കേരളത്തിൽ ഇടതുപക്ഷത്തിനു തുടർഭരണം എന്തുകൊണ്ട് കിട്ടി?

പിണറായി വിജയൻറെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ ഉള്ള രണ്ടാം മന്ത്രിസഭ അധികാരമേറ്റു. മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിയെ തീരുമാനിക്കുന്നതിനോ ബാക്കി 20 മന്ത്രിമാരെ തീരുമാനിക്കുന്നതിനോ ആ മുന്നണിയിൽ ഒരു അപസ്വരവും നമ്മൾ കേട്ടില്ല. മറിച്ചു തോറ്റമ്പിയ കോൺഗ്രസ്സും യു ഡി ഫും പതിവുപോലെ അവരുടെ വിഴിപ്പുകൾ ജനമധ്യത്തിൽ അലക്കുന്നത് നാം എല്ലാം കണ്ടതാണ്. പക്ഷെ അവരെ അങ്ങനെ തീർത്തും കുറ്റം പറയാൻ പറ്റില്ല.

കാരണം രാഷ്രീയത്തിൽ അധികാരം ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ നാം ആരും അല്ലാതെ ആകും. രമേശ് ചെന്നിത്തലയെ സംബധിച്ചിടത്തോളം ഒരു മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിപദം ആഗ്രഹിച്ചതിൽ തെറ്റില്ല. വിശേഷിച്ചും കേരളത്തിന്റെ രാഷ്രീയ ചരിത്രം എന്ന് പറയുന്നത് അഞ്ചുവർഷം കൂടുമ്പോൾ ഉള്ള ഈ അധികാരമാറ്റം തന്നെയാണ്. അത് തന്നെയാണ് ഈ നാടിൻറെ നേട്ടവും കോട്ടവും. എന്നാൽ മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിപദം പോയിട്ട് പ്രതിപക്ഷ നേതാവ് എന്ന പദവി പോലും നഷ്ടപെടുന്ന അവസ്ഥ ഒരു രാഷ്രീയക്കാരാണ് തീരെ സഹിക്കാവുന്നതല്ല. വിശേഷിച്ചും പ്രതിപക്ഷ നേതാവ് എന്ന നിലയിൽ രമേശ് ചെന്നിത്തലയുടെ പ്രകടനം അത്ര മോശമായിരുന്നു എന്ന് പറയാൻ നമുക്ക് കഴിയില്ല. ശബരിമല വിഷയത്തിൽ മാത്രം കൈ നനയാതെയും ഖദർ ചുളിയാതെയും മീൻ പിടിക്കാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞു എന്നതൊഴിച്ചാൽ കഴിഞ്ഞ പിണറായി സർക്കാരിന്റെ പല പല (ആവർത്തിക്കുന്നു....പല പല) അഴിമതികളും കൊള്ളരുതായ്മയ്‌കളും പുറത്തു കൊണ്ടുവന്നതും അതിനെതിരെ ശബ്ദമുയർത്തിയതും ചെന്നിത്തല തന്നെയാണ്.

പക്ഷെ എന്ത് ചെയ്യാം, 'എല്ലാത്തിനും അതിന്റെ ഒരു സമയം ഉണ്ട്' എന്ന പ്രസിദ്ധ സിനിമ ഡയലോഗ് പോലെയായി എല്ലാം. ചെന്നിത്തല ഉന്നയിച്ച ആരോപണങ്ങൾ ഏറ്റുപിടിച്ചു പ്രക്ഷോപങ്ങൾ നടത്താനോ അങ്ങനെ ജനമധ്യത്തിൽ അതിന്റെ ഗൗരവം എത്തിക്കാനോ സാധിച്ചില്ല.

