Objectives. The State of Kerala in southwestern India shows the highest gender development index in the country. Despite having the highest literacy rate and educational achievements of women, the suicide rate among females is very high, and domestic violence committed against women is increasing every year in Kerala. This article attempts to analyze the demographic, social, and cultural change...

The Northern Sea Route-a shipping highway running along the northern coast of Russia on the seas of the Arctic Ocean, linking the European and Far East ports, as well as the mouth of the navigable Siberian rivers into a single transport system. Otherwise, the main Russian naval communications in the Arctic. Particularly important are strategic factors related to geopolitical and transnational m...

Purpose Access to opioids for pain control is recognized as an urgent issue in low- and middle-income countries. Here we report temporal and regional trends in morphine use in Kerala, India. Methods Oral morphine use data for the State of Kerala (2012 to 2015) was used to describe temporal trends, regional variation, and provider characteristics. Total morphine use was calculated for each distr...

The Portuguese were the first colonists to arrive in Kerala 1498 and they surprised find a well thriving Christian community Malabar Coast. being Catholics under Pope tried every possible means Latinize Syrian Christians. This did by forcefully converting Christians Catholics. They introduced Catholic rituals, altered churches, elements churches. led formation of hybrid architecture for churche...

On May 18, 2001 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) proclaimed kutiyattam, the Sanskrit theatre of India, one of nineteen "Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity." This was the first time in history that this art has received a prestigious international recognition (see www.unesco.org/bpi/intangible_heritage/india.htm). To celebrate this m...

This study attempted to differentiate suicide attempters from completers based on their psycho-socio-demographic profile. Suicide attempters admitted to Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode during the period of 1st January to 31st December 2001 were evaluated using a specially designed proforma and for the same period, data of completers were collected using retrospective chart review. The parametr...