WHAT INDIA SHOULD LEARN FROM THE EUROPE'S SECESSION MOVEMENTS ?

WHAT INDIA SHOULD LEARN FROM THE ONGOING EUROPEAN CRISIS ? : IDLE MIND IS DEVIL'S WORKSHOP ( By S.Ramamoorthy)

Sir Winston Churchil once said that India will be split into pieces..But Irony is that it is UK which is splitting....In contrast, India with so much diversity ( 7 religions, > 1000 languages and 1.2 Billion Population) still remain as Single Country  boasting as World's Largest Democracy ( unprecedented in the world) without any major secessionist movements.

What is the status of UK & Europe which once upon a time ruled  almost the entire Globe?

                                             
                                                     ( Catalonia Independence Protest)

Scotland (part of UK) is set to hold referendum on 18.Sep.2014 to become independent Nation. Without Scotland, GDP of UK will be less than India. In Last Week, 1.8 Million people of Catalonia ( part of Spain) have protested in streets demanding Independence from Spain. Venice wants freedom from Italy and Some part of Poland also demand separate country. Even Survival of so called Euro Zone ( Economic Union of 18 Countries with 3.5 Crore Population and GDP of 9.5 Trillion USD ) is Big Question Mark after 2012 European Debt Crisis.

We all know about 2012 Arab Spring ( Demonstration and Protest of common people which thrown away the rulers) of Egypt, Libiya, Yemen & Tunisia.

WHAT INDIA SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS SUDDEN SURGE IN SECESSION MOVEMENTS IN THE WORLD? WILL IT HAPPEN IN INDIA ALSO ONE DAY? HOW TO PREVENT IT?

UNITY OF INDIA:

As  said by Mr.Cho Ramaswamy, three things which hold India together as one country with these kind of diversity are 1. Hinduism ( 80 % of people united by this irrespective of language and region)  2. Constitution ( IPC 124 - A which bans sedition) and 3. Congress Party ( due to its Pan India Presence).  All these Eurpoean Crisis, Arab Spring and Fall of Soviet Union teach us one thing that " Economic Policy" of a country also plays a vital role in the unity of the country. HOW?

THERE MAY BE SEVERAL REASON FOR THESE SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT. BUT HISTORY TELLS US THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE REASON FOR ITS SUDDEN SPIKE. THAT IS ECONOMIC RECESSION.

Unemployment rate in Spain, UK, Italy & Poland are 25.1%, 6.5 %, 12.3 % and 9.5 % respectively compared to 3.5 % of India and their GDP Growth rates are 0.6%,0.8%, - 0.20% and 0.6 % respectively compared to India's 5 %). In fact, Euro zone is inching towards Deflation which is much more dangerous than Inflation.

SO IT IS CLEAR THAT SPIKE IN SECESSIONIST MOVEMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE COUNTRY. EVEN QUELLING OF INDIA'S KHALISTAN MOVEMENT AND NAXALISM IN ANDHRA (BY THEN CHIEF MINISTER YSR REDDY) ARE MUCH ATTRIBUTED TO THE ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT NOT BECAUSE OF MILITARY.

BUT HOW?

ECONOMIC SLAVERY: WHY IDLE MIND IS DEVIL'S WORKSHOP:

Most Dangerous weapon in the world is not Nuclear Bomb. It is Human Mind. It is essential for any government to make sure that its own people are always running after money. When people are running after money to pay their Home Loan, Auto Loan & Personal Loan etc, they have no time to concentrate on other matters resulting in peace and Unity of Nation. All Government needs to do is that to create economic atmosphere in the country which will convert people into economic slaves.

