Thursday, April 4, 2019

Love gone sour?

22 year old, Neethu Krishna Kumar, an engineering student was stabbed and set on fire by her ex-boyfriend, Nidhish Kallukadan, in the morning, at Chiyyaram in Thrissur.

Salient points of the case.

 (a) Neethu's mother had passed away when she was just two years old. Her father left her soon after.
       She was brought up by her maternal grandmother and uncle.

 (b) The two had befriended each other on Facebook three years ago.

 (c) Nidhish works in a private firm at the IT park in Kochi.

 (d) Both the families were aware of the couple's friendship.

 (e) The boy had approached her family last year, to talk of marriage. It, however, did not turn out 
       to be successful and the relationship had gone sour.

 (f)  When there was no communication from the young lady, the man thought that she was into a
       fresh relationship.

 (g) This morning, around 6, after parking his mobike in front of the house, he'd entered the girls'
       house through the rear door. There was a verbal altercation between the two of them which
       ended in her being stabbed twice - on her throat and her stomach. He'd, then, emptied two
       bottles of petrol that he was carrying, on to her body and lit her.

 (h) The young lady was declared "brought-in-dead" by the hospital nearby.

RIP Neethu. My tears and prayers to a young lady who lost a promising life, too early. May your family have the strength to tide over these stressful times.

My take.
        
  1. While starting a relationship through the social media like Facebook, What'sApp etc, one needs
      to be extremely careful. Intimacy of any sort must be avoided because the personal profiles are
      hidden to a large extent and it's very difficult to understand the background and the attitude of
      the partner or even as to whether he/she is queer.
  2. In such relationships, the endeavour from both sides would be to put their best foot forward
      which might be markedly different from their actual personalities.
  3. If love/relationship goes sour, it's better to accept it in a sporting spirit and let go off the episode
      without wasting any time.
  4. On the other hand, carrying hatred and waiting for a chance to retaliate can have harmful
      consequences - in this case, the unfortunate girl had a violent end and the boy has spoiled his
      life forever. 

And why do people not accept a failure in their love life? Is it because they've got everything they'd wanted, from their homes, thanks to their over indulgent parents? Is there any meaning in enforcing a relationship that can never be smooth?


Tailpiece.

Got up with the alarm, went through our chores and we were ready well in time. Had gone to town to do a bank transfer to the caretaker in connection with the family temple's annual festivities, collect clothes/deposit soiled clothes from/at the drycleaners and to drop the credit card cheque for the month.

Both Bineesh and Sajeev played truant in taking care of the plumbing requirements!


       

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