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Reflections of a Malayalee on Kerala's economy, politics and society
(This is a little longer post based on a talk given at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum).
Kerala is known for its achievements in basic education and healthcare for all. Its people participate in economic activities not only within the state but also nationally and globally. This participation generates income and it is used for consumption of goods and services. Some of these are…
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Unveiling Kerala’s Political Cauldron: The Intrigue Behind a CPM Leader’s Family Deal with Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s Firm
In the vibrant political landscape of Kerala, where alliances are forged and rivalries run deep, recent events have thrust an intriguing business deal into the spotlight. At the heart of this controversy lies a prominent CPM leader’s family and their connection with a venture backed by Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
The catalyst for this uproar came from an unexpected source — E P Jayarajan, a central committee member of the CPI(M) and the convener of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF). During a press interaction in Kannur, Jayarajan made headlines by offering unexpected praise for the BJP’s choice of candidates in the upcoming elections. His remarks, highlighting the strength of BJP candidates in various constituencies, raised eyebrows in a state where the Left and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) are the dominant political forces.
However, what added fuel to the fire was the revelation regarding a business transaction involving Jayarajan’s family and a hospitality venture associated with Rajeev Chandrasekhar. It was disclosed that Jayarajan’s wife and son own shares in an Ayurvedic spa center in Kannur, which transferred its operations to a hospitality venture backed by Chandrasekhar’s private equity firm last year. This development prompted the Congress to question the Left’s commitment to combating the BJP, especially considering the ideological gulf between the two parties.
As accusations and counter-accusations flew between political rivals, the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan sought to downplay the significance of Jayarajan’s remarks, emphasizing that the primary political contest in Kerala remains between the CPI(M) and the Congress.
Delving deeper into the intricacies of the deal, it becomes apparent that the ties between Jayarajan’s family and Chandrasekhar’s firm are not merely business transactions but have drawn scrutiny from investigative agencies. Allegations have been made suggesting a quid pro quo, with claims that the probe by enforcement agencies into the Ayurvedic spa ceased following the transfer of operations to Chandrasekhar’s venture.
The controversy escalated further when V D Satheesan, the Leader of Opposition from the Congress, accused the CPI(M) of colluding with the BJP, labeling their relationship as a “mutual co-operative movement.” In response, Jayarajan refuted the allegations, accusing Satheesan of various misdeeds and prompting a legal exchange between the two parties.
This is not the first time the Vaidekam-Niraamaya Retreats deal has faced scrutiny. Previously, Jayarajan’s financial dealings had come under question, leading to internal debates within the CPI(M). While the issue seemed to fade away temporarily, it resurfaced with renewed vigor following the involvement of central agencies.
Amidst these controversies, what remains to be seen is the impact on Kerala’s political landscape. As parties trade accusations and engage in legal battles, the electorate watches closely, seeking transparency and accountability from their leaders.
In the end, this saga serves as a reminder of the intricate interplay between politics and business, where deals are scrutinized not just for their financial implications but also for their potential impact on the democratic process. As Kerala gears up for elections, the spotlight on this contentious affair underscores the high stakes involved in the pursuit of power.
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you don't understand the makers of the kerala story speared propaganda against islam and kerala and you are navie lured to hindu fanaticism
first of all, if you're denying the existence of ISIS conversions in Kerala and the larger India then, the Observer Research Foundation published, in a 2019 report, that between 60-70 individuals in Kerala joined ISIS between 2014-18. Also, the NIA has entered various times into Kerala due to suspects of ISIS interactions. ISIS has existed in India for a while now and denying it would require your eyes to be closed.
You're saying that this movie is against Islam and Kerala but from where I stand, it's a movie against ISIS. That's something I will support to the end, both as someone who's lived through the repercussions of 9/11/2001 and the fact that they are literally a salafi jihadist terrorist organization. Anyone minus a few select people who went and watched TKS today are making conclusions about the entire movie from a short teaser/trailer clip, which, many times, isn't even an accurate portrayal of a movie. People who watched the full movie in the Kerala Supreme Court themselves had refused to restrict the release of the movie on the same premise of being against ISIS, not Islam.
