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Arable land holding by countries by percentage of the world. USA                          10.48 India                         09.22 China                        08.80 Russia                      07.46 Brazil                        03.72 Australia                  02.97 Canada                    02.64 Ukraine                    02.07 Nigeria                     01.91 Argentina                 01.74                ____________ Some land use data Half of the habitable land of the world is used for agriculture. Till recent past most of the land in the world was dominated by forest, grassland and shrubbery. Now this has changed to agricultural land. The break down of global land area today is: 10% of the world is covered by glaciers, 19% by barren land, deserts, beaches, exposed rocks etc. This leaves half of all habitable land is used for agriculture, 37%  forests, 11% as shrubs and grasslands and the remaining 1% - a much smaller than many suspect - is built up urban area whic

In India  after the Anti Rape Bill of April 2013, culprits are liable to life imprisonment (14 years) or imprisonment for entire life and even death sentence in rarest of rare cases. The amendment also included many other kinds of sexual assaults that amount to rape. France 15 years, which can be extended upto 30 years depending upon the brutality involved, and also life imprisonment. China  Death sentence and in some cases castration. Due to swift trial and judgements innocents are punished upto execution in many cases. There are reports about cases due to improper trial and judgements many innocents were put to death. Saudi Arabia Punishment for rape in Saudi Arabia is public beheading after administering sedative. North Korea The dictatorship of the country award death by firing squad. They use this as a cover to execute dissidents. Afghanistan Within four days from the judgement the culprits are shot on the head or hanged to death. Egypt Awards death by hanging. Iran De

There are large road network in all developed and developing countries. Thousands and thousands of people are dying and getting injured on the roads every year in almost all countries. Now everyone is giving extra attention on improvements of roads. We will now find who have the best roads in the world. Netherlands The terrain of the country is almost flat but more number of rivers make road construction quite tough. Despite this Netherlands have made one of the best roads in the world levying no toll tax on highways. Oman Oman has constructed one of the finest roads with the help of foreign expertise. Construction and maintenance of roads are managed by both government and rich businessmen. Switzerland Switzerland has one of the best roads in the world including the rural roads and Alpine mountain roads. Austria Though the Austrian terrain are  not suitable for good roads the quality of roads both in cities and villages are very high. Germany During the earlier times Germa

Dear Friends, I am glad to inform you that I have published a book titled CONFESSIONS AND FORGIVENESS IN CHRISTIANITY . This book is available in Amazon, USA and is available for digital reading from Amazon App Kindle   Gratis and hard copies can be had as per details given below. As the title suggests it is exclusively dealing with the forgiveness of sin granted by Jesus Christ and the forgiveness practiced by various Christian denominations now. It will help you to discern the result of the confessions of today. I would like to suggest that this is a must read book. Here are the details on how to purchase the book: India Customers: Online copies can be purchased here and read in the Kindle app on your smartphone, tablet or laptop devices https://www.amazon.in/Confessions-Forgiveness-Christianity-K-V-George-ebook/dp/B07RRLQWKK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=confessions+and+forgiveness+in+christianity&qid=1563932844&s=gateway&sr=8-1  Google

The photos from top to bottom. 1. The Sultan of Brunei 2. The Royal family 3. Gold coated Rolls Royce car 4. The Palace Brunei is a tiny South East Asian country with an area of 5,765 km2 which is less than the combined area of two districts of Kerala, i.e. Ernakulam and Thrissur.  Population of Brunei is 4.33 lakhs (2019) whereas the population of Kerala 3.48 crores. The per capita income is  GDP/PPP $61,816 (2020) though much of the population is living in povertyl. (The per capita GDP/PPP of 2019 of USA - $65,297.52, Canada - $46,194.73, UK - $42,330.12 and India - $2,099.60). Literacy rate 92.7% (2011). Religions Islam 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10% and other 10%. Brunei is a petroleum rich country with an average of 2,00, 000 barrels production per day. Military expenditure of Brunei is only 2.37% of GDP (2018). Voluntary military service  for 17 years and above. The country has 13 police stations with a strength of 4,400 force. Br

