Science and Man

The TV alarm switches on automatically in the morning belting our breaking news that stirs me out of my slumber. I lazily go about my ablutions, the electric shaver, and a hot water bath followed by steaming hot coffee from the percolator. My cornflakes and breakfast are ready within a minute thanks to the microwave oven! Without a thought to spare I am a slave to the inventories of science.
Be it the flicks of a light switch, the oscillation of the ceiling fan, the automobile I drive in are all the boon of science that has made life easier to live in. One needn't go all the way to a pilgrimage to pay ones tributes. Today it's done on-line by our personal computer. Be it booking of travel tickets, paying of bills, sharing a comfortable conversation with a friend in another city or country, science has given it all to man.
Innovations in transport and communication have shrunk global boundaries making it easier to communicate within no time. Rivers are harnessed by dams, hydel electricity being generated. Food grains are grown self-sufficiently by reducing the risk of pests and diseases with drought control. Textiles are produced with much modernization bringing a revolution in fashion and designer wear.
Scientific remote sensing predicts weather modulations more accurately thus giving us a timely warning of earthquakes, floods and tornadoes. Cultural exchange has become possible, where one can listen to Pundit Ravi Shankar's recital in London or anywhere in the world with the flick on a TV remote or even listen to Michael Jackson back here in India. Tabla maestro Zakir Husain can delight viewers sitting in their drawing rooms all over the globe.
The heads of nations may even conduct political affairs, formulate policies and process their execution whilst away from their national capital. He may be in a remote rural area but never once away from matters of state thanks to science. There are tractors to till the land, pumps to irrigate it, fertilizers to increase