Normal And Abnormal

In the 36th National Games in Gujarat, the performance of Kerala was really deplorable. While Kerala bagged 54 Gold, 48 Silver and 60 Bronz with a total of 162 medals in the last game of 2015 and stood second in the medal tally, we are placed at the sixth position in the medal tally in the Games in Gujarat. We could get only 23 Gold, 18 Silver and 13 Bronz with a total of 54 medals. Kerala is behind Services, Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The 37th National Games were held in Oct/Nov  2023 in different cities in Goa. Kerala was placed at the 5th position in this game with medal tally of36 Gold, 23 Silver and 27 Bronze with a total of 87 medals.The 38th National Games held in Uttarakhand in Jan/Feb 2025. The medal tally of Kerala was 13 Gold, 17 Silver and 24 Bronze with a total of 54 medals. What a fall! Let us remember that this is the story of the state who came to the top of the medal list in 1987.Who is responsible for this pathetic performance? It ...

According to media reports, the Central Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Sri Nitin Gadkari informed that pot holes of the roads across the country shall be got repaired. As per available information the state of Kerala has a road network consisting of 11 National Highways, 72 State Highways and a good number District Roads. Since the present offer by the minister is restricted for 11 NH only, the huge number of State and District Roads which are full of potholes and other serious damages are not to be taken up by the Central Ministry. Since the state is in absolute paucity of funds the repair is not likely to be taken up in the near future, the Central Ministry may directly arrange for the repairs of all these currently at their cost.  The money spent for this purpose may be booked on the state's account and recovered conveniently.  It maybe be noted that there were 43,910 road accidents in Kerala in 2022 killing 4,317 and injuring 49,307 people. Accident ...

"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."  - Juliette Lewis (Various awards winning, renowned American actress, still active in films) We   may first go through the suicide scenario in the world. According to various studies, about 15% of the human population in the world have at least once in their life time get the tendency to commit suicide. An estimated 7,03,000 people commit suicide around the world every year. Over 1.3% of total deaths in 2019 was the result of suicide. The global suicide rate is twice as high among men than women. 58% of all suicide deaths are before the age of 50 years. South Korea, Russia and South Africa are the countries where suicide rate is high in the world. Cyprus, Malta, Greece, Italy and Slovakia have lowest rates of suicide in the world. The prime reasons found for people committing suicide are Depression, Psychotic, Impulsiveness (for drugs and alcohol) The state of Kerala with the suicide rate ...

Primarily an actor becomes popular for the charector he played. During the course of time his action, facial expressions, voice etc too become factors for consideration. If he is young, his look, body, dancing perfection etc also contribute to the popularity. Once a leading actor enter into politics and tries his luck in election, instantly his fans get divided. And many of them become rivals too. This rivalry continue throughout the life. Even if he retires from politics the rivalry continue. In American politics two film actors become successful in politics are known to us, Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. However in Indian politics there are not many who could shine in national politics. To name a few, they are, N T Rama Rao, M G Ramachandran, Jaya Lalita, Hema Malini, Smriti Irani, Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Babbar, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Prada, Jaya Bachchan etc. If one is a real actor and successful in film career it would be preferable for such ones to keep away f...

            Rashtrapati Bhavan  The  government of Kerala may face a tough situation to meet the day to day expenditures. The successive governments have not done anything positive to enhance the revenue adequately for the state. Accusing the central government for shortage of every rupee is a mere excuse. When we driven away hundreds of business establishments came to the state, we never thought about this situation. Our prime aim was politics and even now it is politics alone.The governments are totally depending upon alcohol and lottery for revenue other than taxes. It is quite surprising that a state like Kerala, having adequate resources like one of the best infrastructure and manpower available in the country putting no efforts to utilise those. On the other hand, the trade unions helped to close down a good number of industries and prevented many businesses houses and industrial units from setting up in the state. Instead of fin...

As  per the available data the  (2023) literacy rate of India was 77.70% . Among the states Kerala holds the top position with 94%. While going through the ratings of education given by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) based on graduation or post graduation or professional courses within the age group between 25 and 64 years among the population the top ten countries with their ratings are given below. Canada 56.27% Japan 50.50% Israel 49.90% S. Korea 46.86% UK 45.96% USA 45.67% Australia 43.74% Finland 43.60% Norway 43.02% Luxembourg 42.86% As per the survey by another agency India ranks 72 in the world in education. However  as shown above we rated ourselves high in literacy. Since our own literacy rating is either imaginary or mythical, this cannot be compared with the ratings of advanced countries. We may, therefore, restructure our literacy ratings gradually to much higher level. At present the standard set for literacy see...