ESSAY TOPIC-WISE(1993-2015)

ESSAY TOPIC-WISE(1993-2015)

Economy, Development

1. Crisis faced in India - moral or economic. -2015

2. Can capitalism bring inclusive growth? -2015

3. Was it the policy paralysis or the paralysis of implementation which slowed the growth of our country? -2014

4. Tourism: Can th is be the next big thing for India? -2014

5. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the wellbeing of a country-2013

6. Is the criticism that the ‘Public-Private-Partnership’ (PPP) model for development is more of a bane than a boon in the Indian context, justified ?2012

7. Protection of ecology and environment is essential for sustained economic development. -2006

8. BPO boom in India. -2007

9. Globalization would finish small-scale industries in India. -2006

10. Economic growth without distributive justice is bound to breed violence.1993

11. Ecological considerations need not hamper development.-1993

12. Multinational corporations – saviours or saboteurs -1994

13. Special economic zone: boon or bane -2008

14. Resource management in the Indian context. -1999

15. Should a moratorium be imposed on all fresh mining in tribal areas of the country? -2010

16. Are our traditional handicrafts doomed to a slow death? -2009

17. The focus of health care is increasingly getting skewed towards the ‘haves’ of our society. -2009

18. Urbanization is a blessing in disguise. -1997

Education

1. Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more clever devil-2015

2. Is the growing level of competition good for the youth?-2014

3. Are the standardized tests good measure of academic ability or progress?2014

4. Modern technological education and human values.-2002

5. Credit – based higher education system – status, opportunities and challenges -2011

6. “Education for all” campaign in India: myth or reality.-2006

7. Privatization of higher education in India. -2002

8. Irrelevance of the classroom. -2001

9. Value-based science and education. -1999

10. Is an egalitarian society possible by educating the masses ? -2008

11. Independent thinking should be encouraged right form the childhood. -2007

12. Restructuring of Indian education system. -1995

13. Literacy is growing very fast, but there is no corresponding growth in education. -1996

14. What is real education? -2005

Indian Democracy, Society, Culture, Mindset

1. Dreams which should not let India sleep. -2015

2. Is sting operation an invasion on privacy? -2014

3. Fifty Golds in Olympics: Can this be a reality for India?-2014

4. Is the Colonial mentality hindering India’s Success?-2013

5. In the context of Gandhiji’s views on the matter,explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms‘Swadhinata’, ‘Swaraj’ and ‘Dharmarajya’. Critically comment on their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy -2012

6. Does Indian cinema shape our popular culture or merely reflect it? -2011

7. Indian culture today: a myth or a reality? -2000

8. Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values.-2000

9. Youth culture today. -1999

10. Mass media and cultural invasion. -1999

11. The composite culture of India. -1998

12. The Indian society at the crossroads. -1994

13. Geography may remain the same ; history need not.-2010

14. From traditional Indian philanthropy to the gates-buffet model-a natural progression or a paradigm shift? -2010

15.Modernisation and Westernisation are not identical concepts. -1994

16. New cults and godmen: a threat to traditional religion. -1996

17. How has satellite television brought about cultural change in Indian mindsets? -2007

18. ‘Globalization’ vs. ‘Nationalism’. -2009

19. National identity and patriotism. -2008

20. Responsibility of media in a democracy. -2002

21. Why should we be proud of being Indians? -2000

22. True religion cannot be misused. -1997

23. Globalizations and its impact on Indian culture. -2004

International Issues

1. India’s role in promoting ASEAN co-operation. -2004

2. The masks of new imperialism. -2003

3. As civilization advances culture declines. -2003

4. The implications of globalization for India. -2000

5. My vision of an ideal world order. -2001

6. India’s contribution to world wisdom. -1998

7. The world of the twenty-first century. -1998

8. Preparedness of our society for India’s global leadership role. -2010

9. The global order: political and economic -1993

10. Importance of Indo-US nuclear agreement -2006

11. Good fences make good neighbours -2009

12. Terrorism and world peace -2005

13. Restructuring of UNO reflect present realities -1996

Quote based, Philosophy, Ethics

1. Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole. -2015

2. Quick but steady wins the race. -2015

3. Character of an institution is reflected in its leader. -2015

4. With greater power comes greater responsibility. -2014

5. Words are sharper than the two-edged sword. -2014

6. Be the change you want to see in others (Gandhi)-2013

7. Discipline means success, anarchy means ruin -2008

8. Attitude makes, habit makes character and character makes a man.  -2007

9. There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. -2003

10. Search for truth can only be a spiritual problem. -2002

11. Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the lifeblood of civilisation. -1995

12. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. -1995

13. Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret -1994

14. Useless life is an early death. -1994

15. He would reigns within himself and folds his passions and desires and fears is more than a king. -1993

16. Compassion is the basic of all morality would -1993

17. If youth knew, if age could. -2002

18. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. -2002

19. The pursuit of excellence. -2001

20. Truth is lived, not taught -1996

Polity, Administration

1. Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative , economic and developmental implication -2011

2. Evaluation of panchayati raj system in India from the point of view of eradication of power to people.  -2007

3. Justice must reach the poor -2005

4. Water resources should be under the control of the central government. -2004

5. The misinterpretation and misuse of freedom in India.-1998

6. The language problem in India: its past, present and prospects. -1998

7. Reservation, politics and empowerment. -1999

8. When money speaks, the truth is silent. -1995

9. How should a civil servant conduct himself? -2003

10. Politics without ethics is a disaster. -1995

11. Judicial activism. -1997

12. The vip cult is a bane of Indian democracy -1996

13. Need for transparency in public administration -1996

14. Whither Indian democracy? -1995

15. Politics, bureaucracy and business – fatal triangle.-1994

16. How far has democracy in India delivered the goods?-2003

17. What we have not learnt during fifty years of independence. -1997

18. My vision of India in 2001 a.d. -1993

19. In the Indian context, both human intelligence and technical intelligence are crucial in combating terrorism -2011

20. Is autonomy the best answer to combat balkanization?-2007

21. The country’s need for a better disaster management system. -2000

22. Are we a ‘soft ’ state ? -2009

23. Role of media in good governance -2008

24.Judicial activism and Indian democracy. -2004

25. What have we gained from our democratic set-up?-2001

26. Urbanisation and its hazards -2008

27. Food security for sustainable national development -2005

Science-Technology

1. Technology cannot replace manpower. -2015

2. Science and technology is the panacea for the growth and security of the nation-2013

3. Science and Mysticism : Are they compatible ?-2012

4. Computer : the harbinger of silent revolution. -1993

5. The march of science and the erosion of human values.-2001

6. The modern doctor and his patients. -1997

7. Increasing computerization would lead to the creation of a dehumanized society. -2006

8. The cyberworld : its charms and challenges. -2000

9. The lure of space. -2004

10. Spirituality and scientific temper. -2003

Women Empowerment

1. Managing work and home – is the Indian working woman getting a fair deal ?-2012

2. Men have failed: let women take over. -1993

3. Women’s reservation bill would usher in empowerment for women in India. -2006

4. The hand that rocks the cradle -2005

5. If women ruled the world -2005

6. Whither women’s emancipation? -2004

7. Empowerment alone cannot help our women. -2001

8. Women empowerment: challenges and prospects.  -1999

9. Woman is god’s best creation. -1998

10. Greater political power alone will not improve women’s plight. -1997

11. The new emerging women power: the ground realities. -1995