Normal And Abnormal

Of course, now there is no meaning in trying to find the pros and cons of final fiasco. A team which has won all the matches until this stage, just collapsed with no resistance. After winning the toss Australia sent India to bat first. Before doing this, they had a perfect homework on all our top batsmen and they practically explained it. And they expected similar returns from us. Though they have not fully overcome the situation, they managed to stay on. They also studied well about the pitch. While our Captain Rohit Sharma had significant contribution as a Captain in winning the earlier matches, he could not train his boys to meet the extraordinary situation. While our bowlers have bowled well, they didn't know how to snatch a wicket. Our fielding was not upto the mark. When the very first ball itself offered a catch and we failed to pick it. Had we taken that, may be it would have turned the table. Ok! It's part of the game. Let's wait for another opportunity...

I am not a musician, but I love music. I have been listening Malayalam film and drama songs for over seventy years. During my career I lived in different parts of the country. I could attend many musical programmes and could listen to music of various languages. Now coming back to the subject. I have watched many musical competitions in different Malayalam TV Channels. I have seen many judges evaluating the songs sung by the competitors. There was nothing unusual in the comments by those judges. But what is being seen in the Star Singer programme in Asianet TV is totally different. The judgement made by Smt K S Chitra is absolutely astonishing. When she evaluate each performance in a few words, I just ask myself that how could one pick a song in such minute details, that too such amount of songs, quoting from all 74 musical terms, every spelling mistakes, each error of pronounciation etc. All these are done by her without hurting the contestant in any way. On the other hand...

Article  356 of the Indian Constitution provides various options to enforce presidential rule in a state. The state of Kerala is undergoing such a precarious situation for quite sometime. The state do not have adequate finance to meet the day to day needs. In the absence of pension few people reported to have committed suicide and few others have started begging. In some department, salary too is held up. According to media reports many government hospitals do not have medicine to treat the patients. Surgery is suspended in some hospitals. Road accidents are mounting due to lack of maintenance of roads. There are such umpteen number of cases in the state. There is nothing seems to be at hand to overcome the existing dilemma. There is only two ways to subdue the present situation. One is that the Central Government may discuss with the state and assess their financial needs and extend assistance accordingly. The other option is to impose President rule in the state and d...

The Church of Nativity (where Jesus was born) in Bethlehem in Palestine  The people of India, especially those from Kerala, representing different religions are supporting one side or the other from the Israel Palestine conflict.While one community openly supports Palestine most others support Israel. While the dead ones on either side remain to be same and those bodies do not bear any faith and the departed soul is not known to have any faith too, it is not faith that matter but human life that matters. When we go through the history of Palestine, we may come to know that the whole region was under the control of Israel and Judah. Then the Assyrians conquered the region in the 8th century BCE and then the Babylonians in 601 BCE and subsequently by the Persians, followed by Alexander the Great. Later it went to the hands of Romans. And when Rome became Christian in the 4th century Palestine became the centre of Christianity. Consequent upon the conquest of Levant by Mu...