Self-defeating People!

The strike is supposed to be called by the Unions for the welfare of the people - especially the downtrodden and poor. In Kerala all the political parties except BJP (which doesn't have any seats) and probably Kerala Congress factions, can be classified leftist. All talk about and cry for poor people, all the time. According to the news reports the strike is going to affect the SSLC examinations. To be specfific, the ordinary schools! A majority of the rich children today are in special private English Medium schools. They will not be affected. Even if the school is closed for a while most of them have enough facilities at home (books and even internet) to carry on the studies. Deepika news follows:

kacw Fkv.Fkv.F.kn hnP-b-i-X-am-\s _m[ntpw
tImgn-tmSv: A[ym-]-I-cpsS A\n-n-X-Ime ]Wn-ap-Sv Fkv.Fkv.F.kn hnP-b-i-X-am-\-sbpw ASp A[y-b-\-hj-sbpw kmc-ambn _m[ntpw.

Cwo-jvao-Unbw kvIqfp-Isf At]-nv, Fkv.Fkv.F.kn ]co--bn s]mXpsh hnP-b-i-X-am\w Ipd km kvIqfp-I-sf-bmWv ]Wn-ap-Sv {][m-\-ambpw _m[n-pI. an km kvIqfp-I-fnepw Fkv.Fkv.F.kn hnZymYn-I-fpsS ]mT-`m-K- apgp-h-\mbpw Xon-n.

C-h-Ws Fkv.Fkv. F.kn ]co amn-h-bvm km[y-X-bp-sWvS-nepw hnZymYn-I-fp-sSbpw cn-Xm--fp-sSbpw Bi-bvv ia-\-am-Ip-n. kwm-\s Fkv.Fkv.F.kn hnP-b-i-X-am\w h[n-n-p--Xns `mK-ambn kvs]j mkp-I FSp-p-sav A[ym-]I khokv kwL-S-\-I ]d-bp-p-sWvS-nepw CXv F{X-tmfw {]mhn-I-am-Ip-sav IWvS-dn-bWw.

This means that strike has a devastating effect on the poor children whose only hope is to get past the SSLC examination on time. Usually in Kerala schools, February is an important time to finish lessons ahead of the examinations in March. Having called the strike in February, it is obvious that the NGO organizations don't care about the welfare of the common man at all.

People are fools too!

The ordinary man is a fool today in Kerala. He doesn't have the backbone to stand up and defeat these opportunists in the election. Time and again they have votes for third class people in every election. People should ask every MLA and MLA candidate to make their views on the strike and vote accordingly in the next election crossing the party lines. This is the only way they can send a message to the future strikes.

Backboneless Intellectuals!

Responses from abroad (Gulf, USA, Europe) published in several internet editions (Kerala Kaumudi opinion, Deepika poll etc) convincingly show that all Malayalees abroad are understandably against the strike.

See Kaumudi Letters from Abroad

Many in Gulf are working 10-12 hours in appauling heat and conditions. Many have gone abroad only because they could not get a job at home. In Kerala one doesn't comes across a species called "Intellectuals" today. Those posing as intellectuals are all pseudo. So understandably there is no public outcry from any "intellectual" against the strike. They are all afraid of political parties and employee organizations. An open comment against the trike may affect a future award or some privilege!!!

While the response from abroad had been of great concern for the school children, in Kerala itself, the children of the striking teachers and employees did their own protest - which appeared like a 'tivoli celebration' rather than the voices of the suffering children!

A G{ ! Here is the news as it appeared in Kerala Kaumudi dated 8 March 2002

Yjlcdj : JJqT ‘ohjoLh’ JYJl dYhihi. ohjktj QlcjTi AdJjTi JJqX BX otjchYji halJ FrYi dsJw oJw iXe dk AX Ck oJsic hv cjY.
“BXhh, AjY AjY OjY OjYY OjY.”
“AOPc mqhYiv
dXiX hsjY,
Ai dXi div
QlYh hsjY’ F d dTiX JJw ohjoLhv dTY.

... BXiT dTl Yi pVQu cs fkXJw JJw BJm dslw Jj Dit.
JTc jhJnXu, de. hboacu cit, lnXcjiXu cYj Flt JJqT ooj.

Forum Comments:   ZGG GAI c! c well-off  GZ J  d {J iZ d J JKKK . RGQ AK  GZ MacDonalds_a cap  ddJW K c! RGQ AKGZA dX  Y BAX I? {J ddB{W  c   GZ W L AI? Aa BZ A J{{bL cJK I xJ{J {dJK K J IAAK!

Since we wrote this, we have come across an article by K.Venu (leftist intellectual, but against CPM) in Malayalam Varika. Mr Venu confirms what we have written about rich chlidren being shamelessly sent to English Medium private schools, even by the teachers who are on strike!