There are two kind of economic system in the world ( Capitalism and communism). Both system agree that wealth creation is nothing but increasing the total production (GDP) of a country. But it differs only in the owning of means of production. ( Capitalism allows privatization which communism bans)

We have witnessed the fall of communism in Russia & China. Only "Free Market Capitalism" can create prosperity as it did in the Europe, Japan, USA & China. But problem with Free Market Capitalism is that it is not a complete economic system. It operates on two basic Human Behavior. (Greed and Fear). Economic Boom ( Greed of the people)  & Recession ( Fear of the people) are inevitable in the Free Market Capitalism.  But, Advantage of Free Market Capitalism is that its flexibility and capability to evolve.( For information, Globalization is the latest evolution of Free Market Capitalism).

Hence, India should follow the well proven "Free Market Capitalism" to lift its people from poverty and to prevent the Social Unrest. Only "Free Market Capitalism" can create the prosperity and generate employment in the economy which will always keep the mind of the people under the drug called Money preventing them to think in the unnecessary things.

If India fails to create sufficient employment for its youth, social unrest is imminent like what happened during Anna Hazare Movement which was compared with Arab Springs. ISI has been trying to divide India through Terrorism and Hindu Musilm Riots. But it keeps failing to do since it lacks major support.

But, it seems that ISI is now funding so called NGOs to block the Major Development Projects in the country in the name of Environment Protection. Why? It dreams to create the social unrest by creating economic recession. Social unrest created though the Economic Recession has the potential to divide India like what is happening in Europe.


ONE OF THE EASIEST WAY TO QUELL ALL SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT AND TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPEN IN FUTURE IS TO CONVERT PEOPLE INTO ECONOMIC SLAVES WHERE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS RUN AFTER MONEY, NEVER GET SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY EARN ( GREEDY NATURE OF PEOPLE WHICH IS IN FACT GOOD FOR ECONOMY SINCE IT INDUCES PEOPLE TO BUY THING RESULTING IN INCREASING THE AGGREGATE DEMAND OF THE ECONOMY) AND HAVE NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT OTHER THING.

When People gives importance only to the money, it will automatically eradicate the social ills called  Cast System, Communal Violence, Poverty & untouchability but it also comes with side effects like Cultural & Environment Degradation. But, even cancer Treatments have side effects like Hair Loss etc.,

SOME TIMES SIDE EFFECTS ARE BEARABLE IN FRONT OF LIFE THREATENING DISEASES (IN THIS CASE SECESSION MOVEMENTS).

WHY " MAKE IN INDIA" IS "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" MR. MODI?

WHY " MAKE IN INDIA" IS "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" MR. MODI? ( By Sanjeevi Ramamoorthy)

In his first Independent Day Speech to the Nation, prime minister Modi has openly invited  world to "Make in India". But Why "Make in India" wont happen unless Mr.Modi does the following Reforms?

INDIA'S ECONOMY AT A GLANCE:

India's GDP is $ 1.87 trillion USD ( 10th Largest in the World). Contribution of Agriculture, Manufacturing & Services to the GDP are 14 %, 21% & 65 % respectively.

It is clear that Indian Economy is totally dependent on Services like Software, Banking,Hotels, Trade ( 65 % contribution to GDP) for its survival. But irony is that it employs only 20 % of People whereas  Agriculture ( Just 14 % of GDP) contributes to 60 % of Employment. ( It means that 60 % of Indian People are sharing 14 % Income where as remaining 40 % of people are sharing 86 % income of our country. Real Cause for Social Inequality).

11 Million people are joining Indian Labor Force every year. It means that India should create 11 Million New Jobs every year just to keep unemployment rate at the same Level. But fact is that India has only added 7.5 Million Jobs  between the year 2004 -2012 ( UPA Legacy).

OOPS..!!!!!!...... SOME THING IS GOING WRONG. WHAT IS THAT? 3RD FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY IN THE WORLD IS NOT ABLE TO CREATE ENOUGH JOB. WHO IS THE CULPRIT?

Culprit is the Manufacturing Industry. Countries like China, Japan, Germany & East Asian Economies grew only because of manufacturing not because of Agriculture & services. Only Manufacturing Industries can create Maximum & Sustainable No of Jobs required to eradicate the Poverty. As long as India depends on Services Industry and Agriculture for Jobs, it will remain as Third World Country and cant dream of becoming Super Power. MODI KNOWS THIS VERY WELL. This is the reason behind his open invitation to world to set shop in India and to Manufacture ( MAKE IN INDIA).

