Equal Status for Women Eighth of March is celebrated every year as the International Women’s Day. It shows that the woman of today has come of age, so to say, and wants to lead a dignified life of equality with man. The slogan being raised today by the women of the world is : Equality, Dignity and Self-Respect is What We Want. This slogan is indicative of the new awareness among...

Qualities of A Good Citizen Man is a social animal. By nature he dreads solitude and craves for society. In the society which he lives in, he expects others to be good to him. It is possible only if he himself becomes a good member of the society. Societies have grown into nations and men have become citizens of one or the other country. Hence, the need for defining the qualities...

Towards A World Without Nuclear Weapons The very term “nuclear weapons” sounds dreadful. Nuclear arsenal can wipe out the entire humanity. This beautiful earth with innumerable living beings will turn into a vast graveyard in the event of a nuclear war. Just the pressing of a button can which forces, forces, that will put an end to all living beings on this planet, is presently believed to be the only e...

“Only the youth can save India and the world from dismal gloom,” said Jawaharlal Nehru. They are the backbone of a nation. Only the youth can help achieve national objective, make a country great and powerful. It is imperative, therefore, that every young man and woman understand his or her responsibility towards the nation and contribute their mite in the task of nation building. With the passing of the Constitution (61st...

Uses of A Public Library A public library is an institution which maintains a large collection of books, newspapers and magazines for the use of general public. Thus, a library is a rich treasure-house of knowledge. A little leisure spent in it, profits us more than a lot of time spent in the world outside. It has been rightly observed that an hour in a good library is worth an age...

Impact of Television on Cultural Values Television is one of the miracles of science. It has revolutionised the human outlook and is serving as a faithful servant to humanity. Mankind is obliged to Baird, who invented the television and made it possible to present moving, talking, living and breathing pictures of men and events on screen. It has influenced our culture in every respect. Man is born in the stream of...

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...