The Present Education System Tagore had once said that the aim of true education is the harmonious development of body mind and soul, altogether. Education can be called real education if it brings about the development of all the faculties of a person. Unfortunately, our modern system of education falls short of all these yardsticks. Although faults of this system are many, there is a near-total agreement on the fact that...

The Correct Use of Time One often hears complaints from people about the lack of time. Time has often played villain to the plans of our heroes and heroines in novels and plays. It is not surprising therefore that time has always been painted black by everyone. Phrases like ‘how time flies’, ‘in the nick of time’, ‘time and tide waits for no one’, ‘it was a cruel hour’, etc. would...

A Pleasant Dream My work as a scientist often requires that I work till very late in the night. Last Saturday was one such day when I had to stay back very – late in the night at my laboratory. I came home in the early hours of the morning and fell asleep immediately. Soon I started dreaming about the project that I was working on I saw that I had...

Co-Education in India The history of co-education in India has been of a mixed kind. In the northern part of our country, there are a large number of coeducational schools. While in the southern part the numbers of unisex schools are more. This is also true for the rural India, where the rural masses frown upon both the boys and girls studying together. The aim of co-education basically is to provide...