End of a cruel selfish politician

I still remember with terror that day in 1977 when I met two Engineering college students transferred to Trichur Engineering college from Calicut REC.They were sons of  a rich business man in Trichur.Those were  days of Indira Gandhi ruling India like a dictator with entire opposition leaders in jail.Son of that business man from Trichur escaped from police custody after paying heavily to one man ruling Kerala as a terror, being close to Indira Gandhi.

Poor Rajan, an Engineering student of Calicut Regional Engineering College was killed without any reason.Till today even after thirty years no body is taken to task for brutal killing of that student ,only hope of a poor family of Eachara Varrier.

The man who authorized and  ordered such brutal killings of innocent people travelled in very high speed on the road unmindful about people knocked down or cyclists pushed to ground by lathees of police men travelling ahead in pilot vehicles for clearing the way of mighty ruler of Kerala!.He thought of himself as one of those prehistoric Kings who did anything for his sadistic pleasures unmindful of  the agony created by his actions to poor people of the country, less privileged.He simply forgotten about being democratically elected ruler”for the people by the people”

He considered himself as King of Kerala and did everything to make entire people of Kerala his strongest haters except of course few to whom he gave ways and means to do anything.They enjoyed  and flourished under him and praised and bowed before him making him feel like being those old Kings.

There were allegations after allegations against him.Entire left parties of Kerala owe him  great gratitude for giving them opportunity to grow in Kerala with the large amount of hatred he generated in the minds of  common people of Kerala by his ruthless way of ruling

But there are politicians who talk high about him.I think their yard sticks are different

Even his children generate only hatred in the minds of people by their words and deeds.

Poor souls of Eachara Varier,his wife and mother of that innocent Engineering College Student Rajan and soul of Rajan must be heaving a sigh of relief today.

Even after thirty years of his brutal killing his murderers are continuing their devilish laugh and the so called “servants of our nation”(politicians ) join the  wild laugh with utter contempt they have for the people of this largest democracy in the world!

Is a plan enough for building house?

From the mails I receive I get a feeling that lot of people have too many wrong ideas about plan of house.Most important wrong ideas are the following

1.Any plan prepared by any one or taken from any website is good enough for plan of your house

2.There is no meaning in paying a higher fees or charges for getting plan of the house prepared by a well known Architect

3.If the plan of the house is ready, builder of the house can manage everything else.No more need for a professional Architect/Engineer.

4.An Architect can make good elevation of the house for any plan

5.If a picture of the house taken from anywhere is given to an Architect,he can make a similar or same Elevation whatever may be plan of your house.

All these are wrong.

A qualified and experienced Architect will have to discuss in detail with you to understand what exactly you need in the house to be designed and built.

He has to see the land where the building has to come up.By seeing the land,he will visualise your house in the plot,check nature of land,surroundings,level of land,Vasthu aspects if he is good at Vasthu also.He will also check up whether there is any restraining factors for building a house as per Kerala Building rules.

While preparing plan for your house knowledge of Architect and his rich experience is used to design the house to get following:

1.Better facilities for you as per your wishes but with lesser cost

2.Better utilisation of every built up space.No unnecessary or unwanted space in the house.

3.Better features of modern architecture and Kerala Architecture if he is well versed with Kerala Architecture.

4.Vasthu compliance for each portion of the house(If he is good at Vasthu)

5.Better structural design to reduce cost

6.Better appearance for the house

For getting all these benefits is it not worth paying few thousands to an Architect?

Even after preparation of plan and Elevation,there are several architectural and structural engineering drawings required for proper and correct implementation of construction of house.Even the drawings prepared by an Architect as plan and Elevation has to be explained with details for the builder to know how to proceed with construction.

So your need for professional assistance and guidance does not end with preparation of plan.Plan will have to be designed in a manner to obtain a good Elevation.You cannot have any Elevation for any plan.Plan and Elevation are inter related.

When I was finalising plan of the house,one of my client told me that a particular builder can do the construction just by getting plan of the house.Then I told my client that he should not engage that builder if he says like that.He does not even know about need for detailed architecture and structural Engineering drawings and periodic on site supervision by the designer.

Only when the construction started and drawings after drawings on details started coming,my client understood importance of having professional guidance during construction.

And now the money part.For the payment an Architect takes , you save much more in lakhs during construction using his guidance and you finally get a better quality construction at lesser cost with proper utilisation of every built up space with definitely more value for money spent by you.

