New Political Concepts Round The World vis-a-vis Ethnic Groups Outlines : India’s experience over the past 50 years in nation-building, and over the past four decades in economic reforms, offers possible solutions of two most important problems that the West is struggling to come to terms with. These are stated to a congruent to modern political philosophy. Immense advances in information technology, in the firepower of small arms, in mobility and...

Discipline in Public Life   Discipline for democracy, development and decency in public life needs no reiteration, nor does it require any expert to espouse its cause for personal poise and social solidarity. The law and order in public life is the crying need of the hour more than ever before. Discipline stands for training, especially of the mind and character, aimed at producing self-control, obedience in the face of temptation...

Liberty is Meaningless without Bread   The struggle between subjects and authority is a most conspicuous phenomena of world history. In olden times this con-test was between some classes of subjects and the government. By liberty was meant protection against the tyranny of the political rulers. The rulers were conceived, except in some cases, antagonistic to the people whom they ruled. They consisted of a governing individual who did not hold...

Politics and Ethics Democracy is not just confined to the political domain, but it pervades all spheres of society. Ours is age of democracy. Democracy as a form of government, characterised by elections and the installation of a “representative’ government, is becoming a global phenomenon. The fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe, and domestic and global changes in Latin America, Africa, and West Asia (the Middle East), have brought...

School and Society No one can deny that some basic minimal code of rules are in man’s best interest. Discipline is a scheme which is designed to facilitate the smooth working of some activity, whether it is the acquisition of knowledge by students or any other field like that of craftsman, soldier or artist. To reach the best possible end in each of these, energy has to be harboured and canalized,...

The Concept of Modernisation in Indian Society Outlines : The modernisation of a country implies the modernisation of both its material and spiritual civilisations. It is not only economic but also social, not only quantitative but also qualitative. No country is truly modernised until all its productive and social capacities have attained the highest existing world standard. Have we, in India, attained this world standard? The answer is an emphatic ‘No’....

Globalisation and Culture   Essay No. 01 Outlines : For third world countries like India, globalisation does not augur freedom and progress; instead, it would only ensure the necessary climate for domination and hegemonisation by the consortium of world’s capitalist countries. Words often disguise what they really mean, particularly when they form part of an ideological effort in the pursuit of hegemony. Globalisation is such a word which is an euphemism...

Modern Societies- The Cultural Dimension The assertion of cultural identity was considered to be an act of liberation, a weapon in the fight for effective in-dependence, and the best means of achieving the self-fulfilment of individuals, and the harmonious development of societies. It was, moreover, the first pre-requisite of the advent of a new world order, based on the inalienable right of nations to expose themselves to the recognition of fundamental...