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considered as a major tragedy. The decline in the depth of character is far more worrisome than the downgoing water level under the soil.
The drought arising due to lack of character development is far more dangerous than the drought arising due to lack of water. The drought of water affects one year whereas the drought of character development affects the whole generation. We are presently passing through an age where there is a famine of good values and noble character. The epidemic of bad company, advertising mediums like the television, excessive rains of vices from the clouds of western influence, have impacted the present generation immensely. While on the other hand the oceans of good values have dried up.
There are three important factors which make a child extremely secure from within. Education, parents and guardians. The education of present times being devoid of an appreciation for sense of values and being more informative in nature has moved away from its stated gaal of nurturing values. On the contrary under the pretext of the medium of education, many vices and wrong beliefs are sowed in the child's mind. The nourishment of values that can be instilled by grand-parents and elders of the family has declined due to the advent of the nucleus family. Extremely busy and negligent parents are not able to perform the role of ideal parents with diligence. Thus in the 'child' field, irrigation has become very difficult and the hope of reaping a good harvest has become a distant dream.
When the non performing assets of a bank increase, the bank is derated and is gradually wound up or taken over. A
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