Do not think that Architects and Engineers are costly.They bring their rich experience,knowledge to make a better house for you and in the process in spite of paying them fees,they reduce cost of constructing your house substantially and guide you to have best and latest facilities and trends for your once in a life time dream house.

Do you want to save those fees given to professional and lose both money and better house by design and construction?

Our services and free consultation

You can  have free consultation from me on Kerala Architecture, Vasthu aspects and anything related to house construction.
Having built more than 200 houses directly and designed many more houses, my knowledge and experience can be used by you to get a better house by design and professional work during construction

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OUR SERVICES
1. Architectural Services
For building your dream house in Kerala or for building any other type of building, we can design your building by providing you effective guidance and design for
a)Preparation of Plan of the building
b) Elevations both two dimensional and three dimensional
c) Submission drawings to local authority
d) Engineering Estimate specifying cost for each item of work
e)Structural Engineering drawings for execution of the work
f) Detailed architectural drawings for the work
g) Interior design
h)Landscape and exterior work details
i) Site visits as and when required for guidance and supervision
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For purchase of land or building in Kerala, we can provide you the following services:

a) Locating land or building for purchase with the assistance of our Real estate division ( in and around Cochin only).
b)Architectural, structural and legal evaluation of the property to be purchased
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We can take up construction of the building with complete professional care and guidance anywhere in Kerala and outside state(on case to case basis) subject to acceptance of terms and conditions of our construction division directly by using our trained work force, with complete supervision and guidance by our architects and engineers.
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We can guide you on Vasthu before developing plan of the house and during construction also.
We can also inspect your existing building for Vasthu compliance and suggest suitable modifications to obtain better Vasthu compliance.
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We have a team of experienced and qualified Interior designers with complete man power and infrastructure to implement interior work with all the goodness of traditional Kerala Architecture and with modern technology and innovations.
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Your existing old building can be made new(renovated) with remodeling, interior modifications and furnishings by our experts
7. Land scaping and other services
Our experts can convert your vacant space into more useful space and enhance its appearance and utility. Land around your house can be converted into more useful space with better appearance and aesthetic look.
    .
Any other services related to your building also can be referred to us.
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Travails of traveling in Kerala

My professional work of designing and building houses all over Kerala including acting as Vasthu and Structural consultant  make me travel at least three days in a week that too not less than 200Km in a day.Some days it goes up to 400 Km and more.
Traveling even by car in Kerala is not a pleasurable activity if you discount beautiful nature that can be seen on the way.I will talk of traveling to different areas or zones of Kerala landscape.
1.High ranges of Kerala
About six years back,when I was called as consultant for a house to be designed and built at Nedumkandam I was reluctant mainly due to difficulty in traveling up and down in a single day as I have to be back in Cochin for the next day work.Roads to Nedumkandam are basically hair pin turns moving up the hills or down the hills when you come back.We used to leave Cochin at 4.30 in the morning.Finding a restaurant on the way for breakfast is a tough proposition as there is very few decent eatable places on the way.Some where near Cheruthoni we have located  a not so bad place .This small restaurant will give Idiyappam with vegetable stew of almost acceptable version.So we used to frequent this place always on our trips.When we go by Karimban there was another not so good place.But we will have no other option.

Looking out while travelling will make you feel proud of natural beauty of Kerala with hills and valleys coming in procession with water springs abundant coming out  from the greenery occasionally.Near Idukki dam I have once taken picture of  water falls which is the best on the way.
In monsoon period you can see trees falling on to the road some times obstructing part of road.I was told that buses and trucks plying in this road  carries tools to cut trees fallen to road  as at times these fallen trees will block the road.Some places you can see water gushing out from the higher level through road and falling down to lower level by flowing  above road.
In the mornings mist will be embracing nature around with very little visibility left at a distance.Now look at pictures.

That concrete wall is that of Idukky Hydro Electric power station catchment area.See this water fall and surrounding areas.While you move in the road,road is becoming like an intruder in the tranquil beauty of the nature.

2.Paddy fields of Kerala
Some may wonder whether Kerala still have paddy fields.Keralites do not want to do any manual labour these days.We depend on Tamilians and north Indians coming  to Kerala for work.Without them careless Keralites who get gulf money and abundant money by cultivating rubber which has price going high always,cannot simply live.With money coming without hard work or toiling in sun, drinking alcohol is becoming a usual time pass for many especially in the middle Kerala areas.While passing through Kuravilangad,Pala area,I have seen many  people drunk even at mid day.Look at pictures from middleKerala areas with  rare paddy fields  in Kuttanad and Palghat areas.

