Restrict glorification of criminals

Notriety is the present day impetus of youth. Since channels are springing behind all hard core criminals more youngsters resort to crime. Pulsar Suni abducted the actress, Pulsar molested actress, Pulsar  abandoned the phone, Pulsar questioned police, Pulsar taken to Coimbatore etc shouting in news channels prompt other youths to steal a JCB and  known as JCB man like Pulsar . When channels continue glorifying criminals it sends wrong message to innocent children. So it would be good on the part of news channels not to glorify criminals. Instead restrict such news as minimum. No sensible people need elaborate discussion about the wrongs of a criminal.

Political interference should also be avoided. Who convinced CM about no conspiracy behind the abduction, the actress or prominent actress's ex-husband? Fantastic enough!

K. A Solaman

Attack on actress

Unlike our youngsters think, everything is not fine with the tinsel world. There is vengence, deception, kidnapping, molestation and what else. But these stories were confined within in the four walls of cinema till date. Now it has come out in open. The abduction and molestation of noted Malayalam actress Bhavana is a case in this direction.

Attacks on women are rampant in the state and should be condemned. A very strong action against the culprits is required. The government will seriously consider the matter and take action against the criminals, it is hoped.

K A Solaman

Gladiator game in Kannur

Kannur is a battle field for brutal killing of political opponents. The CPM and the RSS are always fascinated at increasing their score. Occasionally the other parties too participate in the killing sport

The main reason for this rivalry is the provocative talks of  leaders of rival groups. So in order to end the violence the leaders should stop their hate speak and goverment should take criminal cases against those indulging in violence. The police force should be given a free hand to arrest the criminals.

The gladiatorial game of 'man killing man' in Kannur is a blot on Kerala psyche. It will take more time to end sadism in the minds of a few party men in Kannur. However, the all party peace meet headed by Kerala Chief Miniser will certainly reduce the tension. The peace talk should be continued at intervals in order to avoid replication of threats.

K A Solaman

Amma for all

Jaya memorial in Marina Beach is a place of solace and enlightenment for both corrupt and uncorrupt. As the Supreme Court refused to entertain Sasikala's plea seeking more time to surrender for undergoing jail term she straightaway went to Jaya memorial and took fuel for Bengaluru journey. The acting CM Paneer Selvam frequently meditates at the memorial and gets revelation for smooth rule ofTN. This and the other rather indicate god is worshipped by both the sinner and the innocent.

Whether the SC can be congratulated or not for issuing its bulky judgement which removed all the rumbles in the TN rule is a point to ponder. The trial court  imposition of  fine of Rs 100 crore now reduced to ten crore is a positive gesture for Sasikala and company.

K A Solaman

Ban Kerala Lottery

It is interesting to see that Kerala lottery tickets are set to get a number of security features akin to bank notes. This means  the government has no plan to ban all forms of lotteries including channel quiz based on SMS. Let the people contnue to beg and play spolidport,  that is the approach of the government towards fraud. Except a few differently abled people live by selling, lottery has no other good features to say. Instead it makes people lazy and tempts them to earn easy money .
For instance, on my way to Sunday church there is a small bridge and passerbys are only a few. On and near the bridge I could count five lottery vendors, two men, two women and  another person on a wheel chair. Except the one on the wheel chair all others are healthy and capable of doing manual work. But they will not. They need more money in an easy way. Selling lottery tickets is the easy way for them

The poor and uneducated people are the victims of lottery and that is why sale of  state lottery in Kerala is a big hit. Mobile users too lose money by sending SMS to on-line channel quiz.

Buying lottery tickets and liquor consumption are death traps for poor and ignorant people in Kerala and the Government that is bound to restrict it acts as s sponsor. Common man is falling prey to this social evil and is spending all hard earned money without caring children and the ailing old ones in the family. It is not campaigns and awareness programmes that are needed to check the danger but strict law enforcement. By no means  lotteries be allowed in the state. If a few people are not able to sustain without lottery, take measures to protect them in old age homes and shelters.

