Archives August 2012

In recent times, fashion has acquired new dimensions. The spawning satellite channels have opened the floodgates for a cultural invasion and fashion is holding the centre stage at the moment. Fashion is synonymous with rapid changes. Fashion has taken a dangerous dip into the realms of vulgarity and lasciviousness. One is not considered 'hip-and-happening' if he or she doesn't sport the in-thing like boot cuts, bell bottoms, tight fits, parallels, tank tops and low cuts. The industry has become lucrative for lot of youngsters and models. But the emphasis on carnal beauty is effecting the moral and ethical values. The clothes that men wear and even their shoes and wrist-watches keep changing with every passing day. But the changing fashion in the men's world is more to do with the utility in day-to-day life. But that is not so with the women's world of fashion. The fashion in their world more...

During these days when browsing the net, passing and receiving non-stop SMSs seem to be the order of the day, reading a book peacefully in home has become outdated for most people. While technology has taken a steady control over individual lives, the reading habit has also vanished fast. The city libraries are a silent witness to this. They present a dismal picture of the gradual depletion of voracious readers who used to flock the libraries every evening. Apart from a few elderly people and a handful of students, the libraries wear a deserted look the time. These libraries are very poorly maintained. Books lie on the shelves gathering dust, and most of them remain ungrouped. Librarians blame it on the lack of staff and proper funds for renovation. With the gradual advent of globalization and nuclear family structures, has become mechanical and money oriented. Students are constantly being whipped more...

In the present competitive era, one can notice that value education has become an odd item. There is no emphasis in the present education to uplift the student's moral, ethical and spiritual values. There is of course much impact on' academic knowledge but spiritual and moral etiquettes find no place in our curriculum.                 The high ranking politicians, professors, educationists forget their duty of making the next generation sound in all aspects. Illegal and unfair means are in vogue to get the things done. The sharp fall in ethical and moral values all round, the callous disregard of common man's interests, the increasing hypocrisy and double talk have cumulatively caused deterioration that is truly alarming. The prevalence of corruption in all walk of life , the worst type of human exploitation, the accumulation of wealth by any means has ruined the basic fabric of the country which was once known more...

With rapid development of information and technology the visual media in the shape of cable TV, with multitudes of domestic ad foreign channels, have reached in almost every house. It plays vital role in molding the public opinion in various ways. It plays very crucial role in educating, and entertaining the masses. The cable TV has changed the means and modes of entertainment, education. Sitting before a television, one can pass and enjoy his free time, listening music, viewing movie, learning techniques of body building, hearing sermons of religious saints, learning about lives of wild animals, birds, water creature, knowing about space, and what not- During election period, one can know the positions of political parties, their leaders, happenings in all parts of the country and their impact on the election campaigning and all facts of electioneering, just sitting before the television. Youngsters and teenage students are now-a-days seen viewing more...

Almost everyone knows that smoking causes cancer, emphysema, and heart disease; that it can shorten our life by fourteen years or more; and that the habit can cost a smoker thousands of rupees a year. So how some people are still lighting up? The answer. In a word. is addiction. Almost no smoker begins as an adult. Statistics show that about nine out of ten tobacco users start before they're eighteen years old. Some teens who smoke say they start because they think it helps them look older. Others smoke because they think it helps them relax. Some light up as a way to feel rebellious or to set themselves apart . Some start because their friends smoke or just because it gives them something to do. Some people, especially girls, start smoking because they think it may help keep their weight down. The illnesses that smoking can cause, like more...

The real benefit of book reading comes not from what you read but rather from the habit of reading. When you read a new book every week, you condition your mind to keep taking in new knowledge. Your thinking remains fresh and sharp. Your brain is always churning on new ideas, looking for new distinctions it can make. Every day you pour in more ideas, which your brain must find a way to integrate into your existing knowledge base. Frequent reading fires up your neural activity, even during the periods when you aren't reading. The attraction books offer has virtually gone down among the present generation because of the fast increasing net surfing habits being developed among the youth. The cyber surfers do not know what they are missing. The books have always been irreplaceable and will always remain so. The best companion that you have in your leisure time more...

The co-education system has several advantages over the non co-educational system or a single sex education system. Having classes together is an excellent idea and is successful in most schools. Boys become aware of girls' abilities and vice versa. A spirit of co-operation and competition thrives in the co-educational system. Girls and boys at a self conscious age take extra care of themselves. Growing up together and sharing activities such as dramatics, art and other things like socials, widen the students talents and a healthy atmosphere pervades in ail co-educational schools. The spirit of co-operation that grows between boys and girls makes it easier later on t  adjust in a mixed society. In co educational schools, generally the living hostels, dining rooms and sports are separate- the boys having their own, and the girls their own- but other activities are common; like the classrooms are common, the labs are common, more...

The present generation after having lived in a joint family system have taken the initiative to break out and start a nuclear family. This generation very well appreciates the strengths and weaknesses of both the systems. Joint and Nuclear Family Systems. One of the major reasons why this generation was desperate to break out of the joint family was the attitude of the older generation to impose their views and thoughts on the young generation . In some families the father's word would be the final word and nobody could dare say or do anything against it. Such an autocratic style of leading a family leads to repression and suppression giving rise to feelings of discontentment and unhappiness. Another reason responsible for disintegration of the old joint family system was the constant interference and meddling by elders in the matters of youngsters. The young generation have their own life style, more...

Yoga is a way of life. It is virtually concerned with maintaining a state of equanimity at all costs. The Yoga emphasize the importance of the mind remaining calm, because as the saying goes, only when the water is still you can see through it. The basic idea of Yoga is to unite the atma or individual soul with the Paramatma or the Universal Soul. According to Yoga philosophy, by cleansing one's mind and controlling one's thought one can achieve the state, when the individual self was nothing but a part of' the Divine Self The aim of the yogi is to be !  Capable to perceive the world in its true light and lo accept that truth in its entirety. In Sanskrit, the term 'Yoga' stands for 'union'. A yogi's ultimate aim is to be able to attain this 'union' with the Eternal Self with the help of certain more...

There is no denying the fact that invasion of privacy through phone tapping is undertaken the world over for reasons of national security or serious crimes, but in not a single democratic country the invasion of privacy through phone tapping is as easy as in India. In America, the FBI needs a court order. In Britain, M 15 needs special clearance. Way back in 1950, R. A. Kidwai had accused the then Home Minister Sardar Patel of tapping his phones. When the Congress split in 1969. Congress (0) leaders complained that Indira Gandhi was getting their phones tapped. Former intelligence official M. Krishna Dhar has recorded in his controversial book how even President Geyani Zail Singh's telephones were tapped and even the Rashtrapati Bhavan was bugged during the Rajiv Gandhi era. In India there is no legislation or law that guarantees an individual's privacy The Supreme Court has broadened the more...