Normal And Abnormal

May it be any religion,  the purpose of praying for the departed souls are the same. It is a prayer to the God to forgive their sins and to grant them joyful living in the heaven. Whatever may be the style and language of the prayers, the One who listens to all these is the same. According to almost all religious teachings,  the prayer for the departed souls is a request to God to exempt them from punishment. Before moving further, we must know about punishments. In a divine term it cannot be called punishment but it is refinement. According to Bhagavad Gita everything in this universe is originated from Krishna. "aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate iti matva bhajante man budha bhava samanvitah"    _ Bhagavad Gita Ch 10 Verse 8 (I am the source of all spiritual and material world. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.) Everything including man are originated f

Just think about  At the beginning of time had we been there, the sun and stars could have been held in our palms. The great people around us today could have put in our laps little ago. If we do the right things at the the appropriate time the results shall be unbelievably great. Whenever we mingle with young children we must do the best possible to get them moulded to a perfect charector. K V George 

What are all happening in our country  is something quite uncommon. In fact at some parts of the coutry, may be a wider part, women are treated worse than even animals. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in 2022 UP topped the country in crime against women (such as rape, murder, kidnapping, murder after rape and gang rape). The record shows 65,743 such cases in 2022 compared with 56,083 in 2021 and 49,385 in 2020. These things are happening throughout our country. If we take the annual figures of the women attacked and killed in our country it would be more than the female population of many countries of the world. We should be ashamed of what is happening in our country.  So far we have not taken any effective, result oriented steps to save our own mothers, sisters and daughters from these wild beasts. The entire humanity around the world have to bow their heads over the pathetic conditions of the women of India. Finally the West Bengal government has taken

Just think about  We don't have stock of happiness. We have to buy it from the poor and helpless ones. ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ  സന്തോഷം നമ്മിൽ ശേഖരിച്ചു വച്ചിട്ടില്ല. നിർദ്ധനരിലും നിസ്സഹായരിലും നിന്നും അതു വില കൊടുത്തു വാങ്ങേണ്ടി വരും. K V George 

Most of us travel a lot. Many of us travel extensively on assignments. When we are sent somewhere on assignments, some informations are inevitably held by us. Those are, where we have come from, what is our task there, how long we are to remain there and where we have to go from there. These are the essential information in every journey. Contrary to this and surprisingly, we don't hold any such information in our journey to this world. More than 750 cores people are now living in this world. Many fold of this came and returned from here. None of them know this basic information. Does this mean that  those who have sent us here do not want to reveal these informations to us, for reason best known to Him. Therefore, until now, no one who came to this world never knew that where they have come from, what for they have come here, how long they have to be here or where they have to go back from here . K V George  

        Shooting site of Hindi movie  Malayalam  cinema holds a reputed name in the artistic and cultural front in the world. While our country itself is notorious in the ranking of safety of women in the world, Kerala is equally an unsafe place for women irrespective of age. Until now we had the impression, despite staines here and there, cinema is a work field of the cultured people. Of course we cannot escape from our politically inherited culture. Let us not forget that our country is the one which seen a woman on the original form of God Aadi Parashakti. However, of late, the political situation of our country, irrespective of any particular party brought the people into an indisciplined state. Politics have crept into every field of human life. It is injected into the people that anyone can escape after committing crime if one has political support and money in the pocket. And that has encouraged even well known people of the film field to commit such crimes as Justic

Just think about  We have never seen God. Each one of us shape, colour and fill capability and competence somewhere and that is our God. ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ  ദൈവത്തെ നമ്മളാരും ഇതുവരെ കണ്ടിട്ടില്ല. എവിടെയോ ഒരു രൂപം മെനഞ്ഞു അതിനു നിറവും കഴിവും കൊടുത്തു നാം ഓരോരുത്തരും ദൈവത്തെ കാണുന്നു. K V George 

We  all quite frequently say that I know him very well. We say that we are so conversant to him, know all about his family and we are so well versed about his character. In fact do we know what we utter? Not at all must be the answer. Now let us turn back to ourselves and ask the same question. Do we know ourselves? If so to what extent? Our answer may be so paltry and too petty because we do not know anything about ourselves but pretend to know all about others. It is the same thing that makes us to curse others and praise ourselves. All that others do are wrong and all that we do are right. Almost all human beings are suffering from this mental trauma. It is nothing but an idiotic state of mind. We do not know about ourselves is the truth, but we are reluctant to admit it. We act as if we know all about ourselves. And that befool us. We keep on playing foolish games in front of others and also with ourselves. Let us now admit the truth that we do not know anything about o

