Brutal act.

Killing hundreds of Indian darter birds, which had nestled in a tree in front of the Alappuzha south police station by the municipal workers, is a brutal act. They chopped branches of the tree and tiny chicks were thrown out from the nests and killed.

The social forest department’s complaint to the police to take action against the workers, who cut the tree and killed the birds, is of no use. The municipal authority which issued orders to cut the tree is a conglomeration of heartless thugs.

The act of showing cruelty a to birds, animals and trees is akin to being cruel to our own kin. The municipal authorities deserve no pardon.

K A Solaman
Published by The New Indian Express on 7 Sept 2013

Nab the corrupt within the police.

It is not a wonder that one Sub-Inspector and two policemen had been placed under suspension after they demanded bribe from Superintendent of Police in disguise. Kannur Superintendent of Police Rahul R Nair should be congratulated for showing the way to the corrupt officers. More officers like Mr Nair are needed in other districts of Kerala too.

In Kerala it is not a surprise that most of the middle level police officers are involved in corruption. There are several complaints about them demanding bribes from sand mafia, liquor mafia and kingpin of sex rackets. Strict surveillance should be resorted to nab the corrupt within the police force.

K A Solaman
The Deccan Chronicle, Kerala Published on 2 Sept 2013

K A Solaman Blog: Think globally for Malayalam

K A Solaman Blog: Think globally for Malayalam: To have a place in the cultural wagon of Malayalam it is advised to join the company of O N V Kurup, Sugathakumari and of course wi...

Think globally for Malayalam

To have a place in the cultural wagon of Malayalam it is advised to join the company of O N V Kurup, Sugathakumari and of course with all the LDF leaders as they are seemingly the saviours of Malayalam language.  Kerala government's alleged attempt to withdraw an order making a proficiency test in Malayalam language mandatory for getting jobs in its services has annoyed all of them. They termed the move as a disgrace to the mother tongue.

Then the question that immediately arises is:  a Malayali friend now employed in Odisha should soon leave the state because when appointed he was unaware of the alphabets of Oriya. Likewise many other people employed elsewhere in the country without knowing local language should return to Kerala immediately. 

Language passion is a familiar sight in Tamil Nadu as they hate Hindi and people speaking languages other than Tamil. We Keralites were reproving them all the time for their narrow mindedness with language fanaticism. Keralites are supposed to be world citizens and when employed outside Kerala they soon catch up the local language and soon accommodate. If language barriers were existed in those areas many people would have lost their job. With the present move of cultural leaders like ONV, Sugathakumari, Vishunarayanan Namboothiri et al, we have shrunk to the shell losing all the openness we had. The order imposing proficiency in Malayalam mandatory for those who are at the entry cadre is unwarranted as such a move would adversely affect thousands seeking job outside Kerala. It would be better to instruct employed ones to learn Malayalam during probation.   

The Keralites are the ones who make more advantages of job outside the state and the country. The move of the sort in guise of protecting Malayalam will make Kerala a ‘country’ rather than a state and thereby the meaning of the Indian Union is lost.  The so-called saviours of Malayalam should, therefore,  think globally and not locally.

K A Solaman
Published The New Indian express on 31-8-2013

Disgusting creature is still alive.

The name ’disgusting creature’ never fades from the Marxist dialect.  And that is evident from the latest rhetoric of its leader M M Mani in Idukki. Mani, who was arrested for making a controversial statement in the Anjeri Baby case, lambasted Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan and P T Thomas calling them ‘disgusting creatures’ when he returned to home district Idukki after a temporal exile. Mani said the trio had trapped him in the case.

It was on October 13, 2007, in a speech Pinarayi  referred Thamarassery  Bishop Mar John Chittilappally as a "disgusting creature". The abuse to the Bishop had come when he was referring to the statement that Thiruvambady MLA Mathai Chacko had received the church anointment of the sick despite his declared policy of atheism.

M M Mani, despite his dotage and exile,  still remembers the words of his leader Pinarayi. Pinarayi had made some patch up work with Catholic Church as a futile attempt for a  win in an election, nevertheless what is in the kitty of Mani to reduce the repugnance among people formed by his uttering, is unknown.

K A Solaman 

K A Solaman Blog: Weak Indian rupee

K A Solaman Blog: Weak Indian rupee: The vulnerability of Indian currency is evident from the day by day deterioration of its value with US dollar. The plunging of rupee to...

