Normal And Abnormal

          (Image courtesy -                  Dreamstime.  com) Literacy rate of India in 2022 is said to be 77.7% whereas it is 96.2% in Kerala. We may try to find the truth behind these claims. As per the census records of 2011 graduates in India is a mere 8.15% (98.6 million) Countries with highest literacy in the world are Lithuania (99.82), Tajikistan (99.80) and Azerbaijan (99.79) Though the rate of literacy looks to be slightly above the rate of literacy in Kerala, the faculties between them are considerably different. While our standard of literacy is just reading and writing of one's name, theirs are far superior. We must immediately come out of the present idiotic concept of literacy rating and should recast the literacy standard. Currently the literacy standard in India is that of the LKG. Every two years we must upgrade it, i.e. after two years we must fix it to UKG and then to class 1, 2, ...

                      (Vijay Mallya) Patricia Kluge John Kluge was once the richest in the world. His personal wealth in 1990 was $5 billion. At the time of divorce John's wife Patricia Kluge was left with $1 million in alumni and she also received the lavish estate in the Virginia country side. She developed the estate into a winery and vineyard. She then took a loan of $65 million to start a real estate business. She built over a dozen luxury villas. Patricia was forced to default on her loans after the banking and housing crisis in 2008. That led to the sale of Virginia estate and her other valuable possessions. She came to the rock bottom level. The Virginia estate, winery and vineyard of Patricia Kluge was purchased by Donald Trump. Vijay Mallya Vijay Mallya took over the business from his father at the age of 28. He turned this into a multi-billion dollar business firm. He himself became the "King of Good Times." H...

2024 Paris Olympic competition Venue.s From the last Olympic held in Paris from July 26, 2024 to August 11, 2024. India's performance was below par. What we secured was one silver and five bronze. Countries which are below ten percent of our population and youth resources could bag more medals than us.We could not compete with even small countries in the sports arena. Unfortunately neither our successive governments nor the large number of sports bodies our country is managing with could not produce the desired results.  Our performance in the past three Olympics are given below. (P - participants, G - gold, S - silver, B - bronze, T - total and R - rank) 2012 (London) Countries 204 P 83, G 0, S 2, B 4, T 6, R 55 2016 (Rio de Janeiro) C 207 P 117, G 0, S 1, B 1, T 2, R 67 2020 (Tokyo) C 206 P 124, G 1, S 2, B 4, T 7, G 48 2024 Paris G 0, S 1, B 5 What a shaneful performance by a large country wth over a population of 140 crores. The top six countries in the 2012 medal t...

Many countries in the world including India, count balance of trade in USD. The normal procedure is that when export revenue of all private agencies received in USD are credited in government account and in turn the payment to the concerned exporters are made in the relevant currencies of the countries. The foreign exchange thus goes to the government do not have any considerable impact on the internal economy but when equal value of local currency is circulated which causes inflation. Though it doesn't stand with the demand and supply theory, excess circulation of money brings down the value of the local currency. This in turn becomes like too much money run after too less number of goods. That causes price rise or inflation. This is the same thing happens in export revenue too. K V George 

Youth of India is now vulnerable to narcotics, both in using as well as trading. It is spreading fast in schools and colleges. All concerned departments of the Central and State governments must sit together with various sections of the society including educationalists, sociologists, religious leaders etc to find ways and means to ward off this evil from the whole country. We must systematically frame the methods to find the last end of the thread. Once one end of it is in hand, the other end is certainly reachable, howsoever it may be delayed. We have such intelligent people available in all departments. One of the most important thing to take care is that if any political party is involved in this distructive method of money making such parties should be straight away banned for ever. Similarly any government officials are found to have involvement in this trade should be dismissed forthwith. All those connected with flight cargo, passenger flights and all those in and a...

