Our Social Evils

"Evil is unspectacular and always human And shares our bed and eats at our own table."

                                                              -W.H.Auden

                           

Introduction:-

            India is a considered as a tiny world in itself. Because , people of different castes, communities and faiths live here. These people have different philosophy of life. They are quite different to one another in so many ways. Thus, some of them have positive outlook, while other have negative thinking. So, our society is consisted of good and evil. Some evilish habits of our society , are discussed loss.

            

Communalism:-

              The worst evil that came with these foreigners was communal frenzy. It is the most hasrmful. There are riots. There is loss of life and property. All work stops. This is a national loss. The police and the P.A.C. have to patrol the city. The government gives compensation to those whose relatives are killed in riots or property destroyed. All this result in much national loss.

              

Dowry:-

          Dowry is another evil of our society. It was a good custom in the beginning. But now man needs more money. There are many new articles that he wishes to possess. If he cannot buy them himself he forces the bride to bring money from her parents. There are many cases of the buring and murder of brides. Some brides commit suicide.

          

Poverty:-

         Poverty is curse to our society. It is very harmful. It blocks the progress of the nation. It gives rise to many crimes. The government is trying to eradicate poverty but the percentage of poor people in our country is still very large.

         

Illiteracy:- 

      India has a very large number of illiterate persons. This evil is connected with the two other evils: poverty and superstition. Poverty is the cause. Superstition is the effect. Children do not read because they have no time and money to go to school. In poor families a made child begins to earn when he is quite young in age.

      

Superstition:-

              The evil is very deep-rooted in mankind. There is superstition everywhere. But our society has more of it. People who are and illiterate are more superstition than the others. Superstition very often leads to crime. People commit crimes to be cured of disease and evil influence, to get children and riches.

              

Conclusion:-

       The above mentioned are only some of the evils of our society. Things are changing. There is more education. There is more money. We hope taht our society will be much better one day.

       

Difficult words:-

1. Crept in                          = घुस आए

2. Communal frenzy        = साम्प्रदायिक पागलपन

3. Riots                               = दंगे

4. Patrol                             =  गश्त लगाना

5. Compensation             = क्षतिपूर्ति के लिए धन

6. Emulation                      = नकल, होड

7. Corruption                     = भ्रष्टाचार 

8. Alms                               = भिक्षा के लिए दिया गया धन,

                                                 खैरात

9. Nuisance                        = कष्टदायक वस्तु , कंटक 

10.Eradicate                       = समाप्त करना 

11.Superstition                  =  अंधविश्वास