Normal And Abnormal

Practically what is observed in a democratic system is that the common man or more refined to say the citizen is nothing but a vote casting machine. He has no role in decision making, formation of law or implementation the law. He does not have any voice anywhere. If he finds something goes wrong, he cannot practically correct the same. When corruption takes place all around, this common man deemed to have moved away unnoticed. If he spot the error of the elected and highlight the same he may even be eliminated. He cannot pinpoint any activities of corruption if found in the legislature, executive or the judiciary. He may be put behind bars. That is the so called democracy and the related freedom of expression. There is more comody in the democracy than we think. It is presumed that in a democratic system the people elect their representatives to rule them. The people are construed as the masters and the elected representatives are said to be their servants. In reality all

(Strike in a production unit in Palakkad. Image courtesy, Times of India) Undoubtedly there is only one claimant for the economy of Kerala as we see today. That is none other than the people of Kerala. Since independence, with bare minimum education, our people moved out to other states across the country. The huge outflow was towards the then Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. They worked hard to meet their needs and send the remaining back to the homes. Later few people moved to Malaya (today's Malaysian region), Persia (Gulf countries) Sheema (England) etc. These all together laid the economic foundation of Kerala. Later with higher education and competitive knowledge and skills our past generations moved all over the world. Our past spirit and experience brought our today's generation to one of the most intelligent and skillful people of the world. And that brought the external remittance to Rs 1.5 lakh crores per annum. None of our political parties tried to pool thi

(Offshore drilling platform. Image courtesy BOP team) This is being asked to the people of Kerala, that why we are too lazy rather made to be so within our state. All our attention is always focused on politics. Nothing else seems to be important for us. Meeting, rally, wall writing, zindabad etc are our prime task. We may look at our governments one after the other. We are always trying to find more and more avenues to avail loans. We never put even the slightest effort to find new sources to generate revenue to the exchequer. And all these have brought unbearable liability for our coming generations. Here is a humble suggestion. Let us have discussion with the African countries Algeria and Nigeria for oil rigging and processing. As per reports Nigeria is losing large amount of oil from off shore illegal rigging. They may be interested in a strong partnership with another country like India. Initially we may obtain permission from Government of India and then the state of

(Amal Jyoti College of Engineering, Koovappally, Kanjirapally) According to available information, out of the 51,000 engineering seats available in different colleges 23,000 are lying vacant this year. With the existing employment opportunities for engineers in India this trend is likely to be continued. It may not be worth to find out reasons for our youth going to other countries for studies leaving these much seats in our colleges. However, if we can draft a plan jointly by representatives from engineering colleges, Ministeries of Education, Finance and Tourism of Government of Kerala we may be able to fill these vacancies. Let us try to bring students from other countries, preferably from third world countries. We may initially offer as much concessions as possible to attract more and more students and also to set a trend. Tourism and finance departments should give more focus towards this direction. Let us keep in mind that we may include Medicine and other branches al

Nothing with mass moves faster than light. When we take the universe as a sphere, the diameter comes to 93 billion light years. In other words the travelling time from one end of the universe to the other it takes the same 93 billion light years. This is the physical travelling time. However, if we mark a spot at the border of the universe and we make a mental travel it is instant.  In the case of mental travel distance is not a matter. For instance, in mental travel, the duration of travel to the moon or to the sun or to the galaxy or finally to the end of the universe, it is the same time. All religions say that God is Omnipresent. When we have God in Kochi, He is in New York and in Tokyo too. And also He is in every minute point of this universe. His travelling time from any place to any place is zero. And that is the height of velocity! K V George 