Obviously, the biggest argument being made right now, and one I'm 100% expecting you to bring up if you choose to come back into my asks, is the figure of 32K conversions in Kerala. I don't believe in that number. What I do believe in though, is that The Kerala Story is a mere movie. All these people arguing against this movie claim to be "secularists". News flash, any film in a secular industry is gonna be dramatized because in a secular industry people look for viewership and how to make any small story compelling be it through caricature or exaggeration. As far as I care, people can consume whatever media they want and then are responsible for researching and fact-checking on their own. Quick examples of this that I can think of are the Netflix TV show Narcos where they antagonized a supposed "judy moncada" who was completely made up, and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, a supposed retelling of events in the Vietnam war that he later concedes wasn't accurate apart from the emotion. Authors, writers, and any other artist for that matter take creative liberties in storytelling. I don't know how or why people are taking this so seriously. Congratulations you can do your research!
Now in terms of being a "navie" that's lured into Hindu fanaticism, what's naive about loving a culture that's been here for centuries that resulted in the construction of beautiful architecture and tells the some of the most enthralling stories? If anyone called any of the Abrahmic religions fanatical, they'd immediately be pegged as islamophobic, christianophobic, etc, why can't Hindus get the same respect? Honestly, the one common trait in any land with foreigners is the sheer lack of respect for natives and it shows, be it India, the USA, Australia, etc. I'd highly recommend you get a reality check on yourself.
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The Kerala Story
ALRIGHT
So, the Kerala Story
ISTG the New Government in Tamil Nadu I knew always sucked, but FOR GOODNESS' SAKE DO YOU HAVE TO BAN AN AWARENESS FILM!?
This is not islamophobic, you actual idiots, it is terrorist-phobic, WHICH EVERYONE SHOULD BE
It doesn't paint Muslims in a bad light, one of the main protagonists is a Muslim, and she is also, apparently, "caught into this scheme."
DO.NOT.EVEN.DARE.TO.ACT.LIKE.YOU.CARE.
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Modi is in Kerala now that it’s under a year from the next national election. Here I remind everyone that the BJP does not and has not ever cared for us Keralites in any capacity ever. We don’t have a BJP presence now, and we must keep it that way. Keep those fascists out.
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Apparently the Supreme Court of India has at least twice struck down amendments to the Constitution as unconstitutional (Golaknath v Punjab and Kesavananda Bharati v Kerala), which makes Marbury v Madison look positively meek by comparison.
#the legal logic isn't totally crazy#golaknath v punjab said some rights are unabrogable even by the constitution#and the idea that some rights are so fundamental#as to pre-exist even constitutional law#certainly isn't novel#and kesavananda bharati v kerala#seems to argue basically that you can't use the constitution to destroy fundamental aspects of small-c constitutional government#like democratic government and separation of powers#but the overall attitude of the indian supreme court#seems to be very different from the american one#which is more 'we poor nine cannot possibly be expected to make decisions in big difficult political questions'#'which are too complicated for our little brains'#'suo motu? we don't even have the time to grant certiorari to all the cases *you* bring us!'
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Kerala, often referred to as "God's Own Country," has a rich political history marked by the dynamic leadership of its Chief Ministers. Over the years, these leaders have played a pivotal role in shaping the socio-economic landscape of the state.
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Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy passed away after suffering from prolonged illness
Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy a renowned Congress veteran took his last breath on early Tuesday morning. He died in a Bengaluru hospital after struggling with a prolonged illness. He was 79 years old and was undergoing treatment for cancer since 2019.
His son broke the news on social media as he wrote, “Appa has passed away.” The news was made public at around 4:30 am.
The mortal remains of Chandy will be flown back to Thiruvananthapuram and will be kept for public homage at the Congress state committee office and later at the Durbar Hall of the state government secretariat. A two-day mourning and a public holiday have been declared by the state government on Tuesday. The funeral will be held on Thursday at Puthuppally in Kottayam.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan shared condolences on the death of a senior leader. “It is extremely difficult to bid him farewell.”
“We were elected to the Legislative Assembly in the same year. It was at the same stage that we came to the political fore through student life. We led public life at the same time and it is extremely difficult to bid him farewell. Oommen Chandy was a capable administrator and a person who was closely involved in people’s lives,” he added.
Chandy was the chief minister of Kerala from 2011-2016 and 2004-2006. He was also the opposition leader in the state assembly from 2006-2011.
Born on October 31, 1943, at Puthuppally in Kottayam, Chandy first got elected from Puthuppally at the age of 27 in the assembly elections.
