Today's thoughts cover a hotch-potch of many events that seem to be taking place together but they're interesting milestones, all the same. Let me coast on, without much ado.
(a) China is relaxing its one child policy.
Couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents is an only child. The one child norm was
strictly enforced - often brutally, when authorities relied on permits, fines and in a few cases, forced
sterilisations and late-term abortions! Well, things seem to have been looked at practically by the communist
party's plenum taking a serious note of the acute gender imbalance prevalent in the country. Statistics for the
year 2012, says that almost 118 boys were born for every 100 girls with the practice of female infanticide
and the abandoning of baby girls have become rampant.
A point worth considering in our country too?
(b) Justice VR Krishna Iyer's birthday.
Justice VR Krishna Iyer celebrated his 99th birthday in style. People, from all walks of life, have been
visiting him to convey their love, affection and regards to one of the best legal minds of this country. On
behalf of the PN Panicker Foundation, I wish him continued good health and strength to guide us with his
wisdom and deep insight about the society's requirements.
(c) Sachin Tendulkar's last Test.
I must confess that I felt quite sad that Sachin got out at 74 and could not make a century in his last test.
Well, what does one say about him? The media has been full of Sachin memorabilia and I wouldn't like to
add on anything so as to cause unwanted fatigue. But Indian cricket is gonna miss him and the impeccable
manner in which he carried himself all through!
Success never went into his head.
(d) Carlsen, one up.
Carlsen has notched a win in the fifth game, playing with white pieces. As he, himself had said that the first
to win a game need not necessarily win the match in the post-match press conference, the game is still open
and can be anybody's.
What's heartening is that the enthusiasm for chess has picked up among the Indians. Hope that it's gonna be
an enduring trend!
Tailpiece.
The central government's latest diktat on the implementation of the Kasturirangan committee report on the
protection of eco-sensitive areas of the western ghats, has unleashed violence and unrest in the hilly tracts of the districts of northern Kerala. Political parties must ensure that peace prevails and rumour mongering avoided at all costs because it's too easy to incite the people, who'd be affected by the implementation.
(a) China is relaxing its one child policy.
Couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents is an only child. The one child norm was
strictly enforced - often brutally, when authorities relied on permits, fines and in a few cases, forced
sterilisations and late-term abortions! Well, things seem to have been looked at practically by the communist
party's plenum taking a serious note of the acute gender imbalance prevalent in the country. Statistics for the
year 2012, says that almost 118 boys were born for every 100 girls with the practice of female infanticide
and the abandoning of baby girls have become rampant.
A point worth considering in our country too?
(b) Justice VR Krishna Iyer's birthday.
Justice VR Krishna Iyer celebrated his 99th birthday in style. People, from all walks of life, have been
visiting him to convey their love, affection and regards to one of the best legal minds of this country. On
behalf of the PN Panicker Foundation, I wish him continued good health and strength to guide us with his
wisdom and deep insight about the society's requirements.
(c) Sachin Tendulkar's last Test.
I must confess that I felt quite sad that Sachin got out at 74 and could not make a century in his last test.
Well, what does one say about him? The media has been full of Sachin memorabilia and I wouldn't like to
add on anything so as to cause unwanted fatigue. But Indian cricket is gonna miss him and the impeccable
manner in which he carried himself all through!
Success never went into his head.
(d) Carlsen, one up.
Carlsen has notched a win in the fifth game, playing with white pieces. As he, himself had said that the first
to win a game need not necessarily win the match in the post-match press conference, the game is still open
and can be anybody's.
What's heartening is that the enthusiasm for chess has picked up among the Indians. Hope that it's gonna be
an enduring trend!
Tailpiece.
The central government's latest diktat on the implementation of the Kasturirangan committee report on the
protection of eco-sensitive areas of the western ghats, has unleashed violence and unrest in the hilly tracts of the districts of northern Kerala. Political parties must ensure that peace prevails and rumour mongering avoided at all costs because it's too easy to incite the people, who'd be affected by the implementation.
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