Normal And Abnormal

(A still from  KPAC drama   "Ningalenne Communist Aakki". Image courtesy, The New Indian Express) Karl Marx was born in Trier, Germany on 5 May 1818. His books Das Kapital and Communist Manifesto laid the foundation for Communism in the world. The world's first constitutionally formed Communist state was in Russia in 1917. With the amalgamation of other  territories of the empire the former Soviet Union was formed in 1922. Altogether Communists could rule 42 countries in the world. Only Cuba, Laos and Vietnam are presently ruled by the Communists. Though North Korea is said to be a Communist country, what is prevailing there is Dictatorship. Political parties have no role to play there. Similarly China is also treated as a Communist country by some. Though they call it People's Republic of China, since people have no role to play there, it is a sheer Monarchy type government in China. Since over 70% of their GDP belongs to private sector and s...

Idi Amin ruled Uganda as a military dictator from 25 January 1971 to 11 April 1979. He was the third President of Uganda. He was leightnent in the British army and became the self made Field Marshal of Uganda. He entered into power by a military coup and after eight years he was over thrown. During his regime he eliminated his political opponents and their ethenic groups, resulting in the death of one to three/five lakhs people by brutal killing. Amin was 6.ft 4 in' tall and a well built one. He was heavy weight boxing champion, a swimmer and a rugby forward. Idi Amin was born on 30 May 1928 in Kampala, Uganda. He had 43 children from about  six wives. Soon after he took charge he removed over 50,000.Asians - Ugandans from the country and that severely crippled the economy of the country. He maintained a secret police force and death squads to create horror among the people. With no reluctance he killed religious leaders, journalists and judges. He killed the Anglican A...

Economic development of a country and prosperity of the population is solely depends upon the level of education of the people of the country.  After the first five year plan, the 10th five year plan (2002-2007) mainly focused on education. Since then overall pattern of educational development has been on set route. No one has seemed to have reviewed the progress of education in our country. Now we cannot boast about our educational standards. According to the survey report published by www.bestdiplomats.org the following countries are on top of the world in education standard in 2024. (The figure shown in the bracket is the territorial educational standard) South Korea (97.9%) Canada (66.36%) Japan (64%) Luxembourg (63.12%) UK (57.47%) In literacy rate the above countries are around 99%. As per Legatum Prosperity Index, India ranks 99 in 145 countries in the education sector. Projections for 2024 on our literacy rate is suggested 80%. As per the available information t...

While many believe that this mantra; "Lokah Ssmastah Sukhino Bhavantu" is from Rigveda it seems to be found from a stone inscription of the Sangama Dynasty (1336 AD - 1485 AD). This mantra appears to be the master piece of every Indian's outlook towards the rest of the world. Of course there may be some sections of people wish from their hearts this mantra, many modern Indians do not like to chant this for the comfort of the world, especially the people of Kerala. Malayalees must be the sole community in the world who find joy from the fall of his neighbour. There are many such negative things make these Super Malayalees happy. These extra ordinary humans love only themselves and their family members. Other than those if anyone is found progressing economically or earn some name and fame it would be difficult for these Malayalees to tolerate it. If a Malayali prays for his well being he will certainly find time to pray for the collapse of his neighbour too. In...

Generally all humans across the world boast that they know all about God. Irrespective of the religious faith man of all religions argue that their God is the original or the right One. Though no one knows about one's own body they say they know all about the Creator of all human and all other life forms and nonliving things and as many number of the whole unknown universe. Human brain is said to have the maximum storage capacity of about 300 years of video cassette recordings. If we say we know the God well we are just limiting the God within our brain capacity. Religiously most apt definition of God is Thathwamasi. Meaning of this is "You are that" or "That is you."' This term originated from Chandogya Upanishad. It appears in a dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Svetaketu. This term has however scientific relevance it seems. As per Big Bang theory the universe with all those contains came into existence from the explosion of a tiny particle...

 (1881 Wimbledon Champion William Renshaw) Hers are some strange scores in world sports. Football In the FIFA World Cup 2002 qualifying match in International Sports Stadium, Australia on 11 April 2001 Australia defeated American Samoa 31-0 remains a record. Hockey In a Junior Asia Cup Hockey played in Karachi in 1987 Pakistan scored 55 - 0 against Macau is a record score. Basketball The highest score in a NBA basketball game played on 13 December 1983 by Detroit Pistons against Denver Nuggets 186 - 184 remain in the history of basketball. Volleyball In the Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship in 2004 Chinese Taipei defeated Maldives 25 - 1 remains a record. The second and third sets too were  25 - 4 and 25 - 7. Tennis In 1881 Wimbledon tennis final William Renshaw defeated John Hartley by 6 - 0, 6 - 1, 6 - 1 in 36 minutes may be a record in tennis. Cricket Australia dismissed England in both innings at 53 and 62 at Lords in 1888. K V George