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Let me write about the depths of scientific truths, their foundations, and their limitations. It’s impossible to predict what will emerge from this exploration.

Sir Isaac Newton was the first to conceptualise gravity, or the force of attraction. His ...

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ശാസ്ത്ര സത്യങ്ങളുടെ ആഴങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചും, അവയുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും, അവയുടെ പരിധിയെക്കുറിച്ചും ഒന്ന് എഴുതിനോക്കാം. എന്താണ് പുറത്തു വരിക എന്ന് ഇപ്പോൾ പറയാൻ ആവില്ല.

Sir Isaac Newton ആണ് Gravity അഥവാ ഗുരുത്വാകർഷണം എന്നത് ആദ്യമായി ആശയവൽക്കരിച്ചത്. ഇദ്ദ ...

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It has already been stated that one of the causes of mental health conditions is the direct or indirect attack of word codes in a feudal language.

It was previously mentioned that living in a house, conducting business in a building, or working at a ...

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മനോരോഗാവസ്ഥയ്ക്ക് കാരണം ആയി വരുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ ഒന്ന് ഫ്യൂഡല്‍ ഭാഷയിലെ വാക്ക് കോഡുകളുടെ നേരിട്ടുള്ളതോ അതുമല്ലെങ്കിൽ പരോക്ഷമായതോ ആയ ആക്രമണമാണ് എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു കഴിഞ്ഞു.

നേരത്തെ പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുള്ള ഒരു കാര്യമാണ് ഷാമനിസ്റ്റിക്ക് മൂർത്തികളുടെ ആരാധനാലയത്തിൻ്റെ ചില ദ ...

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It has previously been mentioned that the mind of what is today defined as a human being, along with various elements of the physical universe and, additionally, various aspects of non-physical reality, has multifaceted connections.

Without delving ...

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Consider the phenomenon of AI. It is a recently developed advancement in digital technology.

If you ask it—or rather, him, or perhaps Saar—something, he provides a response with a depth and breadth almost unimaginable to the human mind, and at great ...

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മനുഷ്യൻ എന്ന് ഇന്ന് നിർവ്വചിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവരുടെ മനസ്സും ഭൗതിക പ്രപഞ്ചത്തിലെ വിവിധ ഘടകങ്ങളും പോരാത്തതിന് അഭൗമിക യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തിലെ വിവിധ കാര്യങ്ങളും മറ്റുമായുള്ള പലവിധ ബന്ധങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് മുൻപ് സൂചിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളതാണ്.

അതിലേക്കൊന്നും പോകാതെ ഒരു ഏകനായ വ്യക ...

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AI എന്ന പ്രതിഭാസത്തെക്കുറിച്ചൊന്ന് ആലോചിക്കുക. ഇത് ഡിജിറ്റൽ സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യയിൽ പുതുതായി വികസിപ്പിച്ചെടുത്ത ഒരു കാര്യമാണ് ഇത്.

ഇതിനോട്, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഇവനോട്, അതുമല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഇദ്ദേഹത്തോട് എന്തെങ്കിലും ചോദിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യ മനസ്സിന് ഏതാണ്ട് അസാധ്യമായ തരത്തിലുള്ള ...

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Psychology studies the thoughts, emotions, motivations, and behaviours of humans and, to some extent, animals, as well as the factors that shape, control, and influence personal relationships.

It examines mental processes like thoughts, emotions, and ...

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Psychology (മനഃശാസ്ത്രം) മനുഷ്യൻ്റേയും ഒരു പരുധിവരെ മൃഗങ്ങളുടേയും ചിന്തകൾ, വൈകാരിക ഭാവങ്ങൾ, മാനസിക പ്രേരണകൾ, പെരുമാറ്റങ്ങളെ രൂപകൽപ്പന ചെയ്യുന്നതും നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്നതും വ്യക്തിബന്ധങ്ങളെ സ്വാധീനിക്കുന്നതും മറ്റുമായ കാര്യങ്ങൾ പഠനവിധേയമാക്കുന്നു എന്നു വേണ ...

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In the old days, opening a mechanical clock revealed a complex network of tiny and large cogwheels, intricately connected, driven by a pendulum and other components.

Opening a 1960s radio would show a small board with glowing bulb-like objects and a ...

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പണ്ടു കാലങ്ങളിൽ വീടുകളിൽ കാണപ്പെട്ടിരുന്ന മെക്കാനിക്കൽ ക്ളോക്കുകൾ തുറന്നു നോക്കിയാൽ, തമ്മിൽത്തമ്മിൽ അതി സൂക്ഷ്മമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകിടക്കുന്ന ചെറുതും വലുതുമായ കുറേ പല്ലുള്ള ചക്രങ്ങളും അവയെ ചലിപ്പുക്കുന്ന പെൻഡുലവും മറ്റും കാണും.

അറുപതുകളിലെ റേഡിയോപ്പെട്ട ...

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It seems that in many animals, there are no boundaries like mother-father or sibling relationships when it comes to sexuality.

However, in some animals, strong and distinct family bonds persist throughout their lives.

One example is grey wolves.

I ...

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പല മൃഗങ്ങളിലും ലൈംഗികതയുടെ കാര്യത്തിൽ മാതാവ് - പിതാവ്, സഹോദരീ സഹോദരൻ തുടങ്ങിയ വേലിക്കെട്ട് ഇല്ലായെന്നാണ് തോന്നുന്നത്.

എന്നാൽ ചില മൃഗങ്ങളുടെ കാര്യത്തിൽ വ്യക്തവും വളരെ ദൃഢവുമായ കുടുംബ ബന്ധ വേലിക്കെട്ടുകൾ ജീവിതകാലമത്രയും നിലനിൽക്കും പോലും.

ഇങ്ങിനെയുള്ള ...

