Child marriage means that two children are forced to marry each other with the consent of the two families. The children are forced into the institution of marriage without knowing about its significance in the long run.Though parents are of the opinion that they involve their children in such rituals because it is an age […]
Statistically, air travel is reasonably safe when compared with road, rail and sea. Many countries have a high death and injury rate on the roads; train, ferry and ocean-going ship disasters are regular enough to be commonplace, taking a global view. Yet air disasters are usually fatal to all or most concerned and are therefore
India is a land of villages. About 70 per cent of our population lives in the villages. However, they present a very unusual image of village life. Hard work, simplicity and plain thinking is a charm of life there. Villages are the main supply line of cities but hey evoke an image of a mass
I study in a national type secondary school in Delhi. It is in Punjabi Bagh and is one of the progressive schools in the country. It is a co-educational school and prepares students for the ‘O’ level and ‘A’ level examinations. The school is lucky in having hard-working and intelligent members on the staff with
Globalization is a process in which geographical distance becomes a factor of diminishing importance in the establishment and maintenance of cross-border economic, political and socio-cultural relation. In simple language we can define globalization as coming closer of different countries of the world in the social, cultural and technological fields, especially in the economic field.The development
Knowledge has always been represented by light, and ignorance has been symbolized by darkness. Hence education, the key to all knowledge and yet more knowledge, dispels the darkness and ushers in the light.Freedom too has always been associated with light whereas servility, imprisonment have been relegated to the depths of darkness. Prisons and dungeons have
Perhaps the single greatest invention of the century is the computer. The computer is essentially a machine that enables humans to complete tasks that may be time consuming or very repetitive in nature. This it achieves by imitating human thought processes. In much the same way that humans think using pathways in their brains that
What we call life is a very complex affair. It is not simply eating, reproducing and finally dying. Every creature does these. But in the case of man he has to lead a highly complicated life. It is like going through a maze and coming out. He is an economic being and a social animal.
Reading makes it possible for one to speak intellectually or write well. One will be at a disadvantage anywhere he finds himself if eh has not read widely enough. Most school children read their textbooks only. Knowing there is a wealth of knowledge not found in textbooks alone, a few of the more diligent ones
Many people today are not as happy as they wish to be. Technological advancements have made our lives easier and more comfortable. We enjoy higher incomes and better standards of living as a result of progress and development, but happiness has remained a rather elusive goal for many of us. Our pursuit of material wealth
Nothing remarkable occurs in any of these tribes, except that they unite in the worship of Ertha, or Mother Earth. They believe that she interposes in the affairs of men, and visits the different nations in her chariot. On an island of the ocean stands a sacred and inviolate grove, in which is a consecrated