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N ews reports have been highlighting the growing problem of use of illegal drugs among youth of India. It is a serious problem that in its worst form can become primary cause of compromising present and future well being of the nation. Once caught in its grip, a human finds it difficult to overcome the problem, even unto death, so pervasive is its influence on human biology. It would be wishful thinking on part of India that it can control this problem through its law and order machinery, when even the strict legal forces of US or the guns and blazes of Duterte of Philippines is facing a hard time controlling it. Against this backdrop, many have suggested that one of the illegal drugs, cannabis be legalized. As compared to synthetic chemical drugs, it is a herbal substance that has been present in India as a wild weed for thousands of years, for the most part as legal as spinach or onions without having caused any notable problem while problems created by the other herb

W hile due to annual fluctuations some years enjoy a good rainfall in Northern India, the overall trend over the last fifty years as deduced by the India Meteorological department is a falling rain fall. This finding was revealed in newspaper report today http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/imd-analysis-reveals-falling-rainfall-trend-in-north-india/articleshow/59827995.cms This is worrisome all the more since requirements of fresh water has increased greatly in the same period due to a huge rise of population in the last fifty years. The report further says that they cannot pinpoint the cause hence also not a solution. However, a recent NASA study provides both the cause and the solution. According to it, trees and forest help to create rain. https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2608/new-study-shows-the-amazon-makes-its-own-rainy-season/ Declining rainfall has followed the pattern of reducing trees due to increasing urbanization, farming and deforestation in the

http://richmondvale.org/effects-of-poverty/ An older article on Inequality by the author has been popular in this blog. It talked of rising wealth and income inequality over the last forty years, primarily in the richest country of the world, US. Suggestions were given as to how the problem may be overcome. This year, 2017, OXFAM carried out a study of inequality in 152 countries of the world including both rich and poor countries. According to a report in times of India   based on the study, India has been ranked 132 out of 152 countries on the basis of inequality. Sweden ranked the highest while Nigeria was at the bottom. The US had the highest level of inequality among developed countries, though it is the wealthiest country in the world. However, most of its budget goes on military spending and maintaining wars and military bases around the world. In India, the new Narendra Modi government has been seized of the problem and his approval rating is one of

Ma Ganga brings peace and prosperity to the lands it flows through when it flows pure .When pollution is added to Ma Ganga, crime and poverty spreads across the lands it flows through in direct proportion to the pollution   It is very sad that the river Ganga that flows through Northern India has become highly polluted since seventy years ever since India became independent. Over these seventy years the pollution has increased every year the government has spent enormous amounts of money to clean it perhaps in direct proportion to the money spent. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is concerned about it as are citizens. This author too has applied his mind to the topic and written notes containing suggestions on how to help clean it. A note can be found at the following link A New Revised Approach to Cleaning the Ganges https://steamcenter.blogspot.in/2016/08/a-new-revised-approach-to-cleaning.html Jai Bhole Nath Jai Shri Hanuman

A couple of decades ago, personal computers became common equipment of offices. While it made many tasks easier, it created problems too. Office workers began to use it for a lot of other things besides work. Soon offices started placing restrictions on its use, some that were on office networks put in firewalls to block some sites. A new age has now arrived, it is the age of the smart phones and one can play around on it almost as much as on a personal computer. This has become a problem in many offices around the world. Recently when in a district of Uttar Pradesh the District Magistrate organized a meeting of all officials to solve problems of public, all arrived with their smart phones. When the DM made a surprise check he found many busy playing games or messaging on social media etc. The DM blew his top and shouted at the staff but it is more or less guaranteed that when he left the smart phones came out again. The problem is more pervasive in government offices tha