Navakerala Yatra
This march led by CPI(M) state secretary started off with a lot of controversy whether the CM would participate in it or not. Anyway I hope when the march reaches Trivandrum all the problems in kerala would be solved. There would be no dengue fever in the capital city. All the extremist holed upon in various parts of kerala would run out of the state like mosquitoes. Bombs can be made in police stations as envisaged by the home minister to smoke off these elements from our environment. All the gulf expatriates who are going to come back to the state in coming months after losing jobs could be given study classes on how to sustain with parippuvada and black tea.I sincerely hope that the march would put an end to the power crisis in the state by boycotting American nuclear reactors and attracting more lavalin like investments (this time we can ask a power company to build a water theme park instead of a cancer centre). I request the CPM leadership to use a road roller in their convoy so that at least some potholes in the road they are marching from Kasargod would be mended.
Save Kerala Yatra
This Yatra led by Ramesh Chennithala, KPCC president is again from kasargod with speculation whether K Karnakaran will participate in it or not over Rajya Sabha seat row. I earnestly call on all human rights organizations to take up the case of both Mr K Karunakaran and Mr V S Achutanandan (both octogenarians) who are being forced from various sides to take part in Yatras. This clearly is a case of cruelty to old men and should be taken upto the highest level. Anyway with the end of Chennithala’s yatra the GDP will bounce back to 9.1 and the 50 million people who are going to lose their jobs would be accommodated in Indira Bhavans across the country to play IGL (Indian group league). The most eligible idler in the country would be made the prime minister so that the poor economist can take a rest.
Janakeeya Yatra
This yatra organised by CPI will solve all the problems in agricultural (portfolio handled by the party) sector in kerala. Kerala would become 100% dependent as far food grains are concerned and CPI would become 100% dependent on CPM as far as votes are concerned. For those who don’t like rice from Tamil Nadu can eat burger from Mc donalds and drink a bottle of Pepsi (Please don’t drink Coco cola, because they wont give ads in matrubhoomi) to quench thirst.
Nava sandesha Yatra
The funniest of all Yatras is led by Mr K Muraleedharan, NCP president. I sincerely hope that atleast his problems are solved after the Yatra. I request all parties to make him atleast a panchayat president so that his father can die peacefully.
We want another Rath Yatra
As the net worth of ambanis and tatas have reduced substantially we whole heartedly understand inability of BJP to conduct yatras in all states. But I request the party to conduct cultural programmes in all states like nun raping in Orissa , pub demolition in Karnataka, manhandling teachers in MP, and most importantly to disallow every Muslim in this country to walk fearlessly on the road. I request them to create ram temples in every nook and corner of the country, so that ram would solve all the problems in the country (this time by not sending his pregnant wife to forest)
Why are others waiting?
I request DMK to conduct a yatra for LTTE to solve the problems of Srilankan Tamils. I request them to send all the women who lost jobs in the textile mills of thiruppur to srilanka as human bombs. This would solve all the problems of tamils across the state.
Mayawatiji please conduct a Yatra so that you could increase your personal asset by 10000% (rather than 3000% after you became CM) and thus eradicate poverty and crime in UP.
Bappu are you seeing this?
78 years ago a lean person marched 240 miles against a mighty empire and defeated them by love and passive resistance. He did not travel in Mercedes benz or Volvo bus, he walked. His followers were not lured by liquor and money (in kerala the standard rate for a rally participant is RS 250 and Chicken Biriyani, I know because I was offered this). They came because they believed in India, in Gandhiji. I hope he is not watching the castration of this divine mode of resistance in broad daylight.
I am the rabbit
I am the rabbit who ran as fast as I could when the race began
I am the rabbit who got exhausted first
I am the rabbit who lost focus of the finishing line
I am the rabbit who saw all the turtles go past
I am the rabbit who lost the race
I am the rabbit who lost the race of life
I am the rabbit who got it all wrong
After two serious blog I had decided that the next post would be something light and personal. A lot of interesting things happened in the last two weeks. This blog is basically an assortment of those.
