Senior Citizens    The increase in the life span that has been possible due to upgradation brought about in medical science, has created a new problem. It is that now we have so many senior citizens everywhere and their number is increasing day by day. It is estimated that by 2010, we shall be having about 11 per cent of our population in the category of senior citizens. Any person who...

A Fair Weather Friend It is rightly said ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed.’ Yet, the world is full of fair-weather friends. When a person is in comfortable , circumstances, he is surrounded by fair-weather friends. They are mere parasites and must be compared with flies that hover round a sweet and palatable thing. When, unfortunately the person concerns falls in bad times, all such fair- weather friends disappear...

Five Important Persons of My City There are many important persons in my city. I’ll, however, describe five of them. The Deputy Commissioner is a big gun in every district level city. He is responsible for running the administration smoothly not only in the city but in the entire district. The Senior Superintendent of Police is the incharge of the police of the district. It is his duty to see that...

Five Important Persons of My Village The five big guns or important persons of my village are the Headmaster of the Government Primary School, the Sarpanch,” the Doctor of the Government Dispensary, the Moneylender and the Grocer. In the modern villages, there are more than five important persons in each village. But I’ll give a brief descri ption of five of them. The Headmaster of the Government Primary School is held...

An Indian Juggler Once India was considered a land of snake charmers and jugglers. This impression of India was particularly there in the mind of the foreigners, especially those belonging to western countries. Jugglery has been an important profession in India. It has lost much of its luster now, though still it is not an extinct or dried-out occupation. An Indian juggler is, as is well-known, an embodiment of stark poverty...

Two Child Norm   China has long adopted a one-child norm and has practically controlled its population. In this respect, India has lagged behind. India long adopted the general formula of a two child norm and coined several slogans in vernacular to impress illiterate people and those belonging to lower strata of society who generally have large families. However, India being a democratic set up, only persuasive and not coercive methods...