Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Wonder of Science

    The history of human civilizations is a record of achievements of science among many other things. Wherever and what ever we see, we see the success of science or wonders of science. Life today is governed and conditioned by the product of science and it is very different to imagine existence without them. Different inventions and discoveries have brought about a revolution in the world in various fields.
    In the field of transport and communication, the achievements of science have broken down the barriers and have reduced the world in size. With the invention of railways, motor cars, ships, airplanes etc. man has been the master of land, sea, air etc. The telegraphs, telephone, radio, televisions etc have made communication so easy. These have enabled us to feel that the people living in the remotest corner of the world are our next-door neighbors.
    Similarly, science has also given us comfort in our day to day life. Electric lights and fans, air-conditioned rooms, refrigerators, motor cars etc. have given us great comforts which are one of the marvelous creations of science. Radio, television, cinema etc. have increased our recreational facilities. Likewise, in the matter of cooling, ironing, hairdressing, washing, cleaning etc. the contribution of science has brought great comfort and convenience to human beings.
    Science has wonderful achievements in the medical sector too. For the prevention of diseases, science has invented various preventive medicines against diseases. Beyond this, it has restored eyes to the blind, hearing to the deaf and legs to the lame. Science has also great  achievements in increasing the material wealth and prosperity. It has given great aid to the development of agriculture and industries. Different methods and techniques have been developed so as to increase the production in fields and industries. It has given great contribution in creating irrigation facilities and generating electricity. It has helped human to convert dreary deserts into smiling cornfields. Different minerals and oils have been extracted from the Earth because of science.
    The wonders of science cannot be denied in increasing the mental or intellectual development. The printing press, one of the wonderful inventions of science, has printed different books, newspapers and other printed matters. These have spread the light of knowledge and education far and wide. This has enabled to remove superstitions and prejudices. Similarly; Science has played vital role in the establishment of 'Brotherhood of Man' by making possible closure between man and man, and between nation and nation. Apart from this, science has played great role in understanding the universe and the journey to space with the development of rocket. It is because of science man has been able to step down on the moon.
    Apart from wonders of science, many mighty and dangerous instruments have been invented by science for the destruction of mankind's. The economic and social evils of industrialization are also some evils of science.
    To sum up, the achievements of science should be utilized for the good of humanity also with the development of peace and prosperity. They can be the blessing if they are used properly if not they will prove to be a real curse.

Slow and steady wins the race.

    The meaning that the proverb is trying to convey s nothing can't be done at once. Success can be achieved in the life if the work is done slowly without any intervals. A man who works slowly and steadily can win the race. We should not try to do any work hurriedly. We should keep in mind that haste is waste. As the patience and perseverance are rewarded at last, we have to work carefully and patiently. We should be patient and bold to face the barriers on the way to destination. If we continue in our efforts, it is almost sure that we can definitely overcome barriers and get success.
    The proverb can be illustrated by the story of "The Hare and the Tortoise". A hare was proud of his speed. He challenged a tortoise to a race. The hare ran fast. He rested on the way and feel asleep. On the other hand, the tortoise ran slowly and steadily and reached the post first. The hare woke up and ran quickly. But it was too late. The tortoise defeated him as it ran steadily. The hare was defeated because it did not run steadily.
    Thus, this proverb teaches us to do our work slowly and steadily. Steadiness leads us  to success. So to achieve success. So to achieve success in life we need to do our work slowly and steadily.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

All that glitters is not gold


Gold is bright yellow shining metal. There are many shining metals in the world. But they are not actually gold. The meaning of this proverb is that appearances are often deceptive or illusive. And things are not as what they look. It is difficult to judge things merely by its outward appearance.

This proverb aware us to be cautious in dealing with men or things. A man who is finely dressed and looks like a perfect gentleman can be a cheat. A man who is ugly in appearance may possess good quality. People who speak politely and pretend to be good mannered can deceive finally. We make friends with persons who seem to be sincere one, but they turn out to be false friends and ruin us. The real quality of person is hidden inside. We should always keep in mind that things are not always what they seem.

Example is better than percept


There are different people in society who try to impress others by words than deeds. Only giving suggestion has little importance. It is essential to convert the instructions into practice. We may talk of many noble qualities and suggest others to acquire those qualities. It may have less effect or even it may not have. But, if we have those qualities, our advice can be more effective. This proverb is warning to those who talk much but do little.

