Normal And Abnormal

According   to WHO total alcohol per capita consumption in 2010 among drinkers worldwide was on average 19.4 litres for males and 7.0 litres of pure alcohol for females. In another report by another agency in 2019, globally alcohol consumption causes 2.8 million premature deaths per year.  Alcohol use across North Africa and Middle East is particularly low  whereas Europe is the highest at around 15 litres per person per year in the Czechia, Lithuania and Moldova. This equals around two' bottles of wine per person per week. Drinking habits among  per volume adults is highest in Australia and France which is close to 95 per cent. Beer contains around 5% of pure alcohol, which means that 5 litres of pure alcohol equals 100 litres of beer. When it is wine, 3 litres of pure alcohol  equals around 25 bottles of wine. In many Asian countries spirits accounts for most of the total alcohol consumption. In India it is over 90%. Top alcohol consuming countries in the world in 202

Of late it has become a routine affair to attack Christian nuns. These wicked ones cruelly beat the poor women with sticks and other weapons. In fact the real weapon is religious philosophy converted into political ideology. Those who commit this criminal acts do not even know why they do it to these lovable ones. Can the attackers say what harm these poor ones did to them? Does their great religion preach them to annihilate those belonging to other faiths? If that is the philosophy what is happened in Egypt, Syria, Pakistan and even the destruction of World Trade Center in US get justified and the philosophy behind it to be ratified. Most of the Indians, at some stages of their lives must have met these sisters in schools and colleges and acquired knowledge from them, when many of them were sick and lying in hospitals they must have had healing care in abundance from them, when many were starving they were taken to the care homes and given enough food by these sisters and

If a citizen of democratic country dare to cast forged vote such one shaking the corner stone of the democracy of that country. If a democratically elected government remain silent on such malpractice that country cannot be called as a democratic country. It is certainly a pseudo democracy. Since this act also weaken the strong pillar - judiciary too, judiciary may voluntarily come up to overcome this tendency.  Every elected body collectively and individually may rise to the occasion to make this illegitimate act to be perished for ever. The media which is the strongest establishment for the democratic awareness should also come up to reach this to more and more people as well as destroying this heinous act for ever. The government is the fundamental institution with all resources at hand capable of annihilating this cancerous growth from the society. If people join together to help the election commission in identifying this wrong doings they may do it at once to help dem

People of a democratic nation like India have only one weapon to defend, protect and survive and that is vote. We all quite frequently raise voice against corruption of our rulers. Corruption by the rulers are not for paltry sum but huge amounts. It is not by one ruler but many. Corruption is not petty theft but dacoity, looting and burglary. This is the money we pay as taxes, duties, fees etc to the government from time to time for the benefit of the entire people. In a democratic country people cannot do much to prevent corruption but can only remain as silent spectators.  However once in five years we get a severe weapon to counter corruption and other vices of our leaders. Therefore, we must use this weapon - vote - most effectively. We should not fall victims of outdated ideology and rusted economic philosophy. Under no circumstances we should miss to do our legitimate franchise. K V George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

The  world is yet to come out of the horror created by the coronavirus. Starting from Wuhan the virus have spread havoc across the world. As per the updated report of WHO the total coronavirus cases are: 123,875,536 and the total deaths: 2,728,064 and the recovered are: 99,808,514. USA, Brazil, India, Russia and UK are the highest affected countries. The least affected countries are: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Samoa, Marshall Islands and MS Zaandam. While vaccination is in progress in many countries, there are about 130 countries that are yet to administer a single dose. That is 2.5 billion people have been completely shut out of the global vaccine campaign. Restrictions are still imposed in countries like China, Norway, Ireland, Denmark, France, UK, Germany and Italy.  Latest Covid 19 cases reported countries are: Asia . India, Iran, Indonesia, Turkey, Iraq etc. Europe. UK, Italy, Russia, France, Germany etc. North America . US, Canada, Bermuda etc. Latin America . Brazil, Mexic

