The stories that have been in circulation in the media - discussed feverishly by numerous panels - have interesting connotations, far reaching ramifications. As a layman, I can't help but see a comic angle to this entire drama that is being played out - the specifics I shall touch upon as we go along!
(a) Suryanelli case revisited.
The latest to jump into the bandwagon, for passing lewd comments on the victim, is none other than the loudmouthed congressman, K Sudhakaran, our MP from Kannur. His assumption is based on the evidence that suggests that the young lady who was held captive for 40 days and ravished by 42 men had ample chances to escape or to seek police help thereby, hinting at consensual sex. And, therefore, what's the fuss all about?
Based on his utterances, I've two doubts to ask of the MP, which are:-
(i) The victim could have been so brutally traumatised and scared that she didn't know how to react.
Isn't that a possibility, Mr. Sudhakaran?
(ii) Let's, for a moment, assume that your assumption is correct. Are you then trying to justify your
partyman's indulgence in the share of the spoils?
(b) Prabhakaran's son's brutal end.
Prabhakaran, the dreaded LTTE chief, who'd given nightmares to the Sri Lankan people deserved to have been tried for the killing of many innocents during his reign. But did his 12 year old son deserve the violent death that he was meted out? Shot at, about five times, from 2 ft as depicted in a documentary, 'No War Zone - The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka', shot by the British TV Channel 4.
Taking vendetta on an innocent child, for his father's deeds, is definitely in bad taste. RIP, Balachandran. You've been an unsuspecting victim!
(c) Happenings in Bangladesh.
Feb '13 marks the beginning of a movement that marks to restore the country's secular polity and eliminate the politics of religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh. Its trigger was a life sentence for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Qader Molla, known as the 'Butcher of Bengalis' for his role in the mass murders during the run up to the liberation of Bangladesh. The younger generation, in particular, felt that he'd got away with too light a punishment and has whipped up a movement named 'the Bangla Spring' demanding the noose for the perpetrator of the ghastly crimes!
A great step in the right direction and let's hope that religious fundamentalism is curbed at the earliest!!
Tailpiece.
1. It's fun to read the wishlist of the people, from all walks of life, in the union budget that's gonna be out by the end of the month. Will it be a case of too much of expectations going unfulfilled?
2. David Cameron's weakness has a 'mallu' connection - the spicy, Kerala fish curry. The British Premier is currently on a state visit to India and he'd told this to the press at Bombay, further adding that his wife cooks it well! Why aren't the mallus taking advantage of this situation and get Britain to invest in their state?
(a) Suryanelli case revisited.
The latest to jump into the bandwagon, for passing lewd comments on the victim, is none other than the loudmouthed congressman, K Sudhakaran, our MP from Kannur. His assumption is based on the evidence that suggests that the young lady who was held captive for 40 days and ravished by 42 men had ample chances to escape or to seek police help thereby, hinting at consensual sex. And, therefore, what's the fuss all about?
Based on his utterances, I've two doubts to ask of the MP, which are:-
(i) The victim could have been so brutally traumatised and scared that she didn't know how to react.
Isn't that a possibility, Mr. Sudhakaran?
(ii) Let's, for a moment, assume that your assumption is correct. Are you then trying to justify your
partyman's indulgence in the share of the spoils?
(b) Prabhakaran's son's brutal end.
Prabhakaran, the dreaded LTTE chief, who'd given nightmares to the Sri Lankan people deserved to have been tried for the killing of many innocents during his reign. But did his 12 year old son deserve the violent death that he was meted out? Shot at, about five times, from 2 ft as depicted in a documentary, 'No War Zone - The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka', shot by the British TV Channel 4.
Taking vendetta on an innocent child, for his father's deeds, is definitely in bad taste. RIP, Balachandran. You've been an unsuspecting victim!
(c) Happenings in Bangladesh.
Feb '13 marks the beginning of a movement that marks to restore the country's secular polity and eliminate the politics of religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh. Its trigger was a life sentence for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Qader Molla, known as the 'Butcher of Bengalis' for his role in the mass murders during the run up to the liberation of Bangladesh. The younger generation, in particular, felt that he'd got away with too light a punishment and has whipped up a movement named 'the Bangla Spring' demanding the noose for the perpetrator of the ghastly crimes!
A great step in the right direction and let's hope that religious fundamentalism is curbed at the earliest!!
Tailpiece.
1. It's fun to read the wishlist of the people, from all walks of life, in the union budget that's gonna be out by the end of the month. Will it be a case of too much of expectations going unfulfilled?
2. David Cameron's weakness has a 'mallu' connection - the spicy, Kerala fish curry. The British Premier is currently on a state visit to India and he'd told this to the press at Bombay, further adding that his wife cooks it well! Why aren't the mallus taking advantage of this situation and get Britain to invest in their state?
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