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BEGGARS IN KERALA - FIND STRANGE AND SURPRISING PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS

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As  per the statistics available with Registrar General of India, Kerala has 3715 beggars on it's streets. 1,533 of them are literates. 1,115 are below matriculation. 198 are below graduation, 24 are graduates and 16 hold technical diploma certificates. Five persons hold technical degree and one among them is a female. According to a social worker from Kochi, addiction to drugs, liquor and extravaganza in life brought many educated people to perdition. A rescued person was a graduate from BITS Pilani. A beggar is informed to have an earning of ₹200/- to ₹2,000/- a day. For the sake of money some are involved in criminal activities. Begging is also a business for some. It is understood that people from other states come to Kerala with beggars for this business. Government of Kerala may come forward for the rehabilitation of the beggars. The existing Poor Homes, Destitute Homes etc can accommodate some of them. Religious organisations, Social organisations and NGOs can a ...

POLITICS, RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY

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We  Indians have hundreds of issues that need urgent solutions.  For unknown reasons we are least bothered about those issues.  We are keenly interested just in one thing, politics filled with corruption and decorated with religion. We are unable to bifurcate politics, religion and democracy. We Indians forget the fact that India is a democratic nation and we have certain rights and liabilities under the terms democracy. We don't need education, good food and good house. We never ask for these basic needs. We only keep shouting some meanless words " ... Ki Jay" We have enough natural resources. We have adequate number of qualified youth to exploit those resources. Instead of deploying all our unemployed manpower to convert the resources into products and send into the international market and earn foreign exchange we have sent our money into other countries by corrupt means. After watching all these our democratic voters are not at all responding in any manner...

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

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Just think about  Doing anything against truth will make one feel the pain of falsity. à´’à´¨്à´¨ു à´šിà´¨്à´¤ിà´š്à´šു à´¨ോà´•്à´•ൂ  സത്à´¯ à´µിà´°ുà´¦്à´§à´®ാà´¯ി à´ª്രവർത്à´¤ിà´š്à´šാൽ അസത്യത്à´¤ിà´¨്à´±െ à´µേദന à´¨ിà´¶്ചയമാà´¯ും à´…à´¨ുà´­à´µിà´•്à´•േà´£്à´Ÿി വരും. K V George 

UNEQUAL WEALTH HOLDING IN INDIA

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Where  India is placed in the world with it's economic status is not the place provided for the Indians. India is placed 5th in the world in GDP ranking in 2023 behind America, China, Japan and Germany. India (rather Indian population) rank 139 in GDP per capita nominal- 2023 and 127 in GDP per capita PPP 2023. These clearly indicate that the people and the country are placed at quite  distant spots. According to Forbes (India) the PCI of the top five GDP countries are given below.  GDP per capita in USD thousand is: USA - 80.03, China - 13.72, Japan - 35.39, Germany - 51.38 India - 2.6 It can be seen from the above list that India is placed far below with a paltry sum. As per a report by The Times of India on 26 January 2023, 1% of the rich population of India hold 40% of the wealth of the country. The report further reveals that the bottom half of the Indian population hold just 3% of the wealth of the country. According to a report of Oxfam International qu...

HOW ONE SPOILS ONESELF

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This is a real life story of a young man from Uttar Pradesh few decades ago. There was a very rich man. He had plenty of land and other assets. Many men and women were working in his farm. This man was highly influential too. His son after having the basic education put his hands in different fields and made good money. He married to a beautiful girl from a royal family. After the initial days, annoyance erupted in his family life.  This young man had developed relationships with many girls with filthy characters. His wife had a descent job with good earning. Since all efforts failed to bring him back to normalcy  his wife bought a new house and left him along with the children. Despite this he continued to move with those sluts. With the influence of his father, this man could secure some powerful political office. There also this man played filthy games to make money. He could destroy a good number of respected people. Finally he was involved in a financial fraud...