Media  is relentlessly reporting about fowl play in voters list. Even though we have such number of  establishments in our country for the upkeep of democracy, it seems that no one is taking this grave offence with due attention and priority. Probably with the connivance of political leaders, the bottom level workers are creating multiple documents to cast forged votes. When the real voter reaches the polling station he finds with utter dismay that someone else have used his franchise. Vote is the only instrument the common man can use to establish his right to be the citizen of this country, if that too is snatched from him, his objection seeking redressal should reach the highest democratic offices of the country. The Parliament and the Judiciary may take emergency measures to end all sorts of malpractices in voting. K V George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

All sorts of publicity stunts are used during elections by all candidates. Depending upon the availability of funds the mode of operation and the numbers are varied. Thousands of sq.meters of boundary walls of public buildings and private houses are used for writings and fixing of posters. Countless number of party flags and banners are fitted at all available places and all these remain there for the coming five years. I think no one has conducted any detailed study about the impact of these means of propoganda on the final outcome of the election. For instance, let us imagine that candidate 'A' has written about him in thousands of square metres of walls and candidate 'B' has not written on any walls. Does this make candidate 'A' win the election or candidate 'B' lose the election? I do not think even one vote is added to one's kitty with the help of scribblings made on the walls, posters pasted all around, number of banners stretched

       (Photos from top to bottom:          1.. Emma Watson 2. Anne              Hathaway 3. Angelina Jolie) We  may have a quick look at the world cinema screens. Who directed most films in the world. Malayalam film director Sasikumar has directed 141 films and that is a world record. Majority of his films were successful too. More than 50 films category in South India are, K Balachander, Priyadarshan, Kasinathuni Viswanath and Sathyan Anthikad. Top 10 film production companies Warner Bros Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Walt Disney Studios Universal Pictures 20th Century Fox Paramount Pictures Lionsgate Films The Weinstein Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Dream Works Pictures Most Screen Credits Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born in Feb 1956) is an actor, comedian and director in Telugu films. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor, appearing in over 1,000 films as on 2017. Highest grossing lead role acto

Kinepolis , Madrid,  Spain is one of the largest cinema complex with a total seating capacity of 9,200 with 25 screens, each seating between 211 and 996 people. Largest  cinema screen in the world is in Guangzhou, China with a length of 113.5 ft and height of 87.9 ft with an area 10,367.58 sq.ft. Largest IMAX  theatre in the world is in Melbourne Museum, Australia measuring 105 ft long and 75 ft high. Sydney's IMAX screen in Darling Harbour is slightly bigger with 117.3 ft by 97.2 ft. Largest seating capacity  has the Astor Theatre in Melbourne whic seats 1150 people which is now raised to 1,700. Total screens There are 2,00,000 cinema screens worldwide. 40,000 of these are in USA. Raj Mandir  Cinema in Jaipur is the largest single screen theatre in India. Thangam Theatre  in Madurai, TN with more than 2,000 seatiñg capacity is largest cinema in India. Biggest Megaplex 60,000 sq ft , 1586 seats, 60 shows, INOX bring a global cinema destination to Mumbai No Theatre With

 (Newspaper industry of old days) Some newspapers are different in sizes, prices and other features than the conventional known ones. Find some newspapers that are too special. Sunday New York Times The most massive single issue of a newspaper was the 14 September 1987 edition of the Sunday New York Times which weighed more than 5kg and contained 1612 pages. India India has the world's largest number of paid newspapers. It was 5767 in 2013 and 7871 in 2015. Total circulation According to a 2005 finding China topped the list in term of total newspaper circulation with 93.5 million a day followed by India with with 78.8 million, Japan with 70.4 million, USA with 48.3 million and Germany with 22.1 million. The first newspaper The very first instance of newspaper  was commissioned by Julius Caesar in 59 BC and it was a daily list of announcements that was carved into metal or stone and displayed publicly. Most reliable The Times is the most trusted national newspaper in Bri

