Monday, July 20, 2015

With trepidation.....

Background.

1. Arya, Raji and Athira were 16 years old and Plus 2 students of the Government Higher Secondary School at Konni of Pathanamthitta district. On the morning of 09 Jul, the three young ladies had left their homes for school, were declared missing with the police launching an all out search on the basis of a few clues without much success. On the 13th, all the three of them were retrieved from beside the stretch of railway track between Thrissur and Palakkad stations.

2. They'd presumably attempted suicide by jumping off a running train with Raji and Athira dying on the spot while Arya was found in a serious condition, nearby. She, who was transferred for intensive care at the Thrissur Medical College Hospital, succumbed to her grievous injuries this evening at 1600h.

Reasons unknown.

3. The investigation is on but the police is yet to put the finger on the actual cause that had forced the young ladies to their unfortunate end. One of them had a computer tablet and from inputs available, the three of them were active on the social media fueling rumours that they're disenchanted with life seeing the tremendous opportunities that were 'seemingly' out of reach for them thanks to their financial status in the society! Only the successful conclusion of the investigation will tell us the truth.

My take.    

4. The Foundation is on an ambitious project of making Kerala 100% e-literate over a period of three years. Already, 100 panchayats (@ seven to eight panchayats per district) are in varying stages of attaining this unique distinction - as part of the first phase of the endeavour - and there's a great deal of enthusiasm among the masses to attain computer literacy.

5. While pointing out the tremendous advantages by possessing skills in the usage of computers, the attendant problems regarding its misuse is not mulled over. It's our fond hope that everyone would take advantage of the 'good' aspects of this technology and shun the negative ones!


Tailpiece.

It's my firm belief that when everyone becomes computer literate there will be a willing and wholehearted acceptance of the attendant responsibility of using the technology correctly. The miniscule few or the exceptions will be taken care of by the society itself. It's the right of every man to avail of the prevalent state-of-the-art technology to be part of the all inclusive growth of the society, that we at the PN Panicker Foundation envisage!  

















Their families - despite financial limitations - were eager to see their children do well in life. The 

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