Saritha Nair is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. The latest joke about her on the social media goes something like this, 'A young lion cub watching a sunset with his father asks, "Dad, who's this Saritha?" and his father is quick to respond, "Oh, that's the name of a theatre in Kochi, having four shows daily". Inherent in the answer is the explicit Malayalee crudeness coupled with the double meaning!
For the sake of all non-Malayalees, the 'Solar scam' that has rocked and continues to rock the ruling UDF dispensation is nothing but the travails of an entrepreneur, Saritha Nair, with its leaders - big and small(and no pun intended, please) - while she was trying to sell the idea of converting solar energy into electricity for domestic and industrial consumption, which is definitely a step in the right direction in power deficient Kerala! Interestingly, her entrepreneurship in the field does not have the backing of a well researched education on the subject or experience at work!!
To quote a national daily, "Saritha's name provokes extreme reactions from hate and contempt to voyeuristic pleasure and envy! She serves different purposes for different people - for the opposition leader, VS Achuthanandan, she's a tool to expose moral corruption and essential to boost his flagging career, for Oommen Chandy, a Damocles' sword because of her once easy access to his office and family.....". The list of the fallen contains names of well known people who give you the laughs when they pretend to have not even heard of her!
She has traversed through a charged two years, hogging the limelight, while going through the ignominy of police custody and a long winding investigation and seems to have grown in the process, to a confident young lady capable of articulating her thoughts well and sounds confused, only while going through a rehearsed script, obviously thrust upon her by the worthies(?) who desperately want to get their names cleared! Her latest interaction with the press, a couple of days back, was one such episode!!
It's common knowledge that political power carries with it the lucre of money and sex brought about by intriguing machinations. The fixers and the middlemen abound in this dirty trade! She'd become a prey in that murky world.
My take.
A couple of questions come to my mind in connection with the case which are:-
(a) Wasn't Saritha aware of the pitfalls and the sleaziness involved in such endeavour? If yes,
wasn't she unwittingly offering herself for manipulation and consequently, party to the
wider conspiracy?
(b) Are all the persons, perched in responsible positions, prone to accepting favours? Temptations
and attractive offers are hard to resist!
And to the press, I've just one. Why do you give these people so much of importance by bringing them on during prime time? Or by doing so, are you trying to tell us - the viewers - that this is where you rate our taste?
Kudos to Saritha for having risen, literally, from the ashes. Seeing the muck around, she has realised her potential to carve a niche for herself and in the process, perhaps, beat her detractors at their own game!
Tailpiece.
Saritha, these days, anchors popular shows on television and has become a celebrity, overnight. Either the Malayalees seem to have forgiven her misdemeanour or they use the occasion to let go off their contemptuous laughter at a 'fallen' woman every time she lights up the small screen!
For the sake of all non-Malayalees, the 'Solar scam' that has rocked and continues to rock the ruling UDF dispensation is nothing but the travails of an entrepreneur, Saritha Nair, with its leaders - big and small(and no pun intended, please) - while she was trying to sell the idea of converting solar energy into electricity for domestic and industrial consumption, which is definitely a step in the right direction in power deficient Kerala! Interestingly, her entrepreneurship in the field does not have the backing of a well researched education on the subject or experience at work!!
To quote a national daily, "Saritha's name provokes extreme reactions from hate and contempt to voyeuristic pleasure and envy! She serves different purposes for different people - for the opposition leader, VS Achuthanandan, she's a tool to expose moral corruption and essential to boost his flagging career, for Oommen Chandy, a Damocles' sword because of her once easy access to his office and family.....". The list of the fallen contains names of well known people who give you the laughs when they pretend to have not even heard of her!
She has traversed through a charged two years, hogging the limelight, while going through the ignominy of police custody and a long winding investigation and seems to have grown in the process, to a confident young lady capable of articulating her thoughts well and sounds confused, only while going through a rehearsed script, obviously thrust upon her by the worthies(?) who desperately want to get their names cleared! Her latest interaction with the press, a couple of days back, was one such episode!!
It's common knowledge that political power carries with it the lucre of money and sex brought about by intriguing machinations. The fixers and the middlemen abound in this dirty trade! She'd become a prey in that murky world.
My take.
A couple of questions come to my mind in connection with the case which are:-
(a) Wasn't Saritha aware of the pitfalls and the sleaziness involved in such endeavour? If yes,
wasn't she unwittingly offering herself for manipulation and consequently, party to the
wider conspiracy?
(b) Are all the persons, perched in responsible positions, prone to accepting favours? Temptations
and attractive offers are hard to resist!
And to the press, I've just one. Why do you give these people so much of importance by bringing them on during prime time? Or by doing so, are you trying to tell us - the viewers - that this is where you rate our taste?
Kudos to Saritha for having risen, literally, from the ashes. Seeing the muck around, she has realised her potential to carve a niche for herself and in the process, perhaps, beat her detractors at their own game!
Tailpiece.
Saritha, these days, anchors popular shows on television and has become a celebrity, overnight. Either the Malayalees seem to have forgiven her misdemeanour or they use the occasion to let go off their contemptuous laughter at a 'fallen' woman every time she lights up the small screen!
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