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In the previous chapter, I mentioned a young man who masturbated while admiring and fantasising about his mother’s physical beauty. This behaviour developed because, at the age of six, he repeatedly saw his mother’s nakedness while she bathed in the ...

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കഴിഞ്ഞ അദ്ധ്യായത്തിൽ പരാമർശിച്ച സ്വന്തം മാതാവിൻ്റെ ശരീര ലാവ്യണ്യത്തെ നോക്കിയും ഭാവനചെയ്തും മുഷ്ടിമൈഥുനം ചെയ്തിരുന്ന ചെറുപ്പക്കാരന് ഈ വിധമായുള്ള ഒരു സ്വഭാവം വളർന്നുവന്നത്, ആറാം വയസ്സിൽ കുളിമുറിയൽ കുളിക്കുന്ന തൻ്റെ മാതാവിൻ്റെ നഗ്നത കണ്ടതുകൊണ്ടാണ്.

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In my youth, a prominent Malayalam weekly published from Kottayam featured a regular psychology column by a Dr. whose name included the place Vellore.

The title *Dr.* is typically used by those with a medical degree or a PhD.

This psychologist may ...

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എൻ്റെ ചെറുപ്പകാലത്ത് കോട്ടയത്ത് നിന്നും പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വമ്പൻ മലയാളം വാരികയിൽ വെല്ലൂർ എന്ന സ്ഥലനാമം പേരിൽ ചേർത്തുകൊണ്ടുള്ള ഒരു Dr. നിരന്തരമായി ഒരു മനഃശാസ്ത്ര പംക്തി എഴുതുമായിരുന്നു.

Dr. എന്ന തലക്കെട്ട് പേരിന് മുന്നിൽ സാധാരണ ഗതിയിൽ വൈദ്യശാസ്ത്രത ...

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Once, I ghostwrote sections of academic notes on psychology for someone, sourced through an online ghostwriting platform.

Since I only wrote parts of the subject, I cannot fully evaluate psychology based on this limited experience.

Before moving ...

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ഒരിക്കൽ ഞാൻ അക്കാഡമിക്ക് നോട്ട്സ് ആയി ഒരാൾക്ക് എഴുതിക്കൊടുത്തത് Psychology എന്ന വിഷയത്തിലെ ചില ഭാഗങ്ങൾ ആയിരുന്നു. ഇത് ഓൺലൈനായി ലഭിച്ച ഒരു Ghostwriting ആയിരുന്നു.

ഈ വിഷയത്തിൻ്റെ ചില ഭാഗങ്ങൾ മാത്രമേ ഞാൻ എഴുതിയിരുന്നുള്ളു എന്നതിനാൽ, Psychology എന്ന പൂർണ ...

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In the realm of book writing, there’s a process called content development. For instance, one might write a book about the palaces of Bikaner in Rajasthan.

Sitting at home, you can gather information about Bikaner through internet searches and ...

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പുസ്തക എഴുത്ത് പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ content development എന്ന ഒരു കാര്യം ഉണ്ട്. എന്തെങ്കിലും ഒരു വിഷയത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് ഒരു പുസ്തകം എഴുതുക. ഉദാഹരണത്തിന് രാജസ്ഥാനിലെ Bikaner എന്ന പ്രദേശത്തിലെ കൊട്ടാരക്കെട്ടുകളെക്കുറിച്ച് ഒരു പുസ്തകം എഴുതുക.

വീട്ടിലിരുന്ന് കൊണ്ട ...

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As this writing gradually moves toward the topic of the Civil Service examination, I’m unsure how it veered into spirituality and supernatural systems.

It seems the discussion was initially about academic matters.

The English administration was the ...

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Civil Service പരീക്ഷയുടെ കാര്യത്തിലേക്ക് ഈ എഴുത്ത് സാവധാനത്തിൽ നീങ്ങിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന അവസരത്തിൽ എങ്ങിനെയാണ് ആ പാത വിട്ട് ആദ്ധ്യാത്മികതയിലേക്കും അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സംവിധാനങ്ങളിലേക്കും കടന്നത് എന്ന് ഇപ്പോൾ കൃത്യമായി പറയാനാവുന്നില്ല.

പറഞ്ഞുവന്നത് അക്കാഡമിക്ക് വ ...

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A small fragment of thought remains in my mind. I’ll address it before returning to the path of social history writing. This fragment may serve as a bridge connecting the world of supernatural software codes to the reality of social history.

We are ...

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മനസ്സിൽ ചെറിയ ഒരു തുണ്ട് ചിന്ത ബാക്കി നിൽക്കുന്നു. അതു കൂടി പറഞ്ഞിട്ട് സാമൂഹിക ചരിത്ര എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ പാതയിലേക്ക് കടക്കാം എന്നു വിചാരിക്കുന്നു. എന്നാൽ ഈ തുണ്ട് വിവരം അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സോഫ്ട്വേർ കോഡുകളുടെ ലോകത്തേയും സാമൂഹിക ചരിത്ര യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തേയും തമ്മിൽ ബന്ധിപ്പ ...

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To conclude this exploration into the supernatural arena, let’s discuss a bit more about the platform designed within it and then return the writing to the realm of social history.

While the concept of a platform exists in both feudal languages and ...

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അതീന്ദ്ര്യ വേദയിൽ രൂപകൽപ്പന ചെയ്യപ്പെടുന്ന platform എന്ന വസ്തുവിനെക്കുറിച്ച് കുറച്ചുകൂടി കാര്യങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട് ഇപ്പോഴുള്ള അതീന്ദ്ര്യവേദിയിലേക്കുള്ള ഈ എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ കടന്നുകയറ്റം അവസാനിപ്പിക്കാം.

ഈ platform എന്ന വസ്തുത ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിലും ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭാഷയില ...

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I plan to briefly touch on the concept of the platform in the supernatural arena before returning the writing to the realm of social history.

The supernatural arena mentioned repeatedly in this writing is not a purely imaginary concept like the ...