        In our country, there are many people who give long speeches against corruption and misdeeds. For example, let us take example of politicians. They give speech against corruption but they themselves are involved in it. They inspire people to sacrifice their lives for the good of country. Their speech may produce some effect but that does not last long. If they themselves do what they preach, other will also follow them. So seeing is importance that hearing. There are some teachers who smoke and advise their pupils not to smoke. The pupils do not follow their advice.

        We believe in action not in words. The suggestions have no value if they are not converted into practice. The great man like Buddha did what he preached. So people have faith in his preaching. Thus, this proverb aware us that doing is much more important than talking.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Charity begins at home.

         The meaning that the proverb is trying to convey is that if we want to help others, we should first help our friends and relatives. We have brought up by our relatives who are our near and dear ones. Our friends and relatives have played the vital role to bring us up. So it is our first and foremost duty to help them first.
        After helping our near and dear ones, then only priority is to be given to our neighbours and villagers whom we know them. Then whom should we help, we even don’t know. There are many cases in which people do not care of their relatives but move forward to help others. If we don’t have the feeling of our own people, how can we sincerely feel others? Here, sincerity is just only a merely show. There are people who are ready to help others just in a name of gaining fame. This is really a selfish help. Such type of charity can’t be truly called charity. This is only showing habit. So if we want to help others, we should be motivated to help our friends and relatives at first. Then only we should think of others.

Science and Religion


        Science is the branch of knowledge that deals with the mysteries of universe. Religion is the reaction of human nature to its search of God. It includes faith in the existence of Supreme Beings.

Before the influence of science, religion had complete influence over the mind and heart of human beings. In the course of time it had also enabled to develop superstition and blind faith. Religion is based on faith whereas science is based on facts. Religion faith cannot be revised and nobody can question them.

 It has been realized that the ultimate objective of both science and religion is to find out the ultimate truth even if they are completely different disciplines. Man seeks the truth of outer world of senses through physical science, and man who puts faith on science follows the path of observation, experiment and proof. Similarly, the man who puts faith on religion follows path of faith, intuition and experience. Science seeks self-expression and self fulfillment through external power and the religion through internal peace and joy.

        However, the question that arises is whether acceptance of science and rejection of religion or vice versa will be leading to the good of humanity. For this point, some opine that science is capable of giving the world's good and the pleasures of life in abundant manner that there is no need of religion. Some others think that the highest purpose of man's life is the realization of God and therefore religion is the key to that realization. This cannot be brought by any means. This contradiction can be dealt with several examples. Religion tells us about God, norms of human behavior, life and death. Religion never teaches about hatred, spread idea of killing others. On the other hand science has discovered new things like medicines for saving life. It has also discovered weapons to fight against others.

However, we need to take stand in the need of both science and religion. W e need to develop the concept that religion is the science in ancient days and science is the religion in present days. Beyond this, we need science to satisfy materialistic and intellectual knowledge; similarly we need religion to satisfy our soul. W e also needs to know that even some religious customs are also based on scientific principles. Anyway, we need to be aware that science and religion both are equally important.

Thus, science and religion are the parts of human life. We should be guided by both science and religion. This is because science develops reasons and religion develops faith. Reasons and faith are very much essential in our daily life.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Capital punishment


Capital punishment is the killing of a criminal for a crime that he has committed. Previously most countries employed this method of punishment but nowadays it is less widely used. Whether capital punishment as a penal provision should remain or go is a question which comes up for discussion from time to time in many countries.

Some people consider this form of punishment is considered to be barbarism. They think that one does not have the right to kill another human being regardless of the crime. Moreover, it is not supportable on moral and religious grounds. To reed is too human and both the judge and jury being humans are prone to make mistakes. But once the death penalty is executed, the mistake cannot be rectified. It is not good to believe in old religious maxims of eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. Modern Societies should not turn to such barbaric punishment.

Some people opine that capital punishment can help to stop those who are inclined to commit murders. The fear of death is the worst fear that can assail the human mind and therefore, Capital punishment is an effective check on the people who try to do crime of murder. The removal of capital punishment will remove the fear of death and, as a result, murders will multiply endangering the peace and safety of society.

Even though there are different arguments, broadly speaking, capital punishment is against the human right to live. People can be released if later proved not to be guilty. If he is dead, there is nothing that can be proved innocent later and released. If they had been executed, innocent people would have died.

There can be alternative punishment available. For bad crimes, Prison life sentences can be given with criminals imprisoned for the rest of their lives. A lot of horrific crimes are committed by people who are mentally sick. These people are not responsible for their action and can be kept safely and permanently in secure hospitals. Even though, it cost a lot more but it is that duty of society to do this.
Many people feel that its threat stops serious crimes. But we can see the countries which have legalized this strategy too have not achieved any improvement in the rate of decrement of crimes. Later they abolished the system of capital punishment may be cheaper and keep the prisons manageable. But we cannot exceed our sense of humanity and selfish to the extent.

