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The Essays so far

(Essay Paper)

1. India’s Role in promoting ASEAN co- 37. Women’s Empowerment: Challenges &
operation. prospects
2. Judicial Activism & Indian Democracy. 38. The youth culture today
3. Whither Women’s Emancipation? 39. The mass media & cultural invasion
4. Globalization & its impact on Indian 40. Resource management in the Indian
Culture context
5. The Lure of Space 41. Value-based science & education
6. Water resources should be under the 42. Reservations, politics & empowerment
control of the Central Government 43. What we have not learnt during 50 years
7. The masks of New Imperialism of Independence.
8. How far has democracy in Indian 44. Judicial activism
delivered the goods? 45. Greater political power alone will not
9. How should a civil servant conduct improve women’s plight.
himself? 46. True religion cannot be misused.
10. As civilization advances culture declines. 47. The modern doctor & his patients.
11. There is nothing either good or bad but 48. Urbanization is a blessing in disguise
thinking makes it so. 49. Literacy is growing fast but there is no
12. Spirituality & Scientific temper. corresponding growth in education.
13. Modern Technology Education & human 50. Restructuring of UNO to reflect present
values realities.
14. Search for truth can only be a spiritual 51. New cults & godmen a threat to traditional
problem. religions.
15. If youth knew, if age could. 52. The VIP cult is bane of Indian democracy
16. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 53. Need for transparency in Public
17. Privatization of Higher Education in India. Administration.
18. Responsibility of media in a democracy. 54. Truth is lived, not taught.
19. What have we gained from our democratic 55. Politics without ethic is a disaster
set-up? 56. The New emerging woman-power: the
20. My vision of an ideal world order ground realities.
21. The march of science & the erosion of 57. Whither Indian democracy?
human values 58. When money speaks, the truth is silent.
22. Irrelevance of the classroom 59. Restructuring Indian educational system
23. The pursuit of excellence 60. Disinterested Intellectual Curiosity is the
24. Empowerment alone cannot help our life-blood of real civilization.
women. 61. Our deeds determine us, as much as we
25. Why should we be proud of being Indians? determine our deeds.
26. The cyber-world: its charms & challenges 62. Youth is a blunder, Manhood is struggle,
27. Indian culture today: a myth or a reality? Old age a regret
28. The country’s need for a better disaster 63. Indian society at the crossroads
management system. 64. The challenge before a Civil Servant
29. The implication of globalization for India. today.
30. Modernism and our traditional socio- 65. Modernization & Westernization are not
ethical values. identical concepts
31. The composite culture of India 66. A useless life is an early death
32. Woman is God’s best creation 67. Politics, business & bureaucracy- a fatal
33. The misrepresentation & misuse of triangle
freedom in India 68. MNCs- saviors or saboteurs
34. India’s contribution to world wisdom 69. My Vision of India in 2010.
35. The language problem in India: Its past, 70. The emerging global order, political &
present & prospects economic.
36. The world of 21st century 71. Men have failed; let women take over
72. Ecological consideration need not hamper
development.

1. 8-19-43-57 (Democracy – success/failure)


2. 10-13-21-34 (Technology v. Culture)
3. 3-24-32-37-45-56-71(Women)
4. 4-10-27-31-39 (Culture)
5. 2-44 (Judicial activism)

Essays so far
(English Compulsory)