Weak Indian rupee

The vulnerability of Indian currency is evident from the day by day deterioration of its value with US dollar. The plunging of rupee to a record low of 63.75 against the US dollar points to the very fragile financial scenario of the country. If this trend continues the rupee will become another Zimbavian dollar, a million of which is inadequate to buy a few eggs.

It is awful to see that measures taken by the government and the RBI have failed to check volatility of the rupee. The ever dipping BSE benchmark Sensex and poor performance of all mutual funds in the country are also indications of our poor financial management.

An alternate therapy other than that practised by  Manmohan-Chidambaram duo is, therefore, imperative to save the  rupee and thereby to check the spiralling price rise in the country.

K A Solaman  
The Deccan Chronicle Published on 21 Aug 2013

Hi Solaman Sir, Namaste !!!

A letter from Doha

Sir,

I am Haridas, from Qatar.  Are you remembering me Sir.  It has now become very long, since I contact you. Even though, I would very much like to share my agreements & appreciations, on your various articles, from time to time, on several occasions in the past; but I could not do so, owing to my own slackness, out of the stressful Office work. As I mentioned earlier, there is a vibrant blend of everything, coupled with very perceptive news analysis in your article.  It is very comprehensive and all the more, almost magnetic.  Your unbiased opinion and inference on almost all the matters were found later true. I was keep checking your Blog in every day to see if you had posted something new. Seems, for the last few days, I could not seen any update articles from you, sir. If possible, and if time permits, please post atleast one article, on daily basis, in your Blog, so that, readers like me will not be disappointed.

Warm regards, as always,

Haridas

Doha, Qatar

Reply

Your letter is inspiring. Thank you very much.

-K A Solaman

Fighting VS

The  harmony seen in CPM Kerala faction has  vanished into thin air with Opposition leader V.S Achuthanandan coming with Lavalin related statement inducting state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the case. VS belittling Pinarayi’s advocate M K Damodaran and exalting Balalanandan committee report on Lavalin opened fresh battle field in the party. The CPM central leadership giving full support to V.S  to take up a legal fight in the solar scam case is also an added advantage for the veteran. VS is unhappy on calling off the Secretariat siege prematurely. Seemingly solar panel scam was one like Total 4U scam where ruling and opposition politicians had monetary gains.

A fighting VS is more jubilant than one standing behind Pinarayi.

K A Solaman

The New Indian Express published on 20 Aug

Happy Independence day!

K A Solaman Blog: Next delivery of Manju after another 14 years!

K A Solaman Blog: Next delivery of Manju after another 14 years!:   Amitabh Bachchan and Manju Warrier ad for  Kalyan Jewellary is seemingly a butt of all the jokes. The advertisement gathered attent...

Next delivery of Manju after another 14 years!

 

Amitabh Bachchan and Manju Warrier ad for  Kalyan Jewellary is seemingly a butt of all the jokes. The advertisement gathered attention of the public when Kalyan Jewellers owner announced the return of Manju Warrier to the tinsel world and Amitabh Bachchan mentioned the actress in his Facebook page.

 The ad spending crores,  is all a case of a labour room gag where Bechchan says ‘achan achan’ on seeing his daughter Manju fully enthusiastic on a caesarean table. If the actor says ‘bechan bechan’  instead of ‘achan achan’ it would be more curious for the actress and viewers. Seeing a film star of Amitabh Bechchan’s stature is always a matter of incredulity for mollywood actors.

Manju had left film world at her peak some 14 years ago for the delivery of her ‘first’ child and came back just for another delivery. The implication is, people have to wait another 14 years to witness her third delivery. Meanwhile film lovers can quench their thirst by watching the open delivery of the ‘stunt woman’ Sweta Menon.

K A Solaman 

K A Solaman Blog: Kerala to adviser’s rule?

K A Solaman Blog: Kerala to adviser’s rule?: LDF comrades blocking all the four gates of the Secretariat demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is unprecedente...

Kerala to adviser’s rule?

LDF comrades blocking all the four gates of the Secretariat demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is unprecedented in the history of Kerala. Agitators demand resignation of Chandy for corruption in tune with Rs 10 crore when their leader is accused of scam of several crores in SNC Lavelin. It is also impertinent to ask for judicial inquiry into the solar panel scam, when the police inquiry is in progress. Moreover the history of all judicial inquiries in the state is very bleak as they had brought no fruitful results.

