CBI endeavour admirable.

It took five years after the custodial death of Udayakumar,Thiruvananthapuram, for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file charge sheet indicting 14 policemen who tortured and killed Udayakumar. However the proceeding in the case by the CBI is admirable. It gives a clear warning to those criminals in police stations who are supposed to be the guardian angels of civic security in the State.

K A Solaman

Novel venture by Math

The willingness of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math to take up the responsibility of cleaning public places and constructing bathrooms and toilets in every town in the country is admirable. It is true that we are lagging much behind many other world countries regarding hygiene and public sanitation. The public awareness is too poor about the standard of cleanliness.
All local bodies and State Governments should support and cooperate with the new venture of Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

K A Solaman

Deal with separatists firmly

Any peace-loving person will be distressed to see the turn of events in the Kashmir valley. It is sad to see that the bigotry of fundamentalists has reached new heights.

The common people of Kashmir are living as refugees in their own country and the Kashmiri children have not been able to attend schools and colleges for the last three months. The Centre and the state should enlist the cooperation of all peace-loving people and try to resolve the Kashmir tangle.

The demand for withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Kashmir requires serious introspection. There is no problem in the country that cannot be solved through debate, dialogue and discussion across the table.

K.A. SOLAMAN,
The Tribune, Chandigarh, 23 Sept 2010

Resolving Kashmir issue

It is matter of sorrow to see the turn of events in the Kashmir Valley. That bigotry has reached new heights is indeed unfortunate.

The people of Kashmir are living like refugees in their own country. Children have not been able to attend school for close to three months. The Centre and the State government should sit together and work towards finding a solution.

K.A. Solaman, Alappuzha
The Hindu, Dated 22, September 10

Poor lottery buyers of Kerala

People of Kerala, of late, witnessed a comic debate on lottery by Kerala Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac and M L A V D Satheesan. All questions were asked by Isaac and Satheesan. No questions were answered by Satheesan and Isaac. They were replicating Santiyago Martin and Madhukumar Subba.
Poor lottery buyers of Kerala!


K A Solaman

Comic lottery debate.

Before the no win-no loose comic debate by T M Thomas Isaac and V D Satheesan I was of firm belief that it was Isaac and his party smeared in lottery sludge. And after the debate I convinced that the Congress too is a party in sharing the money looted by lottery mafia from common people. Santiyago Martin is a disreputable one but Manikumar Subba is a new name to me.

K A Solaman

T J Joseph is in the making of a ‘Thodupuzha Christ’

Dismissed professor of Newman College, Thodupuzha T J Joseph is in the making of a new ‘Christ of Thodupuzha’ by justifying his foolish act of setting up the blasphemous question paper. The argument of Joseph that the management has invented new story to punish him, is on the wrong footing. It is a routine practice of all institutions to get explanation from its employees who erred during their service time. And most often these explanations end with the phrase “feel sorry for the mistake that I had committed and it may be pardoned”. This is a file closing ritual where words find no meaning and the offender is never measured for further action. But enthused by the overwhelming support, from the so called human right crusaders and left wing teachers, who were seen absconding when religious fanatics craving for his blood, Joseph has turned against the church. Joseph has also found his gaffe as a golden opportunity to tick off the church, a recent trend in Kerala which emerged with the blessing of the Ruling Front. The Taliban and the Kerala Christian clergies are akin, according to a few godless party men!

Joseph now says he didn’t want the generosity of the church if he had to apologize for things he had not done. However, he admits that DTP operator of the college who printed the question, smiled at him on reading the question paper. Joseph would have also smiled then. If Joseph needs no generosity, would he accept donation from church that is put in his bank account published in a channel along with a request?

Remember “life is not measured by the number of breathes we take, but rather by the number of moments which take our breathes away”. Joseph has had enough moments in his life that took his breathes way. Don’t pursue further in this direction by thoughtless act. Whatever may be our minister’s claim about earning from lottery selling, it is too hard to subsist by selling lottery tickets alone. The ‘right activists and pacifiers’ will soon disappear into thin air, Mr Joseph. Ask your mother about what to do. The elders know much more about life than the educated.

K A Solaman

Should not have acted in this manner-The Telegraph

T.J. Joseph was grievously injured by fundamentalists for allegedly making a derogatory reference to the Prophet in a question paper. It is unfortunate that the Newman College management has now decided to dismiss the teacher. Christianity teaches people to forgive and be kind to one another. A college following such principles should not have acted in this manner.

