New gen cine artists should pay tax on time.

What Yuvamorcha state secretary Sandeep Varier said about ടome new generation movie artists is right. Many of them are dwelling in ganja smoke and they not even know about paying income tax on time.

And in this context  BJP state general secretary M T Ramesh coming against Sandeep’ s comment is unwarranted. There is no other leader, young or old, in Kerala BJP to defend the party so vividly, in channel debates. Perhaps Sandeep is not in the group led by M T Ramesh. Even if Sandeep's view is not  party's opinion, what he said is correct and new gen cine artists have to pay the tax on time and they have to abstain from Ganja life as alleged by cine producers.

K A Solaman

Rain water policy

Overpopulation has resulted in the   depletion of our water bodies. Deforestation has further compounded the deficiency of water. Several areas are critically affected by a dearth of usable water.

May be in this backdrop the Government of Kerala made laws for harvesting rain water. Facilities such as tanks and pipes are to be installed at the rate of collection of 25 litres of water for one square metre area for residential buildings and 50 litres per square metre for commercial buildings. This means having constructed a residential building of 100 sq.m area, owner has to spend lakhs to make PVC/Ferro cement tank to hold 2500 litres of water. This will break the back bone of the owner.

Moreover, the tanks made of PVC or concrete is not eco-friendly and they immensely contribute to global warming. Again rivers, lakes and ponds are refilled with rain water and if all people collect water and hold it in their tanks, no refilling will happen unless there is  heavy rain.

Further, water requirement of some districts is less compared to others and hence a uniform pattern for rain water harvesting is not at all advisable.

Hence, a revision is needed for rain water policy of Kerala government.

Rain water harvesting strategy should not be made a cause for environmental impact and a curse to those who make a new building.

K A Solaman

Deal with iron hand

The government should remain firm on its strategy on CAA. The protestors of various colleges and varsities should be dealt with iron hand. All stone-pelters and property destroyers should be brought to book and severely punished if they refuse to shun violence.

There were several rounds of clashes between agitators and the police. The supporters of CAA have shown complete restraint against the agitators. If they also surface into the arena it would be a tough time for the police to restore normalcy. Misguided youths resorting to violence is a curse to the country

K A Solaman

Sheer extravagance

It is a sheer extravagance for cash crunchy Kerala to send student leaders for foreign trip  by spending lakhs. If the very purpose of the trip is to give chance to take part in leadership training programme at Cardiff University in London, it could be outsourced to more able agencies at a lower rate within the country.

When KSRTC staff end life because of no salary it is truely cruel to misuse fund for sending a 70-member team, most of SFI leaders, for the training session. What kind of training they get is anybodys guess. These student leaders will not even get a chance to visit the tomb of Karl Marx in London as it was demolished many months ago.

K A Solaman

Child eating soil .

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Mayor offering job to the woman residing in Kaithamukku, who handed over four of her six children to CWC, because of poverty, is a noble gesture. However, the socio- economic issues that led to the incident also to be looked into.

A poor young woman becoming the mother of six poses a question before the Health Department and its family welfare schemes. Her child eating soil due to hunger makes  all schemes relating hurger-free villages in the state in stake. The Asha Workers, Ayalkoottam, Kudumbashree, and other charity agencies not seeing this family,  is rather curious. The woman's husband, instead of earning for the family, becoming drunkard also indicates the liquor policy of the state.

The corporation and CWC gestures are praiseworthy but what actually needed is rehabilitation of the entire family. The CWC denying parental care for children when parents are alive, is not in the right direction.

K A Solaman

Shameful acts.

What is now happening at  University College, Thiruvananthapuram is a shame to the state. There is seemingly police inaction into the incident at University College.

How can a ganja smuggling criminal namely, Ettappan Mahesh, who was named accused in all violences in the college,  still remain in the college hostel?

Allegations that the University College hostel is under the hold of mafia gang and there is illicit trade of drugട and ganja are shamefulto the College authority, the Collegiate Education Department and the Government.

