India has been ruled by many rulers of different cultures, religions and traditions. From mughals to Britishers, and marwars to marathas. India has been ruled by these rulers over the centuries. 

One who rules, makes laws, and spreads their religious and cultural thoughts among the people. They promote their religion and culture and tell people to adopt it.

Since the very beginning the condition of women has not been so well in the Indian society, whether they are muslim women, hindu women, rajput women or maratha women. This gender was always considered inferior. Women are never respected, never got privilege in society in the earlier time. They were like machines who could give birth to young ones. They are suppressed and dominated by men. 

The irony is that India is a place where Goddesses are worshiped with greatest devotion. The man who beat his wife in his house, is the greatest devotee of Goddess. People can respect an unknown identity and statue of women but not the one present in front of their eyes. 

Indian society has always asked for sacrifice from women. This demand has been accepted by every woman as her responsibility and culture. Being a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a daughter in law, a sister in law she finds happiness and considers sacrifice as her utmost duty. 

My mother once told me that no man dares to touch you until and unless you will, until and unless you allow him. The same applies for the condition of the women in society. No doubt that society is responsible for the women's condition but I say not fully but partially. Women themselves are too responsible for their conditions in society. 

When rajputs ruled over some part of India, the condition of women was the same as mentioned above. Women lived in pardas, even the queens lived in pardas, education was of course not at all made for women. 

In the culture of Rajputs, Sati System was practiced, under which if a man dies for any reason, his wife has to die with him on the same funeral pyre. They consider it as the sacrifice of his wife. It is said that without a husband a wife has no existence in this world. 

This universe has given life to each and every living organism. Nobody has the right to take it away except this universe. The society, its culture and norms cannot force anybody to jump into death's mouth in the name of religion and tradition. 

The movie Padmavat was released on 25 January 2018 on Indian cinema screens. It is a film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. This movie was made to show and praise the sacrifice of Queen Padmavati. As the king of Chittorgarh lost the war with Alauddin Khilji and was killed in the war. Thousands of soldiers died in the war. 

Along with the Queen of Chittorgarh, wives of all the soldiers jumped into the fire, marking the symbol of sacrifice and supporting their husbands as they gave their lives for the nation. 

It is said that Rani Padmavati was a courageous woman. She was a warrior, she knew how to use all the weapons of war including swords. 

When the King of Chittorgarh was in the possession of Khilji, Queen Padmavati released him with good strategy and cunning political policy. 

This act of Queen Padmavati was considered as an act of bravery and huge sacrifice in Indian history. All the Rajputs feel very proud of belonging to a caste where Queens like Padmavati existed and were devoted to her husband, culture and society. 

No doubt sacrificing your life for someone is an act of courage. Not everybody does it, but for me this is an act of being emotionally foolish. 

Queen Padmavati was a brave lady but she didn't use her bravery and her skills when the Chittaurgarh, it's citizens and she herself needed it the most. 

She could fight with Khilji with the fire of revenge in her heart. One who is courageous never spares his/her enemy at any cost. Instead of jumping into the fire and letting Khilji to rule over the people of Chittorgarh is an act of stupidity and selfishness. 

She should have fought with him and saved Chittorgarh and should have taken revenge for the death of her husband. 

Rani Laxmi Bai, after the death of her husband, fought for Jhansi. She was not a coward and did not die shutting the door. She fought for Jhansi till her last breath. 

It's all about how you look at a certain incident. For some this act of jumping into the fire, leaving the lives of thousands of people despite having the potential to fight, can be an act of bravery, and for some like me this act can be an act of nonsense. Act if you have potential, leaving all the culture, religion, tradition and society behind. 

Who is an adult? One who is 18 years or above. 

India is the country with more than half of the population of people between 18-45 years age group. 

Till the age of 18 a person attains physical, mental and social maturity. He has grown in all aspects. He is well aware of what's wrong and what's right for him. 

After 18 a person is able to live and survive in this world alone. He starts learning. He can enter the world of competition and race, where it's not necessary that he must win but it's important for him to compete. To be at a better place, he should develop his personality, his knowledge, he has to look inside himself and find out his full potential. He has to find ways to explore his capabilities. He has to establish his connections in the world, he has to create a chain of events that will help him reach success. 

The youth has an ability, strength, thinking power, confidence and innovative thoughts which can help him grow and can contribute to the development of the nation too. The only necessity is realization. The young people of the country should realize their responsibilities of being a youth not for the nation, not for the society, not for the parents, but for themselves first. It will eventually benefit parents, society and the nation. If the brick is strong, the building will naturally be strong.

