Stress and the Young Person in Kerala
The first index of its kind offers an alarming insight into an unhappy younger generation, with more than one in ten (12 per cent) feeling that life is meaningless. More than a quarter (27 per cent) of 16 to 25-year-olds admitted they are “often” or “always” down or depressed. The Young Kerala Youth Index, based on interviews with 700 young people across Kerala, reveals the state of their lives today and how confident they are about their future. More than one in four (29 per cent) say they are less happy now than they were as a child and one in five (20 per cent) feels like crying...
Read MoreAmbassador Engine and Honda body
A person who argues in favour of the hippo on wheels can be seen in the museum. Similarly, a person with an ambassador in his brain will never be fully functional. As time progressed, liberalisation followed the Indian consumer progressed from his Chetak to Maruti 800 to Maruti 1000 to Esteem and then Cielo, Lancer and now a deluge of top class cars. We used this opportunity to flaunt rather than introspect and embrace what these cars were actually an output of. These products were an output of the following inputs – thought leadership, investment in ideas, research and...
Read MoreHuman Rights – discrimination based on age (just because you are young)
How are human rights defined in the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 ? In terms of Section 2 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 “human rights” means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed under theConstitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India. “International Covenants” means the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the Unitednations on the...
Read MoreResul Pookutty
What comes to your mind if you think of Resul Pookutty ? He makes Malayalees proud. Oh yeah. Yes, he was aspirational. So he left Kerala, worked from Bombay to achieve the success he deserved. My question is would he or any one else achieve the scale of his success in a change resistant society that we have. Big names in the filmdom mostly live in Chennai, both Mohanlal and Mammootty did that too to get to where they are today. Is it about networking or a sheer lack of local initiative of national and international appeal ? Yes, he chose an alternate career and sure his scale of...
Read MoreAbdullakutty, Kerala MP
Abdullakutty came in news recently for being suspended from his Party. His crime was he was all of 41, first generation without godfathers and his views modern and progressive. Why is Kerala a society which suppresses young leaders?
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