According  to National Ayurvedic Medical Association, "Ayurveda is said to be an eternal science that first existed in the universal consciousness (Brahma) before it was passed from the creator to the ancient Indian mystics through meditation. The origins of Ayurveda stretch deep into antiquity..... Composed between 500 and 1000 BCE in an ancient form of Sanskrit, the Vedas celebrate the elements of life, especially fire, wind and water as well as Mother Earth and the plants and animals who dwell upon her. Many herbs, some now unknown and some still used in Ayurveda to this day, were originally described in the Vedas." According to the Editors of  Encyclopedia Britannica, Ayurveda is a traditional system of Indian medicine. Ayurvedic medicine is an example of a well-organized system of traditional health care, both preventive and curative, that is widely practiced in parts of Asia. At least for one third of Indian population Ayu

Minimum support prices of common paddy and wheat from 1981 onwards. Prices given are per quintal. Year             paddy          wheat 1981-82        115               142 1985-86        142               162 1990-91        205               225 1995-96        360               380 2000-01        510               610 2005-06        570               650 2010-11      1000             1170 2014-15      1360             1400  Support prices in Kerala for paddy in 2020-21  1868 (Reference to publications, Resurve Bank of India) K V George kvgeorgein@gmail.com        

According to National Crime Record Bureau, crime against women increased by 7.3% from 2018 to 2019. Crime against scheduled cast women also raised by 7.3% during the same period. In terms of absolute numbers, Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of cases in both the above categories. A total of 4,05,861 cases of crime against women were registered during 2019 agaist 3,78,236 in 2018. UP alone reported 59,853 cases in 2019. Rajasthan reported the highest number of rapes with 5,997 cases. In terms of rate of rape cases, Rajasthan was the highest at 15.9 per lakh population followed by Kerala at 11.1 and Haryana at 10.9 UP also had the highest number of crimes against girl children under the POCSO Act with 7,444 cases followed by Maharashtra with 6,402 and MP 6,053. The rate of rape against Dalit women was highest in Kerala at 4.6 per lakh population.followed by MP and Rajasthan at 4.5 each. (Indebted to report by Indian Express dated 6th March 2021) K V George kvgeorgein

ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റ്‌ ടിവി യിൽ സംപ്രേഷണം ചെയ്യുന്ന ബിഗ് ബോസ്സ് എന്ന മത്സര പരമ്പര കണ്ടാൽ ഒരു യഥാർത്ഥ മലയാളിയുടെ സ്വഭാവ വൈകൃതങ്ങൾ നേരിട്ട് കാണാം. മറ്റൊരാളോട്  എങ്ങനെ അപമര്യാദയായി പെരുമാറാം, ഒരാളുടെ ഇല്ലാത്ത കുറ്റങ്ങൾ കണ്ടു പിടിച്ചെന്നു ഭാവിച്ചു മറ്റൊരാളൊടു പറയേണ്ടത് എങ്ങനെയാണു, സുഹൃത്തായി കൂടെ നടക്കുന്നവർക്കു എങ്ങനെ ഭക്ഷണം കൊടുക്കാതിരിക്കാം തുടങ്ങിയ നമ്മുടെ സ്വന്തം തനിമയുള്ള വൈകൃതങ്ങൾ നിറഞ്ഞ നിലക്കണ്ണാടി. തീർന്നില്ല! ദുർവാസാവിനെ വെല്ലുന്ന കോപം! ആനമല യോളം ഉയരമുള്ള അഹങ്കാരം! സർവ്വജ്ഞാനി എന്ന ധാർഷ്ട്യം! മറ്റുള്ളവർക്കു പുല്ലു വില കല്പിക്കുന്ന 'സ്നേഹം'! കലയിലും സാഹിത്യത്തിലും പൊതുവിജ്ഞാനത്തിലും ഒക്കെ വളരെ ഉന്നത നിലവാരം പുലർത്തുന്ന മലയാളി പൊതുജീവിതത്തിൽ ഈ നിലവാരം പുലർത്താൻ തികച്ചും പരാജയപ്പെടുന്നു. ഈ വൈരൂപ്യങ്ങൾ ദശലക്ഷക്കണക്കിനു മനുഷ്യർ തത്സമയം കാണുന്നുണ്ടെന്നുള്ള സത്യം ഓർമിച്ചാൽ പ്രകടനം കുറേക്കൂടി നന്നാക്കാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞേക്കാം.   K V George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

