Then, it is quite natural that the world today faces some common issues, some of them crying for prompt redressal. Environment related issues have been in the eye of storm over the last some years. Global warming, air pollution, ecological disturbance and their escalation due to rich nations are in sharp focus. Ballooning population and the resultant stress on resources, environment and society are causes of worry. Blatant human rights violations are reported from hot spots from different parts of the world.
Gender inequality is deeply entrenched in almost all society.
In spite of the constitutional safeguards to discourage discrimination based on the colour of the skin, racism still hogs the headlines of news. Poverty however retains its position as the most worrying issue in the world today. 51 percent of the world's 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are owned by corporations. The wealthiest nation on earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. The few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world s poorest 2.5 billion people.