1. Indian budget is a gamble on the 41. Strange customs


Monsoons 42. Women in my neighbourhood
2. Necessity of water-harvesting in India 43. Investigation journalism in modern India
3. Social harmony v. Communal frenzy 44. Why you like your favourite TV serial?
4. Criminalization of politics 45. Proposals for improving my town/village
5. All that glitters is not gold. 46. Our is an age of information rather than of
6. The need for alternative sources of energy true knowledge
7. The role of judiciary in India 47. Family as the foremost institution of our
8. Freedom of expression social life
9. My idea of an Administrator 48. Time as a tyrant is modern life
10. Pleasures of Reading 49. Our cultural heritage & the modern
11. The ways to enrich our regional languages challenges
12. Wither Indian democracy today? 50. Life is action & not contemplation
13. Terrorism in India 51. Challenges facing the Indian women
14. Science & religion 52. Relevance of the Joint Family today
15. If I were the Prime Minister of India 53. The pleasures of day-dreaming
16. Knowledge is power 54. Love for animals
17. Consequences of globalization 55. A thing of beauty is joy forever
18. Value of yoga 56. Preserving our national monuments
19. Science & human happiness 57. A civil servant as the servant & not be
20. Tourism in India master of the people
21. Man is saved not by faith but by work 58. What do you understand by unity in
22. Indian culture diversity
23. Contribution of Science to human progress 59. The case for & against reservation of jobs
24. Political reform you want in India for women
25. Laughter is the best medicine 60. The pleasure of Gardening
26. Power of the press 61. Those people next door
27. An ideal college 62. Indian culture in daily life
28. The technological miracles of the 20th 63. An ideal bureaucrat
century. 64. Reading v watching TV
29. An encounter with an astrologer 65. Role of women in modern politics
30. Cowards die many times before their death 66. My idea of happy family
31. The limits of science 67. The new political culture in India
32. Our Intellectuals 68. The need for liberalization in Indian
33. Have we lost the direction? economy
34. Computers in Everyday life 69. Communal conflicts in India-causes &
35. Below Poverty line remedies
36. Tolerance is the key to national unity 70. Building castles in the air
37. Your idea of happy life 71. Has Indian democracy come of age?
38. Advertisements: need for control 72. Tree as a friend of man
39. Is vegetarianism a virtue? 73. Computer applications
40. Failures are the pillars of success? 74. The domestic life of a working woman
75. The pleasure of reading 96. Autobiographies of an Indian peasant
76. How do you spend your leisure time? 97. Health gives hope & hope gives
77. The Noises of modern life everything
78. The role of voluntary agencies in rural 98. National integration & religion
development 99. Possibilities of migration to new planets
79. Indian railways as an instrument of 100.India in 2050 AD
national unity 101.Television & Education
80. Problems facing Indian Teenagers today 102.The Responsibility of Journalists in a
81. Uses of public library Democracy
82. Smoking should be banned in public 103.Misleading information about products in
places advertisements.
83. Why I like folk songs 104.The role of opposition parties in
84. The qualities of a good citizen democracy
85. Towards a world without nuclear weapons 105.Science & technology for peace
86. If I were a politician 106.Problem of dowry
87. Terrorism is inhuman 107.The influence of films on young people
88. An ideal Civil Servant 108.The role of free press in democracy
89. Festivals of India Abroad 109.Violence & democracy cannot go together
90. Relevance of Gandhi today 110.What do the young gain by reading
91. Life without newspapers comics or popular stories?
92. Oh, what funny neighbors I have! 111.How I can best serve my country
93. Dowry system 112.Law as an instrument of social change
94. Does religion divide? 113.India’s composite culture
95. Youth & National Integration 114.Role & responsibility of judiciary

Analysis:

Essays may be related to


• current problems-
o social like today’s youth, dowry, communalism etc,
o Political like corruption, criminalization, success/failure of democracy.
o International like globalization, role of MNCs, terrorism
o Cultural like role of culture, technology v. culture, science & religion
o Current National problems
• Relating to women
o Role in politics
o How to achieve the empowerment
o Ground realities
o Need for reservation
• Relating to success of democracy like-
o Freedom of press
o Judicial activism
o Law & social change
o Opposition parties
o Political reforms
o Investigation Journalism, sting operations etc.
• Relating to administration like-
o Your concepts of ideal administrator
o Ideal world order
o Ideal Indian scenario
• Modern problems like-
o Power/water/oil crisis
o Impact of TV/cinema/advertisement
o Time as tyrant
• Personal kind like-
o If I were PM/CM
o Pleasure of reading/gardening/friends
o Ideas of happiness
o Personal views as to science, technology, religion & culture
o My favourite food/book/person/autobiography
• Thought provoking like –
o All that glitters is not gold
o Hard work v faith
o Have we lost the direction
o Failure- pillar of success
o The pursuit of excellence etc.

Thus topics relating to success/failure of democracy; technology & science vs. culture & religion;
women & their role, ground realities; judicial activism etc. are common topics for both- essay paper as
well as English compulsory paper.

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