Normal And Abnormal

Arunachal Pradesh meaning 'the Land of Rising Sun' is for long recognised as the territory of India. During the British regime this area was known as North East Frontier Agency until it was part of Assam and then it has become Union Territory of India in 1972. It became an Indian state in 1987. This region was recognised as the Indian subcontinent receiving mention in the ancient Hindu literature like the Kalika - Purana and the epic poems like the Mahabharata and Ramayana. This Indian state has an area of 83,743 sq.km and a population of (2011) 1,382,611. Arunachal Pradesh is a home for many distinct ethenic group. Most of these groups are either related with the people of Tibet or West Myanmar. Two third of the population compromise of Scheduled Tribes. China claims Arunachal Pradesh primarily because of its historical and ancient relation with Tibet. Tawang an adjoining district of Arunachal Pradesh has always held a unique place in the culture of Tibet. It is be

Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat protesting against WFI chief in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. (Indebted to Mint for the image and description) According to media reports the women wrestlers are protesting for the past three months demanding the arrest of the Wrestling Federation chief on the charge of sexual assault. As per the report by Indian Express, the protesting wrestler Bajrang Punia said, "Justice for India's daughters is more important than the Asian Games Medal" Opposition leaders have slammed the Centre for the inaction. In the international rankings India stands far below in women's safety in the world. Our safety of women is confined to election speeches only. Since the Central Government has not taken adequate interest in the matter, the protests being done the way it is, not likely to yield any favourable results. There are two options for the protesting wrestlers. One, try to get nation wide attention an

Jubail Industrial City of Saudi Arabia As per available reports 21,537 state government employees are to be retired in 2023. Under normal practice these numbers are reported to PSC and necessary new recruitments  are made. However, considering the present indigent financial situation, better not to refill these vacancies through PSC. Try to get the required number of staff from other departments. As per a rough estimation the annual salary of these staff works out to about Rs 215 Cr. At the present financial condition, the state cannot bear this amount. If a thorough search is made in all departments transfer can be sought for adequate number of actually needed staff. In order to get over the present financial situation we may have to adjust with the situation. Alongwith the above arrangement for government staff, we may look for new avenues for creating jobs in private sector. If the existing resources are properly availed we may be able to deploy over two lakhs qualified

Report published by Malayala Manorama on 27th May 2023 shows the intensity and velocity of spread of narcotics consumption in Kerala schools. The situation is extremely dangerous rather becoming an imminent catastrophe. According to a list prepared by the Excise Intelligence team, 250 schools were seriously affected by narcotics use among school children in last September. This is now reported to have risen to 1100 schools now. Narcotics distribution agents are reportedly mooving around the schools freely. If this is allowed to be continued like this, the future of Kerala would be quite dark. All the concerned government departments alongwith the school management and teachers, parents of the school children, religious leaders, voluntary organisations etc should jointly put their best efforts to eradicate this cancerous vice from our society as early as possible. Otherwise our state will be filled with hard-core criminals. I would like to propose the following for the atten

       (Our future Minister) According to a report of India Today, 'Out of the 539 winners analysed in Lok Sabha 2019, 233 MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.' This comes to be over 43 per cent. This is the 76th year after independence.  India rank 5th in the world in nominal GDP of 2023 with $3.468 tn behind USA $25.035 tn, China $18.321 tn, Japan $4.300 tn and Germany $4.031 tn. As per a report by Prasanna Mohanty in Fortune India on December 29, 2022, "Union Cabinet's decision of December 23, 2022, that the central government will provide free food grains to  about 81.35 crores beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 for a year from January 2023, implies that India has as many (813.5 million) poor who need to be fed for free. This shows that 57% of the then population of 142 crores were poor. As per 2011 census report only 8.15% of Indians are graduates. Of the 55 million workers available during that period the bi

"Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon earth and every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times, repented that he had made man on the earth." (Genesis 6:5-6) We find here that God repented for creating men on earth. God repented for the wickedness of men because these men are His creation, and therefore, He Himself being the Supreme Judge, is responsible for their inequities. God, filled with the whole justice of the universe, therefore, repented. And at the end of the repentance we see the Almighty One on the cross at Golgotha. "Christ died for our sins." (1Cor 15:3) "For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him " (2Cor 5:21) Christ 's death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, is our firm belief. Here comes the baffling act  of confession in Christianity. This may create confusion at least among some believers. Can a priest forgiv

