SILENCE IS GOLDEN

Until I became very old, I used to speak, without knowing where to keep silent, thinking that one has to speak, as otherwise, your friends will take you for dullard. It took a life time, to learn the value of silence! When enjoying the company of close friends, with a peg or two, to keep [...]

AWARD FOR MALAYALAM DOCUMENTARY ON ENVIRONMENT

An international film screening on the theme of ENVIRONMENT was held in Delhi. The Malayalam entry secured the third position. The whole film was based on one day in the school, of a ninth standard girl, who comes to the school, always late, because she talks to the trees and birds, on her way to [...]

LET US NOT FORGET OUR UNFORTUNATE BROTHREN

Blind men, mentally retarded children, lunatics, inmates of jails, old destitute- it is a long list of people left out from the mainstream of life and so forgotten by all. How much money is allocated in the budget? Compare it with the money spent in the name of defence. The idea of war is outmoded [...]

EXCITING DISCOVERY OF A FOSSIL

Australia is a strange continent, with a number of animals, not found anywhere else. Now, the fossil of an animal, anomalocaris, a soft-bodied marine beast, more than half a billion years old, has been discovered. A startling feature of this animal is that its eye, about three centimeters across, has 16,000 lenses, enabling the predator [...]

TEN-FACED RAVAN

We all have natural masks. Our real face will be known, only when we are left to ourselves. When in the class room, I cannot behave otherwise. In front of the beloved, our face will exude unmatched sweetness! To adopt the proper mask, to suit each occasion, is the secret of success. Ravan of the [...]

LIKE FREEDOOM, DEMOCRACY IS A MIRAGE

The latest in the demand for democracy is Russia, where people feel that the election is rigged. Why is the word democracy so charming? Is there any country where it functions in the interest of the people? England is the model for democracy. Tony Blaire managed to hoodwink the Members of Parliament, who supported the [...]

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A large section of people in India cherish the old ideology of the Indian National Congress. They are perplexed by the fall in moral values and the fact that the party has to depend on other parties for survival. In an election, they may stay away from exercising their franchise. All other parties do not [...]

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We all want to love. As human beings are fickle, we look to Him, to convey our problems, anxieties, fears and hopes. It is immaterial whether we go to a temple, church or a mosque. Wherever we hare used to going from childhood, suits us. In modern times, in spite of technological advances, we all [...]

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Road accidents are a daily tragedy in Keralam. In addition to charging the drivers, the police have come up with a novel idea. Most accidents occur between 1 to 5 AM, BECAUSE THE DRIVERS ARE LIKELY TO FALL ASLEEP, AFTER CONTINUOUS WORK, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. So, at the check posts in a section of [...]

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All are concerned with calorie. It is a measure of the heat content in a substance. One calorie = heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water, by one degree Celsius. When anything is burnt, heat is produced. Carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen in the food we eat, combine with oxygen, to produce [...]