Social issues

In this digital era, we regularly read the news to make ourselves aware of what's going on around us.  No matter if we prefer social media platforms, news websites, or television channels all these are sources of information but are these platforms providing us only authentic and verified information ? source: news.psu.edu I know you will agree with me on this not all the news spread on these platforms is true and authentic.  Fake news is also spread by many platforms to attract a lot of viewers and attention. Wherever I used the term fake news it only includes disinformation, not the misinformation.  What is disinformation? The information that is false and deliberately created to harm a person, social group, organization, or country. What is misinformation? The information is false but not created to cause harm. Every day thousands of fake news spread through social media which manipulate our thinking and opinion . source: Amazon.in Mostly,...

If someone asks you, what are the life-supporting factors present on the earth? The first thing that will come to your mind is oxygen and the second will be water . Without water, life is not possible. It is the water in which life evolves. As the human body is made up of 70% water, how can we imagine life without water? You must have studied in your earlier classes that earth is called the blue planet because it's 75% of the area is covered with water. But only 3% of water is considered potable, which can be used for drinking. And rest of the water contains a high level of salinity which makes it unfit for use.  70% of this potable water is in the form of icebergs and polar caps. So, only less than 1% of water can be directly used by us, from us I mean 700 crores population of the world, lakhs of animals and crores of plants. Potable water availability varies from country to country due to geographical features. Thankfully, India is a land of monsoon. So, India...

The time came in some past months that when we could listen to the chirping of sparrows in the sky. But today one of my friends is distributing his contact to people so that old age people have someone with them to whom they could call their voice. Today the Mandir and Masjid are becoming the home of infected people! The speed of people got slow. The people are wondering new truth that how much control they have on things. Consider three of the big events causing mass suffering in increasing measure since the Modi regime came to power.  First , the 2016 demonetization produced long lines of people waiting to convert their currency, many collapsing out of sheer exhaustion, some losing their jobs.  Second , the national lockdown of 2020, with a mere four-hour notice and a complete suspension of public transport, witnessed millions of rural migrants — shocked, and helpless — walking miles and miles to reach their homes.   Finally , we have the biggest spectacle of all, ...

Democracy means election, election means power lies in the hands of the citizens.   But are we responsibly doing our duty?  Are we electing the good candidates and leaders? Firstly, we should know that, who is a good leader. - A good leader should have the qualities such as selflessness , honesty  and accountability towards the people. source: blog.ipleaders.in But today, we are electing those representatives to form laws, who are criminals in the eyes of the laws. According to India today, nearly 50% MPs in Lok Sabha have criminal records. According to Times of India, there is a rise of 26% in MP with the criminal history from 2014 to 2019. There is not one single national or regional political party with 0% of criminal records on its members. Let me tell you what kind of cases are pending on our MP's - Murder - Attempt to murder - Kidnapping - Human Trafficking - Dacoity source: Satyamevjayate.in According to thewire.com more than 2,500 s...

India has been ranked 139 out of 149 countries in the list of UN World Happiness Report 2021. This report is issued by UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. In a statement, they said, that they mainly focused on the effects of covid-19 on the structure and quality of people's lives and evaluates how governments all over the world deal with the pandemic. Finland has achieved the title of the happiest country in the world followed by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherland, Sweden, Germany, and Norway. If we talk about our neighbors, Pakistan ranked 105, Bangladesh 101, and China is on 84th rank. India ranked - 144 in 2021  - 140 in 2019  - 133 in 2018 What are the criteria of the ranking? In the world happiness report, countries are ranked based on life evaluation which includes quality of life.  Evaluations are obtained from the World Gallup Poll which asks its respondents to score themselves between 0 to 10 based on their quality ...

TVF again come up with one of its best creations. TVF Aspirants, a fulfilling webseries on UPSC aspirants in which they showed the day-to-day life struggle of an aspirant. source: TVF Lessons  1. You must be clear about, why.   As earlier Abhilash was not sure that why he wanted to become an IAS and he was not motivated much. But once Sandeep bhaiya asked him to find the answer of why, everything started getting clear in his mind and this answer of why also motivate him during the whole preparation. 2. Always be ready to swim opposite the flow When Abhilash was confused that which subject is best for him in optional he was thinking about scoring subjects which are usually chosen by toppers. Then again Sandeep bhaiya guided him that one should take that subject which excites him the most, not that which is taken by most of the aspirants.  3. Failures are necessary. Failure is one of the most important phase of everyone's life as it teaches us much more importan...

 Police are an integral part of the governance structure of any country. Major working of police department includes maintaining law and order, protection of goods and citizens, and hundreds of minor responsibilities. They work 365 days 24 hours. Police don't take breaks .                 source: DNA India But people usually say police do not work at all, they are corrupt, no need of goons policy is enough. Every day we encounter the brutality of the police in different forms through media. Now fear has resided in the heart of the common people about police.  Police departments must protect us but people think that police are not fulfilling their duty responsibly. Police are themselves a problem instead of a help in problem-solving. The police department is always alleged that it works only for the ruler , not people. But in a democratic form of Government, their accountability must be towards people instead of rulers. How rulers cont...