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അതീന്ദ്ര്യ വേദിയിൽ രൂപകൽപ്പനചെയ്യപ്പെടുന്ന platform എന്ന കാര്യത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് ഒന്ന് ചെറുതായി സൂചിപ്പിച്ചതിന് ശേഷം, എഴുത്ത് വീണ്ടും സാമൂഹിക ചരിത്ര വേദിയിലേക്ക് തിരിച്ചുപോകാം എന്നു കരുതുന്നു.

ഈ എഴുത്തിൽ പലപ്പോഴായി പരാമർശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന അതീന്ദ്ര്യ വേദി എന ...

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Although I had been aware of many language-related matters for a long time, it was after arriving in Deverkovil that I began to deeply analyse these issues and the experiential knowledge associated with them.

One reason for this might be the ...

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ഭാഷാ പരമായുള്ള പലകാര്യങ്ങളും വളരെ നേരത്തെ തന്നെ മനസ്സിൽ ഉണ്ടയിരുന്നുവെങ്കിലും, Deverkovilലിൽ വന്നതിന് ശേഷമാണ് ഈ വിധ കാര്യങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് വളരെ ആഴത്തിൽ ആലോചിക്കാനും പലവിധ അനുഭവജ്ഞാനങ്ങളെ വിശകലനം ചെയ്യാനും ആയത്.

അതിനുള്ള ഒരു കാരണം, നിരന്തരമായി പലവിധ പുസ ...

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In Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston, there’s extensive discussion of numerous superstitions and improbable beliefs.

However, today, software, digital technology, computers, smartphones, and the like have opened up ...

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Edgar Thurston എഴുതിയ Omens and superstitions of Southern India എന്ന ഗ്രന്ഥത്തിൽ അനവധി അന്ധവിശ്വാസങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചും, സംഭാവ്യമല്ലാത്ത (improbable) വിശ്വാസങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചു പ്രതിപാദിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്.

എന്നാൽ ഇന്ന് സോഫ്ട്വർ, ഡിജിറ്റൽ സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യകളും കമ്പ്യൂട ...

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In the previous writing, recall how an industrialist from South Malabar, with great astonishment, told me about virtually visiting Boeing’s factory in America via the internet.

Today, such an event might seem as absurd to those unfamiliar with the ...

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കഴിഞ്ഞ എഴുത്തിൽ, ദക്ഷിണ മലബാറിലെ ഒരു വ്യവസായി അമേരിക്കയിലെ Boeing കമ്പനിയുടെ വ്യവസായ ശാല ഇൻ്റർനെറ്റിലൂടെ സന്ദർശിച്ച കാര്യം വളരെ ആശ്ചര്യത്തോടുകൂടി എന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞകാര്യം ഓർക്കുക.

ഇന്ന് ഈ വിധമായുള്ള ഒരു കാര്യം ചന്ദ്രൻ രണ്ടായി പിളർന്ന കാഴ്ച പ്രവാചകനായ മുഹമ ...

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2002ഓട് കൂടിയാണ് ഞാൻ നിരന്തരമായി കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറും ഇൻ്റർനെറ്റും ഉപയോഗിച്ചു തുടങ്ങിയത്. സാമൂഹികമായി ഒരു വൻ കുഴിയിൽ വന്ന പ്രതീതി മനസ്സിൽ വരേണ്ടതായിരുന്നു. എന്നാൽ അതുണ്ടായില്ല.

കാരണം ഇൻ്റർനെറ്റ് എന്ന മായാജാലം ദൂര പരിധിയേയും സമയപരിധിയേയും കാര്യമായിത്തന്നെ മാച ...

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Around 2002, I began consistently using computers and the internet. One might expect such a shift to feel like falling into a vast social abyss, but that didn’t happen.

The reason was that the internet, like a magical web, seemed to erase the ...

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ഏതാണ്ട് 2004 മുതൽ 2010 വരെയുള്ള കാലഘട്ടത്തിൽ ഞാൻ കിഴക്കൻ പേരാമ്പ്ര മലയോര പ്രദേശത്ത്, അന്ന് അവിടങ്ങളിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ഒരു medium വ്യക്തിയെ പരിചയപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു.

Medium എന്ന വാക്കിന് മലയാളത്തിൽ കൃത്യമായ ഒരു പദം കണ്ടെത്താൻ ആയില്ല. എന്നാൽ, ആകാശവാണി എന്ന വാക്ക ...

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Between approximately 2004 and 2010, I met a well-known medium in the eastern Perambra hill region.

I couldn’t find an exact Malayalam word for “medium,” though the term *Akashavani* (voice from the sky) is sometimes used.

The meaning of “medium” is ...

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While writing about the Civil Service examination, I found myself delving into spirituality. Let’s address this topic briefly and return to the flow of the narrative.

It seems that Hindu (Brahmin) temple systems and shamanistic spirituality in South ...

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Civil Service പരീക്ഷയുടെ കാര്യത്തിലേക്ക് എഴുത്ത് നീങ്ങിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോഴാണ്, ആദ്ധ്യാത്മികതയിലേക്ക് എത്തിച്ചേർന്നത്. ഏതായാലും ഈ വിഷയം തീർത്തിട്ട് എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ ഒഴുക്കിലേക്ക് തിരിച്ചുവരാം.

ഹൈന്ദവ (ബ്രാഹ്മണ) ക്ഷേത്ര സംവിധാനങ്ങളും ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യയിലെ ഷാമനിസ്റ്റ ...

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In my youth, as a rationalist with limited worldly experience and little direct exposure to superstitions, I was a natural companion to those who denied and mocked them.

Later, in my young adulthood, facing significant setbacks and struggles for ...

