Normal And Abnormal

We  shall find here the dress code of Kerala women a century ago. Image courtesy: Web sources K V George

MOLEOSOPHY is a method of fortune telling by observation and interpretation of moles in different parts of human body. Moles are generally found in different colours and sizes. Moles appear during childhood and adolescence. Most of us have over ten moles on our body. Some of these moles change in appearance or fade away during the course of time. A mole on the upper lip indicate a warm person generally well behaved to all, but have a weakness to opposite sex and luxurious things. A mole on the lower lip indicates that such people are foodies and interested in theatre art. Moles are widely used in different parts of the world for divination. Mole analysis is said to be used in Chinese medicine. Women with moles between the eye brows are considered very fortunate. They will be blessed with wisdom so appropriately. They will also remain wealthy. Females with mole on right or left eyebrow will make lot of money. Those with mole on the forehead shall be confident and make succes...

This  strange incident took place in my younger days. The day was Wednesday. Date 27 May 1964. After finishing the breakfast, I started the spade work of making a pencil portrait of some big people. I had big collection of paper cuttings of national and international leaders. I had gone through many faces. Finally made up my mind to draw the portrait of the then Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru. I took the model photo and started sketching. By about 12.30 I have completed the work. The picture looked so good. I myself was highly impressed by the portrait of the Indian PM. Now I wanted to write a word of salutation under the picture. in Malayalam.  I went through many words. Finally selected the word ADARANJALIKAL. In fact I didn't know that this word was used for homage, not for living people. By about 1.00 pm I had completed the writing and hanged the portrait on the wall very proudly. By around 2.30 pm came the unbelievable news; "Nehru Passed Away...

We will make a quick journey through Kullu Manali. Hadimba Temple, Manali Manu Temple, Manali Bhrigu Lake, Manali Hamta Pass, Manali Himalayan Nyingmapa Buddhist Temple, Manali Museum of Himachal Culture and  Folk Art, Manali Gulaba, Manali Jagatsukh, Manali Chandrakhani Pass, Manali Image courtesy: Web sources K V George

We may have a close look at a few middle class houses in the suburbs of Australia. Image courtesy: Web sources K V George

Till recently prominent Indian cricketers were playing for English County Cricket Clubs. It is a long list of well known players like Pataudi Sr, Pataudi Jr, Farooq Engineer, Bishen Singh Bedi, S Venkat Raghavan,  Sunil Gavaskar,  Ravi Shastri, Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguli, VVS Laxman, Javagal Sreenath and the list goes on and on. Now prominent cricketers from England, Australia, West Indies, New Zealand etc are playing for Indian Premier League Clubs. IPL started in India in 2008. In 2022 there may be 10 teams.1214 players have registered so far. Among them 896 are Indians. The selectors have now a wide choice to select from for the national team. During 1970s, 80s and 90s  there were hardly a few dozens players to select from for the final eleven. Here comes a question as to what is that the national team  gained from the playing experience in our own country with top players from international teams. All said and done,...

John F.Kennedy was the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln or not cannot be answered with any certain proof. However someone who studied both personalities in depth try to present enough evidence to prove what they say have substances. There are even relatives and associates have similar appearances and in many instances have the same or near names. For instance John A. Kennedy was the security chief of Abraham Lincoln who uncovered the 1861 plot to assassinate Lincoln and played an investigative role when Lincoln was assassinated. John F. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln whose husband's name was Harold 'Abe' Lincoln and he was in the motorcade when Kennedy was assassinated. Both Evelyn Lincoln and John A. Kennedy looked remarkably similar. We may find some remarkable similarities in their lives as well as people and places associated with these great human beings. 'Lincoln' and 'Kennedy' each have seven letters. Both married...

Here  we find some of the closest and clearest pictures of the moon taken by NASA, Japanese Space Agency etc. Image courtesy: Google images K V George