       (Mullaperiyar River) (This was published on 19 July 2014. The situation still remain the same.)      (A lay man's view) 1.Keralan and Pandian are two youngsters. They are neighbors too. Many years ago, since Pandian's family was in short of drinking water, Keralan' great grand father offered Pandian's  great grand father, out of human consideration, that he would send one tanker lorry of drinking water to Pandian's house every day in his Ford make lorry number KLK 1895, This oral offer was inked and made a covenant with validity of 999 years. The water was supplied at a nominal price prevailing in the year 1886. Years passed and the old neighbors too passed away. Ford lorry no KLK 1895 has become very old. Keralan now feels it is dangerous to run the out dated lorry through his land as it may cause accidents and kill people. Since Keralan has enough money to buy anew modern lorry he tells his counterpart that he will buy a new tanker lorry and sup

          (Interiors of luxury jets) Some selected private jet owners. Sultan of Brunei - Boeing 747-430,                 $323 million Roman Abramovich - Boeing 767,                 $170 million Donald Trump - Boeing 757,                 $100+ million Tyler Perry - Gulfstream III,                 $125 million Joseph Lau - Boing 747-8 VIP,                 $367 million Vijay Mallya - Airbus A319,                 $81 million MukeshAmbani - Boeing Business       Jet 2, $73 million Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal -      Airbus A380, $402 million Anonymous - Boeing 747-8 VIP,                  $558 million KV George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

Every  religion teaches that God is the Creator of everything. Proverbs 16:4 of the Bible says: "God, who made all, made all for his own purposes, even the godless man, with doom awaiting him." Bhagavad Gita 13:14 also says same thing. "Everywhere are His hands and feet, eyes, heads, and faces. His ears too are in all places. He pervades everything in the universe." Modern science too substantiate these by the theory that the universe is originated from a tiny particle. When God is the only entity in the whole known universe, all that we see, hear, feel or know in any form is God. What is good and bad then? Everything is good. Nothing is bad. When we look at the white clouds floating through the sky, some may find herds of sheep, some may see white horses moving and some others find heaps of white cloths. Depending upon the angle of vision, our past and our imagination we see something. What we have seen is not the real one. Good and bad are also somethi

                (Dead Sea today)           (Lot's wife who became                   pillar of salt) " ... and thereupon Lord rained down brimstone and fire out of heaven, the Lord's dwelling place and overthrew these cities, with all the plain about them, and all those who dwelt, and all that grew from their soil." (Genesis 19:24-25) Sodom and Gomorrah were notoriously sinful cities. After giving the people enough opportunities to reform themselves God finally destroyed the cities with all the people and all other life forms. God rained down sulphur and fire from heaven to eradicate the entire people as punishment for their sins. The people of today's world might take the raining down sulphur and fire as hypothetical and unreal. It is proved here that a divine action cannot become hypothetical, it will always remain realistic only. Sodom Gomorrah of the Old Testament was situated at  the middle of today's Dead Sea which spreads between

Countries  with most number of cars are given below. Rank      Country         No of cars                                       per 1000                                       people     01   San Marino             1263 02   Monaco                   899 03   USA                          795 04   New Zealand           774 05   Llechtenstein          750 06   Iceland                     745 07   Australia                  740 08   Luxembourg            739 09   Malta                        693 10   Italy                           679 00    India                            22 ________________________________ States/UT of India (2011-12) 01   Chandigarh              702 02   Puducherry              521 03   Goa                           476 04   Delhi                         387 07   TN                             257 11   Kerala                       198 12   Karnataka                182 15   AP                             145 22   MP                            111 29   UP     

