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Unemployment

A nation's development and progress depends on its human resource. The human  and intelligence pool contributes to the economic growth and nation building. The government of all countries endeavour to provide good education and vocational training to its youth to enroll them in gainful employment.       India has been facing a severe problem of unemployment as well as underdevelopment. Ideally all capable individuals should indulge in an occupation, earn and contribute to the national income and development. However, when people fail to find jobs it leads to unemployment. Sometimes people are unable to find jobs as per their skills and have to satisfy themselves with menial jobs, which leads to underemployment.

Heath and Fitness

Health implies the complete physical, mental and social well being of a person. It also means a disease free state, where the mind is relaxed and a person is well adjusted in the society. Health should be the first priority of every individual.        The school age is the time when most of the physical growth takes place. It is also the time when there is lot of mental burden on the child. Thus, there is a requirement of a nutritious and well balanced diet. The children of this age group require protein, calcium and iron in adequate amounts along with zinc and vitamin B12. As the children are busy attending curricular and co-curricular classes at school and at home,they generally take to unhealthy eating habits. Junk food forms a chief constituent of their diet. This leads to the problem of obesity.        In addition to diet, children need to undertake some kind of physical exercise. It can either be sports in school or a regular walk in even...

Dowry System

Marriage is an important  social institution  where  two individuals vow to spend their lives together and their families are also tied in a relationship forever. The Indian marriages are bound by two laws--the rituals and the dowry, both being inevitable.     The direct impact of the increasing menace of dowry System can be seen on the deterioting status of women in the society. The birth of a girl child has become a matter of resentment and to get rid of the anxiety of the burden of  dowry, parents have begun to kill female infants. Now prenatal see determination has become popular following which practice of female foeticide is increasing. This has resulted in an imbalance in the male-female population ratio causing disharmony in the society.     The clutches of dowry mostly continue even after marriage. The parents of girls are often seen fulfilling demands years after the marriage. In case parents fail to meet up with  the demands, th...

Drug Abuse

The most dangerous  anti-social activity plaguing the youth of our modern society  is drug addiction.  It is spreading it's roots deeper  into  our blood streams.  The  misled adolescents generally fall prey to drugs to realize their frustrations.  Though drugs are very expensive and only the rich can afford them, but even the youth from middle income group get caught in this Web and end up in stealing  money in order to purchase their daily dose of drugs.        Drugs gives an instant high to the nervous system  and create a hallucinating feeling. The person under the effect of drugs cannot recall the incidents for that period.  It is thus also associated with other physical crimes done under the I fluency of drugs.  There are many ways of taking drugs one of which is through injections.  Users share needles amongst each other and are easily affected by deadly diseases like AIDS.     ...

Child Labour

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Childhood is the most innocent and beautiful period of human life. It is the only time in our lives when we can enjoy without worries.        Unfortunately in poor Indian homes children  are still considered an earning hand in household. This has led to the problems of child labour and child abuse. People in rural areas and lower strata of urban areas continue to have large families as they correlate it with more work force.         Child labour is sadly preferred in the most hazardous industries as they are available at low cost and do not complain. These industries include glass industry,  brass-ware, balloon industry, bangle etc.. These children handle molten glass, hazardous chemicals, smoke etc. Accidents are common in such industries and patients ofren go untreated because doctors refuse to treat without legal intervention.           Child labour needs to be dealt with strict laws. The National Commis...

Discipline

The sun rises every morning from the east and  sets in west every evening. The birds fly out of their nests in the morning in search of food and return in the evening. Seasons allow a definite pattern and so do the days and nights. The snow from the mountains always melts down into rivers. These are numerous examples how nature follows certain rules and formats. The events in nature around us follow discipline.          Discipline is following responsiblities with determination . Even  the human body is maintained in good health only through discipline. Therefore it os rightly said                 'Early to Bed and Early to Rise,                    Makes a Man Healthy, Wealthy                      and Wise.' The human body breaks down in the form of diseases in case we do not feed it regularly and give a...