A collage of a few interesting happenings of the day. I'd enjoyed compiling them and I'm sure that my readers will find it equally interesting. So, without much ado, here I go:-
(a) A Judicial Intervention.
The scene was the Ernakulam market where 12 to 15 tons of waste is dumped everyday. Along
with the vegetable waste, animal waste is also thrown into this ground which is amid 212
wholesale vegetable stalls. The waste had started rotting, the rains made it worse and the stench
was unbearable. Along comes AM Basheer, a sub judge and the secretary of the district legal
service authority and his team to check the quality of the produce sold and to verify vendor
licenses.
For the sub judge, the stench emanating from the waste dump, that had not been removed over
the previous 10 days, was a bit too much. In addition, he'd received complaints from over thirty
additional places in the city about mounting piles of garbage. He staged a sit-in protest for the
immediate removal of the garbage pile and consequently, three corporation trucks that move
refuse cleaned the place in less than five hours!
Waste management - collection and disposal of waste - has still not become the average
Malayalee's concern. What a shame?
(b) The Trump - Kim Summit.
Finally, the much awaited Donald Trump - Kim Jong-un summit did take place at Singapore's
Sentosa. Though not much is discernible from the agreement, the dismantling of the North
Korean nuclear apparatus takes top priority. No earth shaking decisions have come about which
was anyways not expected from the two countries, feuding over decades.
The takeaways are that the two heads of state got to sit down to talk, exchange pleasantries and
provide great camera moments. Barely a month ago, both were at each other's throats and it's the
thawing of that situation that's the mainstay of this moment.
How fast is the follow gonna be taken up will be the aspect that will be watched by everyone
across the world. The summit, definitely, has been a step in the right direction!
Tailpiece.
I've commenced my half-an-hour-walk on a figure-of-8 configuration from today onward, both in the morning and in the evening. This is a 'siddha-based' exercise that gets one's erratic blood pressure and sugar levels to normalcy. Shall see the results after a fortnight.
(a) A Judicial Intervention.
The scene was the Ernakulam market where 12 to 15 tons of waste is dumped everyday. Along
with the vegetable waste, animal waste is also thrown into this ground which is amid 212
wholesale vegetable stalls. The waste had started rotting, the rains made it worse and the stench
was unbearable. Along comes AM Basheer, a sub judge and the secretary of the district legal
service authority and his team to check the quality of the produce sold and to verify vendor
licenses.
For the sub judge, the stench emanating from the waste dump, that had not been removed over
the previous 10 days, was a bit too much. In addition, he'd received complaints from over thirty
additional places in the city about mounting piles of garbage. He staged a sit-in protest for the
immediate removal of the garbage pile and consequently, three corporation trucks that move
refuse cleaned the place in less than five hours!
Waste management - collection and disposal of waste - has still not become the average
Malayalee's concern. What a shame?
(b) The Trump - Kim Summit.
Finally, the much awaited Donald Trump - Kim Jong-un summit did take place at Singapore's
Sentosa. Though not much is discernible from the agreement, the dismantling of the North
Korean nuclear apparatus takes top priority. No earth shaking decisions have come about which
was anyways not expected from the two countries, feuding over decades.
The takeaways are that the two heads of state got to sit down to talk, exchange pleasantries and
provide great camera moments. Barely a month ago, both were at each other's throats and it's the
thawing of that situation that's the mainstay of this moment.
How fast is the follow gonna be taken up will be the aspect that will be watched by everyone
across the world. The summit, definitely, has been a step in the right direction!
Tailpiece.
I've commenced my half-an-hour-walk on a figure-of-8 configuration from today onward, both in the morning and in the evening. This is a 'siddha-based' exercise that gets one's erratic blood pressure and sugar levels to normalcy. Shall see the results after a fortnight.
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