Normal And Abnormal

Lazarus is a character in the Bible who had returned from his tomb alive and well after 4 days from death. Lazarus Syndrom refers to blood circulation returning spontaneously after heart stops beating, and fails to restart after cardiopulmonary resusciation (CPR). There are many people world over who had clinical death but returned to life after fairly long intervals. There are also many cases of those returned to life telling about all those happened around there during their absence from life. Many such cases were later duly vouched by the medical community. Among those returned to life after clinical death we may find below the record holder for the longest interval between life and death. Doctors were able to establish faint pulse after eight minutes of CPR. Velma Thomas, 59, Nitro, West Virginia, USA holds the record for the longest interval for the absence from life. In May 2008 Velma had a cardiac arrest while at home. Velma's heart stopped twice after arriving a...

"I may speak with every tongue that men and angels use; yet, if I lack charity, I am no better than echoing bronze, or the clash of cymbals. I may have powers of prophecy, no secret hidden from me, no knowledge too deep for me; I may have utter faith, so that I can move mountains; yet if I lack charity, I count for nothing. I may give away all that I have, to feed the poor; I may give myself upto be burnt at the stake; if I lack charity, it goes for nothing. Charity is patient, is kind; charity feels no envy; charity is never perverse or proud, never insolent; does not claim it's rights, cannot be provoked, does not brood over an injury; take no pleasure in wrong-doing, but rejoices at the victory of truth; sustains, believes, hopes, endures to the last. Time will come when we shall outgrow prophecy, when speaking with tongues will come to an end, when knowledge will be swept away; we shall never have finished with charity. Our knowledge, our prophecy, are only gli...

The purpose of our hard work in life is to attain contentment, happiness and peace. Every country in the world is doing everything for their people to attain these three. But how many individuals and how many countries could realise even any one of these? According to the World Happiness Index 2023 the following are the top ten  countries in the world in happiness. Some of these countries are in the top ten list for many years. The top countries are: 1. Finland             2. Denmark 3. Switzerland     4. Iceland 5. Netherlands    6. Norway 7. Sweden            8 Luxembourg 9. New Zealand 10. Austria India ranks 125 in the list consisting of 145 countries. Population of Finland is 55.4 lakhs (2021). Only 34% of the population believe in God. Population of Denmark is 58.6 lakhs (2021). Only 30% of the population believe in God. Population of Switzerland is 87 lakhs (2021). As a whol...

Indians must be the most self centred people in the world. In such case Kerala must be on top of the list of state. Elders in Kerala generally advice their youngsters, "Why should we bother about others issues and purchase problems for us?" We all try to adhere to this advice strictly right through our life. And this must be the prime reason for most of us to remain indifferent when political parties take destructive attitudes. Those who have a dwelling place,. necessary food and some income are contented and , therefore, preferred to remain away from public affairs. Leaving the revenue from taxes and duties, the chief sources of income of the government of Kerala is from sale of liquor and from sale of lottery tickets. Despite having many avenues to raise our revenue multifold our non-professional governments are contented with availing as much loan as possible. The state, however, is surviving by the huge remittance of over Rs 1.5 lakhs crores per annum by our p...

         Tiger hiding in grass According to government reports as on February 1923, 637 people were killed by wild animals in Kerala during the past five years. As per another report of December 2023, 293 people were killed by tigers and 2657 by elephants in India during the preceding five years. Generally tigers attack human when they are injured or become old. When they are incapable of picking natural animals as prey they look for the easy game, human. In all, a total of 486 people were killed by wild animals during 2019-20 to 2023-24 period. 67 deaths were reported by the attack of wild animals between 2024 April and 2025 Match. As per natural reasons all life forms on earth are interlinked with each other. Animals, especially the carnivorous are dependent on other animals for survival. Here in Kerala man encroaching into the natural habitat of wild animals. Many even destroy the natural food and water sources of the poor wild beasts. And their r...

I have been writing here time and again about the huge availability of money for the government. Unfortunately instead of opting for it our own elected governments always prefer to squeeze the people as much as possible. According to three different sources of information, the black money available in India now is: a) Over $10 trillion b) Rs 900 lakhs crore c) As per unconfirmed report of the World Bank, 20% of our GDP is available in black money. A common man of this country, that is I myself, suggest once again to the Government of India, to give the black money holders opportunity to invest this money in some selected priority sectors without declaring the source of income, but by payment of the existing rate of basic income tax plus a 10% penalty. If about 50% of the black money could be pumped out through this offer it would be a big gain for the government. Please consider this and give relief to the people in petrol, cookingas and umpteen other things. And if this ca...