Political opinion depends upon the place where one sit. ******** Political opinions are formed between dusk and dawn. ******** If ambition is Everest peak, certainly it cannot accommodate 760 crores people. ******** While people vote for democratic government, the ruling generally goes like monarchy regime. ******** Political ideology is the expertise to convert any wrong to right and any right to wrong. ********* Democracy is the most flexible imaginary concept which can be shaped in to any forms. ********** Political flag is the thickest curtain to prevent the view of all that take place behind it. ********** K V George 

Considering primarily economic power, comforts available and satisfaction of the people we may find the top countries in the world. The following are the rankings of 2021 as reported by US News. 1 Canada  - GDP $1.74 trillion                     Population 37.6 million                     PPP $46,195 2 Japan -   GDP $5.08 trillion                    Population 126 million                    PPP $40,247 3 Germany - GDP $3.86 trillion                       Population 83.1 mn                       PPP $56,445 4 Switzerland - GDP $703 billion                            Population 8.57 m ...

Religion is a belief and an organised system of worship of the unseen Super Power of the universe. As a shortcut to attain power to rule the country this unseen Super Power has been brought among the voters. By electing a party the voters may get all the blessings of a particular god. The poor people as well as the tricky politician enjoy the new political formula. Very soon the disaster from the new theory will be exposed and the impacts may spread fast. Politics and religion are extremely contradictory subjects. While one encourages wrong doings secretly, the other is strictly against it. In India we try to mix these together to attract the largest population. However our political leaders found out the short cut route to pick 79.5 percent Hindus as one religion and one group to support them for ever. Unfortunately our politicians looked at this one group as one group only. They never tried to look below this one group to find 3,000 castes, 25,000 sub castes and 16.66 cro...

Most of the countries in the world are infected with corruption and in many cases the ultimate sufferers are the poor and the innocent people. Generally the first victim to recoup the loss through some other means from the common man. However those who have resources for alternative means get escaped and finally the helpless become the prey. When the weaker and the helpless become targets by the rich and the powerful one, they always look for help from the police. Unfortunately, the rulers of many countries in the world use the police force for their preferences. Many reputed agencies around the world have conducted surveys to find the best police in the world. The top ten picked from almost all surveys remains the same with marginal difference in rankings. The list presented below is from trendrr.net by Abayomi Jegede on July 2, 2021. 01. Japan, National Police Agency 02. New York, New York Police Department 03. Italian State Police 04. New Zealand Police 05. France Nation...

       Govt Ayurveda College, Tripunithura As per available information there are 70,000 hospitals in India, of which 44,000 are in the private sector .and the remaining 26,000 are with the government.  At present there are 13,88,185 allpathic doctors in India. WHO recommend 3 hospital beds per 1000 population. In India we had 2 beds in 2022. The following are the top countries in hospital beds with density per 1000 population. Monaco (22),  North Korea (13.2), South Korea (12.8), Japan (12.7), Bulgaria (7.9) and Germany (7.7) In the case of doctors we have 1.23 doctors per 1000 population in India. When we look for the top countries in the world in the number of doctors per 1000 population, Cuba is on top with 9.54 doctors per 1000 population. The following countries comes after that. Monaco (8.61),  Greece (6.5), Belgium (6.5), Lithuania (6.1) and Portugal (5.9) In the case of nurses WHO recomends 3 to 4 nurses per 1000 population. In Ind...

As per the available report of 2019 the highest rice producing countries in the world are in Asia. They are: 1. China 211 Million Tonnes 2. India 178 MT 3. Indonesia and Bengladesh 55 MT each. Rice yield generally varies from country to country. While average rice yield in China is 2630 kg per acre, it is 3050 kg in India and in Missouri (USA) it is 3460 kg in 2021.(Data compiled from different sources) These variations in output  could be due to different reasons like geography, climate, quality of seeds etc. However, the technology applied could also be a significant cause. As of 2021 we have 3 Central Agricultural Universities, 4 Deemed Universities and 63 State Agricultural Universities in India. About 4 lakhs students are studying for various courses in agriculture in India now. The rates of employment of students pass out from agricultural colleges every year is not known. However there is annual increase of deployment by about 3 to 4% all over India. Now, the con...

Nowhere in the world we may find such amount of orators. Whether it is politics, religion, revolution, advanced methods for poverty removel, liberal economy or any such subject there is no dearth of orators. Listeners are there or not, does not matter but  mike is a must. Since our census papers do not have a column to count the scholars in the state this data is not available. We are also on top in number of meetings! Evening hours one can find meetings at every nook and corner of cities, towns and villages of the state. When economic policies of UN is evaluated at one place,  liberation of Taiwan is the subject in another, The James Web Telescope on the Space is under discussion in another corner. In many cases orators are more than the listeners. There are a good number of instances where the stages were collapsed by the huge weight of them and injuring many. As far as the knowledge and opinions of the orators are concerned, these are not firm and steady but dep...