Gathering in a Political meeting (Image courtesy to the Hindustan Times) We  Indians must be the only people in the world who are not conscious of one's own priorities. We seem to have only two things centred in our lives and those are politics and God. Both these are not acquired from any systematic learning but through haphazard manner. If someone ask, what for these are learnt, there may not be any valid answer. Yet we think we are one of the most knowledgeable ones in the world. If someone tells them that their priorities are, eradication of poverty, ward off corruption, ensure safety of women, attain cent percent literacy, accrue the income of the people etc, they may say it is none of their business, but the government to do these things. Despite having all the resources, how we manage each thing  can be found when we compare ourselves with other countries. As we have discussed earlier our neighbour Sri Lanka has GDP per capita income about double the amount than

A view of Luxembourg - the richest country in the world by pci  Just think about: The large population of India is a plus point for us. If we can properly use this strong manpower to exploit our natural resources, we can stand  among the richest countries in the world. ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ  ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ഈ വലിയ ജനസംഖ്യ വേണ്ട വിധം ഉപയോഗിക്കാൻ സാധിച്ചാൽ അതു രാജ്യത്തിനു വലിയ ഒരു അനുഗ്രഹമായിതീരും. ഈ മനുഷ്യ ശക്തി ഉപയോഗിച്ച് നമ്മുടെ പ്രകൃതിവിഭവങ്ങൾ വേണ്ട വിധം പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുത്തിയാൽ നാം ലോകത്തിലെ സാമ്പത്തികോന്നതി നേടിയ രാജ്യങ്ങളുടെ ഗണത്തിൽ പെടും. K V George 

Mamata Dalai, 6 years old girl with her 7 years old sistar Asanti of Kendrapara district of Odisha were taking bath in a pond near to their house. Suddenly a crocodile appeared in the water. Within no time the six feet long animal caught hold of Asanti's feet. Facing the most dangerous situation in her life Mamata never lost her presence of mind. She immediately caught her sister with all her power and never allowed the animal to pull her down. The loud scream made by the children attracted the people from near by houses. All of them came there and pulled out Asanti from the mouth of the crocodile. Later the  animal was taken away by the forest officials. Later, National Bravery Award was received by the courageous girl Mamata Dalai in 2017. K V George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

(Woman at a dinning table of a luxury hotel eating expensive food) We may find here some costly food items around the world. Jawa coffee per cup in Hawaii: $4.98 (Rs 418/-) Donkey milk in India per litre: Rs 2000 to 7000 Costliest tea: Da Hong Pao the legendary Big Red Robe is steeped in history and rarity. (This tea is from the mist of the Wuyi Mountains of China) Price per Kilogram, $1.2 million (Rs 8,66,87,000) Price per cup, $2,400 (Rs 2,01,344) Baccarrat Hotel, New York  Breakfast  Eggs and Caviar (eggs of fish) $240 (Rs 20,135/-) Snacks  Yubari Melon (Exclusively sold in Japan) SGD $ 34,000 (Rs 20,96,927) Meals  Paco Roncero Restaurant Ibiza, Spain: Rs 23,280 Fish Curry At 'Samundari Khazana' an Indian Restaurant in London is known for the costliest curry in the world. Seafood curry, £ 2,000 (Rs 2,21,689/-) Most expensive food in the world is : Almas Caviar, made from the female beluga sturgeon. It is harvested from the South Caspian sea. It must be from a bel

      (Close up photos of Moon) Many  people from different countries have so far bought land in Mars and Moon. Good number of Indians too have made such land purchases over the years. In 2020 a man from Ajmer, Rajasthan gifted 3 acres land in moon to his wife on their eighth wedding anniversary. Ever since late Sushant Singh Rajput, Shah Rukh Khan and other celebrities have  bought good extend of land in moon,  many people purchased smaller pieces from them. Sea of Tranquility is the most sought after region in the moon. The existing price per acre is US $37.50 (₹2775/-) which may be varied on either side depending upon other agencies. A Software Engineer employed in an engineering firm in NOIDA was awarded with one acre land in Moon by his employer in recognition of his hard work. There seem to be more Indians who have purchased land in other planets. However, anyone venture into making any deals in extraterrestrial real estate should know that any such claims

