Archives August 2012

"What is this life, if full of care. We have no time to stand and stare."     —W.H. Davies   Leisure in life is immensely important. Both work and relaxation are important ingredients of life. How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating Judgment. Our leisure provides opportunity for renewal of spirit, mind, and body.  Leisure is not idleness. The Lord condemns idleness. He said, "Thou shall not idle away thy time, neither shall thou bury thy talent." Idleness in any form produces boredom, conflict, and unhappiness. It creates a vacancy of worth, a seedbed for mischief and evil. It is the enemy of progress and salvation. We are living in a machine age which provides numerous labor-saving devices and leaves plenty of time at our disposal. Some of us do not know what to do more...

"It is the obligation of the Stale to ensure everyone the right to adequate food, education and enjoyment of highest attainable standards of physical and mental health. These rights have to be respected and made available to the citizens by the State". —Justice Anand Chairperson Human Rights Commisson Human rights violation have become very common now-a-days .The Newspapers and T.V. tell us that every day and at every moment, somewhere in the world, Human Right are being violated. Broadly speaking 'Human Right' means right to life, liberty, equality, and the dignity of an individual irrespective of caste, creed or sex. These human rights are natural rights, required to be protected for peaceful existence of a person. Our Constitution safeguards the human rights, but inspite of all such provisions, the violation of these rights is very frequently taking place. The protection and preservation of Human Rights is a great challenge to more...

  In India, we have inherited the cultural legacy of having strong son-preference among all communities, religious groups and citizens of varied socio-economic backgrounds. Patrilocality, patrilineage and patriarchal attitudes manifest in women and girls having subordinate position in the family, discrimination in property rights and low paid or unpaid jobs. Women's work is limited to household duties. At the lime of marriage, dowry is given by the bride's family to the groom's for shouldering 'the burden of the bride'. In many communities as a custom female babies are killed immediately after birth either by the mother or by elderly women of the family to relieve themselves from the life of humiliation, rejection and suffering. Social discrimination against women results in systematic neglect of women's health, from womb to tomb. Female infanticide and female foeticide are widely practiced in many States. The overall sex ratio, at present, is favorable to women more...