As per the UN report 1.3 million people die in road accidents every year in the world. Half of all accidents the victims are pedestrians, cyclists and motor cyclists. 93% of all road accidents are in low and middle income group countries. They have 60% vehicles in the world. Over speeding, rash driving, violation of rules, failure to understand signs, fatigue and alcohol are prime causes of road accident committed by drivers. Carelessness, illiteracy, crossing at wrong places, moving on carriage way etc are causes for pedestrians. As per information 95% of all road accidents are caused due to human error at some point. According to a study 84% people aged 65 and above hold driving licence in US . One sixth of drivers are above 65 in US. Under aged drivers death in road accident in India in 2018 were, male 1980 and female 157.  Norway is reported to have the best roads in the world, followed by Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark and France. Now, what is more important here is

The 10 year old cycle polo player's death in Nagpur seems to have resulted by the unwanted fight between different sports departments of Kerala and also of Maharashtra. The National Sports Authority should also share the responsibility of this unnatural death of a sports child. The Kerala State Sports Ministry, The Maharashtra Sports Ministry and the Central Sports Ministry cannot wash their hands from the death of this girl from Kerala. According to media reports the concerned sports authority of Nagpur had refused the ten year old girl food and a place to stay. It should also be found that where she had food from and what she had eaten that made her vomiting. She was reported to have walked to the close by doctor. She was said to have administered an injection to prevent vomiting. And she dies soon. It can be noticed that in the name of sports some irresponsible people are playing with common man's tax money. Since we cannot expect much from any governments, some

According media reports many Malayalis are stranded at different parts of the country due lack of adequate train services towards Kerala, forcing them to keep away from their near and dear at home in this festival time. Bus charge from Bangalore to Kochi is reported to be Rs 6,000/- Many cannot afford this huge rate. What is the reason for this huge rate?  Nothing but availing the opportunity, in the absence of proper law to prevent this exploitation. Now, it is to find that who is responsible for this unfamiliar situation? Undoubtedly the central government, the state government and every elected representative are responsible for this unusual situation. The state government should have convincingly explained and demanded from the Ministry of Railways the number of special trains required by the state of Kerala. On the other hand the central government should have assessed the needs of the state and provided the required trains voluntarily without inviting any pressure fro

(16 Indian sailors including 3 Malayalis detained in Nigeria. Image courtesy, The New Indian Express) Nigeria has detained 27 people belonging to five countries including Poland, Sri Lanka and India on charges of illegally operating to take away crude from their region. 16 of them are from India. They all alleged to have entered the Nigerian waters on August 7. According to Nigerian reports they lose about 5 lakhs barrels of crude daily by these illegal operations. Now the question is whether our people have really committed the error or not. If they did it, it should be found that under whose command they did it. Whatever it may be we must think about the families of those sailors.  We may try to operate through the diplomatic chain to rescue those men with the strict arrangement to keep them away from such illegitimate business. It may not be wise for the government to leave these men for the political games of Nigerian political parties. K V George 

Recently a Malayalam TV Channel has transmitted a programme in which a young woman  appeared has revealed her story at very young age.  She belonged to an extremely poor family. She had no father with her and the mother was a handicapped one. She had a good number of other children also living in the wayside tent in small towns. They kept changing places frequently. All these children, both boys and girls were in the age group of about 3 to 7/8 years. These children were used for the earnings of a set of few hooligans.  These children were trained to become circus players like rope walking and other physical play. About ten years ago, these children were given a daily targets of Rs 250/-, nonveg food pack and a bottle of alcoholic drink. In most days they don't get sufficient money to have their food. After wandering through trains, bus stands, market areas etc from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm with tiring circus performance reach their tents with nothing to eat and get beaten by

It's  sheer imagination that is come out of ignorance. Still we can try to crack an imaginary nut. Can we travel into future? The answer is yes. This yes is said by some scientists including Einstein. You just imagine that you are stationed at a place in the space having a distance of 1 light year from the earth. Again imagine that you are holding a light velocity adjustable telescope with you. When you looked at the earth from there right now what you see the same day and hour of the past year. Now with the special arrangement of your telescope you just double the speed of light. What you would be seeing on the earth is what happened 6 months back. Again keep doubling the speed you will see 3 months before, then half of it again half of it and so on and finally you reached one second before. Here comes the hard nut to crack. From this almost instant point you may increase velocity to any extent it cannot cross that near zero point. If anyone can find a way to cross thi

