Fire on clothes

Report from Muvattapuzla that clothes inside a house in Valakam caught fire without any reason, is amusing. No matter where the clothes are kept, it caught fire for no reason. The police and fire force are clueless to find the reason for this strange incident.

The answer to question is well explained in the Fazil film Manichithrathazhu, where Ganga, a psychic patient in the house, is naturally programmed to do this job. If the police is still clueless they can think of in this direction. And also ask the members of the family whether anyone among them has seen the Fazil film recently or has the habit of handling metallic sodium.

K A Solaman

Mysterious death of Rohit

The man who said: "There are no illegitimate sons, only illegitimate fathers" is no more. His death is, indeed, shocking.

It was a wonderful tirade by
Rohit Shekhar, son of N D Tiwari and  Ujjwala Sharma  for his quest to not be called a ‘bastard’. As none is born without a father it is highly humiliating to use the word ‘bastard’ against a man. It was not Rohit Shekhar alone in the country who had gone through such a humiliating experience. Rohit was a trailblazer to many who had undergone bitter experience. He once said: “I am not the illegitimate son, he(Tiwari) is my illegitimate father". This was absolutely right. The wishy-washy Tiwari had hoodwinked the entire country with his political poses as minister, governor etc, but finally admitted his fault.  Rohit Shekhar had become successfuel for 'giving birth' to his illegitimate father. There are no illegitimate sons, only illegitimate fathers, according to him.

It was this Rohit Sekhar who met with a mysterious death. Rohit's mother accuses his wife and her family of trying to usurp the property of her son. Delhi Police  investigating the case would reveal the truth, it is hoped.

K A Solaman

Masala for new models

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan along with higher officials, will be on a 10-day foreign tour, after election. They are not to communist countries like China or N Korea but to capitalistic countries like Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Britain. Finance minister Thomas Isaac will also accompany the team to participate in the KIIFB masala bond listing in London.

Masala bond is not for a meagre sum. It is intended to collect a sum in tune with Rs 50000 crore and the present collection of Rs 2150 crore is only a tip of the iceberg, according to Finance Minister Thomas Isaac's lecture class before a less cheerful audience, possibly party cadres, in the party channel. Though the participants of the discussion were not seen impressed, Isaac was pretendedly smiling all time because of the thought of hefty sum likely to come via masala sale.

One pertinent question is: Do the present ministers have the mandate of the people to collect and spend such a huge amount with in a span of 2 years. Is it right on the part of the goverment to make future generation permanent debtors to western countries? Is there any approved modality for repayment of masala bonds? If so who approved it and when?

With available fund the govt. has done little to flood hit people. It is then unwise to think new models will be implemented for  post-flood renovations with borrowed money.
K A Solaman

Vigillance vs Vigilance

The man with yellow  and red cards is now seemingly desperate. His adventure with election politics has ended nowhere. Now  his own  department, the Vigilance, has booked a case against him. The man is Jacob Thomas, the former Vigilance Director of Kerala. He is alleged for corruption when he was the Ports Director.

Jacob was allegedly involved in corruption of more than of Rs 14 crores in the purchase of a dredger. In the investigation the finance department  has found a loss of Rs 14.96 crores. Based on this, vigilance investigation is initiated.

History repeats first as a tragedy then as a comedy

K A Solaman

Odd question

APRIL 08, 2019, The Hindu
Not all public service commission examinations have serious questions. A few of them are quite funny. For example, an objective-type question paper set for assistant professors in the Kerala Health Department had this: “Who were the first women to have entered the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple as per the Supreme Court ruling?” Is this what future assistant professors of psychiatry need to know?

K A Solaman,
Kerala

Opposition not credible

Kerala's Opposition party is a toothless tiger. Instead of agitating over serious matters their targets are always silly stuffs. For instance, a few days back Opposition leader Remesh Chennithala has said that the lions share of the masala bonds of KIIFB was brought by CDPQ, a firm that has connections with the controversial SNC Lavalin. If so what? The aim of the bond issue is to get fund and that has been done successfully. It is not seller's head-ache to check the history of the buyer.

The grave mistake done by the government is the killing of 450 people by an artificially created flood in August, last year. Disregarding the gravity of this crime, Opposition often saves the face of government by switching over to another lapse and the action cascades. In fact the Opposition never sticks to the spot and has become an  agency to support the government.

In the absence of a credible opposition party, the government will go berserk. And that is what happening in Kerala.

K A Solaman