Top 10 News papers of the world USA Today Published from USA. USA Today is the most circulated Newspaper in the USA with more than 4,139 average circulation (thousands). It is also an internationally distributed paper. Printed in over 37 sites across the country with a weekly print circulation of 7,26,906. USA Today also has a digital-only subscriber base of 5,04,000 and daily readers of  2.6 million. USA Today ranks number 1 on Bizvibe's list of the top 10  newspapers in the world in 2020. The Guardian The Guardian, the British daily newspaper ranks number 2 in the list of top 10 newspapers in the world in 2020. The Guardian currently receives average daily readers of about 1.03 million with 1,26,879 in daily newspapers circulated. The New York Times This American newspaper ranked 3rd in the list. Founded in 1851 has won over 130 Pulitzer Prizes making it also the most prestigious newspaper in the world. The New York Times has an estimated 4.3 m

After  the election result is announced it has become almost mandatory for political parties to appoint commission to find out how 'their own votes' are gone to others. It is a sheer mockery! No citizen has entered into any contract with any party that he would cast his vote to any given party throughout his life. Democracy does not advocate any compulsion in exercising ones franchise. If a candidate is not elected, it means  the voters have just rejected him; nothing else. KVGeorge kvgeorgein@gmail.com

World  leaders vowed few years ago to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls by 2030, allowing them to live freely and safely to participate equally in political, economic and public life. But despite this pledge it is estimated that one in three women globally experience physical or sexual violence during their lifetime. Child marriage is still rife, with almost 750 million women and girls married before their 18th birthday, resulting in teen pregnancies that can put their health at risk and limiting schooling and opportunities. This is how the countries scored for a particular category. 01 - India Violence against women in India  has caused national and international outrage and protests since 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi. Scoring in the poll: Health  - 04 Culture and religion - 01 Non-sexual violence - 03 Discrimination - 03 Sexual violence - 01 Human trafficking - 01 02 - Afghanistan 03 - Syria 04 - Som

Here  are the safest countries for women to travel. Finland Finland is ranked number one in terms of safety by the World Economic Forum on their Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. Canada Of all the countries in America's, Canada is considered the safest destination for women travellers. New Zealand New Zealand is considered the fourth safest country in the world to travel in according to the survey by the Institute of Economics and Peace. Some reports consider New Zealand is the safest country for women in the world. Uruguay Uruguay has some of the lowest crime rates in America's. Uruguay is one of the safest countries for women to trave alone in the world. Switzerland Switzerland is the seventh most peaceful country in the world and an incredibly safe country for women. Belgium Belgium ranks tenth in the International Women's Travel Center's  list of the best countries for women travelling alone. Austria Austria ranked fourth in the International Wo

AS   human beings we all might be confronting with many problems on a daily basis or even lesser frequencies. Those can be ill health, poverty, debt, problems in the family or profession, continuous failures in every endeavor undertaken etc. Why some are facing such problems but others are not? Every difficulty comes on our way is the out come of our sin and the sin of our ancestors. The sin create very potential negative force in us. We can not replace this with positive energy by doing good deeds because as per the natural law we are now inflicted with punishment for the sin accumulated in us. It may take a few generation to complete the cleaning process. Hence all our troubles shall be passed on to our offspring and the intensity of their suffering may be more than what we had. Because we, our fathers, and our children together make one person and the Judge Supremo is just performing the unflinching justice. C an anyone else save us from the sufferings? Yes, another

"Then the Lord said to Moses, Put these words in writing, as terms of the covenant I am making, with thee and with Israel." (Exodus 34:27). According to this verse of the Old Testament the Ten Commandments are the commandments of God the Father given to man. Now let us see what Lord Jesus Christ said about the vision of God. "You have always been deaf to his voice, blind to the vision of him." (John 5:37) ("Not that anyone has seen the Father, except him who comes from God; he alone has seen the Father) - John 6:46. Further to these Jesus Christ gives two commandments superceding all earlier commandments. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and thy whole soul and thy whole mind. This is the greatest of the commandments, and the first. And the second, its like, is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments, all the law and the prophets depend." (Mathew 22:37-40) Despite Jesus establishes in