Normal And Abnormal

          (Daliyah Marie Arana) Daliyah Marie Arana from Gainesville, Georgia, USA, 5 year old girl, read more than 1000 books before she entered Kindeaargarten. Her love of reading books caught the attention of the Library Congress, and there she was invited to serve as a Guest Librarian in January 2017. "I read to my 5 month old baby brother, Demetrio every day because I want him to learn to read before the age of 2!" says Arana. She also said, "I want to work with my mom to make my school the best group of leaders in Georgia!" (Indebted to mentalfloss.com) K V George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

We all depend upon the five senses we have for all our perception. However quite occassionally some of us might have come across with cases of sixth sense. This does not hold any support of human physiology. How does it functions or where it is located remain unknown. Yet there is a sense in our body or mind.  There are innumerable cases found around the world of dead ones return to life after varying intervels. This delayed return of spontaneous circulation after cessation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation is called Lazarus Syndrome. There are interesting revelations by people who have undergone such state. Some say that they went to some place or places. Surprisingly in many cases they uniformly say that they have not met with any human there. In some other cases they recollect their departed near and dear ones. Since there are no evidence of the facts behind such narrations these may not be admitted by scientific community for further investigation into these. However the

Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. Founded in 1991. One of the top 50 schools in India  The need for a radical change for our school syllabus was discussed here many times. Unfortunately, no any action is found to have taken in this matter so far. I think NCERT may seriously consider this issue.  School Syllabus is the one that build a child into a full-fledged human being. When we try to make the student a competitive professional, such one should also be a disciplined citizen. Political parties have made our schools and colleges into cultivable land for the growth of violent politics. The antisocial elements are trying to convert these institutions into trading ground for narcotics. What a pitiful state of our country. A principal of a college, as reported by social media and later highlighted to the government level, open sex has become a routine thing in a college in Northern Kerala. All these vices are taking place with the support of political parties. Considering a

Before treating a patient the doctor should have proper diagnosis. Now if we ask anyone about KSRTC, they may only say that it is not doing well. But what is the problem, the answer would be  simple. The Corporation do not have adequate fund to run the show. Is that the disease to prescribe the medicine? The prime symptoms noted are given here. While the private buses in Kerala have an average of below three employees per bus the state corporation has over six employees per bus. This excess staff strength should be brought down considerably. The surplus employees may be transferred to other departments. Similarly the mileage given per bus is an average of little above 3.5 km/litre in KSRTC whereas this is above this level in private buses. Find out the reasons for the low mileage in KSRTC and try to rectify the same. These two segments should be considered on priority. Further to this try to prevent most effectively all corruptive practices within the Corporation at all lev

(India deploy Brah Mos missiles in Arunachal Pradesh. Image courtesy, Hindustan Times) What makes China to have a never ending enmity with India? It is beyond the conception of every Indian and may be most of Chinese people too. Despite all these unprovoked actions by the Chinese governments since long, no Indian hate the Chinese people. Rather we all maintain love with all of them. Why the Chinese government keep irritating their neighbours? China has more land than India have. China have a bigger population and a much higher GDP than ours. What else they expect to snatch from us? Dear Chinese government, you should not try to annoy or threaten us by deploying some uniformed people with arms and ammunition at different boarder points. You cannot threaten any Indian by showing any war weapon. Every Indian is well prepared to fight for our Mother India till our last breath. Every drop of blood shed by our soldier shall be same that of our mother's blood. Chinese rulers s

The eight weeks old baby boy, Charlie-John Taylor-Mullington said "hello" to his parents. His Mom Caroline 37 and Dad Nick 36 couldn't believe their ears when the word "hello" came from the baby's mouth. They instantly caught it on camera. Caroline filmed the interaction between Nick and Charlie as he repeatedly said "hello" to his dad. They all belong to Cheshire, England. Charlie must be the world's youngest talking baby. (This write up is indebted to the report in Mirror by Charlotte Penketh-King dated 26th August 2020) K V George

           (A street in Finland) Those who do not believe in the existence of God are called atheists. The system that propagate the existence of God or gods is called religion. According to a study conducted by Pew Research Centre in 230 countries in 2012, it is estimated that 84% of the world population is affiliated to some religions and 16% are not affiliated to any such beliefs. When we look at the happiest countries of the world (2021), Finland comes on top, that too, four years in a row. The other countries on 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions respectively are Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland and Netherlands. We may also find the percentage of atheists in the total population of these countries; Finland 55%, Iceland 49%, Denmark 61%,  Switzerland 58% and Netherlands 66%. Countries with high  crime rates in 2021 are: (crime rate is given in brackets). El Salvador (82.84) with 81% Christians, Jamaica (57) with 69% Christians, Honduras (41.7) with 76% Christians, Iran (49.38

