Jul 25, 2011 Books by Language CD-ROM Software Library Coronado Historical Association John Morearty Archives. Software Sites Tucows Software Library Shareware CD-ROMs ZX Spectrum DOOM Level CD ZX Spectrum Library. A book of English essays (1600-1900) by Makower, Stanley V. (Stanley Victor), b. 1872; Blackwell, Basil H. Publication date.
The book presents essays, of about 1000-1500 words each on a wide range of topics – imaginative, current, controversial – and is designed to equip the reader with the necessary information on various topics. Besides, it directly and indirectly communicates to the reader the fundamental principles of essay writing. There is a long section of quotations for ready reference.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Introduction to the Essay
- Paradoxes of Democracy
- Democracy implies tolerance of dissent
- The Role of Opposition in a Democracy
- Role of Judiciary in a Democracy
- Judicial Activism
- Elections—Lacunae and Remedies
- Corruption in Public Life
- Politics and Religion
- Communalism
- The Politics of Communalism
- The Rights and Wrongs of Conversion
- Should there be reservations?
- Women should have reserved seats in Parliament
- Is India ready for a uniform civil code?
- An Apolitical Defence Force
- India’s Defence Needs in a Technological Scenario
- United Nations—Role and Future
- Human Rights
- Can Human Rights be Universal Rights?
- Status of Human Rights in Independent India
- Human Rights and the Indian Armed Forces
- Torture : The Living Death
- The Changing Face of Terrorism
- Can Terrorism be Justified?
- Economic Liberalisation—Challenges before India
- Privatisation of the Economy
- Private Sector versus Public Sector
- India’s Population and Its Economic Implications
- Transforming our Huge Population into Human Resource
- Development and Population Control
- The Two-Child Norm for Population Control
- People’s Participation in Development
- Tourism : Potentials and Problems
- The Changing Face of Indian Society
- Changing Idea of Family
- The Problems of Old Age
- Law as an Instrument of Social Change
- Morality and Law
- Education in India—Lacunae and Remedies
- Privatisation of Education: Solution to Resource Crunch
- Child Labour
- Problems of Working Women
- Violence against Women
- Women need empowerment
- Ragging should be curbed
- The Rights and Wrongs of Free Expression
- Advertising and Social Responsibility
- Indian Cinema and Social Responsibility
- Challenge Before Television in India
- Television and Teenage Violence
- Foreign Media in India : Any Cause for Concern?
- The Politics of Information
- The Scientific attitude rather than science is the need of the day
- Moral Dilemmas Inherent in Scientific Progress
- Are science and art antithetical to each other?
- Science and Literature
- Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind
- Computers: A Silent Revolution
- Information Revolution
- Sustainable Development and Environment
- Pollution
- Humans are the worst culprits in environmental degradation
- Biodiversity
- Are human beings able to cope with natural disasters?
- What freedom means to me
- Euthanasia : Can death be a therapy?
- Non-Violence
- Leadership
- Leisure—Its Use and Abuse
- If the British had not colonised India...
- History repeats itself
- History needs to be rewritten
- On Good and Bad Neighbours
- Superstitions
- Sports sans Sportsmanship
- Ethics in Sports
- Why Ban English?
- Men have failed; let women take over
- India Today
- The Indian Republic
- Generation Gap
- The Child is the Father of Man
- Compassion is the basis of all morality
- The road to happiness is always under construction
- Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds
- Truth may be eclipsed but not extinguished
- Crime : New Dimensions
- Capital Punishment
- If human beings can be cloned
- Material Progress and Human Values
- Animals too have rights
- Growing Flexibility in Gender Roles of Men and Women
- Relevance of Gandhi Today