Kerala roads will test the patience of the traveller as you get dust gushing into your face while driving down the road.Potholes are quite normal.If you find good road like the one you see from Alleppey to Changanassery made by Pathibel and that between Muvattupuzha and Thodupuzha you will get surprised.

Most of the middle Kerala regions,you will find it difficult to locate a reasonably good eating place.Everywhere you have bars as if it is the essential requirement for a traveller.As I keep travelling in the same road again and again I have made a survey and located reasonably good eating places on the way.I plan trip in such a manner to be nearer to a good eating place at meal time.

Rivers and lakes of Kerala make the middle portion attractive and you have good beaches in coastal area and close to rivers you will find most of them are polluted heavily with industrial and other wastes.It appears that industries in Kerala and people in Kerala consider rivers to be dumping place for waste.Some of these waste lines from industries are placed so deep that no body will notice its presence.I think pollution control people must be making money by collecting bribe from industry people to close their eyes by allowing such dangerous waste dumping in rivers.Bribe is no more a sin.It is the right of a government official or those in power.
You can see in pictures above a crude method of ferrying people and vehicle through passages between two small towns separated by river or lake.Two country boats will be tied together and connected to a motorized boat to ferry people and vehicles.We call this Junkar service.Why don’t the authorities think of putting up bridges in these locations instead of people and vehicles to wait for hours for this risky  ferry arrangement.Recently I have waited for one and a half hours to get my turn  for getting into ferry Junkar from Cherthala to Vaikom on my way to Ettumanoor site.

Criminals gaining respectability

I was rather shocked to see in the days just passed when a criminal wanted for anti national and cold blooded murder of innocents was treated with utmost respect and Kerala rulers seeking his permission to arrest him.Police was made to wait for days together when the wanted criminal might have been negotiating with rulers of the land to find out an escape route for him with their assistance and guidance.If such a course  of action is possible for criminals with support from political leadership,what can be the fate of our democracy and democratic and constitutional institutions?

Our forefathers who have sacrificed their lives for freedom of India must have turned  restless and angry in their graves when they saw that money power can buy anything in our country.Nobody bothers about source of that money.As long as you have ill gotten or otherwise money in plenty you can buy rulers,political leadership,officials,lawyers of the highest caliber and experience and may be any one who can take decisions.

Patriotism and  refusing favours given for illegal actions have become extremely old fashioned.All political leaders cry that this man was in jail for 9 years and finally let off free.Our judicial system allows culprits to escape as it is based on the assumption that even if guilty are not punished,suspected guilty should be let free.Just because this man was let out in the earlier case,does it bring back to life 58 innocents torched to death in the bomb blast?Have they killed themselves  bringing  bombs and blasting it at a place? Who killed them? If nobody was punished does it mean that heinous act of killing was not a crime?

I do not understand why such a person should be given all these extra importance and reverence.Once let off from a crime,any criminal will try to repeat the crime this time with more precautions to escape punishment.What if he has the law enforcing authority willing to do anything to hide and save him come what may?

This is exactly what is happening in Kerala.Both opposition and ruling party is contesting each other to give extra care , protection and chances to escape punishment to those who arrange killings and anti national activities.All they need is money and votes in election.For that they will do anything.I hope at least Karnataka will have more honest police officials ,politicians and other judicial services

Futile Dialogues with Pakistan

There were lot of headline news about dialogue between Pakistan and India and funny talks of trying one up man ship by both parties using verbal exercises.

I wonder why they conduct such meaningless dialogues once in a while.Do rulers here in India and Pakistan know that these exercises are futile? Over the last sixty years of existence of Pakistan common people living in India and Pakistan has suffered a lot.Many wars.Continuous attempts of Pakistan to thwart normal life in Kashmir.Continuous terrorist attacks in Kashmir killing innocent people.India spending nearly 1.5 lakh crores of rupees every year in defense spending .Pakistan people living with bomb blasts and very pathetic life with no hope of development of any nature.Terrorist outfits in many parts of India by Muslims aided and abetted by Pakistan.Why all these? Who get benefitted by these continuous killings and terrorist activities?

In Kerala these terrorist outfits have converted themselves as political parties and by bribing heavily leaders of front line political parties and police machinery,they manage to escape after doing any heinous crimes.Even the media propagate their cause describing them as innocents even after doing crimes and escaping punishment by law using money power.
Our media and political leaders are ready to allow any anti national anti people activities and secretly support them if they are paid well.

