Passage 1

In English

HUMANITY has achieved today tremendous progress through science. Astonishing advances have been made in areas like plastics, computers, electronics and exploration of space. On the other hand, in the sphere of ethics, the picture is depressing. The world is confronted with grave economic and political problems. International, racial, religious, caste and communal differences, inter-state conflicts, violent agitations by students are rampant, all over the world. What is the reason for these contradictory developments - scientific progress on the one side and moral deterioration on the other. How has mankind fallen to this egregious depth of ethical and spiritual degradation?