Veiled Thoughts ׀ Cached Experiences

ഒരു വർഷം ആയിട്ടില്ല. പ്രളയദുരിതമൊക്കെ ഒന്ന് കെട്ടടങ്ങിയ സമയത്താണ് വിശാഖപട്ടണത്തുള്ള സുഹൃത്തിന്റെ വിവാഹം കൂടിയശേഷം നാട്ടിലേക്കുള്ള വരവിൽ ആദ്യമായി ചെന്നൈ നഗരത്തിലെത്തുന്നത്. ഉച്ചക്ക് രണ്ടരക്കുള്ള ട്രെയിനിൽ കയറുന്നത് വരെ നേരം കളയാൻ വേണ്ടിയാണ് ഞാൻ മറീന ബീച്ചിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നത്. തിരിച്ചു പുറത്തിറങ്ങി റോഡ് ക്രോസ്സ് ചെയ്യാൻ തുടങ്ങിയപ്പോഴാണ് ഒരു വനിതാ പോലീസ് വന്നിട്ട് പറയുന്നത്:  "Sir, Please wait for 5 minutes. Our CM is coming". ആർക്കും ദർശനം കിട്ടാത്ത ഒരു അവസ്ഥയിൽ എനിക്ക് സിദ്ദിച്ച ഭാഗ്യമോർത്തു ഞാൻ അങ്ങനെ നിന്നു. ഒരു 10-12 കാറുകൾ ഒന്നിന് പിറകെ ഒന്നായി പോകുന്നു. ചിലതിൽ വീഡിയോ ഷൂട്ട് ചെയുന്നു. ചിലതിൽ എന്തൊക്കെയോ സുരക്ഷാ ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ ഘടിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. SP, IG റാങ്കിൽ കുറയാത്ത ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരൊക്കെ ആയിരുന്നു ഓരോന്നിലും. അവസാനം അമ്മയെത്തി. പ്രാഡോയുടെ മുൻ സീറ്റിൽ ചിരിച്ചു കൈകൾ കൂപ്പി ഇരിക്കുന്നു. അതൊരു മാസ്സ് എൻട്രി തന്നെ ആരുന്നൂന്നു പറയാം. പിറകെയും കുറെ വണ്ടികളുണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവസാനം ബ്ലോക്ക് ചെയ്തിരുന്ന റോഡ് തുറന്നുകൊടുക്കാൻ അവിടെ നിന്നിരുന്ന പോലീസ്‌കാർക്കു സന്ദേശമെത്തി. ഇവിടെ നാട്ടിൽ സ്വന

     The interventions made by NGOs and CSRs are widely discussed these days as a solution for issues which are inherent in our system. Our governmental machinery lacks certain essential features and most of these NGOs concentrates on areas which are abandoned by the respective governments. It is not a danger and civil society participation is really good and inevitable in our system 1. Until the participation of these players are not resulting in the withdrawal of state from welfare activities and 2. If they are not misusing the feelings of those so-called abandoned, marginalized people or/and if they are not implementing indirectly the vested interests of influential groups/foreign powers. All other issues can be brought under these two wide categories. The two conditions mentioned above is unavoidable in a Democracy and if an intervention fails to comply with these conditions; it is in fact undermining Democracy. I would like to talk about a panchayat called Kizhakkam

          A migrated community is always an outsider in a foreign setting. Migration occurs for various reasons. Sometimes it is forced and sometimes people choose to migrate if better opportunities are available somewhere else compared to their "home".  But the notion of ‘choice’ is debatable in this scenario as the options available to them are not equally appealing ones and that’s why they prefer to migrate. Trafficking is a major source of migration and unlike the popular understanding, it’s not just women who are trafficked but men and children are also trafficked on a large scale. Migration is a widely discussed issue these days because of the migration from politically unrest countries in the Middle East to Western European countries. But media neglects the issues in South East Asian countries like Bangladesh and Myanmar for political reasons. Kerala model of development and the heavy migration of its people to Gulf countries is famous across the world. State’s HDI

Two moves from the new Left Democratic Front led Government in Kerala questions the honesty of their so-called slogans.  I don't understand the logic of giving a full page Ad in national dailies out of public money. We all believe that communism and right wing politics is different . If the purpose was to say to the whole world that you are still alive in this small state; Do it out of party fund! This is applicable to all kinds of government in the country. Second is the deci sion to remove those CCTV's from CM Office. It was an initiative by the last govt. which got the attention of even international media. The new govt. does not want to prove their integrity through live webcasting which was available on keralacm.gov.in. But you wanted to check the CCTV footage while Oommen Chandy was in power and now you try to remove it from the whole picture itself. Funny enough!!! But at the same time, Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan made a significant statement towards Gender equality by a

Today Kerala celebrated its 25th anniversary of being a 100% literate state. (e-literacy and 100% primary education are recent achievements). But at the same time, few issues remain unaddressed. 1. Suicides, Ever increasing Criminal cases and Sexual harassment. 2. Death due to life style diseases and road accidents. 3. Export of skilled labor and high dependency on NRI money. 4. And there is a BIG BIG issue to deal with..environmental degradation and climate changes because of our obsession towards "development". This is not a perfect model which the other Indian states can replicate. To prove that the achievements were not incidental and Kerala is different indeed... Care is not just about KARUNYA LOTTERY. It's much more than that!