Essays

Science is one of the greatest blessings in modern life. Scientific advancement has led to many important inventions. One of them is the computer. About a decade back, a computer was seen as a wonder machine. A few years later, this wonderful machine came closer to us as the Personal Computer l (PC) entered the household scene. The computer today plays a significant role in our  everybody's life. Computers are used practically everywhere. The use of computer in our country in the past two decades has taken a big jump. Today computers do much more than simply compute, super market scanners calculate our grocery bill while keeping store inventory; computerized telephone switching centres play traffic cop to millions of calls and keep lines of communications untangled, and Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) let us conduct banking transactions from virtually anywhere in the world. The extensive use of computers in all fields more...

Child Labour is a serious problem in many parts of the world. Its presence in hazardous industries is a gross violation of human rights. If children are not dying in explosions, they are dying a slow but sure death in the glass, brass-ware, lock, slate, balloon, brick-kiln and other industries.  Not only are children working in hazardous industries, they are also engaged in the most hazardous processes in industries which adults do not want to touch. In the glass industry, children are primarily engaged in removing molten glass from the furnaces. Since the furnaces are designed for adults, the child's face is almost touching the wall of the furnace. It is not all. Accidents happen all the time and most of them go unreported. Child labour and its problems are intimately related to the extreme poverty. These children belong to the families of total have-nots who do not have any more...

There was a great joy on the birth of a child in the royal family of Kapilvastu. From the very beginning of his childhood he showed no interest in toys and other plays. Neither he was interested in living in palaces nor in enjoying the usual pleasures of life. He was known as Prince Siddhartha. One day he was passing through the streets of the city. He saw an old man, a sick man and a dead man. The sight had an adverse effect on him; he thought that he was living in a world, which was full of miseries and sorrows. All the three sights remained before his eyes all the time even while sitting, sleeping and walking. He decided to find a way to cure all these ills. One night he left the palaces leaving behind his wife Yashodhara and son Rahul and went in search of truth. more...

Democracy is a form of Government. It has been described in different ways by different thinkers. Abraham Lincoln, the President of U.S.A., called democracy, the government of people, by the people, for the people. According to Mahatma Gandhi that form of Government is democracy in which the weakest has the same Opportunity as the strongest.  Since India's new Constitution came into operation, we have had twelve general elections. These elections are held on the basis of universal adult franchise. They show our people's faith in democracy. Democracy in India is quite young. Indian democracy still suffers from many ills. They are likely to continue for some time before they are completely removed. The greatest ill of our democracy is that a large number of people in India are illiterate. They do not understand the functioning of democratic institutions. They are not aware of the great value vote. These illiterate people more...

When the life was very simple the needs of people were limited. The cost of living was not very much high. The things were available in the markets at the cheap rates, and they were in the limits of common people. The guests and visitors were welcomed in the past. As ours is a country where it was taught from the very beginning that a visitor is like a God. But as the life today has become very costly, any type of guest is not welcomed now. But some uninvited and unexpected guest drops in and make. The life of host miserable. Last year in the pooja holidays a distant uncle visited us. Throughout my life I had not seen him before; it was quite late at night when he knocked at the door of our house we all were sleeping. Firstly I tried to ignore the call but he more...

Shri Jai Prakash Narayan, the sarvodaya leader of India, is known popularly as Loknayak. He was the social reformer with socialistic zeal. He was the man who raised voice against the emergency rule of Mrs. Indira Gandhi and her government. He was an author too. Shri Jai prakash Narayan was born on October 11,1902 in Sitabdiara village of Chhapra district in Bihar. His father was Shri Harsood Lal and mother was Smt. Phool Rani. The auspicious day on which he was born was Vijay Dashmi.  He got his early education in his native village. 1919 he passed Matriculation Examination. After that he joined a college but he could not continue his studies. That was the time  when India was under the British Rule and all the true sons of the motherland were engaged in making efforts to free their country. Jai Prakash Narayan was also a great patriot. He could more...

" Mr Jaiprakash is an extraordinary worker. He has command over Socialism."                               Shri Jaiprakash Narayan was born on October 11, 1902 in Sitabdiara Village of Chhapra district in Bihar. He was the son of Shri Harsood Lal and Smt. Phool Rani. He was born on VijaiDashmi. He started his education in his village. He passed Matriculation Examination in 1919. Then he joined a famous college but he had to stop his studies because he joined the Freedom struggle. In 1922 he went to San-Francis where he did his graduation with his own efforts. Thus he was a self made student. In 1929 he returned to India. He made up his mind to live and die for his country in 1921. He dedicated his life to the struggle for freedom in 1934. In 1934 he became more...

India is a land of villages. More than seventy five percent of the population lives in villages. The main occupation in villages is agriculture. Entire family works in the fields in the agricultural work of ploughing, sowing, watering and reaping. Ours is a family of farmers. Ours is a family of five members. Our house is in the one corner of our field. My father is fond of keeping a cow at home. Last year he bought a pair of bullocks and pure white cow with a small calf from a village animal fair. In the morning and evening he prepares fodder to feed them. He cleans the shed daily in the morning. Then he goes in the shed again with a bucket. He washes the teats with water and milks the cow gently and leaves some milk for her little calf. He takes his bath then and within half more...

In India there are different communities living peacefully together with complete harmony. Though there are some differences of opinion all the communities’ celebrate their festivals with joy and feasts. Hindus celebrate Dussehra, Diwali and Holi etc. Christians Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Mohammedans enjoy Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Zuha. Like certain sad moments in every community, Mohammmedans observe the Moharrum which is a sad occasion for them. The Moharrum, is observed to mourn the death of Hussain, the grandson of the holy prophet of Islam, Mohammad. Beautifully decorated Tazias are taken out in procession. The mourners march through the streets and roads of cities and towns. They sing funeral songs. A white beautiful horse covered with a scarlet sheet heads the procession. Generally the marchers beat their chests with their fists, a way of expressing their grief. Some are bold enough to ooze their blood out of their body by lashing more...

A democratic country has more citizen participation in the form of voting for elected representatives, implies more accountability of the government and protects the political and personal rights of citizens, including those in the minority. Citizens are those persons who live m a state permanently and enjoy civil and political rights. In return they are expected to owe allegiance to the State and the State is obliged to protect the citizen's life, liberty, property and political rights. A civil society that functions well is perhaps indicative of how well a democracy works. Whether democratic processes work better in homogeneous or heterogeneous societies is a matter of speculation, but India with her culturally and ethnically diverse groups is known to be the world's largest democracy. The success of democracy is largely measured by the public's participation in the process and the responsiveness of the system to popular demands. Many people think more...