അതിനു മുഖ്യ കാരണം നാട്ടിൽ ആശങ്ക പടർത്തിയ കോവിഡ് രോഗവ്യപനം തന്നെയാണ്. ഇത്രയും അഴിമതിയും സ്വജപക്ഷപാതവും സ്വച്ഛാധിപത്യാപരവും ആയ ഒരു ഭരണത്തിനെതിരെ കുറഞ്ഞത് ഒരു ഹർത്താൽ പോലും നടത്താൻ കഴിയാതിരുന്നത് ഒരു കുറവുതന്നെയാണ്. (ഹർത്താലിന് ഞാൻ എതിരാണ് കേട്ടോ. എന്നാലും തൊട്ടതിനും പിടിച്ചതിനും ഒക്കെ ഹർത്താലുകൾ നടത്തി ആണല്ലോ ഇവിടെ രാഷ്രീയ പാർട്ടികൾ അവരുടെ ശക്തി തെളിയിക്കുന്നതും അങ്ങനെ അതുകണ്ടു 'പൊതുജനം' അവരെ അധികാരത്തിൽ എത്തിക്കുന്നതും)

എന്നാൽ ഉർവശി ശാപം ഉപകാരം ആയി എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞത് പോലെ കൊറോണ എന്ന മഹാമാരി അഴിമതി ആരോപണങ്ങളിൽ മുങ്ങിത്താണു നിന്ന പിണറായി വിജയൻ സർക്കാരിന്റെ ഒരു കച്ചിത്തുരുമ്പായി. കഴിഞ്ഞ വര്ഷം മാർച്ചിൽ തുടങ്ങിയ ആദ്യത്തെ ലോക്ക്ഡൌൺ കൂടി ആയപ്പോൾ ആർക്കും പുറത്തിറങ്ങാൻ കൂടി കഴിയാതായി. എല്ലാ ദിവസവും ഹർത്താൽ പോലെയായപ്പോൾ അതിനുള്ള സ്കോപ്പും പ്രതിപക്ഷത്തിന് നഷ്ടമായി.

അടുത്തതായി അടച്ചുപൂട്ടലിൽ നട്ടംതിരിഞ്ഞ ജനത്തിനെ സഹായിക്കാൻ മാനുഷികപരിഗണ മുൻനിർത്തി തുടങ്ങിയതാണ് ഭക്ഷ്യവസ്തുക്കൾ അടങ്ങിയ കിറ്റ് വിതരണം. ഒരു പക്ഷെ നമ്മൾ ആരും തന്നെ ജീവിതത്തിൽ കാണുകയോ, കേൾക്കുകയോ, അനുഭവിച്ചിട്ടോ ഇല്ലാത്ത ഒരു ജീവിത സാഹചര്യത്തിൽ നമ്മൾ നമുക്കായി തെരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത ഒരു ഭരണകൂടം ന്യായമായും ചെയ്യേണ്ട ഒരു സേവനത്തിനപ്പുറം ഈ കിറ്റ് വിതരണത്തിനോ അവശവിഭാഗങ്ങൾക്ക് കൊടുക്കുന്ന പെന്ഷനോ ഒരു അനാവശ്യമായ ഒരു പബ്ലിസിറ്റി ഹൈപ്പ് കൊടുക്കേണ്ടതായിട്ടില്ല. യു ഡി എഫ് ഭരണത്തിൽ ആയിരുന്നുവെങ്കിലും ഇങ്ങനെയൊക്കെ തന്നെയായിരിക്കും സംഭവിക്കുക. എന്നാൽ ഇവിടെ സംഭവിച്ചതോ ഈ കിറ്റും പെൻഷനും ഇടതു സർക്കാരിന്റെ ഔദാര്യമാണെന്ന തരത്തിലുള്ള ഒരു പ്രതീതീ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുകയും അത് മറ്റാർക്കും ചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയാത്ത എന്തോ ഒരു മഹാസംഭവമാണെന്നും ഉള്ള ഒരു വ്യാപകമായ പ്രചാരണം അഴിച്ചുവിടാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞു എന്നതതാണ് ഈ തിരിച്ചു വരവിനു സഹായിച്ച മുഖ്യ ഘടകം. (മതധ്രുവീകരണം എന്നത് ബീ ജെ പിയെ അകറ്റിനിർത്താൻ ഉപയോഗിച്ച ഒരു ഘടകം മാത്രമായി കണ്ടാൽ മതി.)

