Position of Women in India The women have held different status and position at different times in India. She was regarded as mentally inferior to man. Manu was of the view that the females should not enjoy any freedom in any walk of life. They should ever remain under the strict control of their father during girlhood; of their husband during their married life and of their sons during widowhood. The...

Planning In India After gaining independence our great national leaders were keen to develop the country in a planned way. So the draft of the Five Year Plans came into existence. The main objective behind planning was the growth of the nation on all fronts and removes economic disparity. So the planning was motivated by progress in industrial spheres and improvement in agriculture to make the country self-sufficient and make Indian...

Television Watching Television-watching is a wonderful source of delight. The youngsters and the aged alike find recreation at their own homes. When a man is tired of daily work, he retires to a room and starts listening to the television music, watching dances and adds to his knowledge by listening to the news and other commentaries. Thus television-watching gives both instruction and joy. Television-programmes were introduced in India more than three...

FM Radio – A Means of Entertainment and Education Radio-broadcasting has brought a revolution in the mind of man everywhere in the world. The people listen to the daily news and commentaries of experts on various topics. They add to their knowledge much than they are unaware of. The people, fond of sports-commentaries, listen to the latest sports-events. These commentaries are also broadcast on the radio. Think of an illiterate person....

Science – And Its Blissful Aspects Science has changed human life altogether. The fabrics that we wear are manufactured in the factories. The machines that we use in everyday life, are manufactured in most parts of the world. The cookers, the coolers, the refrigerators, radio-sets, television-sets, cameras, telephones, wireless systems, telescopes, microscopes and other such instruments have become sources of human comfort. Man may converse with his friends and relatives living...

Modern Means of Recreation In ancient times the kings used to appoint persons who were the source of pleasure to them. There were best singers like Tan Sen who served at Akbar’s court. Kings also used to have troupe of dancers who used to please them. But the common man could not enjoy all these pleasures. The common people could visit their temples and sing hymns in praise of God. They...

If I Get a Lottery Born of poor parents and having lived a life of hard work, can I ever dream of getting a lottery? I have purchased till this day a large number of tickets, but all these tickets proved out to be useless. Unluckily, I could not get even a single penny out of all these tickets. I have recently purchased a ticket. Ever since then, I sometimes dream...

The New Pattern of Education: 10 + 2 + 3 Lord Macaulay introduced a system of education which produced clerks for running the administration at low cost. Education was to be given on the pattern of Western system which was based on English language and culture. Thus that system of education cannot satisfy our needs of the free Indian Society. We find the army of educated unemployed everywhere. The country cannot...