The major difference that sets urban India apart from the rural one is the backwardness in terms of illiteracy. Real India Exists Outside The Cities..
INDIA OUTSIDE THE BIG METROPOLITAN CITIES NEEDS A CHANGE
They say a picture paints a thousand words; the proverbial is probably false when it comes to conjuring up the image of the so called “Modern India”. Where, at one end, we see high-rise buildings, breakthrough infrastructure, luxurious automobiles and ever expanding corporate culture, the other end comprises of illiteracy, poverty, poor infrastructure and social taboos. Two highly contrasting images are reflected in this country. The rich are becoming richer whilst the poor are getting poorer.
Perhaps we may say that the real India exists outside the big metropolitan cities. Clearly, we all need a reality check as most of us have a deceptive image when it comes to having a perspective regarding the actual reflection of India. The major difference that sets urban India apart from the rural one is the backwardness in terms of illiteracy. Illiteracy is the root cause of a significant amount of problems. Be it poverty, the mindset of villagers, the crime rate or belief in superstitions, rural India surely needs rapid development and accelerated overall growth. Where, at one end, we boast of a high-tech, urbanized state of the country, unfortunately at the other end we come across a gamut of socio-economic problems that hamper our overall growth.
In essence, the real India portrays a middle path between towering aspirations and ground realities, transformations and enduringness of traditions.
PLACES UNNOTICED, PEOPLE AMAZING
“Incredible India” reads the promotional tagline of Indian tourism department. Images of riotous colour, of exotic locales and quaint customs conjure up in the minds of the curious. Spirituality, hospitality, impressions of ancient wisdom and arts create a tapestry that is irresistible to the tourists. Another image of India is that of urbanity, of development of a country that is “emerging”. Our media, our movies create and constantly feed to this smorgasbord of images with a distinct city-centric approach. Yet, is that what India is all about? What about the villages and “small towns”- a term for places outside the cities – occupying most of the geographical area of the country? Fact is the carefully crafted image by the media and the entertainment industry is essentially incomplete. What lies beyond is a complex story, pulsating in its originality, familiar in its universality.
RTI Act To The Aid Of Common Man. RTI as an effective weapon against corruption has definitely empowered the common man in India, and deterred many..
HOW RTI ACT HAS HELPED?
The government’s claims of the Right to Information Act being increasingly used in a “frivolous” manner, mentioned on several occasions by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself, isn’t an accurate reflection of events on the ground. In fact, a latest study of at least two dozen RTI applications by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) suggests otherwise.
The study has revealed that the use of the RTI Act has helped litigants win many cases. In one such case, the Orissa government was forced to reverse a grant of land made to Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal Foundation to establish a private university, as a result of an RTI request.
So real India is to be experienced in villages because it is really the people living in the not so chic or happening social circuits of India that actually
GETTING FAMILIAR WITH REAL INDIA
Being an Indian, one often comes across the common quote “real India is to be found in villages.” While politicians, bureaucrats and media have all used or even misused this statement for their own individual benefits on countless occasions, only a handful of people have actually bothered to test its validity. For the global audience, India is a growing economy which has made significant social and economic developments in the past couple of decades. However, on taking a deeper look, it would not be surprising to find that these socio-economic changes have been limited to only the major cities of this vast nation.
The cacophonous and argumentative nature of Indian politics has led to the Indian Judicial System taking upon itself a central role and playing it with élan
THE JUDICIARY IN A DEMOCRACY
A successful democracy has always been based on a ‘linchpin’ concept called separation of powers. This idea envisages the clear demarcation of the power and functions of the three pillars in a democracy – the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.
In a democracy it is generally a written constitution or as in the case of England an unwritten one that lays down “the rules of engagement” between the three branches of democracy named above. The principles of the constitution are based on the rule of law and are the fountainhead of an accomplished democracy. It falls upon a free and independent judiciary to interpret and uphold the majesty of the law. Therefore it is often seen as a custodian of the constitution and a defender of freedom, the very elixir of democracy. The judiciary is a bulwark against tyranny and authoritarianism. The creeping threats to democracy that very often emanate from the portals of power havefound in the judiciary an indestructible barrier virtually impossible to breach.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT OR RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT
» In India, every child is entitled to free and compulsory full-time elementary education (first to eighth class) as facilitated by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, better known as Right to Education Act (RTE.)
» Children are not merely entitled to free and compulsory education but also to free elementary education of ‘satisfactory and equitable quality’ in a formal school run with certain essential standards.
» Officially coming into effect on 1st April 2010, through the 86th Amendment (2002) under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution, the Right to Education Act makes attaining formal schooling for children between the age of 6 and 14, either at a government or private institution, mandatory.
a collection of 152 quotes about education, learning, study, student, teacher, and teaching that can completely change your views about earning and imparting knowledge.
Some are enlightening and some are motivating; some are cynical and some are sarcastic. Here is a collection of 152 quotes about education, learning, knowing, study, student, teacher, and teaching that can completely change your views about earning and imparting knowledge.
We have all been there, clicked a link to a website or blog and because it took ages to load, we looked elsewhere.
A lot of us have broadband now but much of the world has no such luxury. And with many more people accessing the internet these days by mobile, a too large an image can be a turn off!
The attention span of the average web surfer is pretty short so you do not want to put off a potential visitor. That is a person not added to your list or a lost sale!
If you are giving away a free e-book and it contains images that are too large it will be hard or impossible to download! Plus, if you are uploading a big photo to a social media site such as Twitter or Facebook, it might take too long for you to post it, so you need a way of reducing the size.
Search engines factor the time a site takes to load on the browser. For Google and other search engines long load time equals bad user experience. Light and optimized images attract traffic through Google’s (or other search engine’s) image search. In other words, Search engine indexing and SERP (Search Engine Result Position) depends a lot on the size of the images. 
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Given they communicate what perhaps what words can’t; we just can’t ignore the importance of images, especially when it comes to explaining a complex scenario. Website visitors in their short attention span are able to consume graphics more easily than the text. As visible on various social media platforms, it has become increasingly popular to share images rather than text or links.
LIST OF SHORTLISTED WRITERS AND BOOK FOR THE 2013 COMMONWEALTH BOOK PRIZE AND SHORT STORY PRIZE
The shortlisted writers and books for the 2013 Commonwealth Prize for Book and Short Story have been announced by the Commonwealth Foundation today. The entries was open to writers who have had their first novel (full length work of fiction) published between 1st January and 31st December 2012.
Australia and India top the list with 7 and 6 writers, respectively.
Some are enlightening and some are motivating; some are cynical and some are sarcastic. Here is a collection of 152 quotes about education, learning, knowing, study, student, teacher, and teaching that can completely change your views about earning and imparting knowledge.