Hindu as well as Buddhist philosophy of India give great significance to a guest visiting us. This great saying denotes our age old culture. We treat guest as God 'Athithi Devo Bhava' means Guest is God. When our country is giving too much significance to Tourism, every Indian must learn the meaning of these words and it's significance in the tourism sector. While focusing on international tourism we can find that the tourist inflow to our country and the revenue from it, we are much below many countries. The ITDC as well as KTDC may give more attention to the tourists visiting and all those facilitated to them. The most important among these is the network within . the country especially road and rail transport should not be suspended under any reason. Suspension of transport make the tourist stranded in an unfamiliar situation and spoil their tour itinerary. Another common nuisance is closing of shops mainly by political parties under the name of some protests

"If you will have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there', and it shall move. And nothing will be impossible for you." (Mathew 17:19) This is the power of faith as revealed by Jesus Christ. Faith is so powerful because when man have faith, he is linked with God Almighty. The power from the Supreme One will flow to him uninterrupted. How many of us have faith in God? May be none. In order to display the faith in God one need not push away the mountain. Can he turn up down a small dry leaf lying  on the floor? No one may be there to do this. It is not a magic. Unbelievable results can be there if we have faith in God. If we have faith in the Supreme One we can heal the sick or feed the hungry. Jesus told us: "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I did to this tree and even more." (Mathew 21:21) Lack of faith must be the reason for many to say that

"I may speak with every tongue that men and angels use; yet, if I lack charity, I am no better than echoing bronze, or the clash of cymbals. I may have powers of prophecy, no secret hidden from me, no knowledge too deep for me; I may have utter faith, so that I can move mountains; yet if I lack charity, I count for nothing. I may give away all that I have, to feed the poor; I may give myself upto be burnt at the stake; if I lack charity, it goes for nothing. Charity is patient, is kind; charity feels no envy; charity is never perverse or proud, never insolent; does not claim it's rights, cannot be provoked, does not brood over an injury; take no pleasure in wrong-doing, but rejoices at the victory of truth; sustains, believes, hopes, endures to the last. Time will come when we shall outgrow prophecy, when speaking with tongues will come to an end, when knowledge will be swept away; we shall never have finished with charity. Our knowledge, our prophecy, are only gli

(Image courtesy, The Hindu) If the media reports can be believed Thanur boat tragedy is an after effect of corruption. Various government departments including police have brought to the notice of the concerned officials about different irregularities from time to time about the boat involved in the accident. Since the authorities concerned seemed to have not taken any corrective measures, some malpractices can be suspected. With the existing intelligence network each concerned official can be identified. If such people are caught, there would be several interference to save the culprits. Such amount of human lives may not matter for them. Such nasty humans are only concerned with money. However, within our existing socio-political system, if some strong Association and a few media can pursue the matter constantly it may produce some results. If we fail to expose the delinquents at least in this case, better we admit corruption openly and prepare for similar happenings agai

The Central Government without any much financial burden can help the rubber cultivators. What the rubber growers want is not grant, subsidy or any such help. They want a reasonable price for their rubber. This can be given if a suitable demand comes up. Yes, it is already there, not to create one. If the government take a decision to mix rubber with tar for road construction all over the country, huge demand will come up for rubber. The demand will naturally increase the price of rubber. By using the rubberised asphalt the road will have considerable durability, reduced maintenance demand, added safety and noise reduction. Therefore, in a short period of time the government can recoup the higher payment and soon can save considerable sum from other factors. However, there is likely to be some resistance by some people on this proposal. Government may deal with such situation, if arises. Alongwith with this the government can use the Rubber Board to conduct research across

The waterways being constructed between Kovalam to Bakel was originally scheduled for completion in 2017. Now it is reported to have been extended to 2015. The 620 km waterway will be multiadvantageous for the state of Kerala. This waterway shall boost the tourism sector of Kerala as well as the country as a whole. We must deploy high speed luxurious boats for the entire distance specially for tourists. It should also be more useful and attractive for the local people. The boats should be of different categories like passenger capacity of 60 people, 40, 20 and 10. There should also be car like speed boats with 4/6 seater capacity. Since goods transport through waterways will cost only about one third comparing to road transport, many goods like LPG cylinders, petroleum products, fertilizers and chemicals, Marine products, Marine cargo for local delivery etc can be transported through waterways by goods transport boats. Above all wide use of waterways may bring down road tra

Foodpoisoning   is rampant in India as per media reports. Whether it is hotel food, bakery products, fish, meat, chicken, egg, cooking oil, vegetables or fruits, adulteration is widespread in India. Most of the pesticides and chemicals added to food items are highly dangerous. Cancer patients are increasing day by day. If this is left unchecked India may become a country of patients and deformed people.  The Centre and State governments, it seems, are lacking adequate resources to prevent these. The government should now make stringent laws and ensure effective punishment with huge penalty and suitable compensation to the victims. Alongwith this, public information should be provided through media to create public awareness and should be advised the people to register complaints against this. The government should know that such reports will discourage the tourists from coming to our country. Food adulteration should also be included in the school syllabus. Let us not make