We may sorrowfully notice the fact that the trend of abandoning old aged parents by children are increasing considerably in Kerala. While some parents are left in old age homes, some left in government hospitals and some are left in temples or in streets. According to available information about 16.5% of population of Kerala  constituted elderly people in 2015. This is likely to reach over 20% by 2023. Can we assure our own parents a comfortable old age living in our own houses? Before finding an answer to this, we may probe to find the answer that who are responsible to this situation. Number one is the parents themselves, because they could not make an unbreakable emotional attachment to the children. The next is our educational system. So far, it seems that our educational system has not identified this issue as an important one to be included in the school syllabus at appropriate density. Then comes our religions. They are more concerned in protecting the all powerful G

Devotees rush to the Sabarimala temple is increasing considerably year after year. The temple may not be able to accommodate these large number of devotees in the coming time. Media reports of today shows that as per the suggestion of the hon' le High Court of Kerala the Darshan is being increased to 90,000 per day. In this connection I would submit my humble suggestion to add over a lakh more to the existing numbers so that the daily Darshan may become possible for over two lakhs people. All you have to do is to construct a platform just before the eighteen stairs. This platform should be set at a height from there the devotees can have a clear view of the deity. Long steps can be provided at both sides of the platform. Since many devotees may not be adamant to climb the eighteen stairs and yet they can have the Holy Darshan, the rush during the coming years can be managed. Trust that the Devaswom authority may look into this suggestion. K V George 

Let us first admit the enmity prevailing among the Christian community including the priesthood in Syro Malabar Church. Each one of us may now ask  ourselves these questions. 'Am I a Christian? Do I believe in Jesus Christ?'. Now find the words of Jesus Christ. "These are the directions I give you, that you should love one another." (John 15:17)  About the unity also Lord Jesus said: "So may they all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they be one in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me."  (John 17:21) Do anyone including priests follow these words of Jesus Christ? Now, irrespective of all that disputes and fighting going on in the Church  about the Holy Mass, we may find a few things about the mass of today in Catholic Church.As per the Tridentine Council the mass promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 must be the most recognised mass of the Catholic Church. The Holy Mass as we see today in Catholi

Democracy ranking of the top ten countries in 2023 places Norway on the top and Afghanistan and North Korea on the bottom. India ranks 108th in the Electoral Democracy Index of 2023 of V-dem Democracy Index report. India is placed below Tanzania, Bolivia, Mexico, Singapore and Nigeria. This whole thing shows a picture somewhat close to our democratic system prevailing in our country. The states are also more or less following the same. One of the unique example is Kerala. In comparison Kerala is rated high in education, health, standard of living, NRI remittance per capita (Kerala has now been over taken by Maharashtra. Kerala's earning has dwindled from 19% to 10.2%) Kerala is now on a head down economic fall. Soon we shall be able to see the reflection in the following way. Building construction may come down drastically and consequently the allied shops may also constrained to be closed. Sale of vehicles in the state may fall considerably. Vehicles on road may also c

Congress party in Kerala has reached the rock bottom level of unity. It is like a chariot drawn by  many horses to different directions. In other words the party is full of villians without any hero. The tussle is going on in the party at every level at every nook and corner. It is as if the known leaders have taken the oath of shattering the party. The way things stand now the LDF rule may continue for a few more terms continuously. Now Congress party has got an unexpected opportunity for a return, but the so called leaders, instead of availing  this gifted space scratching each other and enjoy right from top to bottom. These so called political heroes so far couldn't realise that their party is on the death bed. Now, instead of rejuvenating their beloved party they are individually and jointly trying to make the coffin for it. I feel pity on them. They will all put their best effort to waste this gifted opportunity to make a come back in the state. K V George 

