Sunday, March 17, 2013


Definitely, the atmosphere in Kerala has been vitiated by vitriolics but expediency demands that there would be no political killing Be he K.B.Ganeshkumar, P.C.George or some other leader, political expediency does not allow a killing. When the survival of the very government is dependent on complacency, that would be the rule. Any amount of waxing eloquent on the issues would not result in action. Now that P.C.George-Gowri Amma row has surfaced, Ganeshkumar issue had a reprieve of sorts. For, the problem remains only if it is in the air through television channels. Otherwise, it is just pass. No doubt, the goings-on in Kerala in the political sphere have been undesirable. But no one has a solution. The only solution seems to be to create a fresh controversy to suppress a previous row. And people are thriving on the telecasts of leaders washing dirty linen. We, Keralites, may think that ours is the ideal political atmosphere. Actually, we are ignoring the genuine issues that confront the people. We go on speaking about treating wastes at the source and solving the mounting garbage problem, which is the biggest woe for people of the state. Just tinkering with the issue by assurances of treating wastes at the source would not do. There should be gargantuan cauldrons and incinerators and mega level automatons that should burn off the wastes. That is costly and may necessitate crucial planning and execution. If the garbage problem can be solved at a mega level, much of the infectious diseases, viral fever, and other fevers caused by mosquitoes can be prevented. Demands for axing particular leaders would hog the headlines at breaking news realms for some time, the problems would escape into thin air, unless of course there would be a decision of the courts.

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