Archives August 2012

"An International Labor Organization study shows that "while women represent 50 percent of the world adult population and a third of the official labor force they perform nearly two-third of all working hours, receive a tenth of world income and own less than one percent of world property' Therefore, reservation for women is not a bounty but only an honest recognition of their contribution to social development". Every political party for the last many years has been assuring its support to the Bill which disarms women activists. And then a farce rather than a tragedy is played out by so-called radical politicians, Jumping into the well of the House, tearing copies of the Bill and making impossible for proceedings to continue -the House gets adjourned, the Bill is thrown into the dustbin till it is revived in subsequent years with the same result. It is time this mockery stopped, considering more...

"II is paradoxical that the man who needs the healthy environment most, is destroying its sanctity and purity for present monetary gains and endanger its own coming generation." Never before in the history, the environment pollution has drawn such ate of policymakers, academicians and the court, at least in India. A lot of research has done during the last few years to find out a suitable linkage between economic activities and the environment and a need for new technologies has felt in order to save the environment from the ever increasing pollution.  Because of the rapid industrial growth the most precious heritage of mankind the natural environment is in danger of becoming polluted. Earlier most (economic activities, development policies, were centered towards the motive of benefits or gain, but for the last few years it has been sincerely realized that investment on environmental conservation and pollution control measures enhance and more...

"Corruption free government is not a necessary condition for rapid economic development. I/the corporate and institutions work and uncertainty is checked, progress is possible". —S. Swaminathan   Corruption in any form is treated as an incurable disease, a cause of many social and economical evils in the society and it damages the moral and ethical fibers of the civilization. Indisputably, it is correct that corruption breeds many evils in the society and once corruption starts taking place, slowly and gradually whole country passes through itsnet and it becomes after sometime an incurable disease. From the point of view of economic growth, there seems to be no clear cut correlation between corruption and the economic growth of a country. There may be presence of some social maladies like inequality of income among the people, moral degradation of people due to the prevalence of corruption, but the parameters of economic growth which more...

"The brain drain has been a curse for developing countries  like India. Throughout the post World War II era, the best and brightest routinely left for search of better economic opportunities and higher standards of living in the West. Entire graduating classes from the elite Indian Institutes of “Technology emigrated during the 1970s and1980s".                               'Brain Drain' means, migration of highly trained manpower from one county to another. Shri P.N. Haksar once remarked, "A society, which cannot place the highest value on knowledge and its acquisition, inevitably alienates itself from creating transmitting and applying knowledge." The alienation leads partly to the visible brain drain, that in migration and invisible brain drain means loss of morale and creativity among those who still stay in India. Both visible and invisible brain drain produce a great national loss, which can't be calculated in terms of money. A UN report reveals that a brain more...

"The problem of Drug addiction has gradually been taken an alarming proportion. Today there are more than 1,00,600 drug addicts in Mumbai alone. Five of 'them die each day owing to repeated intake of lethal drugs. The parents of nearly all young addicts never imagined that their sons or daughters could fall victims to this dangerous vice. We all know that drug addiction had been an evil of the West for a long time." Drug addiction is a very complicated and complex illness. It is characterized by compulsive, at times uncontrollable drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences, l-'or many people, drug addiction becomes chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. The drug addiction begins with the act of taking drugs at very young age. Over a time, a person's ability to choose not to take drugs can be more...

"It is a bitter truth that reservation has resulted in mediocrity anil repudiation of qualify. With the help of legislative support of reservation^ the ineligible have been promoted to the high posts and the better qualified with high marks have just been looking the injustice being done to them for no fault of theirs." The basic concept of providing reservation to downtrodden society called Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe, initially through our Constitution has altogether changed now. Reservation might have provided some relief to the people from poor and downtrodden sections who had scarce opportunities but the same could have been provided through subsidized better education and other support services. Once a concession or any kind of privilege is extended to a particular class it is impossible for any government to withdraw it in a democracy where voting decides the fate of any party. Indian democracy is called by some more...

"Holidays', holidays, holidays, approximately 170 days in a year our offices are closed." For every past leader who played some significant role in one or another sphere, holidays are declared. Declaring holidays has also become a political issue. Some of the holidays are of national significance, so can't be done away with. but we should consider to avoid unnecessary holidays. We wish to pay true homage to those great leaders in memory or reverence of them holidays have been declared who worked hard for our social and economic well-being. Is it proper to enjoy holidays sitting at home in reverence of those who worked day and night to make this country strong, progressive, prosperous and peaceful ? Paying respect and homage should not be associated with declaring holidays. As far as upholding the noble morals preached by these great leaders, can be well done in far better ways than declaring more...

"My hands are not soiled with the murder of man. God will give me justice."                              Ashfaqulla Khan Ashfaqulla Khan was a loyal friend, a great revolutionary; a real martyr sacrificed his life for the cause of freedom. By his unique sacrifice, Ashfaqulla became an immortal revolutionary, an unforgettable name in the Indian da struggle history. Born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Ashfaqulla Khan was the Ashfaqulla Khan. In 1921, Mahatma Gandhi had called on all Indians not to pay the government or cooperate with the British. This non-cooperation move kindled the fire of freedom in the hearts of all Indians. However, with Chaura violence which resulted into setting ablaze of a police station and dealer some policemen, Mahatma Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement February, 1922. The youth of the country were greatly disappointed with this call off the movement and they themselves resolved that the country should become as early more...

(BEDROCK OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY)   "Our protection against all kinds of fanaticism, extremism, dictatorship, none of whom can be trusted with unlimited power over others, lie nut in their forbearance but in constitutional limitations, as Fundamental Rights, on their powers." Our Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to the citizens which are to be looked upon as inalienable rights of an individual, which every human being is entitled to enjoy if he is to  maintain his dignity and self-respect. These are basic rights essential for the realization of the highest good of a citizen. Any violation of these rights can be questioned in a court of law. These are in the form of basic and essential freedoms which every citizen enjoys individually and collectively also. These are guaranteed in the form of six broad categories of "fundamental rights", under Article 12 to 35 of our Constitution. These are Right to equality: Right more...

"Internet is like an act that of a magician. The miracle that Internet had made to happen is really mind boggling ones. We can find everything on Internet that has put the world knowledge in a computer box". The Internet had its origin in the DOD’s (Department of Defence USA) efforts to build a controller that can get entry in any network that is very broad, stubborn and sturdy. Few years back DOD officials were worried because there was no such device to which you can connect almost any other network or computer. The DOD officials wanted to create a fault tolerant Wide Area Network that could carry, command, and control information in the event of a nuclear war. Thorough research was made and the result was the Internet Protocol (IP) and ARPANET (Advance Research Projects Agency Network), though original aim of this research was military, it was soon used more...