The media has been covering extensively, over the past few days, the brutal assassination of TP Chandrasekharan, the leader of the RMP - a runaway faction of the CPM. He'd 51 ugly slashes, all over his body including his face(the garish stitches were visible as his body lay in state. I bet the guys must have had a tough time stitching up the face - to make it presentable - on the post-mortem table!) presumably, to ensure that the man didn't have an iota of a chance of survival.
Background.
The gentleman, was in the CPM, not long ago and was supposed to be part of the Achuthanandan faction. When differences of opinion and ideological mismatch loomed large, he had left the party and started his own outfit. The local CPM outfit - Onchiyam of Vadakara in the district of Kozhikode - didn't anticipate the large scale exodus of its rank and file into the new outfit, owing allegiance to TP, as he was popularly known! The police confirm that there were death threats to him, from unidentified quarters, but the man refused to have security cover saying that his life would be snuffed out even if he had moved around with a posse of security guards! On the fateful night, around 10 PM, he was on his mobike when accosted by a gang, who'd followed him in a car and then proceeded to give him his gruesome end.
Political parties, of all hues, have gone to town trading charges and counter charges as is the wretched practice out here. Meanwhile, the police is on the job to establish the killers and untangle the case.
My take.
How can one take another's life just because of a difference in opinion or for that matter, ideology? I thought the biggest thrill would be to verbally deal with one's opponent and make him finally accept the merits of one's stand by sheer logic and the facts to support it. In the process, one would have made yet another friend on a stronger foundation bolstered by mutual respect.
Does heightened literacy convert minds into doing irrational behaviour stemming from zero tolerance of others' ideas? Then what's the difference between us and those who live under authoritarian rule? No human being has the right to take another's life.
It's a matter of shame, for all of us malayalees, that such a heinous act has been committed. It's every man's hope that the police and the law would bring the guilty to book, at the earliest.
And yes, I repeat the question that I'd asked earlier - whither Kerala? RIP TP and may god give your family the necessary strength to tide over these difficult times! And for heaven's sake please refrain from playing political games over a dead man!!
The thing that bugs me is as to what sort of guys are the killers? Are they so clinical and mechanical in their thoughts that they no more understand the niceties of life and does only money motivate them? And what're they gonna do with loads of money, that they acquire in this manner, when guilt will continue to haunt their lives till their ends?
Background.
The gentleman, was in the CPM, not long ago and was supposed to be part of the Achuthanandan faction. When differences of opinion and ideological mismatch loomed large, he had left the party and started his own outfit. The local CPM outfit - Onchiyam of Vadakara in the district of Kozhikode - didn't anticipate the large scale exodus of its rank and file into the new outfit, owing allegiance to TP, as he was popularly known! The police confirm that there were death threats to him, from unidentified quarters, but the man refused to have security cover saying that his life would be snuffed out even if he had moved around with a posse of security guards! On the fateful night, around 10 PM, he was on his mobike when accosted by a gang, who'd followed him in a car and then proceeded to give him his gruesome end.
Political parties, of all hues, have gone to town trading charges and counter charges as is the wretched practice out here. Meanwhile, the police is on the job to establish the killers and untangle the case.
My take.
How can one take another's life just because of a difference in opinion or for that matter, ideology? I thought the biggest thrill would be to verbally deal with one's opponent and make him finally accept the merits of one's stand by sheer logic and the facts to support it. In the process, one would have made yet another friend on a stronger foundation bolstered by mutual respect.
Does heightened literacy convert minds into doing irrational behaviour stemming from zero tolerance of others' ideas? Then what's the difference between us and those who live under authoritarian rule? No human being has the right to take another's life.
It's a matter of shame, for all of us malayalees, that such a heinous act has been committed. It's every man's hope that the police and the law would bring the guilty to book, at the earliest.
And yes, I repeat the question that I'd asked earlier - whither Kerala? RIP TP and may god give your family the necessary strength to tide over these difficult times! And for heaven's sake please refrain from playing political games over a dead man!!
The thing that bugs me is as to what sort of guys are the killers? Are they so clinical and mechanical in their thoughts that they no more understand the niceties of life and does only money motivate them? And what're they gonna do with loads of money, that they acquire in this manner, when guilt will continue to haunt their lives till their ends?
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