Laughter epidemic

#Laughter #epidemic

Science has proven that laughter is the greatest medicine available to man. It seems that it is time for this natural medicine, which reduces cortisol and increases endorphins, to become a government policy. Because now Kerala is experiencing a laughter epidemic. From a smile to a burst of laughter, all variants are being tested together on the face of the Chief Minister. 

If we had laughed a little in the last five years, we would not have needed to distribute laughter continuously at inauguration venues like the debt relief campaign today. If we see the inauguration advertisements in the newspapers, they are like half-cooked biryani. When we see them, we feel like eating them, but we do not know what will happen to our stomachs if we eat them.

Meanwhile, in the episode prepared with Mohanlal, the Chief Minister laughs and laugh. Those who watched the episode speculated that the Chief Minister, who watches Rajinikanth's beatings with laughter, could not stop laughing after watching the beheading scene in the movie Jailer.

If science says that laughter increases immunity, then political science says that laughter tests the patience of voters.

The opposition leaders who saw all this had a simple doubt: if they laughed so much before the election, what will they do after the election? The people are in a deep crisis, not knowing whether to laugh or cry after seeing all this.

Here, on the one hand, there is laughter that produces endorphins. On the other hand, laughter that increases cortisol when remembering the regime. Finally, the new message that Kerala will give to the world will be this: Laughter is good for health, but excessive laughter can have political side effects.

There is nothing more frustrating than planned laughter

-K. A. Solaman

Mannam Samadhi should be made a public monument

#Mannam #Samadhi should be made a public monument.

The negative stance taken by NSS General Secretary Sukumaran Nair questions the constitutional respect of the country and the democratic nature of public places. Denying even the Vice President of India entry to Mannam Samadhi is nothing but a manifestation of personal political animosity. 

The memorial of a great person named Mannam is not a private fortress of any organization; it is a public monument of the social history of Kerala. This approach of insulting even those with constitutional positions by insisting on keeping BJP leaders away is making the organization undemocratic. This is not permissible, it is an insult to the important positions of the nation.

The Central Government can take legal and administrative action against such actions. Mannam Samadhi should be declared a public monument and brought under the control of the Center or the State. Facilities should be provided for the public to freely enter and pay floral tributes there. Security and cleanliness should be ensured. 

 It is a dangerous trend to allow even those in public office to be banned based on the decision of a private organization. Therefore, this stance of the NSS General Secretary should be strongly condemned and the government should take the responsibility of converting Mannam Samadhi into a public monument open to all.

-K. A. Solaman

Musclespasan is a national tragedy

#Muscle #spasm is a national tragedy

If  one listens to the treatment story of Health Minister Veena George, he will feel that it is not the muscle in her neck that has been strained, but the government's PR muscle. The LDF government is playing an absurd drama with MRI and MR angiogram, medical board, and board on top of board for pain that can be relieved with a painkiller. Party Secretary M.V. Govindan's storytelling will make any hard-hearted person cry. If one sees all this, he will feel that the health department is not functioning as hospitals, but as drama sets. 

The footage, including that of the railway CCTV, says that there was no violence. But what the government reports talk about is the national tragedy of muscle spasm. When doctors' ethics and medical equipment are combined to create a drama, what is lost is the public's trust.

 Meanwhile, if you listen to the government's explanation that it has remanded the KSU members and ensured law and order, you will think that peace is enough within the walls of the prison, not outside. Protesting against the government's mismanagement is natural; but turning it into an attack drama and writing the script of the government is a tragic comedy. When people see the health department being turned into a circus camp by dancing to the tune of the male ministers in the cabinet, they think about the lack of intelligence of the department minister.

What people are seeing now in the health department is not treatment, but stories like making chapatis in the prison department and making profit. What I want to say to the allies of the Indi alliance, who are fighting each other and destroying party offices, is that they should not create martyrs. Lack of practical intelligence is the reason for the Veena minister's abandoned play that she can use her old acting skills and channel connections to support the sinking ship and its Karanbhooth captain.

-K. A. Solaman

Noise pollution a social responsibility

#Noise #pollution & #social #responsibility

It is not only a legal obligation but also a social responsibility to implement the government directives banning microphones and loudspeakers after 10 pm. However, it is extremely unpopular for some artists and event organizers to question this and adopt an approach such as the whole night program should be held and the locals should not sleep. 

Festivals and celebrations are meant to bring joy to the community and should not be noise torture that tortures the sick, the elderly and children. If the program starts at 7 pm, it can be concluded at 10 pm with dignity. Not being ready for that is not freedom of art, but violation of the law and social arrogance. There are situations where even ceremonies in places of worship can be held after 10 pm without microphones. Even then, there are groups who rob people of their sleep by organizing Chenda Mela and Vadya celebrations. Such noise chaos cannot be justified in any way.

No community has the right to water down the law against noise pollution.  Be it Onam celebrations, festivals, political or cultural events, keeping the mic off after 10 pm is not a matter of discussion, it is a necessity. The police should come forward to strictly enforce this law. Exemplary action should be taken against those who violate the law. Only when the noise level is reduced can the public get peace, the patients get relief, and the children get healthy sleep. 

