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[Essays]NovemberWeek3:GarrisonGovernance,
DignityofLabour,RationalistThinking,Ageof
Knowledge
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Globalization,Diplomacy
India,Democracy,Governance
Ethics,Goodgovernance,Accountability
ScienceEducation
FrontlineFodderNehruEssays

Globalization,Diplomacy
1. Secularism:Thecompellingnecessityfortodaysworld.
2. 21stCentury:Anagerichinpromise,Anagefullofchallenges.(Modi
inAustralia)
3. Theimportanceofeconomicintegrationforworldpeaceandstability.
(ModiinAustralia)
4. RelevanceofNehruvianpoliticsandGandhianethicsintodaysWorld.
5. CanIndiabecomeworldleaderbyexercisingsoftpowerand
economicdiplomacyalone?
6. OuterSpaceandcyberspace:Instrumentsofconnectivityand
prosperity,Frontiersofconflictandrivalry.(ModiinAussieparliament.
Althoughhesaidsimilarinpastalso)

India,Democracy,Governance
1. Arethepoliciesandideologiescenteredaroundsocialjustice
impedingthelongtermobjectiveofcastefreeIndiansociety?
2. RelevanceofGarrisongovernanceinanindependentdemocracy.
(Context:J&K,northeast:Garrisongovernanceinvolvesbootsonthe
groundswithafewfeelgoodhandouts.Readthiscolumn.)
3. CanIndiatransformitsdivisionsintodiversityandvarietyinto
plurality?
4. IspovertyofresourcesoneofIndiasstrengths?(Context:Jugaadu
inventions,MARSmissionetc.)
5. TheneedfordignityoflabourinIndia.(Modisaysitsmissing).
6. IndianConstitution:thewillofanenlightenednation.
7. Secularism,democracyandpluralismthethreefundamental
principlesofIndianpolity.(Thisseemstobethefavoritephrasefor
Hinducolumnist,Imseeingitforthe50dozentimes.)
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8. Indiathenationofheterogeneity,multiplicityandcomplexities.

Ethics,Goodgovernance,Accountability
1. Unlessitspeoplecentricandpeopledriven,anyreformisboundto
faceresistanceandfailure.(Modi)
2. Onlyapluralsociety,andamaturesystemofgovernancecanprotect
thecivillibertiesoftheweak.(VPAnsari)
3. Media:Thegreatenablerofcitizensrights.(Col.Rajyavardhan
Rathore)
4. Withouttransparency,autonomyisanuncheckedrighttodowrong.
(forGS4)
5. Thegreatnessofhumanityisnotbeinghuman,butinbeinghumane.
(forGS4)
6. Theseasonoffailureisthebesttimeforsowingtheseedsofsuccess.
(Gandhi,GS4).

ScienceEducation
1. Rationalistthinking,scientifictemperandOpportunisticGodmenin
India.(Context:BabaRampal.)
2. India:thevishvaguru(worldteacher)intheageofknowledge.(Modi
inAustralia)
3. ThefutureofIndia:Entrepreneurs,inventorsanddreamers.
4. EducationtheVaccineagainstallillsofsociety.(Malalasfather)
5. Alleducationisasearchfortruthandapursuitofsocialbetterment.
(Dr.S.Radhakrishnan)
6. Education:thepotentvehicleforsocialemancipationandeconomic
rejuvenation.
7. Sciencetheenzymeofhope,anelixirofdevelopment.

FrontlineFodderNehruEssays
@Mains2014,manyofyoumaybeneglectingfrontlinebecauseexamsare
near.Butiftimepermits,dogothroughlatestfrontlineissue(December
2014)forfodderonNehruspecificquestionsinGSdescriptive/Essay.
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NehruvianScientificVision
NehruvianEconomicvision
NehruvianDevelopmentVision
NehruvianWorldVisionandDiplomacy
NehruvianModernState
NehruvianSecularism

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