Removal of Rural Poverty   Synopsis:  India is basically a country of villages and agriculture.  Over 70 per cent of its population is rural poor.  Poverty can be seen at its starkest among them. They lack even the bare minimum needs of life.  Millions of them have been living under poverty line for generations.  Unless their poverty is alleviated there cannot be real freedom and independence.  Many schemes have been launched...

The Kashmir problem  Essay No. 01        Synopsis:  Since independence India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads on Kashmir. Pakistan has sponsored terrorism and secessionist elements in the valley.  She has fought three unsuccessful wars against India in the last 50 years on the issue.  Pakistan’s belief that Muslims cannot live as equals in Hindyu-dominent India is baseless.  India is a secular State and there are more Muslims hating in Pakistan...

Banking in India  Essay No. 01        Synopsis: The history of modern banking in India can be traced back to 1881. 14 major banks were nationalized in 1969 followed by another 6 in 1980.  The Reserve bank of India was set up in 1934. The State Bank of India, with 7 associate banks is the largest bank in the country.  There were 288 banks in March 1995 including nationalized and non-nationalized...

India and CTBT          Synopsis:  India has always favored total and universal disarmament and hot partial and discriminatory disarmament pacts and treaties.  India did not sign NPT only because it was hegemonic and unjust.  IN 1974 India conducted its first nuclear test and since then Indies has kept its nuclear options open.  Surrounded by hostile and powerful neighbors, India cannot compromise its security. India objected to the CTBT on the...

Modernity and Tradition               Synopsis: Change is the law of nature but it cannot be separated from continuity as both merge and meet at some point.  The need to harmonies modernity with tradition can hardly be over-emphasized. Indian culture has many valuable and healthy traditions which has merged well with modernity. At the same time many aspect of Indian way of living have been degrading and dead.  Hinduism has been...

Check Erosion Or Lose Ground               Synopsis: Conservation of the land is essential for survival and continued availability of food-grains.  Soil-erosion is a worldwide phenomenon but it is worst in the developing countries. Water and wind are the major sources of soil-erosion which wash or blow away the top soil, the valuable substance which helps plants and vegetation to grow.  In India about 175 Mha land is already degrades because...

Food Grain Production in India   Synopsis: Freedom from hunger and malnutrition presupposes availability of food-grains at reasonable rates all over the country. The present availability of food gain in the country is 38 gms per person per day, which is very low.  India is an agricultural country and the monsoon plays a very vital role here. We had nine successive good monsoons and this year 1997 too it has been...

Realism key to development   Present world situation calls upon philosophers to combat blind dogmatism and irrational creeds and reconstruct man’s institutions on more rational basis. The history of humanity has been a continuous struggle between rational and irrational forces, between knowledge and enlightenment on the on hand and stupidly, prejudice, superstition and factionalism on the other. The social intellectuals of the prehistoric age like Plato have also advocated government by...