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Some Delighting, Amazing And Unknown Facts About My Native Land—Kerala—Commonly Called or Known as “God’s Own Country”


This Video Talks and Shows Volumes About My Native Land KERALA.
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Some of the Facts Mentioned in this video.

Kerala’s Literacy rate 94.59% as on 05/2010 (higher than China (93 or Brazl 81%
 
Map of Kerala
Least corrupt state in India (Ranked by Transparency International)

Lowest population growth in India

World’s first “baby-friendly state” by WHO, UN

Highest life expectancy and health care facilities in the country (Only state with facilities of hospitals in every village)

Female to Male Ration Higher than India (1.058)

Most media exposure state. (Highest rates of newspaper and magazine subscriptions).

Named as “Ten Paradises of the world” by National Geographic Traveller
(Best Tourist Destination in Asia – 2010 Sweeps PATA awards at Bangkok.

With increase of 23.68%, its fastest growing destination of the world.

Most profitable Railway Service whole of India.

First place in the world to have a democratically elected community country.

Maximum migrants working in foreign countries from India.

Among the top 3 on bank penetration (India’s first Islamic bank (No Interest Rates), 2011 Feb.  The best example of communal harmony).


Virtually Road Connected, thanks to 4.63 km Bs 2.59 km of India (Per pop)
Kerala’s road density is 4 times the national average.


First state which doesn’t add to population explosion of India (-ve growth rate)
Safest state in India (latest IB Report).

First police department in South Asia to under take community policing.

Rated best public delivery system (PDS) in India.

First state to have online Medial Egg. Counseling to become the first state in India to be 100 percent e-literate (by 2011) Malappuram India’s first e-literate district.

95% of Kerala’s births are hospital delivered,
(High compared Indian Average—UNESCO).

The lowest Indian morality rate of India.

First state to implement electronic voting machine in India.

(RTI (Right to Information) Effectiveness Ranking – 1 Public Satisfaction Ranking -2
Rated best in political awareness (EC).

The Kochi International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT)  The only trans-shipment port in India--- The largest signal operator container terminal in India—The First in the country to operate in a special economic zone.

The largest single operation container terminal in India… the first in the country to operate in a special economic zone.

The highest voter turn out in India (Election Commission, E U)

Rated the lowest bottom in “India’s state Higher .

The only state in India have index quality of life indicators comparable to China’s – the New York Times

Kerala model is the best key for directing Nations (U N) 
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To know more about this lovely state please do click on the below link.

Facts are taken from 2007 upwards
All shown dates are collected from State and central government  web sites
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2010 Google's "Knol Poetry Contest" Winning Poem




Oh Death You're Defeated 

(A Tribute to My Beloved Bro-in-law)

A Tribute. Pic. by PVA
Oh death you come like an angel.
You are like a physical obsession.
You wander through the dark silent night.
To snatch away the better ones.
Oh, I am in deep turmoil, sad and morose.
My heart is wailing for my dear one.
Whom, you took away in that silent night.
Even before his ripe of age, you took him off.
Oh God how sad and morose I am.
I couldn't fully enjoy his love and care.
His concern for others are unfathomable.
He led many to your marvelous light.
Yes, he led an exemplary life to follow.
He was a gem among thousands.
I feel like shouting 'God I hate you',
You've done injustice to us and to many.
When I thought this unwanted thought,
Suddenly my mind recollected your words.
The marvelous ones in the scripture.
Lord, I feel guilty for my unwanted thought.
Lord, you are just and do everything good,
especially to the one who loves you.
Oh Lord I know your love towards us.
It's too unfathomable to my understanding.
Yes Lord You want him to be with You forever.
Yes Lord he fought diligently and finished his race.
He led many to your kingdom through his word and deed.
Yes Lord, he finished his race with a remarkable mark. 

 o0o

Winner of Knol Poetry Contest 2010. Read More here at Spiros Kakos Knol Page 

A poem written in memory of my Bro-in-law who led an exemplary life on this earth. 

Passed away in the year 2008.

Google's Knol Pages Spiros Kakos.


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Remember! Honesty Pays Well!


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Here is an Important Message message to my reader as well as to my fellow writers.

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Here is an Interesting Incident I just heard in a Radio message. I would like to share this with my fellow source producers and readers. Sometimes you might have heard this but still this will give you a kind of guidance to others. Yes there is a great message hidden in it. Please Read on..

There was an experienced businessman who become old and was in search of a faithful successor to run the business. One day he called a meeting of all his company executives. In the meeting he expressed his desire to retire from the business and he said; everybody please listen very carefully: Now I have decided to choose one among you as my successor. I am going to give each one of you a seed, it's a very special seed, and I want you to plant the seed, water it and come back to me after a year from today. I want to see what you have done with it and what you have grown from it. From that performance I will choose one of you as the next CEO.

