Normal And Abnormal

 (Image courtesy - Malayala Manorama) Jackfruit is not a regional fruit. It is growing worldwide. It is a big fruit with weight ranges between 10 - 25 kgs. It is rich in nutrients and contains carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, minerals and phytochemicals. Having composition of shredded meat in it, jackfruit is taken as a substitute for vegetarians. The nutrients contained in jackfruit have  crucial roles in energy production, immunity and chronic inflammation  leading to conditions like type2 diabetes and heart diseases. The compounds and nutrients in jackfruit influence to control the blood sugar positively. Jackfruit powder is now widely used to control blood sugar levels. Kerala has an estimated production of about 29 cores jackfruit in a season now. It may come about 6 million tonnes. Alongwith this information we may also go through another data that shows, Kerala has about 45 lakhs educated unemployed youth including 5 lakhs women who lost their jobs. O...

The newly developed defence relationship between US, UK and Australia (AUKUS) had created some unexpected irritation in France. They have expressed their uneasiness by calling back their ambassadors from US and Australia. In fact it can be seen as a  trade related friction. China has already refuted the new tri-nation alliance. The US and France have already started discussion in the matter and got it patched up. However, more such alliance may come up in the near future between other countries. All these alliances may pave the way for drastically cutting down international trade by China. Consequently this will open up more and more new doors for India. We must keep ourselves ready to fill up the gaps immediately. We must conduct an extensive survey to prepare ourselves to give our goods in better quality and at a reasonable price. We may not have lavish time for this. As such we must start doing the spade works right now. India can penetrate in the world market quite ...

The following news reports were appeared in print and visual media from time to time. When these news bits are connected together it becomes  jokes. Please find  whether these are jokes or mere statements. Many Volvo buses are not plying on routes but kept idle in Ernakulam depot (News)                    .............. KSRTC has suspended many routes due to shortage of diesel (News)                    ............... KSRTC is planning to buy 300 new buses (News) ********************************** Due to financial scarcity salary for staff is delayed (News)                     ................. Colour of all white buses are going to be changed into red (News) ********************************** Advanced folding seats are used in newly introduced buses to Bangalore (News)              ...

Merely by going through the reports of the contemporary media, it can be almost safely concluded that a good number of politicians in India are not loyal to their profession. It must be a fact that no person were ever solicited by the people en masse to be a politician and serve them. Each one of them entered into politics with their own will to serve the people.  After becoming an elected member they become like an authority and everything in the country becomes their own and the people become their servants. If a honest office in the country make a quick, secret and widespread enquiry the depth of political corruption in the country can be found. In order to get out of this dangerous situation it is necessary that the entire Judiciary, CBI and such other offices entrusted to conduct enquiry into monetory corruption should be detached from the government control and make them independent offices, but answerable to the people with the help of the law. Stringent action i...

Politicians who were busy in turning the tables and snatching chairs have suddenly become theologians and philosophers. One may be envied in their unfathomable knowledge about the Almighty God. Some of them talk as if they are in close contact with the God. Others express their proficiency and familiarity with the Supreme One. Their expression always trend towards my God and your God. None of these intellectuals have the basic knowledge that there is only one God; no 'my God' and 'your God'. He is the Creator of you and me. When He is your Father, He is my Father too. If you move further ahead, there is none other than and nothing other than the ever living One in the whole universe. There are umpteen amount of stories about God in our country. Let us try to know the truth that no one has ever seen the all powerful One or heard His voice. Let us learn little more that God cannot be contained in human brain. Try to see God in others. To sum up I must add that...

(This is based on an incident reported some times ago. Now the election it at the door steps and such incidents may be reported about probably more in numbers) As  per the report of a leading Malayalam daily, the Chief Minister of Telangana alleged that a young politician of Kerala is behind the 'Operation Kamala'. The serious allegation involving changing 'stable' of 4 MLAs of the state, was a deal of Rs 100 crores. This is the current politics in India. Now, when it would be appeared in the media, according to the conventional Indian political history, all those accused shall come up with a straight 'no'. And the complainant may end up the story there.  Though we in India have more than enough agencies to find out the truth and bring out the culprits on either side into the books no one goes for it. Then we have a large legal network to find out the husk and grain, but strangely none opt for this too. On the whole, where the huge money is coming fr...

Vitamins found in Green Chilli  Vit C -  Strong antioxidant that boosts the immune system, promote skin health and helps fight infections. Vit A - Essential for good vision, skin generation and immune function. Vit K - Important for blood clotting and bone health. Vit B6 - Supports nerve function, metabolism and red blood cell formation. Other Nutrients - Minerals - Potassium, Iron, Copper, Calcium. Fibre - Aids digestion and prevent constipation. Capsaicin - This is the compound that gives chillies their heat, known for pain relief and metabolism boosting. Green chilies are a nutritional power house offering antioxidants and essential vitamins that contribute to overall wellness from a stronger immune system to healthier skin and better digestion, while being low in calories. Note: Eating too many green chillies can cause digestive issues like heartburn, stomach pain and diarrhea due to capsaicin and can irritate skin, eyes and mouth leading to redness and burning...

