Normal And Abnormal

Contr ary to the continues growth for centuries Christianity shows a negative tendency for the past some decades. Church attendance is diminishing constantly in some European countries and America. More churches are sold or closed than the new ones constructed. In many countries the youth are keeping themselves away from church activities. In some European countries, which were considered as the citadels of Christianity, Sunday mass is attended mostly by old people and on weak days the attendance has come down to 10 to 15 people. It is informed through reliable sources that seven Catholic Churches have been sold in the recent past in a European country which are now converted as Orthodox Churches. Sale of churches are taking place in USA, UK etc quite frequently. From 1990 to 2000 the combined membership of all Protestant denominations in the US declined by 5 million members (9.5 %) while US population increased by 24 million (11%) Christianity is on the decline in UK, Australia, Ger

Kerala is on top of all states in India in literacy with 91.98% according to census of 2011. The state also has one of the best communication net work in the country. It also has one of the best transport grid of road, rail, inland water, sea and air. Large number of educated and skilled youth is also an asset for the state. Despite all these favourable elements the successive state governments do nothing to enhance the productivity of the state appreciably and thereby increase per capita income of the people which is comparatively lower to those states which are much below in resources. Kerala state is almost wholly depending on the revenue from the non residents employed abroad. Other major income of the state is from taxes, that too a considerable chunk from the sale of liquor to it's own people, central fund, a meagre sum from tourism and other service sectors. For one reason or the other the state prefers to stand behind in manufacturing industry despite having vast resources

A political leader from Kerala has expressed his extreme anxiety over the India, USA, Japan and Australia nexus that may create numerous problems for China. Surprisingly, the same anxiety was neither found when China made a claim over an Indian state nor when they made roads at Doko La nor when they constructed the Silk Route through POK nor when  they argued in favour of the hard core Pak terrorist nor when they supply arms and ammunition to Pakistan to fight against India. China may be one of the very few countries in the world where freedom is restricted to it's own people. The people cannot choose a religion and have a place of worship. They cannot look into the world through the media of their choice. Their talk, their writing, their travel etc are all under scanner. If the government force them to do something they cannot resist. If the above leader of Kerala had spoken what he had spoken here in China he would have been behind bars. Our leader's anxiety is not about th

Cost is the total expenditure incurred for the manufacturing of a product or rendering a service. Price is the amount added to the cost towards profit and commission. Until a few decades ago the profit was limited to a sum around 10% of the cost, but it has no limit now.  In contemporary market the price of a commodity can be anything between 100% to 1000% or more of the cost. In the case of medicines,  the prices go above 1200% over the cost. There is no substantial reasons to convince the buyer about the exorbitant price. In today's world no manufacturer can presume that the buyer does not have any idea about the actual cost. The manufacturer at his will in collaboration with other manufacturers of the similar products just fix the price. They know that the buyer has no choice but to buy their products at their price. While we Indians have ship loads of laws for anything and everything no authority finds any fault in the wide gap between the cost and price. Over and above this

There are 16 public holidays and two restricted holidays that can be availed by central government employees for the year 2018. Public sector banks also fall under almost the same list of holidays of central government offices. These 18 days are over and above 52 Sundays and 26 Saturdays for banks and other selected offices. Public holidays are given mostly for the celebration of religious festivals. Generally the festival of one religion is not celebrated by other religions. Now if we restructure the holidays as given below the public will be benefited, the government offices and banks will have more working days and the employees shall not lose their allotted quota of holidays. Annual public holidays may be brought down to three; 1) Republic Day. 2) Independence Day. 3) Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday. Beyond these let there be around 60 Optional holidays comprising of various religious festivals, national festivals, regional festivals etc. The individuals can avail another 15 holiday