ROBOTIC SURGERY

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                 (Surgical room) The  first recorded robot assisted surgical procedure was in 1985 when the PUMA 560 robotic surgical arm was used in a  delicate neurosurgical biopsy, a non-laparoscopic surgery. Then in 1988 PROBOT was used to perform transurethral prostate surgery. In 1992 an image guided system named Robodic Surgical System was developed for the use in prosthetic hip replacement. This was the only robotic system cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use in orthopaedic surgery. In 1996 the AESOP 2000, replaced the pedals with a voice control system, allowing the surgeon to have control of the endoscope. By using its voice, the system eliminated the necessity of an assistant to hold the endoscope. The platform evolved to AESOP 3000 increasing the degree of freedom, and had its final platform with the AESOP HR (HERMES Ready) having integrated voice control and functions such as operati...

DO POLITICIANS NEED EDUCATION ?

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(Jawaharlal Nehru University New Mehrauli road, New Delhi. Image courtesy, Times of India) Articles 14,15,16,17 & 18 of the Constitution of India prescribe equality to all and this equality make any Indian citizen, even if one is illiterate, to become a Minister of any department and lead the people. As per this eligibility provision, an illiterate can become a minister of education and one who has no knowledge of law can become a law minister and advise the lawyers and judges.  The prime reason for this is that 140 crores Indians do not respond to anything that happens around them and they have no opinion about anything at all. They receive anything and accept with no resistance. Again there is a cause for it and that is lack of education. It may be surprised to find that seven decades after independence only about five percent of our population are graduates and about one third of the population are below primary level of education (the exact figures may be checke...

WORLD HEALTH 'CARD'

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       Clean water in a German town According to global health index 2024 the healthiest countries are: Spain, Italy, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland and Sweden.  India ranks 39th in the list. Oman, South Africa and Costa Rica are the lowest in the health index.  Cuba has the highest number of doctors per 1,000 population with 8.4 (2023). In the year 2023, in the case of least number of doctors per 1,000 people, Somalia was placed on top with 0.20 doctors per 1,000 people followed by Niger with 0.30 and South Sudan with 0.40. Guinea Bisau, Monaco, Nauru, Aserbaijan, Cyprus and Belarus are the countries with highest number of hospitals per capita in the world. Taiwan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, Germany and Ireland are the top countries in the world who provide insurance coverage to most bot their people. The cleanest countries in the world as per EPI index 2024 are:  Estonia, Luxembourg, Germany, Finland, UK and Sweden. In the same EPI...

WHAT IS NEGATIVE ENERGY; DOES IT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON MAN?

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Scientific meaning of negative energy is that which is a concept used in physics to explain the nature of certain fields, including the gravitational field and various quantum field effects. The energy given to break an atom is considered as negative energy. On the other hand, if we look into negative energy through theological doctrine we may find different forces. Basically there are two energies in the whole universe. Those are positive energy and negative energy. While God is the centre point of all positive energies, it is the devil who heads all negative energies. Many of our religions teach this. This definition, however, seems to be a wrong one. Since all energies of the universe are originated from the Supreme One negative energy too is from Him only. When we commit sin, it is said to be the influence of negative energy.  The measure of energy we have is inherited. It is the energy of our ancestors that flow into us when we take birth in this world. When we are...

INFLATION IMPACT ON INDIAN RUPEE OVER THE YEARS

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        Hundred rupees note of 1947          Image courtesy: eBay Today's generation is looking at the rupee at today's value. However the older ones cannot digest the value between their younger days and today. Let us now compare the value of rupee between different periods. Rs 100 in 1957 - Rs 9,851.78 in 2023 Rs 100 in 1960 - Rs 8,798.14 in 2024 Rs 10 lakhs in 1985 - Rs 58 lakhs in 2021 Rs 1 lakh in 2001 - Rs 27,000 in 2021 Rs 5000 in 1985 - Rs 73,462.25 in 2023 Exchange rate: 1947 - 1 Br pound - Rs 13.37 1947 - 1 USD - Rs 4.16 7.10.24 - 1 Br pound - Rs 110.19 7.10.24 - 1 USD - Rs 83.98 Gold price  1947 - per 10 grms - Rs 88.62 1969 -  "      "       "    - Rs 176 1985 -  "      "       "    - Rs 2130 2000 -  "      "       "    - Rs 4400 2024 -  "      "...

