Srinath's OPED

India, a socially and culturally rigid civilisation for the past 3000 years was given the gift of free thought when the invading party, the British left the country on 1947. The country, spurred on by its founding fathers, great thinkers like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Chakravarty Rajagopalachari had bright hopes of a brilliant future. There was a positive mentality with the general population and the prospect of an illustrious future for their children and theirs. However, much to the general populations dismay, today India is considered a failed state. The basic amenities such as electricity and clean drinking water a luxury for the rich. The governments corruption is so deeply rooted into the nation that it is taken for granted to offer bribes, and accept that its lower middle class are to be down trodden. Population and pollution are so out of control that sickness and disease is more common than air and water. Now this list can go on and continue to berate the nation ...

Envy: A definition Considered one of the seven sins, within Catholic Christianity, and usually one of the most common cause of human misery is Envy. The irony is that this emotion causes no perceived physical pain. Aristotle defines envy as " as the pain caused by the good fortune of others," and Socrates goes far to mention that "it(Envy) is the ulcer of the human soul." In order for envy to work there must be an Envier and an Envied. The reason for this being such a destructive force is that it wishes to inflict misfortune on others. In the case of Aristotle, the good fortune could be extended to knowledge acquired, wealth, fame or beauty. These are, usually, the most common cause of envy among humans. Yet there must be a reason as to why this is considered a dangerous and destructive force.  Jealousy Vs Envy Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for one makes himself get good things by jeal...