THE POWER OF INVENTIONS AND SCIENCE We live in the age of science.

People live, move and think in terms of science. Water, air, time and space have been conquered. Man has harnessed the forces of Nature, to his own use. Science has helped man to lead a better life than ever before. In all walks of life man has made wonderful progress. It has given us very swift means of communication transport. The steam engine, the motor car and now the airplane have conquered time and space. Man can now travel from one place to another in a short time. A journey of weeks and months is now performed in a few hours. Then there are the telegraph, the telephone and the wireless. The wireless has made it possible to send messages to any part of the world in the twinkling of an eye. The steamers and the aeroplanes are all fitted with a wireless apparatus so that they can get timely help in danger. The radio has made the dull evenings at home bright. One can hear news, dialogues and speeches from the distant parts of the world while sitting at home. Television, the latest development of Wireless telegraphy, enables people to see the picture as well as hear voices. Science has entered our life so powerfully that we have started thinking in a scientific way. It has all together changed our outlook on life. We now want to know the how and why of things. The age of superstitious beliefs is over. Scientific inventions have not all been for our good. Science has given man deadly weapons. The long-range guns, poisonous gases, atom-bombs and many other destructive weapons of warfare have made the life of man most insecure another war and the whole world will be destroyed in a minute by nuclear weapons.

ENTERTAINMENT TOWARDS EDUCATION

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One often hears it said, I go to a film to be entertained, not to be educated. I dont go to look for problems. The other extreme from escapism-entertainment, (which also sends shivers up most peoples spines) is the relentless quest for problems. A film is a work of art; often commercial art, if you like; it has its own techniques in its succession and arrangement of moving images, speed, cutting, colour and so on, to draw out a response. As with other works of art, if techniques and forms are used properly, the story, message and content could only be communicated in this way. The novel is not a play, nor can a play be merely photographed to become a film. Different techniques are employed which draw from us their own particular response. The Western over-intellectualising of human reactions (suspicious of any reaction that cannot be explained logically) can ruin a response to something which appeals to the whole person, senses, emotions, intellect and will. All of this shows, of course, how an audience can be got at. With so many techniques and effects at work, too-ready openness runs the risk of manipulation. But satisfying entertainment can be also true education. By response and personal contact, we are led out, drawn out of ourselves (which is what the Latin roots of the word suggest); we become more personal, that is, we move a step further towards completion of our personality. This is why it is helpful to call this genuine entertainment-education, a formation. The film is truly forming us.

THE PRIMARY LINK TO OUR FUTURE Education is a term which is more easily understood than defined. It has been derived from the Latin word "educatum" which means the act of teaching or training.

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According to some, it has also come from another Latin term "educare" which means "to bring up", "to raise". Some also believe that it has been originated from the Latin word "educere" which means "to lead forth" or "to come out". Education is thus a process of self-expression. An individual expresses himself through education. These innate powers and potentialities are developed and drawn out through education. It is a means of adjustment of an individual with the society. It is a process by which he is brought into proper relationship with the ideas and Meals, customs and traditions of the society. The child is weak, helpless and ignorant at birth. But he gradually grows and develops. He acquires knowledge and skills. He realizes thoughts into actions and satisfies his needs. He changes his behavior according to his environment. Such changes, growth and development of the individual are his education This is the result of his learning and maturation. Learning is living. Learning is the modification of behavior. Thus education is the process by which the knowledge, character and behavior of an individual are formed and modified. One's conduct and behavior are changed and refined according to the desired standard of the society. This is the result of education.

LITERATURE AS A MIRROR OF SOCIETY In every part of the world, literature has been more or less, mirror of society. At the earliest stage, literature invariably takes the form of poetry, while prose is a much later creation, because prose develops with matured age.

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Poetry is out and out a product of imagination, while prose is the fruit of intellect. The earlier from of poetry is the epic. In Italian, Greek, German, English or Indian epic we can find a clear reflection of the ancient social history of the countries. mark closely the contents of the Beowulf, the Illiad, the Odyssey, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, and you will find in them a picture of the ancient life and society of the countries concerned. Even in the much later epics of England, Germany or India, you can find a similar picture of ways of life of the peoples or more recent times of those countries. Of course, poetry has more of the element of imagination than of reality, and therefore, it is not likely to be as much a faithful mirror of society as prose, or even as the drama. Everybody wants to live in a world of imagination or fiction and not of reality, because everybody in his daily round passes though the same world, the same human existence, and the same human nature or character either in himself or in others.

YOU BLINK 15,000 TIMES A DAY The muscle that lets your eye blink is the fastest muscle in your body. It allows you to blink 5 times a second. On average, you blink 15 000 times a day. Thats about 10 times per minute, or more than five million times a year. Women blink more than men.

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Animals blink too, of course. Some bird species, usually flightless birds, have only a lower eyelid, whereas pigeons use upper and lower lids to blink. Fish and insects do not have eyelids their eyes are protected by a hardened lens. To care for your eyes, eat carrots. They really do make you see better. Vitamin A is known to prevent night blindness, and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. Deficiency of Vitamin A actually is a significant world problem, comparable to that of protein deficiency and second only to caloric deficiency. Carrots also contain fibre, potassium, vitamin C, and beta-carotene, which may reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Carrots have zero fat content. One carrot provides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A. Carrots were first cultivated in 500 BC in the Mediterranean regions. The first carrots were purple, white, and yellow. They were introduced in Europe in the 1600s. Orange carrots the ones we know today were first grown in Japan in the 17th century, and later made popular by the Dutch.

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