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ചെറുപ്പകാലത്ത് യുക്തിവാദിയായിരുന്നപ്പോൾ, കാര്യമായ ലോക പരിചയമില്ലാതിരുന്ന കാലത്ത്, യാതോരു വിധ അന്തവിശ്വസങ്ങളുമായി കാര്യമായ അനുഭവ പരിചയമില്ലായെങ്കിലും, അവയെ നിഷേധിക്കുകയും പരിഹസിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ സഹജസഞ്ചാരിയായിരുന്നു ഞാൻ.

പിന്നീട് യവ്വനകാലത്ത്, ജ ...

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What I’m about to discuss may not be a reality. Still, it might provide a platform for thought.

Let me touch on a small matter concerning the human mind.

Imagine a person using the internet, the only one in the world doing so. They can see ...

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ഇവിടെ പറായൻ പോകുന്നകാര്യം ഒരു യാഥാർത്ഥ്യം ആവില്ല. എന്നിരുന്നാലും ചിന്തിക്കാൻ ഒരു വേദിയൊരുക്കിയേക്കാം.

മനുഷ്യമനസ്സുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ഒരു ചെറിയ കാര്യം പറയാം.

ഒരു മനുഷ്യൻ ഇൻ്റർനെറ്റ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു. അയാൾ മാത്രമേ ലോകത്തിൽ ഇൻ്റർനെറ്റ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നുള്ളു എന ...

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When discussing spirituality, it feels appropriate to compare it with the Indian Constitution.

The Indian Constitution seems to enshrine various remarkable human rights, laws, and regulations.

Reading it might give the impression that the people ...

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ആദ്ധ്യാത്മികതയെക്കുറിച്ച് പറയുമ്പോൾ, അതിനെ ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭരണഘടനയുമായി ഒന്ന് താരതമ്യം ചെയ്യാം എന്നു തോന്നുന്നു.

ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭരണഘടനയിൽ പലവിധ ആശ്ചര്യകരമായ മനുഷ്യാവകാശങ്ങളും നിയമങ്ങളും നിയന്ത്രണങ്ങളും ലിഖിതപ്പെടുത്തിവച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് എന്നു തോന്നുന്നു.

ജനങ്ങൾ ആണ് ഈ ര ...

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Whether God exists or not cannot be debated, as I have no knowledge of what God, the Almighty Creator, is.

Before saying anything further, let me outline some commonly stated or believed qualities.

God is all-powerful, that is, Omnipotent.

God is ...

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ഈശ്വരന് അസ്തിത്വം ഉണ്ട് എന്നോ ഇല്ലാ എന്നോ ചർച്ചക്ക് എടുക്കാൻ ആവില്ല. കാരണം, എന്താണ് ഈശ്വരൻ അഥവാ ദൈവം അഥവാ സർവ്വശക്തനായ സൃഷ്ടാവ് എന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് യാതോരു അറിവും എനിക്കില്ല.

ഇതുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ട് എന്തെങ്കിലും പറയുന്നതിന് മുൻപായി, പൊതുവായി പറയപ്പെട ...

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When speaking of transcendental matters, there are two aspects.

First, those truly definable as spiritual.

Second, experiences brought by the emerging digital technology. I began noticing this around 1998.

From the moment I started experiencing it ...

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അതീന്ദ്ര്യം എന്ന കാര്യങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് പറയുമ്പോൾ, ഇതിന് രണ്ട് വശങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.

ഒന്ന് ശരിക്കും ആദ്ധ്യാത്മികം എന്ന് നിർവ്വചിക്കാവുന്നവ.

രണ്ടാമത്തേത്, പുതുതായി ഉരുത്തിരിഞ്ഞു വന്നുകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ഡിജിറ്റൽ സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യ അനുഭവപ്പെടുത്തിയത്. ഏതാണ്ട് 1998 ...

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On September 29, 2024, I sent the last chapter. After a gap of over five months, I’m resuming writing. The thoughts filling my mind haven’t diminished at all.

In 2002, I ended up in Deverkovil. For me, this was a profound mental collapse. It felt like ...

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സെപ്റ്റംബർ 29 2024ന് ആണ് അവസാനത്തെ അദ്ധ്യായം എഴുതി അയച്ചത്. അഞ്ചു മാസക്കാലത്തിനധികം ഇടവേളക്ക് ശേഷം എഴുത്ത് തുടരുകായാണ്. മനസ്സിൽ നിറഞ്ഞുനിന്നിരുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ യാതോരു കുറവും വന്നുകാണുന്നില്ല.

2002ൽ ഞാൻ Deverkovilലിൽ വന്നുപെട്ടുപോയി. ഇത് എന്നെ സംബന്ധിച ...

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This is something I’ve been wanting to write about for a while.

It concerns traffic management at road junctions in rural areas.

This responsibility is handled by police officers, Traffic Wardens, and Traffic Volunteers. At a glance, they all seem ...

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കുറേ കാലമായി എഴുതേണം എന്നു വിചാരിച്ച ഒരു കാര്യമാണ്.

ഇത് ഉൾനാടൻ പ്രദേശങ്ങളിലെ നിരത്ത് കലവലകളിലെ (Road junctionനിലെ) ട്രാഫിക്ക് നിർവ്വഹണവുമായി (Traffic management) ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ഒരു കാര്യമാണ്.

ഈ തൊഴിൽ ഉത്തരവാദിത്തം നിർവ്വഹിക്കുന്നത് പോലീസ് ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥര ...

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It’s always quite hectic.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about language-related matters on an English platform. As a result, the little time I had set aside for this writing has vanished.

This situation might persist for a while.

However ...

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എന്നും വളരെ തിരക്കാണ്.

ഈ അടുത്ത ഏതാനും ആഴ്ചകൾ ആയി, ഒരു ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് വേദിയിൽ ഭാഷാ പരമായ കാര്യങ്ങൾ എഴുതിത്തുടങ്ങി. അതോടെ ഈ എഴുത്ത് എഴുതാനായി വച്ചിരുന്ന ചെറിയ നേരവും ഇല്ലാതായി.

