1995
1. Politics without ethics is a disaster.
2. The New emerging woman-power: the ground
realities.
3. When money speaks, the truth is silent.
4. Whither Indian Democracy?
5. Restructuring of the Indian education
system.
6. Disinterested Intellectual curiosity is the
life-blood of real civilization.
7. Our deeds determine us, as much as we
determine our deeds.
1996
1. Literacy is growing very fast but there is
no corresponding growth in education.
2. Restructuring of the U.N.O. to reflect
present realities.
3. New cults and godmen: a threat to
traditional religions.
4. The V.I.P. The cult is the bane of Indian
democracy.
5. Need for transparency in Public
Administration.
6. Truth is lived, not taught.
1997
1. What we have not learnt during fifty years
of independence.
2. Judicial activism.
3. Greater political power alone will not
improve women's plight.
4. True religion cannot be misused.
5. The modern doctor and his patients.
6. Urbanization is a blessing in disguise.
1998
1. The composite culture of India.
2. Woman is God's best creation.
3. The misinterpretation and misuse of freedom
in India.
4. India's contribution to world wisdom.
5. The language problem in India: Its past,
present and prospects.
6. The world of the twenty-first century.
1999
1. Women's empowerment: Challenges and
prospects.
2. The youth culture today.
3. Mass media and culture invasion.
4. Resource management in the Indian context.
5. Value-based science and education.
6. Reservations, politics and empowerment.
2000
1. Why should we be proud of being Indians?
2. The cyberworld : its charms and challenges.
3. The country's need for a better disaster
management system.
4. Indian culture today : a myth or a reality?
5. The implications of globalization for
India.
6. Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical
values.
2001
1. What have we gained from our democratic
set-up?
2. My vision of an ideal world order.
3. The march of science and the erosion of
human values.
4. Irrelevance of the classroom.
5. The pursuit of excellence.
6. Empowerment alone can not help our women.
2002
1. Modern Technological Education and human
values.
2. Search for Truth can only be a spiritual
problem.
3. If youth knew, if age could.
4. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
5. Privatization of Higher Education in India.
6. Responsibility of media in a democracy.
2003
1. The Masks of New Imperialism.
2. How far has democracy in India delivered
the goods?
3. How should a civil servant conduct himself?
4. As civilization advances, culture declines.
5. There is nothing either good or bad but
thinking makes it so.
6. Spirituality and Scientific temper.
2004
1. India's Role in Promoting ASEAN
Cooperation.
2. Judicial Activism and Indian Democracy.
3. Whither Women's Emancipation?
4. Globalization and its impact on Indian
Culture.
5. The Lure of Space.
6. Water Resources should be under the control
of the Central Government.
2005
1. Justice must reach the poor.
2. The hand that rocks the cradle.
3. If women ruled the world.
4. What is real education?
5. Terrorism and world peace.
6. Food security for sustainable national
development.
2006
1. Women Reservation Bill would usher in
empowerment of women in India.
2. Protection of Ecology and Environment is
essential for sustained economic development.
3. Importance of Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement.
4. "Education For All" campaign in
India: Myth or Reality.
5. Globalization would finish small scale
industries in India.
6. Increasing computerisation would lead to
the creation of a Dehumanised Society.
2007
1. Independent thinking should be encouraged
right from childhood.
2. Evaluation of Panchayati Raj System in
India from the point of view of eradication of poverty to power to people.
3. Attitude makes habit, habit makes character
and character makes a man.
4. Is autonomy the best answer to combat
balkanization?
5. How has satellite television brought about
cultural change in the Indian mindset?
6. BPO boom in India.
2008
1. Role of the media in good governance.
2. National identity and patriotism.
3. Special Economic Zones: Boon or Bane.
4. Discipline means success, anarchy means
ruin.
5. Urbanization and its hazards.
6. Is an egalitarian society possible by
educating the masses?
2009
1. Are our traditional handicrafts doomed to a
slow death?
2. Are we a 'soft' state?
3. "The focus of health care is
increasingly getting skewed towards the 'haves' of our society."
4. "Good fences make good
neighbours."
5. 'Globalism' vs.'Nationalism'.
2010
1. Geography may remain the same; history need
not.
2. Should a moratorium be imposed on all fresh
mining in tribal areas of the country?
3. Preparedness of our society for India's
global leadership role.
4. From traditional Indian philanthropy to the
Gates-Buffett model – a natural progression or a paradigm shift?
2011
1. Creation of smaller states and the
consequent administrative, economic and developmental implications.
2. Does Indian cinema shape our popular
culture or merely reflect it?
3. Credit-based higher education system–
status, opportunities and challenges.
4. In the Indian context, both human
intelligence and technical intelligence are crucial in combating terrorism.
2012
1. In the context of Gandhiji's views on the
matter, explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms 'Swadhinata', 'Swaraj' and
'Dharmarajya'. Critically comment on their contem porary relevance to Indian
democracy.
2. Is the criticism that the
'Public-Private-Partnership' (PPP) model for development is more of a bane than
a boon in the Indian context, justified?
3. Science and Mysticism: Are they compatible?
4. Managing work and home– is the Indian
working woman getting a fair deal?
2013
1. Be the change you want to see in others–
Gandhiji.
2. Is the Colonial mentality hindering India's
success?
3. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH
(Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the
well-being of a country.
4. Science and Technology is the panacea for
the growth and security of the nation.