Essay on Atomic Energy Until World War II, the world was familiar with only mechanical, chemical, acoustic, thermal, optic magnetic and electrical form of energy. But on a fateful day in 1945 when the US explode atom bomb over Hiroshima, the world got aware of the nuclear atomic energy. How exactly is energy got from … Read more
A CRAZE FOR FOREIGN GOODS We Indians are madly after anything foreign-dress manners-food-education and what not. Indian music considered to be inferior to disco and jazz. The feminize shyness has been replaced by the blunt talks and staring of the ladies. Speaking a foreign language has become a fashion. The young like to work as … Read more
A CRAZE FOR FOREIGN LAND “When man finally colonized the moon, the first tea shop was set up by an Indian duo” A journalist wrote. It seems quite a myth of course but the fact remains that, unlike past Indians have been emigrating to the green pastures since the sixties. The Parliament was informed that … Read more
A PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN A SWORD The supreme duty of both the pen and the sword is to attack. Yet the pen is considered mightier, since it is more discrete and reasonable in its attack than-the sword which is irrational and ruthless. Moreover in the epigram pen is mightier than the sword. The pen … Read more
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE There is an oft repeated proverb. Like all proverbs, it too aims at keeping people away from mistakes and their consequent results. More often there not they come to our help when we do not know what to do. This one is a sort of spear against the devil … Read more
OZONE LAYER DEPLETION: A DANGER TO OUR ENVIRONMENT Definition Ozone is the layer of colourless gas that forms a protective covering in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Ozone is formed when oxygen molecules absorb ultraviolet photons and undergo a chemical reaction known as photo dissociation or photolysis, where a single molecule of oxygen breaks down to … Read more
COTTAGE INDUSTRIES Cottage industries are very famous in ancient India. Cottage Industries mean the manufacture of goods at home by manual labour and with a small capital on a small scale by a small number of workmen often the numbers of the family. People used to feel proud in having their own cottage industries. They … Read more
CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC LIFE Corruption in public administration is not peculiar to India only. It exists in all countries. It is the worst in developing countries. The extent to which corruption may flourish in a country depends on the attitude of the public. In India the attitude of the public is apathy. This public apathy … Read more
CONSUMER RIGHTS AND THEIR PROTECTION Consumer means any person who (1) Buys any goods for consideration which has been paid or promised or partly paid etc. (2) hires any services for a consideration which has been paid or promised or partly paid etc. “Every person is a-consumer at any moment in some way or other”, … Read more
COMPUTER WORLD It is an age of computer. In every field the computer gains its position. In this modem world, the man cannot live without computer. Computers are improved models of calculating machines. The functions of computer now range from solving complex mathematical problems to space rocket technology and star-war projects to personal problems of … Read more
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY History The Conference on Disarmament (CD) began its substantive negotiations on a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty in January 1994 within the framework of an Ad Hoc Committee established for that purpose. Although the CD had long been involved with the issue of a test ban, only in 1982 did it … Read more
CLONING There are number of fruits and vegetables in whose large scale production the male factor has been avoided. Banana in India is one of them. It was possible with gene therapy. The last decade of the millennium has been a remarkable period. In 1997 Dolly the cloned sheep created by Roslyn Institute in Edinburg … Read more
GLOBAL WARMING What is Global Warming? Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises). It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapour, nitrous oxide and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This hurts many people, animals and plants. Many cannot take … Read more
GANDHI JAYANTHI The freedom we enjoy is the result of the heroic fights and sacrifices of thousands of people. Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi was one of these leaders. He was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. We celebrate Gandhi Jayanthi as his birthday. Mahatma Gandhi is the father of our nation. It was … Read more
FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN INDIA The question regarding the future of democracy in India is not a matter of forecast but rather a real concern. It does not make sense to ask if the future of democracy is bright or bleak. The future of democracy will be what we make of it. The chief merit … Read more