THE VALUE OF HEALTH IN LIFE

PHYSICAL HEALTH AFFECTS THE MIND VICE-VERSA.FAMOUS URDU POET MIRZA GHALIB SAID, ''IF YOU ARE NOT POOR, HEALTH IS THE BEST GIFT OF GOD.'' HE MEANS TO SAY THAT A HEALTHY CAN DIGEST WHATEVER HE EATS.IF A MAN IS POOR HE SUFFERS FROM THE PANGS OF HUNGER. ACCORDING TO HINDU DHARAMASHASTRA FOUR  RARE GIFTS FOR MAN ARE- HEALTH, WEALTH , OBEDIENT SONS AND A VIRTUOUS WIFE. WHEN HEALTH IS SO IMPORTANT,WE SHOULD TRY TO PRESERVE IT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE MUST ADOPT A CAREFREE LIFE, A CAREFREE LIFE IS A TONIC; IT MAKES US HEALTHY. A LIFE FULL OF WORRIES IS A CURSE,IT EATS UP ALL THE CHARMS OF LIFE. ACCORDING TO W.H DAVIS[A FAMOUS ENGLISH POET ,''LIFE IS MEANINGLESS, IF IT IS FULL OF CARE.HE HAS RIGHTLY SAID,''WHAT IS THIS LIFE,IF FULL OF CARE; WE HAVE NO TIME TO STAND AND AND STARE.''

GOOD THOUGHTS ARE HEALTH GIVING,SHAKESPEARE WROTE,''EVIL THAT A MAN LIVES AFTER HIM.'' JAMES ALLEN SAID,''KEEP AWAY FROM EVIL IDEAS, DO NOT ENVY OTHERS; NEVER BE HOPELESS; DO GOOD AND BE GOOD.'' SO GOOD THOUGHTS ARE THE SECRET OF HEALTH, WEALTH AND POWER.

THE IMPORTANCE OF GAMES,PHYSICAL EXERCISE CAN NOT BE DENIED, IF A MAN EATS,HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DIGEST IT. IF HE CAN NOT DIGEST HIS FOOD ,HE WILL BE ILL. SO HIS ILLNESS WILL MAKE HIM UNHEALTHY. AS OIL IS NECESSARY FOR THE SMOOTH WORKING OF A MACHINE, SIMILAR IS THE CASE WITH GAMES,AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE. SO WITHOUT CONTENTMENT AND FRUGAL LIFE NONE CAN BE HEALTHY.

HEALTH IN THE WORK PLACE
A SOUND MIND AND A SOUND BODY ARE PRE-REQUISITES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY AND GOOD QUALITY WORK IN AN OFFICE,A FACTORY OR FIELD WHICH LEAD TO A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND FULFILLMENT. OUR HEALTH OF COURSE,IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR US BUT ALSO TO OUR FAMILIES AND EVEN TO OUR EMPLOYERS. NO WONDER THEN THAT EMPLOYERS EVERYWHERE HAVE STAKE IN THE HEALTH AND FITNESS OF THEIR EMPLOYERS AND ARE WILLING TO SPEND CONSIDERABLE MONEY TOWARDS THIS PURPOSE. JAPANESE COMPANIES PARTICULARLY EXCEL IN THIS AND THE MORE SUCCESSFUL AMONG THEM START THE DAY OFF WITH A BODY BENDING AND STRETCHING SESSION AND EVEN SINGING THE COMPANY SONG DESIGNED TO PROMOTE LOYALTY AND MOTIVATION AMONG THE WORKFORCE! THIS IS CONSIDERED  AN IMPORTANT FACTOR CONTRIBUTING PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY. HERE IS A LESSON WHICH HAS BEEN EMULATED ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND COULD WORK WONDERS IN INDIA.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT SOME 20,000 AMERICAN FIRMS HAVE ESTABLISHED IN HOUSE HEALTH CLUBS.TYPICAL OF THESE IS THE MANUFACTURER OF SOFT DRINK-PEPSI,COLA WHO HAVE SPENT ABOUT 2 MILLIONS DOLLARS IN SETTING UP A HEALTH CLUB AT THEIR HEAD OFFICE NEW YORK STATE.  SUCH EXPENDITURE HAS PROVED TO BE A WISE INVESTMENT IN ACHIEVING BETTER EFFICIENCY AND HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY. IT HAS INDIRECTLY HELPED REDUCE THE PREMIUM ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE OF ITS STAFF.THIS BUSINESS HAS GROWN SO LARGE THAT HUNDREDS OF CONSULTANCIES HAVE SPRANG UP FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CLUBS AND FITNESS CENTRES. THOUGH MANY FIRMS IN INDIA HAVE GENEROUS SCHEMES, THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS HEALTH CLUBS AND THE LIKE IS YET TO GATHER MOMENTUM.