Gambling in India remains banned since long. It was a common sight till some time ago that police run after agricultural workers playing cards under tree shadows in the fields. Some of those could be caught and thrashed heavily and produced before the court. This was the story of yesterday. Today gambling is legally permitted under the name online gambling. The winner has to pay the share of the winning amount to the government in the form of taxes. Gambling have many adverse impacts to the society including crime, domestic abuse leading to divorces, bankruptcy etc. Gambling also cause health problems like anxiety, depression, stress and the related issues like ulcer, headache, muscles pain etc. It has impact on the economy like lowered productivity, embezzlement, absenteeism etc . Leaving the negligible tax revenue gambling contribute nothing positive. A report by The New Indian Express dated 21 January 2021 says: 'The State (Tamil Nadu)  on Wednesday informed the Madr

Women are not safe in God's Own Country! The reports appeared in our news media every day suggest so. Is this happening out of a fearless attitude of our men or from a state of extreme lawlessness or due to some abnormal biological constitution of some people? Whatever it may be, we must immediately find an answer to this and correct. Stringent punishment should be the first option. The next option would be psychiatric treatment for habitual offenders. The next is the preventive measures. In this category the best would be including this subject in the school syllabus from class 4 to 12. Atleast the coming generations can expect safety. The rulers of the states as well as the country should give due attention to this matter and action to be taken on top most priority. I would also like to stress the fact that the entire society including the parents, the teachers, the religious leaders, the police establishment, the political system, the rulers etc are equally responsib

What are all happened in Vizhinjam region were unprecedented in Kerala. As usual in many other parts of the country a bad situation is made worse by antisocial elements here too. There  are also some power centres  playing from behind the seen, can also be reasonably suspected. Whoever must be trying to induce the situation are doing this without knowing the very dangerous consequences of it. Or, they are not bothered about what would happen to our country. We all must know that we are playing with the poverty of a section of our own society. The antisocial people who pretend to be acting like extreme patriots must not be knowing the meaning of patriotism. Any action that hamper peace within our Motherland can only be caused by antisocial elements. The people may look around always and find such antisocial activities and discourage those instantly. This is written with the sole interest of peace and harmony within our country always. Jai Bharat Mata! K V George 

(Great Southwest Industrial Park, Arlington, USA. Image courtesy - Zee News) (This article was published  about an year back) While the government of Kerala is more interested in Governor, V C and such related matters than addressing serious issues concerning the people, the opposition too are joining them. As per the prevailing financial situation of the state, it may not be possible to disburse the salary of the government employees after a couple of months. It is the duty of the opposition parties to suggest ways and means to the government to overcome this precarious situation. Surprisingly the media too is focusing on petty political issues than discussing more important subjects like the pathetic financial state of the government. When the media and the opposition parties allege financial mismanagement of the government they should also suggest ways and means to get over from this. All said and done the state government is in a red hot spot. It may not be that easy to

According to media reports a large rally is being organised in Thiruvananthapuram on 30th November 22 by RSS/BJP. Explosive orators may be addressing this big gathering. Such speeches, if made,  against any particular community it can only worsen the situation. No one is going to gain anything from this but will only hurt one another. I think many of the Malayalis have not suffered from communal riots. As such they do not know the consequences of it. It may create irreparable loss to the state. Under the existing circumstances, it would be ideal that the Chief Minister may have a meeting with the representatives of the fishing community and plainly tell them what the government can offer them under the existing financial condition of the state. Promise may be made only to the extent that could be honoured. However, under whatever circumstances, the proposed rally can contribute nothing to resolve the issue but will only adding fuel to fire. Let us all hope for a peaceful re

           (Image courtesy -                      onmanorama) The  present situation in Kerala has more depth and gravity than many people consider. This should have been subsided much earlier with a composed approach by the government. What is going on in Vizhinjam is misinterpreted by different political parties, media and religious groups in their own choice. But none could see it as a fight for survival of the poor. After seeing what is happened yesterday, only very few could imagine that our state is at the brink of an explosive situation. Under no circumstances we should  allow to repeat what is happened in different parts of North India years before. Some vested interests are trying to convert this into a communal violence. They only try to add fuel to fire. I wish to pray the fighting communities that they should not lose their cool while presenting their problems at any level. I would like to request all concerned authorities including the police to ensure peace wh

