Hate practice by saffron Sadhvi

Cow mad leaders of BJP have not stopped spitting venom. “There are a lot of things to eat in this country apart from cow and it is the duty of the state governments to ban cow slaughter" said Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti. Undoubtedly the saffron cladded ministers have become a big liability to the Modi government and unless their words are not checked by the Prime Minister, intolerance in the country would grow beyond any proportion.  There is no country other than India in the world where cow stands higher than man and this perversion augmented since the inception of Modi government.

It is good if we all stand for the fair treatment of animals but this is something that relates to religion. Or they would have banned meat products other than beef too. Hindus of some parts of country worship cow and hence oppose cow slaughter. And if this logic is applied to rat they should ban rat poison also. There are many who worship rat, the vehicle of Lord Ganesh and hence anyone in possession of rat poison should be jailed.

It is to be remembered India is a multiracial country and its people have different needs. Hence it is imprudent to follow the orders so called go-matha worshipers. By banning beef and beef products, those poor millions suffering from malnutrition are denied inexpensive food supplements. Worship of cow is in fact a hate practice towards beef-eaters.

K A Solaman

Artistic freedom

Artistic freedom for government staff and aided school teachers is unwarranted. They being the part of the government often coming against it with their artistic creation such as book, painting or Face book posting is quite obnoxious and should be curtailed. 

It is often seen that even police officers who are supposed to be more disciplined among government staff appear in Facebook criticising the ministers and their superior officers. This is ridiculous as it marks grave indiscipline with in the police force.

Any action by government to check what is called artistic freedom of government staff is not an infringement on the right of the citizen but an action to protect the necessary discipline among such staff.

-K A Solaman

Delayed justice

Justice delayed is justice denied. The slow pace of Indian courts has augmented delayed justice. Ordinary people are fed with courts as it takes a dozen or more years to settle a case. This is not because the dearth of judges alone but due to plethora of cases related to political bribery. When political cases are given importance it would naturally take many years for settling ordinary cases. So, what is needed is: resolve. cases based date of admission and not based on what is called 'importance'

Interestingly K M Mani, who was resigned recently as Kerala Finance and Law minister said that he didn't get the deserved justice. If this is the plight of a State Law minister, imagine the state of ordinary people running pillar to post to get resolved their grievance.

K A Solaman

Paris terror attack

Heinous terror attack in the Paris concert hall killing over 128 people and injuring more than 180 is highly condemnable. As the Pontiff said it is an attack on humanity and a peace meal of World War III.
Paris tragedy requires world powers to join hand immediately to wipe out terrorism of IS. It is the prime responsibility of all rulers to avert further blood baths of terrorism in future.

K A Solaman

Punish the trouble makers

Celebrations over election victory cross all limits. Death of a boy in Malappuram is a pointer in this regard. Exploding high decibel dynamite and thereby damaging the hearing ability of little ones, disturbing the tranquil mindset of elders damaging buildings etc, are crimes to be punished. And for this no specific complaint is needed. The police and other authorities could take suo motto case against these criminals for making nuisance in the thoroughfare.

K A Solaman

The Twenty 20 victory

The Twenty 20 victory at Kizhakkambalam Panchayat in Kerala is a historic one. Though it may be described as a rare phenomenon it is an eye-opener to the three fronts in Kerala. The Twenty 20 self help group has secured a thumbing margin of 17 seats out of19.

A monthly payment to the elected members and the right to call them back if found useless, are good gestures to be followed by various political parties in Kerala. Let Twenty 20 to work as a leading light to correct all corrupt members of various political parties

K A Solaman

Truth remains

It is very interesting to know how voters of Kerala think. For instance look at the failure of the daughter of Kerala's most popular Chief Minister E K  Nayanar and the victory of Karayi duo. Nayanar's daughter Usha lost to her rival in Ravipuram ward of Kochi Corporation while Karayi Rajan and Karayi Chandrasekharan who are accused in the Fasal murder case, came successful in their respective constituencies in Kannur. Karayis are acquitted by the peoples' court and  now it is the turn  of judicial court to to confirm it. However , the brutal killing of Fasal remains as a sad truth.

K A Solaman

Poll debacle

Bar bribery case, communal polarisation, price rise, corruption etc are not  necessarily the  reasons for the debacle of the UDF in the LSG poll in Kerala. It is mainly due to the highway robbery of vehicle owners by the police and the transport authorities.
For quite long imposing high penalty on vehicle owners to cater the need of money was the habit of state government. For this they deployed police force , mobile courts ,  vehicle inspectors and who else for extracting money from ordinary public. Helmet hunt has become notorious and for this several police squads were in action as if there were no other duty for the police.