ഈ അവസ്ഥ കുറച്ചു കാലംകൂടി നീണ്ടുനിന്നേക്കാം.

എന്നാൽ, ഈ അടുത്ത ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ ആയ ...

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Just as Brahmins in ancient times hoarded Sanskrit wealth, withholding it from others, today in India, those who possess the English language similarly withhold it from those below them, denying them the chance to speak, hear, read, or learn it, or ...

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ബ്രാഹ്മണർ പണ്ട് കാലങ്ങളിൽ സംസ്കൃത സമ്പത്ത് പുറത്താർക്കും കൊടുക്കാതെ അമുക്കിവച്ചത് പോലെ തന്നെയാണ് ഇന്ന് ഇന്ത്യയിൽ ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭാഷ കൈവശപ്പെടുത്തിയ ആളുകൾ അവരേക്കാൾ താഴെയുള്ളർക്ക് അത് പറയാനോ, കേൾക്കാനോ വായിക്കാനോ പഠിച്ചെടുക്കാനോ സൗകര്യമോ ഉപദേശമോ നൽക്കാതെ അവര ...

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Animals cannot do many things that humans today can do. Likewise, humans, as defined today, cannot do many things that animals can.

Ants and rats cannot use computers or smartphones. They cannot drive cars or ride bicycles.

Among many animals, one ...

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മൃഗങ്ങൾക്ക്, ഇന്നുള്ള മനുഷ്യർക്ക്, ചെയ്യാനാവുന്ന പലതും ചെയ്യാനാവില്ല. അതേ പോലെ തന്നെ, മൃഗങ്ങൾക്ക് ചെയ്യാനാവുന്ന പലതും മനുഷ്യർ എന്ന് ഇന്ന് നിർവ്വചിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവർക്കും ചെയ്യാനാവില്ല.

ഉറുമ്പുകൾക്കും എലികൾക്കും കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറും സ്മാട്ട്ഫോണും ഉപയോഗിക്കാൻ പറ്റ ...

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Today, I am addressing some miscellaneous points that were overlooked in the path of this writing. Once these are covered, I hope to continue from the edge of this narrative in the next piece.

Feudal language regions are, in reality, an entirely ...

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എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ പാതയിൽ വിട്ടുപോയ ചില miscellaneous കാര്യങ്ങൾ എഴുതുകയാണ് ഇന്ന്. അവ പറഞ്ഞു കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ ഇങ്ങേ വക്കിൽ നിന്നും അടുത്ത എഴുത്തിൽ തുടരാം എന്നു വിചാരിക്കുന്നു.

ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷാ പ്രദേശങ്ങൾ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷിൽ നിന്നും തികച്ചും വ്യത്യസ്തമായ ഒര ...

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In reality, until around 1900, countries like Spain, France, and Italy in continental Europe, and their peoples, were distinctly different from England and the English.

To be precise, until about 1947, many major continental European countries ...

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യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഏതാണ്ട് 1900വരെയെങ്കിലും, ഭുഖണ്ഡ യൂറോപ്പിലെ സ്പെയ്ൻ, ഫ്രാൻസ്, ഇറ്റലിപോലുള്ള രാജ്യങ്ങളും ആ രാജ്യങ്ങളിലെ ജനങ്ങളും ഇങ്ഗ്ളണ്ടുമായും, ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷുകാരും ആയും വ്യത്യസ്തർ തന്നെയായിരുന്നു.

ശരിക്കും പറഞ്ഞാൽ ഏതാണ്ട് 1947ഴ് വരെ ഇങ്ഗ്ളണ്ടുമായി നിരന്തരമ ...

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In China, there is communism. No democracy. People there suffer greatly.

This is how academics and other prominent intellectuals in the USA were constantly lamenting.

In reality, I have come to understand that none of the theoretical ideals of ...

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ചൈനയിൽ കമ്മ്യൂണിസമാണ്. ജനാധിപത്യം ഇല്ല. അവിടെ ആളുകൾ വളരെ കഷ്ടതയനുഭവിക്കുന്നു.

ഈ രീതിയിൽ ആണ് യൂഎസ്സിൽ അക്കാഡമിക്ക് വിദ്വാന്‍മാരും മറ്റ് വൻ ബുദ്ധിജീവികളും നിലവിളിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നത്.

യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ, സൈദ്ധാന്തികപരമായി വിഭാവനം ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ടിരുന്ന കൈമ്മ്യൂണ ...

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As the administrative systems under English rule spread to various parts of the world, significant changes began to occur in the social consciousness of those regions.

In many places, a tendency emerged among people to emulate the English in their ...

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Until 1997, when Britain handed Hong Kong over to China, China was, to a large extent, an almost unknown region to Europe and, to some degree, South Asia.

In ancient times, one might say that people in Europe had little clear understanding of what lay ...

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As mentioned in the previous chapter, opium use likely increased significantly in one Chinese province.

This was a time when the official establishment desired to suppress the English trading group. The English East India Company had no governmental ...

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Some readers may not know what opium is.

This explanation is for them.

Opium is a substance similar to ganja. When comparing ganja with opium, it is described as follows:

Opium has been used for centuries as a pain reliever, sleep aid, and ...

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When I write or speak in praise of the English language and English social environments, I’ve noticed responses suggesting I’m glorifying white people or those of European descent.

To dismiss my arguments as foolish, some individuals cite the actions ...

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The English, South Asians, Chinese, Africans, and others are all included within the study of zoology. In other words, these groups are all classified as animals.

However, it seems that when the English ventured into other regions and encountered ...

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The English East India Company’s ventures into ancient China in the 1600s for trade purposes can be likened to modern individuals with advanced technological capabilities entering an ant colony governed by a vast feudal social system, as the English ...

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1. Who are humans, who are savages?