According to Christianity everything is created by God. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word." (John 1:1) Here the Word has broad and extensive meaning. The 'Word' denotes God the unseen One, Christ the God with flesh and blood and everything that is in the whole universe. Hinduism says that the universe was created by Brahma out of himself. That is, all that is seen and unseen in the universe is created by Brahma and all those are He Himself. Now, if we get into the modern science, The Big Bang theory is the widely accepted theory of the creation of the universe. It says that at the beginning of the time a tiny particle exploded and all that is found in the entire universe including time, space and matter was  brought out from this tiny particle. If we closely look at these three theories of origin we can find that all three say the same things except the name of the source. Christianity says about the Word as th...

   UN Headquarters in New York  The ongoing tussle between Israel and Palestine have already taken the lives of large number of people from both sides and injured countless numbers including a good number of children. Since no any solution is in the vicinity it is requested that UN may interfere strongly. UN may ask both countries to put down the weapons as is where is basis. Also warn that no third country should interfere directly or indirectly. After that bring both of them across the table and UN may remain as the mediator. Try to find a practical solution from the meeting. We may not allow large number of innocent people and children to die in the name of any sorts of disputes. None other than UN can do anything in these matters. At present  UN is acting as mere data provider only according to our view. UN may, therefore, actively interfere in this Israel-Palestine war on top most priority. Of course UN laws and procedures say something else.Primaril...

According to the dictionary the meaning of vote is: A   formal indication of choice between two or more candidates expressed typically through ballots or show of hands. This meaning in the dictionary has been redefined by our politicians as well as by we ourselves, the voters. Now it has been treated like a commodity by many. Now vote is like a: Commodity for sale! A surprise gift! In the form of pick pocket! A forceful snatch! A gang burglary! And it goes on and on.  Tomorrow what will happen to it, no one knows. It has already become a burden to many. The great work of the renowned noble humen like Cliesthenes of Athens of the 6th century BC, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Gaulle of France, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar and such great ones who have built democracy in the world is gradually getting collapsed. K V George 

According to World Population Review for 2024 Denmark ranked the cleanest country in the world. Other top countries in cleanness are UK, Finland, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Malta, Slovenia and Iceland. As per the list of most unclean countries (that is, in the reverse order) of 2021, among 195 countries the most unclean country (s.no.195) is Bangladesh and the second most unclean country (s.no.194) is India. Every Indian should be shameful to see this pathetic position of our country. We have state and central governments with many departments to keep our country (as entrusted to each department) clean. As per budget allocation for 2022-23 there was Rs 5,000 crores for Swatch Bharat Abhiyan and the revised estimate for 2023-24 is Rs 7,192 crores. Huge number of people, equipments and vehicles are deployed. The household cleaning market in India was worth $7,537 million in 2022. This is sharply rising according to reports. Though we can say cleaning in India i...

We  all believe that God created man. It is equally a truth that man created God. According to any religion no one has ever seen God. If somewhere it is said that someone has seen God it can only be interpretation. Similarly, if anyone say that he knows God, it is sheer misconception of God. If someone says he knows God, he should be able to answer any questions pertaining to the whole universe. The reason for saying so is that God cannot be contained in the human brain. According to scientic view the distance from one end of our universe to the other end is about 93 billion light years. When one light year is about 9 trillion kilometres, to count the distance of the the universe, it needs how many times man to take birth is again be calculated and found. With this simple assessment we may try to find God. God is created by man in different ways like man and woman in different shapes, colours and sizes. Most of the religions have created their respective gods in differe...

City Montessori School, Lucknow is the largest school in the world with 61,000 students, 4,500 staff across 21 campus in the city. Founded in 1959 with 5 students on a borrowed capital of Rs 300/- by Dr Jagdish Gandhi and Dr Bharti Gandhi. CMS is affiliated with the Council for Indian School Certificate. According to a report in Malayala Manorama dared 18th Jan 24, 25 percent Indians in the age group of 14-18 years cannot read their respective  study books in their own mother tongue. Alongwith this 42.7 per cent of them cannot read English sentences. This is said to be brought out by Status of Educational Report by 'Pratham'. Further to this a good number of children leave education within the age group of 14-18 years. 3.9 percent children say goodbye to education at the age of 14, 10.9 percent at the age of 16 and 32.6 percent at the age of 18. As per the census report of 2011, only 4.5 percent of the population has completed graduation. A majority of 32.6 percent ...

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...

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...