Kerala is a tiny state in the southern part of India with the current population of 35.97 millions. The sex ratio of the state is 1084 female per 1000 male whereas the national sex ratio is 1020 female per 1000 male (2023). The literacy rate of the state is 99.31% against the national average 85.94% as per the prediction of 2024. While the median age of Kerala is 35 years that of India is 28 years. When the per capita income of Kerala in 2022-23 is Rs 2,63,945, it is in the 11th position among other Indian states. Beyond the human factors, nature have blessed the state with unending natural beauty. And that made this part of the country as God's own country. Time magazine announced in 2022 that Kerala is the one of the fifty must visit tourist spot in the world. National Geographic Traveller magazine in 2012 named Kerala as one of the ten paradise of the world. All said and done, we could not market our tourism in the world. While USA earned US$ 1.8 trillion

Recently a retired official from the government sector said that he had some pain in the chest. He immediately visited a known private hospital and consulted a cardiologist. The doctor, after detailed examination suggested an Angioplasty surgery. Cost of the surgery would be Rs 1.5 lakhs, was the advice by the doctor. Our cardiac patient left the reputed private hospital and went straight to a district hospital and consulted the cardiologist there. After detailed examination our patient got admitted there and remained there for few days. The doctor then told him that he was fully cured and was discharged. The total expenditure in the hospital was said to be Rs 6,000/- plus. This may not be an isolated incident. In the case of Angioplasty the private hospitals in Kerala charges around Rs 1.2 to Rs 1.6 lakhs. The surgery takes about 30 minutes to 2 hours. Depending upon the health condition of the patient the recovery may take about two weeks time. The DGHS has proposed to br

Despite possessing immense natural resources and large manpower to exploit we Indians prefer to be called a poor country. We make no attempt to become the richest country in the world. We still maintain about one fourth of our population below poverty line in international standard. Our successive rulers find no shame in this. Corruption is rampant in our country. Not even a feeble attempt is made to eradicate this cancerous vice from our society. If a government earnestly wishes we can make this country corruption free within thirty days. But who is there to wish! Now, if India really want to target  economic and social development of international level, our prime attempt should be to eradicate politics from schools and colleges. If anyone is adamant to learn politics both theoretically and practically let there be  few political universities. All there practical experiments should be strictly confined within their college campus. Under no circumstances they should be all

Just think about: When we realise our ignorance, we are certainly on the route of knowledge. ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ : നമ്മുടെ അജ്ഞത തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞാൽ നാം ജ്ഞാനത്തിന്റെ പാതയിൽ എത്തിയിരിക്കും. K V George 

There  is a story about a knowledgeable young man lived in a prosperous country. The king of that country could learn about this man. One day the king called him to the palace. During the talk the king found that this man possesses good knowledge. The king decided to help him to acquire more knowledge from different people and places. The king sent him to a very beautiful island inhabited by many intellectuals. The island had wide variety of animals, birds and trees. There were many rivers, lakes, hills and green valleys. The king asked him to stay there and enjoy for about an year. Sufficient money was given to him for his needs and was sent. After an year the man returned. The king called him to the palace and asked him what good things he had seen and learnt from there and how did he spent his time in the island for one year.  The man replied, "I took a furnished good house and appointed some servants and two cooks. They were making very good food for me. I used to

We  all in our young ages might have said that after sometime we too will have children. Husband and wife say soon after marriage that they would have beautiful daughter or a handsome son. Almost everyone nurture their children before they take birth in this world. Such children have no shape, colour, sex or intelligence. These are imaginary humans only. Then comes the real physical man with body, shape, colour, intelligence and status. This is the real man. Then comes the dead ones. They have different imaginary images for different onlookers. They all lived here for different periods and held different status. Now they all have imaginary shape, colour, intelligence and status. Some are good for some and some are not so good for some. While the prebirth and post death are not real ones they are in the minds of many. The real living ones do not think that they are falling into the imaginary world any time. Our existence in this world is like a rain drop falling from the sky

Just think about  It is we to answer our own prayers. ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ  നമ്മുടെ പ്രാർത്ഥനകൾക്ക്‌ ഉത്തരം നൽകേണ്ടത് നമ്മൾ തന്നെയാണ്. K V George 