2. The backdrop of the Opium wars

3. The widespread backdrop of the opium trade

4. A vast market for Indian products

5. The poison that spreads through words

6. Oriental cunning

7. Anglophilia and such other things

8. Boundless folly

9. If dogs began ...

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In my childhood, most people in India and other Asian countries were mentally unable to see English speakers, or even other white races, as equals. There are many subtle, intertwined details related to this, but I won’t delve into them now.

Among a ...

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Let’s now discuss a few things about China.

In my childhood, China was defined in a way entirely disconnected from the China we see today. Very few people had visited it. Though Indian Communist leaders proclaimed it a communist haven, I understood it ...

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Evaluating one ant colony and applying that assessment to all ant colonies is not feasible, as each may have distinct "racial" differences, akin to those seen in humans today, and possibly even more variations. Similarly, if extraterrestrial beings ...

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Let’s now consider ants.

In our homes, we may observe ants living in intricately designed habitats. Some colonies house hundreds or thousands of ants, while those in mere soil can contain lakhs or millions. In certain places, ants from different ...

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Unarmed humans are, in reality, weaker than many animals. Like animals, these humans hunt and live off other creatures. However, when humans with advanced technical skills and tools arrived in various parts of the world and taught those they considered ...

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It appears that even the Dutch struggled to clearly distinguish between humans and animals among the creatures of Africa. Initially, they may have regarded the Bushmen as human, but over time, they seem to have adopted the same perspective as other ...

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In the early 1980s, a close relative of mine embarked on a world tour by ship and visited some ports along the African coast. However, this person did not venture beyond the port. When asked why, they said that the crowds there were frightening ...

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All living creatures are interconnected through the medium of food. Except for most plants, all other living beings consume either other creatures, their body parts, or their bodily products. This is a profoundly tragic reality.

In Africa, many beings ...

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It is unclear whether any ancient philosopher deeply contemplated the question of who truly constitutes a human. Wherever continental Europeans ventured in the world, they likely regarded those who walked on two legs and appeared somewhat similar to ...

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Experiments have been conducted to raise the young of human-like apes alongside humans to instil human behaviours in them. These experiments do not appear to have been successful. It seems that many of those conducting such experiments lacked a clear ...

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The English East India Company likely established its first trading post on Dharmadam Island in Tellicherry, North Malabar, in the late 1700s. I’m unclear on what the people of Malabar looked like then.

(Paintings of Malabar’s inhabitants from around ...

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Many thoughts are clamoring to spill out of my mind at once, but they can’t all be written together.

If I tried, it would be like a landslide, burying clarity. So, I must follow each delicate thread one by one.

I don’t recall exactly, but it seems ...

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After the English East India Company established the nation of India in South Asia, efforts began to delve into the antiquity of those regions.

The history there likely seemed to early Company officials like a dense bedrock, impenetrable with no clear ...

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In the 9th and 10th standards, I had access to highly readable English history textbooks, which I completed over time.

They contained fascinating details about the Kulasekhara kings, Cheras, and others. I learned that Kerala was formed in 1956, but it ...

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As various regions of South Asia came under the control of the English East India Company, the moral responsibility of establishing high-quality administrative systems fell upon the Company.

If local individuals were entrusted with district ...

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One of the optional subjects I chose for the Civil Service exam was History. History is something that can be easily absorbed by casual reading. However, when studying for an exam, one must precisely memorise details like dates, names of individuals ...

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First, let’s discuss technical terminology.

Such terms are used not only in academic subjects but also in various professional fields.

These terms often have a highly defining quality. That is, they imprint a precise definition in the mind about a ...

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History was not a subject I was entirely unfamiliar with. The main reason for this was that, around the 10ᵗʰ standard, a classmate gave me a massive book to read, Glimpses of World History, attributed to Nehru.

I read many chapters of this book ...

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In school education, I’ve already mentioned the discontinuation of the "all pass" system. Back then, I realised that children of influential people would never be failed, no matter the reason. In other words, it’s the children of onu and avan, olu and ...

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In the previous chapter, I mentioned the books Mrs. CPS studied under the English rule’s education system. Many of those have faded from my memory. However, one book that suddenly came to mind is Rabindranath Tagore’s novel Home and the World ...

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I didn’t write the pre-degree exam for certain reasons. I wrote it the following year.

Consequently, I had to stay in Deverkovil for nearly a year. That was, at the time, an extremely challenging life experience. I won’t delve into that now.

However ...

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From fifth to tenth grade, I studied in English-medium classes under the Kerala school syllabus, followed by pre-degree and a BSc in Physics.

The mindset among all was that classroom learning led to prestigious jobs. Those who failed were believed to ...

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Teachers are assigned dull textbooks to teach. Their job is to teach them, and most do so sincerely.

No one—students, ordinary people, or society—has any clear idea of the benefits of teaching or learning these foolish textbooks.

In the 1800s ...

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It cannot be said that Kerala government-paid teachers lack sincerity or interest in their profession. They demonstrate greater diligence than many other government officials.

Teachers are not responsible for the folly of formal primary education ...

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I began my formal education in a school under the Kerala Education Board in the fifth grade. However, just before that, I had the opportunity to closely observe high-quality English education.

When I suddenly transitioned to the Kerala syllabus, I ...

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The primary aim of formal primary education should be to instill various refined lifestyles in individuals living in society.

The foremost aspect of this is toilet training, an essential skill that civilized individuals must master.

English nations ...

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The English East India Company administration sought to change and eliminate various behaviors and communication traits among the people of the India they created.

I don’t know if they could precisely articulate a clear guideline for this in words ...

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It can be said, to some extent, that the concept of public education, or education itself, was introduced in South Asia by the English East India Company.

However, it may be true that certain forms of teaching took place in religious seminaries.

It ...

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I mentioned in the previous writing that I would discuss Australia.

It appears that the first to arrive in that region was a Dutch ship in 1606. The Dutch are not English; they are continental Europeans.

In the history of continental Europe, the ...