What is the beginning of all these ant national anti people activities? Division of India in 1947 and formation of Pakistan.Has any common man living in India or Pakistan benefitted by this partition? No.It has given them only deaths, pain and loss of money continuously for the last sixty three years and for all coming years it will give only death,pain and losses  only.

Dominic Lapiere and Larry Collins in their book “Freedom at Midnight” have squarely put blame on one man and his greed for power for the creation of Pakistan-Nehru.He wanted to be first premier of India at any cost.He was not bothered about train full people getting killed by rioting following the division.He was not bothered about people forced to flee Pakistan trying to save their life leaving everything they owned at places they were born and lived all their life and getting killed on their journey to safety.

Jinnah was not insistent on creation of Pakistan.He wanted to live his last days in the house he built”brick by brick” at Mumbai.But he could not even see it in his days after partition.Gandhi kept quiet.He did not even think of using his oft repeated weapon of “fast unto death” to prevent creation of Pakistan.May be had a soft corner for Nehru.And look at what Nehru did.He ridiculed and insulted lakhs of people who sacrificed their life for independence of India from British by installing his family rule instead of democracy In India.Due to this family rule ,we had to suffer ill educated incompetent rulers like Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi .Today a highly competent Dr.Manmohan Singh rules  India not on his own but as a proxy of an Italian nobody,thanks to power of family rule .We are sure to be driven to be ruled by a highly incompetent son of that Italian woman in the near future.

Coming back to Indo Pak talks,I can only find only one reason for such meaningless talks-Rulers of both country trying to mislead people that they are trying for peaceful coexistence aiming at welfare and peace of common man.It is only a gimmick to fool common man in both countries cheating them by giving false hopes.These rulers who do not have slightest concern for the common man are giving them hopes ,only thing they can give to hide their incompetence and lack of patriotic sincerity.

Turning against judiciary,church and everyone else

I was rather shocked to see an almost illiterate leader of the so called party which talk as if they work to protect interests of the proletariat and in reality work for themselves shouting abuses against Judges of High court of Kerala.

Next day other similar leaders of the red who take pride in abusing courts,church leaders or any one whom society give respect,started making chorus of abuses against judges.What if such abuses are made against constitutional institutions by them when they happen to be in the powerful ruling party?

I was amused to note that for initiating contempt of court proceedings prior permission of Advocate General who is an appointee of the ruling party will have to  be obtained.Naturally he will deny any such permission and the red leaders small and big can continue to abuse anyone with choicest language without any fear of action against them.

We common people feel jittery when the last resort of justice for some one without political backing and money power is being treated like this with complete impunity.What if such safeguard mechanisms are thrown away by these barbarians? All powerful one man high command of the brigade has publically proclaimed that his underdogs are shouting with impunity and they can go on doing it.

I will not be surprised if Judges are stopped and abused  in the road by these hooligans with police and power in their hand.Police may pretend not seeing such violent acts against basic infrastructure of our democratic system.In the light of these verbal abuses and militant processions in the road,I only hope that common people will use at least the only weapon they get once in five years to throw them away from power and never allow them to talk and act in this uncivilised manner.

Fuel price hike-War against people

Common man in this country which is supposed to be having a democratically elected government “for the people,by the people” is helpless.Whatever these rulers of the country (who call themselves as servants of people but in reality looters of the country)do ,common man will have to suffer as none of them are not even bothered about common people of this country.Whether you rise price of petroleum products to any level and whether inflation goes so high to make our currency a valueless paper,these rulers are not affected.They get money in tones by looting the country and all their personal needs and comforts are taken care of fully by the state machinery.This is true whether the party ruling has a khadi uniform or saffron uniform or a red blood colour uniform.None of them are bothered about the people or even the economic health of the country.

The other day I was talking to an old friend of mine who has just recently retired as CMD of a large public sector undertaking of Kerala.I met him at the corporate office of a private sector company possibly for discussions to get an assignment in that company at a senior level. I asked him-“Why you did not try to get an extension or a posting in any other public sector undertaking?”His answer was not surprising to me.

“The central minister in charge is extremely corrupt.How long I can sign on the dotted lines sanctioning or abetting his looting?” I know my friend to be an upright honest man.In an earlier occasion when a high ranking person from Delhi representing a Dutch MNC contacted me for  assistance to approach this man for a murky deal,I have straight away refused without even contacting my friend knowing his integrity and honesty.
Funniest part of the story is that this particular central minister is not even considered as corrupt by the media who are eager to get any such story.Gone are the days when corrupt deals of few crores like Bofors  get headlines in news.Now they loot in lakhs of crores and still nobody bothers.Can you imagine these crooks ruling the country taking interest in lives of you and me?They are not bothered even if diesel price is made double and one tea or coffee price reaches Rs.100 or more.