(Takuma Asano #18 scoring against Germany) It is by Mohd Bin Salman in his vision 2030 made the foundation for Saudi Arabia to clinch a historical win against England in Qatar World Cup. And it was Takuma Asano the 28 years old for Japan made the winning shot against Germany in another match next day.  Coming from the reserve bench in the 57th minute he scored the stunning goal against Germany and assured the great Japanese win in world football. Every Indian must be anxious to see such a moment four our country. People from all over the country would like to ask to all concerned that can we ever pick 11 world class footballers from the 140 crores Indians. Let us understand the fact that sports make a country equally prestigious as it becomes wealthy or an armed power. I wish to tell my fellow countrymen as well as the top leaders in different offices that let us throw our stinking politics into waste bins and concentrate on the development of our country to bring it into t

Clairvoyance is believed to be a faculty for perceiving things of future beyond our sensory contacts. A clairvoyant is always acting as a medium in all clairvoyance sessions. A clairvoyant is a person considered to have abnormal ability to perceive things of future beyond sensory contacts. In a clairvoyance session, the clairvoyant with the ability of extra sensory perception gain information about person, object, location, events etc. Science do not support clairvoyance as any form of science but consider it as self delusion, wishful thinking, hallucinations etc. However, during cold war time USA and Russia were believed to have used Remote Sensing or Extra Sensory Perception to gather information about remote geographical location. In Indian Yoga system this is said to be 'Divya Dhrishti' (Divine eyes) While looking into the facts behind Clairvoyance we must also consider that credibility of psychic claims are weakened by proven psychic fraud over the

The  plain answer to this question is a firm 'yes'. If there is a will there is a way. Here it is not one way but hundreds of ways are there but the will, that is tough to raise. Our country has already submerged deep into corruption. In fact our society has accepted corruption as a customary need. We have tonnes of laws to prevent corruption and many departments are functioning to eliminate corruption but no one bothers about those. While Denmark, New Zealand, Finland etc are the least corrupt countries in the world India ranks 85th as per world corruption perception index of 2021. In fact we do not take any result oriented steps to eradicate corruption from our country. If the reports appeared in the media from various sources from time to time have any truth, huge amount of unaccounted money raised through corrupt sources are floating  in our country. Our black money is reported to have deposited in different foreign banks for quite long. Since our democratic sys

(Image courtesy - You Tube) Almost all Malayalam TV news channels conduct political debates all seven days in a week. Generally current issues are taken as the subject for discussion. Major political parties are made to participate in this. Almost every day the debate reach the boiling point while concluding. When one says yes the other says no is the prime trend of the discussion. Unfortunately these debates normally looks like comedy shows in most days because of the ignorance exposed by some of the participants. In some occasions the law itself were misinterpreted by learned people. This is done to express their loyalty to the party they belong to. In fact the subjects for debate is selected by channels to draw more viewers than for the benefits of the state. The state government is at the rock bottom level of economic growth. The government is trying hard to meet the day to day needs . There are many issues needs urgent attention. Unfortunately none of our news channels

Indian  cricket team has shamefully surrendered to the English team in the semi final. Had they won that match it would have been the win of the Cup. Lot of people are the shareholders of this 10 wicket defeat. Those include the players, the team management, the coaches, the BCCI and some sections of the media. Decades ago a team was picked from a choice list of hardly 20-25 players. Now we have selection choice of 200 - 250 players. Unfortunately we don't have a winning at all. Why it is said is because our loss to England was for 10 wickets. If we had lost for one or two wickets this discussion would not have come up at all. Today's bowlers have umpteen ways to study the weakness of the opposition batsman. This has been well exploited by our opposition teams, especially England. Now we must go for a more accurate and result oriented selection process. It is suggested to keep three experienced players for this purpose. The team selected should be retained for the p