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A matter related to government officials infiltrating major commercial enterprises has now come to mind.

When Mrs. CPS was in the position of IG in the Registration Department, those in that role would automatically become a director in one of Kerala ...

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I now intend to discuss one or two matters related to the monthly salaries of government officials before moving on from this topic.

The realisation that those performing jobs for England and America from India earn substantial incomes prompted the ...

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About four decades ago, I read Shadow of the Moon by English author M.M. Kaye. The novel’s story lingers faintly in my mind.

Set against the backdrop of the 1857 mutiny by Indian sepoys in Meerut, near Delhi, the novel exaggerates this minor event ...

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Now, let’s move to the sky-high monthly salaries of government officials in new India.

With the birth of new India in 1947, modest advancements in officials’ monthly salaries began. Middle-tier officials, who existed physically until 1947, didn’t ...

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There’s much to say about the transcendent software system that drives the creation and execution of this writing. I won’t delve into that now.

However, I can briefly mention that this writing is guided by two distinct forces.

First, there’s the ...

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After addressing a few more points about the positioning of individuals in feudal languages, the writing can shift to the sky-high monthly income of Indian government officials.

It was noted that, despite the relatively flat word code nature of Arabic ...

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It has already been noted that feudal languages contain invisible guidelines absent in English.

Let me share a thought that comes to mind.

In Malayalam, the word for "she" traditionally has three levels: "avar," "ayal," and "aval."

Today, "madam ...

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The writing should now move toward the substantial monthly income Indian government officials receive from the state, a topic of great stature.

However, some matters closely tied to the previous piece need addressing first. If left unwritten, they ...

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Today, I intend to write about the social positioning of individuals.

In English, various forms of social positioning exist among individuals. However, that’s not the focus of this piece.

In feudal languages, individuals are positioned in ways ...

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Before discussing the salaries of Indian government officials, I’d like to address a significant change that English language influence brings to interpersonal communication in local languages.

In traditional English in England, formal conversations ...

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The previous writing discussed the mental distortions that local feudal languages induce in government employees who earn high salaries.

Now, let’s explore a related matter: the mental shifts that occur when an ordinary person becomes a private-sector ...

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Let’s delve further into how official systems in local kingdoms operated through feudal languages over time, and how they maintained obedience and discipline in ways unimaginable to English-based administrative systems.

About ten years ago, a police ...

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Government office workers genuinely need only a modest monthly salary. This is because India’s government today selects individuals with the lowest mental calibre for service.

There’s an inherent ambivalence here.

Even those with high mental calibre ...

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It is difficult to conceive in Indian feudal languages that officials, or those working in government offices, are ordinary people.

The essence of this lies deep within the hidden compartments of linguistic codes.

It works like this:

Indian feudal ...

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To explain the pre-1947 Indian policy of a monthly salary sufficient for officials to live, we must first discuss the social relationships in England from about a decade earlier.

Before delving into that, let me address a few other matters.

In some ...

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Wherever English rule existed, the general policy was to enable local people for self-governance.

This policy seems to have stemmed from the foolish wisdom of England’s leftists. The establishment of nations under English rule in various regions was ...

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If a person in India earns a monthly income of 30,000 to 40,000 rupees, they should be able to live quite comfortably with their family.

This is because government hospitals, schools, colleges, roads, buses, and other facilities are available ...

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Now, let’s turn to the matter of government employees’ monthly income.

Before that, I’ll recall and share some incidents related to other sources of income for certain government employees.

The first incident dates back to a year just before 2000, as ...

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In the previous writing, one matter related to respect was overlooked.

When standing before a superior, women were required to express their bahumanam (subservience) by uncovering their bosom, as clearly documented in Native Life in Travancore.

A ...

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In the course of writing, some English words came up earlier. I intend to move forward with this writing by incorporating those and another matter.

When translating words, sentences, and ideas from feudal languages to a language with flat word codes ...

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In England, government employees were paid less than those in private institutions.

It is uncertain whether this ratio can be maintained going forward. The reason is that England is increasingly filled with foreign language speakers. This writing does ...

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2. In the land of the demon

3. The devious ideology of regional language

4. The social benefits of bribe money

5. Dearness a llowance and other matters

6. A monthly salary sufficient to live

7. Social reform through foolish tales

8. On economic ...

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Let’s address the foolish delusion from the previous piece about beating a doctor to spark social reform.

In the 1990s, an incident in Calicut Medical College saw a doctor paraded through the streets with a garland of slippers in the name of social ...

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During an inspection tour to Palghat, Mrs. CPS took me along in the car. We stayed at the home of a woman who had retired as a Sub-Registrar, someone Mrs. CPS knew from her own days as a Sub-Registrar in a nearby office. This woman was much older than ...

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I first want to discuss how individuals react to words.

In Trivandrum, I heard that Mukkuva women were highly reactive back then. At fish markets and elsewhere, they’d respond to men in the same tone, even using abusive language without hesitation. I ...

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The previous piece focused on Travancore, it seems. Things weren’t much different in Malabar. There, too, the hierarchical tone of Malabari language words sharply distinguished those with power from ordinary people.

The only difference in Malabar ...

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During Mrs. CPS’s tenure as Registration IG in Travancore, I have several observations worth noting.

I never met the person next in seniority to Mrs. CPS, but based on hearsay, I understood they had fallen from the English pedestal into the Malayalam ...

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In the early 1990s, while I was studying for my Pre-degree, I witnessed something worth mentioning. Back then, securing admission to MBBS or Engineering right after Pre-degree was considered the pinnacle of success, widely acknowledged by all ...

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It seems that CPS gained a new understanding of Travancore’s government procedures while in Alleppey.

She arranged for cleaning the office premises and overgrown compound, as well as constructing some facilities in the client area. In Travancore, such ...

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When discussing the reasons behind the collapse of the strike, a couple of points need to be addressed.