Look at price structure of petroleum products.Almost 50% of the cost is taxes and duties.When you pay Rs.41 for a liter of diesel,price which the oil company gets is only Rs.20/-This price of Rs.20 itself has got in it inputs of import duty on crude oil and uncontrolled heavy overhead expenses of public sector oil companies merry making without any competition.More than 25% of the crude oil is indigenously manufactured and it does not have any  price to be paid or import duty.Who bothers about all these?

When Kerala ruling party declares yet another Harthal threatening people with dire consequences if they move out on daily chores from their houses as a protest against petroleum price hike,I wonder why they are not even thinking of reducing 25% local tax on price of diesel if they have even the slightest concern for the poor helpless people of this country run by political crooks including them?

They will not reduce taxes and will consider petroleum products as the easiest route to amass maximum tax revenue knowing  very well that common man will have to buy it whatever may be the cost.

How to escape after doing anything

There are few people who try and become VIPs on their own.They manage money somehow.As long as you have money power nobody bothers to ask you how you got it.Once you have enough money amassed,then you need political power.What better way than forming a political party? If you have money ,you can get people to shout for you,and very recently two people even pretended to do suicide for the “great leader unable to hear possibility of him getting arrested.” Luckily they got what they wanted(media coverage) and they escaped unhurt in the attempt to self immolate them for fear of their” undisputed leader getting arrested”!

Look at what all the great achievements of this great leader.More than 55 innocent people killed in bomb blast at Coimbatore are forgotten by every one.Nobody is punished for the great crime for “lack of evidence”.Our judicial system has got the basic principle that it simply do not bother if a culprit of heinous crimes is left out.Funniest part of the story is that the culprit start talking as if the bomb blast has taken place without anybody doing anything for it.Probably those people died in bomb blast are punished by God for their sins without any of the great “leaders” doing anything for it.

After escaping jail,the accused is treated as a saint.Great Pinaray talks as if he is innocence in human form.One more Kalamassery bus torching and now Bangalore bomb blast.With the help of money power and political power that follows he is still eloquently talking as if he is innocent.Probably he will again manage to obtain no evidence for this case also.One more bomb blast and several innocent people die.But who cares for them? people behind such anti national activities are acclaimed as innocent VIPs!There is not a single political or otherwise leader in Kerala willing to call a spade a spade.Those dead in bomb blasts are simply forgotten.They have no money power or political power

What we can do for you

1. Architectural Services
For building your dream house in Kerala or for building any other type of building, we can design your building by providing you effective guidance and design for
a)Preparation of Plan of the building
b) Elevations both two dimensional and three dimensional
c) Submission drawings to local authority
d) Engineering Estimate specifying cost for each item of work
e)Structural Engineering drawings for execution of the work
f) Detailed architectural drawings for the work
g) Interior design
h)Landscape and exterior work details
i) Site visits as and when required for guidance and supervision
2. Real estate assistance
For purchase of land or building in Kerala, we can provide you the following services:

a) Locating land or building for purchase with the assistance of our Real estate division ( in and around Cochin only).
b)Architectural, structural and legal evaluation of the property to be purchased
c) Verification of title documents of the property by legal experts
d) Documentation of the property purchase
e)Assistance for registration of the property and after registration formalities
f) Periodic maintenance of the property if the property is in and around Cochin
3. Construction of the building
We can take up construction of the building with complete professional care and guidance anywhere in Kerala and outside state(on case to case basis) subject to acceptance of terms and conditions of our construction division directly by using our trained work force, with complete supervision and guidance by our architects and engineers.
4. Vasthu consultancy
We can guide you on Vasthu before developing plan of the house and during construction also.
We can also inspect your existing building for Vasthu compliance and suggest suitable modifications to obtain better Vasthu compliance.
5. Interior design
We have a team of experienced and qualified Interior designers with complete man power and infrastructure to implement interior work with all the goodness of traditional Kerala Architecture and with modern technology and innovations.
6. Remodeling, Interior and furnishing of your existing building
Your existing old building can be made new(renovated) with remodeling, interior modifications and furnishings by our experts
7. Land scaping and other services
Our experts can convert your vacant space into more useful space and enhance its appearance and utility. Land around your house can be converted into more useful space with better appearance and aesthetic look.
    .
Any other services related to your building also can be referred to us.
We have qualified experts with experience in building more than 200 houses in different parts of Kerala and outside state and we have designed and remodeled much more houses.  
Mail your enquiries for our services to

vhthomas@viruvelil.com
info@viruvelil.com

Or call us

HELP LINE-
00 91 9388701702
00 91 9497736072
00 91 9388701707
00 91 4842536895
00 91 4846571155
Fax-00 91 484 2531671

Do Congress in Kerala need Murali or Karunakaran?