Scotland In a pre-wedding tradition of Scotland, the bride-to-be and probably even her grooms, are pelted with all dirty things like rotten eggs, treacle, fish etc and paraded through the streets. The Scots take this humiliation to better prepare the couple for a married life. South Korea South Korean grooms are subjected to a ritual before they leave with their new wives. The family members remove the groom's shoes and bind his ankles with rope before taking turns to beat his feet with a stick or dried fish. The beating is really painful. The beating of feet is meant as test of the new husband's strength and character. Kenya It is customary among Maasai community for the father of the bride to spit on his daughter's head and breasts before she leaves with her new husband. In Maasai culture spitting is seen as a symbol of good luck and fortune. Maasai tribesmen spit on their hands before shaking hands with elders as a sign of respect. As a tradition they spit on

It may look strange to find a cinema Being screened with no female faces in those. We will find some such films. Lawrence of Arabia is four hours long English film on world war. Great actors like Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif etc acted but no female face can be found. Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World   was 2003 naval-based action film with no women characters. Glengarry Glen Ross  is the story of real estate salesmen trying to close big deals having no space for lady characters. Sleuth  is one of the best thrillers of 1970s of great actors like Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine but no female actors. The Lord of the Files is treated as one of the greatest films of 20th century. It tells the story of a group of school boys stranded on an island. No single girl in the whole film. The Enemy Below  is a war film completely devoid of female characters. All Is Lost  is with just one actor  Robert Redford in the whole film. No Escape is a 1994 prison film starring Ray

"Save  yourself if you are God's son! Come down from the cross!" Man's challenge to God, but left unheard. "He saved others, but he cannot save himself." He was paying the price for the rescue of the man uttered the words too. "At noon the whole country was covered with darkness." The sun could not bear to look at the pathetic face of his master. "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani" The supreme sacrifice for the entire humanity. "I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here;  he has been raised, just as he said" That was the answer for all that man asked time and again. KV George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

Kerala  is a top ranking state in literacy. Pci of the people too is fairly good. Health index is also appreciable. However while all these are improving, crime rate too is improving at a faster rate. Should we do something? While the efforts being made to reform the criminals is sizable we may look to find means to eradicate crime from the society. The best place to sow the seeds is school. If we can sow the seed of love in our schools we can certainly get rid off crime from our society. We may include one or two lessons of love in every class from class I to XII with adequate follow up in schools and homes we may have a crime free society tomorrow. We must do it immediately preferably from the forthcoming session. One should not ignore the truth that while all our religious teachings are meant to promote love, atleast some modern activists of each religion is significantly contribute to spread hatred among one another. Similarly, political parties and existing socioeconom

The  four gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John are part of the New Testament. One more gospel is now found, and the international effort to authenticate, conserve and translate it, has been chronicled in the new book by Herb Krosney called, The Lost Gospel. The leather bound papyrus codex, believed to have been translated from the original ancient Greek to the Coptic language around 300 AD was found in the 1970s in a cave in the desert El Minya, Egypt. This was got circulated among antiquities traders moving from Egypt to Europe to the United States. The codex languished in a safe deposit box on Long Island, New York for 16 years before being bought in 2000 by Zurich based antiquities dealer. Rodolphe Kasser, one of the world's leading Coptic scholars, was recruited to reconstruct the manuscript and to translate the text. The 66 page manuscript contains not only the gospel of Judas Iscariot but also a text titled James (also known as First Apocalypse of James), a lett

We  Indians seems to be the most liberal in forgiveness. We forgive every crime. No crime can stain one, if he or she is an Indian politician. That is the amazing faith in politics! V K Sasikala's re-entry into Tamil Nadu politics is not unexpected. She may form a new party or rename some existing party. She may win election. She may become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. After completing four years sentence in a disproportionate assets case former AIADMK leader V K Sasikala who was expelled from the party, now released from the Central Jail, Parappana Agrahara Prison, Bangalore. She has reported to have taken necessary astrological cover before proceeding to Chennai. She also found time to visit a good number of temples. She was welcomed by thousands enroute. "Long live the leader who sacrificed herself", was heard from all over. The ED alleged that huge payments were made to individuals in Malaysia and firms in US. Money was alleged to have routed through