K A Solaman

The 21st century joke.

It is a money making business for all Kerala ministers to open more bars and pubs.The Kerala government's earlier decision to relax the minimum distance limit of bars from schools and places of worship, to revive tourism sector, was a sheer non-sense. Couldn't we survive without tourism, is a significant question.

It is a crafty  plan to shift gods' own country to boozers' on country. All efforts made by anti-liquor agitators were thrown ashtray by the  LDF government. They have backtracked from the decisions they took before the election. Only the women community in the state could prevent the present decision of the government because they are worst sufferers from drunken relatives. It is the youngsters of poor families who are spoiled by the abundent sale of liquor. The LDF government has least concern about the poor lot.

Now, the abkari minister revealing that a decision has been taken for opening of pubs in the state, is yet another wrong step taken by the government.. As State Excise Minister T.P. Ramakrishnan is a close aide of Chief Minister, his involvement in the present dubious deal cannot be ruled out.  Minister Ramakrishnan's revelation that our economy is dependent heavily on tourism and hence more bars and pubs are needed, is a farce.

By opening more liquor outlets in the state the LDF ministers assurance that their policy would be, not prohibition but abstinence from liquor, is the 21st century joke.

K A Solaman

Wise decision

Kerala Devaswom minister Kadakampally Surendran's saying that no protection would be provided for women who want to trek Sabarimala, is welcome.

Women should not be taken to Sabarimala under police protection. If they want to go there, they should bring court order in this regard, according to the minister. No court  order for women entry will be obtained as the indication of the SC order is in this direction. For once an execution sentence is referred for detailed enquiry it is the practice not to carry out the execution.

Presumably the verdict has been invalidated after the Supreme Court referred the review petitions to a larger bench.

The media should restrain airing  statements of activists damaging the peaceful atmosphere of Sabarimala.

K A Solaman

Happy boozers of Kerala

All Kerala Boozers are very happy to hear the news that state cabinet has accepted the report for making wine and low alcohol content liquor from Kerala fruits like jackfruit, cashew, and plantains. And ín any case if the liquor made has high alcohol content, there may be provision for diluting it with sufficient water !

Perhaps those leaders of the former UDF Government are cursing themselves and trying to strangle each other for not utilising this golden opportunity. Giving production license to those people who are able to start liquor units, is a money making mechanism. Interestingly, with all liquor shops opened and new brewery units established, Kerala is on its way to stage-by-stage liquor ban as promised in the manifesto.

K A Solaman

SNDP - NSS feud

The SNDP and NSS are two communal outfits in the state with their own varied interests. The secretaries of these organisations often come  vociferously during election time and claim they are the ones who decide the outcome of the election, but actually not.  The voters never bother about what is called 'right distance or equal distance' policy and vote only on convictions.

However, while NSS secretary Sukumaran Nair restricts his words. SNDP secretary Vellappally Natesan  shows no mercy in using abusive words against NSS . Vellappally Natesan has severely criticized NSS leadership for publically campaigning for UDF candidates. He alleged that NSS leadership has uncultivated thoughts and campaigning in the name of caste would turn Kerala into a lunatic asylum. But, in fact, Vellappally is also playing on the same turf.

Vellappally saying that NSS action would result in riots, is counter productive. This type of one sided  gesticulations of Yogam Secretary would bring communal hatred.

K A Solaman

Chennai connect is a Nobel connect.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize was  awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

In this context Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping Chennai meet is  of great significance. The meet will give  great momentum to
bilateral ties between India and China. Any  improvement in India-China relations would avert boarder tensions and benefit the people of the two countries and the world. And in that case Modi and Xi will follow the path paved by Abiy Ahmed Ali

K A Solaman

Nobel Prize to Mr Trump

It is first of its kind in the world that a leader complains for non-receipt of Nobel prize. US President Donald Trump airing one of his oldest grievances at the United Nations that it is unfair he never got the Nobel peace prize, is interesting With this demand Trump has once again proved that he is a funny man with varied fancies. However, he has to remember facts related to Nobel prize issue.