പ്രബുദ്ധ കേരളം എന്നൊക്കെ നമ്മൾ ഇടയ്ക്കിടെ പറയുമെങ്കിലും അതെല്ലാം ആലങ്കാരികമായി മാത്രമേ കാണാൻ കഴിയൂ. സാക്ഷരത എന്നതും ഒരു അങ്ങനത്തെ ഒന്നാണ്.. പേരെഴുതി ഉപ്പിടാൻ മാത്രം പഠിച്ചാൽ ആരും സാക്ഷരർ ആകില്ല. അതുകൊണ്ടു തന്നെ നല്ലൊരു വിഭാഗം ജനങ്ങളും രാഷ്രീയക്കാർ കാണിക്കുന്ന അഴിമതിക്കാര്യത്തിലോ അത്‌പോലെയുള്ള മറ്റു വിഷയങ്ങളിലോ ചിന്തിക്കുന്നവരോ അങ്ങനെ ചിന്തിക്കാൻ ഉള്ള വിവേകമോ മനസികവികാസമോ, സാമ്പത്തിക ചുറ്റുപാടോ ഉള്ളവർ അല്ല. എന്ത് പറഞ്ഞും വിശ്വസിപ്പിക്കാൻ എളുപ്പമുള്ള ഇവരാണ് സർക്കാരിന്റെ പിടിവള്ളി. പക്ഷെ ആ പിടിവള്ളി പൊട്ടിക്കാൻ കൊറോണ എന്ന മഹാമാരി തടസ്സമായി എന്നതാണ് യു ഡി എഫ് വീണ്ടും പ്രതിപക്ഷത്തായത്. ചുരുക്കത്തിൽ ഒന്ന് ചീയുമ്പോൾ അത് മറ്റൊന്നിനു വളമാകും എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞത് പോലെ കൊറോണ എന്ന മഹാമാരി ഇടതു സർക്കാരിന്റെ തിരിച്ചു വരവിനു വളമായി. അതാണ് സത്യം. പിന്നെ രമേശ് ചെന്നിത്തല മാറി സതീശൻ പ്രതിപക്ഷ നേതാവായതുകൊണ്ടു യു ഡി എഫിന് മച്ചി പശുവിനെ തൊഴുത്തുമാറ്റി കെട്ടിയാൽ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന പ്രയോജനമേ ഉണ്ടാകൂ. കോൺഗ്രസ് പാർട്ടി രക്ഷപ്പെടണമെങ്കിൽ നേതൃത്വമാറ്റം വേണ്ടത് കേന്ദ്രത്തിലാണ്, കേരളത്തിൽ അല്ല.

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'One Life' is a short story written by my son Abhijit Rajan

One life!

A sperm entering ovum gives form to a life after a long battle. Is it basically a combination of two life? One of the sperm and the other the ovum. A part of the experience that the man has had in his life would be basically contained in the sperm that has been passed to the new born life. Similarly a part of the experience that the woman has had in her life is contained in the ovum is passed to the new born.

What would two life experience create an effect in the child's life?

Why would everyone live the same life if so? Why is experimentation with one's life not taught at school or college , not even by the parents?

I live a similar life where i basically get up everyday go to work and come back. My morning starts late as an IT employee's usually is. 

Act busy: As soon as an IT employee gets up the "Acting busy" schedule starts. Rush to the bathroom , brush - poop - bath then to office. His 1 hour morning life is so busy that he forgets to enjoy the sun , listen to morning raga played in the opp flat by an old couple. He doesn't care about those as he is late for his usual meeting to waste time on discussing about how to create money for others.

Why would you create money for others so that you would earn 2% of that every month? 

Rules of Life:Tanker lorry passes by for providing daily water as i walked past a tea stall on my way to office. We built civilization to live in harmony where we can survive and make mankind safe from other beings. Later a leader was appointed to lead the civilization which grew to group of people who made a word called RULES and created a certain way of life to lead. The words RULES and DISCIPLINE became a part of mankind's life What if we break these rules? The rules gave birth to a trade system where if you wanted something that was actually free you had to pay for it. Like this water, it is every right for mankind to take it for free but he doesn't. He feels safe in this life filled with rules.

