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Our Environment, Our Responsibility: An Appeal to Action

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Our Environment, Our Responsibility: An Appeal to Action Introduction: In the entire universe, the Earth is only known planet till now, which has life on it.  Life on this planet is possible only because of the Environment. It plays crucial role in sustaining life on the Earth. We have been endowed, the air to breath, water to drink and, resources to fulfill our needs. And we ‘The Humans’ are the only living being which understands the relationship between nature and the human. The below Sanskrit shloka expresses this relationship as: शाश्वतम्, प्रकृति-मानव-सङ्गतम्, सङ्गतं खलु शाश्वतम्। तत्त्व-सर्वं धारकं सत्त्व-पालन-कारकं वारि-वायु-व्योम-वह्नि-ज्या-गतम्। शाश्वतम्, प्रकृति-मानव-सङ्गतम्।। Meaning : - “ The relationship between nature and man is eternal. Relationship is eternal.  All the elements of water, air, sky, fire and earth are really the holders and the protector  of the living beings. ” Image courtesy to www.vlr.eng.br The beauty of this relationship could be lon...

Elections in India

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Elections in India Image courtesy: www.jagranjosh.com Elections- A Universal process of Decentralization Decentralization of power is one of the basic features of any democracy. Countries like India, USA, Canada, France, which are considered as the largest democracies of the world, has a set of mechanism of sharing its power. Election is one of those mechanisms in democracy, which provides stability to the government. In democracy, the government gets legitimacy if it is elected by its citizens through a fair process.             Although, forms of government may be different in democracies, like Parliamentary form of government, Presidential form of government etc. However, the process of forming the government should be universally accepted, and this universal acceptance or legitimacy comes with a fair process. This fair process is Election.             Election provides...

Marriage System in India

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  Marriage System in India   What is marriage? Among all the Institutions in Human society, Marriage is one of the most important and sacred institutions. In any religion, it is considered as a sacrosanct union. Marriage is a culturally recognized union between two individuals which is legally and socially approved. It unites the life of two individuals not only legally, but economically and emotionally also. Although, its meaning could differ or vary in different religion and regions. However, the common consideration about marriage is that it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. Etymologically, the word “Marriage” , derives from Latin, matrimonium da mater madre, meaning it as a female office regarding the creation and care of the family. It firstly appears in 1250-1300 CE in Middle English marriage.  History of Marriage Image Courtsey: Indianexpress.com During the very early age, no marriage exis...