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

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Just think about  All your knowledge is of no use unless you have the knowledge that what your life is meant for. à´’à´¨്à´¨ു à´šിà´¨്à´¤ിà´š്à´šു à´¨ോà´•്à´•ൂ  à´¨ിà´™്ങളുà´Ÿെ à´œീà´µിà´¤ോà´¦്à´¦േà´¶ം à´Žà´¨്à´¤െà´¨്à´¨ു à´…à´±ിà´¯ുà´¨്à´¨ിà´²്à´²െà´™്à´•ിൽ à´¶േà´·ിà´š്à´š à´…à´±ിà´µുà´•à´³െà´²്à´²ാം à´¨ിà´·്ഫലമാà´¯ി à´¤ീà´°ും. K V George 

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

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Just think about  If you think that you are not being loved by others, be merciful to those around you. You will be loved by all around you. à´’à´¨്à´¨ു à´šിà´¨്à´¤ിà´š്à´šു à´¨ോà´•്à´•ൂ  മറ്à´±ുà´³്ളവർ à´¨ിà´™്ങളെ à´¸്à´¨േà´¹ിà´•്à´•ു à´¨്à´¨ിà´²്à´²െà´¨്à´¨ു à´¤ോà´¨്à´¨ിà´¯ാൽ à´¨ിà´™്ങൾക്à´•ു à´šുà´±്à´±ുà´®ുà´³്à´³ à´Žà´²്à´²ാവരോà´Ÿും à´•à´°ുà´£ à´•ാà´£ിà´•്à´•ുà´•. à´Žà´²്à´²ാവരും à´¨ിà´™്ങളെ à´¸്à´¨േà´¹ിà´š്à´šു à´¤ുà´Ÿà´™്à´™ും. K V George 

WEST BENGAL, THE TRIAL HOUSE OF COMMUNISM IN INDIA

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West Bengal has a history of long communist rule. Out of these long years, 35 years were continuously by two Chief Ministers, i.e, 1977 to 2000 by Jyoti Basu and 2000 to 2011 by Budhadeb Bhattacharjee. We may now go through the final outcome of the communist rule in the state. Most significant of all should be the economic development of the people of that state. We may first find the per capita income of the people. The pci of West Bengal in 2019 can be compared with the high income states. (It is shown in USD and the conversion rate indicated in rupees @Rs 81/- per $) Goa - 7,029 (5,69,349) Sikkim - 6,421 (5,20,101 Delhi - 5,817 (4,71,177) W Bengal -1,614 (1,32,354) Let us now find the literacy rates of 2021. Kerala - 94.0 Mizoram - 91.3 Goa - 88.7 W. Bengal - 76.3 According to NITI Aayog Health Index 2021 the selected score are: Kerala - 82.90 T. Nadu - 72.42 W.Bengal - 57.16 (2018) Unemployment rate of selected states in January 2022 Meghalaya - 1.4% Odisha - 1.8% Karna...

PRAYERS FOR THE DEPARTED SOUL MAY HAVE NO HEED

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According to almost all religious faith, life after death is determined by our doings on earth. That is an individual matter. Different faiths have painted different types of heaven. Though some denote the comfort available there, it may be impossible to speak about the comfort of heaven by man, as no man on earth have narrated about it after experiencing life there. The most reliable explanation about the heaven is given by Jesus Christ. According to John 14:20, "When that day comes, you will learn for yourselves that I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you." This verse clearly shows that man will be finally be in confluence with God. God will not receive anything impure. Hence the impure man will get cleansed by Jesus first and then join God. And that is the kingdom of God or heaven. The impurities of man can be cleansed only when he has physical body. According to Christian faith Jesus alone can absorb our impurities. God Himself could not draw the ne...

CORRUPTION IN INDIA IS A CONTINUOUS CELEBRATION!

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According to Corruption Perception Index of 2022 by Transparency International, India ranks 85 (least corrupt nation) among 180 countries. As per this index the least corrupt countries are Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore and Sweden in the 1 to 6 rankings. One may wish to ask our fellow Indians whether our country can place our name among the above countries during our lifetime. If there is an answer, it would be a flat 'no'. Corruption will be steadily increasing here as no efforts are being made to eradicate the cancerous growth of this destructive element from our society. It seems that corruption is in the blood of most Indians. It all starts from laziness. Making money without any sweating is basically the trendsetter for corruption. Then comes the never ending thirst for comfort, power and so the accumulation of wealth. Cheating, pick pocket, theft, burglary, bribery etc fall in the same category of crimes. Until recently Karnataka, Rajasthan, ...