Normal And Abnormal

According to media reports, the Central Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Sri Nitin Gadkari informed that pot holes of the roads across the country shall be got repaired. As per available information the state of Kerala has a road network consisting of 11 National Highways, 72 State Highways and a good number District Roads. Since the present offer by the minister is restricted for 11 NH only, the huge number of State and District Roads which are full of potholes and other serious damages are not to be taken up by the Central Ministry. Since the state is in absolute paucity of funds the repair is not likely to be taken up in the near future, the Central Ministry may directly arrange for the repairs of all these currently at their cost.  The money spent for this purpose may be booked on the state's account and recovered conveniently. It maybe be noted that there were 43,910 road accidents in Kerala in 2022 killing 4,317 and injuring 49,307 people. Accident rate i...

In comparison of the two countries, Kerala, one of the smallest state of India is 0.59 the size of Sri Lanka, an independent country. The current estimated population of Kerala is 3.57 crores whereas Sri Lanka has 2.19 crores. The climatic conditions of both places are more or less similar. There are many similarities in geographical area too. While making an economic comparison with India,  the following figures stand testimony. 2022-23 GDP of India is $3.30 trillion. GDP of Sri Lanka during 2022 was $94 billion. While going back to 1960 the GDP per capita income of Sri Lanka was $152 (South Korea $153, Malaysia $280 and Indonesia $60) and India $303) GDP of India about half a century ago was double the amount of Sri Lanka. GDP pci of India in 1990 was $368 (China $318) In the same year GDP pci of Sri Lanka rose to $565. The same of Sri Lanka became $1,065, India could come upto $1,913. Sri Lankan GDP pci in 2021 was $3,994 (Rs 3,19,520), 2022 was $3,393 and estimated ...

Primarily an actor becomes popular for the charector he played. During the course of time his action, facial expressions, voice etc too become factors for consideration. If he is young, his look, body, dancing perfection etc also contribute to the popularity. Once a leading actor enter into politics and tries his luck in election, instantly his fans get divided. And many of them become rivals too. This rivalry continue throughout the life. Even if he retires from politics the rivalry continue. In American politics two film actors become successful in politics are known to us, Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. However in Indian politics there are not many who could shine in national politics. To name a few, they are, N T Rama Rao, M G Ramachandran, Jaya Lalita, Hema Malini, Smriti Irani, Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Babbar, Jaya Prada, Jaya Bachchan etc. If one is a real actor and successful in film career it would be preferable for such ones to keep away from politics. Once...

Rohit Sharma walks back after the dismissal. Image courtesy, Hindustan Times. India's cricket match against Pak reveals the  present state of Indian cricket. Fortunately for India, the rain saved us. Otherwise it would have been total exposure of the current Indian cricket. We have sent the current best team. One, two, three, four... was the collapse. Our top four batsmen fell within ten overs with a paltry few runs on the board. This is repeatedly happening in the recent past but no one bothers.  Our media must be the first culprit in spoiling the players. The media use to praise all top players with such amount of words that make each player think that they are the best in the world. On the other hand they don't pick and show a single error. Over and above these, the players feel that they have other modes of better earning now. But they fail to understand that if they don't perform well in international matches all income will suddenly end. If BCCI can do som...