When I hear all the big talk about Murali trying to enter back into Congress by hook or crook,I cannot help wondering whether Congress party in Kerala need Murali or for that matter his father,Karunakaran about whom I have nothing good to remember about.All that I could remember about his days in power is that he is corrupt,ruthless ,unmindful about what people may think of his actions and highly unpopular.Still he thought he has several supporters.That is precisely why he left Congress with his son and formed a party whose name may not be even remembered by anyone-DIC.
After forming his own party Karunakaran and Murali realised for the first time that people of Kerala do not simply care a damn about them and they would prefer to forget them in the dustbin of history.So,they tried to fight back their entry into Congress for fear of loosing their right to rule poor helpless people of Kerala .Then Karunakaran some how managed to get back to Congress party due to acute low level of intelligence by whoever take decisions for that party.One of my clients commented to me-“Some body who does not want Congress to do well has purposefully allowed this old man inside to create problems for the party.”
In my opinion CPIM ,the main party opposing Congress in Kerala owes a lot to Karunakaran.They have cashed heavily on the hatred of common man of this state to Karunakaran and his clan.Probably they will be quite happy to see both Karunakaran and Murali inside Congress so that both Father and son will make their job very easy.When I hear people like V.M Sudheeran and Minister Mullappally Ramachandran supporting Murali entry into Congress I cannot help suspecting their intelligence or loyalty to the party.Probably they must be having some hidden agenda.Who knows what is inside minds of these politicians!
I am sure Murali will get back entry into Congress.Possibly A.K.Antony himself will help him.If you ask me why,even I do not know the answer.But politicians are much more intelligent than we ordinary people and our intelligence level is not good enough to understand their actions.So with Murali and Karunakaran inside and Congress unnecessarily lamenting on entry of P J Joseph to UDF,Pinaray Vijayan can smile again and continue to make arrogant comments about any one living in this state.If at all UDF come back to power there should be some one to get Pinaray Vijayan back into power after five years.That job Murali will do well for Pinaray.You might ask why I am not referring to VS.All of us know that he is only a toy in the hands of great Pinaray, crying when he presses the toy.He will be happy and content to sit in that chair till the last day allowed by constitution.Keeping his eyes,ears and mouth shut is a lesser price to pay for that.

Kerala Congress drama

I do not know why and how Kerala Congress came into existence in Kerala Politics.When I become old enough to understand politics  even a little bit,there was only one Kerala Congress.Both Christians especially Syrian Catholics and a few Nair community people were enthusiastic about Kerala Congress.K.M.Mani who used to be the patriarch of the party used to be so considerate of his fellow Syrian Catholics that he will do anything and everything in his capability when some one from the community approached him for favors whether for justifiable or non justifiable reasons.Syrian Catholic clergy also used to be favoured like this.

When I got unreasonably framed by vested interests in a case,during my college days all efforts of me and my fellow students to get justice failed when we approached all other politicians probably because doing favours to college students did not give them any political or financial gains.But K.M .Mani helped us to get out of the imbroglio as Minister then.When my younger brother wanted admission for PG Course in a Christian management college in management quota, his letter could settle the matter.Such small helps is exactly what common man expect from a political leader and for obtaining such favours he gives in return political loyalty to the leader concerned.

When P.J.Joseph parted company with K.M.Mani I could not find any justifiable reason for the parting of ways except may be personal ego clash between them.Apart from giving small favours to followers both K.M.Mani and P.J.Joseph has done nothing  for the development of Kerala state.Both Balakrishnana Pillai and T.M.Jacob who parted company with K.M. Mani and started own political outfits also did not have any reason for parting of ways other than personal ego clash.So there was never any credible reason for existence of several “Kerala Congress” parties.Kerala State has in no way benefitted by these so many number of “Kerala Congress” with several different initials in the brackets.So What if they join together and become one Kerala Congress? Nothing good or bad  will happen to Kerala state and people of this state.Unlike DMK and AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.all outfits of  Kerala Congress is not bothered about development of the State.Probably they are very much interested in personal developments and that must be the reason for continuous divisions enabling every leader to become Minister and thus do what every one expect a minister to do-Fill his coffers by hook or crook.