So, in conclusion, capital punishment is not good at all as there are other less barbaric alternatives. Giving capital punishment is against the human rights. The most precious possession of man is his own life it is not good to take away what he cannot give. So such barbaric punishment is needed to be abolished from all over the world.

Use and abuse of media


        The word 'media' refers to the means of communicating with large number of people especially television, radio and newspapers. Modern science has come forward to help us by developing different means of media. Every thing has both advantages and disadvantages. In the case of media too, man always has to choose between making the right and wrong use of media.

There are different media. Some of them are radio, television, newspaper etc. Media are the source of knowledge and information. They can be used as an instrument of education for all classes of people and the people of all the age. It has been found possible to spread the light of knowledge and education far and near by means of media.

Similarly, media are the sources of various news. They deliver different national and international news. They are also the medium of getting different information. We can get information about the sports, politics, history etc. by means of media. They can be taken as the motivational factor for learning. They can spread the importance of education in an effective way which can motivate people to learning. Similarly, an illiterate person can learn different things by means of media. They are the medium for creating awareness among the illiterate people in the subject matters of health, environment etc. They are also the medium of education for the physically handicapped person as well. Beyond all these, they are also the platform for talent exposure. One can do attractive presentation of lessons or ideas.

Apart from advantages, media have some disadvantages too. Different unwanted commercial advertisements are broadcasts through different media. They have brainwashed the people. Different defects have been developed because of the use of commercial goods. Similarly, the unwanted glamour and sex scenes have created different evils in the society. They have put our norms, values and culture in peril. Because of media, children are learning different unwanted things which exploit their habits.

To sum up, media have both advantages and disadvantages. But it is up to choose by making the right or wrong use of media. We should always be motivated and motivate others to have the right use of media.
  

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE




            This proverb means that, if a piece of cloth is torn at a point, it should be stitched at once. If not, the hole gets wider and wider and it needs more stitches and more labour. The idea of these proverbs is that a small piece of work done now may save a lot of work later. If we do not do our work at time, it becomes problematic and we should bear a great loss. The proverb "Who repairs his gutters, repairs his whole hence", has the same idea of the given proverb. We should correct our mistakes in time so as to get rid of great loss.

            This proverb is applicable in all the spheres of life. Whatever the things we have to do in time, we should act with foresight and sagacity. If a man falls ill, he should take medicine without delay. Thus, the proverb means to say that our life will be happy and successful if we correct out mistakes in time.

TOURISM IN NEPAL




Nepal is a beautiful country situated in the lap of Himalayas. Nepal is rich in natural resources. She has high mountains, deep valleys, beautiful lakes, rivers, thick green forests, various species of birds and animals, waters falls etc. Moreover, there are many artistic temples and historical places. Because of all these things, Nepal has become one of the most famous tourist destinations of the world.

Nepal has many interesting places which the tourist likes to visit. Many of the local people of such places of such places depend on tourism for their livelihood. The first and foremost attraction of tourist is the Himalayas. The tallest peaks like Mt. Everest, Mt. Annapurna, Mt. Kanchenjunga, and Mt. Dhaulagiri are located here. Tourism even likes to go trekking, across the mountains trails. They see and study the culture of the people of various places. Beyond this, tourist loves our natural things, unity, culture and traditional etc. The ancient temples and palaces of Kathmandu valley, Davis fall, caves and many lakes in Pokhara, Sauraha of Chitwan, Koshi Tappu Wild life Reserve, Lumbini and Janakpur, different Himalayas and mountains are major destinations of tourists in Nepal

In the context of our country, tourism industry has many advantages. Many restaurants, lodges, hotels etc. are to be established to meet the needs of the tourists. Peoples can also work as a guides and porters. Tourist needs some guides. Similarly, tourists buy Nepalese products. Which helps us to earn Foreign Currency and it even helps to preserve our art and culture. People can directly depend upon tourism. More the tourists, better the business.

However, there are some problems for tourism in Nepal. They do not feel Secured. Even some are killed. So they must be insecure about security so as to promote tourism in Nepal. Moreover, many beautiful parts are not accessible. They are needed to be linked with roads.

Thus, tourism is the important sources of economic upliftment. We should welcome tourist. They are our guests. We should be polite and Courteous towards them. We should leave a good impression on them with our behaviour, speech good hospitality.