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An education system of a country is a reflection of how the country shall be in few years down the line. A firm and grounded education system can make a country move from being a developing country to a developed country. A good education system can work as a step towards reducing income inequality.
It is a tragic misunderstanding to think that Jainism is an offshoot of Hinduism. The reference about Rsabha Deva, the first Tirthanker is found in the Vedas. Jainism and Buddhism are two streams of rebellion thought against the Vedic ritualism involving animal sacrifice and the Varnasharam and cast system based on birth. The emphasis on ethical conduct specially non-violence and non-profession are precious gift of the Jainism to the whole ...
The kingdoms and empires rolled down beneath the wheals of history but Indian culture has survived the ravages of time. The great Roman empire, the ancient city of Greece, the pyramids of Egypt and many places of antiquity in China remind us of the greatness of the respective world civilization and culture. The greatness of Indian culture however does not lie in the grandeur and splendor of palaces and courts but in the hermitages of saints and sages who silently ...
Gandhian vision is meaningless without Gandhian Mission. Gandhism is not an arm-chair philosophy but an action-ideology for non-violent social change. War has lost its dynamics and violence is becoming out of date. If we cannot evolve a moral equivalent of war and an alternative model of non-violent polity, economics, pedagogy, Gandhism is bound to be looked upon as a museum-piece of ideology. Spiritualisation of politics is not an outdated mediaval religious ...
Whether Gandhi is called the Man of the 21st Century of a Man of the Millennium it is an irrelevant. Infact he is "man beyond the millennium", along with socrates, Buddha, Jesus and other prophets of humanity. Gandhi's uniqueness lies in the fact that he was a saint among politicians and a statesman among saints. The new millennium needs a leader who is both a saint and a fighter. But his saintliness is not meant only for his own salvation but for the ...
The years 2002-2003 being the century year of Jaya Prakash Narayan have witnessed valuable additions to J.P.’s biographical sketches, ideological and critical monographs as well the enlightened readers. J.P.did not write or just the sake of writing but for solving practical problems of social, political and cultural transformation. Human life is not like a watertight compartment. So also J.P.’s ideas are multi-disciplinary and integralist in character. Like ...
Economic development is a dynamic process whereby the real per capita income of a country rises over a long period of time, and distribution of justice is secured by introducing the major changes in social, cultural, economic, technical structures, popular attitudes and national institutions as well as the acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality and the eradication of absolute poverty and also by making the optimum use of available resources ...