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 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?
Read MoreBanning elephants from Kerala Temples.
Elephants are wild animals. Feudal traditions meant that displaying wealth, status and pomp by owning elephants and bringing them up to local temples. In those days, Hummer was not available. Today, we have Television, internet, FM radio’s, Multiplexes and bowling alleys for entertainment. Temple festivals need not have fireworks and elephants to attract people. These animals are ill treated, unable to bear the heat, made to walk on tar roads. There has been at least one incident a day of elephants running amok since the temple festival season began in 2009. And this has been...
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