Prison break to a larger one: As i watched the inverted water can, i can see the air bubbles rushing upwards to escape from the surrounding water. Seems like the bubble feels claustrophobic to the water. My mind wondered as to why is the air trying to go up? A stupid reasoning for people who try to find science in everything , people who enjoy non logic based bollywood movies. My reasons try to find logic of its own, the bubble doesn't know as to why or where its trying to go. Its just escaping the nearest place that is accessible but does it know that after escaping from the claustrophobic environment of water it going into a prison of another air molecules who are stuck inside there until the Water Can is emptied. How is our life so different? The time from when we left college where we taught that what the society would do and enjoy. if society does Engineering and MBBS then i would do that, as society is happy with that i would basically be happy in that. Once i entered in that life i felt claustrophobic so much that i wanted to escape it somehow. How can i spend all my life in with just a computer to look into. The computer has became a bigger part of my life than my wife or children. As i tried to escape it i found that others who has escaped the same trauma has been cornered in the Can of society. Wherever i went an event the society would ask me what i was doing and when i said that i am living my life then society would look at my life and compare with theirs. Basically, i would be moved from the center of the Society Square to the Dark Corners where Society would rarely look. The fear of that LOOK would make my loved ones go into Cancerous Mode where all that would follow is disease, sadness and poverty that would end into a larger prison. Instead of bigger prison the smaller prison would make me better and i would go back to a new can filled with Society and no air. Another life in front of a computer.

The Power of Despised Person: As i wait for my appraisal letter i would see despise on the faces of ones who got the letter before me. Cursing the so called "Future Decider" who has the control of how miserable your life should be. How many people would have cursed him and still why is GOD so good on him? Is there a GOD or is he the GOD? I always wondered as to when i would  have that control and how would i behave in such a situation. I have always been on the receiving end so i would not know. Man or animal , the path and emotions of our life is always on the hands of others from the time of birth. Deciding to travel in an auto with just 100rs in hand and your dinner is waiting for you just for the cost of 30rs. Suddenly all the auto drivers decide to go no less than 80rs. You would agree and your dinner would be settled to something that you would get for 20rs and you would despise the auto driver. Voted for government for better roads near my house and increase the minimum salary limit for the tax and other false promises and finally in my mind i taught that what different did this government do different that the previous government did. I was called inside and the manager told me , You have really worked harder compared to the previous year but your learning over this year has decreased and so you haven't show any progress and you haven't done anything INNOVATIVE. I came out of the room cursing him like everyone else and still waiting for that POWER.

Finally, The Deep Bond of Adjustment Department:

I came home with fake smile and my wife would receive me with another fake smile. I have never really understood the life of togetherness. I really don't like the food that my wife makes but still i eat it. I would have rather had the street food than that but i would not want to do that as it would make my wife sad who has prepared the food with such great love, that's what i think it would be. I would rather think if my colleague was my wife then i would be really happy as she makes good food ,really really delicious. I liked my colleague very much I share all my feelings with her and she really understood what i wanted. I don't know if its because i spend more time with her in my daily life than with my wife and that may be cause of all the divorces but i felt good being with her and the thought of Divorce has really passed my mind. Really, How can a person be with same person the rest of the life? I felt deep inside that the colleague was the one who should be my wife and i knew that she had the same feelings for me too. When i was watching TV the wife would come and ask how the work was and i had no interest in sharing my feelings of bad appraisal with her as there is nothing that she can do to make it better. I would say that it was good and i returned back to the TV. And she came to know that i was least interested. She called me again distracting me from my TV session and with my irritation level at its peak i asked her, what?! . She said that she wanted to tell me a story for which i agreed. She said "Once there was a bird who was injured on a roadside and I saw the poor thing and took it home, nursed it and gave it food. I took great care of it day and night watched it like it was my own baby. I used to talk to the bird day and night. I had once failed in the exam and cried and i was scared to tell my parents and i told my bird regarding my fear about what my parents would think of me. My dad overheard the conversation as at once knew that I was scared to share my results with them and he came to me and said that it was just an exam and that he would help me in explaining the difficult topics and the love for my bird grew a lot as he was my savior in a way. One day, one particular day , i had gone to take bath and lost my ring. I did not know where i kept it last and i asked my parents and grandparents and they did not know where it went and they started to scream at me and i felt so bad that night that i literally spent all night with my bird. The next day, when my mom was cleaning the cage she saw something glowing in the bottom of it. Instantly she came to know that it was my ring and i hadn't lost it somewhere. She called me and said where she found it and i had recalled that i had kept it near the cage before taking bath. I was very happy to get it and i looked at my bird and a mixed feeling came over me. It transformed from happiness to a different emotion . An emotion of betrayal came all over me and without a second thought i took the bird and killed it instantly, because of its glow he was attracted towards and he took it and hid it at the bottom. Even after i shared my feelings to him he didn't even bother to give it back!! I loved him very much but still the feeling of betraying my trust was more intense than my love for the bird and i had punished it then and there." 

