India at 50 – Achievements and Failures   India has celebrated its golden jubilee of independence. In the last 50 years its achievements have been remarkable on various fronts but failures have been equally noticeable. Its unity and integrity have been intact despite various subversive and fissiparous tendencies. Indian economy has been moving towards higher rates of growth but the gap between rich and poor have been also widening over...

Resurgence of Judiciary    Judiciary is one of the important pillars of our democracy along with executive and legislature. Its independence has been ensured in our constitution. But in recent years, Indian judiciary has pronounced landmark judgements which is being viewed as encroaching upon executive jurisdictions. It is not a correct observation. Actually judiciary is doing its duty by judging the issues on its merit. The role of judiciary widened due...

  Consumer Protection- Why and How ? Consumers have been at the receiving end. They have been exploited by the businessmen and dealers because businessmen and dealers not only indulge in unfair trade practices but also carry on grossly anti-social activities like creating artificial scarcity, hoarding, over charging, black marketing, adulteration of food stuffs, etc. In the light of these practices consumers need to be protected. In recent years consumer awareness...

  Sustainable Development ‘Sustainable Development’ has become the most debatable topic today. It has raised many controversies between Development and Environment and that is why it is most relevant today. In India this concept has even greater relevance due to controversy surrounding the big dams and mega projects and related long term growth. Environmental deterioration is increasing day by day due to deforestation, over-grazing, greenhouse gases, etc. If not checked in...

  Indian Sports Sports are good for any nation. Various games are played in India. India has excelled in few games and failed in various other games. Our individual performances are outstanding in some games but lack of team work can be seen at various sports. Proper sports policy could have helped in doing better performances at Olympics and Asiads. Poor performances are also due to lack of infrastructural facilities. In...

  Fifty Years of Indian foreign policy   Fifty years of Indian foreign policy has seen many ups and downs but continuity on basic policies has been maintained. Non-alignment is one of the basic foreign policy goals. Our relations with super powers, particularly with United States has shown considerable improvement. The decline of former Soviet Union as superpower has not affected India’s relations. India’s relations with its neighbours except with Pakistan...

  Threats to Nation Building Process   India is a nation still in the making. Nation building processes are at work. Many nationalities continue to exist together. Total literacy, social development and economic development are yet to reach its peak. Political development and democracy are yet to reach its culmination. Meanwhile different fissiparous tendencies manifest in asserting various identities are raising its head. The issues of communalism, linguism, casteism, terrorism, have...

  The Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation was a great man. His contributions to society, polity and economy are immense. He was a symbol of peace. His relevance is being felt today in almost all walks of life especially in today’s violent, degenerated social order and socio-political corrupt system. Social harmony is at stake. Society is moving towards over-conscientious life styles. The answer to these...