The Problem of Nationalities in India The British always denied that India was a nation, because they did not like people to develop a sense of national unity. What semblance of unity of the people had, they said, was due to the influence of the British. They went so far as against this, the finest…
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Democracy and India Democracy is the rule of the people. It is ‘government of the people for the people, by the people’. It recognizes the paramountcy of the people’s will. Vox populi vox dei: ’the voice of the people is the voice of god’. This will is expressed through the accredited and elected representatives of…
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Dowry System The custom of giving dowry i.e. big presentation as also cash money, at the time of the marriage of the bride is a very ancient custom. According to fundamentalists (supporters of old values and the Shastras), this dowry is nothing but the alimony or money giving at a time for the future maintenance…
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The Education of Women There is one thing for which we should all be thankful. Today, we are not required to prove that girls should be educated like boys. That valuable work was done by the great pioneers of the 19th. Century, by Rammohan Roy, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, Ranade, Behramji Malabari and a host of other…
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Fiber-optic communication Introduction: from the very beginning of world civilization, this world has experienced three revolutionary changes. The first revolutionary change came through the advent of agricultural system. The second came with the inversion of steam engine industrial revolution. The third one is the information revolution that conquered and linked all the corners of the…
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The Use of Electricity in Daily Life When Benjamin Franklin proved the connection of lightning with electricity, he paved the way for researches that have led to the harnessing of the greatest power in nature so far known to the services of mankind, and thus conferring on the human race incalculable benefits. For we cannot…
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Secularism in India The word ‘secular’ is used with reference to the Church. In the Middle Ages religion was the most dominant force and the State was more or less ecclesiastical (guided by the Church or the religious head). So secular means free from religious consideration. In India, it broadly means a non-communal approach. In…
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Science in the Modern World There was a time when the scientist in Europe was looked upon with fear and suspicion. He was the alchemist, the magician. He was supposed to deal in evil things with the help of evil forces. He was persecuted by the Church and the State. But gradually the situation changed,…
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Human Rights and Values Man can legitimately boast of his advanced civilization that by and large has come in the train of science. Man has set his foot on the Moon, on top of the Everest and at the bottom of the deepest oceans, has probed widely other planets of the solar system and sent…
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Drug Addiction Drug addiction — falling prey to the dangerous habit of taking narcotics — is spreading fast among young men all over the world. It is a veritable malady that, once indulged in, gets into bones and cannot be shaken off with all the efforts. The result is that not only the young addict…
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