The Power of Public Opinion Today people want to make their voice heard and to manage their own affairs. So loud and continuous is the demand of the people that rightly or wrongly all States now claim to be based on the opinion of the governed. Whatever they do, is in the name of the people. The most constitutional governments and despotic rulers swear alike by the name of the people...

Neighbours Man is a social animal. He desires good company and suitable surroundings for leading a peaceful life. However, he has to cultivate it with his own efforts and possess certain basic qualities. First of all, sweet reasonableness combined with sociable nature is an essential quality. Then if a person himself possess the noble qualities of fine feelings and sentiments, consistency, honesty and truth, he is bound to create a happy...

The Path of Duty is The Path of Glory It is neither the wheel of fortune nor some gust of divine favour that takes men to the top. It is the faithful and intelligent performance of what they regard as the duties of the life that has given them name and fame and greatness. This has been the secret to their success. When we are young and inexperienced, we may think...

Dignity of Labour Essay No. 01 “In the sweat of thy face thou shalt earn thy bread” was the Divine Judgment on the Fallen Man. Ever since man has been labouring hard to keep himself alive. He digs, drives and drags, tills the soil, works at the mill and does a lot of other things to keep his body and soul together. He may find his work hard and unpleasant, but...

Citizenship   Man does not live in isolation. He is a social creature and lives together with other men. Civic life is thus a co-operative enterprise. It is based on human interdependence. Men think of themselves as standing in various relations to one another; performing various services to one another, and realizing themselves in association with one another. The world today is largely interdependent in all spheres of life. Education, health...

Strikes Essay No. 01 When workers as a body stop their work to compel their employers to concede to their demands, we say they have gone on strike. Strikes are a peculiar feature of modern industrial life. They have assumed different forms and shapes such as tool-down strike, lie-down strike, pen-down strike and slow-down strike. In fact, they are but a symptom of some deep-routed malady in our economic life. Modern...

Prohibition Prohibition means banning the manufacture, distribution, sale and consumption of intoxicating drinks. In our country, majority of people, who consume intoxicating drinks, belong to the poor and working sections of the community. Therefore, prohibition to wean the poor from the curse of alcoholism has been given thoughtful consideration. Drinking is a great social evil. Wine has been called ‘liquid fire’. Just as fire burns everything to ashes, in the same...

Indian Folk Songs The real culture of a people lies embedded in their customs, folk dances, folk lores, traditional beliefs, and the folk songs. No country of the world is an exception to it. We can easily compile a cultural history of a people of specified class after we study their customs, traditions, folklore, dances and songs. Invariably all the communities have this great wealth of their intangible culture, which does...