DAY AND NIGHT

WE KNOW THAT DAY AND NIGHT ARE CAUSED BY THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH ON ITS AXIS,SO THAT FOR PART OF THE TIME A PLACE ON THE GLOBE FACES TOWARDS THE SUN AND FOR THE REST OF THE TIME IT IS TURNED AWAY FROM IT .
TO EARLY PEOPLE A DAY MEANT THE SPAN OF TIME BETWEEN SUN RISE AND SUN SET . WE STILL USE THE WORD IN THIS WAY TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE PERIOD OF DARKNESS THAT WE CALL NIGHT . BUT AS CIVILIZATION DEVELOPED , IT BECAME NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY DAYS MORE ACCURATELY AND TO WORK OUT WHEN THEY BEGAN AND ENDED .

THE ANCIENT GREEKS MEASURED THEIR DAY FROM SUNSET TO SUNSET . THE ROMANS , UNLIKE THE GREEKS , MEASURED THEIR DAY FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT . MOST MODERN COUNTRIES USE THIS ROMAN METHOD .

BEFORE MECHANICAL CLOCKS WERE INVENTED , PEOPLE DIVIDED THE DAY AND NIGHT INTO 12 HOURS EACH , BUT THIS METHOD PROVED IMPRACTICAL BECAUSE THE LENGTH OF THE DAY DIFFERED WITH THE SEASONS . THE INVENTION OF THE CLOCK HELPED IN DEVELOPING A SYSTEM OF MEASURING TIME THAT IS NOW USED ALMOST EVERYWHERE . UNDER THIS SYSTEM THE DAY LAST FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT . ALTHOUGH WE NO LONGER DIVIDE THE DAY AND NIGHT INTO TWELVE HOURS EACH , WE STILL USE TWO PERIODS OF TWELVE HOURS   EACH . THESE EQUAL HALVES ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THE ABBREVIATIONS A.M [ANTI MERIDIAN  , A LATIN PHRASE MEANING BEFORE MID DAY ] . FOR THE PERIOD FROM TWELVE MIDNIGHT TO TWELVE NOON , AND P.M [ POST MERIDIAN , MEANING AFTER MID DAY ] FOR THE PERIOD FROM TWELVE NOON TO TWELVE MIDNIGHT . OTHER WAYS OF SPLITTING UP THE DAY INCLUDE THE DIVISION INTO MORNING [ FROM MID NIGHT TO NOON ] , AFTER NOON [FROM NOON TO DUSK ] , AND NIGHT [ FROM DUSK TO MIDNIGHT ] . A VARIABLE PERIOD , CALLED THE EVENING , FALLS BETWEEN ABOUT FIVE P.M AND THE END OF TWILIGHT . IT IS HE PERIOD AFTER SUNSET WHEN THE SUN IS ONLY JUST BELOW THE HORIZON . IN SUMMER THE EVENINGS ARE LONGER THAN IN WINTER . 