Though there were controversies related to selection, Noble Peace Prize is by far the only biggest prestigious award which is having an unmatched pride. Suspecting an unfair play couldnot  be accepted.

The selection is.always followed by some or other form of strict criteria The selection committee need to make sure of every new development and contributions that has hit in the year. If contribution by someone else outweighes that of  Mr Trump, it means he has not reached the limit to get the prize.
K A Solaman

When postman becomes banker.

Bizarre are the innovations of postal department in the state. The one among them is the 7196 postmen in the state going to act as mobile ATMs . A new system allows money withdrawal and deposit upto Rs 10000 through postmen.

However, this scheme will unlikely to materialise or if materialised it will end up in disaster. This one says because postmen in Kerala are overloaded with work. Complaints are plenty against them for not delivering postal articles in time. The periodicals coming via post receive scant regard from postmen and they are not even delivered. In that case money handlig will bring them a tough time in their work.

The prime duty of the postman is to deliver postal articles promptly. Making Item bankers invite unforseen problems

K A Solaman

Dargerous corruption

Who said universities in Kerala are independent bodies where external influence is little?  The alleged violation of noms by minister for higher education K T Jaleel shows that all the unversities are under his control and he is capable of raising marks of failed candidates. The  alleged  violatiion of norms to intervene and pass a B Tech student who failed in one subject despite revaluation, is a solid evidence in this direction.

There are usually allegations against one or two ministers in a cabinet. But allegation of corruption against all the ministers in a cabinet is new to Kerala.

A minister forming special evaluation committee for providing. sufficient marks to pass the student for the subject in which the student could not score pass marks even after revaluation, is a dangerous form of corruption.

K A Solaman

#Irreverent #act

It is an out and out disrespectful act on the part of state government of Kerala to convene an all party meeting to discuss the Maradu flat issue. The politicians and bureaucrats are beneficiaries in the fake venture of constructing Maradu flats and that is why ruling and  opposition parties demand not to execute the apex court order.

More interesting is the surfacing of  the flat builders by giving  letter to the municipal secretary clarifying that they have no responsibility in the issue. After cheating all the flat buyers, it is the sponsored  programme of builders to tell new stories.

K A Solaman

Cross the road or not?

After opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran, UDF convenor Benny Behanan has also raised sharp criticism against MP Shashi Tharoor for his comments that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be praised for doing the right things. Tharoor, considered as a potential candidate for AICC president, suffering this humiliation from Congress leaders is undesirable.

Why the flunkey leaders of Congress do not understand Tharoor's plight to avert a possible fall in the case related to suspecious murder of his third wife Sunanda Pushkar? Moreover, his darlingest Mehr Tarar in Pakistan waits for him for an immediate nuptial knot. Without prime minister Modi's blessings these are all beyond the bounds, Tharoor believes.

So, an immediate return to power is very remote, Congress leaders should think of  acting like Tharoor  to get some reward. There is enough time to return to Congress when matters come in favour.

K A Solaman

Kerala flood

Kerala flood

There are many factors that brought  the severe rainfall and consequent flood in  Kerala in 2018 and 2019. On 16 August 2018, severe floods affected Kerala, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon. It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century killing 483 people. A report by J P. Alex, an amicus curiae appointed by the Kerala high court, said the devastating floods of 2018 was the result of bad dam management by the state government. This finding is acceptable to the people all around. This year also there was unprecedented heavy rainfall and overall damage is not too high.

It is believed that climate change is reason for heavy rain fall. Though it is difficult to attribute any single event to climate change, its possible reasons are deforestation and thoughtless quarrying. However, the reason for the immediate flood after heavy downpour is the little death of rivers. The quarry owners and M-sand mafia have played foul with selfish politicians not to mine river sand. This made rivers shallow and the the immediate impact after rain is, flood. The rivers are made shallow not to hold water and hence overflows. To avoid such  floods in future river sand mining can be reconsidered

K A Solaman

Naked sons

Sons of prominent leaders of Kerala are at receiving end. For instance, Binoy, son of CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, is under threat from Bihari woman for compensation for rape and illegitimate  fathering. Binoy, though against his father's belief, sought the possible help of Lord Ayyappa by visiting Sabarimala.