I stared at her for a few seconds , she didn't blink even for a second. She knew about my love for my colleague. She kissed me and said, "Goodnight, sweet heart!!"

My Life!!! One Life!!!

How and who killed Sunanda Pushkar?

Again my question is… what is wrong with Indian media, especially the visual media? Why these new generation visual media ‘prodigies’ are always exaggerating anything  that comes near their vicinity? How can these   ‘Goswamis’ become experts on anything under the sun?  Who on earth has authorized  these modern day ‘Sherlock Holmeses’ to authoritatively conduct and declare the verdict on matters which are no way under their ‘jurisdiction’?  Still as poor ‘viewers’ of these  nonsense ‘cubs’  tolerance is the only option before us. Isn’t?

Knowing about ethics of journalism and adhering to its basic principles are some minimum qualities that a journalist must possess.  The label of journalism doesn’t permit anyone to go overboard on any individual and tarnish his/her  personal or professional image in the public.  It also doesn’t permit the intrusion into anyone’s privacy.

Coming to the case of Sunanda Pushkar’s death,  I expect  our media to act with little more responsibility.  When debate sessions in our news channels becomes battle fields of words,  mission of these channels to identify the real issue gets sidelined and only to increase their TRP rating becomes the ultimate goal.  I do not blame their marketing strategy. However, what I am concerned is, should they play this dirty game in someone’s expense?

Why do I say this is, there are many anchors who conduct these debates with their pre-notion on the subject.  Let them have it. I am not against it. But how can they force others to believe and agree to their  views?  For example, when I express some opinion on one subject that is just ‘MY’ opinion and need not necessary it must be the truth.  If our debate anchors conduct their program with this point in mind, they will be successful in extracting more information from others in the debate that will ultimately  bring out something good out of the show.

There are lot of speculation going around on the cause of Sunanda Pushkar’ death. Everyone has the liberty to assume things  with their own intelligence and have their own perspectives.  However,  it is very pathetic to see the argument of some media people who are trying to play junior Sherlock Holmeses and forcing the viewers to believe that it is a murder case that has been surely carried out by her husband Shashi Tharoor.   When I first ‘saw’ the BREAKING NEWS  on these TV channels saying SUNANDA PUSH MURDERED: CONFIRMS DELHI POLICE, I thought the police must have got some solid evidence that made them to come on this conclusion. However, my repeated efforts to find out through these ‘channels’ , there was nothing ‘new’ I could  summarize from the new revelations. At least these junior ‘Sherlock Holmeses ’ must have taken some more pain to dig further deep into extract something solid that has made the police to reach into this conclusion. Strangely, the police had nothing new to reveal, except she died “UNNATURAL’ death and it  was cause of POISONING!!!!! Arre baba, this was something we are hearing from day one, there is nothing new.  Can someone come forward and enlighten me if ‘unnatural death’ means  it is only a murder? Because our media people are making out it in that way. Then came the photographs of her body which shows bruises and injection marks which these medias  showcase as the proof that Sunanda was attacked by someone.   Followed  by now infamous ‘INJURY NO. 10” that could be the cause of the death!!!!!.  I really surprised how these ‘over-reacting’ media people gets such false information and wasting hours of hours of time just on arguments.  When these same people who have managed to capture a copy of the FIR all their arguments have got bumped.  In the FIR it has been stated that the injurious found on Sunanda’s body are 12 hours to 4 days old and none of these injuries are amount of her death.

There are also other statements that have been made out by people like Nalini Singh and Shobha  De. One of the statements was  Ms. Sunanda has revealed that she has some serious illness and she is not going to survive for a long time. Other is Shashi Tharoor is connected to some other ladies and he is not sincere to Sunanda. How far it is true or false to be a matter that needs to be probed and proved.

