Liberalization of the Economy The term ‘liberalization’ is the buzzword that has been engaging political ideas and debates in India since the early 1990s. Though it has become very common usage, its connotations are, extremely complex, to the extent that they are often confusing and mutually contradictory. Put differently, liberalization means different things to different people. If some consider it a blessing or a welcome development, others think of it as...

The Use of Helmets In recent times, lively arguments, supporting and opposing helmet use in two-wheeler riding, have made it a popular issue for public debate. Those who support its use, consider the helmet an insurance against head injuries and possible death, whereas the others, while not disputing its ability to save lives, oppose its use on the basis of the unhealthy side-effects it creates. However, any debate on the merits...

The United Nations and World Peace The capability of modern warfare to destroy humanity is perhaps the most important cause for the creation of the United Nations Organization. Though wars have been quite common since the beginning of history, their potential for destruction was not as great as it is now. Peace, or at least a war-free world, has, therefore, become more a necessity than an aspiration. The United Nations, created...

Media and Society The all-round progress that we have achieved in recent times has made our society more complex and dynamic than ever before. One of the most important aspects of this progress is reflected in the versatility of techniques used in communication and information exchange. The combination of these techniques and our imagination has shrunk the world considerably, thereby making interaction among different societies simpler and faster. Societies, on their...

Travel and Education The world we live in is very complex and varied, and is changing constantly. But our education system is generally insensitive to both the variety in the world and the changes that take place all over it. If education is to serve its purpose as a support to lifestyles, it should provide us enough knowledge about the ways of our world. A reliable knowledge of people and places,...

Discipline in Life Or Values of Discipline Essay No. 01 No nation can be great unless its people are disciplined. Discipline in life leads to success. No country, school, college or home without discipline, can function properly. Thus, it is necessary for all walks of life. There is the discipline in our house. Everything goes on smoothly. Children obey their parents. Parents too love them. There is perfect quiet and peace...

After 70 Years of Independence India’s achievement of independence is a landmark event of the twentieth century. It marked the beginning of the end of colonialism, which had engulfed much of the globe, and held large populations under its sway for over four hundred years. In less than fifty years since India’s independence, the last of the colonial bastions – in South Africa – collapsed, to rid the world of one...

Classroom Discipline Discipline is a necessity for proper living and has importance throughout a person’s lifetime. But usually emphasis on it is considered essential only in the early period of life, particularly that spent in school and college. Discipline during this period is more the result of compulsion and coercion from outside, than of self-realization of its utility in successful living. Most disciplining techniques concentrate more on the end result —...