K.A. Solaman
The Telegraph,Kolkata, 11 Sept 2010

Day of peace

The U S pastor who threatened to burn Quran on the 9/11 anniversary day should be put in jail. His act is divisive and highly condemnable. The day 9/11 should be observed as day of peace and harmony all over the globe.

K A Solaman
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Campaign against corruption by film stars.

While releasing the CD of poems(?) written by G. Sudhakaran, Minister for Cooperation, Kerala, cine actor Mohanlal said Sudhakaran is not a corrupt minister. Does it mean that other ministers in the cabinet like Gurudasan, Thomas Isaac, Kodiyeri, M A Baby and P KSreemathy are corrupt? And if these ministers so fear that Mohanlal’s endorsement on Sudhakaran gives a wrong notion to the general public against them, they can also approach giga- mega-super stars like Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Dileep, Jayaram, Prithviraj and others to get endorsed themselves so that they can also evade from corruption charges, if any, likely to occur in future.

A campaign against corruption by film stars is a novel shot.


K A Solaman

Ban lottery, ban spurious liquor.

Why the State Government in Kerala wait for action from Union Government to amend the Lotteries Act to save Kerala from the lottery steal when fake lotteries of the other states are sold here? Is there any connection for Union government with fake lotteries? The poor and less educated people who buy lottery tickets copiously have now realized that they are the victims of lottery mafia and that is why sale of other state lotteries in Kerala has come to a still. People now like cine actor Jagathy are hesitant to entertain and buy Bhutan or Sikkim tickets.

Inter-State lottery mafia under the guise of selling approved Bhutan and Sikkim lotteries are selling fake lotteries here and for that there is consent from ruling front bigwigs for reasons known to all.

The consumption of liquor and the mania for the lotteries are death traps for poor and ignorant people of Kerala and the Government that is bound to restrict it stand as a mute spectator. Common man is falling prey to this social evil and is spending all his hard earned money without caring children and the ailing old ones in homes. It is not campaigns and awareness programmes that are needed to check the danger but strict law enforcement is needed. By no means should other state lotteries be allowed in the state. If a few people are not able to sustain without lottery and liquor allow only state lottery and that too once in a week as practiced now and provide cheap and non-toxic liquor at beverages outlets.

K A Solaman

Poor people of Kerala are destined to die drinking hooch.

Poor people of Kerala are destined to die drinking hooch made and sold by guilty liquor mafias. The death of 22 persons due to liquor-poisoning in Malappuram district was a tragedy sponsored by Excise Department of Kerala. The tragedy of this sort will go on with if Government is to continue the nexus with liquor mafia.

It is known to all that several thousands of gallons of killer brew are being sold as toddy in all the districts of Kerala and it is meaningless to suspend sale of toddy in Malappuram alone. Instead toddy sale should be banned in all districts as the same toddy from Chittur, Palakkad is distributed in all the 14 districts. What people get to drink as toddy is poison, but the illiterate poor people think it is of no harm even if they die after drinking it.
It is awful to see the minister in charge Excise Mr Gurudasan has no guilt of conscience.

K A Solaman

Clergies of Newmann College are wise.

Wise men are like this. Create a controversy first and then solve. The Kothamangalam Diocese have take a well thought decision in dismissing the controversial question paper setter teacher T J Joseph anticipating that there would be widespread protest against their action. Then only the Management could withdraw their decision and reinstate the teacher in the college. The teacher T J Jospeh should show the patience to wait for some before approaching any court of justice for a decision in his favour. I firmly believe that the Management would take him back as they often pay attention to general public resentment. Clergies are not so adamant as some left leaders assert.

And it is an absolute necessity for the Management to have in written from T J Joseph that he would not indulge in such unsolicited matters in future.

K A Solaman

Greatest teaching of Jesus is forgotten.

Mahatma Gandhi University Syndicate revoked the suspension of Prof. T.J. Joseph. However, Newmann college management suspended him for the embarrassment created by his setting up of the controversial question paper. It is unfortunate on the part of Newmann College Management to go on with action leading to the dismissal of the teacher from the college. Prof Joseph has made apology to the general public and then why the management is so particular in further punishing him for what is called an appeasement from Muslim fanatics? ‘Forgive and be kind’ is the greatest Christian teaching and a college running on such principles has forgotten this teaching.

I fear the craving for getting 20-40 lakh as donation from a fresh recruit is the crucial issue for any management to throw away an incumbent staff member on an insignificant matteer

K A Solaman