Archives November 2012

Price rise is a world phenomenon today and inflationis affecting every section (rich and poor) of society. Ourcountry is also facing this problem. The prices of almost all 'essential goods are going up, And prices once gone up never come down. This causes great hardship and difficulties for the people in the fixed income group or those belonging to low income group. Today there is no limit to the price rise. In the pre-independence days, a clerk got only Rs. 120 per month, but now he gets about six thousand. Pays 181 have gone higher, but the employees are not satisfied’ They have large families to maintain and it becomes difficult to feed so many mouths with the value of the Rupee falling constantly- There is dearth of cheap accommodation and man) people live in slums. The prices of clothes are also high and some people don't even have enough more...

It was a holiday. I was sitting in my room after finishing my home work. As my friends were away to hill stations, I was feeling very lonely. I watched the cars and other vehicles passing by and wished that even I was travelling or passing my time with my friends. While my mind was occupied with thoughts of holidaysI and having fun with my friends the door bell rang. I ran to answer it and who should I see but the postmanwith a parcel and a letter for me. I signed the paper and took the parcel. My hands were itching to open the packet and my curiosity knew no bounds. I ripped the parcel open and found a beautiful tape recorder in it. The parcel had arrived from the United States and the letter along with it was from my uncle who had sent me this wonderful gift. more...

I like many indoor games. They are a great help on rainydays and also on hot summer afternoons when schoolsare closed for holidays and my friends and I am leftwithout any new ways of passing the time. When I was younger I used to play snakes and ladderswhere one's luck was all that mattered. One had to move ones coin according to the number secured on the dice. Ludo was another game that I have always loved to play. However as I have grown up I have developed an interest in other games too. Monopoly is one of these. This is a game of business where luck and calculation are equally involved. Fake money is used to build hotels and houses and theone' who ends up with the maximum monetary gains wins the game. This game is great fun to play as it leads to a great deal of competition. more...

The price of gold continues to set new records with almost three times Increase in last few years. There are several factors at play which are leading to demand for gold rising, pushing up the price. Some of them are the weakness of the dollar, speculation, and inflation risk. Due to the weakening of the dollar, those who have invested in that currency are looking for other places to put their money where it will, they hope, gain. Value. Secondly, gold becomes attractive when money can he borrowed extremely cheap or when banks offer very low rates of interest on savings. Thirdly, gold is seen as a hedge against inflation. So.  Mounting worries about potential inflation entice more investors to the   Precious metal. Fourthly, gold tends to hold its value over the long term and is not anchored to the value of cash. So, people are drawn to it in more...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental interactional organization which came into existence in lime 2001 in Shanghai (China). The Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan are its members. India, iran, Mongolia, and Pakistan enjoy Observer status with SCO. Its prototype is the Shanghai Five mechanism. The SCO member states occupy a territory of around 30 million 189 thousand square kilometers which makes up three fifths of the Eurasian continent, and have a population 1.5 billion, which makes up a quarter of the planet’s population, except for China, all SCO members including the Russian Federation were geographically crafted from the erstwhile soviet Union after the end of the Cold War during 1990-91. The main goals of the SCO arc strengthening mutual confidence and  Good-neighborly relations among the member countries; promoting Effective more...

Realizing that the eradication of illiteracy from a vast country like India beset by several social and economic hurdles is not an easy task the National Literacy Mission (NLM) was set up on 5th May 1988 to impart a new sense of urgency and seriousness to adult education. The  NLM              accepted the literacy campaigns as the dominant strategy for eradication of illiteracy after the success of the areas-specific, time-bound, voluntary-based campaign approach first in Kottayam city and then in  Ernakulum district in Kerala in 1990. Subsequently, all the districts in the country have been covered under Total Literacy Campaigns. The creditable performance of the NLM received international. recognition when it was awarded the UNESCO Noma Literacy  prize for  1999.The International Jury while selecting NLM for the  prize recognized its initiation of the Total Literacy Campaigns (TLCs) and  also its efforts in galvanizing activities towards integration, conservation  of  the environment, more...

The problem in India is that land features change every few kilometres and, therefore, there can be no uniform or standing national water policy which can be put intopractice properly unless it takes into account theelaborate terrestrial conditions of the terrain in itsdiversity which is too large and whopping. Then we have local variation depending on soil, cropssown and the mode of irrigation. The result is that Whereas there may be an acute paucity of water in onearea another one, not quite far away, may be suffering from the acute problem of water logging. In certain states, as during the Green Revolution inPunjab, the underground water has been tapped to Criminal excess, thus lowering the level to an alarming extent. This local variation can be gauged from the situationprevailing in Punjab and Haryana. In Punjab, whereas in several areas there is scarcity of water, in the districts of Ferozepur and more...

For almost six years now, I have been wearing an oldwrist watch which once belonged to my grandmother. That watch has been a great source of embarrassment for me as all my classmates tease me about it. I do admit that it’s an antique watch which often refusesIn lick. As a result most often my friends have to keep telling me the time much to their irritation. I have been coaxing my parents to buy me a new watch-but they haven't yet paid any heed to my demand. They pacify me when I get agitated by saying that it is my grandmother's favourite watch and that I can serve Her memory well by 'putting her watch to good use.Although I don't agree witli this argument I cannot get Away with too much of complaining. So I force myselfto remain satisfied with what I have. While the question of a new more...

It was the 14th November 1889 when the Great national hero Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was born. This Freedom fighter with his indomitable strength and strong determination liberated India from the clutches of the British. During the period of the freedom struggle, he did not ignore or forget the precious wealth of the nation children. He was greatly attached to them and would sneak a few hours to spend in their lovely company. He was fond of them all, irrespective of any disparity. He liked to be among them, chat with them and listen to them patiently. The children obviously loved him and respected him. He was called "Chacha Nehru" by them. Hence 14thNovember has an importance of its own. The 14thNovember is celebrated every year with enthusiasm in India. The day is called 'children's day' for obvious reasons. The great son of India is remembered by crores of children and more...

Freedom has many different meanings. The qualities of being frank, open, or outspoken along with the absence’of necessity, coercion, or constraint are just some of the meanings of freedom. The quality of being exempt or released from somethingis also another definition of freedom. As much as Freedom is considered to be a good thing it also has badqualities that can accompany it. As young children Grow; they want to have more freedom as they get older. They want to have that sense of independence. They want to show off their abilities to survive on their own. At age sixteen many teens are given their first realopportunity of freedom. They are given a driver's license. This is the teen'schance to show that they are responsible enough to be given freedom. As they grow up they are given manymore opportunities to have freedom, they are given later curfews and he or she more...