Sample 1: 

‘Corruption in India’

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

It is not easy to define corruption. But in a narrow sense, corruption is mostly concerned with “bribery” and it takes several forms. Corruption today is a world-wide phenomenon and India is one of the most corrupt nations in the world.

Corruption is an indication of decadence. A corrupt person is termed immoral and dishonest. Only a person with greatly eroded values indulges in corruption.

The problem with corruption is that it threatens the very existence of the society . Corruption is like a leech draining the blood of the society. The worst part is that it affects every part of human life: the flourishing black market in essential commodities, adulteration of even food, bribe, fraud and economic, political and administrative manipulations etc. have made the people feel greatly miserable and helpless.

We can trace corruption to ancient times. Kautilya, the author of the Arthasastra pointed out corruption of his times. He also talked about the inevitability of corruption. He had said, “Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey or the poison that finds itself at the tip of the tongue, so it is impossible for a government servant not to eat up at least a bit of the king’s revenue. These in the postwar world became only bolder while eating up government money and accepting bribes.

Today, although India is free, the government officials have enslaved the general public with their corruption. Most of them are hand in gloves with businessmen and thus the whole system is corrupt. What starts at the top percolates down to the lowest rungs of the society. It has thus become widespread even in villages.

The situation is so bad that it looks like India will never get rid of corruption.

Sample 2: 

‘Secular State’

We all know that India is a secular State, and that a secular state has nothing to do with religion; but, what exactly does this mean. Secularism, if properly implemented, can control extremism, religious bigotry and other negative forces.

As said above, a secular state does not recognize any religion, which means a secular State, in essence, should not discriminate against any a citizen belonging to any religion.

Earlier things were different; even a hundred years ago in India, people were discriminated against based on religion, faith, caste, etc. There were many such undemocratic, non-secular things in existence. This led to the persecution of people. The harassed would leave their homeland, their country and suffer a lot. This was also true of the world in general. Parsis, for instance, came to India from Iran.

Now, thankfully, that is a thing of the past. Due to great thinkers, philosophers and scholars, things have changed. Politics and the government are being kept away from religion. These days almost all the civilized countries are secular.

That does not mean religions are banned. Everyone has a right to follow whatever faith he or she wants. The only thing is that, the government is neutral in this regard. This is because, if religious ceremonies are encouraged openly, the government will come to be identified with a particular religion. India is a good example in this regard. Though Hindus form a large majority, no Hindu festival is State sponsored.

Secularism in the State has, thus, extreme importance. A society tends to be equal, homogeneous and peaceful with secularism.

Sample 3:

How to control population explosion in India?

As we all know, we Indians have the dubious distinction of being the second most populated country in the world. And, very soon we will be ranked number one in terms of population. Well, that’s not a cause for celebration!

A large population is a liability and not an asset. In our country, population explosion is the main obstacle to the development in all aspects. Since this problem is getting severe by the day, it is better to take appropriate measures to keep it under control before it is too late.

Unlike what most people think, population is not an advantage in any manner. Demographic history of various advanced countries shows that there is an inverse relationship between a country’s overall happiness and the country’s birth rate. When per-capita income increases, people don’t desire more children in order to supplement their income. In other words, with increase in per-capita income, people feel more secure and do not want to depend on their children. Therefore, rapid economic development is very much essential to control the already high birth rate. However, this increase in per-capita income will have its positive impact on birth rate after a period of time.

In the Indian society we have joint family system. In joint families, in general a high birth rate is encouraged. Hence this joint family has to be replaced by nucleur family. A nucleur family is generally found in an urbanized and industrialized economies. Hence our efforts should be to industrialize and urbanize our economy to reduce the high birth rate and thereby control the population growth.

Sample 4: 

‘Science in everyday life’

Science is a part of our everyday life. In its broadest meaning science means ‘knowledge’. And, as knowledge, it had entered life of even the most primitive human beings. They knew, in protein and carbohydrate and containing vitamins. The result is a healthy prolonged life. One can imagine how life must have been in pre-scientific days. Science has also improved clothing and made it more appropriate for climatic and working conditions. Man-made fibers and versatile spinning machines, today enable us to dress in clothes both comfortable and smart without being expensive.

We can’t think of our everyday life without science. For instance, the safe from the poisonous berry. They knew some rudimentary ideas about building a hut, sharpening a spear, and fishing in the river. This is what is science which distinguishes man from the animals which rely on their instinct.

Yet, for most people ‘science’ means a number of abstract subjects such as physics, chemistry, biology and mechanics, to quote a few, which have to be learnt as part of ‘education’, yet which seem to have little bearing on everyday living. This is all wrong. Our way of life is completely dependent on science and its inventions and discoveries surround us on all sides.

Since the Renaissance science has b in protein and carbohydrate and containing vitamins. The result is a healthy prolonged life. One can imagine how life must have been in pre-scientific days. Science has also improved clothing and made it more appropriate for climatic and working conditions. Man-mo the present.

Today, we have many consumer goods from the simple frying-pan to the and aeroplane, from the alarm-clock to the laptop. All these things serve to make life easier and more pleasant. Science gives us safe food, free of harmful germs, in hygienic tins. The result is a healthy prolonged life. One can imagine how life must have been in pre-scientific days. Science has also improved clothing and made it more appropriate for climatic and working conditions.

We can’t think of our everyday life without science.