Another prominent son, BDJS leader and NDA candidate against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad, Thushar  is under arrest in Ajman in UAE on a bounced cheque case. He was sent to the Ajman Central Jail. A dishonoured cheque of 10 million Dirham (about 19.5 crore rupees) is a serious criminal act in UAE.Thushar is the son of SNDP Yogam Secretary Vellappally Natesan.

In fact, it is a handicap of these Kerala leaders that all their kids are born completely naked.

K A Solaman

It was a fitting reply

It has been reported that a group of members in BJP demanded to seek an explanation from B Gopalakrishnan for his remarks against film personality Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Who are these members, however, is missing in the report.

BJP leader B Gopalakrishnan has given a fitting reply to Adoor for his writing to PM based half baked truths. Adoor and company had also forged the signature of film director Manirathinam.

Adv B Gopalakrishnan's comment was seemingly not controversial and such fitting replies are absolutely necessary to shut the mouth of Modi detractors

K A Solaman

Police ordeal

The police courting trouble because of their arrogance, is no news in Kerala. Latest is the lathi charge against CPI  protestors who marched to Kochi Range IG Office.
Several leaders and workers including Muvattupuzha MLA Eldo Abraham got injured in the police lathi charge. The MLA’s hand broke as the police thrashed him using lathi. CPI district secretary was also injured in the police attack.

An MLA of the ruling front getting injured in police action is new to the state.  As Eldo reacted, there is no one in the state to control the police. Of late, lathi-charge and water cannon have become daily ordeal in the state to handle protesters.

Perhaps, under Pinaryi regime, police has to prove that no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a student, not a teacher, not a priest, not an advocate. All are all subjected to police action except CPM leaders

K A Soleman

Needed single-window for autonomous colleges

The  heavy rush for admission to undergraduate and PG courses of autonomous colleges has nothing to do with the quality of teaching  or overall discipline. The only reason is: the college is autonomous.

The admission procedure in autonomous college is different from that of affiliated or non- autonomous colleges. Single application is sufficient for admission to non- autonomous colleges  as they practice single window system. But each autonomous college demands separate application. and this places a huge burden on applicants. Moreover, one autonomous college will be in tie- up with adjacent autonomous  college regarding question paper setting and valuation. This generates simple question papers and high marks to students which non- autonomous college students could not imagine. In fact an autonomous college student gets high marks but his standard is low compared to non- autonomous student.

So, the only way to protect standard of autonomous colleges is to conduct examination by the university. Valuation of answerscripts should done by examiners unknown to automous college teachers. Heavy rush and students' difficulty in getting admission can be avoided by introducing single window system for admission procedure  in autonomous colleges.
K A Solaman

Warn foul players of Indian Stock Market.

The India equity market moved down after the Union Budget. Though the budget is rational and development oriented down trend prevails in the market. Possibly this is due to the foul play by some big operators.

Though there are measures to improve growth, reduce income inequality, strengthen bank performance and bring about a transparent and honest regime, the nose-diving of prominent scrips is to be examined. It is time for FM to alert SEBl and warn foul players of the Indian stock market.

K A Solaman

Highly priced Kerala power

The power tariff by the Kerals State Electricity Board Is again on a hike. The proposed hike is ten percent. It was two years back the charge for single phase connection has been increased to Rs 30 from Rs 20. The fixed charge for three phase connection has been hiked to Rs 80 from Rs 60. With that hike, the board has garnered extra revenue of Rs 550 crore. There is no valid reason for the present hike except Chairman N S Pillai's ego.