THE USE OF PAST TENSES

THE PAST INDEFINITE[SIMPLE PAST]
PAST INDEFINITE IS USED  TO DENOTE AN ACTION IN THE PAST; AS,-WE LEARNT ENGLISH AT SCHOOL.  HE KILLED A SNAKE.
TO DENOTE A HABITUAL ACTION IN THE PAST; AS,-HE CAME TO ME EVERY  EVENING.
TO DENOTE AN ACTION GOING ON IN THE PAST; AS,-WHILE THEY DANCED[WERE DANCING]  WE SANG[WERE SINGING].

 THE PAST CONTINUOUS
THE PAST CONTINUOUS IS USED FOR AN ACTION CONTINUING AT A PARTICULAR .TIME OR DURING A PARTICULAR PERIOD IN THE PAST. THE CHIEF INTEREST IS NOT THE TIME OF ACTION, BUT I TS CONTINUITY, AS- WHEN I SAW HIM ,HE WAS PLAYING CHESS. I WAS WRITING A LETTER WHEN HE CAME TO MY HOUSE.
THIS TENSE IS ALSO USED  WITH ALWAYS ,CONTINUALLY, ETC. FOR PERSISTENT ACTIONS OR HABITS IN THE PAST. AS- HE WAS ALWAYS RINGING ME UP. HE WAS ALWAYS TROUBLING HIS PARENTS.

THE  PAST PERFECT TENSE
THE PAST PERFECT IS USED TO EXPRESS AN ACTION COMPLETED BEFORE A CERTAIN  MOMENT IN THE PAST.IT IS USED WHENEVER WE WISH TO SAY THAT SOME ACTION HAD TAKEN PLACE BEFORE ANOTHER WAS BEGUN OR COMPLETED.AS-THE PATIENT HAD DIED BEFORE THE DOCTOR CAME. I HAD FINISHED MY WORK BEFORE EVENING.
THIS TENSE IS ALSO USED TO EXPRESS SOME UNFULFILLED DESIRE.AS-I WISH MY FATHER HAD BEEN .HERE AT THIS TIME. I WISH I HAD WORKED HARDER.
IF THERE ARE TWO ACTIONS TAKING PLACE IN THE PAST- THE ACTION TH AT TOOK PLACE  FIRST IS PUT  IN THE PAST PERFECT TENSE.THE ACTION THAT TOOK PLACE LATER IS PUT IN THE PAST INDEFINITE TENSE.AS,-I HAD  GONE HOME BEFORE IT RAINED.I HAD WRITTEN THE LETTER BEFORE HE ARRIVED.

THE FUTURE INDEFINITE TENSE[SIMPLE FUTURE]
FUTURE INDEFINITE IS USED FOR AN ACTION THAT HAS STILL TO TAKE PLACE; AS,-I SHALL SEE HIM TOMORROW.  THEY WILL GO TO DELHI IN THE MORNING.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
THIS TENSE IS USED TO EXPRESS AN ACTION GOING ON AT SOME POINT IN FUTURE TIME; AS,-I SHALL BE READING THE PAPER ,THEN . THEY WILL BE PLAYING A MATCH  AT THAT TIME.

THE FUTURE PERFECT
THIS TENSE IS USED TO INDICATE THE COMPLETION OF AN ACTION BY A CERTAIN FUTURE TIME; AS,-I SHALL HAVE FINISHED MY HOME WORK BY EVENING WILL HAVE CLEANED THE ROOM BEFORE YOU REACH THERE.

THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
IT IS USED WHEN AN ACTION, STARTED IN THE PAST,IS STILL CONTINUING. AS-HE HAS BEEN READING  ENGLISH FOR TWO YEARS.

THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
IT IS USED TO INDICATE THAT THE ACTIVITY WAS CONTINUOUS AND THAT WAS STILL GOING ON,AT THE NAMED POINT OR PERIOD OF TIME IN THE PAST; AS,-IT HAD BEEN RAINING SINCE MORNING WHEN YOU RANG ME UP.

THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
IT IS USED WHEN AN ACTION IS TO CONTINUE TILL SOME POINT OF TIME IN THE FUTURE.AS- BY  SIX' O CLOCK  I WILL HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR TEN HOURS.