People  who are working on different fronts can be primarily categorised into two groups. One is those working for the sake of work, nothing more than that. The other is those who want satisfac1tion for their doing. Such ones, if do not get satisfaction shall leave the work and move away. The former category shall continue to work until the scope of work is left. Whatever efforts we may put on something, but if it does not fetch any contentment, many of us may not be able to continue with it. Hence contentment is an essential return expected by many who put their efforts for anything. There are another category of people whose ultimate aim is not contentment alone but they find something more by sharing their contentment with the near and dear ones. And what they attain from this is happiness. Happiness is, therefore, derived from sharing our contentment with others. It is a state of ECSTASY. Then comes peace. Peace is not man made, it is divine. While many are

Man is on the look out for our fellow beings in other planets for quite sometime. NASA has special programmes towards this direction. MIT astronomer Sara Seager putting all available resources to find another earth somewhere. Space telescope is looking for the availability of oxygen and water vapour in siblings of our earth. MIT physics professor Sara Seager is trying to find some possible chemical combination that can signal alien life. NASA is trying to develop new telescope technology. Altogether, if everything goes well, by 2030 - 2040 our anxiety may lead to some answer. Scientific community believe that there are more intelligent life beings and more advanced civilizations can be found elsewhere. If we ask an average American about extraterrestrial life beings the answer will be a big 'yes' . Such is their expectations! However our imagination is confined to life forms what we have seen on earth. That may or may not come true. Because we cannot imagine or targ

According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey the unemployment rate in India has a declining trend: 2020-21= 4.2%, 2021-22 = 4.1%, 2022-23 = 3.2%. The percentage of unemployment shown above may appear to be not very high in comparison with other countries. While looking at our large population these cannot be small in numbers. Over and above these when we add the figures of under employed, those unaccounted found in large numbers in the agricultural sector, the youth passing out every year etc into consideration the actual figures may may be much higher. We may also keep in mind that there are countries like South Africa with 29.8%, Djibouti with 27.9%, West Bank/Gaza with 25.7% etc have high rates of unemployment. While assessing the employment rate,  the median age too holds significance. Countries with lowest median age are, Niger 15.3, Uganda 15.7 and Mali 16.2. When we take the work force, India is on the best layer of the median age 28.4 (29.8). The median age of Japa

 (Steve Jobs Co-Founder of   Apple) "Bad leaders beleive their team works for them. Great leaders believe they work for their team." Alexander den Haijer, Motivational Speaker. "It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do." Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple. "Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right." Simon Sinek, Author and Motivational Speaker. "You don't necessarily need atomic bomb to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of the citizens always do that every day." Israelmore Ayivor. "The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves." Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. "We shall only talk of peace when we have won the war. The Jewish capitalist world will not survive the twentieth century." Adolf Hitler. K V George 

ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ : നമ്മൾ   മറ്റൊരാളുടെ നേർക്കു വിരൽ ചൂണ്ടുമ്പോൾ ഒന്നോർക്കുക, നാളെ ഈ വിരൽ മൺതരി ആയി തീരും, ആളുകൾ അതിൽ ചവിട്ടി നടക്കും. Just think about  Let us know when we point finger towards others that it would become dust a day and people may walk over it. K V George 

(Manu Bhaker with Olympic medal for shooting. Image courtesy: Business Standard) Top six countries in the final medal tally of the Paris Olympics 2024 are given below. (Country* Population*Gold*Silv*Brnz)                   in millions USA     345.62            40 - 44 - 42 China 1418.96           40 - 27 - 24 Japan  123.00           20 - 12 - 13 Aus        26.70           18 - 18 - 16 Fra         66.56           16 - 26 - 22 Ned       18.24           15 - 07 - 12 India 1452.38          00 - 01 - 05 This makes India's position in the medal tally at 71. In the total medal tally of all modern Olympic games, USA with 2959 medals is on top, followed by USSR with 1204 on second place and Germany with 922 is on third place. India has so far won 41 medals in total from all Olympic games including 2 silver medals by Norman Pritchard in 1900 and a bronze medal by K D Jadhav for wrestling in 1952. Here we Indians should ask ourselves that who is responsible for this pathetic perfo

