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Concept Of God A cocktail of God, Russell, Marriage & Morals make a wonderful intoxicant for a weekend. Today, I was feeling lazy in the morning and I had not attempted to complete writing my daily quota of 200 words. I read this message at the right time. Shri Raman Menon, then a Tutor (Mathematics)who was transferred from our college (Govt College, Madappalli) to nearby Brennen College, Tellicherry had come back to say bye to his friends. He was asked to address the students in the evening. He was a good orator. The one hour talk he devoted to telling the story of Macbeth and for introducing Bertrend Russell to the audience. He mentioned about Russell's book "Conquest Of Happiness" which I later borrowed from the Kerala University Library. That book helped me to get introduced to Russell and I read some more books authored by Bertrand Russell. I found all of them interesting. Coming back to the concept of God, my experience is that the concept which is planted as...

Sunder Pitchai Pichai began his career as a materials engineer. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004, where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's client software products, including Google Chrome and ChromeOS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. In addition, he went on to oversee the development of other applications such as Gmail and Google Maps. As of February 2026, his net worth is estimated at US$1.6 billion Sunder Pitchai belongs to my children's generation. I wish, my grandchildren's generation learns from Pitchai the art of being firm on feet 🐾 while gazing at stars ⭐⭐✨ M G Warrier

Welcome To Warrier's Friends' COLLAGE, February, 2026 Part I A Editorial Warrier's Friends' Collage As some of you may be aware, Warrier's Collage was a daily message from me to my contacts during the pandemic circa 2019-21. The target age group was 18 to 90's (Yes, we had 5 or 6 recipients who were waiting for Collage in the mornings, one of them, who was in US, delaying his dinner by half an hour to one hour on days Collage was late to arrive). My collection of information and sharing with others had a humble beginning during the late 1980's. After passing 12th from KC College, my son got admission in an Engineering College in interior Maharashtra where his stay was in the College Hostel. To keep in touch I started writing weekly letters which I called "My Page" and in addition to usual letter, I started writing something about current affairs, history or whatever came to my mind and sometimes annexed some relevant clippings from newspa...

Sampath Board Of Friendship I loved reading the piece "Allegedly, The Board of Friendship is here" by G Sampath in today's (February 8, 2026) The Hindu Magazine. I loved and hated "Sampath" since childhood (1940's) and much later I started loving to read G Sampath, author of the article I'm reading now. A Google search just now informed me why I am in love with G Sampath : "G. Sampath is the author of How to Make Enemies and Offend People, and the editor of The Pleasure Principle, an anthology of erotic stories. He lives in Delhi. Explore a thoughtfully curated collection of books that invite reflection, spark curiosity, and offer something meaningful for every kind of reader." Fair enough. Always consult Google when you are i doubt about what you thought. Jokes aside, G Sampath has done some serious research to improve the fate of the poor in India and failed, leaving it to the governments of the day to decide what is poverty and how to era...

The article "Address mental health issues early" by Sadaf Choudhary and Prasu Jain published in The Hindu Business Line today (February 4, 2026) is likely to be ignored by many because it is authored by two bureaucrats. Let's for once, go by the content. The issue raised concerns all of us. The article highlights that the Economic Survey just released has drawn attention to rising concerns related to digital addiction, loneliness and mental health and goes on to place on record that the Budget now before the Parliament explicitly reaffirmed the commitment to mental health and trauma care while announcing the setting up of a new national mental health institute on the lines of NIMHANS, along with the upgradation of existing centres at Ranchi and Tezpur. The concluding paragraph "Finally, it is our collective responsibility as a society to pay attention - to take "code reds"* seriously." is a message for all of us. *"code reds" briefly refer t...