Censorship of Indian Films More than other media, films have greater accessibility to country’s masses. They have the potential of becoming a vital instrument for developing our culture and inculcating in the viewers’ taste for art. They can, in short, be a means of education, instruction and enlightenment. Every right-thinking person will readily agree that in their anxiety to produce box-office hits and to make haystacks of gold and silver, while...

An Apology for Idlers According to R.L. Stevenson, idleness “does not consist in doing nothing but in doing a great deal not recognized in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class”. This is really true of an idler. Idleness does not imply wasting time in the pursuit of useless and frivolous things. It means enjoying life and making the best use of faculties. Idleness is a pleasure; it means taking delight...

Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely Power acts as an intoxicant and a person who drinks deep into the power loses hold over his commonsense. He becomes intoxicated and heeds no counsel, however wise it might be. It blinds him towards the realities and hence he fails to give out justice. He becomes unscrupulous in his ways and behaviour and any word of wisdom from the elders appears an affront...

City Life Living in a city is a challenging or deal that reminds one of the age-old dictum, “God made the country and man made the town”. It demands enormous grit and perseverance. A city-dweller spends his life amidst mounting pressures in the cut-throat competition that is a hallmark of urban existence. This lead to loss of mental peace, marital discord and professional jealousies and misunderstanding with the result that many...

The Art of Flattery Flattery is not a pleasing term, yet we know how essential it is for success in life. The student, who flatters the teacher, is sure to receive more attention in the class and obtain a better position in the examination. The worker in the factory is certain of receiving promotion if he has pleased his boss and the public figure is bound i to obtain a place...

Importance of Sports and Games   The ideal of good and perfect life is to have a mind in a sound body. This is recognized by all, as the best means of performing our duties. Body and mind should work at their best and they cannot do so unless both are in good order. The limbs must be supple, active and obedient to the will. It is only when they are...

Relevance of the Policy of Non-Alignment in the Changed World Situation Non-Alignment was a post-World War II phenomenon. In the bipolar world that emerged during the cold war era, most Asian and African countries attained Independence. Sandwiched as they were between the two superpowers, these nations wanted a voice of their own in International relations. Non-Alignment as conceived by Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdal Nasser and Marshal Tito, sought to give them...

The New Political Culture in India India is perhaps the only nation that attained freedom after World War II and has not fallen a prey so far to military rule or dictatorship. This is so because our founding fathers were imbued with a spirit of liberal western traditions and incorporated the best of such traditions and conventions in the Constitution. The grant of universal suffrage to the millions of our countrymen...