MOHWA [AN IMPORTANT TREE]

THE MOHWA IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT OF INDIAN TREES,NOT FOR ITS TIMBER BUT BECAUSE OF ITS DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIVE FLOWERS. TO THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL INDIA IT PROVIDES THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLE OF FOOD AS THE FLOWERS CAN BE STORED ALMOST INDEFINITELY.

THE MOHWA TREE HAS A LARGE THICK GREY BARK.MOST OF THE LEAVES FALL FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL AND DURING THAT TIME THE SCENTED FLOWERS APPEAR HANGING IN CLOSE BUNCHES OF A DOZEN OR SO.IT IS AT NIGHT THAT THE  TREE BLOOMS AND AT DAWN EACH SHORT-LIVED FLOWER FALLS TO THE GROUND. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THE FLOWERING PERIOD, THE FRUIT OPENS. THEY ARE FLESHY GREEN BERRIES, QUITE LARGE AND CONTAIN FROM ONE TO FOUR SHINY , BROWN SEEDS. THE GATHERING OF THE EDIBLE MOHWA FLOWERS IS AN IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO THE COUNTRY PEOPLE. BELOW THE TREE THE GROUND IS CLEARED AND SWEPT AND DAWN BLOOMS ARE  COLLECTED AND ALLOWED TO DRY OUT ON THE FLATTENED EARTH. THE FLOWERS TASTE SOMETHING LIKE PRESSED FIGS ,SUGAR ,PUDDINGS AND OTHER SWEETMEATS ARE MADE FROM THEM. ALL PARTS OF THE FRUITS,BOTH RIPE AND UNRIPE ARE USED.A THICK OIL IS EXTRACTED FROM  THE KENNELS WHICH BEING YELLOWISH, GIVES IT THE NAME OF BUTTER TREE. THE OIL IS USED FOR COOKING, MAKING SOAP AND CANDLES. ANIMALS PARTICULARLY DEER AND BEARS LOVE THE FLOWERS AND DON'T MIND RISKING THE VIGILANT NIGHT E GUARDS. PEAFOWLS CAN BE SEEN AROUND THE TREES AT SUNSET AND DAWN.
CUT FLOWERS AND BRANCHES EXUDE A THICK MILKY SAP GOOD FOR CURING RHEUMATISM.THE WOOD IS HARD  AND HEAVY,WORKS EASILY AND MAKES GOOD FURNITURE. THE BARK IS USED TO CURE LEPROSY AND TO HEAL WOUNDS. TH E FLOWERS RELIEVE COUGHS, BILIOUSNESS AND HEART TROUBLE AND THE FRUITS CURE CONSUMPTION AND  BLOOD  DISEASES.

THE USE OF PRESENT TENSES

THE USE OF TENSES

THE PRESENT INDEFINITE OR [SIMPLE PRESENT]
IT IS USED TO EXPRESS A HABITUAL ACTION, AS- HE GOES OUT FOR A WALK EVERY
MORNING.  MY WATCH KEEPS GOOD TIME

TO EXPRESS GENERAL TRUTHS; AS.-FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE.  HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.

IN EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES TO EXPRESS WHAT IS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT; AS,- SEE HOW IT RAINS!, HERE COMES THE BUS!

TO INDICATE A FUTURE EVENT , PROVIDED THAT THE FUTURE TIME IS IMPLIED BY THE CONTEXT ; AS ,
HE COMES [ = WILL COME ] IN A FEW DAYS TIME . 
WE GO [ = SHALL GO ] TO SHIMLA NEXT WEEK . 
THEY LEAVE FOR LONDON BY THE NEXT FLIGHT . 
WE SAIL FOR AMERICA NEXT SATURDAY . 