According to a news report appeared in The Times of India some time back 10,187 POCSO cases were pending in various courts of Kerala. Consequent upon the increse of crime against children, the number of cases coming to the courts are considerably increasing. There are now 28 special courts in the state to handle POCSO cases. Yet, these seems to be inadequate to deal with as the crime rate is almost double by successive years. While 2,384 POCSO cases were registered in 2015 it was almost doubled in 2018. The state Chief Minister  told earlier that more courts would come up soon to deal with crimes committed against women and children in the state. Due to the paucity of trial facilities the cases are pending in the courts for longer period and this helps the criminals to roam around freely and commit more crimes. Beyond all these, keeping the criminals into prison for few years and feeding them well do not make the desired results unless they are made to reform f

Election is an opportunity for the Indians to make the country dirty the maximum possible. As many walls as possible in the country are used for writing and pasting  posters for election campaign. Over and above these flag posts are erected on way side hampering traffic movements. Even posters are found stuck on the highways. In railway stations in Kerala, publicity boards of Trade Unions are found more than the public information boards. Unfortunately none of our political parties have learnt so far that these wall writing,  posters etc wouldn't fetch even one vote for any party. Yet they keep doing this blemishes. Many countries including USA with a population over 33 crores and Fiji with a mere 9 lakhs population do not do these dirty campaign. When spoil the surroundings the people of Kerala must think that it is a well known tourist destination in the world, the state is striving hard to meet the day to day needs of the people and tourism is one of the largest scop

This is a question we must ask ourselves. Wealth is denoted by GDP, pci and ppp of a country. We will find the top countries in GDP. USA, China, Japan, Germany, India, UK, France, Brazil, Italy and Canada can be found in this list. However the GDP per capita varies from the above list. Quatar, Macao, Luxembourg, Singapore, Brunei, Ireland, UAE, Kuwait, Switzerland and San Marino come on top in this list. What makes a country wealthy? It is nothing but the natural resources available in that country and the man power available  there  to exploit those. According to IMF,  on a per capita income basis, India ranked 142nd by GDP (nominal) and 125th by GDP (ppp). While placed at 4th in the world ranking in GDP why we become low placed in per capita income? Economists may say it is because of the high population. It must be wrong. It is the same high population that brought the high GDP. When it is distributed it is shared by more numbers. That is the fact. Less people are allowe

Sree  Narayana Guru must be one of the greatest human being, may be beyond that, ever born in this holy land. He had Jesus Christ in him, Sree Krishna in him and also Swami Vivekananda in him. He taught great human philosophy in the simplest language. He was not confined himself in temples or any other places of worship. His teachings are not within the framework of ethical and moral code of any religion. He did not preach any faith. He said about the Supreme One in his own language. One cast, one God and one religion is for all men is his prime teaching. He could be the model of modesty and purity. About 25% of the state population constitutes the followers of Sree Narayana Guru. SNDP was the rudimentary organisation for the followers of the Guru. This has since been well established both financially and with political support. Other than having some educational institutions, hospitals and old age homes within the state, what have been done nationally or internationally to

    (Image courtesy - iStock) Small  pox took the lives of 300 millions people in the 20th century or it took the lives of 500 millions in the final hundred years before deporting from this world. In my younger days I have heard many unbelievable stories associated with small pox. I was born in Changancherry in the later years of the first half of the 20th century. During a decade ago Changancherry was severely infected with small pox. Countless number of deaths took place in the whole region. Death around were daily stories. When the daily death toll gone beyond the handling rim, the Metropolitan Church of Changancherry had extended the then existing cemetery and one portion was kept separated with a high wall reserved for small pox deaths. Dead bodies were brought usually in the night and no funeral rites were performed in the presence of a priest, it was told. But that was no solution as no people were found willing to bring the dead body to the cemetery as no one were a