When there are so many ways to celebrate without a mic, why do some people make high decibel noise and rob the peace of ordinary people? This is not culture, it is cruelty, and society should react strongly against this. 

- K. A. Solaman

Data Leakage

#Data #Leakage

The government says “Digital Kerala”; the High Court says “Digital Eavesdropping”. When we see that the personal information of employees stored in Spark reached the Chief Minister’s office, it seems that it did not come through the internet, but through telepathy. 

The government is unaware of the previous order that personal data should not be used for anything other than official purposes. Such a show is the number one major administrative reform of the state. When the Kerala High Court said that it was an invasion of privacy, the government replied that they did not know where it came from. 

The data crusade that started with Sprinklr has now reached the messaging system. A one-sided message journey that does not even allow people to respond. Undemocratic digital advice must end. Even when the court questioned the government’s dissemination of information that is not needed by the people, the government’s stance is strange. The government has included people’s privacy in its general plan. 

The individuals who approached the court against illegal data leakage are commendable.  If it weren't for them, the government would have deleted the word privacy from its dictionary!

The one-way messaging system must end. There must be a system to send messages back when they are received.

-K. A. Solaman

Malabar magic

#Malabar #Magic

It would be good if the government's new motto was "If anyone asks, we can change the name immediately." Yesterday Malabar Mystery, today Minnal Magic; what will it be tomorrow, "Magic in the rain, Mosquito Wonder?" 

There is no need for a cabinet meeting or a press meeting by a minister to name a brandy. Why a new name when there are so many K-names like Captain, Ship, Kapitan, Karanbhoot? The Excise Minister says that tourism will develop if local brandy is launched. But there is not even a trace of a Tourism Minister who is qualified to talk about tourism anywhere in the area.  The administration is stuck in a single process of naming liquor, ignoring history, geography and cultural awareness, while making unemployment and prohibition a taboo.

We are witnessing the government's self-confidence being stripped away along with the label on the brandy bottle, fearing that someone will frown upon hearing the word Malabar. If this same argumentative logic continues, tomorrow Malabar Christian College will definitely become Minnal College and Malabar Cement will become Minnal Cement.

At a time when people are saying they need roads, hospitals and job opportunities, the government's biggest administrative reform is changing the name of brandy. If this is development, then there is no need for a backbone, just a sticker on the chest: "Today's name, tomorrow's name, depending on the situation." 

In reality, it is not the name of brandy that changes like lightning, but the consistency in the government's decisions.

- K. A. Solaman

Number one liquor state

#NumberOne #LiquorState

The government that came to power with the slogan of opening schools, not bars, seems to have introduced a new education policy after Pinarayi 1.0 and Pinarayi 2.0, saying “opening bars, closing everything else.”

The most stable economic plan in Kerala is to open a bottle when the bridge of governance is shaking. The operating hours of bars were extended till 12 midnight as a result of this realization. With the elections approaching, the public is not wrong in thinking that this is a ‘liquid budget’ to collect funds.

If you hear the minister’s explanation that the decision is based on the model of neighboring states, you will even doubt whether a 24-hour ‘welcome drink’ scheme will come tomorrow to boost tourism. When we say tourism in Kerala, we have long been convinced that it is not the beach, backwaters and forests; it is the bottle, cup and counter. That is why we invite you to Munnar.  The government's cultural preservation policy is not to change this.

The biggest social contribution of this policy is the truth that even if the bars are closed at 10 pm, drunkards who do not come home even at 12 pm will wander astray. The old saying "Even day is night in the eyes of a drunkard" has become the principle of today's governance. 

The biggest sorrow is for the anti-alcohol campaigners; when the leftists rule, they do not have any kind of struggle. They only struggle when the rightists come. Therefore, the hope that the anti-alcohol campaign will get new life when the next government comes is now shining in the bottle. 

The government that opens bars without closing schools, fills culture in bottles and drinks election funds in glasses is on a great mission to make Kerala the 'number one liquor state' in front of the world. Therefore, let us "continue as one", become a liquor state!

-K. A. Solaman

Age affects intelligence

#Age #affects #intelligence

Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's statement about Kerala seems more like a personal expression of emotion than a political assessment. Asserting that Pinarayi Vijayan will become the Chief Minister again based on the information he has heard is not a serious political observation, but a one-sided praise campaign. If Aiyar clarifies prompted this PR work, the picture will become clearer.

Such a judgmental statement should not have come from a senior leader without first understanding the socio-economic-political realities of a state and without considering the difficulties and criticisms of the people. There is only political justification for Pinarayi in the words he said in the name of "Gandhian truth".

The remarks that personally insult Congress leaders question Aiyar's political culture. The controversial remarks that Shashi Tharoor is a chameleon and KC Venugopal is a rowdy are not a sign of maturity. It would be good if Aiyar understood that it is not others who are being made small by such positions, but himself, who has lost control of his words. 

Aiyer's stance on Kerala, which is based on hearsay, is a testament to the old saying that "age affects intelligence". The real problems of Kerala are understood by the people living there, not by the  worn-out horse who come to dine at resorts on tourist package.

- K. A. Solaman