It's a fact that you never value something which is in a huge quantity. The value is realized by the scarcity. Youth population of India is a boon for the country, but it's turning into a ban as the productive population of India is not concerned neither about themselves nor about the nation. 

Being an adult doesn't only mean that a person is eligible for voting. There are so many situations where you have to behave as an adult. It is said that charity begins at home. Similarly if you want to change the nation first you have to change yourself and your behavior at home. 

Generally in India parents are possessive of their children. They never let their child grow up. They continue to pamper them, and feed them. A child grows into an adult physically but not mentally. Parents don't give responsibilities to their children. If children ask for it they don't allow them to do so. 

In short, Indian parents are hypocrites. They expect two different things from their children at the same time. They want their children to be successful. To be a man of good name and fame. At the same time they want to pamper them. They don't leave them alone. They don't want them to struggle. They want to give them every luxury.  They don't want them to face the same hardship they had faced. They earn for their child's pleasure, comfort and happiness. 

They don't realize that all these facilities and comfort they are providing to their children is making them dependent, lazy, and unproductive. They would never struggle in their life if they get everything so easily. 

Parents provide all the facilities and then control them and their freedom. If a child doesn't listen to them they feel bad that their child does not value their sacrifices and facilities they have been given. 

Therefore the first and foremost step every person, who is above 18, should take is to be independent of their parents. They should be transparent. It must be clear to his parents from the very beginning that he wants to earn his pocket money on his own. He has to work and study simultaneously. This makes a child a mature adult and productive citizen. 

When a person attains the age of 18 he has a fresh and innovative mind. He knows how to create new things which can bring a change in the world. Like Newton and Charles Babbage.

This universe has given everyone a unique identity and an amazing talent. Another person can help explore your talent but finding out that talent, having realization of  the ability comes from within you. Some people become successful in finding a gem from the innermost corner of themselves and some easily spoil their life. 

Let's say if 75% of the population of India is youth, only 25% of them are giving output to the nation and contributing to its growth. Rest all are either busy scrolling social media, engaged in drug activities, some are being terrorists, some are being smugglers and some are roaming around in the streets and staring at girls. 

Nowadays people don't want to struggle but want all the facilities. All want success but nobody wants to pay blood and sweat for it. Nobody gains anything until you give something. Every drop of water makes up the huge ocean and hence development of an individual is far more necessary than of the entire nation. If every individual will develop, society and nation automatically will develop. 

Recent incident of landslides in the northern part of India has brought a renewed spotlight on the downsides of development. Life is so precious, and seeing it disappear in a few moments on viral videos on social media is disturbing, to say the least. At the same time, it does bring awareness, and the masses can begin to have an open dialogue.

The Indian Subcontinent is so diverse and beautiful. It is divided into three types of landforms i.e mountain, plateau and plains. The northernmost area of India i.e the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal, and Uttarakhand, has mountainous type of landform as they are at higher altitudes. 

Earlier in India land routes were not very developed. Places were not easily accessible, not even in plain areas. Later the transportation system in India developed, facilities improved and now almost every part of the country is accessible, even in the mountain areas. 

In plains, it's easy to construct a road or to establish a railway network but in mountain regions it's not that easy. As the technology developed, the construction of roads became possible between the mountains. Moreover, tunnels were constructed for running trains. So what is the method through which these roads and railways are being constructed? 

This is done by breaking or cutting mountains through blasts with high sonic sounds. In the last few decades tourism in India has been promoted very actively, as it gives good income to the nation and helps in the growth of GDP. 

India is the place where culture and religion has influenced people so much. People might not travel as a passion or for fun but they will travel to visit temples and other religious places. Kashmir is the heaven of India, Kedarnath, Badrinath and Vaishnodevi are the most popular and well known religious places of tourism. 

These temples are situated in the himalayan regions. Going there once upon a time was almost impossible. Almost all the famous temples are situated on the peak of the mountains and once in a year people visit in crowds when the doors open for worship. 

In hilly areas, providing goods and services was difficult in earlier times and hence the development of the transportation system has made the lives of people living there easy. 

On one hand all these developments have provided accessibility to the people and have raised the standard of living of people. On other hand it has harmed the natural and real beauty of nature. Due to tourism the business and earning of people has increased, but when you try to innovate, with the help of technology for your own comfort it affects the health of the natural landforms. 

This breakdown of mountains forcefully by man has resulted in landslides. When the rocks are cut ,the imbalance occurs in the adjustment of rocks and hence they break down automatically and slide down on the land causing harm to life and property.  Many times these landslides block the way. 

Geographically, a landslide is the movement of the rocks and debris down a slope under the influence of gravity. Human factors are highly responsible for landslides nowadays. Construction activities of humans have increased the fragility of mountains, especially of himalayan mountains. Of all the world's landslides, 30 percent occur in the Himalaya, according to a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). 

