We Must Nurture  Scientific Temper in Our Society  The long history of India is characterized by cycles of achievements and failure. But the ugly fact is that large sections of our society are still engrossed in the darkness of superstitious beliefs and customs. It is highly pertinent that we realize the importance of nurturing our scientific temper if we are to regain our glorified status as in the ancient world, where the...

Vegetarianism  Essay No. 01 Vegetarianism is a good idea for anyone, whether young or old, healthy or sick. Reasons supporting vegetarianism are inarguable since becoming a vegetarian is scientifically proven to improve one’s lifestyle in several different ways. First and most importantly to many, vegetarianism improves one’s health tremendously. Secondly, it can improve or display one’s spirituality and beliefs. Another reason for changing to a vegetarian lifestyle that most people don’t...

Rules to Successful Parenting  Parents need to live in a consistent life one in which they exercise control. Parents must live by what they believe in so that their children may see the example they set. If parents do this then their children’s characters may be well balanced. School should not be designated as the first place where knowledge is imparted, but it should begin at home with the parents. There...

Dating  All single person have at least one thing in common, they want to go for a date with their dream girls at one point of time. “How does the dating phenomenon occur?” Is it that mother nature intended for us to find our soulmates so that we can reproduce children. Who knows for sure? All we know is a boy meets a girl. The girls meet the boy. The boy...

Cyber Slang  Approximately 30 million people world-wide use the Internet and on-line services daily. The Net is growing exponentially in all areas, and a rapidly increasing number of people are finding themselves working and playing on the Internet. The people on the Net are not all rocket scientists and computer programmers; they’re graphic designers, teachers, students, artists, musicians, feminists. The Net community exists and thrives because of effective written communication, as...

What is Wrong with our Education    Education implies cultivation of mind to make life tolerable with the acquisition of skills. It has been a part and parcel of human life since antiquity. Education has become the basic human necessity and that is why everyone is keen to learn and educate himself as education equips him with the knowledge necessary to face the challenges of life. There is an increasing realization...

Causes of Corruption and Its Remedies   A major cause for the flourishing of corruption is the public misconception about it. People are mostly unaware of the debilitating effects of corruption on development and human rights. They appear to condone corruption rather than fight it out strongly. Cases where the society tends to shelter corrupt individuals instead of exposing them are not scarce now. The widespread practice of corruption can be...

Types of Corruption  There is a common misconception that corruption is only financial —that there are no other dimensions to corruption. Truly speaking, financial corruption is a symptom, and not the disease. The real malady is intellectual. This is obvious from the perception among us, if there is corruption, one should adjust, one should accept, one should legitimize, one should try to circumvent, but one should not really deal with corruption....