Earth Quake – A Natural Calamity An earthquake is a natural phenomenon. It is the shaking and vibration of the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity. It is also defined as ‘the sudden, sometimes violent movement of the earth’s surface due to the release of energy in the earth’s crust’. The earth is not a perfect sphere like a ball. It...

Conservation of Nature Conservation is ‘the act of conserving (flora, fauna, and environment) i.e. keeping the entire’, “nature” may refer to the general realm of various types of living plants and animals and in some cases to the processes associated with inanimate objects. It is often taken to mean the “natural environment” or wilderness– wild animals, rocks, forest, beaches, and in general those things that have not been substantially altered by...

Women in Man’s Profession Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and motherhood were regarded as women’s most significant professions. In the 20th century, however, women in most nations won the right to vote and increased their educational and job opportunities. Perhaps most important, they fought for and to a large degree accomplished a re-evaluation of traditional views of their role...

Fast Food – A Disastrous Lifestyle We live in a fast world…and have no time …not even to fulfill our basic need …Food. This is where fast food steps in. Fast food is any food that is quick, convenient, and usually inexpensive and typically refers to food sold in a restaurant and /or served to the customer in a packaged form for take away. It’s cheap, convenient and often indulgently delicious....

Alternate Therapies Alternate therapy means healing practices that differ from modern medicine as it is practiced in developed countries. A typical definition would be “every available approach to healing that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine”. Richard Dawkins, Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, defines alternative medicine as a “…set of practices which cannot be tested, refuse to be tested, or consistently fail tests. If...

Health and Nutrition The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’; and nutrition as an input to and foundation for health and development A healthy body is a healthy adage that has stood the test of time. Nutrition is the most important factor in maintaining and keeping good health Nutrition begins with food and...

The Human Body – A Boon The human body is such a “perfect machine”; it could not have naturally evolved. A particular creature having such an unusual, perfectly-designed body with a unique system of skills and traits makes one believe that there’s no way this could have just happened. The human body is the most wonderful and perfect machine in the world. With care, it should last many years. With abuse...