True Socialism Still to Come In recent years, socialism has been discredited in the ramparts of eastern Europe. It is as if socialist ideologies have lost the right to cling to their convictions. Since the Soviet Union has ceased to be none seemingly has the prerogative any more to defend, for example. the public sector or campaign for the reduction of income inequalities, or protest against intrusion of foreign capital into...

The American Revolution The English, who went to America, were mostly criminals and political exiles. They had to leave the country much against their wishes. These people belonged to different races and were mainly Germans, Swiss, Dutch’s, Scots and Irish who had emigrated long back. Some of them even did not speak English and perhaps none of them thought in those terms in which Englishmen of those days thought and behaved....

The French Revolution French Revolution broke out not due to a single cause alone. It was the outcome of social, economic and political factors combined together. In bringing about the Revolution, the intellectuals played a significant part. Through their teachings, writings and discussions, they stirred the masses and awakened them. The French rule was maladministered and disorganized. It was a hotbed of nepotism as the prize posts were given to the...

Equity is Impossible without Adequate Growth All the technological advancements aim to make an even more significant contribution to the development of our economy in the years to come. Asia is now emerging as the manufacturing workshop of the world. In view of the capacities we have developed in the field of science and technology, India can legitimately aspire to be a major player in this regard. However, this requires sensible...

Use of Technology for Poverty Alleviation Science and technology have made great progress and have brought out solution to a lot of human problems but they are not completely successful in getting rid of this world of poverty. Science and technology are constantly striving to put forward the latest gadgets to tackle this most perplexed problem. They have even changed our social and economic values. However, poverty remains a big problem....

Should Public Sector Enterprises enjoy more Autonomy? Massive investments were required in infrastructure sector like power, communications. roads, ports and irrigation; all this investment will have to be made by the public sector for which functional autonomy is a must. In this era of globalisation and privatisation greater operational autonomy to the PSU boards is required to enable them to compete with the private sector and multinationals. Indeed, true operational autonomy...

How can Smoking be discouraged among the Youth? Multinationals have no future for their product in the developed markets. That is why they are trying to increase their market place by selling cigarettes in the developing countries,” says Dr. Stephen J. Bourke, expert in respiratory medicine from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. What is really dangerous—no milder word will suffice-is that multinationals and big companies are targeting adolescents. There...

 India’s Environment around the Sea Coast and under the Sea Oceans cover nearly three quarters of the planet’s surface. An ocean is not only a repository of enormous riches in the form of a variety of minerals, pharmaceutically significant plants and micro-organism and, of course, a mind-boggling range of edible fish but also a key factor in gaining insight into climatic vagaries and atmospheric fluctuations affecting the earthlings. Significantly, swirling ocean...