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS 
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS IS USED TO EXPRESS AN ACTION GOING AT THE TIME OF SPEAKING ; AS HE IS WRITING A LETTER . HE IS ALWAYS TELLING LIES .
TO EXPRESS SOME HABITS OR CUSTOMS ; AS , SHE IS WORKING REGULARLY THESE DAYS . HE IS ALWAYS TELLING LIES .
TO INDICATE AN ACTION THAT IS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE ; AS , I AM GOING TO BOMBAY TOMORROW . SHE IS COMING HERE IN THE EVENING .
TO DESCRIBE A TEMPORARY ACTION WHICH MAY NOT BE ACTUALLY GOING ON AT THE TIME OF SPEAKING ; AS , I AM PLAYING CRICKET THESE DAYS . WE ARE LEARNING FRENCH AT SCHOOL .
THE CONTINUOUS TENSE IS CHIEFLY USED  FOR DELIBERATE ACTIONS . SOME VERBS ARE THEREFORE , NOT NORMALLY USED IN THE CONTINUOUS FORM . THEY ARE USED ONLY IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT . THESE ARE AS FOLLOWS
VERB OF SENSES [ FEEL , HEAR , SEE , SMELL , TASTE , NOTICE ]
VERBS EXPRESSING FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS [ WANT , WISH , LOVE , LIKE, HATE , FEAR ,PREFER , REFUSE , HOPE ]
VERBS OF MENTAL ACTIVITY [ AGREE , APPRECIATE , UNDERSTAND , THINK , BELIEVE , KNOW , FORGET , MEAN , SUPPOSE , REMEMBER , MIND ]
VERBS OF POSSESSION [ HAVE , OWN , BELONG TO , POSSESS , OWE , CONTAIN , CONSIST OF ]
THESE VERBS MAY BE USED IN THE CONTINUOUS TENSE IF THE ACTION IS DELIBERATE AS - I AM THINKING OF A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM . I AM MINDING MY NEW BUSINESS .

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE 

THE PRESENT PERFECT IS USED TO DENOTE AN ACTION THAT HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED AS - HE HAS REACHED HOME  SAFELY . HE HAS JUST GONE OUT .  TO DESCRIBE SOME   PAST EVENT THE  PRESENT IMPORTANCE OR EFFECT OF WHICH  IS TO BE EMPHASISED ; AS - HE HAS COME TO MY HOUSE MANY A TIME [ SO IT IS NOTHING STRANGE THAT HE HAS COME AGAIN . THIS DISEASE HAS KILLED MANY CHILDREN [ AND SO SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT IT ] .

 TO EXPRESS SOME PAST EXPERIENCE WHOSE TIME IS NOT GIVEN ; AS - MY FATHER HAS WORKED WITH GANDHIJI . I HAVE STUDIED IN THIS SCHOOL . 
TO REPRESENT A PAST ACTION AS CONTINUING TO THE PRESENT ; AS - WE HAVE LIVED HERE 10 YEARS [ WE ARE STILL LIVING HERE ] . HE HAS BEEN ILL SINCE LAST WEEK [ HE IS STILL NOT WELL ] . 
SO THE PRESENT PERFECT , SINCE IT DENOTES PRESENT TIME , CANNOT BE QUALIFIED BY AN ADVERB OR PHRASE DENOTING PAST TIME . AS WE CAN'T SAY - HE HAS COME YESTERDAY . WE SHOULD SAY HE CAME YESTERDAY .

EL NINO

EL NINO[THE COMMON NAME GIVEN TO AN UNUSUALLY WARM OCEAN CURRENT THAT RUNS ALONG THE SHORES OF SOME TROPICAL COUNTRIES]

