Contemporary Essays Dr. Madani Mohiuddin Ahmad Ex. Senior Lecturer (JMI), N. Delhi. ACADEMIC (INDIA) PUBLISHERS 508, Rattan Jyoti Building, 18, Rajendra Place New Delhi-110008 (India) Published by : ACADEMIC (INDIA) PUBLISHERS 508, Rattan Jyoti Building, 18, Rajendra Place New Delhi-110008 Ph. : 25742171, 25812181 E-mail : [email protected] Revised Edition : 2015 Copyright © Madani Ahmad All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or means without the written permission of the publisher. Anybody doing so shall face legal action. Disclamer The material compiled in the book has been collected from various sources. The author/publisher accepts no responsebelity or libality from use of the information contained here in. Price : Rs. 195.00 CONTENTS Current Issues: National 1. Indian Secularism ..............................................................1 2. Electoral Reforms ..............................................................5 3. Unemployment Problem in India ................................. 10 4. The Second Freedom Struggle ....................................... 13 5. Minority or Majority—A Political Analysis .................. 27 6. Defence and Security Challenges................................... 21 7. Child Labour .................................................................. 26 8. Panchayati Raj ................................................................ 30 9. Empowering the Indian Women ................................... 34 10. The Problem of Poverty.................................................. 39 11. Power Famine in India.................................................... 43 12. Primary Education in India ........................................... 46 13. Feeding the Hungry Billions.......................................... 50 14. Population Trends in India............................................. 52 15. Removal of Rural Poverty ............................................... 56 16. Use of Technology in Education .................................... 59 17. Universal Elementary Education ................................... 62 18. Higher Education in India and Abroad ........................ 66 19. Status of Women ........................................................... 69 20. Learning English through Distance Mode.................... 72 21. UGC—Higher Education—Employability .................. 74 22. Terrorism in India .......................................................... 77 23. Road Accidents ............................................................... 82 24. The Problem of Insurgency ........................................... 86 25. Unity in Diversity .......................................................... 88 26. 67 Years of Indian Independence .................................. 92 27. World’s Largest Democracy ........................................... 95 28. Global Currency ............................................................. 99 29. India and the Global Economy ................................... 102 30. Economic Reforms ....................................................... 105 31. Tourism in India........................................................... 110 4 / CONTENTS 32. Indian Railways ............................................................ 113 33. Infrastructure in India .................................................. 116 34. Food Grain Production in India .................................. 121 35. Advertisement ............................................................... 123 36. Renewable Sources of Energy ...................................... 128 37. Banking in India........................................................... 131 38. Railway Accidents: Causes and Remedies ................... 134 39. India’s Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ....... 139 40. India Goes Nuclear....................................................... 141 41. Internet Accessibility .................................................... 148 42. India’s Missile Options ................................................ 151 43. Indian Space Exploration ............................................. 154 44. India: The Emerging Power ......................................... 159 45. Empowering Women ................................................... 161 46. Globalization of the Indian Economy ......................... 166 47. Globalization versus Indian Small-scale Industries ..... 170 48. Role of Women ............................................................. 173 49. Jan Lokpal Bill .............................................................. 175 50. Poverty Eradication Programs ...................................... 176 51. Abolishing Child Labour ............................................. 178 52. Indian Strategy of Planning Since 1951 ..................... 180 53. Digitization in the Indian Metroes ............................. 183 54. India’s Dependence on Energy Supply ....................... 185 55. Safety of Women in India ........................................... 188 56. Price Hike and the Common Indian ........................... 191 57. Anna’s Lokpal vs. Government Lokpal......................... 194 58. Effects of Technology .................................................... 199 59. Rising Population: a Myriad Problems ....................... 201 60. India: the Future Super Power ..................................... 204 61. Crisis of Indian Agriculture ......................................... 209 62. Right and Duties Go Together .................................... 213 63. Indian Judiciary System ............................................... 215 64. Revolutions: White, Blue and Green .......................... 218 65. Communal Violence Prevention Bill ........................... 222 CONTENTS / 5 66. Justice Delayed is Justice Denied................................. 224 67. Communal Harmony and the Internal Security ......... 227 68. Poor-rich Gap in India ................................................. 229 69. India’s Rural and Social Transformation ...................... 231 70. Making of Telangana Issue ........................................... 233 71. Opinion and Exit Poll: Necessary or Not? .................. 240 72. Food Security Bill ......................................................... 245 73. Land Acquisition Bill - Boon or Bane? ........................ 250 74. Sexual Harassment at Workplace ................................. 253 75. India’s Mars Mission .................................................... 257 76. India’s Dependence on Energy Supply ....................... 261 77. Bihar Mid-day Meal Tragedy....................................... 266 78. Slowdown of Indian Economy and Improvement ...... 270 79. Maoists, Terrorists and Anti-national Activities .......... 275 80. Mixing of Sports and Politics ....................................... 278 81. Changing the Pattern of Civil Services Exam .............. 282 82. Crimes Against Women................................................ 284 83. Indian People Vs. Price Hike ....................................... 288 84. Foreign Direct Investment ........................................... 292 85. Indian Labour Law ....................................................... 294 86. Coal Allocation Scam ................................................... 299 87. Discovery of Higgs Boson ............................................ 302 88. INS Vikramaditya War Ship to our Indian Navy ....... 303 89. Setting up of National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) ........................................................................ 305 90. Increasing Demand of Electricity ................................ 310 91. Union Budget and Adhar Scheme ............................... 312 92. Collapse of Kingfisher Airlines ..................................... 314 93. 2G Scam ....................................................................... 317 94. Rahul Gandhi’s Entry into Politics.............................. 319 95. Has Corruption Haunted India’s Growth?.................. 320 96. India as the next Global Leader ................................... 324 97. Dirty Scams in India .................................................... 328 98. Cash for Vote Scam....................................................... 331 6 / CONTENTS International 1. Obama’s Visit to India ................................................. 335 2. Has Globalization Transformed International Politics? 337 3. Terrorism and its Effect on International Relations .... 341 4. Non-Aligned Movement .............................................. 344 5. Human Rights .............................................................. 348 6. SAARC Summit ............................................................ 352 7. India and CTBT ........................................................... 356 8. Global Water Crisis ...................................................... 359 9. The Euro’s Role ............................................................ 365 10. Indo-US Relation ......................................................... 370 11. Face of War or Terrorism ............................................. 372 12. Are We Headed Towards the Ice Age? ......................... 376 13. The Nuclear Option .................................................... 379 14. BIMSTEC..................................................................... 382 15. Globalization and its Ill-Effects ................................... 388 16. Role of Media in the Modern World .........................