Sociology

Drug abuse is a psychiatric, psychological and social problem affecting the youth of the country. It ruins the individual and the society in manifold ways—socially, physically, culturally, emotionally and economi-cally. Acting on the brain, the drug spawns a wide range of disorders like fear, anxiety and a sense of insecurity in the human mind.There are […]

Children constitute 36 per cent of India’s population and it is a national shame that bulk of them still suffer from malnutrition, poverty, disease, cruel exploitation through forced child labour and beggary and on top of all, illiteracy. Hundreds of thousands of children roam the streets without homes or families to go back to and

There is no denying that remarkable progress has been achieved in the realms of science and technology, particularly medicine, information technology, communications, infrastructure deve-lopment, food production, speciality hospitals in the cities, etc. Yet medicare for the millions of poor and the lower middle class families still remain a luxury. Millions of people are still trapped

We are living in an endangered environment caused by our progress and folly—a world, we thought, just belonged to us and none else. And we are paying a dear price with nature reacting violently around the world. You can’t obviously rape Nature and get away with it. You are getting back in your own coin.Regions

The constitution of India declares India as a secular state. Every citizens of the country is free to profess and practise the religion of his/her choice. Yet communalism and casteism are two serious problem confronted by Indian society and Indian political system.CommunalismIndia is a vast country where people belonging to many religion live. Some of

Man is social animal. He is born and develops in society. For the development of his personality, certain facilities are necessary which he gets from society and the state. These facilities are known as rights. In other words, rights are those conditions of social life which are necessary for the development of an individual. Democratic

We find different people engaged in different activities to earn their living. These activities are concerned with the production and exchange of good and services. Farmers, workers, shop-keepers, manufacturers, teachers, doctor, lawyers, chartered accountants, etc. performs their own piece of work. All of us are concerned with one or the other activity to earn certain

Minerals and Power resources occupy a very important place in our life as machines, ships, ornaments, building, coins and many other things which are associated with the modern civilized life are made of minerals with the help of power. In other words, power resources help turn minerals into finished goods. But no nation has within

Water is another prime natural resources after land resources. It is life in itself. Besides various uses of water, it is importantly used in irrigation as India is an agricultural country. Use of water in irrigation gives an impetus to extend our cultivable area and also productivity of agriculture in the country.Rainfall in IndiaIndia is

Agriculture includes raising of crops, animal rearing, animal husbandry and fishing. Agriculture and farming are synonymous to each other.Types of FarmingPhysical elements such as climate, relief, soil, human factors such as density of population, technological development, traditions, social, economic and political factors have great impact on the farming practices, production methods and cropping pattern.Plantation Agriculture

In early times, crores of years before Earth remained a barren planet of the Solar System. But afterwards, due to reasons still unknown life evolved in the saline waters of the oceans. The first form of life was in the from of plants. It is because of this reason that life began with the evolution

All types of organism including man are born, flourish, mature and at last meet their end on land. Land provides them all necessaries of life-food, clothing and shelter. Without land no organism can survive, even their existence cannot be dreamt without land. Hence land is very useful to us. Nature has provided land to us.

Congenial and favourable environment is a must for flourishment of life. In other words, we can say that life and environment are inseparable from each other and they are very closely related. Physical environment and all types life in a given area form ecosystem. Plants and animals interact with their environment. Human beings differ from

Fairs and festival as well as Pilgrimages and Yatras are some of the noteworthy living aspects of Indian cultural heritage. We will discuss here these aspects in brief.Fairs and FestivalsIndia is called a land of fairs and festivals. Since ancient time till date we celebrate one or the other festival every month or fair is

India is a great country. She is very rich in natural heritage. Hers natural heritage is very diverse also. To know natural heritage of India study of her landscape area, location and major geographical of physical divisions, rivers and other resources of water is necessary.Landscape of IndiaThe Indian sub-continent is a well-defined land with natural