The coming week is gonna be busy for us in Kerala. There're a series of 'flash strikes' that have been announced. I shall just run through the 'vexed' issues that are exercising(?) the average Malayalee:-
(a) The private bus employees are going on an indefinite strike.
The employees want their remuneration to be enhanced as the minimum rates per kilometer have been
revised by the government. Result.....the average Malayalee, who's dependent on this essential service
is gonna be harrassed, without doubt, because the autorickshaws and private vehicles are going to make
a killing!
(b) The communists' trade unions of the KSRTC(Kerala's road transport corporation) are striking for a
day on Tuesday.
Their strike, coupled with the private bus guys, is gonna make life miserable for the common man. This is
because the striking guys are not going to let the non striking guys work and the road transport system
is gonna collapse, consequently! .......Wonder what they're striking for?
(c) The Kerala government employees are going on an indefinte strike.
They're against the government's decision of introducing the 'contributory pension' scheme for all new
employees being inducted from mid 2013!
(d) The teachers of government schools are going on strike.
They're also exercised(?) by the 'contributory pension scheme'.
So, now one can understand the seething anger(?) that's simmering in every Malayalee! For every opinion there has to be an opposing opinion. We're like that - freedom of expression, you see! But we do not know or even if we know, we don't care about the tremendous responsibility associated with such freedom!!
When will we ever learn?
Tailpiece.
The coincidence is striking. We're celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanada. And disgusted with what he'd seen in Kerala then, he was supposed to have said, "This is a madhouse". We've ensured that the tag remains!
And here's a gem from one of my friends, Kerala is 'God's own country with devil's own people'!!
PS.
Oops! I seem to have forgotten the CPM's excess land identification for handing it over to the landless. What they didn't do while in power is being tried now, while in opposition, which is the paradox. And the state of Malappuram gave the shock to the leaders of the movement when they found that a couple of their comrades was already in possession(?) of a stretch of land that they intended to notify!
(a) The private bus employees are going on an indefinite strike.
The employees want their remuneration to be enhanced as the minimum rates per kilometer have been
revised by the government. Result.....the average Malayalee, who's dependent on this essential service
is gonna be harrassed, without doubt, because the autorickshaws and private vehicles are going to make
a killing!
(b) The communists' trade unions of the KSRTC(Kerala's road transport corporation) are striking for a
day on Tuesday.
Their strike, coupled with the private bus guys, is gonna make life miserable for the common man. This is
because the striking guys are not going to let the non striking guys work and the road transport system
is gonna collapse, consequently! .......Wonder what they're striking for?
(c) The Kerala government employees are going on an indefinte strike.
They're against the government's decision of introducing the 'contributory pension' scheme for all new
employees being inducted from mid 2013!
(d) The teachers of government schools are going on strike.
They're also exercised(?) by the 'contributory pension scheme'.
So, now one can understand the seething anger(?) that's simmering in every Malayalee! For every opinion there has to be an opposing opinion. We're like that - freedom of expression, you see! But we do not know or even if we know, we don't care about the tremendous responsibility associated with such freedom!!
When will we ever learn?
Tailpiece.
The coincidence is striking. We're celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanada. And disgusted with what he'd seen in Kerala then, he was supposed to have said, "This is a madhouse". We've ensured that the tag remains!
And here's a gem from one of my friends, Kerala is 'God's own country with devil's own people'!!
PS.
Oops! I seem to have forgotten the CPM's excess land identification for handing it over to the landless. What they didn't do while in power is being tried now, while in opposition, which is the paradox. And the state of Malappuram gave the shock to the leaders of the movement when they found that a couple of their comrades was already in possession(?) of a stretch of land that they intended to notify!
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