Essays

Unemployment is a major cause of problem in India. It is a situation in which an individual is ready and willing to work at the prevailing rate of wages but he does not get work. This is a curse because not just the person suffers but the nation as a whole suffers which results in wastage of manpower, reduces national income and contributes to poverty, inequality and growth of anti social elements. In Indian villages more than 80% of labourers are engaged in non-fame sector in cottage and in different types of services. It is estimated that more that 2/3 of rural workers are self- employed. Among the urban unemployed are included those illiterate person who are willing to work in industrial sectors, for e.g. Mining, transport, trade and construction activities. Problem of unemployment in industrial sector has arisen because of rapid increase in population. Besides for the last many more...

I often wonder who the girl is whose face I examine every morning in the large mirror hanging above my desk. In some ways 1 do feel as if l know her, but only on a superficial level, the same way we think we know the actors in our favourite soap operas. We may know every explicit detail of the lives of the characters, but the true personality of the actor themselves is a huge mystery which we have little or no hope of ever solving. A mirror's sole purpose is to reflect. In my case, though, mirrors seem to reflect my persona rather than my personality. This, thankfully, indicates that the mirror sees only what the rest of the world does, exactly what I want to be seen. The mirror in question is large, clear, and attractively decorated, signifying its importance in my life. This is not to say more...

Ring! Ring! Beep! Beep! Everywhere we go, we can hear the sounds of machinery and different contraptions that have developed over thousands of years like the miniature phones - cell phones- that could transmit sound waves and also fast cars that have twin turbo and better engines which could travel at a very fast rate. Furthermore, through technology better medicines are produced each day that fight diseases and viruses thus prolonging the life of every individual. Advanced technology wasn't only a great step towards better lifestyle and medical research but also gave way towards the broadening of knowledge and understanding of the history through better analysis of different data that are taken from fossils and relics of early civilizations. The development of technologies advances rapidly and maybe people could someday invent a time capsule that defies the time of the universe. Computers signify the ever growing and rapid development of more...

Green Productivity is a holistic strategy whereby nations can leverage the dynamism of productivity to achieve a better quality of life for all people, with social justice and fairness for their citizenry, and enhanced prosperity for their enterprises. Green Productivity has proven to be a practical approach for enterprises and communities. Green Productivity enables them to innovate their business practices while improving environmental performance. Recent application of Green Productivity in communities to foster economic development  and environmental protection shows evidence of success. As Green Productivity offers step-by-step guidance with a portfolio of proven tools, techniques and technologies, it has universal appeal. This is an important attribute of Green Productivity. The starting line was productivity as a cost reduction strategy. By picking up the baton of quality, productivity has metamorphosed to incorporate environmental protection and community enhancement as a means to increase prosperity. Under the umbrella of Green Productivity, innovation, a more...

Online gambling has been a growing problem on college campuses. Most dorms are wired, letting students bet in the privacy of their rooms' virtual anonymity. With nothing more than a credit card, the possibility exists for any student athlete to place a wager via the Internet and then attempt to influence the outcome of the contest while participating on the court or playing field. Additionally, students are surrounded with offers to sign up for credit cards from representatives on campuses and solicited with email from Internet sports bookie sites. There is a major issue to be dealt with, which is spreading with little regulatory oversight and no effective screens against participation by the young and the vulnerable. Internet gambling represents one of the fastest growing segments of online activity with more than seven hundred web sites now providing users the opportunity to wager everything from casino games. There are a more...

The start of college is a new and different experience for all teenagers. They must learn to adapt to their new surroundings and make new friends, as well as to try to fit in. However, many teens feel they need to drink, smoke and do drugs to be considered cool. In a survey recently conducted on the abuse of alcohol, nicotine, and other harmful drugs, we studied that the maximum number of teenagers involved in smoking, drinking and drugs are in the age group from fourteen to twenty. In today's society, the peer pressure to drink, smoke or use drugs to fit in is all around our youth. On the basis of survey, it was found that these teenagers drink one to two times per week because they enjoy it. They feel that it is also a chance to have fun and hang out with their friends. However, teens say more...

The world has a population of 6 billion. India alone has a population of 1 billion. Despite the fact that India was the first country in the world to have a population policy. But is this mammoth population really caused for alarm? It could be more important to understand the factors that led to this population explosion and the complex links between population growth rates and levels of development. And to acknowledge that India is in the midst of a demographic transition, with fertility rates definitely declining, though not as fast as was expected. In the year 2000, much was made of the fact that as the world's population reached six billion, India's share was a massive one billion. As one writer noted, alarm bells were sounded the world over that the first country in the world to have a population policy had failed miserably in the effort. However, demographers more...

Many believe that the economic liberalisation process initiated in 1991 would somehow find answers to our governance crisis. Economic reforms, while they are necessary, are by no means sufficient to resolve our national dilemmas. Even if the role of the state is redefined with sharper role in a narrower area, an efficient and just state in a free society is a vital precondition for economic growth and human happiness. Even in a liberalised economic environment, the state still has the duty to discharge vital responsibilities. Public order, crime investigation, speedy justice, good quality school education accessible to all children, universal primary healthcare, maintenance of minimal standards of sanitation and civic amenities, and building of vital infrastructure like roads and facilitating economic growth through other infrastructure development like power and ports - all these are the legitimate functions of the state irrespective of the economic system we choose. This situation is more...

Virtually, the sole purpose of science is to understand the natural processes of the earth and its environment. What is done with such science, of course, is a matter of individual choice. Some such as Hitler decided to use humans as guinea pigs to conduct the kind of experiments on Jews that geneticists are probably secretly performing even today. Others such as Darwin chose to use the ultimate scientific tool, the human mind, to work his way through the maze of possibilities to arrive at the most plausible way in which life on earth originated. For centuries in India, the scientific temper has been encouraged and has, in fact, been equated with philosophy as a pursuit of great worth and respect. We did indeed gift the world the zero. And we did cast steel that did not rust, long years before the rest of the world even considered such a more...

One of the crucial factors, which shaped Indian IT industry in the crucial periods, was the cheap and well skilled resource availability. Nationality no longer defines boundaries. In this industry, enterprise, labour and capital are dispersed across the world. To support this fact we have Nasscom reporting that in 1999- 2000, 284,000 (including those employed by IT users) professionals were working in India of which about 200,000 were working on H-IB visas. But the scenario has changed since 2001, or more correctly after Sept 11. Industry sales growth rate sharply declined to a mere 23.1%. Growth of domestic sales fell even more drastically to 10.7 per cent. One of the main indicators being the complete cessation in campus recruitments both in engineering colleges and B school campuses. If we look back at the IT industry in our country, we may say that it can be broadly divided into three phases. more...