At  last Catholic Church has decided to make a gas based crematorium in Thrissur, Kerala. This is a revolutionary decision. Even though the terms and conditions applicable for the Church members to use the new facility is not announced. However it can be expected that cremation in principle is approved by the Church. This is most likely to be accepted widely. In turn this will find an end to the scarcity of space in the existing cemeteries. This may also give relief to those who make allegations against the Church for doing real estate business in cemeteries of the Churches. KV George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

Here are some names of English speaking people mostly from America and UK. Marijuana Pepsi Jackson Sincerely Yours 98 Pascual Tokyo Sexwale Batman Bin Suparman Edward Cocaine Audio Science Moon Unit Moxie Crimefighter Tu Morrow North West Sparrow James Midnight Madden Mustard M Mustard Facebook Hashtag Fish And Chips Mafia No Fear Peanut Fox India Owen Chipmunk KV George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

വിവിധ ക്രൈസ്തവ സഭകളിൽ നടത്തി വരാറുള്ള ഒരു ഓർമ്മ പുതുക്കൽ അവലോകനം ആണ് വാർഷിക ധ്യാനം എന്നു പറയാം. ഇതിൽ വർഷം തോറും പങ്കെടുക്കുന്നവരോടു ചോദിച്ചാൽ അവർ ഈ ധ്യാനം കൊണ്ടു പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒന്നും തന്നെ നേടുന്നില്ല എന്നായിരിക്കും മറുപടി. പകരം ഇതേ ചോദ്യം, അതായത് തങ്ങൾ നൽകുന്ന ധ്യാന പ്രസംഗങ്ങൾ വഴി ഇതിൽ  പങ്കെടുക്കുന്ന വിശ്വാസികൾക്ക് എന്താണ് ലഭിക്കുന്നതെന്നു വൈദികരോട്  ചോദിച്ചാൽ, ഒരു പക്ഷെ അവർ ഒരു നീണ്ട ലിസ്റ്റ് തന്നെ നൽകിയേക്കാം. എന്നാൽ കൃത്യമായി പരിശോധിച്ചാൽ ഈ ധ്യാനത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തിനു ശേഷം കുറേപ്പേരെങ്കിലും തങ്ങളുടെ പ്രശ്ന പരിഹാരങ്ങൾക്കായി മറ്റു പലയിടത്തും പോകുന്നതായി കാണാം. ഈ ധ്യാനങ്ങൾ കൊണ്ടുള്ള പ്രധാന നേട്ടങ്ങളായി ചൂണ്ടി കാണിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത് ഒരു പക്ഷെ സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്കുള്ള കുറുക്കു വഴികൾ മനസിലാക്കുക, നരകത്തെ എങ്ങനെ ഒഴിവാക്കാം എന്നറിയുക, പാപത്തിൽ നിന്നു അകന്നു നിൽക്കുന്നതെങ്ങനെയെന്നു അറിയുക എന്നിവയൊക്കെ ആയിരിക്കാം. ഓരോ ധ്യാനത്തിനു ശേഷവും താഴെക്കാണുന്ന ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ പങ്കെടുത്തവരോടു ചോദിച്ചാൽ വ്യത്യസ്തങ്ങളായ മറുപടി ആയിരിക്കും ലഭിക്കുന്നത്. ആരാണു ക്രിസ്തു? എന്താണു പാപം? എങ്ങനെയാണ് പാപമോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്

