New Millennium

We are entering the new millennium-what we may or can often call tormented by flashes all around eventualities by the multi-dimensional changes at a global pace much due to scientific and technological advancements which instead of illuminating, have been causing more glare than enlightenment. In such a state one may come round to think ‘What to do?’ ‘Where to go’ and ‘How to combat?’ This is so because the fabric of society has become so complex and complicated that it may not be possible to respond to the call of Dr. Tagore’s ‘Ekla Chalo (march alone).

So it seems obvious that the whole mechanism of society has gone out of gear and many parts of the machinery have rusted for which we certainly may require the qualified ‘social engineers’ whose initiatives should begin from their own self after invoking the spiritual self with the impartial words of Socrates “Shine Inward”. Something substantial can be achieved through attempts in the directions of adjustment, principally through legislative, administrative, and judicial means of the traditional and static social and legal institutions to the needs and demands of society aiming at economic development and social advancement. It is in this area that the role of social engineers is urgently called for.