Of late, every house hold in Kerala owns a two wheeler and every two wheeler owner once or many times has undergone police high handedness. The feedback from  these people might have resulted in the  debacle of UDF.  If the government is again to continue this loot their failure in the coming Assembly poll is not unlikely 

Fair sex, less corruption

Women get less representation in Kerala Assembly and in Parliament. The state of Kerala where 1000 men have 1085 women has shown scant regard to women regarding representation to state assembly. It is unfortunate to see that women have only a small representation in Kerala Assembly. Gender equality is only a slogan suited for non- implementation. Women organizations in the state are also responsible for this pitiable situation. However, this is compensated in Local Self Government bodies.

Unlike men, women representatives would work more for villagers for the well-being of all and not for a particular group of people in the village. They would work honestly and be able to devote time to thework. The sense of responsibility is more in women A woman head in a Panchayat would ensure fair andtimely distribution of pension for widows and old people, and scholarships for students belonging to scheduled castes. In certain cases the work a woman can accomplish, men cannot.

Moreover, female politicians are less likely than their male counterparts to engage in corruption, and more likely to disapprove of it when they see it. A study says that In democratic countries with generally low levels of corruption, women are less likely to be corrupt and less likely to tolerate corruption than male politicos. The effect, however, does not hold up in countries where corruption is endemic and of course in India corruption is not endemic. In less corrupt countries, recruiting more women into public service may indeed decrease overall corruption

K A Solaman

Lost hope!

India is not investor friendly. It is very much evident from the lack of interest in stock market shown  by average investors. All low strata investors including pensioners who invested in stock market  lost their money.

More hopeless is the bank shares. All bank shares are at their bottom still people fear to invest in them on the assumption that the banks are tending to extinction. The BSE share index 26700 is a manipulated one to hoodwink the investors. BSE often change the index shares to keep this number always projected and if the index is calculated now on the basis of index shares of ten or fifteen years back it will be below10000.

The hope that investors had when Narendra Modi sworn in as PM of India does not exist now.

K A Solaman 

Castration unscientific.

It is true that sex abuse has no place in a civilised society. As a way to check this  crime castration of the abusers is one of the many options.   If testosterone levels and consequently men's libidos are the reasons for the psychological unevenness of abusers it can be lowered through surgically removing a man's testicles or treating him with drugs. For that reason, castration has been used by psychiatrists and mandated by various countries to treat sex offenders. Nevertheless castration - physical or chemical - does not guarantee that a man will forever be sexually dysfunctional or that he won't again commit rape. Medical studies reveal that a person  can be castrated and still he have an intact organ. Most testosterone is produced by the testes, but some is made in the adrenal glands.                                 Moreover, men who take testosterone, through pills or injections, could easily restore natural levels of the hormone allowing them to have sex despite their lack of testicles.  A 2005 study printed in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychology and the Law, found that up to 10 percent of sexual offenders who are surgically castrated repeat their crime. Forensic psychiatrists are of split opinion as to whether chemical castration is a successful treatment for sex offenders.Castrated offenders can and do offend again. So castration - chemical or surgical - is not a good way of responding to sexual behaviour and for that reason one cannot fully agree with Justice N Kirubakaran. What is actually needed is medical treatment of personality disorder that leads to rape and sexual abuse. Lack of education in some sections of the society is also a reason for sex related crimes. K A Solaman

Oommen Chandy for next term?

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy seems to think that his rule is corruption free and the people of Kerala are happy for a continuation of his rule for the next term too. Perhaps, he has been helped in reaching this faulty conclusion by the labour of kind sycophants and fawning political parties for whom his rule was advantageous. But at least the Court and innumerable inquiry commissions do not appear to be amused by his ways and has been asking probing questions. First is, his infamous involvement in Solar scam. Next comes the Vizhinjam tender. And also, fingers are being pointed at his and his minister Babu’s involvement in Bar bribe case.

For the layman, Chandy’s rule is a classic example of utter waste of taxpayers’ money in an erratic ruler’s weakness for winning praise and influencing people when electoral diminishing returns have set in. The public distribution system has paralysed and the educated youths have become desperate because of no opportunity. The school-college education is in total dismay. There are suffering millions in the state where development has yet to register.

The courts are bound to ask questions about the sheer wastage of public money. The Dalits are not happy as communal outfits have spread their tentacles. What a pity if the voters of the State are again planning to extend Chandy’s misrule.

K A Solaman

Insult to womanhood

The Malayalam News Channels are eagerly waiting for nasty subjects for their 9’o clock discussion to woo sex lynched viewers. Former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee secretary and now a ferocious CPM comrade Cherian Philip’s comment that "several women have disrobed themselves in secret and won seats in the Congress in the past" is one in this direction. Cherian Philip, since from his relinquishment from Congress party, keeps the habit of insulting A K Antony, his mentor, but Antony never criticised this fellow. Cherian, therefore, deserved an all-round condemnation and that is accomplished by his latest comment.

