Privatisation: Strengths and Weaknesses Privatisation is a multi-meaning concept. It conveys a variety of meanings. In a narrow sense, privatisation means sale of State-owned equity shares to private shareholders, change of ownership of units of production from the State agencies to the private sector and introduction of private management and control. In a broader sense, it means extension of autonomy for the public sector, debureaucratisation of the public sector, deformalisation of...

Greater political power alone will not improve women’s plight “Frailty”, the name given to woman by William Shakespeare in the Elizabethan days, has long since lost its relevance. Woman, the better half of man, has since woken up from her slumber of the millennia and is asking for her due place in society. Women comprise almost 49 percent of the population of the country and are thus the largest minority community...

Casteism and Electoral Politics in India It is an established fact that no democratic system is immune to religious and casteist influences. The fate of the candidates contesting an election is directly proportional to the sectarian votes they can garner. All political parties make tall claims in their election manifestoes, cleverly concealing their casteist and parochial bias. Casteism, as practiced in India, is the bane of our body politic today. The...

Development of Tourism in India Tourism is expanding the fastest and is the most rewarding industry of the modern world. International tourism constitutes the invisible export trade. No wonder, then, that some more enterprising countries have turned this flourishing industry into a means of spinning money. In recent years, India too has woken up to this great reality and concerted efforts are now being made to develop and promote this foreign-exchange-earning...

Advantages and Disadvantages of The Present Educational System in India Although reforms have been introduced from time to time to make our education system in tune with the needs of the day, it still remains archaic and obsolete. We are still producing an army of clerks and white-collar workers through the system that was introduced by Macaulay more than a hundred and fifty years ago. The present system needs far-reaching reforms...

Should Students Participate in Politics? Politics has been called the last refuge of a scoundrel. A person, who has been rejected by decent society or who himself can- not conform to the norms and values of a decent society, usually takes to politics. Most politicians are self-centered, unscrupulous and valueless; they are held responsible for most ills of the society today. In this context, it is not advisable for students to...