Morning walk

 

Amongst all exercises brisk walking has been found to be the best .

It has plenty of benifits with less harm .

An hour walk at least five days a week not only helps in minimal weight reduction ,a boost to all bodily systems .

It gently stimulates your heart but never stresses it by hyperactive Gym manouveures .

Of course if done professionaly cardio in Gym gives better results and ideal for youngsters and middle age .

But lot of recent stories of sudden death in those straining in Gyms like Kannada film star Puneeth tells us serious studies are needed to find out this .

Diet fads too taken too far @ to me arent very good .

Long time fasting or very strict diets at times is inimical to our body .

Its better to have a bit of lard or a tiny paunch than a six pack glistening body at the cost of a sudden collapse .

Iam no professional in this field so please dont take my views as advise .

This is just take of a senior citizen on the other side of obese border who loves his walk for it also gives him time to think and enjoy music or his languid swims but without much visible differences in his physical structure

But never overdo things 

Even charity or spirituality

Adigamaanal Amirthavum Visham 

Says a famous Tamil saying even Amirtha is a poison if in excess .

So live your life balanced ,laugh a lot and try to make others laugh even if at your expense,

The world has enough to make you laugh ,all you need to is watch those conceited constipated men and women preaching commandments and edicts they believe in .

Or watch those scheming plotting looting puny politicians living a life of falsehood die one day like unremembered flies in a cesspool .

Enjoy life as one never knows tomorrow .

Reduce the gripe ,but talk bravely on injustice unfairness and abuse by anyone .

If at all you just have just one life to lose .

We will have other lives too and karma balam will do rest .

I dont have a long runway of plans to take off 

I do like a rocket straight up if something inspires me 

of course learn to fall like a cat if you can

 I fall with a thud but .

Good day .

Chinese Hegemony

Chinese designs

China as a nation has designs far dangerous than any .

The Chinese ambition and hegemony is more toxic than the Corona Virus it inflicted  by accident or design .

The Belt and road initiative of the Chinese is a long term strategy for its global domination .

India seems to be the most affected by it .

The Chinese know thier strategic limitations in their geographical reach .

They are far from the warm oceans that 

 matter and hence its  imperative for them to build bonds between countries that have acess to them 

Pakistan is its ally .

It had always had sponsors for its muscle show to India ,earlier the US which provided it with military toys it hardly knew how to use .

And now when US realised late in the day on feeding snakes and ignored Pakistan it  got China as a chum .

Now China is a more dangerous partner to Pakistan as far as India is concerned .

Chinas policy is to sponsor take over and dictate 

It has no qualms or guilt on moral turpitudes .

Ideal for a Pakistan as its generals too think in such lines  .

So Pakistan has been in Chinas pocket for long and allied to combined enimity to India and are going strong .

But its Nepal Maldives,Bangladesh,SriLanka,and even Bhutan that should start worrying us a Chinas stronghold against India seems to be tighter .

Nepal by tradition specially during monarchy times has been Indias great friend having shared many similarities but past few years with left politics usurping the kings ,Chinese influence is getting more .

The recent decision to compulsorily introduce mandarin in all schools which is Greek amd Latin to Nepalse who talk hindi think Indian .

Chinese money seems to be building roads hospitsls bridges schools in all these countries slowly makes them slip under its suzeranity

The recent arrogance of the  Nepalese trying to pass off biased maps incursing into Indian territory is open defiance ,which it would not have dared to do if it did not have the Chinese bull dog giving support .

When we went to Sri Lanka and Nepal we did find roads border areas built by Chinese .

Bangla desh got liberated thanks to India but all it did was to create a revengeful Pakistan declaring a 1000 year war on Kashmir .

It also exports thousands of aliens who pollute our nation .

IPKF in Sri Lanka cost us one prime minister and persisting irritability of Sri lankans as they considerer India interfering nation 

Bhutan is at present quiet but may lean to China which is geographically closer to it than India .

Afghangistan dilly dallies with indian presence and help but one wonders which side they will move 

So India is isolated with intimidating neighbours .

For one it can reduce or stop all aid to these countries and use it for say HEALTH for our people

Pic of me in Nepal China border in Tibet .

Covid Crisis

Corona crisis a lookback 

While we all continue with our changed life as best as we can the Corona virus is proving to be the biggest game changer for mankind this century .

The two World wars too look relatively less global in its reach than the Pandemic .

Strangely animals are spared .

The Goverments of the world shuffle along , some better than other, but like blind men on a precipice .

Economic debacles with pandemic scare is a double whammy needing rope walking of the highest order .