In fact Cherian Philip’s comment is an insult to womanhood which could not become defunct with an outright apology. Somebody makes a statement from personal knowledge and everybody is prepared to forgive him if he merely withdraws that statement, seems funny. And more funny is Pinarayi correcting VS for latter’s condemnation of Cherian’s statement. In Cherian Philip’s view, if everything is rotten in Congress, the situation is not different in his present party.

K A Solaman

From the Collections of S L Puram Anand

Waterfall

Stupid statement

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said “Muslims can continue to live in this country, but they will have to give up eating beef because the cow is an article of faith here”. This is sheer non-sense and is equivalent to saying “Hindus can live in this country, but they will have to give up drinking cow milk”.

The Chief Ministers of the country should be a little more reasonable to avoid such baseless statements. On cultural and ritual matters one could not make commands, likewise on food habits. The statement made by minister is aimed at vote bank of Hindus. The CM of Haryana should find time to read the provisions  in constitution of India before making further stupid statements. He should also understand that beef is red meat and it is not only of cow but that of buffaloes and bullocks too.

K A Solaman

Ban Shiv Sena

 

Shiv Sena is a party in Maharashtra, which is to be banned. They have mismanaged many issues. The recent attack on Sudhindra Kulkarni was totally uncalled for and reprehensible.  Shiv Sena is controlled by one family viz, Thackare family and alliance of BJP with Shiv Sena is a farce.

Former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani condemning the attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni is in the right direction. The attack on Mr. Kulkarni attracted all-round condemnation from political parties. Congress spokesperson said it was the “manifestation of the larger malice of intolerance and suppression of voices at whim’. The Aam Aadmi Party termed the Shiv Sena as “the Indian Taliban.”.

So to avoid further turmoil it is high time check the activities of Shiv Sena inMumbai and elsewhere by the Union Government.

K A Solaman
The Hindu Business Lines Oct 15, 2015 Published

Returning honour

Returning the awards they received earlier is the latest trend among writers having left incline. These writers include Sachithanandan, Sara Joseph, P J Parakkadavu and others who were known for the ideology they followed. The reason for returning award is very simple like failure of duty of Sahitya Academy and the Government to stand with writers and uphold the freedom of expression. They are very much annoyed with the brutal killing of Kalburgi, the rationalist.

Where were these writers when Babri Masjid was demolished by Saffron cadres?

India is a little larger country and hence killing of persons for eating beef might have occurred in plenty in the past in some corners of the country but the present incidence in UP received such a dimension due to the media explosion. The sudden rise of saffron forces also indicates the miserable failure of so-called secular parties and their sponsored writers. So there is nothing significant in returning award after enjoying the benefit of it all these time. More over a cash award of Rs 50000 in 1995 is worth Rs Eight lakh now. Then it is a joke to return the original sum of Rs 50000 only.

K A Solaman

Not a mistake Mr Antony.

Now it is election time in Kerala, hence Congress leader A.K. Antony started opening his mouth. This time he bemoans ban on student politics in Kerala. For him, “it is a big mistake to ban student politics. Instead of political organisations, caste and religious organisations have taken hold of school and college campuses”, he said, adding that there was a tendency to inject caste and religious psychosis into the tender minds of students.

Antony forgot the reason for banning student politics and that too only in a few school-colleges. In rest of the institutions it is still in full swing. If anyone has any doubt, look at the incidents in Kerala Varma college, Thrissur, CET Thiruvananthapauram or Poly-technic college, Cherthala. In all these institutions the students politics is in its worst form. It was when the students went into damage mode managements started banning student politics. It may have then resulted student groups with religious tags. And if these groups are worse than political groups who prevents the management to abandon them also.

It is true that the damage made by students’ political outfits is beyond any limit. It will take several years for religiously united students groups to reach that level. Hence, Antony’s comment is unwarranted. It is intended to get a few party workers among students.

.More interesting fact is;Vayalar Ravi or A K Antony has never uttered a single word against Vellappally. He is bench-mate of the two in schools. When Vellappally calls KPCC President V M Sudheeran as “wretched creature” the act of Ravi and Antony not uttering a single word against Vellappally is terrifying.

K A Solaman

In the offing

When Kerala CM Oommen Chandy says something in affirmative there is a reverse implication for it. This time he says that in the current scenario, the State Government would not raise the retirement age of government employees. Nevertheless he is not against the demand to raise the pension age of employees.

This means once the election to local self government bodies is over this government will certainly enhance the retirement age. So all the 25 lakh educated and unemployed youths should take stock of the situation and act wisely. Denying fresh appointments, decision for retirement age hike is in the offing.

-K A Solaman