TIME WAS WHEN PEOPLE LOOKED HEAVENWARD AND PRAYED,''YE GODS, GIVE US RAIN,KEEP DROUGHT AWAY.'' TODAY, THERE ARE THOSE WHO PRAY,'GIVE US RAIN,KEEP' EL NINO' AWAY''.
EL NINO AND ITS ATMOSPHERIC EQUIVALENT, CALLED THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION,ARE ALTOGETHER REFERRED TO AS 'ENSO', AND ARE HOUSEHOLD WORDS TODAY. METEOROLOGISTS RECOGNISE IT AS OFTEN BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR NATURAL DISASTER WORLDWIDE. BUT THIS WISDOM DAWNED ONLY AFTER COUNTRIES SUFFERED,FIRST FROM THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE,AND THEN FROM THE LACK OF CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN POLICY-MAKING AND THE ADVANCES IN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
PUT SIMPLE,  EL NINO IS A WEATHER EVENT RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN
 TROPICAL SHORES , ESPECIALLY THE PERUVIAN COAST.THE EVENT HAS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE IMPACTS ON THE LAND AND SEA.THE PERUVIAN SHORE IS A DESERT.BUT EVERY FEW YEARS, AN UNUSUALLY WARM OCEAN CURRENT-EL NINO-WARMS UP THE NORMALLY COLD SURFACE -WATERS OFF THE PERUVIAN COAST,COAST, CAUSING VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE EARLY HALF OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN ,MIRACULOUSLY THE DESERT IS MATTED GREEN. CROPS LIKE COTTON,COCONUTS AND BANANAS GROW ON THE OTHERWISE BARREN LAND.THESE ARE THE PERUVIAN', ''ANOS DE ABUNDENCIA,'' OR YEARS OF ABUNDANCE. THE CURRENT HAD COME TO BE TERMED EL NINO, OR THE CHRIST CHILD, BECAUSE IT USUALLY APPEARS AS AN ENHANCEMENT OF A MILDLY WARM CURRENT THAT NORMALLY OCCURS HERE AROUND EVERY CHRISTMAS.
BUT THIS BOON ON LAND IS ACCOMPANIED BY OCEANIC DISASTERS.NORMALLY THE WATERS OFF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COAST ARE AMONG THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF A CONSTANT UPSWELLING  OF NUTRIENT RICH COLD WATERS FROM THE OCEAN DEPTHS. DURING AN EL NINO, HOWEVER WATERS ARE STIRRED UP  ONLY FROM NEAR THE SURFACE.THE NUTRIENT-CRUNCH PUSHES DOWN PRIMARY PRODUCTION,DISRUPTING THE FOOD CHAIN.MANY MARINE SPECIES ,INCLUDING ANCHOVETA[ANCHOVIES],TEMPORARILY DISAPPEAR.
THIS IS JUST ONE DAMNING EFFECT OF EL NINO. OVER THE YEARS ITS FULL IMPACT HAS BEEN STUDIED ,AND WHAT THE PERUVIANS ONCE REGARDED AS ''MANNA'' IS NOW SEEN AS A MAJOR THREAT.

IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION

IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION 

THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IS FAST CHANGING IN INDIA . WOMEN ARE GIVEN EQUAL RIGHTS WITH MEN AND THEY HAVE STARTED TAKING THEIR PLACE IN THE SOCIETY . THEY ARE MARCHING AHEAD IN LIFE WITH APPRECIABLE SPEED . THEY ARE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART IN SHAPING OUR COUNTRY TO CARRY IT TO THE 21ST CENTURY . THEY ARE EQUAL PARTNERS TO PULL ON THE FAMILIES . A CART HAS TWO WHEELS , A CART CAN NOT WORK WELL UNLESS BOTH THE WHEELS WORK WELL . WOMEN ARE NO LONGER REGARDED AS MERELY PUPPETS IN THE FOUR WALLS OF THEIR HOUSES  AS THEY USE TO DO IN THE PAST .

NAPOLEON ONCE SAID GIVE ME GOOD MOTHERS AND I WILL GIVE GOOD NATION .THINKERS HAVE SAID THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE IS THE HAND THAT RULES THE WORLD . PRESIDENT LINCOLN HAS SAID I AM WHAT MY MOTHER MADE ME . PLATO WROTE , GOD COULD NOT BE EVERYWHERE AND THEREFORE HE MADE MOTHERS. SUCH IS THE IMPORTANCE  OF THE PART PLAYED BY WOMEN .

