Democracy implies tolerance of dissent POINTS  TO DEVELOP 1. Democracy by its very nature incorporates a variety of  opinions and, by implication, accommodates dissent. Minority views must be considered even if decision is by majority in a democracy. Dissent has a positive role, and exists even in non-democratic systems. Suppression of dissent is dangerous. Extreme dissent is dangerous. So checks put on various ‘freedoms’ dissent in various spheres of public life-...

Paradoxes if democracy Points To develop 1. Democracy he become a popular term today. The dilemmas of democracy are rooted in the difference between theory and practice. The freedoms of democracy can be carried too far; result will be tyranny or chaos. Liberty and equality- basic tenets of democracy are in themselves incompatible if taken to their to extreme implications. conditions for democracy to succeed call for a com- promise between...

Biodiversity          Synopsis: The assemblage of plant and animal life constitutes biodiversity. The earth is a unique planet because it is the only known living one with rich biodiversity.  There might be hundreds of thousands of living things still not known and cataloged.  India herself in one of the mega-counties of biodiversity as she is very rich in flora and fauna but may of tram are goody extinct and many...

India Goes Nuclear          Synopsis:  India’s successful nuclear tests on May 11 and 13, 1998 at Pokhran have catapulted her to one of the nuclear prow states of the world.  The tests were o the measured yields and there was not release of radio activity.  The tests were prepared jig perfect secrecy; Ines had conducted its first nuclear test at the same site in 1974.  India’s nuclear programmed began in...

War Achieves Nothing, Solves Nothing             Synopsis:  War creates an endless vicious circle of hatred, discord and destructing.  Terror, exploitation, suppression and atrocities lead to wars, revolutions and rebellions. Wars and armed conflicts recur like epidemics and cause untold suffering, devastation and destruction.   They save nothing, settle no issue as they are big ego-trips of over-ambitious political leaders.  We have not learnt anything from past experiences or history as...

The Second Freedom Struggle          Synopsis:  India is free country and yet is people are in the non wage of rampant corruption, appalling poverty, degrading illiteracy and deprivation.  Many criminal turned politicians are in the Parliament and legislatures.  They have become law and final authority into themselves, Indian democracy has turned into a mockery and the common men are being exploited and the country looted now by these born sahibs....

A Seat for Indian in the Security Council          Synopsis: Had India no teen a British colony in 1945 when the UNO was born, India would have already been a permanent member of the most powerful Security Council with Beta.  The Council is to be reshaped and restructured soon to make it more representative and decorative.  Udder the expansion there would be 5 more permanent members one each from Asia,...

Right to Information (RTI)               Synopsis: India is a democracy and welfare State and yet without citizens’ right to information. The lack of this right makes democracy and freedom less effective and successful.  Access to an information and document is essential to reach the truth and its denial a gross injustice.  In the absence of such a right three cannot be a truly responsive and representative government.  Therefore, the official...