BUT WHAT STOPS INDIA FROM BECOMING MANUFACTURING HUB FOR THE WORLD LIKE CHINA DESPITE HAVING CHEAP LABORS AND DEMOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE ( Age of 65 % OF POPULATION IS < 35) ? AND WHY WORLD IS NOT READY TO COME TO INDIA?


1. INDIA'S DRACONIAN LABOR LAWS:

 Forget MNCs. Even Indian Companies are not ready to open Manufacturing Plant in India due to it's century old Labors Laws and Land Acquisition problem.Even Existing Companies also want to remain as small as possible rather than to expand resulting in importing even Toys from china which depreciate our currency.

Another interesting Statics is that only 10 % of Indian Labors ( out of  435 Millions) are working in Organised Sector. Rest 90 % of employment is in unorganized Sector. WHY? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH OUR LABOR LAWS?

HIRE AND FIRE POLICY

In ever changing, unpredictable & Seasonal   market scenario, companies need Hire & Fire Freedom inorder to remain lean and competitive. But, Industry Disputes Act (1947) disallows companies having more than 100 employees to fire any employee without state government consent.

Result: It gives indirect incentive for companies to remain small ( less than 100 employees) and they never want to expand inorder to escape from this law. (Only 9 Lakhs companies out of 83 Million Companies ( Total Registered Companies in India) are enterprises. Rest are very small)

UNLESS MODI REFORMS THIS LAW, MNCs WILL BE RELUCTANT TO COME TO INDIA AND EVEN EXISTING INDIAN COMPANIES ALSO WONT EXPAND. INDIA WILL CONTINUE TO IMPORT EVEN SMALL TOYS FROM CHINA INSTEAD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME IN INDIA WHICH WILL GENERATE EMPLOYMENT HERE.

TRADE UNION ACT:

According to Trade Union ( Amendment ) Act 2001 of India, just 10 % of employees are enough to legally register a Trade Union. It means that companies having 100 employees can have 10 different Trade Unions resulting in Chaos.

There are some other Laws Like Contract Labors Act, Apprentice Act, Indian Factory act which make it almost impossible for Manufacturing companies to oblige all laws and still remain competitive.

THESE LAWS ONLY PROTECTS 10 % OF INDIAN LABOR FORCE STALLING THE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION FOR OTHERS.

2. LAND ACQUISITION ACT:

Last Year, UPA II passed the foolish Act called Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition ( Major folly of UPA II to get Farmers Vote).

Major absurd points of this acts are as follows

1. Companies should compensate the  Land Owners the 4 times the Market Price incase of rural land and 2 times the Market Price in case of Urban Land.

2. In addition to the compensation, companies should provide alternate House for Seller along with Job / annual payment of Rs 2000 per month for 20 Years ( adjusted to inflation)

3.80 % of Owners approval is need for Land Acquisition.

4. Approval & Clearance from State and Central Agencies for Various Stages of Acquisition( We all know How difficult to get clearance from these agencies even after paying Bribe).

The above law is totally absurd and  will increase project cost multiple times in addition to the delay.

CONCLUSION:

If modi really wants to make India as Manufacturing Hub of the World and to realize the dream of "Make in India", he should immediately amend the Land & Labors Laws at the earliest with out fearing backlash from Trade Unions and So Called NGOs for the sake of aspiring young generation of India which need jobs and same kind of life style like their counterparts in Western Countries.

"MAKE IN INDIA" WILL BE "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" WITHOUT THE LAND AND LABOR REFORMS.