The  title of our country is Unity in Diversity. We are so diverse; so strong too. Most of our languages have originated from the same root. If we wanted a single language network we should have thought about years before. If we wanted to retain Hindi and erase all other languages including the Dravidian languages of South India, we could have done it. Now the predetermined attempt to eradicate English from India can be welcomed if we are convincingly told the reason for it. No Indians have any inborn attachment for English language. More than the fact that the English compelled us to learn this language, we have opted it for our survival. According to a report of the Ministry of External Affairs, there are 32 million NRIs and OCIs residing outside India. Every year 25 lakhs Indians migrate  overseas, which is the highest annual number of migrants in the world. These migrants consist of people of high academic qualifications, specialised engineering graduates and m...

The news report really give pain to a good number of people who love this beautiful landscape exclusively provided to us by the Supreme One. At any cost we must stop this heinous act and punish the culprits as a model for others, if any left. The best punishment would be to keep them away from the public for a long period, say a minimum of 15 years. The Chief Minister, Tourism Minister and Finance Minister may look at this matter at the gravity it deserves. Kerala is now facing absolute financial problems. We are not looking for any means to bring in more revenue to the state exchequer. While the government is confined to the sources of revenue from taxes, sale of liquor and lottery primarily, manage to withstand the situation because of the income of over Rs two lakhs crores from our people from abroad. While Kerala has large scope of multiplying the income from tourism, no result oriented efforts are being made towards this end. If properly organised a good amount of unem...

You may have a glance of old cars in India mostly pre-seventies. Ford Ford Fiat 1100 (1961) HM Hindustan HM Hindustan 14 HM Landmaster HM Ambassador HM Contessa HM Trekker Herald Triumph Morris Oxford Station wagon (1960) Lincoln Comopolitan Convertible Lincoln Comopolitan 4dr Sedan Bedford PC Utility Pickup Hillman drophead Coupe (1948) Wolseley 1500 STD (1962) Morris Oxford VI STD (1964) Morris Minor Willys  Jeep M38 (1972) K V George 

 (Kautilya Pandit the six years old 'Mini Encyclopaedia') Truptraj Pandya  born in Mumbai  performed in All India Radio at the age of three. He thus became the Guinness Book of World Records holder for being the youngest Tabla player. Akrit Jaiswal  from Himachal Pradesh performed his first surgery at the age of seven years. With an IQ of 146  he is looking to find a cure for cancer. Priyanshi Somani   participated in the Mental Calculation World Cup 2010 at the age of 11 and won the overall title with 100% accuracy. Kautilya Pandit popularly known as 'Google Boy', 'Mini Encyclopaedia' and 'Memory Prince'. He has an IQ of 130. He can answer almost anything from world geography to per capita income to politics, all at the age of six. Ajay Puri became the youngest web designer at the age of 4 years when he has designed his own web page. Sushma Verma  is from Lucknow. She is now 14 years old and pursuing masters degree in microbiology. She has...

As  per the state police records, crime against women is on the rise in Kerala. 16,199 crimes against women were reported in the state in 2021.  This rose to 18,943 in 2022. Sexual assault cases also rose from 4,059 to 5,354. Eight dowry deaths were also reported in the last year. According to a report by the Mathrubhumi there were 1784 cases of sexual assault in January 2023 alone. Out of these 223 were sexual assault cases, 629 were insulting the modesty of women and 409 were sexual assault by family members. What a pathetic condition of women in the highly literate state! Dowry related disturbance and cruelty is a usual thing in many houses in Kerala. Over and above these account, according to the makers of the film, 'The Kerala Story' 32,000 girls belonging to Hindu and Christian communities were found missing during the last ten years from Kerala. They were reported to have taken to Syria and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, our governments do not have time to look...