However, from an ordinary thinking mind I can summarize the whole happenings in some other way which will be more scientific and logical.

That is……..Sunanda was very much suffering from some kind of mental depression.

There is a possibility that  she was suffering from narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). This condition must have developed from her attitude of over possessiveness towards her husband. The way it has been told by her friends, she threatened Shashi Tharoor and complained about his sincerity towards her. This claim leads to believe that she was mentally depressed and could not stand to tolerate her husband getting associated with any other woman other than herself.

Now coming to NPD, it is said, people who are diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder are characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance. They have a sense of entitlement and demonstrate grandiosity in their beliefs and behavior. They have a strong need for admiration, but lack feelings of empathy. It further states that NPD is a Cluster B personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power prestige and vanity, mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and to others in the process.

I have made above observations on the basis of the statements and arguments that I have heard and read in the media and not on any medical ground.  However, if the observation holds any water, it is easy to reach on to a convincing conclusion of Sunanda’s death theory.

That is…. It was habitual for her to get into argument with her husband on subject that are mainly connected to some woman or women. There is no wonder even if she has threatened him by bringing matters he has been infamously associated with --  matters such as IPL etc.  One of the interesting part of the whole episode is, no one, even her close relations, never never, never ever, (courtesy Arnab) have pointed a finger at Shashi Tharoor  accusing him of hurting her physically or emotionally any point of time. 

Initially there were lot of arguments going  on about the injuries on her body and it was made out to be the result of an attack on her. Then the Dubai connection and unknown people staying in the hotel with fake passports etc. etc.  However, when the FIR became a public document through the ‘efforts’ of visual media, most of these claims had to be shelved and now these media prodigies are looking for other ‘loopholes’ in the inquiry, (FYI: A injury mark appears NOT only when a person gets attacked by someone but it can also happen in other way around, I mean hitting somebody can cause harm or injury to your own body too. As the injuries in Sunanda Pushkar’s body seems to be minor ones, the chances of above possibility increases.).

From all the evidence that has been revealed and are in the public domain suggest that it was a possible case of suicide or a death due to overdose of drugs.  The Delhi police claims it is an ‘unnatural death’ and she has been ‘poisoned’.  However, there is no reason or evidence to believe till today that she was poisoned by someone else. If at all poison was administered, it should have be done by herself.

Let me conclude with a report appeared in the Economic Times on January 21, 2014.

‘Autopsy report shows 27 tablets of Alprax caused Sunanda Pushkar’s death’

Autopsy findings in the death of Sunanda Pushkar are believed to have indicated that she had died because of an overdose of a prescription drug, Alprax, which may have made her slip into coma and perhaps die in her sleep last Friday. Though there are over a dozen minor injury marks on her hands and face, they are not related to her death, the doctors at AIIMS are believed to have said in the autopsy report terming the cause of death as "drug overdose".

Now the Delhi police have two options. Either they must admit that the above autopsy report was the one that they have received from doctors of AIIMS or they must come out and reveal something that they were able to lay their hands on to believe it was a clear case of murder.  Whatever the truth is, it is the responsibility of the Delhi to police to put a full stop to all speculations and embarrassments.

Time for change?

In the Malayalam movie ‘Arabikatha’ there is a scene where the character Mukundan played by Sreenivasan, a job hunter in Dubai meets a girl from China who sells pirated CDs for a living in the Dubai street. China being a Communist nation and Mukundan being a hardcore Communist follower from the state of Kerala believes everyone in China is a Communist that includes the girl, tries to befriend with the girl. Now you must watch the movie to get the full story.

The reason for bringing up the story here is, being a Malayalee, I have often been misquoted as a Communist in the other states or the countries where I have lived most of my time. For example in Mumbai where I lived for more than two decades people used to ask me ‘Are you a Communist?’ when introduce myself from the state of Kerala.  I have seen many eyebrows are getting raised when I responded with No, I am not. Though I was not one, Communism was the way of life in Kerala.

All these years it has never came into my mind why I haven’t been a Communist. But today, after living in my home state for the last three years, I have come to a conclusion that I can’t be a Communist. I have nothing against the party. In fact it is one of the political parties that have helped my state to achieve whatever progress in the last 60 years.

