Forests : Key to Human Survival Man has proved to be the worst enemy of not only mankind but of the animal and plant kingdom also. The entire history is a mute witness to what man can do to the ecosystem that supports him : He has been chopping off the very branch he has been cosily sitting on. Man made disasters like wars and ecological disasters have been as destructive...

Global Warming: The Rising Temperature of the Earth   The age old proverb everybody talks of weather but nobody does anything about it is not valid in this century. A world wide study shows that average temperature of the earth has raised by as much as 0.2°C every decade. The rise in temperature is due to global warming which has now become an imminent threat. Our earth today absorbs large quantity...

Environment-How to Sustain and Preserve it What went wrong over the last century ? You have to recognise the fact that over the last 4000 to 5000 years a variety of changes growing population, migration, industrialisation have had an impact on India’s civilisation. People, especially indigenous and tribals, were pushed from the plains to the hills and maintains which had an impact on the environment. But at the same time urban...

The Struggle for Swaraj Attainment of Independence The foundation of Indian National Movement was laid by Surendemath Banerjee with the formation of Indian Association at Calcutta in 1876. The aim of the Association was to represent the views of the educated middle class, inspire the Indian community to take a living interest in public affairs and teach the value of united action. Then Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 with...

The Rise of Indian National Movement (1857) Birth of Nationalism—The National Movement in India started in the second half of the nineteenth century. However, sporadic uprisings with a motive of driving British out of India had started in the country earlier. Historians have held divergent views about the nature of the outbreak of 1857, In fact the British occupation of India, which could be said to have begin with the battle...

Cultural Awakening in India Nineteenth century witnessed a remarkable transformation in the social ideas primarily because of the introduction of English education. Liberal ideals of the west flowed through the channel of English education. A spirit of renaissance pervaded the whole country. The reform movement fell into two broad categories, Reformist Moment such as the Brahmo Samaj and the Revivalist movement such as the Arya Samaj. Brahmo Samaj was founded by...

The Revolt of 1857 The year 1857 marked the completion of 100 years of British rule. Lord Dalhousies regime (1849-56) marked the high watermark of the expansion of Britih domination in India when he implemented the Doctrine of Lapse which postulated that Indian states having no natural heir would be annexed to the Empire. Doctrine of Lapse is also known as Law of Escheat. The states annexed to the empire by...

Pokhran-2 : India’s Moments of Glory “It is an an fortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” John F. Kennedy It seems unfair on the part of a nation that has won independence through non violence and in which Mahatma Gandhi was born to produce nuclear weapons. Viewed from a different angle, there is a distinct threat to free India and its fragile frontiers in the...