Firstly, for many government officials, the bigger issue than not receiving their salary was likely the loss of income known by the euphemism ...

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When Mrs. CPS first took charge of a Sub-Registrar office in Travancore, it was in Alleppey. From my conversations with CPS, I understood that it was in Alleppey that she realised government systems in Travancore were entirely different and utterly ...

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The image above is of the first page of the Indian Registration Act of 1871 and the related Registration Manual.

This Act is one of the many written legal frameworks that the English administration meticulously established in a subcontinent previously ...

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When I asked CPS, upon her retirement as Inspector General of Registration in 1982, about her basic monthly salary, she replied that she could not recall.

I mentioned, based on my faint recollection, that the basic pay for an IG of Registration was ...

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With the capital of the newly formed state, created by merging Malabar with Travancore, established far south in Trivandrum, it seemed that Malabar had largely become subservient to Travancore.

I understand that for the economically advanced ...

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At this juncture, as my writing has reached this point, I think it fitting to mention a few additional matters pertinent to this context before proceeding further. The reason being, it seems unlikely that a more suitable occasion to address these will ...

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Before continuing, let’s address a couple of points missed in the flow of this series.

First, the character of police constables. In Travancore, police authority likely rested with Nairs. Though the lowest-ranking officers, they lived far above the ...

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The English East India Company initially established three distinct Presidency regions in South Asia. Early on, administrative confusion and conflicts between British laws and local customary practices were common.

For instance, the execution of an ...

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The irregularity in continuing this series stems from time constraints, causing a disruption in its flow. Additionally, the ongoing turmoil in Palestine often diverts my attention.

The Palestine issue has lingered in my mind since the 1970s. Back then ...

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Let’s briefly discuss the police systems in Kerala and modern India.

While many evils can be attributed to the police, the core issue lies in feudal local languages. Eliminating these flawed languages could resolve many of India’s systemic problems ...

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In pre-modern South Asia, the concept of “human” as understood today didn’t exist in social consciousness, perspectives, or communication. In Travancore, “people” likely referred only to upper castes.

For Namboodiris, many under their sway weren’t ...

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British-India was a nation that evolved gradually, formed by numerous small kingdoms united through various treaties. Each had its own social order enforcement systems, typically aligned with caste-based hierarchies.

The English East India Company ...

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Before diving into Travancore’s police system, a key point: many believe India’s current bureaucratic practices, conduct, and hierarchies stem from pre-1947 British-India. This is inaccurate. I’ll explore this deeper later.

About 20 years ago, a sales ...

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The English East India Company officials failed to truly understand South Asia’s people. They saw all human-like figures as humans, living across a spectrum of civilization and primitiveness. In South Asia, however, the prevailing belief was that those ...

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The Mal Arayans lived in Travancore’s hilly regions, possibly migrants from elsewhere. Their sacred space was the Sabarimala temple atop the hills, with Ayyappan as their divine figure, believed to be as powerful as or equal to Hindu deities.

Mal ...

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The 1880s portrayal of Travancore’s official and police systems in Native Life in Travancore mirrors Kerala’s systems today, though it specifically describes Travancore.

A key point: Travancore was not part of British-India but a kingdom under its ...

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In the 1880s, Travancore had roughly 24 lakh people.

Of these, Brahmins and self-claimed Kshatriyas totaled 39,887 (Brahmins: 38,434; Kshatriyas: 2,453).

Ambalavasis and others numbered a few tens of thousands.

Malayali Shudras, or Nairs, were 4,40 ...

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While discussing Travancore, the social conditions there likely mirrored those in most South Asian kingdoms.

Rev. Samuel Mateer, commenting on the architectural marvels English officials admired in British-India and nearby kingdoms, writes:

When ...

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Continuing with Travancore, I cite observations from Rev. Samuel Mateer’s Native Life in Travancore:

The heads of the respective castes also paid an annual sum for their dignity.

This means caste leaders, who kept their own people suppressed ...

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Many intellectuals in Kerala today, and those believed to have shaped social consciousness since 1947, claim knowledge of struggles against English rule, the activities of communist movements in Kerala, and more.

Through media and textbooks, trivial ...

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When Travancore came into close contact with neighbouring British-India, it gradually adopted the administrative systems being established there.

In essence, Travancore copied these systems.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India Vol. XXIV describes ...

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Some fools or disruptive elements in British-Malabar may have attempted to link Malabar with Travancore, spreading Travancore’s language and culture to Malabar.

They likely pointed to linguistic similarities and shared Hindu traditions to justify this ...

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When Malabar was annexed to Travancore in 1956, making fools of Malabar’s people, it seems neither ordinary individuals nor political leaders had much clarity about what was to come.

What was Malabar about to lose?

Many may have listed similarities ...

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The intention was to write about the competitive exams for government jobs. However, the path to that writing has stretched long.

First, I’ll briefly address how, in Malabar, the word Ningal (stature-neutral you) became offensive when used with ...

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Many people compete fiercely to secure government jobs. Consequently, such jobs are often described by many as a sort of unattainable prize.

In this context, an observation is that in British-Malabar, Madras-Malabar, and even in Kerala-Malabar until ...

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In the previous writing, I mentioned the futility of studying BA and MA in Malayalam.

For instance, Political Science teaches many Western philosophical ideas. Most of these philosophies may border on absurdity.

This is because they theorize social ...

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I’m now moving to the point I intended to discuss in the previous writing.

It’s about the appointment of officials through a public examination conducted by a Public Service Commission.

It seems that in British-India, the Indian Civil Service ...

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Scattered thoughts continue to swirl in my mind.

One of the many things being pushed into public education today is the notion that ancient India possessed profound knowledge and wisdom.

First, it must be said that before the advent of British-India ...

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Ordinarily, an IPS officer would not be demoted to a police constable overnight.

However, in a feudal language society, private individuals can be shifted to different levels across various platforms. In other words, a person respected as highest him ...

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