Leaving LDF and joining UDF does not mean anything other than changing name of the team in which they play games to make money.Both LDF and UDF compete each other in the art of doing corruption or rather money making which alone happens to be the  duty of every Minister.Now this new development of Joseph going to other camp has made Surendran Pillai lucky to become what he was dreaming for years together-become a Minister and reap the harvest even by making the soil infertile  forever.

I only hope against hope and wonder when we Keralites will be able to see a politician even slightly interested in improving the lives of ordinary people of this State!

One more Harthal for us

It used to be called as Bandh.Then  there was a court order banning Bandh.After all,what is there in a name?.Harthal is the new name for Bandh.We Keralites enjoy Bandh as we have no choice.Only thing we can do against Harthal or Bandh is write like this without any benefit.

Prominent political party of Kerala is called CPI(M).They have a single leader .All others are simply his yes men.Even the All India Boss  also listens and obeys him.So he decides to force people of Kerala out of work on the day he decides as Harthal.All his coalition partners can only say yes to him also.On the day of Bandh you should not go to work,you should not travel,you should not move out of the house.Luckily they have not banned sleeping ,eating and drinking at home on the day of Harthal.If you defy these orders you may be attacked physically by the so called “party workers”.You may even be killed!

By conducting such forceful deprivation of all rights guaranteed by Constitution of India to people of this sovereign republic of India what do these people gain?However hard I tried,I could not find any benefit either to those who threaten people to cuddle inside their homes or to any human being living in this state of Kerala.

Crores of rupees will be lost due to stoppage of work and all activities of life.Those who get higher income can simply treat the day as a holiday and enjoy eating and drinking at home.Sale of alcoholic drinks increases invariably on the day before Harthal.People who do manual work and earn daily wages will lose one day wage.

Marriages will have to be postponed.Those who need medical attention may not be able to be hospitalised.But these political beings do not bother.After threatening and forcing people to remain indoors at home,next day these people will make statement like this-“Entire people of the state has supported us by willingly joining  in Harthal and doing nothing outside their houses”

What did these Harthal lovers gain? What did people of Kerala gain?Such barbaric customs should not be allowed to continue in this country.But the majority of helpless people cannot do anything else other than fearing these anti social elements and shutting themselves inside closed doors of their homes on the day of Harthal.Our next Harthal is on 27,April,2010.Please do not come to Kerala on that day.You may have to sleep at airports or railway stations without food and drinks.

Against a proper road for Kerala

I keep travelling up and down all over Kerala as my work demand it(visiting work sites of house construction and visiting possible house construction sites for design as well as consultation.)
From Trichur to Cochin now roads are coming some what nicely with four lanes and in some places with  additional small roads on either sides for local slow vehicles to go.Up to Cherthala from Cochin this four lane of roads go well.Once you touch Cherthala,four lane become two lanes causing continuous road accidents and deaths near Cherthala Railway station.
But once you cross Cherthala and when you reach Alleppey you have to travel through narrow  roads inside the town and as a long distance traveler you will feel frustrated when you have to find your way through traffic blocks and slow movements.Situation gets worse or practically same when you have to pass through Kollam.

I keep wondering why nobody has bothered about making possible at least a clear four lane traffic from northern part of Kerala to south end of Kerala which is the capital of this tiny state.Situation is worse when you have to pass through northern Malabar area as it is an area permanently forgotten from all project books of development.
At some time back when Dr.Muneer was Minister of Public works in UDF government,there was talk about an Express High way giving at least hope for thought that at least one day you can travel hassle free without wasting time and money from one end of Kerala to other.But all those so called revolutionary politicians fought with each other to provide his utter contempt for this “foolish” idea of making travel less time consuming less troublesome and less costly.So in spite of his best efforts Dr.Muneer has to eat his words and he was dumped as “anti progressive”
Now both opposition and ruling politicians of Kerala has sat together and decided that people of Kerala does not need this four lane or six lane roads because they consider disturbing shops and establishments near both sides of existing road as dangerous. All these years we travelled through these narrow roads with utter chaos,confusion,road blocks,traffic blocks and travelling in four lane or six lane roads will be simply boring for us Keralites.So  a delegation of all party representatives is going to meet Dr.Manmohan Singh to give him enlightenment on the great wisdom of Keralites.