IMMORTALITY: CAN SCIENCE MAKE US IMMORTAL?:

How Close Are Humans to Immortality?                     (S.Ramamoorthy)

All religions have been preaching that death is the ultimate truth. Is it so? If it is, how one species called "Turritoposis dohrni ( type of Jelly fish)" achieved Immortality? How Close are scientists from achieving Immortality? Can we ( Humans) live forever without death? Let see....

                                                  (BBC Documentary on Immortality)

WHAT IS CALLED AGEING?

Our body is made of trillions number of cells.  50 - 70 billions old cells die every day in our body and these are being replaced by New Cells created through the process called Cell Division. As long as, this process ( cell division ) continues, we will be healthy and live forever.

But problem is that cells can't simply divide forever. One Human body Cell can divide maximum between 50 - 70 times only. This is called Hayflick Limit. Beyond this, cell will cease to divide ( This is called Ageing) and eventually dies.

WHY CELL CANT CONTINUE TO DIVIDE FOREVER?

We know that each Human  Cell has 23 pairs of Chromosome ( Group of DNA, Genes, Proteins). These each chromosome is protected at it's end by something called "Telomere" ( Repetive Nucletoide Sequence) which ensures the exact replication of Chromosome ( necessary to pass the genetic information to new cell) during each Cell Division.

For understanding purpose, we can compare the Telomere with the  plastic Tips on the both end of Shoe Lace ( in this case, Chromosome). Without plastic tips on its end, shoe lace will get frayed and it will not stick together.  Like this, exact replication of chromosome in the cell division is not possible without telomearse at its end.

   

But the problem is that length of the Telomere is being shortened during each Cell Division. After approx 50 - 70 cell division, length of the Telomere will reach the critical level which prevents further cell division( since exact replication of chromosome is not possible)  resulting in the ageing process.

HOW TO INCREASE THE LENGTH OF TELOMERE?

Cancer is nothing but unlimited division of cell. It means that cancer cell has already found the solution to increase the length of Telomere which allows cells to divide forever (IMMORTALITY). Enzyme used by Cancer Cell to increase the Telomere is called Telomearse. Embroyic Stem Cell also uses the same method to achieve the unlimited cell division.

Scientists are now researching how to use this Enzyme called "Telomearse" used by cancer cell & Embroyic stem cell to achieve the unlimited cell division ( IMMORTALITY) in normal cells also.But problem is that these enzyme has the potential to turn normal cell to cancerous cell which is the main constraints for the scientists.

IS THERE ANY SPECIES IN THIS EARTH WHICH LIVE FOREVER?

Yes. Process of Bi logical Evolution has successfully created one species called Turritopsis dohrnii, the immortal jellyfish ( one type of Jelly Fish found in Medeterrian Sea and Japan Sea) which is immortal in nature ( but vulnerable to predation, injury and disease). 

Process used by the above species to achieve immortality is called "Transdifferentiation" which allows jelly fish to go back from adult stage to infant stage again ( Age Reversing ) and infant age to adult stage ( Ageing) endlessly.

2008 Hollywood movie titled " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" starred by Brad Pit was based on this concept only.

OTHER METHODS FOR IMMORTALITY:

A.Calorie Restriction:

Some scientist have found that calorie restriction ( eating Less) is slowing the ageing process and will increase the life span by about 30 % . It has been successfully tested in rats and some humans.

Problem with this method is that It may increase the lifespan but wont achieve immortality.

B.Anti Oxidant:

There is another one theory called "Free Radical Theory of Ageing" which tells that real cause of ageing is " Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)" ( ROS is nothing but highly reactive radical atom / molecule which has unpaired electron in its orbit ) created in our cell during the process of oxidation. These ROS will further create chain reaction which will cause irreparable damage to the DNA and proteins eventually killing cell.

Solution is to take Anti Oxidants ( Vitamin A. E ,C) in our food which will control this ROS and in turn will slow ageing process.

CONCLUSION:

Modern science is just decades away from achieving Immortality. But Big Question is that whether Immortality will be Boon or Curse?

 

EXTINCTION OF DINOSAURS: HOW IT HELPED HUMAN EVOLUTION?

