The Euro has arrived          Synopsis:  The euro, a single and common currency for eleven European countries was launched at mid-night of 31st December, 1998. Greece was not admitted to the euro while Sweden, Denmark and Brittan opted out, however, they will join it by 2001-2003. The event was hailed as the most ambitious scheme of the millennium and launched with fret enthusiasm.  It has integrated all the me] amber...

Defections and horse-trading          Synopsis: Defections and horse-trading is one of the many dimensions of all pervasive corruption in India.  It is blatant betrayal of the trust by the elected representatives.  No political group is free from the contagion.  Power-seeking politicians engineer and manipulate defections easily in these times of fractured mandate den grab power by hook or by cork resulting in colossal waste of public money and jumbo-size trading...

AIDS: the sure and silent killer        Synopsis: AIDS is now an epidemic and pandemic disease it has developed many new channels of transmission and so nobody feels safe and secure from the deeded disease.  The fact that now the world has turned into a global village has made problem all the more compel and terrible.  The genesis of AIDS or HIV can be traced to a particular typed of monkeys...

Ecology, economy and natural resources          Synopsis: Rapid and radical changes in our surroundings indicate disorder and imbalance in ecology.  These are dangerous trends and need to be checked and reversed.  Indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources, industrial development and rapid growth of population have resulted in widespread pollution and degradation.  In our own country the pollution levels have reached beyond biological endurance foreboding ecological disaster.  Massive deforestation, soil-erosion and loss...

Indian Democracy  Essay No. 01 Synopsis: Democracy is a is a political set-up in which public it’s the ultimate power.  India is democratic country based on the system of adult franchise and indirect participation by the people in the government.  All people are equipping before law in India.  It is democratic ideal based on equality of opportunity.  India is a democratic and welfare state which implies reasonably good quality of life...

50 Years of Indian Independence          Synopsis: Freedom came to Indian accompanied by accursed partition.  Soon after partition another shock awaited India in the form of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.  During these 50 years of independence India has failed on many fronts like fool security, health, literacy, sanitation etc, and the quality of life has been very poor.  The literacy rate among women is just 40 per cent and as low...

Removal of Rural Poverty   Synopsis:  India is basically a country of villages and agriculture.  Over 70 per cent of its population is rural poor.  Poverty can be seen at its starkest among them. They lack even the bare minimum needs of life.  Millions of them have been living under poverty line for generations.  Unless their poverty is alleviated there cannot be real freedom and independence.  Many schemes have been launched...

The Kashmir problem  Essay No. 01        Synopsis:  Since independence India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads on Kashmir. Pakistan has sponsored terrorism and secessionist elements in the valley.  She has fought three unsuccessful wars against India in the last 50 years on the issue.  Pakistan’s belief that Muslims cannot live as equals in Hindyu-dominent India is baseless.  India is a secular State and there are more Muslims hating in Pakistan...