Are we moving forward or back ward?In my opinion,present National High way has to be widened and there has to be an Express way newly made going through present undeveloped and under developed areas of Kerala villages so that high speed commodity carrying vehicles can go through that Express high way saving time and money.But who will listen to it and we deserve curse of next generations for continuously pulling down Kerala from development.

Rise and fall of Dr.Sashi Tharoor

I have heard about him earlier as an Indian origin English writer.All that Indian in him possibly was that his parents were Indian.He has spent almost three decades of his career outside India with practically nothing to do with India.
India is such a complex country with different languages,cultures,faiths and so much differences but still with some sort of bond that unites every one in spite of all differences.A person born and brought up in India will naturally find it difficult to understand the diversities and complexities of India.Then how can Dr.Tharoor who lived all of his career life outside India,can understand India?
Possibly due to better personal connections or rapport with people who matter at the top echelons of Congress party he got a seat to contest parliament elections from capital of Kerala,Trivandrum after failing in his attempt to become UN Secretary General.
People in general have so much hatred for politicians of all hue and cry.Naturally Dr.Tharoor who looked new and clean in the political spectrum got elected from Trivandrum as member of Parliament not withstanding propaganda that he does not even know Malayalam the language of Kerala properly,which is true.
With the right connections at Delhi,he could become a Minister at Central government that too with a portfolio which allowed him to do what he was so familiar doing  in all those years in U.N-globe trotting.He was enjoying it thoroughly without bothering much about what he can do for the people of Kerala,whom he might have simply forgotten having became a Member of Parliament in spite of all odds against him.
About a month back I met him in a function conducted by Kerala Management Association.What I could notice is that he talked well in English and he talked fast without bothering much about what all he was talking possibly correcting mistakes with a smile.An Indian politician need to learn to talk carefully weighing each words properly before uttering it.But Dr.Tharoor did not bother about it.Naturally it landed him in many controversies.Luckily he could escape all those through Dr.Manmohan Singh who described comments of Dr.Tharoor as mere jokes.
But when it came to dangling with cash rich IPL cricket ,I could not help suspecting why a so called close friend of Dr.Tharoor has to be there in the deal.So far nobody has explained about the great work she did for IPL Kochi.And why she alone could do such a work which called for free “sweat equity”?
Naturally we poor people at the bottom level without any hope of any political dream wonder what Dr.Tharoor did for IPL,Kochi with the help of his “close friend”
And in the one year of his minister ship at Delhi what did Dr.Tharoor do differently compared to all those not so intelligent educated,capable ministers?
So there cannot be anyone shedding a tear for this fall of Dr.Tharoor from among the ordinary people of Kerala

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Outcast actors and under privileged in Malayalam film industry

I have only heard about days when lower caste people will have to bow before upper caste land lords and  work hard for the pittance the land lord may give.Land lord will enjoy life like anything and all the toil and hardship are destined to be  the right of lower caste people.

Today there is actually no lower castes.Every one get equal opportunity to come up in life and the so called lower caste people get preferential treatment in admission to educational institutions and for jobs simply because their forefathers have struggled in their life.In fact upper caste people are the present day down trodden.

But look at Malayalam film industry.Capability has no place there.So called super stars even after crossing age of 60 continue to act as lovers to many teenage girls,crush every able bodied strong men with their difficult to move body movements and decide who should act in films.So whoever want to be in business should be willing to bow before them and  do anything and everything to please them.

They can get position of Lieutenant Colonel in Indian Army possibly through a a phone call.Padmasree  title is given based on  recommendations of political leadership.So there is no wonder they got it.A phone call to a political leader can give them Doctorate from Kerala Universities whatever may be their eligibility for it.In short they have made all these honors and titles meaningless by amassing them as they liked and they laugh at ordinary citizens of this country with  utter contempt.

An actor of the caliber of Thilakan does not need their certificate.But still they want him to bow before them.He was courageous enough to refuse to bow before Film world gods like them.So he is not only out of Malayalam films for ever,but also from a Hollywood film which they could never ever dream of considering their pathetic capabilities.They buy unemployed youth to  sing hosanna to them when their ever repeated one story films start screening,in the name of fans association.

I have decided not to see films acted by these  crooks pretending to be anything and everything.I hope the ever intelligent malayalee will eventually show them the place they really deserve instead of all these purchased doctorates,Padmasree etc-the dustbin of history.

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