Green Chilli  makes a fearful look to many including children. When we make friendship with this beautiful kitchen member, we may come to know that this is not a demon but an angel. Green chilli is zero calorie and good for weight loss. It brings up the metabolism by 50% in three hours after eating. Green chillies protect against cancer. Green chillies are loaded with antioxidants, that protect the body against free radicals by acting as natural scavengers. It can also keep at bay prostate problems. It also exert a number of benificial effects on the cardiovascular system. Capsaicin found in green chillies although hot to taste, has been lower body temperature by stimulating cooling system. It also combat against common cold and sinus infection. It also act as pain reliever, digestive effective and anti-ulcer aid. Green chillies are loaded with Vitamin C and beta-carotene and therefore, should be stored  at dark and cool place. Green chillies also help us to have healthy ey

This  is a true story of presence of mind.  There lived an old man in Minnesota, USA. He wanted to cultivate potato in his land. The old man was not healthy enough to spade the ground to plant potato. He thought if his son would have been there he would certainly have helped him, but, unfortunately, he was in prison. He thought of telling this to his son. He wrote a letter to the prison for his son. "I am unable to spade the ground to plant potato. Your mother liked to plant potato in the right time. If you were here, you would have helped me to plant.  There is no other way but to leave the cultivation this time." He received a telegram from his son soon: "Don't dig the ground. I have kept the guns under the ground." Next morning, some FBI officers alongwith local police officers with spade, sickles and bars came to the house and started digging the ground all over but could not find anything. The old man wrote his son again telling him all that hap

The October edition of the National Geographic Traveller Magazine chose Kerala as one of the ten Paradises of the world. It also selected this beautiful state of India as one of the top 50 tourist destinations in the world one should visit in their lifetime. Kerala displays a never ending beauty of different colours and designs. The people, the culture and the wide variety of food choices are a unique offer to every visitor. If one miss to come and stay here for some time it would be a real miss of life. K V George

You  may have a look at the famous faces when they were young. Priyanka Chopra Steve Jobs (18) Sean Connery Angelina Jolie (11) Britney Spears (11) Madonna (7) Barrack Obama Merielyn Monroe Jackie Chan Elizabeth Taylor Lady Gaga Jennifer Lopez David Beckham Narendra Modi In a school play Salman Khan Shahrukh Khan Virat Kohli Rahul Gandhi M S Dhoni Aravind Kejrival (Indebted to the report of Akrash Mehrotra in Scoop Whoop Media and another report by Inga Korolkovalte in Bored Panda, also from other websources) K V George

Many of us feel that we are misunderstood by others. Those include our own family members, our close friends and relatives, our superiors and coworkers and the list may go on and on. Why it happens so? Is it so that we are not able to present our true self. Generally people on first sight of a new one who could be moved around closely in the future, create a person in him. Later if the same person is found in him, he may fall in the category of the expected personality. Even a minor variation noticed shall make him a strange one and all that is observed in him shall be seen as strange and negative. Those around us always expect our personality to be one matching with their design. If not, we cannot be in the category of good one. They will never try to see the true person in us. But by the time they realise our true self it would be confined to a few words, "I am sorry for I couldn't understand you." Therefore, it is always preferable for us not to compromise

.    Dead fishes floating in Periyar river  Courtesy - ABP Live  Kerala has 590 km of coastline and 44 rivers flowing through the state from north to south. The people of Kerala is expected to have enough drinking water. But the fact is something else. As per available information about 65% of households of the state do not get pure drinking water. Of late it has been established undoubtedly. Drinking water for most of the inhabitants of Kochi city provided from the Periyar river. Almost all cities of Kerala is provided with drinking water water from the adjacent rivers. According to KSPCB there were 851 large and 951 medium industries in Kerala as on 2016. They all together discharge effluent to the tune of 6.5 million M³/day. 10 major industries in Kochi generating effluent about 57,000 M³/day. While the river Pampa is already choked with waste, the river Periyar is carrying large amount of industrial waste. According to the recent media reports these effluents have killed huge amoun