THIS supplementary reader, based on the English syllabus for
Class XI, is prepared on the lines suggested by the National
Curriculum Framework for School Education, 2005.
For young adults, awareness of personal development and
growing independence begins at the higher secondary stage. It is
during this period that they seek to understand themselves and the
society in which they live. Literature plays an important role in
moulding young minds. The choice of stories and biographical
sketches in Snapshots by contemporary writers exposes learners to
the various narratives of life that the literatures of the world offer.