SUCCESS COMES WITH ABILITY, BOLDNESS AND COURAGE Nothing is ever achieved without had work, perseverance, commitment and enthusiasm. Remember that what appears to be an overnight success takes so many long years. We strive for success, an undefined term, but it means a long journey of life with the stoppage achievements. Self-confidence helps us to … Read more
SPACE AND MANKIND All available evidence points to the fact that the Universe is open and it is ceaselessly expanding. Space means the whole universe, including the earth, while outer space refers to space other than the earth; outer space begins where the earth’s atmosphere ends and extends in all directions, like, the air we … Read more
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF FILM-MAKERS India is one of the world’s major film producers, next only, in respect of the number of motion pictures produced, to the U.S.A. and Japan. Moreover, in a country like India where the literacy rate is only 36, the cinema and television (TV) are the best and the most effective audiovisual … Read more
SIMPLE LIVING The well-known adage that we eat to live, and not live to eat, draws sustenance from the biblical truth that man does not live by bread alone but by the word of god. This is so because when a man lives by the word of god, it gains primacy and all other things … Read more
SHUN THE I-NESS The Gita says: “Be humble, be harmless, have no pretension, be upright, forbearing; serve your teacher in true obedience, keeping the mind and body in cleanness, tranquil, steadfast, master of ego, standing apart from the things of the senses. Free from self; aware of the weakness is mortal nature”. Lose I, gain … Read more
SHOULD SCIENCE BE ONLY THE HANDMAID OF TECHNOLOGY? Some years ago, talking to pressmen of the work being done at India’s internationally famous School of Mathematics (which is a wing of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai), Prof K.G. Ramanathan is reported to have remarked, “No work is done here with a view … Read more
SECULARISM IN INDIA “I do not expect India of my dreams to develop one religion, i.e., to be wholly Hindu or wholly Christian or wholly Mussalman, but I want it to be wholly tolerant, with its religious working side by side with one another” On paper India is unquestionably a secular state with secure constitutional … Read more
SCIENCE- A BLESSING OR A CURSE In the pre-scientific world, man as being of divine origin treated all manifestations of an elemental power. There was not much that man could do even in the most favourable or circumstances, which were liable to become unfavourable if man incurred Divine displeasure. But in the scientific world, things … Read more
SCIENCE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF CREATIVE ART Generally, when we talk of science we put it against art; whereas science exercise our brain muscles, art warms and tickles the cockles of our heart Scientific discoveries and inventions are made in the laboratories; but the artist must feel or sense the picture he is about … Read more
SCIENCE IS NOT ENOUGH Science in the modern sense is hardly three centuries old. Three hundred years is a very short period in the life of humanity but even in [this short time the applications of science, its discoveries and inventions have become the leading factors inhuman life. Every moment of man’s life, figuratively speaking, … Read more
SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE Science today, is a synonym for life, every aspect of it is governed by science. The mechanization has reduced human beings to robots. Our activities, our action, even our thoughts are scientific now. We are today gods as compared with our ancestors of a few thousand years back. The forces of nature which inspired awe … Read more
SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITIONS Science and superstitions, although they claim their descent from the same, a common ancestry, yet like the Arabs and the Israelis, forgetting that they are brothers, are always at draggers drawn with each other; they have no love lost between them. Of the two sisters, the science and the superstition, the latter … Read more
SCIENCE AND HUMAN HAPPINESS Ours is the age of science. The contribution of science to human happiness is by no means small. Borders of human knowledge have been pushed forward in all directions. Man’s working capacity, in all fields has enormously increased. It is by virtue of scientific knowledge that man has performed stupendous tasks. … Read more
SACHAR COMMITTEE REPORT The much awaited report of the Rajinder Sachar Committee on the status of Muslims, with a host of recommendations aimed at highlighting the grey areas of development among the Muslim community and seeking ‘the best possible package of Governmental initiatives and measures’ for them was tabled in the Lok Sabha on November … Read more
RIGHT AND DUTIES GO TOGETHER “The rights and duties are wedded to each other. The biggest rights in the world are achieved through service and sacrifice.” Today’s world is another great mire in the ominous darkness of which one only hears confused protestations and cries of alarm to ensure each one’s rights. Old and young, … Read more