Arnold Toynbee, the renowned British historian, once propounded the theory of ‘challenge and response’. Toynbee theorised that those who cope with their changing environments can survive and the rest will face death; a certain death. Thus, a society can only survive and forge its way ahead if it can effectively respond to the changes taking place in the surroundings. Keeping in view the theorisation, we can see that our society has grown incapable of responding to the growing challenges of politics, economy, population and education. All these challenges, as rightly said by the historian, pose a threat to our survival.
ANWAR SAYAB KHAN
BANNU
