Is this picture of a civilised society ?

The practice of children doing manual work for earning bread is called child labour. It is a great social evil and is present mostly in the poor and underdeveloped countries. The Children work without pay in family enterprises, particularly in family agricultural plots. They labour as wage earns in small workshops, in factories and in the fields.

CURIOSITY

Curiosity means the urge to know the unknown. It is mostly inherent in a man’s nature. It is a sort of an adventure, and this spirit of adventure draws a man irresistably towards the unknown. And that is how the world has found it’s inventors, explorers and others who had led the way in various fields of human endeavour. The sense of curiosity is a force behind many a discovery and invention.

National Integration

India is a vast country with different languages, religions, castes, and communities. Despite all these apparent diversities, there is a strong uniting bond that enables us to live together peacefully, identifying ourselves as Indians. It is this feeling of oneness that constitutes the very basis of national integration.

Brain Drain

The migration of scientists, doctors, engineers and other technically qualified persons usually from an underdeveloped country is termed “brain drain”. India suffers a great loss in the steady outflow of her talents, especially those educated at the tax payer’s money.

Dignity of Labour

All forms of work, manual or intellectual are called labour. Tilling of land or carrying a load by hand is manual labour. But when we read a book or write a letter we are engaged in intellectual work . Dignity of labour chiefly means respectability of manual labour .

Unemployment

Unemployment means the state of being without any opportunity of earning one’s livelihood. Unemployment now is a major problem in underdeveloped countries . Previously there was not much of unemployment . The people lived in villages where they met their simple wants by agriculture or cottage industries . But industrial civilization brought about a change in the situation .