At Irinjalakuda
This time the trip home was eventful and helped me forget all the bad things that have been happening with me for the last 9 months. Vinu and I went to Vinu’s rubber estate in the eastern part of trichur driving his old but mighty tata sumo. The worker in the rubber estate has a good looking daughter (what you call the village beauty). I always mock vinu by calling him ‘Kochu mothalali’ reminiscing the old villains like ummar and jose prakash. Everybody would remember their class acts depicting rich youth who would regularly molest the daughters of their workers after sending them away. The most ubiquitous dialogue of villains of those days was ‘oru glass vellam tharumo’ (can I get a glass of water) before attacking the women in the kitchen. Poor vinu is always irritated with these accusations. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see her this time.
We also went to Pambumekkatu mana the famous snake worshipping temple near Mala. It is a customary practice to get inside the temple with wet mundu after dipping in the nearby pond. When we were to enter the temple one of the guards stopped us and asked in a low tone- ‘’are u nairs?’’. We said yes and got in. Suddenly I remembered that the temple is one of the last places in kerala where lower caste people are still barred from entering. I am not a racist but it felt good to enter a place where there is reservation for forward caste people.
Near our tharavadu there is a B grade theatre which is incidentally larger than most of the theatres in cochin. I have seen a lot of movies in that theatre in my childhood days. It has been a long time since I last visited the theatre. This time it was the latest james bond flick ‘quantum of solace’. I went with my cousins vinu and nithu. It was real fun because we were the only audience in the balcony. Vinu and I even thought of bringing some brandy from home at the interval though we did not do that. Vinu went back to Bangalore on Sunday.
Seeing new people
I went to trichur and with vijayini cheriamma set off to invite our relatives for the marriage of my cousin. I haven’t gone to most of these homes spread around irinjalakuda. Anyway one thing I can swear is my hometown is the most beautiful place in the world. It was a great experience to drive through paddy fields and small water bodies on country roads. All the new people I met were warm and nice.
Technopreneur 2009
I went to ernakulam to attend the annual seminar conducted by Yi (junior body of CII) of which I was a member. It was conducted in gokulam park hotel with a lavish budget. It was a wonderful experience especially because last time when we conducted the event we had a very small budget and it feels good to see the event growing. The speech of sharath babu the IIM A alumnus who rejected offers of MNCs to become the idli magnate of india was truly captivating. It was a very innocent and rhetoric less discourse about his journey from the slums of Chennai to become a millionaire. His dream of becoming an education minister at 41, health minister at 46, and finance minister at 51 though impractical is a silver lining to the current political situation. The very thought of aspiring to changing the country by entering politics among educated men is a welcome sign especially when they are not inheritors of political dynasties. We had another budding politician for the event (who incidentally switched back to her previous Christian surname though married to a hindu to appease the supreme leader of her party) who made the funniest remark ever that politicians should become entrepreneurs (and not vice versa). Thank you for speaking your mind out Young Turk.
The director of VSSC, who is the head of chandrayaan team, Mr Radhakrishnan was the last speaker. My father had asked me to meet him. Though I was initially reluctant, persistent cajoling from Lakshman made me go and meet him. We then went to his room where he said his father and my grandfather were friends. I suddenly started wondering whether he really knew who I am and had mistaken me as someone else. I had never heard such a story. Then he said about Sreedevi dictionary when my bulb glowed. He was actually referring to my maternal grandfather who was a renowned lexicographer who completed a mammoth Malayalam-English dictionary. It was a tryst with a great legacy and personal ignominy when he asked me “what are you doing these days’’
I came back to Trivandrum yesterday. The dull life is back after a good week. My father is calling, I have to go, I need to drop the mechanic who brought my bike after servicing back to the workshop. When you are unemployed the first casualty is your dignity.