While  evaluating the prices of some selected goods and services in 1950-60s and 2020s we may assume the prices of those in the year 2100 Rice per kg 1950-60s - 6 Annas 2020-22 - Rs 40/- 2100 - Rs 4,000/- Tea per cup 1950-60s - 1 Anna 2020-22 - Rs 10/- 2100 - Rs 1,600/- Non veg meals 1950-60s - 8 Anna's 2020-22 - Rs 150/- 2100 - Rs 45,000/- Sardine fish per 100 nos (approx. 3 kgs) 1950-60s - 1 Anna 2020-22 - Rs 100/- per kg 2100 - Rs 33,000/- per kg. Hair cut 1950-60s - 6 Annas 2020-22 - Rs 120/- 2100 - Rs 40,000/- Beer per bottle (650ml) 1950-60 - Rs 5/- 2020-22 - Rs 140/- 2100 - Rs 3,900/- Bus minimum charge 1950-60s - 1 Anna 2020-22 - Rs 10/- 2100 - Rs 1,700/- Minimum wages for unskilled worker per day 1950-60s - Re 1/- 2020-22 - Rs 800/- 2100 - Rs 6,40,000/- Note: The prices of 1950-60s and 2020-22 are from available sources and the prices indicated in 2100 are on the basis of assumption, no reliability may be expected. K V George

          There are three elements that make Kerala a prime tourist hub in the world. The most appreciated among those is the unique natural beauty of Kerala. There are many authorised agencies like UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation) Time Magazine, New York Times etc have recommended  Kerala as one of the 'Must Visit' tourist destinations of the world. Time Magazine rated Kerala in 2022 among the 50 extraordinary destinations to explore in its list of the World's Greatest Places. This is a unique God's Own Land. While the unique beauty of this region is fairly well spread across the world, there are two more unique features which have not drawn the special attention of the world. The unique aspect of this region of India is the people. The people of Kerala are really unique in the world either in behaviour or by charector. Though biologically they don't have much of a difference between Indians of other regions, they are much diff...

(Offshore drilling platform. Image courtesy BOP team) This is being asked to the people of Kerala, that why we are too lazy rather made to be so within our state. All our attention is always focused on politics. Nothing else seems to be important for us. Meeting, rally, wall writing, zindabad etc are our prime tasks. We may look at our governments one after the other. We are always trying to find more and more avenues to avail loans. We never put even the slightest effort to find new sources to generate revenue to the exchequer. And all these have brought unbearable liability for our coming generations. Here is a humble suggestion. Let us have discussion with the African countries Algeria and Nigeria for oil rigging and processing. As per reports Nigeria is losing large amount of oil from off shore illegal rigging. They may be interested in a strong partnership with another country like India. Initially we may obtain permission from Government of India and then the state of...

Tourist attraction of Munnar, Kerala, India  India can soon reach the front raw of the economic world. In order to attain this most prestigious status, we may have to take the following steps on red hot priority. End corruption immediately with the help of simple and stringent law. Bring back all the money sent abroad illegally including all illegitimate investments. Education upto graduation level may be made less expensive, if not free. Our national standard of literacy should be made as graduation. It may be declared right now that after a given period of time minimum qualification required for all jobs shall be graduation. Women of all ages should have freedom and safety in all respects within the whole country. Severe punishment forbthe offenders should be included in the law. Every religious symbols, books and gods should be totally moved out of politics.Under no circumstance religion should be mixed with politics No protesters, under any circumstance should be al...

(A rare picture of Fidel Castro with Indira Gandhi in 1976 - image by AFP) Can  anyone believe that a man escaped from death 634 times in life? More surprise will be there when you come to know the name of that remarkably fortunate person! The name is known to all of you! It's none other than Fidel Castro, the former Cuban President! This Cuban leader had the distinction of being the only person survived most number of assassination attempts by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Six hundred thirty four, according to a book written by Fabian Escalante, former head of the Cuban secret service, also in charge of Castro's security. Here are some of the failed attempts. Castro's love for cigars was well known. CIA apparently poisoned a box of his favourite cigars with a botulinum toxin strong enough to kill anybody who put one in their mouth. The cigars were delivered to "an unidentified person." This was in 1960-61 just after he siezed power. The cigar...

Many  years ago, James Rogers of Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church told the story of Annie Clayton of San Jose, California. As a child, she and her sister Banie took a long walk one Saturday morning to collect some scraps of wood as fuel for heating their families home. As they returned, Vanie collapsed from the lingering effects of cholera and was unable to proceed. Annie, who was only five years old, was helpless and they sat beside the road not knowing what to do. Finally Vanie said, "You know, Annie, that a good while ago mother told us that if we ever got into trouble, we should pray, and God would help us. Now you help me get down upon my knees, and hold me up, and we will pray." So there on the side walk, the two sisters prayed earnestly for someone to come along to help them. Then they resumed sitting on the curb waiting to see how God would answer their prayers. Far down the street, they spotted a man who walked out of a factory and loo...