Normal And Abnormal

(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...

From   Rs 4.76 per dollar in 1947, Indian rupee fell to an altime low of Rs 93.81 as on this  date. However, when USA was facing a severe inflation sometime back, may be one of the harsh one of the recent times, it could make no dents on the US Dollar. It seems that exchange rates are arrived at by some mythical terms of calculation. I think it is near impossible to give a satisfactory explanation to this strange state of international exchange rates. Due to  this inflation, per capita strain on US economy was much higher than India's per capita strain. However during the inflation period the US$ stood as strong as ever but the Indian rupee had severe dent. This economic theory is beyond the concept of modern economics. May the economic priests sit together and arrive at a universally acceptable formula for international monetary exchange. The existing system of exchange rates is not managed by any universal theory. Currently the rates are managed by some...

Communist Party of Cuba is the ruling party of that country. Cuba is headed by the President Miguel Diaz Canel who succeeded Raul Castro as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 2021. As per the existing political system of Cuba, a single party regime is allowed where political opposition is not permitted. Elections in Cuba is not considered democratic because the government does not allow free and fair voting. Before the Cuban revolution it was Fulgecio Batista ruled Cuba from 1940 to 1944. Fidel Castro ruled the country as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. He temporarily gave power to his brother Raul Castro at the end period due to medical reasons. Fidel Castro was the first secretary of Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 to 2011. During his tenure he made Cuba a one party Communist state. Industry and business were nationalised and socialist reforms were implemented. During the regime of Castro Cuba had economic support...

          (pci graph of India) Let  us find the countries with the highest pci. (2021) Luxembourg - $125,923 Ireland - $90,478 Switzerland - $90,358 Norway - $76,408 USA - $66,144 Denmark - $63,045 Singapore - $62,113 Iceland - 58,371 Netherlands - $58,029 Sweden - $57,650 In simple words the standard of living of the people of these countries are very high. On the reverse we shall find the countries with the lowest pci. Burundi - $267 South Sudan - $323 Malawi - $397 Mozambique  - $431 Sierra Leone - $471 Congo DRC - $478 Afghanistan - $506 Zimbabwe - $516 Central Africa - $522 Madagascar - $554 Most of the people of these countries are spending most of their time to arrange food for the day; leave alone other amenities. Now coming back to India, the pci of 2020 was $1927.71 (courtesy - data.worldbank.org). The state with highest pci in India is Goa with about $5450 (2020). This itself is far below among the advanced countries. Though we a...

(Images courtesy - The Health Site .com,  Dreamstime.com & World Atlas) There are over 1000 types of pesticides used world wide to preserve agricultural produces. When they safeguard the agriculture all over the world by destroying wide varieties of pests, insects, fungi etc, over 800 millions or over 40% farmers all over the world are reported to have poisoned by these pesticides. There are 241 pesticides and 41 combinations are used in India.  70% of these are creating health hazards to those who are consuming these vegetable and fruits on which these are used. There are most comprehensive explanations for the adverse effects of pesticides in Kaseragod district of Kerala. Use of endosulfan in cashew plantations, tea gardens, paddy fields , fruit orchards in Kaseragod caused widespread destruction in the region. According to Health and Family Welfare department of Government of Kerala there were 778 deaths and 6721  people had seve...