The LDF Convener Vaikom Viswan saying that agitation is not aimed at creating an administrative deadlock is funny when all gates of the Secretariat are under siege. Thousands of volunteers blocking the Secretariat will give wrong message to world outside

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy saying that his government would sternly deal with LDF sponsored blockade of the Secretariat is also apprehensive because the kind of dealing with agitators such as lathi-charge or grenade attack is advantageous to the opposition parties.  

Presumably the events relating solar scam and Opposition agitation would disrupt peace and lead the State to an adviser’s rule.

K A Solaman 

No bilateral dialogue with Pak

A war of course, is not good for any country and is avoidable. Nevertheless, when we are being attacked by Pakistan it is unwise to keep silence and sermonize them about non-violence. We should strongly condemn the heinous act and should boost the morale of our soldiers

If the attack by Pakistan was all on a sudden, why our soldiers refrained from counter attack?  If the attackers were terrorists as stated, then who pushed them to India and what kind of arms and ammunitions they used? How could one say Pakistan army is not involved?

We need an assessment on all these issues. The Defence Minister A K Antony should stand up  to the expectations of the citizens. When they attack and kill our soldiers it is insincere  to continue bilateral dialogues with Pakistan.

K A Solaman

Dishonest politicians hate RTI

The act of political parties in India to turn against RTI Act is most unfortunate. This is aimed to hide black money.  Most of the Indian politicians are big generators of black money and they use this money to win elections and to escape from the clutches of law. The political parties need to remain out of RTI because of the fear of being stamped as the largest black money holders in the country. This move of the politicians has to be challenged  in the  Supreme Court.

With all the crooks in the helm of affairs the RTI Act itself has become a paper tiger now. And it is to be expected that on one fine morning one would see RTI Act vanishing into thin air. If the RTI Act is amended excluding political parties, the dishonest politicians could amass black money, hide it without paying tax and use it for illegitimate political gimmicks.

K A Solaman 

Move is welcome

Opposition leader V S Achuthanandhan's move to the High Court demanding court surveillance in the solar fraud scam is welcome. As there is allegation against the Kerala Home Minister for using expediently the case for his personal benefit to continue in the present post an inquiry other than one in  the direct supervision of the Home minister is important.

Many people accused in the case are not questioned or arrested by the police. Jikkumon and Salimraj etc are the ones spared for unknown reasons. Jikkumon was the personal assistant of Oommen Chandy and Salimraj the gunman. Both were accused of being involved in the solar scam and have spent a huge sum as phone bill calling Sarita S Nair.

K A Solaman 

Colonial hangover

The birth of the Prince of Cambridge is big news for Britain, but what is it to Third World countries? Seeing all the coverage it’s been given, we may presume that many Indian politicians and media persons are still in the colonial frame of mind. Our freedom was hard fought. Monarchy is no longer relevant.

The royals have no power and no real influence. So I don’t understand why there is so much . It seems like an image building exercise for the royal family.

-K A Solaman
The Hindu Business Line, July 26, 2013

K A Solaman Blog: Congress act for political gains.

K A Solaman Blog: Congress act for political gains.: The agitation against Andhra State’s planned division is spiraling beyond any proportion. Statues of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi wer...

Congress act for political gains.

The agitation against Andhra State’s planned division is spiraling beyond any proportion. Statues of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were targeted and the home of a Union minister was stoned by anti-Telangana protesters.  Markets and business establishments were shut in the protest zone. There were self immolation attempts too. Hence it is certain to say Andhra division is a thoughtless act by UPA government. Even the iron lady of India Indira Gandhi had rejected the idea in 1970.

The Congress is dividing the state for sake of political gains. By creating a state without any reason, there will be huge demands of bifurcation of states like UP, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam and others. There will be plenty of agitations in many states in next few months. This is exactly what congress speculates. They have to  shift attention from meager economy, price rise, multiple scams, poor governance and other issues. The Telangana people are trapped in this Congress game which is definitely against the national interest.

 The Telangana or anti- Telangana agitations will lead the country to nowhere other than to destroy precious human lives and valuable public property.

K A Solaman