OUR CONSTITUTION IS DEMOCRATIC , INDIA IS A REPUBLIC . OUR CONSTITUTION IS BASED ON EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE .  NOW WOMEN ARE EQUAL TO MEN IN THE EYES OF LAW . IN PANCHAYAT ,  MUINCIPALITY , AND CORPORATION , RESERVATION OF SEATS HAS BEEN MADE  FOR THEM . IN LEGISLATURES AND PARLIAMENT THEY HAVE GOT RESERVATION ALSO . MODERN WOMEN HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE . SAROJINI NAIDU , VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDIT , INDIRA GANDHI , KALPANA CHAWLA AND MOTHER TERESA ARE THE IMMORTAL NAMES IN THE HISTORY OF INDIA .

WOMEN IN INDIA ARE GETTING EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING . NO DISTINCTION IS MADE NOW IN RESPECT OF THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS . THEY ARE BEING TRAINED FOR MEDICINE , FOR ENGINEERING , FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY , FOR BANKING AND FOR ALL OTHER FIELDS . EDUCATED GIRLS ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE LIFE OF A HOUSEWIFE AND ARE BECOMING CAREER - CONSCIOUS . COOKING , SEWING AND EMBROIDERY ARE NO LONGER TO THEIR TASTE . WOMEN NOW ARE WORKING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH MAN IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE . THEY ARE WORKING AS DOCTORS , LAWYERS , JUDGES , POLICE OFFICERS AND HAVE ENTERED MILITARY . BUT IN MY OPINION WOMEN MAKE VERY GOOD TEACHERS AS THEY ARE GIFTED WITH A NATURAL UNDERSTANDING OF CHILD AND YOUTH PSYCHOLOGY  . BEING MOTHERS THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF GROWING CHILDREN . THEY CAN EASILY WIN THEIR LOVE AND CONFIDENCE . THERE FORE WOMEN CAN PROVE SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR TEACHERS AND TEACHING IS ALSO A LEISURE PROFESSION AS ARTS OF WORK SHORTER THAN IN ANOTHER PROFESSIONS , AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF HOLIDAYS , THUS THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD DUTIES AND THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE IN ANY OTHER PROFESSION .

ANOTHER IDEAL CAREER FOR WOMEN IS NURSING . IN INDIA PEOPLE ARE PREJUDICED AGAINST THIS PROFESSION BUT IN WESTERN COUNTRIES THIS IS REGARDED AS FULLY RESPECTABLE . BUT CONDITIONS ARE CHANGING FAST AND WOMEN ARE GOING TO THIS PROFESSION IN AN EVER INCREASING NUMBERS . ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR TENDERNESS AND CARE WOMEN ARE SUCCESSFUL AS NURSES . THE INBORN GIFTS  OF LOVE , SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING MAKE WOMEN SUITABLE FOR BOTH THESE PROFESSIONS . BOTH THE JOBS REQUIRE A LARGE FUND OF TOLERANCE WHICH IS NATURALLY PRESENT IN WOMEN .  NATURE HAS MADE THEM MOTHERS AND CONSEQUENTLY GOOD TEACHERS AS WELL AS NURSES . 

SCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF MAN AND MIRACLES OF SCIENCE .

SCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF MAN AND MIRACLES OF SCIENCE . 

