Influence of Films on Young People   Films are very popular in India. Indian film industry is second to that of America in the world. Hundreds of films are made every year in India in Hindi and other regional languages. They are screened in the cinema halls, telecast on television and then there are their video versions. Films are the cheapest and the most popular means of entertainment. Films are a...

The call of Mountains Mountains are a wonderful creation of Nature. In their height, grace, mystery, sublimity and grandeur, they are matchless. Their attraction and call to man have been irresistible from times immemorial. Many of our great shrines, temples and centres of pilgrimages are in mountains, particularly in the Himalayas. The goddess Parvati is the princess of the mountains, her father Himavan is the King of mountains. Shiva the lord...

Power of the Press   The press is a great power to be recokoned with. As such the newspapers play a vital role in our life. They have become a first interest in the morning for the majority of educated people all over the world. The educated people would prefer to miss their morning tea or breakfast to reading of a newspaper. The newspapers give them latest news from home and...

The Value of Time Time is precious, time is money. We all grow in time, we live in time and we perish in time. Time is universal and all important. But what is time? Perhaps no body can define it precisely. We may not be able to define it, but we know what it is and how valuable it is. Our life is a short span of time in the eternity...

Constitution of India India is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary form of Government. The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950. Salient Features The salient features of the Constitution of India are: ,(1) It is rigid as well as flexible. (2) It is the longest in the world. (3) It reconciles Parliamentary Sovereignty...

Antarctica Expedition   The oceans have rightly been called the last frontier for mankind. They form a vast source of many vital resources including living and non-living. As the land resources are being rapidly exhausted, man has finally turned to the seas and oceans for satisfying his requirements in future. Keeping these facts in view our Government established the Department of Ocean Development under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister,...

India and the Space Age   In Indian mythology, there are a number of legends of inter-planetary flights and travels. Since the dawn of human civilization, space-flights have fired the human imagination. The actual beginning towards space-travel was made in 1957 when the Russians launched their first satellite called Sputnik-I into space. Since then space-research and travel has assumed many dimensions. The landing of man on the moon was an epoch-making...