etc. The author’s heart was touched after seeing the concern of the people of his new school and was overcome by emotion. Now he was full of gratitude. Also, he was thankful to the lady who brought his cat to him. Thus, he felt jubilant in the end and realised that house and home are two different things. Now he got to know that a home is a place where we have emotions, affection and love towards each others.

A Vigilant Forest Ranger

Deep in the heart of a dense forest in the Himalayas a young forest Ranger named Anant woke up to the chorus of exotic birds greeting the morning sun. He stepped outside his wooden cabin. His heart was heavy with worry news of ruthless gang of poachers. From past few days, their brutal activities were on peak. Just for their pleasure, they callously indulged in the killing of the innocent birds. Though Anant tried a lot to identify the gang of poachers but he could not spot them and that's why he was feeling downcast. They were quite shrewd and villainous. They never leave any trace of their Self Identity behind and just because of this, it became extremely difficult for Anant to catch them. He felt helpless and distressed. He was plodding in the midst of forest and started pondering about the solution of the problem. On the very moment, he saw some tribal people who were walking in a group. 

It seemed as if they were in search of water. Immediately, Anant got an idea in his mind. He decided to talk to them and ask for help. He narrated them the problem and asked them to identify the poachers for him. In the beginning, they had shown their reluctance but later on they promised Anant to help him.

The next day, Anant got an information from one of a member of the tribe that the poachers' camp was situated in the edge of the forest. Also, he told him that they were planning to kill some more birds today. Anant teamed up with the tribes and made a plan to trap the poachers. 

Within an hour, Anant along with a group of the tribe went to the place where the poachers had their camp. They keenly monitored their camp and number of people they had. Then, they went to the place where they were planning to kill the birds. They set a trap and patiently waited for their arrival. 

In the afternoon, they saw their callous faces. And the moment, they reached there, they became the victim of Anant's trap. He arrested all of them.

Anant thanked the members of tribe for their vigilance and cooperation.

All poachers were punished under the wild life protection act and they all were imprisoned for three years and fined Rs. 25, 000. 

The next day, this news got published on all the National Daily Newspapers. Anant was having an expression of satisfaction on his face when he read this news with his morning tea.