O Kochi!

Apologies, Tasni Banu.

Being a Kochiite, I'm immensely sad to hear of the incident where you're abused and attacked by a misguided group of people and am at a loss for words to comfort you.

For acquainting everyone with the incident, Tasni Banu and her friend were on their way to the IT firm at Kakkanad where they're employed, to join up for the night shift, when they're waylaid by miscreants saying that they'd not let 'Kochi' to be converted to 'Bangalore' at any cost! The couple gave a spirited fightback, despite the injuries inflicted upon them, apprehended one of them and handed him over to the police to lodge an FIR. Not only did the ASI, on duty, refuse to lodge the hapless couple's complaint but he also had the audacity to let the apprehended guy get away!

Thanks to the personal intervention of the Chief Minister, the case has now been registered and the miscreants are being brought to book and the errant ASI has been suspended, pending enquiry.

And what's Tasni Banu's crime? She's married the guy whom she's in love with!

Who's given the right to these people to take the law into their hands? Are they also pure in their thoughts, deeds and actions? Though, even if they're, it does not give them the right to do moral policing!


The second 'Busday @ Kochi'.

22 Jun was the second 'Busday @ Kochi'. Judging from the media reports, this time it was a bigger flop than the previous one and the proliferation of the private vehicles on the roads made the movement of the buses more difficult! Don't we want to be good citizens?

When do we learn to be responsible and disciplined? Or is it that we'd only learn with a stick behind us?

Tailpiece.
We Kochiites have let you down, Kerala!