(Image courtesy - The Indian Express) What is happening in our country! No other words than shameful to say. A 21 year old girl seeking employment was called to the house and raped by a Chief Secretary, a Labour Commissioner and a business man in our own country as per report by a leading Malayalam daily sometime back. Why it is repeated here because it is continued in different forms relentlessly. What is the future of our country for women? What is the fate of the women in our country? Can we not say an effective no to this? Why can't this issue brought into the root level of school syllabus? Why can't we impose much serious punishment for rape in any form? What can we expect from the sociologists, educationalists, eminent lawyers and the well known media of our country? What is that the thousands of religious leaders teach their followers? It is high time that we must leave the beaten path in every level. It is high time that our youngsters should come to the cen

(Image courtesy, The Indian Express) In a recently held election in the cooperative sector in Midnapore, West Bengal election, CPIM joined with BJP and they have won 52 seats out of a total of 63 seats, according to the news reports. This can be seen as an alliance in the  ensuing Panchayat and the subsequent Assembly elections. Since power is more important than anything else one may be constrained to approve it. More than that, God and Communism are two rare ingredients for the people and they would like to taste it. When these are all realities the ongoing tussle between the CM and the Governor are likely to be interfered by the central leadership of both the parties and may be called off any time. We all may call it a gimmick tomorrow. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" K V George 

Many of the newspapers  have reported about the observation made by the Governor of Kerala about the academic qualifications of the ministers some times back. In case any political elements are believed to have concealed in the statement, we may leave it but concentrate on the substance of the subject. Since it is not an isolated issue of the state of Kerala but it pertains to the whole country and, therefore, needs discussion at various levels across the country. The one who manages the entire health establishments of the state or the whole country should essentially have the medical knowledge as recognised. Similarly the one who oversees the law and justice machinary should have fairly good knowledge of law of the land. The minister of roads and bridges cannot escape by saying that he has not studied engineering. An agricultural minister should know all about the seeds, fertilizers, irrigation etc to manage his portfolio. Above all an illiterate cannot be entrusted with t

(Routine protests in front of the secretariat of Kerala) If the news reports can be believed, the government of Kerala is at its rock bottom level of revenue of the state exchequer. Despite having wide variety of opportunities to raise the income the government is not at all focusing on such avenues but appears to have focused on - 1) displacement of the Governor, 2) finding ways and means to take severe disciplinary action against the V.C. appointed by the Governor, 3) protecting the seat of the Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram. All concerned must know that the people are neither against the government nor against the Governor nor against any Mayor. The people only want that they should not be put into troubles. They have the aspirations for economic growth and a better living atmosphere. If these cannot be provided they cannot stand with such governments irrespective of the ideology it promise. Our educational institutions, health establishments, infrastructure especially road

According to the news reports in a leading daily of Kerala, the price of Sardine (Chala/Mathi) fishing in Chellanam (Ernakulam) harbour is a mere Rs 20/- to Rs 30/- a kg. Whereas a little away in the market the same fish is sold at Rs 120/- to Rs 150/- a kg. It is not a secret. Both sides i.e the killer and the killed know it. The victims have adequate resources to counter it. But unfortunately they silently concede. Above all, we have a government which said to be always standing with the poor and the downtrodden. Surprisingly, in such cases they seem to prefer the seat among the killers. And the opposition parties of the state, appear to have never heard about such  things! This is the same case with poor cultivators. Dear poor fishing community and the suppressed agriculturalists, you may come out from the cave of silence. You may stop selling it to the middle men. You may directly sell it to the consumer at your preferred price. You will gain and the consumer too. There

A leading daily of Kerala came out with news bit alongwith a photo of Collector of Pathanamthitta speaking in a film festival. Some people have taken it like an unforgivable crime committed by her. In fact what is wrong with it? Film festival itself is an entertainment matter. She was neither presenting an annual budget of the country nor delivering a welcome speach to honour a great foreign personality.  Let us try to learn to ignore what is to be ignored. All unwanted subjects should not be bundled and put on the head and supply to others. It can only stink all. This is nothing but the short coming in our educational syllabus in school. Let us formulate a proper syllabus for our coming generations. K V George 