Just think about  If we discontinue the use of footwear and have regular direct contact with earth we may get rid of many negative from our body.  That must be one of the reason for less disease in animals than humans. ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ  നാം പാദരക്ഷ ഉപയോഗിന്നതു നിർത്തി ഭൂമിയുമായി സമ്പർക്കം പുലർത്തുന്നതു തുടർന്നാൽ നമ്മെ ദുർബ്ബലപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതെല്ലാം നമ്മുടെ ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്നും വിട്ടു പോയേക്കാം. മൃഗങ്ങൾക്കു മനുഷ്യനേക്കാൾ രോഗങ്ങൾ കുറവായിരിക്കുന്നതിന്റെ കാരണങ്ങളിൽ ഒന്നു ഇതായിരിക്കും. K V George 

According to a news report appeared in Malayala Manorama dated 31 July 2023, 13.13 lakhs women and children are missing from India during the years 2019,2020 and 2021.  Out of these 22,799 are from the most literate state of the country, Kerala. And the people's government is now ruling the state. The most pathetic state is that neither the central government nor the state governments give due significance for this issue. We have many agencies to find the missing people like the police, CBI, IB, etc. I don't know whether the government may say that all these agencies are not meant for this silly issue. The poeple and the government should know that there are 67 countries in the world with a population  less than 13 lakhs, the number of the missing people. In other words, the missing numbers are more than the population of these much countries, it should have been received great attention from all over the world. Maybe because of our large population we are practical

I wish to ask humbly and earnestly to my fellow beings of the legal profession whether the agreement on Mullaperiyar between Kerala and Tamil Nadu can be a well founded and valid one. If one gives another an elephant with the agreement duly signed by both that the present owner will ensure that the elephant will remain alive for 999 years. Can any court in India can ratify this just because both parties have signed this senseless agreement? The Mullaperiyar dam which has the approved lifespan of 50 years as per the design and construction engineer of the dam but it has already lived for 129 years (The dam was opened on 10 October 1895) Now if someone says that since agreement stands for 999 years it should function for the set lifespan at the risk of the lives of over sixty lakhs people from six districts of Kerala. Our successive governments are least bothered about this  Sword of Damocles. And most unfortunately the people of the state do not realise the fact that they ar

(A major debris flow was triggered by heavy rainfall in and around Chooral Mala town of Wayanad district of Kerala. Courtesy: India Today, NRSC) According to a recent report by India Today, during the period between 2015 and 2022 there were 3782 landslides in India, out of which 2239 were in Kerala, that  may works out to 59.2%. However as far as the devastation and casualties are concerned what has been taken place in Wayanad on 30 July 2024 is the deadliest of Kerala in the recent history. As per the available information the number of human loss until now is worked to over 400. Considerable number of people are still missing. Since all of them could not have been traced out including young kids the figure cannot be estimated now. In spite of a number of warning by the environment committee, indiscriminate quarrying and deforestation continued and that was the cause for the landslide in Chooral Mala and Mundakkal in Wayanad. The successive governments cannot wash their ha

While we Indians feel we are safest in our motherland than anywhere in the world the following figures really horrify us. We murder  about half a lakh people every year. Let us remember that there are over ten countries in the world where the population is less than a lakh.  Homicides in India in the recent times. 2015 - 44,373     2016 - 42,320 2017 - 41,017     2018 - 40,985 2019 - 40,479     2020 - 40,651 2021 - 41,330     2022-  30,000 (Indebted to the report by Knoema for figures from 2015 to 2021. According to a report by The Hindu there are about 85 murders per day) According to world crime statistics of 2023, India ranks 81 with crime index of 44.4 When we take rape cases in India the following are the reported figures. 2021 - 31,677   2020 - 28,046 2019 - 32,032   2018 - 33,356 2017 - 32,559   2016 - 38,947 2015 - 34,655   2014 - 34,735 2013 - 33,707 In the world ranking of safety of women in 2021 India ranks 148 in 170 countries. Above these, India is one of the m

Whichever party rules the country, all the negatives take place in the same order. The list of such negatives may be too long. Let us pick three negatives from that long list and find means to eradicate these at the earliest. 1. Monetory corruption 2. Crime against women 3. Illiteracy Monetory corruption is rampant at all levels. Prime reasons for large amount of crime including violence and killings, floating of unaccounted money that weakens the economic development, misrules by successive governments etc are nothing but the outcome of corruption.  As per the Gender Gap Report published on July 13, 2022 by World Economic Forum,  India ranks 135 among 145 countries. 11 countries below India includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chad, Iran, Congo etc. This shows how pitiful is the safety of our women in our country. Other serious issue is widespread illiteracy in our country. This helps politicians, irrespective of parties to befool the people in large numbers. This is because of

