Normal And Abnormal

WHILE leaving the sports arena after 24 years of stainless service for the game of cricket Sachin Tendulkar could install himself in the hearts of millions of people all over the world. Countless numbers of them bid him adieu with tears, love and reverence. A sport person, a politician, a film actor,  or a public servant when leave their respective field of activity people will always give them a due farewell from their heart if their service was sincere, dedicated and spotless. May Sachin be a model for many of our public figures! KVGeorge Kerala, India

Man reached great heights ! History says so and we all say together. But dog reached greater height !! 'Rupy', a dog, that too an under fed street dog, reached the base camp of Everest, a height of 5364 Metres, on the very first attempt. A South African lady named Jovan Leffson picked the dog from the waste heap of a street and took  it to the top of the mountain on 26th of Oct last. Of course, the lady had cared the dog very well. H ow many of us can say that we too can endevour this? Let us, therefore, not ignore or neglect any one any where. Any one may be superior than any of us. -----Indebted to the news report of Malayala Manorama dated 15th Nov 2013. KVGeorge Kerala, India

A Grandma who is in her nineties was left in the premise of the Guruvayoor temple a couple of weeks ago by her offspring!  If this is considered as a' Thulabharam' for the Lord there is nothing that can be placed on the scale to lift the offer! Even the globe with all is in, if placed, cannot lift her because she is the globe itself, she is the universe and she is the God Herself !! W here is the so called humanity gone?  Where is the age old Indian culture gone ? Is this the literate Malayalee ? I n earlier times the Malayalam text book for class-I opened with the word - Amma - ( Mother). The endless love for the mother was prescribed in all classes either in the form of a story or poem. All that is faded away  and new shining colours have come up. 'Me and my Mother' is replaced by 'Me and Me' !!! KVGeorge Kerala, India.

Scores of  Padma awards are given year after year. Principal beneficiaries of these awards are from the film industry, sports arena  and literary field. Most of the citizens of our country do not know the criterion for these awards and also do not know as to which category of people these are confined to. Fish catchers, pan walas,  priests, coolies, hotel boys, house maids etc are seldom rather never selected for these awards despite exemplary contributions in their respective fields.  A former Distt. Collector, an IAS man, who with rare bravery unearthed a shady deal worth of Rs 900 crores and helped to put the culprits behind the bars, too may not be considered for these so called awards!! KVGeorgr, Kerala, India.

ON 2nd Oct,2013, a young woman named Preetha, a resident of Kottayam, employed as a nurse at Hyderabad was hit by a stone thrown from out side while traveling in the S 3 coach of Thiruvananthapuram - Hyderabad, Sabari Express. Her left eye is seriously injured. After first aid at the railway hospital at Palakkad she is shifted to medical college, Trissur. for surgery. This incident took p[lace between Mankara and Parali stations. Similar incident was reported at Palakkad a week ago. This heinous crime is repeatedly happening throughout the rail length of Kerala. I n every case the stone is thrown by either a child, or a youth or an elder. Of course, not by an animal because those poor creatures do not do such atrocious crimes. Malayalees have become sadists? An average Malayalee, I think,  is not bothered for others loss, others damages,  others torture, others injuries and ultimately others death . It is high time for our sociologist and educationists to wake up and try...

We have been seeking remedies for large number of issues for quite some time. Our gray haired experts could not resolve any of these issues despite their hard efforts.. We have enough money and enough other resources to sort out the problems, but the result is not applaudable. While looking at these undying issues let us not forget the fact that we have unmeasurable and untiring intelligence in waiting, that too, one of the best in the world. W e should not hesitate to hand over the most complex issues.to our youth. They are very intelligent, they are very powerful and they are massive in strength. Let us first ask them to find a solution for waste management.This is the one issue the authorities concerned are accusing one another for their failures, but till now no one could offer a reasonable solution. Ask the youth, the solution should be cost effective, time saving and easy to handle. Try to include all students from high school onwards. The proposal should not be confined to...

As in any other system of governments democracy too has its own deficiencies. The most significant discrepancy of democracy is -' ruling by the elected from the legislature and simultaneously ruling by the people from the streets'. A government elected by the majority of the voters can be brought down by the minority opposition by acting from the streets is a very dangerous expression in democracy. Democracy has become like a stone left the catapult. A braham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in the famous Gettysburg address defined democracy "...... a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal .......... and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." This is recognized as the fundamental concept of  democracy. The subsequent rulers, however,  have deviated too far from the basic law, therefore, the ruled started loosing faith in existing form of democratic gov...