Human Cloning   Another breakthrough in genetic engineering came towards the last week of November 2001, when first human embryo was cloned. For pure scientists, it was an another milestone but it created a great controversy among the moralists and government leaders who feared it was a great potential for another scientific abuse and a crime on humanity. The US President Mr. George W. Bush condemned human cloning as “morally wrong”. “We...

Intellectuals and the Society   Intellectuals have always been beacon lights in the affairs of societies as they have always led the rational forces against the irrational. Knowledge and enlighten has always been at war with stupidity, prejudice, lust for power and factionalism. The intellectuals are great revolutionaries, dreamers’ and prophets. Simple stability of the society does not fascinate them. Any society, not founded on justice and morality is always a...

Secret of Success in Life. Essay No. 01             No hard and fast rules have been in sight for a sure success in life inspire of enormous development of humanity during recent years. Since time immemorial, it has been the effort of man to achieve success in his undertakings. In olden days and yet today, man has resorted to many ways and means to get a clue of the ultimate way...

Essay No. 01 Globalization   The integration of the world’s economies brought about by the rapid improvements in communication and transportation. Globalization involves the spread of economic, social and cultural ideas across the world, and growing uniformity between different places that result from this spread. It has come about as a result of increased integration of national economies through growth of international trade, investment and capital flows, made pokily by rapid...

Need of Fuel Subsidy   The subsidy on petroleum products in India are primarily intended to benefit the consumers through reduced prices and are thus essentially consumer subsidies. But instead of catering specifically to the below poverty line, the subside largely facilitated in saving the fuel cost for the relatively affluent and a burgeoning urban middle class. The absence of quantity rationing in LPG consumption further led to unabated increase in...

Unemployment Allowance   Unemployment among the educated youth is a very serious problem Unemployment prevails in both laboriously and professional sectors. After having completed their study, the young men and women are confronted with indifferent attitude of the society and govt. towards them. Growing frustration of the educated unemployed has resulted in the spread of violence and crime. Truly speaking, the educated unemployed deserve sympathy from society. Having spent a lot...

Corporal Punishment   The law on the issue of corporal punishment in schools is quite clear. The Supreme Court banned corporal punishment to school children on December 1, 2008. Very rightly has the Right of Children to Free and compulsory Education Act 2009 also imposed ban on corporal punishment in schools. Clause 17 of the Act states that no child should be subjected to ph6sical punishment and mental harassment in any...

Women Reservation   The Women’s Preservation Bill providing 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures has been a non-starter thorough eight Lok Sabah from 1996 onwards. Successive governments have placed it on the floor of the house, only to have it shelves. A hasty retreat is no solution. The political parties know that sooner or later, something will have to be done. It is for this reason that...