There was a particular man called Jim in that group, he too got one seed and went home with much enthusiasm and told his wife about the meeting and the seed distribution. His wife helped him to get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. They watered the seed everyday and watched carefully about its growth. Even after a few weeks there was no growth to his planted seed, but some of his colleagues started talking about their seeds and its growth. Jim was bit worried and daily checked if there is any growth; alas nothing happened to his seed, weeks and weeks gone by there is any improvement. He thought that he had killed his seed. One year passed by and the time has come to bring the plants to the

CEO for inspection. Jim decided not to take an empty pot to CEO and told his decision to his wife. But she told him to be honest about what all happened. No doubt it will be an embarrassing situation, but take heart and go ahead with the empty pot. Jim thought for a moment and knew his wife was right; he took the empty pot to the office.

Jim astonished at the variety of plants grown by his colleagues. They were beautiful, in all shapes and sizes. Jim kept his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed at him. A few felt sorry for him! Jim just tried to hide at the back.

Finally the CEO arrived; he surveyed the room surprised to see different kinds of plants with flowers and seeds. He greeted his company executives

"OH God! What great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown" said exclaimed the CEO.

"Today is a wonderful day, one among you will become the new CEO", saying this CEO spotted Jim at the back raw with his empty pot with gloomy face. Jim brought his pot to the front, the CEO asked, what happened to him, Jim explained what happened. The CEO asked everyone to sit except Jim. He looked at Jim with a smiling face and said, "Here is your next Chief Executive! His name is Jim!

Jim couldn't believe his ears. A big murmuring voice raised in the hall, his colleagues looked at each other and said, how this can be possible? he couldn't even grow his seed and he brought an empty pot. How could he be the new CEO?

Then the CEO said, Dear friends, One year back on this day, I gave everyone a seed to plant and grow, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead and it cannot grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers." When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive!"


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If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment.
If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
So, be careful what you plant now;
It will determine what you will reap later.
Remember Honesty Pays Well.

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A Radio Broadcast

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Disability is not a liability, Here Is A Living Example. "Nick Vujicic"




Disability is not a liability, Here Is A Living Example. "Nick Vujicic"





NIck. Pic, Credit andfinally.tv

Today in my mailbox a dear friend of mine posted a video link of a testimony of a wonderful person who born without hands and limbs and it encouraged me very much thus this note to my fellow readers, visitors and authors.
I am sure this will definitely be an encouraging note to you.
Nick, a person born without hands and legs but he lived a life which is an encouraging to many.  Watch his lively story in these live videos.


Yes, history is filled with such names of men and women who have faced disabilities with an amazing courage. The life they lived, the energy they displayed and the lively spirit they manifested in spite of their deformities were both admirable and daring. “Disability is not a liability” goes the adage.  Many such courageous people proved this adage correct. They did not feel that to be born deformed or misshapen was gruesome, an outrage to humanity, but they strove to fit into the world of normal people and in the process, put many to shame. The courageous words and acts exhibited by these differently abled people is really admirable one.  Nicks story will definitely encourage and boost the confidence of not only the differently enabled ones but also the able ones too.
Nick with his wife. Pic. Credit.connect.in,com
His words are proof enough to this. His motivational speech and testimony will definitely encourage and uplift the people who are down and distress in their disabilities or other life’s problems.

Watch these videos: and get encouraged, though you may not be disabled person here is a lesson to emulate.  Even in spite of your down stages there is hope at the end of the tunnel.  So, nick please don’t give up, instead live up with your distressed or failed situation whatever that may be, Nick is spreading this goods news to his listeners.

No Legs! No Arms! No Worries!

Nick says: “ I Love Living Life. I Am Happy.”

What a wonderful testimony it is!

May the Good Lord continue to keep him safe to spread this wonderful and encouraging news to his fellow beings around the world.

I request my dear friends and visitors to tell about this personality, I am sure that will be an encouragement to them. Please do tell others.

Best regards,

Philips & Associates

Here is the Video, Watch and get encouraged.


Also to watch another related video of Nick: Please Click Here
Thanks for visiting this blog
Best regards,
Philip

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Let Us Save Our Forests (Millions Livelihood And Home To Wildlife)


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The forthcoming ministers meeting on March 15th will decide the fate of our forests, (millions livelihood and home to wildlife like tigers and elephants).

If the government take a decision to go for cutting down the trees and allow them for coal mining it will no doubt be a disaster not only to the forest dependents but also to the whole human beings.  Read the reason here:

Green Peace India has taken an initiative to represent the people with this serious issue by a campaign of collecting signatures and representing government, especially to the Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee that the people of this country want their forest to be safe.
                                           

(Greenpeace India Caption It Contest!)
Keeping this in mind the Greenpeace India brought out a campaign and a  “Caption It contest” too in this month.

