Effects of Ragging – Why Ragging Should be Banned

The ruling of the apex court of the country against ragging should be welcomed by all right-thinking people. Ragging is a bitter experience, which many unfortunate students of our country have to face sometimes of the other during their long academic career. In ragging “fresh students” of an educational intuition are often teased, tormented and even roughed up by the senior students mostly of the same institute under the exercise of “introduction”.

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Animal Atrocities – be Sensitive to Animals

“Large scale” death of some crocodiles and black bucks in two different parts of India last month has come as rude shock to the animal lovers and the environmentalists of our country. At first it was in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh where carcasses of gharials or crocodiles were found in dozens. Then it was in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh where bodies of four black bucks were found in cornfields.

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Honorable Indian – National Prestige

“My father came. No ‘pan’. No ‘tamak’. Resign Sir resign.” That was the Raj days. At first the ‘company Raj’ i.e. the rule of the British east India company. And then the country was usurped by the British monarch making India into a colony of England. The Indian servant of an English employer is resigning the job in his inimitable Indian English of those days because his father has felt insulted.

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Dhanteras – Faith or Blind Faith

Yet another deepavali or the festival of light is over. On the occasion of deepavali laxmi or the goddess of wealth and prosperity is worshiped and the houses are decorated with diyas i.e. earthen lamps, candles or electric lights. Hindus believe that darkness brings poverty. Hence, on the deepavali nights especial care is taken to light up every dark corner of ones house with a view to drive away poverty from once life and usher in riches.

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