EXTINCTION OF DINOSAURS: HOW IT HELPED HUMAN EVOLUTION? 
( By s.Ramamoorthy)

Our Mother earth is surrounded by danger . Any small asteroid of dia 10 Km from the "Asteroid Belt" of solar System ( between Mars and Jupiter) is more than enough to wipe out the 90 % of living organism on the earth. Any "Supernova" Explosion of near by stars ( 100 Billion Stars in our milky way galaxy) within 10 Lakhs Light years distance will kill almost entire life on earth.

Fact is that these kind of "Mass Extinction events" are not new to us. Our earth had already faced 5 Nos of such Mass Extinction event in last 60 Million Years. Still Life survive. Extinction of one set of species have always paved the way for evolution of a new set of species with different characteristics. Life bounced back strongly after each and every "Mass Extinction"

Here, we are going to see one of such "Mass Extinction event" called " Cretacous - Paleogene Event ( K-Pg event)" occurred before 660 Million years ago which wiped out 76 % of life on earth including all non avian Dinosaurs which ruled the land for almost 140 Million Years.

                                             (Documentary on K-Pg Mass Extinction)

CRETACOUS - PALOGENE EVENT ( K-Pg Mass extinction ):

Dinasours ( belongs to  "Reptiles" Group of Animal Kingdom ) which evloved around 200 millions years ago had ruled the entire land for almost 140 million years without any major competitors. In contrast. "Mammals" ( Group of animals having Mammary Glands, Hair,Warm Blooded) ancestors of primates and Humans had also lived along with Dinosaures at the same time but in very small size like rats ( < 10 Kgs).

Mammals ( our ancestors) were not able to compete with giant sized dinoasures ( weighed 140 Tonnes) for food & Land which forced them to remain in very small size  like rats weighing < 10 Kgs.

Luckily, an Asteriod called "Chicxulub" ( just 10 KM Dia) had struck the Yucatain Pennisula of Mexico before 660 Million Years ago with 100 Megaton Force which created 180 KM dia Crater.

This sudden impact created Mega tsunamis, Volcanic Eruption, Massive Earth Quakes throughout the globe killing 50 % of life on earth instantly. Dust Cloud raised due to this impact covered the sun for many decades resulting in 20 % reduction of sunlight to the earth and  caused the Acid Rains throughout the globe. This stalled the photosynthesis for decades which killed Herbiovers ( plant eating animals) and Carnivores ( Meat eating animals). At the end of this mass extinction event, 76 % of all life on earth were completely wiped out.

In nut shell, animals which weighed more than 10 Kgs during that time became extinct.

BUT,HERE COMES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MAMMALS.

Mammals ( our ancestors), so far remained in very small size ( less than 10 Kg) due to the competition from Giant Dinoasure ( 140 Tonnes) for Food & Land smelled this opportunity for New Lease of life.

It's small size ( < 10 Kg) favored it in this catastrophic event since it required less food for survival. This omnivores ( eating both plant & Meat ) survived this "Mass Extinction" by eating the death plants & animals ( Scavengers).

After few million years from the "Asteriod Impact", dust cloud ( which covered the sun ) slowly vanished and eco system became back to normal.

Plants started photosynthesis once again and occupied the land as usual. Mammals so far lived as very small species & as scavengers used this new opportunity thrown by this dinoasure free world where food were available in plenty without many competitors. It responded by diverging into many different species ( Whales, Horses, Primates ( ancestor for apes and humans), Herbivores & Carnivores ) in few million years and grew into giants like "mammoth"of 14 Tonnes.

These Primates ( ancestor of apes and modern Humans) which evolved in this post Dinoasur world further diverged into Apes roughly around 30 Million Years Ago. Eventually, Modern Humans had evolved around 2.5 Lakhs Years ago in " Great North Rift Valley"  of Africa from these apes.

SO ALL CREDIT OF HUMAN EVOLUTION GOES TO THIS "CHICXULUB" ASTEROID.