Role of Banking in Rural Development   Money, everybody knows, makes the mare go.  The banking industry, is therefore, the real backbone of any country because it controls the entire economy.  It was some twenty years after the attainment of independence in this country that the national leaders thought of involving the banks in a big way in the development plants of the country.                 Banking industry in India has come...

Indo—Pak Bridges of Peace   Ever since the creation of Pakistan in 1947, India and Pakistan have always been at loggerheads.  They fought three open full-scale wars in the years 1948, 1965 and 1971.  Later, only a few years ago, there was yet another major fight at Kargil when Pakistan intruders pushed into the India Territory in Kashmir in a big way.  In all these wars, the Pak forces had to...

Prohibition Or To Drink or Not to Drink Or A Battle Against the Bottle Or The Curse of the Liquor                   “Nothing but ruin stares a nation in the face that is a prey to the evil of drinking.” —- Mahatma Gandhi                 Mahatma Gandhi ,  the Father of the Nation, was strongly opposed to the use of intoxicants in any form.  He considered the habit of drinking to be...

Role of Students in Free India Or Duties and Rights of Students in Modern India Or Students and Social Service Or Role of Students in National Reconstruction   India is a free country.  The responsibility for safeguarding the freedom of the country and taking it to the pinnacles of glory lies on the shoulders of the youth of the country.  College students in any country constitute a great force.  They can...

The Problem of Beggary in India                   “He who begs timidly courts refusal.”                                                                            — Seneca                 In India, the tradition of charity is as old as civilization itself.  The true Indian culture calls upon every man or woman to part with some of his or her earnings to help the poor and needy.                 The problem of beggary should not,...

Rural Reconstruction in India Or Rural Uplift Or Need for Rural Uplift in India                 “God made the country, man made the town.”                                                                 — William Cowper           India is a vast country containing more than five lakh villages.  Seventy percent of the population of India lives in villages.  Therefore, the welfare of our country lies in the welfare of our villages.  Our country...