WHAT IS POVERTY ? Poverty is the state in which one is not able to fulfill is basic necessities as food, clothes and shelter due to lack of financial resources. Poverty means that the income level is too low to fulfil the basic requirement as proper health care facilities, healthy food, clean water, shelter etc.…
Born in Malabar on November 1, 1915, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer went on to become one of the best lawyers in India. A rare individual with high principles and a dedicated, daring and humane lawyer, he excelled as a creative legislator while in the Madras Legislature. A dynamic person, he managed portfolios as divergent as…
Foeticide means ending the life of a human fetus. Female foeticide is the abortion or eradication of the female child by surgical termination. In countries like India, China, Pakistan, etc. female foeticide is very frequent. It has become a disgraceful truth of our country. Such a practice has resulted in a rapid decline in the…
An individual’s reputation is very important him. It is the way society looks at him and respects him and also accepts him to be a part of society. Without a good reputation…
With Covid-19 cases steadily declining and states embracing unlocking, a possible third wave has entered in scientific and public discourse. If a third wave of the pandemic hits India, its impact will largely depend on vaccination coverage, which scientists have emphasised in their finding. Is a third wave of Covid-19 expected in India ? New…
Casteism is a highly condemned practice in the society of ours in which people are divided on their background. But do casteism really have any Indian background.Today we will try to bust this myth. Caste is a Portugese word first of all. And it has its root in all the countries around the globe. It…
India is a country of almost 1.6 billion people. Our cultural heritage is older than most civilizations ever documented on earth. India is more than a country, its importance is seen when globally countries are referred to as ‘part’ of the Indian subcontinent. Recently, USA has started to refer western pacific ocean as ‘indo-pacific’ ocean.…
Citizens in developing countries like India are already living in a very overpopulated country. Over 50 per cent of the population struggle to find means to survive, they struggle to get just the basic necessities that include shelter and food. A lot of these third world countries barely get any funding on birth control. In…
Social Change (Intoduction)- The word ‘’change’’ denotes a difference in anything observed over a period of time. Social change, therefore, would mean observable differences in any social phenomena over any period of time. The following are some of its definitions- Jones, ‘’Social change is a term used to describe variations in, or modifications of ,…
Child Labour Employing children below 14 years old age is called child labour. International Convention of the Rights of Child says that employing anybody below 18 years of age would amount to child labour. Children are employed because they are required to do some delicate work which can be done only by children. Apart from…
