Normal And Abnormal

Congratulating  someone on a birthday before the day arrives brings bad luck in Russia. Facing two mirrors open the door for devil in Mexico. In Philippines  people never go straight back to the house after a funeral. Otherwise a bad spirit may follow and come to house. Mourners will stop in a restaurant or a store before reaching home. It is forbidden to whistle indoor or work place in Lithuania  as the noise is believed to summon demon inside. In Germany if you cheers with water you are actually wishing death upon the people you are drinking with. The idea stems from Greek mythology. Sleeping with your head to the north in Japan is bad luck because that is why the dead are laid to rest. In Turkey, an itchy right hand means that you will have some money but if it is on the left hand you will lose money. Idly playing with scissors will bring bad luck according to Egyptian beliefs. Stepping in dog poop is actually considered good luck in France if you do it with your left fo

Carnivorous plants  derive most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming insects and anthropods. We may find some such plants here. There are more than 600 known species of carnivorous plants. Slender pitcher plant This plant has pitcher shaped leaves and insects are attracted to these leaves. Venus flytraps  Venus flytraps are one of the rare plants that can move quickly to trap bugs and sometimes small mammals for digestion. Pretty in pink   This plant can be found in all continents except in Antarctica. Sundews ensnare creepy-crawlies on their sticky pink stalks and then absorb the insects' nutrients. Spider snacks Tiny hairs on their clamshell like traps cause to snap shut when triggered. Mucous trap These plants move relatively slowly, as they depend on a sticky mucous to trap bugs. Murderous maze     This snake-like beauty hides a pit of horrors. Lured into the pitcher by sweet-smelling nectar, bugs

ത്രി ഭാഷ പഠന രീതി കുറേ വർഷങ്ങളായി നമ്മുടെ നാട്ടിൽ നിലവിലുണ്ട്. പ്രധാനമായും മലയാളം, ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്, ഹിന്ദി എന്നിവയാണ് ഈ മൂന്നു ഭാഷകൾ. ഇവയിൽ മലയാളത്തിനു കൂടുതൽ പ്രാധാന്യം കൊടുക്കണമെന്ന് വാദിക്കുന്നവരുമുണ്ട്. സയൻസ്, എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ് വിഷയങ്ങളും മലയാളത്തിലേക്ക് പരിഭാഷപ്പെടുത്തണമെന്നും മലയാളം മാധ്യമത്തിൽ പഠിപ്പിക്കണമെന്നും ചിലർ പറയുന്നുണ്ട്. അതും നല്ലതാണ്. നമ്മുടെ ഭാഷ തീർച്ചയായും വികസിക്കും. പക്ഷെ എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ്, മെഡിക്കൽ പഠനങ്ങൾ മലയാളത്തിലേക്ക് മൊഴി മാറ്റിയാൽ നമ്മുടെ യുവജനങ്ങ ളുടെ തൊഴിലവസരങ്ങൾ കേരളത്തിൽ തന്നെ സൃഷ്ടിക്കേണ്ടതായി വരും. അതു സാധ്യമാണോ എന്നു ഉറപ്പു വരുത്തേണ്ടി വരും. ഹിന്ദിയും ഇംഗ്ലീഷും കൈകാര്യം ചെയ്യാൻ അറിയാമെങ്കിൽ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ മിക്കവാറും എല്ലാ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലും ജീവിച്ചു പോകാം. അതു പോലെ ഇംഗ്ലീഷും താഴെ കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്ന മറ്റൊരു ഭാഷയും കൂടി  അറിയാമെങ്കിൽ ലോകത്തിലെ തന്നെ ധാരാളം രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ പോയി ജോലി ചെയ്യാം. ഇപ്പോൾ നമ്മുടെ സമ്പദ് വ്യവസ്ഥയുടെ മുഖ്യ ഭാഗവും വിദേശമലയാളിയുടെ തോളിലാണ്. അതില്ലാതായാൽ നമുക്ക് വരുമാനത്തിനു മദ്യവും ലോട്ടറിയുമെ ഉണ്ടാകു. തൊഴിലവസരങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടാക്കാൻ ധാരാളം സാധ്യതകൾ ഉണ്