Interestingly the highly priced Kerala power lacks quality. Though said there is no  cut,  power supply is intermittent. Tree touching removal is the new phrase for the present power cut

This price hike and others are a marked backtrack from the declared stance of  LDF Government during its inception. The manifesto by the LDF published on April 2016 reads: "If LDF forms a government, it will ensure that there will be no rise in prices of essential items". The manifesto also promises corruption-free, and clean governance. And, of course, power tariff hike is not covered by the manifesto.

K A Solaman

Rise in drug abuses

One of the aspects that Excise Department officials find most alarming in Kerala is rise in drug abuses related to schools. School students form a large part of the customer base for narcotic drugs.
Nearly 70 percent  of school children in the state are vulnerable to narcotics abuse. Not only students use narcotics, a few of them act as a supplier to schoolmates.

So in this context Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu saying that the government alone would not be able to tackle the problem of growing drug abuse, is significant. The parents, teachers and the entire society would have to be involved to check the menace.. The State should set up special cells to deal with the problem and honest and sincere  officers are to be posted to deal with the situation.

K A Solaman

Tottappan's fierce fall

It is a tragic end for the acting career of award winner cine actor Vinayakan as he was booked over a sexual harresment complaint from an activist and model.  This I say because of the acting career of Alansiar who was booked over a 'me too' case. Alansiar is nowhere in the cinema world at present.

The woman in her complaint alleged that when she phoned Vinayakan to invite him for a programme, he verbally abused her. He abused her mother also and she has a valid proof in this regard.

The incident shows celebrities, especially male ones, should take caution while dealing with persons of courage and integrity. Vinayakan's misbehaviour ended in a call record which is a valid evidence against the actor. The whole incident tells:
Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

K A Solaman

Is it a gold smuggling crime?

The inquiry into the death of violinist Balabhaskar in a car accident goes leaden day by day. Investigators are seemingly cluless  as people associated with Balabraskar have allegedly criminal background. The new track of the CB inquiry targets Prakashan Thampi and Vishnu Somasundaram, both fixtures in Balabhaskar’s music circuit and accused in the smuggling case registered by the DRI. Though Lakshmi, Balabhaskar's wife has denied that they are her husband’s business associates, the whole story  puts Balabhaskar's  dealings shady.

The rift between his friends and relatives prompts one to think that the whole drama is a bit complicated. As one television actor had alleged the accident may be a gold smuggling-related crime.

There is a dark side of everyone- it is the side people do not really get to see. One thinks everyone has that.

K A Solaman

Dams make ecological damage

Possibility for potential floods in future haunts the LDF government in Kerala. So government plans to construct four more major dams in the state. The sites  identified for the  construction are Peringalkuthu, Pooyamkutty, Achankovil and Kuriyarkutty.

The reason for such a decision is two fold. One is: to make people convince  that last August flood was natural and no minister or the KSEB has involvement in making the flood by opening simultaneously all the dams. Second is: an eye on the huge commission it would generate in the purchase of cement and steel rods. Also, there is an eye in the sale of trees in dam sites.

Whatever it may be,  this crafty plan is unlikely to work out in Kerala  in the immediate future because the new generation is not unaware that  the ecological damage that dams make is unfathomably complex and dire.

K A Solaman

Women's Commission should be apolitical

Kerala Women's Commission should function irrespective of political affiliations. This is the opinion of newly elected Alathur MP Ramya Haridas. And it is also the opinion of many other like-minded people. It is true that Women's Commission did not book suo-moto case against LDF convenor for making offensive comments on Remya Haridas. In P. K Sasi's case also they took similar attitude.

The Kerala Women's Commission is a statutary body and it performs on all matters relating to women's problems.The commission is to inquire into the complaints of any unfair practice to women and to  recommend to the government, what action to be taken. Unfortunately the Commission acts are partisan because of obvious reasons.The commission should  ensure equal opportunity for disputes redressal  to all women irrespective of caste, creed and political interest.

