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

Less than 2000 sft single floor house with four bed rooms

I have written earlier about less than 2000 sft plinth area four bed room two storey house with all bed rooms attached with toilet.This design along with less than 2000 sft four bed room single floor house design suitable for rural areas where land is not a constraint is now ready with me.

This design has two bed rooms with attached dress and toilet.Another two bed rooms which share common toilet very near(almost attached).Other usual additions like separate living,dining,Car porch,sit out,Kitchen and work area is available.Those interested for these designs may write to me to

vhthomas@viruvelil.com