Child labour definition United nation considers "any work carried to deteriment and engage children (5-14yrs) is violation of international laws and national legislation and if the work deprives them of schooling or puts them under the dual burden of schooling and work is child labour." Facts about child labour  + According to the 3rd End of childhood index 2019,India was ranked 113 in 176 countries on the well-being of children with 769 score out of 1000. This index was released by 'save the children' a UK-based non-profit organisation which works for child rights. + According to census 2011, the number of working children in the age group 5 to 14 years is 1.01 crore. + There are 22.87 million working children in India between 15 to 18 years. + 80% of child labour in India is concentrated in rural areas. + According to UNICEF report UP have maximum number of child labours. + ILO 2016 data indicates that there are 152 million working children in t...

Recently, UP has gone through Panchayat elections during this pandemic.  And Rajanpur village in Ayodhya has now become the center of attraction and has set a perfect example of brotherhood and amity . People always criticize that politics in India either at the Central level or local level is done on the idea of communalism. But in this Hindu-dominated village , a Muslim sarpanch candidate Hafiz Azeem Uddin won the election with his hard work and dedication.  Interestingly, Hafiz Azeem Uddin's family is the only Muslim family in the village, and even after that, he defeated several other strong candidates. His win has now proved that people still do vote above caste and the religious lines. Speaking to News18 over the phone, Haji Azim Uddin said, “It is just the love and support of the village people which gave me strength to file nomination and finally win the election. There is communal harmony in the village. We are all like a big family. There are three ...

Nowadays India is struggling with a lot of problems and many more are waiting in near future. Today, in this blog we will discuss the  top5 most important social problems which are currently faced by India. 1). India and increasing unemployment  Simply when the proportion of population willing to work is more than the proportion of availability of work then it causes unemployment.  India's second-most populous country in the world.  India's technological development and industrialization are the biggest reasons behind the huge unemployment rate. 2). India and hunger   India is facing this problem for a very long time.  According to the 2017 world hunger report, India was ranked 100 among 119 countries.  This report works on many factors such as infant mortality rate, malnutrition, height proportion, weight proportion.  India is the second biggest malnourished nation in the world. 3). India and flood  Every yea...

A few days ago the Film Society all around the world witnessed a magnificent day but our country refuse to do that. 2nd May, 2021 was the 100th birth anniversary of the legendary Indian filmmaker Bharat Ratna Satyajit Ray, the creator of several masterpieces who was named by the famous English filmmaker Martin Scorsese among his 4 ideals, the only Indian to win an Honorary Academy Award who influenced many movies in the entire world and an artist who brought world recognition to the Indian cinema.  But, unfortunately, the celebrations were marred by the fact that the election results in five states of our country were declared on the same day. The news headlines were reined by the political scenario and the heinous covid pandemic because of which our cultural recognition and pride remained unnoticed by our own people. But the real tribute to this genius cannot be given on just one day. The real tribute is when we understand the importance of art films and try to promote...

 Dowry system is one of the highly prevalent societal issue of India which once started as a custom has now turned into a evil culture. Dowry refers to the payment made in cash or kind (valuable goods like furniture, jewellery etc) to a bride’s in-laws at the time of her marriage.  The amount depends on a large number of factors, including region, religion, caste and subcaste, groom’s education, bride’s skin tone and the negotiation skills of both the families involved.  The bride’s family gives these gifts for the well being of their daughter in her in-laws house and also to give her some financial security. But now, this commonly and widely practiced culture of South Asian, African and European countries has brought major problems to society.  This practice can be linked to the patriarchal issues like dependency of woman on her husband, gender inequality, foeticide cases etc. Not everyone has ability to give dowry to their daughter.  Its one of the primary re...

The auspicious day of 7th May marks the Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranth Tagore every year. This time, it is going to be the 160th one.  This first Asian and Indian to win Nobel Prize for Literature who wrote all his masterpieces in his mother tongue, Bengali, and himself translated them into English.    We all remember this great artist as a symbol of national pride and a representative of the Indian culture but we tend to forget the unfortunate current scenario intentionally or unintentionally.  Considering the present situation is the need of the hour. On focussing our attention towards the hard reality, we find the condition of literature in Indian languages abysmal if not pathetic.  We lack the different genres in our literature which is exactly the topsy-turvy of what is evident in the Western literature.  Not only Western, but different languages are producing significant amount of International standard novels in the orients ...

Nowadays, some individuals proclaim that due to the rapid development of science and technology, most people in the world have become much more articulate than human beings from less active periods of history.  According to them by a substantial increase of world knowledge, human awareness of the most modern dangerous issues is constantly growing, which is a phenomenon that takes an ever greater harvest due to the enormous power of the media and the general dissemination of newly discovered information among units without specialist knowledge.    However, many eminent thinkers are categorically opposed to such views, saying that the tremendous pace currently imposed by science far outstrips the wisdom of society, which, through rapid change, is utterly helpless.    Hence, humanity as a community acquires information completely unevenly, which creates a significant leap between people familiar with modern discoveries of science and units who adhere to...

  firstly, we should know about the social evils. Social evils :  Social evils are all the elements that are contradictory to moral values.  These affect not just individuals but the whole society member, which are related to each other in terms of nation or a community. Some of the social evils are ; Youth crime, drugs, and alcohol abuse, falling values, etc. Now let's get back to the question Do films create a social evil? ​Yes, some films cause social evil but second thing is that the audience should also need to understand which kinds of films to be watched. ​ Let's take a review;     We watch movies and we enjoy but we forgot this one silver screen is for our entertainment but real life is different.     In movies everything is possible but in real life maybe it is not possible.  But movie's impact is always shown in our society.    Especially, teenagers want to fulfill their dreams and desires and they can not understand what ...