ഓരോ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പും ഓരോ ഉത്സവമാണ്. ജനാധിപത്യത്തിന്റെ തേരോട്ടമാണ്. തോരോട്ടമത്സരമാണ്. മത്സരത്തിൽ വിജയശ്രീലാളിതരാവുന്ന തേരാളികൾ പിന്നീട് ഒരു പഞ്ചവത്സരകാലത്തേക്കുള്ള ഭരണരഥ സാരഥികളാവുന്നു. അതുകഴിഞ്ഞാൽ വീണ്ടും ജനാധിപത്യത്തിന്റെ തേരോട്ട മത്സരം തനിയാവർത്തനമായി അരങ്ങേറുന്നു, മറ്റൊരു പഞ്ചവത്സരകാലത്തേക്ക്. മത്സരാർത്ഥികൾ മാറാം, മാറാതിരിക്കാം. പക്ഷേ, തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പുത്സവവും തേരോട്ടവും മുടങ്ങാതെ ഒരു ആചാരം പോലെ ഇവിടെ നടന്നുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കും. അത് അഞ്ചുവർഷത്തിലൊരിക്കൽ ഭാരതത്തിന്റെ ഗ്രാമാന്തരങ്ങളിലൂടെയുള്ള ഒരു തേരോട്ട മത്സരമായി ആഘോഷിക്കപ്പെടും. ആഘോഷം ഒന്നോ രണ്ടോ മാസത്തേക്ക് നീണ്ടുനില്ക്കും. നിഷ്കളങ്കരായ ജനം ആ കാലയളവിൽ തേരുതാങ്ങികളായി ആഘോഷതിമിർപ്പിലായിരിക്കും. ഈ ജനത്തെയാണ് നാം സമ്മതിദായകർ എന്ന് ആദരപൂർവ്വം വിളിച്ചുപോരുന്നത്. തേരോട്ട മത്സരത്തിൽ ജയിച്ചവർ...
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Now the cats are out. Mice disappeared. The Citizenship Amendment Act, the controversial CAA remains dormant for a while. As usual, statutory and in accordance with the norms of democracy, the Apex Court will declare an ultimatum in the matter soon. Let us wait and see what is happening on the earth plowed by the Bharatiya Janata Party. But my issue here is not to...
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Four decades back while I was attending a literary camp at Pervannaamuzhi, Calicut, Kerala organized by the students union of Calicut University, the great Poet Kunjunni Master funnily interpreted the University as “The Varsity of You (U)”. The poet abbreviated the word “You” as the alphabet “U”. It was a wonderful and thought-provoking fun at that time and we the students and the aspirants of...
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The dark days of Emergency is about to touch its half centennial milestone. The freedom lovers of India are commemorating those bitter days every year and reminding the rulers of every country of the better days of democracy to come. The artists, writers and the scribes have celebrated those days with their brush marks, writings and visuals. The people of India have comfortably forgotten those...
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The State Conference of CPI (M) is vibrantly on in Thrissur, Kerala. The renowned cultural capital of Kerala, Thrissur is exclusively garlanded and almost transformed as the fabricated Red Fort of the Gods own country. The city is fully loaded with images and structures that disseminate communist ideological reflections. The comrades are all in a festive mood to witness the event that has come after...
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Father Paul Thelekkat, the chief editor of ‘Light of truth’ has warned the Christian community not to join the group ‘Spirit in Jesus’ that functions on the superstition that the sins of the parents and forefathers visit them and cause diseases and failures in life. The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) has also banned the ‘Spirit in Jesus’ years back and the Charismatic group is...
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The demonetization of banknotes of Mahatma Gandhi series worth rupee 1000 and 500 in India ceased to be legal tender from 9th November 2016 through the enactment of a financial policy by the Government of India on 8th November 2016. This historic announcement was made by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in an unscheduled live telecast at 20:15 IST on 8th November 2016. Demonetization is a...
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The Japan Woman Triumvirate has in recent months been appointed to politically powerful key positions in Japan. Renho Murata the new leader of the opposition Democratic Party; Koike Yuriko the first female governor of Tokyo; and Inada Tomomi the defense minister of Japan to form the brave triumvirate. The appointment of this Japan Woman Triumvirate to leadership positions expects a shift in the role and status...
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At last the Vigilance Parrot was out. Dr. Jacob Thomas, the brave vigilance director symbolically synonymized as Parrot was out breaking the mesh of the cage with the support of the Chief Minister of Kerala Pinaray Vijayan. It was recently in Communist China the central committee for discipline inspection, the party’s corruption watchdog, has released the embarrassing statistics that more than one million officials have...
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The central committee for discipline inspection, the party’s corruption watchdog, of China has released the embarrassing statistics that more than one million officials have been punished for corruption since 2013. The corruption drive has hooked the corrupted from low-ranking officials to top ministers, as well as members of the business and media establishments. President Xi Jinping is on the front in its wide-ranging anti-corruption drive....
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