Law and Order   Law and Order is as important to us as air. And it is equally invisible in the sense that we hardly ever think about it. We live in our-houses and lead a life of comfort, but how? It is because there is some system of law and order which protects us against violence and assault. Had such a system riot been there we would have since long...

Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF   Before Independence, the CRPF was known as the Crown, Representative Police. It was created at Neemuch on 27th July, 1939. Ten CRPF jawans sacrificed their lives at Hot Springs on 21st October 1959 during the Chinese aggression. Since then 21st October is observed as Police Commemoration Day throughout the country. The Force proved its mettle during the Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971. Earlier,...

The Role of the Police or Police in the Service of Society or The Positive Role of Police   The police is often painted black. The common man believes that the role of the police is almost always negative. It is true that many policemen are corrupt. A huge amount of money has to be coughed out by a hapless person even to get an FIR registered. Many policemen harass the...

Nationalism Vs Internationalism Nationalism is concerned with the affairs of a single national, but internationalism has its concern with the affairs of the whole world. Nationalism lays emphasis on sovereignty whereas internationalism lays stress on world citizenship and universal cooperation and brotherhood. Nationalism is close to patriotism and internationalism to globalization and cosmopolitanism. In order to pursue the idea of internationalism effectively, some of the sovereignty of the nation has to...

Agriculture vs Industrialization   India is mainly an agricultural country. A vast majority of Indians depends on agriculture. This is in one respect a good and positive thing because when agriculture is the base of society anywhere, the government only need formulate some effective agricultural policy and then food problem can easily be solved. In a country like India which has virtually an unmanageable population, food remained a major problem for...

A Happy Dream All of us dream during our sleep. In our dreams we often find fulfillment of desires which may not be possible in real life. Rich people who want more and more money often dream of money and paupers and beggars who can’t get enough food frequently dream of eating their much desired favourite dishes. My brother lives in Paris. He has often promised to take me there one...

A Magic Show Last Sunday, the famous magician of India, Dev Dutta Sarkar visited our town. He held a magic show in the town hall in the afternoon. I went to see the show. The hall was packed to capacity, but I managed to occupy the front row of seats. As the famous magician entered the hall he was given a standing ovation by the spectators. He was wearing a long...