Cleanliness  of a country is determined by.clean water, better air quality, better handling of waste, and a well arranged sanitation. High pollution level cause high rate of non-communicable diseases, accounting for 72% of all deaths, 16% of which are caused by toxic pollution. According to the Environment Performance Index the following countries are found top in the world. With the EPI score of 82.5, Denmark is the cleanest country in the world followed by Luxemburg, Switzerland, UK, France, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Germany. Most polluted cities in the world according to the air quality data collected are; 1. Hotan (China) 2 to 14. Indian cities Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr,  Bisrakh Jalalpur,  Bhiwadi, Noida, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Delhi, Faridabad, Meerut, Jind and Hisar. According to current EPI ratings US stands 24, China 120 and India 168. (Indebted to World Air Quality Report by IQ Air) K V George kvgeorgein@gmail.com

    The New Parliament of India  For over seven decades India is standing proudly in the world as independent nation. We are among the top layer of the world in GDP. We manufacture plenty of products of international standard and sell among different countries. We have educational institutions and hospitals recognised by many countries. While all-round development is taking place in our country, we do not give adequate attention to refine our democracy. About 1.5 billion population depending wholly on our democratic establishments. Unfortunately our democratic establishments do not take adequate care to restructure our parliamentary democracy as it needs to be. For instance, one with no knowledge of law can be a law minister; an illiterate can be an education minister; a health minister need not hold any medical degree, and so on. We need certain alterations in such fields. For instance, it must be compulsory that a law minister should hold a law degree, health minister sho

Just think about: Man achieve knowledge but opportunities are provided by God. ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ : അറിവ് മനുഷ്യൻ നേടുന്നു, അവസരങ്ങൾ ദൈവം തരുന്നു. K V George 

While over sixty countries in the world are contented with a two party political system, we Indians have hundreds of parties, almost all with groups and sub-groups. Fundamentally political parties are created as a platform for the service of the people.  Atleast once in a year each party may find time to evaluate their performance during the past one year. They may make an abstract of what have been received from the people and what they have given to the people.  They may present this to the people every year. Since this is their own assessment, it is for them to decide whether they should continue with the service of the people or not. There are many parties proved to be utter failures in every field in serving the people. Still they try to lure the people with many impossibles. And the helpless people are unable to come out in the open and say no to these parties. At least a good number of political parties in India try to bring their earnings from the people than to pro

According to media reports a junior government official is picked up by the state vigilance department on the findings that this person has accumulated about 68 lakhs in less than an year.  It may not be an isolated incident. Innumerable such incidents are taking place here on a daily basis. We call this earning by pet names like unaccounted income, non taxable earnings, gifts etc. This money is given by 1.39 billion people consisting of rich and poor from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. There are beggers, poor workers, fishermen, agriculturalists, petty footpath vendors upto those who sell their bodies for a living, among the contributors. The main factor that attracts many people to for government jobs may be this extra income. The only function in the office for them might be to fill their pockets. However, since we have a hard working, efficient and honest generation is still left with us,  our government departments are functioning smoothly. Even though countless number of mea

   (Image courtesy - Adobe Stock) According to reports of United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime of 2018, an index is given below. Countries with highest crime rate: Crime committed per lakh of population. Homicide 1. El Salvador 52.02 2. Virgin Islands 49.28 3. Jamaica 43.85 Rape 1. Botswana 92.93 2. Australia 91.92 3. Lesotho 82.68 Robbery 1. Costa Rica 1587.5 2. Argentina 922.6 3. Uruguay 866.8 In India, the states reporting the highest charge-sheeting rate under IPC crimes are: 1. Gujarat 97.1% 2. Kerala 94.9% 3. TN 91.7% According to NCRB data for 2021 released recently Kochi was ranked third with 1603.7 crimes per lakh of population. The spurt of crime in Kochi has significant link with widespread narcotics use in this commercial capital of the state. Unfortunately no result oriented steps have  been taken by the state government to eradicate this menace from the state. The authorities concerned could not reach the top of the net work to prevent the distribution en

Just think about : There is only one in the whole universe that will never be destroyed and that is darkness! ഒന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു നോക്കൂ : ഈ പ്രപഞ്ചത്തിൽ ഒരിക്കലും നശിക്കാത്ത ഒന്നേ ഒന്നു മാത്രമേ ഉള്ളു, അതാണ് അന്ധകാരം! K V George