A lease indenture signed between the Maharaja of Travencore and the secretary of state for India in 1886 with a validity for 999 years, is what caused the  current tussle between Kerala and Tamil Nadu for irrigation  water from Mullaperiyar dam. 999 years is something over 30 human generations. Under any law anywhere in the world, can anyone ask anyone after ten, twenty or thirty generations what to give to whom and from where and how much? Did the signatories know that no such concrete dam in the world will survive for such long time of 999 years. From what is seen in this world a concrete dam cannot survive over 100 plus years. More amuzing and confusing is that why no one has brought this to the notice of the honorable judiciary. More than these the geographical and population combination have distinctively changed since the signing of this 'comedy of errors'. Let us also know that the Portland cement being used today was invented in 1824 by the English brickaye...

Where  India is placed in the world with it's economic status is not the place provided for the Indians. India is placed 6th  now in the world in GDP ranking  now (slipped from 4th to 6th in April 2026) 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 Intern...

We  all have a tendency to play with comparatively low placed people and terrorise them. Sometimes some of us may even give slap to them and shout at abusive language. Since they are afraid of the social status of the opponents and also realise their weakness they never respond but silently move away from there.  Now let us change the time and space of the order of the incidence. The weak man dies and the one with power and social status survives. During a night the dead one appears to the well placed  strong one in his house! No sound may come from him and he will tremble and wet his clothes. That is the Power comes after death. This power variation is scientifically ratified in different sector. In the cases of stars, depending upon their mass they have an average lifespan of 50 million years to 20 billion years. After millions of years the core of the star runs out of its fuel, hydrogen and slowly collapse inwards. Depending on the sizes of the original sta...

A Chinese Power House using combustible waste. With  66.1% recycling, Germany is the best recycling country in the world. Austria is close by with Germany in waste management. These two countries are followed by Taiwan, Sweden and South Korea in the list of best waste managers in the world. In 2003 Kamikatsu municipality of Japan made history by producing zero waste. While these are the names of the toppers, annoyingly, our country is among bottom 12 of the list in best waste managers in the world. The amount of municipal solid waste generated in India in 2021 was 1,60,000 metric tons. Considerable amount these waste are combustible and can be used for electricity generation. For instance, China is producing 2.7 million tonnes of waste per year. They generate 2.7 billion kilowatt hours.of electricity every year. Waste from paper, plastic, glass, wood, metal, electronics, battery, cloth and such many items are recycled and brought into new products.  If we Indians u...

We  are on the top layer of the world in GDP, Agricultural products (top in milk,  and pulses), Industry etc. Above all we are the largest manpower in the world. Despite all these, may be due to miscalculations by successive governments, all that we made for the country could not be equally distributed among the people. While comparing with many countries in the world, per capita Income of our people are much low. There is no meaning for finding reasons for this. We have to plug the holes immediately. During the run of about  eight decades we could cross many hurdles and set many milestones and reach the level of most advanced economies of the world. But for one reason or the other we could not raise the per capita income of the people of India to the level of the advanced countries of the world. In other words the great achievements made by the country could not reach the people evenly. We may attain this at the earliest. Here we propose a Three Zero Project ...

The  above report by a leading Malayalam daily narrate the story of corruption in detail. Opportunity for corruption is created. The vigilance department might have submitted the report to the concerned. No action by the authorities concerned. Corruption is allowed to grow. A petty fee made applicable for transporting tody from one district to another district of Kerala, after  a permit is made compulsory. The fee for the permit is Rs 2/- and the corruption for the transfer is Rs 60/-. If the government abandon this unwanted law the corruption will end there. If the government continue with it can be presumed naturally that the corruption is carried with the knowledge of the concerned authorities. Everyone must know that this corruption is done from the pockets of the poor tody drinkers of the state. It is really a pathetic story. If anyone can find an end to this please do it. (Indebted to the report of Malayala Manorama.) K V George . 

We  will have a look at the motor bikes from different countries. Chopper The US bike of the 1950s Power Cruiser of the 1980s Standard Bike or Naked Bike 150 cc to 1000 cc Honda CB 750 Honda Super Cub Dodge Tomahawk World's fastest bike Speed 420 mph Aprilia RSV 1000 R Speed 280 km/h Price $16,000 (Rs 12,06,320) Yamaha YZF - R1 Speed 293 km/h Price $16,700 (Rs 12,59,096) Different bikes with basic information Note: Prices where shown may be got confirmed from the manufacturer/dealer as the case may be. K V George