THE ATOM BOMB AND THE HYDROGEN BOMB

Introduction The Second World War had entered its last stage. It was the month of August in 1945 that the world came to know about the atom bomb. The Nazi forces had surrendered but Japan was still holding out. In consequence of the doggedness of the Japanese forces, the Americans dropped an atom bomb on …

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NATIONAL DEFENSE

Introduction Though we are living in age of international understanding and co-operation yet it is in fitness of things to think of national defense. On the side, science and technology have shrunk time and space and have knit the world into compact whole, on the other they have made the scientifically advanced countries greedy, arrogant …

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AN IDEAL STATE-A STATE EXISTS FOR THE SAKE OF A GOOD LIFE

Introduction As we take up the topic ‘An Ideal State’, we are reminded or two lines of Pope, a famous classical English poet of 18th century. These lines are “For form of Government let fools contest. Whatever is best administered is best.” These two lines of Pope clear everything. The State is the best State …

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INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY

Introduction Before the 15th of August, 1947, India had no foreign policy, for she was under the domination of a foreign power. Indian politicians and public leaders, in an unofficial way, discussed the matter but the discussion was merely an intellectual exercise and had no impact on the policy of the country. With the achievement …

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THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Introduction Liberty of thought or expression is the greatest right of a man living in a civilized society. The society or the nation which does not grant this right cannot claim to be civilized. Every man should have the right to think for himself and to express freely what he thinks. That is the only …

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DEMOCRACY WITHOUT UNIVERSAL EDUCATION IS A FARCE

Introduction Democracy is a Government of people, by the people and for the people, according to Abraham Lincoln, the greatest expounder of democracy, the world has ever known. It is the man in the street who should realise and understand the noble ideals of democracy and not a handful of literary aristocrats. Education revolutionizes the …

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STRIKES AND GHERAOS

Introduction In India, we often hear about the strike in one sector of the other. There is hardly a day when we do not read about any strike in the newspapers. Strikes by students, mill workers, government employees etc., have become perpetual headache to those citizens who believe in democratic values and who want to …

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MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE AND RISING PRICE

Introduction Who are the middle class people? The middle class people are those who are neither rich nor poor, whose monthly income in India varies from rupees one hundred and fifty to rupees seven hundred and fifty and who have to support a big family. They may be divided in two groups the lower middle …

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INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA

Introduction There is a cry for industrialisation all over India. The Indian Government’s Fifteen-Year Reconstruction Plan for India, the Bombay Plan, and all the other recent plans of the National Government as well as the State Governments have realized importance of industrialization and have aimed at it. Importance of industrialization The modern age is an …

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AGRICULTURE IN INDIA

Introduction The basic industry of India is agriculture. India is the greatest grower of sugarcane in the world and he stands next in the production of rice. In cotton, only the U. S. A. can surpass her. She is second to none in the world in the production of groundnuts. She is the biggest producer …

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