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317 words short essay on A River in Flood. Last year I was in Calcutta during summer. As the rainy season drew near, it started raining heavily for many days on end.So the water level in the river Ganga began to rise and soon it was in flood. Soon the water began to overflow the banks. When we heard of the flood, we, under the organisation of a voluntary social welfare society ‘Help’ planned to visit the flooded villages. It was terrible. There was water everywhere.The current was strong. Men and animals struggled between life and death. Many things were seen floating in the water. Live snakes were seen being washed away. Here and there we could see the carcasses on the surface of water. Water seemed to be devouring…

Short paragraph on My Ambition in Life. Ambition always gives life a meaning. I do not want to nurture any ambition for personal benefit. I am a part of the huge and diversified society in which many people are poverty stricken, exploited and miserable.I want to be committed to them. Hence I aim at becoming a social worker. As a social worker, I will work in distant and remote villages of India where people are illiterate and trapped in religious superstitions. I shall try to present their case to the government. To fight for the cause of the destitute and downtrodden has been my long cherished dream. I shall make every effort to make them realize that it’s they who create history and not the chosen few or any socio-political…

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It defines the fundamental political principles and establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties of the government. ADVERTISEMENTS: It also describes the fundamental rights, directive principles and duties of citizens. The Indian Constitution was passed by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949, and came into effect on January 26, 1950. The date commemorates the 1930 Declaration of Independence. The Constitution declares India to be a sovereign, democratic republic and promises justice, equality and liberty to all its citizens. In 1976, the words, ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ and ‘integrity’ were added to the definition by a constitutional amendment. Every year, the country celebrates the day of adoption of the Constitution- 26 January- as Republic Day. Image Source : ramselstatuate.com The Indian Constitution…

The Scheduled Caste (SC) occupies the bottommost rung of the social ladder. They form a major part of the Backward or Depressed Classes. They are generally regarded as ‘Untouchables’ and popularly known as ‘Harijans’.According to the Census Report of 1971 the Scheduled Castes constitute 15.04% of the total population, their total number being 8.25 crores. In Karnataka alone more than 38? A lakh Harijans are there.They are not in majority in any part of the country. They constitute more than 20% of the population, in more than 666 talukas. Hence they are scattered over the entire land. There is no district or taluk in India wherein the Scheduled Caste people are not found. Image Source: dalitbangladesh.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Further, nowhere in India the Harijans or the Scheduled Caste people occupy the…

Many successful people in easy circumstances refuse to admit that they have any duties to the poor. They agree with Tennyson’s “Northern Farmer” when he said, “The poor in a lump is bad.” They comfort themselves with the belief that all poverty is due to laziness, drink, or stupidity, and is, therefore, the fault of the poor themselves.Even if this were true, we should still have a duty to the poor; for it is the duty of the wise, the strong, the industrious and the virtuous, to help the weak, the idle, the foolish and the vicious, to change their mode of life.But it is not true; at any rate it is only a part of the truth. For in modern civilization, a great deal of the terrible poverty that…

Essay on Social Contract Theory – The ‘social contract theory’ throws light on the origin of the society. According to this theory, all men are born free and equal. Individual precedes society. Society came into existence because of an agreement entered into by the individuals.The classical representatives of this school of thought are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and J.J. Rousseau. The three of them thought in various ways that before the existence of civil society men lived in a sort of pre-social state, called the state of nature, and in virtue of a contract among them, society came into existence. The essence of their argument is as follows: ADVERTISEMENTS: (a) Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679):Thomas Hobbes, an English thinker, was of the opinion that society came into being as a means for…

Article 39A of the Constitution provides for free legal aid to the poor and weaker sections of society. The Legal services Authorities Acts 1987 (as amended by the Act of 1994) which came into force on 9 November 1995, aims at establishing a nation-wide network for providing free and comprehensive legal services to the weaker sections.National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been set up for implementing and monitoring legal aid programmes in the Country. ADVERTISEMENTS: The Supreme Court Legal Services Committee is being established to provide free legal aid to the eligible persons in legal matters coming before the High Courts.The Legal Services Authorities Act also provides for constitution of the State Legal Services Committees, High Court Legal Services Committees, district legal Services Committees and Taluk Legal Services Committees. Image…

Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader in the real sense. He did not live for self; but spent his whole life for the good of his country and its people. He was a man of firm determination and strong will-power. Undeterred by any opposition or consequences, he pursued his mission single-handedly and was even followed by lakhs and lakhs of people afterwards.Affectionately called ‘Bapu’ by most of his countrymen, Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. His full name was Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi. During his school days, he was greatly influenced by the characters of King Harish Chandra and Shravan Bhakta.While his first model taught him to be truthful in life, the second ideal imparted him the lesson of being obedient to one’s parents.…

First session of congress:The first session of the Congress was to meet at Poona but owing to an outbreak of cholera the venue was shifted to Bombay and the session began on the 28th December 1885, in Gokaldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, with W. C. Banerjee, the doyen of the Calcutta Bar as the first President.It was attended by 100 men of whom 72 were non-officials and were recognized as members. Delegates came from different parts of the country and most important among them were Dadabhai Naoroji, Ranade, Pherozeshah Mehta, K.T. Telang, Dinshaw Wacha etc. The meeting was truly a national gathering consisting of leading men from all parts of India. Image Source: upload.wikimedia.org ADVERTISEMENTS: Aims and Objectives :The initial aims and objectives of the congress, were1. To flourish solidarity and…

Politics is an essential part of every one’s life directly or indirectly. Poliitics must effect the life of everyone. In dictatorship there must be a dictator who rule over the country by his own wish and will. But in democracy the role of politics is very important. India is now the biggest democracy of the world in which public elect their representatives in the Municipal Corporation, State Legislative Assembly and Parliament of India and then those elected representatives rule the country on behalf of the public of India. ADVERTISEMENTS: When any person elect any leader it is expected from him that he must serve people and put the problems of the public before the Government and then solve those problems. But this is not done and the expectations of the…