K A Solaman

Damage control drill

The blow to the LDF this time is so severe. It has not only lost all its traditional bastions such as Alathur, Palakkad, Kannur, Kasargod, Vadakara and Attingal but also majority in 75 of the 91 Assembly segments it had won in the 2016 elections. The UDF, on the other hand, has gained sizeable majority in 123 Assembly segments. The Pinaryi government has no moral right to continue.

However, the CPM has started with damage control exercise. Theyhave come to the conclusion that Sabarimala is a major reason for the shameful defeat. There was also big leakage of Hindu votes. The question is: are they ready to restrict those thoughtless women who still want to make surprise in Sabarimala?

Interestingly, the CPM Secretariat has asked district committees to submit reports on reasons for the defeat. The district committees then will ask area committees to report. The area committees, in turn, will ask branch committees about the debacle. This routine drill will continue and finally conclusion will be; people didn't vote, so lost. The UDF, for its victory, owes very much to LDF because it is the folly of the latter that helped the UDF.

K A Solaman

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

Action needed.

Making Malayalam feature films is a child's play now. Anyone with a movie/mobile camera along with a few bucks and  thugs could make a film. Teen love, cutting genitals and open defacation etc, are the main scene of such films. No rules and regulations are obeyed and morals are observed in the shooting of such cinemas

Seeking of explanation by the Central government from the state Additional Chief Secretary, Forest and Wild Life Department, regarding granting permission to deposit foreign red soil on Parthakochi reserve forest under the Kasargod forest range for shooting a film, is an example in this direction.  Overnight erection of a beverages shop at Pathirapally, Alappuzha, is yet another rule violation by film makers. Who gave permission to them to make an advertisement promoting the use of liquor ?
The act of the forest officials in allowing shooting inside the reserve forest and allowing shooting near NH by obstructing traffic are  gross violations of forest laws and local self government guidelines. Nuisance on thoroughfare is a punishable oftence  under Panchayat Act.

Stringent action , therefore, is needed against the forest officials and panchayat officer  for allowing shooting in public area disturbing people and animals.

K A Solaman

Pay back for the dastardly act

It is time for we all Indians to pay homage to 44 CRPF jawans who were martyred in the terror attack in Pulwama, near Avantipura city  on Thursday. The need of the hour is to express solidarity with the government demanding stringent action against terrorism.

If US could eliminate Osama Bin Laden, Israel could wipe out all miscreants within their territory, India could also eliminate  the mastermind of the attack who was being protected  by Pakistan.

Martyrdom of our brave hearts was indeed  heart-breaking. Time has come for the India government to take stringent action against those who carried out the attack and killed innocent Indian jawans. The real tribute to martyred soldiers would be when India struck back with vengeance against the coward perpetrators of the dastardly act.

K A Solaman

Being good is difficult

The action of Kerala CM against DCP Chaitra Theresa John for raiding the CPM  district committee oftce, Thiruvananthapuram, is unwarranted. Is this office, a place beyond the reach of police?

By taking action against the police officer, the government undermines the gravity of the crime committed by offenders. A gang of party workers pelting stones at the Medical College police station and allowing them to hide in the party office, are serious crimes. The DCP's action, therefore, was in the right direction. The criminal within the police who leaked out the raid news should be booked first.

Being a good police officer is one of the most difficult, dangerous, idealistic jobs in the world. Nevertheless, officers like Chaitra Theresa John place some hope about police in the minds of general public. Her action is a morale boost to the police force.

K A Solaman

Thankless act

Mata Amritanandamayi's statement that the state administration has mishandled the Sabarimala issue, is in the right direction. The advisors of state rule do not know anything about the rituals and customs of temples. Amritanandamayi said the poojas, customs and traditions of each temple are different and this is one major issue which has to be addressed.

Based on her statement CPM Secretary and his cadres coming against her is out of the ordinary. It is an indecent act to undermine her service to humanity.Indiscriminate review about a good person based on petty politics is an exceptionally thankless act.
K A Solaman