942 Words Essay on Accountability of Judiciary

Government
Legislature, executive and judiciary are said to be the three pillars of democracy. Some people even believe that judiciary is the protector of democracy. For the last many years judiciary has upheld the true values of justice in India. But now, it appears that this strong pillar is shaking.The judges-worshipped like gods and thought to be incorruptible-are facing charges of corruption, manipulation and immoral practices.The Chief Justice of India, Justice K.G. Balakrishnan has asked the Chief Justice of High Courts to follow a judicial resolution and declare their assets. He has also circulated a restatement of values of judicial life-a 16-point set of guidelines on ‘do’s and don’ts for judges’ among all the judges-to make judiciary clean, strong and worthy of respect. Image Source : pakinside.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The apex judicial…
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Short Notes on Gray's Interpretation on Travel Motivation

Culture
Gray’s Interpretation on Travel Motivation are given below:As maintained by Gray (1970), one can ascribe two vital and well-defined purposes for pleasure travel: Wanderlust and Sunlust. He goes on to define wanderlust as “that basic trait in human nature which causes some individuals to want to leave things with which they are familiar and to go and see at first hand different existing cultures and places, or the relics of past cultures in places famous for their historical associations, ruins and monuments. ADVERTISEMENTS: The desire to travel may not be a permanent one, but merely a desire to exchange temporarily the known, work-a-day things of home for something which is exotic”.Sunlust, by and large focusing on the attractiveness and pull of the sun, sand and sea, in contrast, “generates a…
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1085 Words Essay on Scientific and Technological Developments

Music
The 19th and 20th centuries were marked by great scientific and technological developments. These developments encompassed many different fields like transportation, communication, manufacturing, education, trade, health care and others.The life of people has become quite comfortable with these scientific innovations as various types of machines have begun to perform complex tasks for them.There was a time when man used to walk long distances to reach other places for trade and other pursuits. The invention of wheel enabled him to make hand-driven and animal driven carts to transport various types of goods to different destinations. Image Source : d3pr5r64n04s3o.cloudfront.net ADVERTISEMENTS: With the invention of petrol and the engines that could be used it as fuel came different types of vehicles. Cars, trucks, buses, bikes and other road transport means started being…
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1344 Words Essay on Change is the Law of Nature

Music
In one of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poems, the brave and bold fighter McArthur is seriously wounded and is about to die. His General Bedivere feels sad and asks him what they would do without him. McArthur says: “Old order changes, yielding place to new.” Since then the line has become an adage as it contains the great reality of life-change is the law of nature.All the manifestations of nature-sun, moon, stars, trees, oceans, mountains, rivers, animals and birds undergo change. In the cosmic world, the heavenly bodies appear to us permanent and unchangeable. But, even they are liable to change. Space scientists have established that stars, even galaxies are born and they die.The black holes gobble up the stars. The planets that revolve around the stars undergo certain changes in…
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1212 Words Essay on Science in the Service of Man

Industry
The gifts of science can be felt in every walk of life. Its services to humanity are immiscible. Science and its wonders appear to be unalloyed blessing. It impacts can be felt in all spheres of life, namely health care, education, communications, agriculture, industry, etc.It has made our life longer, easier and comfortable. Moreover, it has brought about a change in our outlook. Undoubtedly, science has revolutionised our life. Practically, no field of our activity is untouched by the impact of science.The phenomenal development of modern technology and the spectacular successes of researchers in various branches of science are the bases of all those remarkable things which have sprung from the brains of our scientists. In fact these brains are the perennial source of the miraculous wonders which appeared in…
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Distinction between Traveler, Visitor, Tourist, Excursionist and Transit Visitor/Transient

Sociology
Distinction between Traveler, Visitor, Tourist, Excursionist and Transit Visitor/Transient are given below: The Traveller: The appellation traveller is generic in the sense that it is relevant to any form of movement of a person irrespective of the distance travelled i.e., ranging from a small distance of only few kilometers to an immigrant going for long-haul travel with the purpose of seeking employment or even to move to the place visited.That is, the term refers to a person travelling from place to place without any consideration of his motive, duration of stay, the remunerative activity involved or not or return to the place of origin. Image Source: nunomad.com The Visitor: A visitor is also a traveller who sojourns a place or country ordinarily outside his typical beat area for non-immigration and…
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Short Essay on Tourist

Industry
The word ‘tourist‘ is believed to have been stemmed from Latin word ‘TORNUS’ which means a tool for describing a circle or a turner’s wheel. In the sense of the word of origin, tourist is a person who undertakes a circular trip, i.e., ultimately comes back to the place from where he sets about his journey.As late as 1643, the term was first put to use for describing persons travelling from place to place, effecting an excursion, performing a journey and during the course of that visiting a number of places in a region or in an order. In the 17th and early 18th century, the English, the Germans, and others travel on a Grand Tour of the continent came to be recognized as tourists.Around the early nineteenth century, the…
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3 Important Elements of Tourism

Industry
The model comprises of three basic elements are as follows: Elements (1) Tourists: The tourist is the key player in this system. Tourism, in fact, is a human experience, enjoyed, anticipated and recalled by a lot as a historic and/or life time aspect. Therefore, defining the tourist and its classification turns out to be equally relevant. Image Source: i.huffpost.com (2) Geographical Elements: Leiper describes three main geographical elements in his system’s model. These are: ADVERTISEMENTS: (i) Traveller-generating region(ii) Tourist destination region(iii) Transit route region ADVERTISEMENTS: The traveller-generating region (TGR) exemplifies the area breeding markets for tourism, and practically acts as the ‘push’ force to motivate and stimulate i.e., set off and encourage travel.It is this region where the tourist tries to seek information, goes for reservations and makes the departure.…
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262 Words Essay on the importance of National Integration

Languages
India is a multi-racial and multi religious country. It is a purist State. It is a secular country where the people of all religions worship, without any let or hindrance, according to their religious practices, though subject to law and order. Geographically and linguistically, India has a vast variety. It is a unity in diversity. The Indian people in different States and regions eat different kinds of food. They wear different clothes. They speak different languages. They have different castes and they observe different religious practices. Still, they are all Indians. It is a pity that communal riots take place in different parts of our country off and on. Mostly, the innocent, gullible people are incited by political leaders and religious bigots to indulge in acts of violence and resort…
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What is the difference between Inward and Outward Development Strategies in Latin American?

Strategy
Structuralists led by Raul Prebisch, Celso Furtado, Anibal Pinto and H.W. Singer distinguished outward and inward directed development strategies.Till the 19th Century, resource-based exported development strategy was the dominant feature of all the Latin American economies. This strategy was explicitly titled towards forging international trade links on a comprehensive scale. In the first three decades of 20th Century, however, it began to lose its momentum.In the first place, the First World War affected adversely their exports, disrupted their supply of essential imports mainly on the account of blocked trade routes. Second, the ‘Great Depression’ of 1930s gave another serious blow to the export earnings of most of the Latin American countries. ADVERTISEMENTS: Forced by unprecedented circumstances, these countries marked a shift from outward-oriented commodity export based development strategy to inward-looking…
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