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for us or even which toy to give to a new baby! So many kinds of goods are displayed, so many
temptations are presented that the poor consumer does not know what to buy or reject.

Advertisements help us in telling about a new product. Without them one cannot know which
new products have been launched in any field. We will not be able to learn about the merits of a
new product. It can be anything— a new medicine, a new book, a new school, a new hospital—the
list is endless. Advertisements also lead to competition and better products come in the market.
As long as the competition is healthy, it is good, but advertisements have become cutthroat—
see the Cola War. The competition between Coca-cola and Pepsi has made them spend crores on
advertisements. Film stars are roped into to make the products popular. Films re advertised with
huge posters. Sometimes they prove dangerous for drivers! Some advertisements are displayed
wrongly. Some of them are very attractive and they persuade people to buy things which they do
not need! For example, housewives rush to buy things at sales which they do not need, but buy
them because they are cheaper.

If I Were the Prime Minister of My Country

If I ever become the prime minister of my country, my first priority would be rooting out corruption.
The biggest problem is corruption, right from top to bottom. The general public thinks that nothing
can move without greasing a few palms. If you want anything to be done, you must have the right
connections, the right amount of money to give. I would see to it that no corrupt official survives
in my Government. Punishment for the corruption would be compulsory and final.
To have honest people around, there should be adequate salaries given to everyone and to educate
people in proper values. My next target would be education. I would try to fulfil one of the promises
made by our constitution makers, free and compulsory education till the secondary school. There
would not be a single illiterate person left in India. Every boy and every girl would have the right
to study up to the secondary school. No country can progress without its women being educated.
The schools would teach ethical, moral values, inculcate a high feeling of patriotism and teach
every child how to earn a living.

Business-oriented education would eradicate poverty and also teach the young that India needs
to reduce its population growth. With a decrease in population our economy would grow country
and India will find its place among the most prosperous nations of the world.

The country would be prosperous, peaceful and with inculcated spiritual values. All this would be
true—If I were the Prime Minister of My Country!

Test Yourself

I. Write an essay on the following topics:
1. Your visit to railway station 2. Is cinema harmful to the youth?

3. Good manners 4. How science has changed our lives?
5. Pollution—how to stop it? 6. If I were a Millionaire

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