In India as usual political divides make states not acting in coordination with the center .

States like Kerala which had come out in flying colours thanks to the good leadership of its Health minister and team and cooperation from its people , is now in a muddle with its politicsl decisions and  an abrasive relationship with the center .

The stand off and egos of both has created total confusion in the mass movements of keralites from abroad and from parts of india with no coordination .

The NRI invite itself was a political exercise by the states supremo to impress on sections that he was the greatest saviour of global malayalees .

The state is ill equipped to handle the exodus and its boasted plans of quarantine has  tumbled down .

With SSLC  exams and possible opening of schools ,the relaxation of lockdowns, interstate migration , has all put kerala in trouble .

 Community spread a reality .

The poverty stricken state sqaunderd money giving unnesscary rations to all , most of whom who never needed it .

Attempts  to loot temples openly to make money and the usual blame game on the  center acting as if Kerala is a country not a state will definitely affect it .

Mamata Banerjee is one sad example today reeling in another natural disaster and devastation and total chaos with all her arrogance leaving her as she clearly needs help to grapple with her problems .

With Floods 3 in the anvil it wont take much for Kerala to follow this example ,as its superman builds animosity within and outside .

I hope it doesnt happen so.

The center too seems to have faltered in migration issue which is a humanitarian one .

In initial stages ,center should have been firm with  states to provide succour to migrants till say september and shared in expenses .

This would have avoided the cross country panic and distress of many .

As usual the SC wakes up in a start to mess more with trigger orders .

States like Gujarat ,Maharastra ,and Tamilnadu should have been taken over by the army as an emergency by now , as the state Goverments are clearly not able to manage the crisis and are overhelmed by it .

With the economic devastation staring at us looking much greater than we thought it would take years before we are back on our foot 

 All the sloganeering like vocal about local will remain jingoistic .

Dear indians brace yourself for a period we had never seen in our lives or even heard off .

China has not only jumped back ,it seems to be taking a snook at a world blaming it and punching india as a trial to show it means business .

To deal with that rogue nation with Pakistan never stopping to prick us  we aldo  have neighbours like Nepal,

Sri lanka ,Bangla desh all showing thier backs to India under Chinese pressure .

So the bag of woes to a beleagured Modi is full and the few years ahead will be a steep hill to climb .

Menwhile the pandemic itself keeps cheating us to false sense of security ,while it hides in glowing embers ,its solutions look more distant with vaccination disappointments and costly herd immunity a bad option .

Sorry for sounding pessimistic.

To me reality is better faced when visualised in its worst face , so any small gains are an encouragement , and any disappointment more acceptable .

This is definitely not advocated by many , who advise to look at things positively .

Whatever it is, we are in sad times and we better get used to it, as its becoming a reality .

Cochin Metro

The extension of Cochin metro to Thycoodam later to Thripunithura will make a big difference in a city thats burdened with poor roads busy traffic and inadeqaute bus services and sorry driving .

All big crowded busy cities in the world have metros as main transportation like  New york Istanbul,Rome,Japan,Singapore,Hong kong etc .

They are efficient quick sleek and user friendly .

The connecting of south and north Railway stations to the most important transport hub of Vytila with a promise of water metro is the best thing that could have  happened to the city .

Now the planners need some imagination .

The KSRTC stand in Ekm should be  dismantled and Vytilla be the main terminal as it can be connected to all parts by metro  .

Cochin west Vypeen and many other parts can be connected by water metros .

Vytilla terminal needs to be a multistoreyed vast complex with metro.bus.boat .taxis.auto all in three floors
Multiparking in basement nearby
Malls entertainement hubs hotels markets corporate offices should be incorporated in this sprawling say 15 storey multi complex .

The KSRTC stand in city center should be turned into a huge park with refurbished stadium and a green lung for city .

All places with water acess like Ernakulam market ,marine drive  ,Nettoor,Thevara,wellingdon island,fort cochin ,mattancherry ,edacochin ,kumbalangi should be part of fast water metro connectivity .

Last mile connectivity by E Autos ,Bicycles under apps ,and small shuttle vehicles are needed .

The Cochin Airport definitely needs to be connected by water and land  metro  but airport city fare can be bit more costlier as in many cities .

The unified metro cards should be made available everywhere and topping it should be easy by apps .

Senior citizens and handicapped should get concessions .

People using metros need etiquette training to alight by waiting on sides of doors for people getting down instead of pushing in like bulls .
All transport should be kept clean .

With some effort we can create a modern Cochin .