യാക്കോബായ ഓർത്തഡോൿസ്‌ സഭകളുടെ ഒരു ശതാബ്ദത്തിലേറെ പഴക്കമുള്ള തർക്കം പരിഹരിക്കാൻ അർഹരും അനർഹരുമായ പലരും ഇതിനോടകം ഇടപെട്ടു കഴിഞ്ഞു. ഇരു സഭകൾക്കും സ്വീകാര്യമായ ഒരു പരിഹാരമാർഗം ആർക്കും ഇതുവരെ നിർദേശിക്കാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ടില്ല. ഒടുവിൽ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ പരമോന്നത കോടതിക്കു വരെ ഇതിൽ ഇടപെടേണ്ടി വന്നു. അതും  പ്രശ്നപരിഹാരത്തിനു വഴി തുറന്നില്ല. എല്ലാ പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾക്കും ക്രിസ്തുവിൽ പരിഹാരം കാണാൻ വിശ്വാസികളോട് ഉപദേശിക്കുന്ന വൈദികർ ഈ പ്രശ്നത്തിനു ക്രിസ്തുവിൽ പരിഹാരം നേടാൻ കഴിയാതെ പോകുന്നതു കാണുമ്പോൾ വേദന തോന്നുന്നു. കാരണം ഇവിടെ പ്രശ്നം ക്രിസ്തുവോ വിശ്വാസമോ അല്ല, പള്ളികൾ അഥവാ സ്വത്ത്‌ എന്ന കീറാമുട്ടി ആണ്. ഇരു വിഭാഗവും വിട്ടു വീഴ്ചയ്ക്കു തയ്യാറാകാത്ത സ്ഥിതിയിൽ ഇതിനൊരു പരിഹാരം സമീപ ഭാവിയിൽ ഉണ്ടാകുമെന്നു തോന്നുന്നില്ല. ഈ  സാഹചര്യത്തിൽ യാതൊരു വ്യക്തി താല്പര്യവുമില്ലാത്ത ഈ എളിയവന്റെ അഭിപ്രായം അറിയിക്കുന്നു. ഇതു അംഗീകരിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ അതു സമയോചിതമായി നടപ്പാക്കേണ്ടത് വൈദിക ശ്രേഷ്ഠരും യഥാർത്ഥ തീരുമാനം എടുക്കുന്നതു സാധാരണ വിശ്വാസികളും ആയിരിക്കും. ഇന്ത്യ ഒരു ജനാധിപത്യ രാഷ്ട്രമാണ്. അതുകൊണ്ടു ഈ സഭാ പ്രശ്നവും ജനാധിപത്യ

"We realise the importance of our voices only when we are silenced." - Malala "One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world." - Malala Malala Yousafzai At the age 17, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Prize winner. She captured the attention of the world when she was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan for going to school. Malala is now 23 years old, born in Mingora, Pakistan. In her place girls going to school were banned by Pakistani Taliban. Her advocacy against this inhuman act has grown Into an international movement. According to former Prime Minister of Pakistan S K Abbasi, "Malala has become the most prominent citizen of Pakistan." Yousafzai attended Edgbaston High School in England from 2013 to 2017 and graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, where she was an undergraduate student of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 2020. In 2017 she was awarded hon

Longest bus route Currently the longest bus route is Ormeno company's Transoceanica route, 6,300 km from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lima, Peru linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America. Travel time is four plus days. The most epic bus journey is expected to start in the year 2021 from India capital New Delhi to London, the capital of UK. The journey will be covering around 20,000 km through 18 countries in 70 days. The trip cost is ₹15 lakh inclusive of food, hotel stay in twin sharing basis, visa fees, border crossing expenses, English translator etc. Fastest service A British service bus running on biomethane (cow dung) compressed natural gas (CNG) with a recorded speed of 121 kmph is the fastest service bus in the world. The Dutch bus with a speed of 250 kmph is the fastest bus. The 15 metres long bus with a capacity of 23 passengers is built at a cost of $20 million. The bus is so far not put on regular operation. Luxurious bus The Vantare

This is about real life story of a 10 years old girl studying in class 3 in a Mumbai school. She saved 17 lives from fire in Crystal Towers at Central Mumbai. Zen Sadavarte was sleeping when her mother spotted smoke in the flat they were living.  They were in the 12th floor of the 16 storeyed building. The fire had started in her floor. Zen immediately showed presence of mind and applied safety tips taught in her school. After spotting fire everyone rushed out for safety. On hearing her mother cry Zen quickly took pieces of clothes from her house, wet them and asked her family members and neighbours to cover their noses with them and breathe through that wet cloth pieces. "I tore a cloth into the size of handkerchief and added water into it. So when you breathe through it you get purified air in place of carbon. They all put it on their mouth and nose and breathed normally." Zen said.  Fire officers who doused the fire after two hours, praised the presence of mind