Normal And Abnormal

    The Parliament of India.   Image courtesy, India Today   Despite having the required means in the form of natural resources and with a large strength of young manpower we are not able to reach the top layer of wealthy nations. According to Forbes India report dated 7.2.2024 of the top 10 largest economies in the world for 2024, India stands at number five while USA, China, Germany, Japan are ahead of us. When it is  brought into per capita income (ppp) of 2022, it is totally shaken. In a list of 179 countries India's ranking is 120. Our PCI is $ 8,379. Luxembourg ($ 1,42,214), Singapore ($ 1,27,565), Ireland ($ 1,26,905) Norway ($ 1,14,899) Qatar ($ 1,14,648) etc are on top of the list. In women's safety index of 146 countries of 2023 India stands at 127.  All these are the after effect of corruption in our country. Various estimates put the amount of black money from India anywhere between $ 181 billion and $ 1.8 trillion. Another esti...

(World Healthcare Access and Quality Index) Health of the people of a country is determined by various contributing factors prevalent in the country. They include atmospheric pollution, quality of water, quality of food, infrastructure available in the country, medical facilities available, entertainment and sports facilities at reach, behaviour of fellow beings and many such factors. Generally in a world level classification, people of the developed countries are found healthiest. People of developing countries come next and the inhabitants of the underdeveloped countries are found the least in the health categories. According to Bloomberg Global Health Index 2019 the top healthiest countries in the world are: (Name of the country with rank and score) 1. Spain 92.75 2. Italy 91.59 3. Iceland 91.44 4. Japan 91.38 5. Switzerland 90.93 6. Sweden 90.24 In another survey of the year 2021, the ranking and the score of countries are given below. 1. USA 75.9 2. Australia 71.1 3. F...

King Philip IV  (1621 - 1665) of Spain was known as the Planet King (El Rey Planeta). This name came because his kingdom never had sun set. A German is believed to have said that a Prussian King Frederick the Great in 1756 gifted the moon to his ancestors. Though there are stories about kings who had imaginarily extended their power across the solar system, we may  also find that as on today, thousands of people belonging to many countries hold novelty deeds to show having purchased land in Moon, Mars and other planets from private companies. Many rich Indians too are possessing documents of ownership of land in Moon and Mars. We may say those are imaginary possessions. If that is so our possessions in this earth too are imaginary possessions. Before man comes to the earth, different regions on the earth were under the control of powerful and not so powerful animals. After the arrival of man on the earth he created large region in the forest and open green land...

We  ourselves are boasting that Covid 19 has brought us good number of economic opportunities. Unfortunately we are yet to wake up to the opened situation. Our people, especially the youth, are still moving around unaware of the circumstances. Availing the opportunity well within time is a joint effort both by the government and by the people. It is not enough for the government to announce plans and programmes but also to ensure that the people are availing the way it is needed. In India we have enough resources to produce thousands of goods that are needed in many countries. We also have the required technical know-how to produce such goods with excellent quality. Now, over and above, if we can bring down the cost considerably we can have an abundant market all over. It is the government to provide financial assistance, technical support and working space to our qualified youth. It is the youth to look for the suitable assistance and use it most effectively. Fortunate...

(Great Southwest Industrial Park, Arlington, USA. Image courtesy - Zee News) (This article was published  about an year back) While the government of Kerala is more interested in Governor, V C and such related matters than addressing serious issues concerning the people, the opposition too are joining them. As per the prevailing financial situation of the state, it may not be possible to disburse the salary of the government employees after a few months. It is the duty of the opposition parties to suggest ways and means to the government to overcome this precarious situation. Surprisingly the media too is focusing on petty political issues than discussing more important subjects like the pathetic financial state of the government. When the media and the opposition parties allege financial mismanagement of the government they should also suggest ways and means to get over from this. All said and done the state government is in a red hot spot. It may not be that easy to c...

Sree  Narayana Guru must be one of the greatest human being, may be beyond that, ever born in this holy land. He had Jesus Christ in him, Sree Krishna in him and also Swami Vivekananda in him. He taught great human philosophy in the simplest language. He was not confined himself in temples or any other places of worship. His teachings are not within the framework of ethical and moral code of any religion. He did not preach any faith. He said about the Supreme One in his own language. One cast, one God and one religion is for all men is his prime teaching. He could be the model of modesty and purity. About 25% of the state population constitutes the followers of Sree Narayana Guru. SNDP was the rudimentary organisation for the followers of the Guru. This has since been well established both financially and with political support. Other than having some educational institutions, hospitals and old age homes within the state, what have been done nationally or internationall...