To know more about it and to participate all you have to do is to visit this page
and add a caption to the given picture at the comment page.  By doing this even you can get a chance to win a super cool Greenpeace T-shirt. 
 
Also you can spread this news to your friends and other contacts via mail or other means of communication so that many may come to know and join in this cause.
 
Please add your signature asking Pranab Mukherjee to hold a public consultation before taking a decision.

Forests in India are a “No Go” area and Minister Pranab Mukherjee should hold a public consultation before taking a decision on allowing mining in these forests.
 
Last year environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh marked certain dense forests as "No Go zones" for coal mining. The coal ministry however wants access to all these areas.


There are clean and viable renewable energy options which can minimize our dependence on coal. However, once destroyed a natural forest cannot be re-created.
 
No doubt, with this intention if the government goes forward, India's forests are at risk. A Group of Ministers are to decide whether or not our forests should be cleared for coal mines.

Ask them to leave our forests intact, sign a petition and send.
   
You can mark your protest by sharing your views or reactions to the Minister by sending a petition.

This is how you do it:

Caption the fore mentioned image with the best one you think of and put it down in the comment section. For more information please click here:

Here is a request from Green peace India's Climate Campaigner Prethi Herman:

Dear Friends,

Remember your last trip to a forest? If Minister of Coal, Sriprakash Jaiswal, has his way there won’t be many forests left. I definitely want to see more forests, that’s why I delivered 34,000 petition signatures supporting forests to Mr. Pranab Mukherjee.

Minister Jaiswal wants to mine coal in all forests, including dense forests marked as No Go zones by the environment and forest ministry. [1] India’s forests are the habitat of tigers, leopards, elephants and other biodiversity. A Group of Minsters (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will decide the fate of these forests, and the species and communities they support. [2]

34,000 signatures made Mr Mukherjee call us for a meeting. [3] The GoM will meet on March 15 and decide if coal is more important than India’s tigers. [4] This is all the time we have to support the forests and the lives of those who depend on them.

Ask the Group of Ministers to hold a public consultation before deciding the fate of our forests.       


Here’s another chance to keep the forests and the creatures inhabiting them safe. A large number of supporters will help show Mr Mukherjee and the GoM that the people of this country support forest protection. Our forests are in danger and the laws protecting them need to be strengthened, not weakened.

The thought of losing forests upsets me, especially when clean renewable energy can reduce our dependence on coal. [5] Once destroyed, forests can never be restored to their original state. Clearing forests will only displace communities and threaten tigers and wildlife.

One ministry’s greed can cause immense destruction. The GoM needs to know that there is huge support for India’s forests. Tell them now by signing the petition.


Thanks a billion!
Preethi Herman
Climate Campaigner
Greenpeace India
 








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Let us give a helping hand to this good cause by telling others, our friends and relatives via email  and other means of communication. Let us make this cause a success.  By doing this we  are helping ourselves and our existence.  Remember that our very existence depends on our natural resources.
  
My caption for the contest

"Oh! God! Save me from this human fury!
And Save Them Too!"

Also pl visit my knol on this issue
here is the link,

My Second comment for caption contest.

Oh Human! What wrong I did to you?
Through my selfless service I served a lot!
Instead you want to kill me
Oh Heaven! Forgive them;
For they know not what they do!
P V Ariel






Just after posting this blog, we came to know about the Finance Minister's Office’s  response to the representation of this campaign. The Department agreed to fix a meeting with Mr. Pranab Mukherjee early next month! Read more about this @ Preethi Herman’s Blog: "34,000 say ‘forests are a No Go’. Minister Pranab Mukherjee says let's meet"
Rear More Here.

Latest in this campaign:

Greepeace India's Climate and Energy campaigner Preethi Herman,
answers questions about Greenpeace India's campaign to save the forests from coal mining.
Watch out this video for more information:


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Bobby Jindal: My Faith - TipriTv.com (An Encounter With Jesus Christ)


Click Here to Watch the Video.

Bobby Jindal talks about his journey from Hinduism to faith in Jesus Christ.

In 2008, Jindal became America's youngest sitting governor and immediately started making waves reforming government, fighting corruption and trying to prevent the kind of man-made disaster that followed the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina.

Bobby & Wife Supriya Jindal
In his new book, Leadership and Crisis, Jindal continues to make waves by taking on the U.S. president and government bureaucracy with a simple challenge: Think like ordinary Americans to seek common-sense solutions, live within their means, and pursue the American dream.













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Watch/Listen to the thrilling testimony of Bobby Jindal
God used Bobby Jindal's best friend to tell about Jesus. God can use you and me too, Let us surrender to Jesus Christ He will definitely use us as instruments for His glory.
Content Source:  TipriTv.com

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