The main reason for these types of landslides are mining and ill planned road construction. For the generation of electricity, dams are being built on the banks of rivers in the hilly areas and hence leading to the destruction. 

It is said that everybody has their limits of tolerance of torture and so is with the nature. We humans have harassed and misused the resources of nature. It's good to be productive and development is an important aspect of human society. In the environment where man lives he has to develop and innovate, but this should be balanced. If once you have burned your fingers, why put your hand again in the same fire? If it is known that these constructions are resulting in the loss of life and property and harming nature's stability,it should be stopped, but humans are so selfish and greedy they will continue doing it. When nature becomes aggressive it's very disastrous for human lives. 

India is one of the largest democracies in the world. Here the government is formed directly by the people, for the people and of the people. Every citizen of India who is above 18 years has the right to choose his/her leader and representative through voting, without discriminating on the basis of caste, class, religion and gender. 

All the politicians except the President and the Governor all are elected by citizens of the country. India has a proper pyramidal system of conducting elections. The central election Commission of India was established on 25th of January 1950, which conducts elections at central. 

Similarly each state has its own election Commission known as state election Commission for conducting elections at state and local elections within state. 

For electing Prime Minister, Members of Parliament, Chief Ministers and Members of Legislative Assembly, elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI). 

It monitors the indirect elections conducted for electing the President by the consent of both the houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of States. 

ECI is responsible for all the head to toe management for conducting elections. It prepares voters list, provides voting booths, makes voter's ID cards, provides voting machines to each booth, manages election campaigns, monitors for preventing any type of scam in votes and voting machines. It is responsible for implementing model code of conduct 144 before 72 hours of elections. It is responsible for the delimitation of places according to population.

For both Central and State election commissions, commissioners are appointed as the heads of the commission. 

After the President, the second citizen of the country is the Prime Minister, he has the executive power for implementing and amending any law. He is elected by direct elections, by the citizens of India who are above 18 and has been listed in voters list. Places are divided into constituencies over 10 lakh population each. Each constituency has one representative known as Member of Parliament, of the same political party to which the candidate for the post of Prime Minister belongs to. Which means if a person is voting for a particular representative he is voting for the leader of that political party who has stood for the post of the Prime Minister.Same is with the Chief Ministers of the states. 

Municipalities and Nagar Nigam heads are elected directly by the people through voting. Same is with the case of Councillor and Sarpanch. 

All this process is what one can see from a bird's eye view, the reality is always beneath the surface. Entire process of elections seems to be truly democratic and constitutional. It is fixed that the party and the representative who will get the majority of votes will be the leader, but the votes which they get in majority are they real ones? 

Whenever we say politics or politicians, the first thought which comes to mind is of fraud and corruption. It's a fact that a politician is never an honest and dedicated man. He tries every means to come into power, because history is the evidence that everybody has greed for the throne, everybody wants to be superior and can rule among others. The hunger of that seat can turn every honest and responsible person into a dishonest and irresponsible one. 

In order to come into power the menadatory thing is securing a majority of the votes. Therefore leaders of political parties use their financial power. They spread their workers in their areas where they give money and bribe to the voters who are either poor or in need of money. This is called purchasing of votes by giving money. By giving money they assure their votes. Even when that candidate loses the elections, the person who has been given money is mentally harassed by them. 

Another way which they try out is malpractices in voting machines. They change or adjust machines in the manner that no matter to whom the vote is given it automatically goes into the account of one particular party who had changed it. Though ECI keeps an eye over such kind of malpractices but still this happens in the country. 

One more way which these politicians try out is changing the settings of counting machines where it miscounts the vote. 

When a candidate conducts election campaigns in order to get votes he tries to influence backward classes people by promising them various kinds of opportunities and privileges. Secondly, he tries to influence people of poor sections who don't have shelter and money. He promises them to provide groceries either for free or at cheap rates. Thirdly, he influences farmers by promising them to give maximum profit of their production. All the grains will be purchased by the government at a good rate. 

Poverty, corruption, slums, cleanliness, improper roads, security of women and unemployment are some of the common and huge problems almost every corner of India is facing. Hence politicians promise to eradicate all the problems. Once they win the elections they never look back at their promises and they misuse their power by every means they can and just fill their own pockets. 

There are many more things regarding elections. The list is never ending. The people choose their leaders with the hope that their problems will be listened to and can reach a solution. Leaders are those who shape the nation and are responsible for its growth as all the laws and schemes are launched by their government. He is the one who leads the nation who runs the nation. He has the responsibility to take the nation towards development and progress. A leader is someone who is never selfish and is always dedicated to the society and his work. The responsibility of administration and of being a head, a captain and a leader is not a matter of joke. If a captain  is not responsible, the ship will for sure drown. 

India has potential to be one of the most prestigious and developed nations of the world. It has the power to emerge as a well known nation. India has so many young talented people who can take the country to higher levels but it's lacking in opportunities and shaping, since the very early time India has always gone in wrong hands and hence this is the condition of the nation. For sure politics is never so honest in any country but the United States and Britain are developed because of their laws and administration of the country which is done by the leader who is leading it. 

It is said that for establishment of any relationship whether official, unofficial, love, friendship and other, the base upon which it is built is the trust. 

As humans started to survive on this earth, they began hunting and gathering. Later human civilization began to establish and in order to communicate with each other, people started using signs and symbols and later on languages were made. 

Connections between people began to establish, people started interacting with each other and hence social connections and society began to form. 

In India earlier more than the major population lived in villages and even today India's 65.07% of the population lives in villages. 

It's said that people earlier who lived in villages were more helpful, kind, humble and dedicated towards each other. They were soft hearted and hence have the belief in the concept of joy of giving. They cannot see anyone in trouble and hence were always ready to help each other. 

The most important thing which makes a difference between that time and today's scenario is that people in ancient times can trust each other, they can talk to anyone, they can make anybody who is passing by their house to sit and give him food and water. They can leave their house open if they are going outside for a few hours. People sympathized with each other. 

As the time passed, people began to live a good life, people began to raise their standard of living. People began to be educated and hence to earn a good amount they shifted to urban areas, also to get good education further, they started to migrate to urban areas. 

In cities, one can find immense money, comfort and good living, but what you will be lacking is a sense of belongingness and brotherhood among each other, even nearby your house and your society members. There nobody is bothered about anyone, whether a person is dying or living no one cares. 

Sometimes if one is in trouble and is helpless, nobody is going to help him out. Manier times we see if an accident happens on the roadside and no medical help has been reached out, everybody will make videos on smartphones of the incident for posting on social media, but no one is responsible for calling an ambulance with the same smartphone. If an ambulance is unable to reach within time no one is liable to take a patient to the hospital by hook or by crook. 

In the context of India specially, the society has reached to such a brutal condition that you cannot trust a single person, you cannot walk on roads alone, you cannot drive on an empty road, you cannot wear any ornaments in public, you cannot talk to anyone on phone while walking on the road, you cannot look for a job, you cannot ask for a job to anyone. Why? Because people here are eager to cheat, loot and steal from each other. 

If you are walking alone on a street not only alone, even if in a crowd, you always find a sword of theft hanging over you. You have to hide your ornaments and phones while walking on the phone because any random person would come wearing the facade of a thief and will grab it from your neck and hand and you will be helpless. 

The body of women has always been a source of entertainment for the men specially in India. Women are unsafe here by every means. Despite these many laws and privileges, women are unsafe, she cannot do night jobs, she cannot hire a taxi even in day time, if she is alone. She cannot go anywhere alone, because seeing a girl alone, they get the chance to tease her and to harass her.

People sometimes give into the greed of giving jobs and misuse them. There are innumerable examples which prove how unsafe a woman is. They are raped, their lives are destroyed by acid attacks. Such a cowardly man lives in the Indian society. 

I wonder where humanity has faded? How can people be so heartless? How can one forget about helping each other? This world exists because of trust and faith in each other. If everybody will look at each other from the eye of suspicion how humanity is going to survive? how will this cycle of surviving work? 

Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) is the process of empowering women. It may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints or making an effort to seek them, raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training. Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the different problems in society. They may have the opportunity to redefine gender roles or other such roles, which in turn may allow them more freedom to pursue desired goals.

Women's empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics. Economic empowerment allows women to control and benefit from resources, assets, and income. It also aids the ability to manage risk and improve women's well-being. It can result in approaches to support trivialized genders in a particular political or social context.  While often interchangeably used, the more comprehensive concept of gender empowerment concerns people of any gender, stressing the distinction between biological and gender as a role. Women empowerment helps in boosting the status of women through literacy, education, training and awareness creation.  Furthermore, women's empowerment refers to women's ability to make strategic life choices which had been previously denied them.

Nations, businesses, communities and groups may benefit from the implementation of programs and policies that adopt the notion of female empowerment. Empowerment of women enhances the quality and the quantity of human resources available for development. Empowerment is one of the main procedural concerns when addressing human rights and development.

People engage in public debate and make demands on the government for health care, social security and other entitlements.  In particular, education empowers women to make choices that improve their children's health, their well-being, and chances of acquiring survival skills. Education informs others of preventing and containing a disease. Such education empowers women to make choices that can improve their welfare, including marrying beyond childhood and having fewer children. Education can increase women's awareness of their rights, boost their self-esteem, and provide them the opportunity to assert their rights. 

inequalities persist. A major concern in many countries is not only the limited numbers of girls going to school, but also the number of educational pathways for those that step into the classroom. There are efforts to address the lower participation and learning achievement of girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. 

In some parts of the world, girls and women are attacked for attending school, and societal efforts to stop this may be lacking. 

Many of the barriers to women's empowerment and equity are the result of cultural norms. While many women are aware issues posed by gender inequality, others have become accustomed to it. Many men in power are hesitant to disrupt societal norms that are unfair to women. 

Research shows that the increasing access to the Internet can also result in an increased exploitation of women.[46] Releasing personal information on websites has put some women's personal safety at risk. In 2010, Working to Halt Online Abuse stated that 73% of women were victimized through such sites

Types of victimization include cyber stalking, harassment, online pornography, flaming, and especially sexual harassment in the workplace. It occurs most frequently in business, trade, banking and finance, sales and marketing, hospitality, civil service, and education, lecturing and teaching. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), sexual harassment is a clear form of gender discrimination based on sex, a manifestation of unequal power relations between men and women.

UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is urging for increased measures of protection for women against sexual harassment and violence in the workplace. 54% (272) had experienced some form of workplace sexual harassment. 79% of the victims are women; 21% were men. 

Studies show that women face more barriers in the workplace than men. Gender-related barriers involve sexual harassment, unfair hiring practices, career progression, and unequal pay where women are paid less than men are for performing the same job. 

One should believe that healthy, educated and empowered women and girls are agents of change.

When women and girls are supported, they gain opportunities to speak up for their rights, and also to advocate for their communities. They are also able to rise in social standing, and they can feed this into future generations.

This means women’s organizations, women’s empowerment policies and women’s charities can gain momentum and contribute to a stronger world.

If we look at the world and think deep down we wonder, who made this beautiful world, this day and night, this cycle of life, these plants and trees, rivers, hills, mountains, lakes, blue sky and little stars blinking millions of miles away? Science that the universe came into existence due to a big bang.

After the formation of the earth, who brought life to this world? That's a secret we don’t know. Every scientist, every religion, every philosophical thought gives different explanations for the origin of life on earth. Who was the first living organism on this earth? 

Long long ago after the formation of the earth, and the presence of water on it, a small micro-organism known as amoeba developed. It is a unicellular organism which is believed to be formed firstly on the earth. Later, as millions of years passed, amoeba evolved and a multicellular organism was formed and then after further evolution monkeys and chimpanzees came into existence and from there humans evolved. 

Human body is not less than a machine. A heart that is beating non-stop, providing fuel to every part of the body so that it can function, exactly like an engine in any machine. 

Lungs inhale oxygen by breathing and this oxygen is provided to blood. 

Brain which is the most important part of a human body, controls all the functions of the human body, gives commands to every part of the body, receives commands from every part of the body, analyzes them and reacts accordingly. 

I wonder how beautifully this universe has evolved humans and made it the most unique creature by imbibing emotions into them.

A human being falls in love with the parents, family members, relatives and people of opposite gender. Love is something indescribable which every human possesses in his heart's corner. 

Happiness is something which gives pleasure to the entire body system. People struggle and live to be happy and everybody has different sources of happiness. People live to be happy. Sometimes love and happiness are interconnected. In fact all emotions are interconnected. Love can make you happy as well as sad at the same time. 

Emotions make us different from machines. We have emotions and hence have power to control ourselves.

We become sad and tears come out of our eyes, isn't that unique? We humans have feelings of pity and gratitude towards each other. 

Some humans are too full of emotions and feelings, and are known as sensitive humans. Who loves too much, cares too much, is sad too much and happy as well. 

No doubt every living organism which has life, also has emotions. Maybe plants and trees, ants and lizards also have emotions. Dogs, cats, cows, lions, fish. Every animal has emotions but why are they not like humans? Humans know how to express their emotions and how to control them. We can handle our emotions. Hence we are humans due to our ability to handle emotions. 

Emotions give humans and each living organism a reason to live and survive. Otherwise humans too would be like machines which keep on doing the same thing over and over again. There would be no development of individuals and of society. When a person gets success in his life he becomes happy. Everyone earns to live a happy life and for their loved one. 

Life is balanced due to love, hate, anger, sadness and happiness. Life is full of emotions. From birth to death.