As I have mentioned the word progress, it is better we indulge in some reality check. I am still confused with whether to refer Communist Party of India-Marxist as a national party. A party that has no hold in any state other than Kerala and West Bengal can fit into that category is a subject to be debated. Now take the case of West Bengal. It is the one state in India where the Communists ruled uninterruptedly for more than three decades, exactly to be 34 years.  It is a party claims to be working for the upliftment of downtrodden.  If that claims holds any water, their leaders must go for an introspection when it comes to the living condition of the rural areas of West Bengal. The self-made Bengal savior Mamta Bannerjee is a product of this pathetic condition. I don’t believe Madam Mamta can never be a substitute for a party like Communist in Bengal. Still people have voted her to power.  Any grey-haired Communist head has rolled in Bengal? No. I don’t think.

Let us turn our focus to Kerala, where people live red, eat red, sleep red and dream red.  Can anyone of their leaders answer my question? That is….. If there was no government change in every five years, would have we achieved whatever progress we witness today in our state? If your answer is YES, then you must also answer why it has not happened in West Bengal. If you say NO then credit goes to the government that has followed your rule.  I am not favouring any party. But truth cannot be hidden forever. I must say, Congress is the most efficient party in India with most corrupted people. That is the destiny of Indian people. If Kerala has achieved anything it is all due to the government change and policies of the progressive governments.  The government that follows has to continue the policies of earlier one which makes the progress automatic.

Communism was need of a time.  Once the need has been met there must be a change in its policies which includes the ideology too. There is a saying, Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.  A party, its policies, its ideology must change as the time demands. That’s what Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was meant to say. But his comments were taken out of context and a big hue and cry was made by some top level leaders of CPM of Kerala. They want Ravi Shankar to mind his own business (yoga).  I don’t know why these people are becoming intolerant when someone trying to correct them.  Maybe this is the reason why the young generation is keeping away from Communist Party. From two and half states in the country you have reduced to one and half now. Hope a lesson will be learned from this.

Contribution by Communist in Kerala’s development is all together a different story. I will keep that for my next post.

Death of a girl

My heart bleeds for the little girl..... Hundreds of people die every day in India, the second largest populated country in the world. But this one particular death will make every Indian bow their head in shame.

 My heart bleeds for the little girl..... How could I trust the lines that I am listening for decades? Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindusthan Hamara……No. Never again I will able to sing this line with honesty.

My heart bleeds for the little girl.... I must confess, I will not be able to withstand the trauma and agony that has been experienced by the little girl. The incident itself is beyond my imagination.  It was cruelty at its ugliest form.

My heart bleeds for the little girl.... I am yet to find a word in the dictionary that can condole her parents. The mental agony they are going through cannot be described through some words.

My heart bleeds for the little girl.... I must say I feel pity for our politicians who make senseless comments. I don’t expect them to show any sympathy however my humble request to them is don’t bring your dirty linen and wash it in the public, it stinks.

My heart bleeds for the little girl.... If ever I was made a deciding authority then the one thing I would like to change is the working style of our Judiciary system. I feel the only solution to curtail crime in our society is a speedy trial and immediate sentencing.  If anyone who does a crime knows he will get punished within three months, he will give a second thought to his action. Appoint a thousand judges and clear all the backlogs of cases. Any case that comes up newly must be sentenced within three months of time. My first priority, if I become the deciding authority.

My heart bleeds for the little girl.... I don’t subscribe to channel mongers who desperately recommending public trial for criminals, especially rapists. We are a civilized nation. We can’t perform public beheadings and public hangings. After all punishment doesn’t mean taking a eye for an eye. Punishment must make the criminal regret their wrong doings. Give them maximum harsh punishment a human being can tolerate, but not death. Death is a simple punishment for any crime.  The agony doesn’t last, only a few seconds.

My heart bleeds for the little girl.... I don’t totally blame the Delhi police for the situation. I am saying this knowing the fact that the Delhi police are the most corrupted lot in our country.  Then our most corrupted politicians are also in Delhi. It is the interconnection between these power houses that make our capital most corrupted place in our country. It is also our capital of crime. Even if you escape from clutches of criminals you can’t escape from hitches of these power houses. Solution is only self conscious. Take care of yourself.