K A Solaman

Meditation in Marina Beach

Tamil Nadu politics entered into an unpredictable phase with caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam demanding a judicial inquiry headed by a Supreme Court judge to probe into the death of his predecessor and AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa. Obviously the target is V K Sasikala, the new incarnated general secretary of AIADMK and servant of Jayalalithaa.

It is true that not only the opposition party DMK but the people from all cross-sections of Tamil society smell foul in the hospitalisation and subsequent death of Jayalalithaa. Govt has responsibility to clear the doubts.

O.Panneerselvam's revolt against Sasikala has blocked her entry into Chief Minister's chair in St. George Fort. All of Sasikala's calculations spanning over for last few months have gone ashtray by half hour meditation by OPS in the Marina beach .

K A Solaman

Re-focus all party agitation

It was in 2015 the Centre had announced   that AIIMS would be established in Kerala. But  that hope has been shattered by the Union  Budget 2017. Finance Minister Jaitley's concern is about Jharkhand and Gujrat. As Centre did not make any announcement in this regard it is the time for an all party protest against Centre for AIIMS in Kerala. Instead, a nasty all party protest is going on in State's capital cornering a celebrity woman principal. All her crime was she tried to bring a little discipline in her college.
Running a college is a high risk job now  a days as twenty percent of students  are miscreants resorting to activities like streaking. Principal and teachers have little option to control these indisciplined and aggressive students. They could not  beat students and the only option is to use harsh words. The present  principal might have opted to this. And for this, hurling all the abuses on her by all party leaders and her students is unwarranted.

The slimmering exercise by K Muralidharan and others are intented to get media coverage. They should better  immediately focus their agitation for AIIMS instead of targeting a hapless woman.
K A Solaman

Dark days

Donald Trump has promised to make America great again. This lofty goal is difficult to achieve because it would require years of work and skillful diplomacy. Moreover, Trump is, perhaps, the most unpopular US president till date. The support he has from the Republican establishment is not enough to help him achieve his goals. One hopes that he manages to work through all the difficulties.

Trump has already signed an executive order to roll back the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Most consider him ignorant and expect him to fail. But he has been known to defy expectations.
K.A. Solaman,
Alappuzha, Kerala
The Telegraph, Calcutta, Feb 1, 2017

Smart class rooms for learning ?

It is highly appreciable to see that the Government of Kerala is going to raise the quality of school class rooms on a par with international standards in learning. The international school students read and write English well and are able to do mathematics with ease.  But one of the recent surveys on school education in Kerala had revealed that many ot our school students are not able to write their names correctly and very weak in arithmetics.

The class rooms in developed countries are almost saturated with electronic gadgets and teacherട there now are dead against with further dumbing of e - waste into  class rooms. Learning this, gadget makers all over the world have, therefore, decided  to sell their products among  third world countries. The term 'smart class room' has thus become a synonym  for  transforming third world  schools into electronic waste dumbing yards. India is not an exception.

The electronic  white board (EWB) or power point presentation is not a substitute for age old teaching practice with  black board and chalk. Any hate speak against black board and chalk is a crafty way to destroy able teaching-learning process and thereby  to find markets for electronic gadgets produced by multinational companies. Abandoning black board is a technological   invasion, the net result of which is; inefficacy in teaching-learning process in our humble class rooms.

Many of our government hospitals are now dumbing yards of disinfuct CT scan machines , ultra sound scanners, computers, x-ray units and even ceiling fans just because poor maintenance. This sort of fate awaits our schools with smart class rooms.

K A Solaman

Lacklustre budget

This year's Union Budget lacks lusture as it has not addressed unemployment problem and farmers' woes. The PM Narendra Modi had promised of creating two crore jobs, but last year only about 1.5 lakh jobs were created. The farmers are desperate as their crop loss has not been compensated. Cash donation limit of Rs. 2000 to political parties is a meaningless gesture as most of the donations go out as unaccounted money.
However, reduction in tax rates for individuals is a welcome move.
K A Solaman