As on January 2019, the number of people employed in various departments of the state of Kerala was 5,15,739. Adding pensioners of 4,38,535, as on 31 March 2018 the total comes to 9,54,274. The lowest pay scale as per pay revision from 01.07.2014 is: 16500-500/900-35700. The highest pay scale as per pay revision from 01.07.2014 is: 93000-2000/2400-120000. Salary expenditure in 2017-18 was: ₹32,349 crores and the pension expenditure during the same period was %19,938 crores, making a total of ₹52,287. Further to these every minister and the cabinet ranked person can appoint 15 staff from private secretary to confidential assistant to cook.  The highest pay scale of them is 1.07 lakh - 1.6 lakh and the lowest is 23,000 to 50,200  The minimum monthly salary in the highest grade is 1.48 lakh and 26,910 to the lowest grade. Almost all of these appointments are under political considerations by the then ruling party. Over 300 such people are employed by all ministers with a salar

What  is happening in Afghanistan is nothing but bare exhibition of human nature in its wildest form. A group of people wearing almost similar dress getting a woman, who too were in the same dress code as prescribed by these men, to a public place and one man preached or prayed for some time loudly, all others were silently watching the show and suddenly the man lifted the gun and fired at the head of the woman and she fell dead. How can one do like this in the name of God?  People are forcefully evacuated from their own houses in the villages and the men are shot down and the women including girls of 12 and 13 years old were taken away and raped by many men. Such brutal exhibition is taking place in a country with a population of 3.7 crores and 790 crores people across the world are watching the show. Most pathetic aspect is that these viewers include UN, UNICEF, NATO, EU, G20,.ICC etc. Further to these, there are a good number of women's organisations in the world to

By  the end of 2019 there were about 36.26 lakhs people remain unemployed in Kerala. According to a study covering 2,600 engineering graduates by the All India Professional Congress, Kerala chapter, it is hard to find for engineering graduates a job suits their qualifications. The study reveals that 25% engineering graduates are unemployed and 66% attend to non-engineering jobs. In the case of salary  domestic servants in Kerala get better salary than entry level engineers. Lack of industries in Kerala is the prime constraint for this. No government has programs to address this issue in the near future. Hence they themselves have to find ways and means to make them engaged to find a good earning. You may be able to find many avenues towards this direction. Some can be suggested here. Initially about five to six of you or may be more may join together and draw a project. Any of the following can be looked into. 1. Non conventional energy. 2. Flowing industrial waste to water

India's achievement in the just concluded Tokyo Olympics is 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze, placing 48th in the medals list. Final outcome of the efforts of 139 crores people. America with about 1/4 population in comparison with ours reached the top of the medal tally with 39 Gold, 41 Silver and 33 Bronze making a total of 113 medals. China with a population of about 145 crores came second on the list with 38 Gold 32 Silver and 18 Bronze making the total to 88. Japan stands 3rd in the list with 58 medals; 27 Gold, 14 Silver and 17 Bronze. The population of Japan is about 13 crores. Italy with a population of over 6 crores could bag 40 medals including 10 Gold. A tiny nation like New Zealand with a population below 50 lakhs approximately could bag 20 medals including 7 Gold and came 13th in the list. At this rate of 20 medals per 50 lakhs population, India could have won '5,560' medals! Why Indians are not able to take more models in such international competition

Hai Kiddies, Learn a super magic right now. The magic: The magician gives a small plain paper and a cover to few people around and ask them   to write a question to you  of 3 or 4 words and the name of the one writing and put the paper inside and seal the cover and give it back to you. After getting all the covers you keep the covers on the table one over the other. Pick the first cover on the top. Hold it in your hand. Before opening, tell who wrote the paper inside and what's the question asked. Ask the person to confirm what you said. Then you open the cover to ensure yourself  that what is said is correct. Continue this till all the covers are opened and correctly predicted. All assembled will be certainly surprised by this magic. What is the trick? Say there are some 20 or 30 people there.  You can distribute about 10 of them one cover each and ask them to write what we said above. Out of those 10 one should be your secret associate. You tell him a question like &q

For  the 2003 Florette National Salad Week, Chef Raymond Blanc created the most expensive salad. The prime ingredients were beluga caviar, grated truffle, potatoes with gold leaf, Cornish crab and lobster and 30 year old balsamic vinegar. The cost of it was 600 British pounds (₹62,106) The French salads Salade   Nicoise This salad includes tomatoes,  hard boiled eggs, Nicoise olives and anchovies, topped with a simple olive oil dressing and herbs.  Salade   au chevre   chaud This salad is a favorite of cheese lovers. A classic green salad topped with crispy bacon bits and crunchy bread covered with a warm and creamy goat cheese, usually topped with honey and walnuts. Prices of chevre chaud: Australia 19.4 AUD (₹1,061) Switzerland 21 Swiss franc (₹1,724) France 13.5 Euro (₹1,193) UK 6 GBP (₹621) US $17.5 (₹1,301) K V George