(Image courtesy - The Times of India) According to media reports the government of Kerala has taken a decision to ward off corruption from the state. If the government is determined, it may not be difficult to enforce the decision. In order to  implement this more effectively, the following may also be taken care of. The anti corruption law should be made brief and unequivocal. Irrespective of the amount of money involved, the punishment should be dismissal from service forthwith with a minimum penalty of ten times the money involved in the concerned activity plus imprisonment as the case may be. In the case of suppliers, contractors etc those  involved or corroborated in the action, registration of such firms should be cancelled immediately. Such person/firm should not be considered for any future business with the state. Alongwith these, it should be made mandatory that the names of any government official or politician approach with any recommendation for the accused sho

(Ganja plants - image courtesy, India Times) Let  the government and the people move hand in hand, no narcotics can get into this state. Pay handsomely to those give information about narcotics movement. Their identity should not be revealed under any circumstances. Addicts may be forcefully rehabilitated. Any official corruption involved in this should be severely dealt with. Narcotics should be included in the school syllabus from class 4 to 12. Let us join the government in making our state of Kerala a narcotics free one. K V George 

Science  do not approve life after death. However, man had different concepts of life, after life, soul and heaven since long with us .These concepts are not uniform, but varies in different time, people and region. Most of the people believe that there is an after life; some in the form of rebirth while others believe in a life in heaven or hell.  There are many eminent scientists and philosophers suggest about our self as a distinct one. This self is the one that survives different dimensions of life. And that self is our identity. Psychology do not support this view. Psychologists feel that individuality or self is not firm but a fluid one  shaped differently according to the  external influence. If self can be related with identity, self is a combination of body and brain. If there is a life after death and own memory is carried, naturally identity too is carried forward. In the New Testament, the disciples of Christ, are witnessing those passed away long time ago, Mose

In the recently concluded 36th National Games in Gujarat, the performance of Kerala way really deplorable. While Kerala bagged 54 Gold, 48 Silver and 60 Bronz with a total of 162 medals in the last game of 2015 and stood second in the medal tally, we are placed at the sixth position in the medal tally in the just concluded Games in Gujarat. We could get only 23 Gold, 18 Silver and 13 Bronz with a total of 54 medals. Kerala is behind Services, Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Who is responsible for this pathetic performance? It is athletes, sports department or the government? Undoubtedly it is the government. Primarily, government do not have sufficient money to spend for sports development. The government have no time too to spend for sports as all are busy in politics for one issue or the other. If we continue like this, the problem is not going to be confined to sports but may spread to education, health etc soon. We should now give priority for a multifol

The news papers and news channels in Kerala are filled with 'VC'. I think a fair amount of the people are not well aware of this 'VC' affair. Some may be thinking this a new virus like Covid! Some must be taking this as another Kit to be distributed during Diwali festival! All political parties are seriously discussing VC all around as if this issue is the greatest problem Kerala is facing and if this is sorted out all issues of the state will be sorted. The ruling government do not have means to meet the daily expenses. Unfortunately they have no time to discuss and find ways and means pay monthly salary of the employees, repair the damaged roads, get over the dog menace across the state. What a democracy! What a politics! What a VC! And what a comedy! K V George 

(Sri Rishi Sunak choosen to become the next Prime Minister of Britain) Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak, an Indian origin, is all set to become the next Prime Minister of UK. Years before, the British captured our country and ruled it for a long period of time. It was an India of small independent countries ruled by many kings. The people as a whole were poor, illiterate and unhealthy. And now, one man from the same country but united, powerful and literate has been chosen by the powerful and wealthy British to rule them. It is their choice. No one has forced them. Every Indian will pray for the health, wisdom and success of the new British Prime Minister and the Prosperity of Britain! K V George