OURS IS THE AGE OF SCIENCE . IT HAS DONE MUCH FOR US . IT HAS MADE RAPID PROGRESS IN THE MODERN AGE . IT HAS CHANGED OUR WAYS OF LIVING AND THINKING . IT HAS CURTAILED SPACE AND TIME . THERE IS NO SPACE OF LIFE WHERE SCIENCE HAS NOT INFLUENCED US , TODAY THE WORLD IS NOT WHAT IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO . SCIENCE LEADS US TO COMFORT AND HAPPINESS . IT HAS GIVEN US ELECTRICITY WHICH IS VERY USEFUL IN OUR DAILY LIFE . IT DOES A LOT OF USEFUL WORKS AND SERVES US  IN MANY WAYS . THE INVENTION OF ELECTRICITY HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED OUR WORLD . THE ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRICITY ARE MANY AND OF VARIOUS KINDS . WHEN WE LOOK TOWARDS CITIES , WE FIND THE CITY LIFE HAS NO CHARM WITHOUT IT . IT IS USED IN OFFICES , TRAINS ARE RUN BY IT , A JOURNEY BY TRAIN IS CHEAP AND QUICK . IT IS ALSO VERY USEFUL BECAUSE TELEGRAMS , TELEPHONE , HEATERS , BULBS , TALKIES , COMPUTERS , MACHINES ETC. CANNOT WORK IN ITS ABSENCE . THE ROLE OF ELECTRICITY IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIES AND AGRICULTURE IS ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT . IN THE MEDICAL SPHERE , HUMAN BODY  CAN BE ANALYSED AND DISEASES CAN BE EXAMINED BY MEANS OF X-RAYS . DUE TO ELECTRICITY SCIENCE HAS LESSENED HUMAN PAIN AND SUFFERING A LOT . CANCER IS NO LONGER AS FATAL AS BEFORE . SO IT  IS NO LONGER NECESSARY TO SUFFER THE MISERIES OF DISEASES FOR A LONG TIME . SO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ENUMERATE ALL THE USES TO WHICH ELECTRICITY CAN BE PUT. OUR COMFORT CONVENIENCE AND PROSPERITY DEPEND ON IT . IT HAS BECOME SO COMMON IN OUR DAILY LIFE THAT WE CANNOT THINK OUR WORLD PERFECT WITHOUT IT .HENCE ELECTRICITY IS THE SINGLE MOST VALUABLE GIFT IF SCIENCE TO MANKIND . MACHINES HAVE SAVED US FROM UNNECESSARY TOIL. THEY HAVE SAVED OUR TIME AND ENERGY . THEY DO ALL KINDS OF WORKS FOR US . THE WORK THAT WAS USED TO BE DONE BY HANDS IN THE PAST IS NOW BEING DONE BY MACHINES . THESE ARE DUE TO THE HARD AND CONTINUOUS WORK OF THE SCIENTIST WE ARE INDEBTED TO THEM . IT HAS CONQUERED THE FORCES OF NATURE . IT HAS MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS POSSIBLE . IT HAS GIVEN US POWERS  FIT FOR THE GODS .

BUT SCIENCE IS NOT WITHOUT IS ABUSES . IT HAS GIVEN US POWERS OF A DEVIL , IT HAS GIVEN US DEADLY POWERS . NOW WE HAVE DESTRUCTED WEAPONS  LIKE ATOM BOMBS AND HYDROGEN BOMBS . DEATH RAYS , NITROGEN BOMBS AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAN WIPE OUT HUMANITY FROM THE WORLD. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE HAS BECOME A MANIC TO OVER CIVILIZATION . THE MACHINES ENHANCE CAPITALISM . THEY ARE THE BASIS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE MAIN CAUSE OF UNEMPLOYMENT . THEY HAD GIVEN RISE TO MANY ECONOMICAL , POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE WORLD . IT HAS MADE US  MATERIALISTIC . NOW WE DO NOT CARE FOR GOOD OR EVIL AND WE ARE ATTACHED TO THE WORLD AND CRAVE FOR POWER AND MONEY . THE SCIENCE HAS MADE US FORGET SOUL AND MORAL VALUES .

ON THE WHOLE WE CAN SAY THAT SCIENCE IS NEUTRAL . IT IS NEITHER GOOD OR BAD . IT DOES GOOD TO MANKIND  IF IT IS USED PROPERLY . BUT IT WILL HARM US IF IT IS MISUSED .IF IT COSTS OUR SOUL AND GOD , WE OURSELVES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT . SO SHAKESPEARE WAS PERFECTLY RIGHT WHEN HE SAID 'THERE IS NOTHING GOOD OR BAD IN THE WORLD BUT THINKING MAKES ITS SO '. HENCE A JUDICIOUS USE OF SCIENCE IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR .