Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.—mark twain
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“In the 17 general elections
held so far, the people have
changed the ruling party or
combination of parties eight
times, which accounts for
nearly 50% of number of gen-
eral elections. In spite of
largescale inequalities, illite-
racy, backwardness, poverty
and alleged ignorance, the
people of Independent India
have proved themselves to be
intelligent and up to the task.
The masses have performed
their duties reasonably well.
Now, it is the turn of those
who are manning the key or-
gans of the State to ponder if
they are living up to the Con-
stitutional mandate,” Chief
Justice Ramana said.
What you want is behind that fear, and that fear is just your imagination.
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The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production even if on a small scale, in our own hardens. if only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone.
Bill mollison father of permaculture
“The modern mind is overstimulated and the modern body is understimulated and overfed.
Meditation, exercise, and fasting restore an ancient balance.” —
There is no such thing as a small act of kindness, your every act creats a ripple, that goes far.
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No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
-Theodore Roosevelt
"Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore."
~ Albert Einstein
Swamy Vivekanand explains: This world is like a dog’s
curly tail, and people have been striving to straighten it out for hundreds of years. But when they let it go, it curls up again. How could it be otherwise? So we should always remember the instance of the curly tail of the dog. We need not worry or make ourselves sleepless about the world. It will go on without each of us. Our worries will not help it. But when we stop worrying about the world, then alone will we be able to work well. It is the level-headed man, the calm man of good judgement and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself. The one who is complaining all the time is foolish and has no sympathy.He can never straighten out theworld, nor can he improve himself.
Anger has great strength,
but no brains.
Greed has many hands, but no heart.
Fear has many titles, but no honor.
Hatred has many forms, but no soul.
Desire has great strength, but no brains.
Agony has many hands, but no heart.
Shame has many titles, but no honor.
Ego has many forms, but no soul.
Envy has great strength, but no brains.
Malice has many hands, but no heart.
Lust has many titles, but no honor.
Evil has many forms, but no soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
ENVIRONMENT -
Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.”
Earth has sufficient for everyone's need but not for even one person's greed -MKG
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors...we borrow it from our children.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today.
Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.
Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.
AtharvaVeda calls it a bounden duty that we must protect the earth so that life can be sustained
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. ~Ross Perot
“We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.”
—Barbara Ward
“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”
—Thomas Fuller
"Earth doesn't belong to us, we belong to Earth"
“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”
—Leo Tolstoy
We don't know the value of water until the well is dry
"Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are- rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity"
— BAN KI MOON
1.Ethics is a code of values, which govern our lives, and are thus very essential for moral and healthy life. In the context of the press, “Ethics” may be described as a set of moral principles or values, which guide the conduct of journalism.
2.In relation to news coverage, it includes issues such as impartiality, objectivity, balance, bias, privacy, and the public interest.
3.On an institutional level, it includes debates over media ownership and control, commercialization, accountability, the relation of the media to the political system, issues arising from regulation (e.g. censorship) and deregulation.
#Ethics #Media
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory- M.K.Gandhi
#Quote
#Gs4
Education empowers girls.
Empowered girls empower society.
Empowered society empowers a nation.
Let’s go. Beti padhao!
#GenderEquality
Science and Technology are value neutral. They don’t possess any value in themselves. Any machine will work the way we want it to. It entirely depends on us what task we want it to perform. Science and tech is emotionless
#upscquote
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity- Aristotle
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कभी कभी वक्त के साथ
सब ठीक नहीं, खत्म हो जाता है !
“The voice of the people is the
voice of god; The voice of the Pan-
chayat is the voice of the people,”
is the quote attributed to Mohan-
das Karamchand Gandhi.
"I trained 4 years to run only 9 seconds. There are people who do not see results in two months, give up and quit.
Sometimes failure is sought by oneself.”
Usain Bolt
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
― George Bernard Shaw
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." - Abraham Lincoln
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"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance"
~ Albert Einstein
George Orwell : "Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to
hear"
Voltaire : "I disagree with everything you say, but I shall defend to the
death your right to say it."
Noam Chomsky -“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we
despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
🎓Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
..A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
🎓It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
.....Aristotle
🎓Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.
– Nelson Mandela
🎓Education alone has the power to tackle all the world’s problems.
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS QUOTES
“There is some self interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self interests. This is a bitter Truth” ― Chanakya
“If it’s wrong when they do it, it’s wrong when we do it.” ― Noam Chomsky
“He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act” ― Plato
“International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power” ― Hans J. Morgenthau
“War made the state, and the state made war” ― Charles Tilly
“In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.”
― Samuel P Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.-- Daisaku Ikeda
In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people. —Salman Khurshid
"To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves".-J.Nehru.
#Women
#Swami Vivekananda
👉Arise awake and stop not till the goal is reached — Swami Vivekananda (This quote can be used in Ethics/Essay answers dealing with Hope/Corruption/Faith)
👉One ounce of practice is worth twenty thousand tons of big talk (Swami Vivekananda – This quote can be used to conclude almost every essay).
👉 “It is impossible to think about the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is impossible for a bird to fly on only one wing” – Swami Vivekananda. (On women empowerment)
👉All nations have attained greatness by paying proper respect to women. That country and that nation which do not respect women have never become great, nor will ever be in future – Swami Vivekananda.
👉“All the different religions are but applications of the one religions adapted to suite the requirements of different nations”. – Swami Vivekananda. (on Religion)
👉“If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy & peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine” – Swami Vivekananda (on serving Humanity)
#ethics #essay
WHEN A MAN ASSUMES PUBLIC TRUST, HE SHOULD CONSIDER HIMSELF AS PUBLIC PROPERTY” Thomas Jefferson
Problems in being moral
1. social isolation like Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Harassement like Satyaendra Dubey, D K Ravi
3. Freqent transfers like Vinod Khemka
4. Yudhistra lost everything while being truthful
#Ethics
Mahatma Gandhi's view on Independence
The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence.
#women
Sanitation is more important than Independence.
#Sanitation
We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts.
Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.
#upscquote
Gautam Buddha
1. “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own
common sense
#fakenews
#upscquote.
#GS 3 #Internal security
#Social media
Tagore, the idea of India was to realize its civilizational possibilities and potential rather than to allow it to inhale the “fumes” of “patriotic bragging.”
#QUOTE
#NATIONALISM
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Albert Einstein
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