Relevance of Gandhi Today In this materialistic age, where economics has become all-important and nuclear power a must, the post-Independence generation has begun to consider Gandhi and his principles totally irrelevant in the present context. They think that the Mahatma belonged to a bygone era and his ideas have become obsolete. But, is it really so? Is Gandhi irrelevant today with all his lofty ideals? No Not at all. On the...

If I Were a Politician Today, an impression has gained ground in India that politics is the last resort of a scoundrel and, therefore, every politician is a scoundrel in his own right. We often hear people around us saying that ‘Politics is a very dirty game’. Every sort of person (wrong-doer) but a politician can be reformed and so on and so forth. Such is the popular apathy towards the...

Tourism and Education The two words, Tourism and Education are closely interrelated. If education means the harmonious development of our body, mind and soul, then tourism has certainly a great role to play in the process of education. In Europe and America it is rightly considered to be an integral part of education. Every student in these countries, after finishing his/her educational career, is expected to undertake a tour of at...

An Ideal Civil Servant A Civil Servant is a person employed to deal with the affairs of Union or a State and is paid from the Consolidated Fund of the Government of India or from the Consolidated Fund of the State concerned, as the case may be. A Civil Servant is popularly known as a public servant, because he draws his salary, perks, etc., from the revenues paid by the general...

Is Defence Preparedness The Best Guarantee For Peace?   Instead of talking of war to root out war, people now talk of defence-preparedness as the best guarantee for peace. Nations are so much obsessed with this slogan that at t he present moment there is a mad race for piling up armaments. Even the poorest of the poor countries, which cannot provide two square meals to their citizens are forced to...

Nationalism and Internationalism in The Modern World The question has often been raised whether nationalism and internationalism are compatible with each other or not. There is no inconsistency if a person who loves his own country also loves his neighbours. The love of one’s own country does not demand the hatred of others. So, nationalism can help international peace and understanding. But narrow nationalism, the feeling of “My country, right or...

How to Prevent Excessive Urbanisation? Urbanisation means the gradual concentration of population in towns and cities as a consequence of continuous migration from rural areas. Mahatma Gandhi said about the consequence of urbanisation that half-a-dozen modern cities were an excrescence and served the evil purpose of draining the life-blood of the villages. In the first half of 19th century, India witnessed a reverse migration, that is from urban to rural areas,...

Banking as An Instrument of Social Change Banking is the backbone of modern economy. No business, trade or commerce can be conducted on large-scale without an efficient banking system. Banking in some form or the other has always been there from the ancient times. When Jesus Christ turned the tables of money-changers outside the temple of Jerusalem, he was only protesting against the malpractices of the then existing banking system. When...