My heart bleeds for the little girl.... I am helpless. I am ashamed. I am dejected.  I know no one in the country who has the power to stop this kind of ugly crimes. It seems to me that the God is also helpless. My only pray to the God is, please stop these type of criminal-minded people taking birth in my country. Will you listen?

When cart comes before the horse

Sachin don’t need my certificate. Still I would like to say, he is the one of the greatest player the cricket world has ever produced.

But whatever his arguments may be, sometime he puts his personal interest before the team. That’s what happened in Mirpur yesterday. When the whole world is busy praising and pouring greetings on him, the sad part is we have lost a match against Bangladesh that would have been easily won if the scoring rate was high as the situation demanded. There is no doubt we had to content with 289 because Sachin’s cautious approach (or over cautious?) towards his century. What is significant in one day cricket is, it is not important how you made the run but how much you made. Sachin consumed 147 balls to score his 114. In a game of total 300 balls a player in the side takes almost 50 per cent of the balls to score only 38 per cent of the total score cannot be acceptable, for whatever the reason.

In a tournament where we have beaten a better side like Sri Lanka, would have more easily won against Bangladesh that would have brought an easy entry to the final. Now we have placed in a peculiar situation where we had to beat more professional and talented team like Pakistan, who are also considered to be our arch rival. Surely the tension has been mounted, at least for cricket loving people of India.

At the same time I salute Sachin for his achievement I will also place the blame on his shoulder for our failure to win against Bangladesh. It has become part of us, our Indians, to live with tension coupled with happiness in whatever we do, life or play.

My prediction for Asia Cup final.

When my heart says India-Pakistan my mind indicates it is going to be a Bangladesh-Pakistan clash. No surprise if Bangla wins.

A treasure that made me rich

Among many other things what life has taught me is that you don’t have to be the direct beneficiary of something to become a happy man in your life.

I was a happy and proud Indian when India won the cricket World Cup, though I never got a penny from it. Dhoni got, Tendulkar got and other players who have played and not played all got a fortune of cash. But not me. I was still happy, say even more than Sreesanth.

I was also a happy Indian when A.R. Rehman got Oscar award. When he took the award I took the happiness. But I was not that happy when the movie Slumdog Millionaire bagged the award. Not because I have anything against the movie. But I don’t subscribe to the idea of foreigners selling the pathetic conditions of our slum life to the world. And I still believe if the movie has won the academy award it is just because of some ‘white hands’ in it.

When Viswanathan Anand became the Grand Master I was double happy. He was an Indian first and South Indian second. The later one was the reason for my double happiness. All south Indians are that way. They become happier if the person concerned is a South Indian. The same applies to in sadness too. Otherwise ask Karunanidhi. He was sad when Kalmadi went to Tihar, depressed when Raja followed and when Kanimozhi went, he cried.

When I think of Viswanathan Anand’s extraordinary brain power, I wish our politicians had got half of it. I must admit, it is a thought that makes me sad, not happy.

I was always happy to watch Sania Mirza play, whether she win or lose. It was the same case with every Indian, I bet. I felt proud when she won and sympathized when she lost. At least she tried hard, I argued for her. The way she was progressing I thought one day she will conquer the world. She proved me wrong and conquered a Pakistani. She still plays for India as an Indian. However, today many Indians see her as Sania Malik not as Sania Mirza. That’s the problem.

Another woman I am really happy with is Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. Can anyone imagine where the Congress Party will be today if she was not in the helm of affairs? I am saying this not because I am a Congressman. In that case I am also happy with the way Mr. Narendra Modi is carrying out his work in Gujarat (except his inaction during the riot). With no personal connections with either of these two, I still feel happy about them and their work.

Another time I felt much happier is when Mr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam became the President of India. People like him are real treasures of the country and when he has been selected for the high position of Indian President, I felt myself getting honoured.

And comes to think of treasures, I feel I am one of the most honoured, fortunate, luckiest, richest and happiest men in the world today. That is because Shree Padmanabhaswamy temple, where thousands of crores of wealth being been unearthed, is situated just one hour ride from my home.