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Teacher to rockstar | K.K. Shailaja on her new book ‘My Life as a Comrade’
It is my experience that interviewees are rarely interested in you. Occasionally, at the end of the meeting, they may lean back and ask a couple of cursory questions about your work. But, on a Wednesday evening at the Kerala House in Delhi, K.K. Shailaja had barely walked into the room before I was peppered with half a dozen questions. Where was I from, what did my parents do, do I have children,…
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the kerala story is copied caliphate netflix series and you dont understand. you support bjp?
did you miss the part where i said that TKS is a MOVIE. and artists and writers take creative liberties??? i couldn't give a flying fuck which netflix series it's similar to bc in the end I see it as a movie and in the larger scheme, media, and every 10 yr old child I know knows not to believe everything they see on a big screen, but apparently you didn't get the memo. the isis fucking exists in India and with it they bring salafi jihadist culture and conversion because that's literally who they are and that's the bottom line. if you're in support of covering up their terrorism then please just stop reading and get the fuck off my blog. again why the fuck are people making such a big deal out of it oh my god. movies such as PK have shown offensive versions of Hindu gods, and in Canada, they made some play about the goddess Kali smoking and shit. I saw absolutely none of you say anything then so why the fuck do you "secular" people care now.
if you denied terrorism in India from middle easterners you'd be an idiot. ranging from pilgrim taxes, iconoclasm, and to forced conversions in Mathura and Kashmir among other places, the native Hindu-Indian population has seen everything over the years. I don't deny that islamophobia is real, but oh my god, the existence of islamophobia and hinduphobia is not mutually exclusive, this is so fucking basic. I can agree that islamophobia exists in many parts of the world and even in India, but this movie has nothing to do with that. again, it's a movie about ISIS and i will see it as such. If you see it as a movie about Islam, then maybe you're the one under the flawed assumption that all Muslims fall under the bracket of ISIS, which says more about you than me in any case.
if we get into politics then, no, i have no strong affiliation with any indian political party and, as someone who can't vote, i have no good reason to go out of my way to pick a side when i like neither anyways. i'm the kind of person that reads everything and figures out what makes sense. from that point of view i can say, IF kerala is a secular state, then they should have no problem with this movie, something backed by the Kerala High Court ruling as well. i also mentioned earlier that this is an issue of ISIS vs anti-ISIS, not hindu v muslim. that being said, if you were a secularist I'd continue to question why you care so much about the government handling religion in media when your entire argument should be separating state and religion entirely. movies and entertainment isn't a branch of the government so you're not allowed to give a fuck what they do as they try and gain viewers.
your bullshit "secularism" only goes to the extent that the agendas of islam and apparently also isis are supported in the public sphere and it fucking shows. secular countries around the world make movies with religion in the center and nobody gives a shit but you guys don't get those memos do you. movies such as priest and the 1972 movie adaptation of the canterbury tales exist show christianity in a skewed negative angle and were screened all over the west. but nope, just ignore that and blame some right wing party for a writer making a story because it inconveniences you and your little anti-hindu agenda.
in terms of this other ask,
again with the word fanaticism. either you're accepting you're a blatant hinduphobe in which case get the fuck off my blog, I said very specifically that bigots are not welcome, or you just didn't read my last post properly in which case read that and then get the fuck off my blog. God, this whole post is so redundant and such a waste of my time. saying ISIS and the BJP are the same is such a flawed undertaking. I also can't think of a single example of a BJP member specifically targetting "muslims whose loved ones were lured into ISIS" and even a quick google and jstor search renders nothing.
The ISIS hijacked 4 Boeing 747s worth billions of dollars total and sent their members on a suicide mission halfway across the globe killing around 3000 people. They've run similar attacks all over the globe in areas including europe, africa, asia, or in other words anywhere they can fucking get to and their hate doesn't even stop at religion, and extends instead to anyone who rejects sharia law. the bjp has run nothing to the scale of the mass-murder and terrorism of isis and i can't decide if your desperation to prove me wrong with the most exaggerated arguments of the century are funny or if your ignorance is just sad. if conserving islam in the middle east with islamic republics and dictatorships is deemed ok, then maintaining hindu culture in a democracy where such members are elected is also ok.
#the kerala story#tw: religious abuse#tw: human trafficking#tw: sex trafficking#tw: terrorism#tw: suicide mention#indian politics#hindublr#hinduphobia#shri answers asks
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राहुल गांधी की अयोग्यता कांग्रेस के लिए फायदे में बदल सकती है: विशेषज्ञ | The removal of Rahul Gandhi could benefit Congress, according to experts;
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सूरत की एक अदालत ने 2019 के आपराधिक मानहानि मामले में कांग्रेस सांसद को दोषी ठहराया
जीसस एंड मैरी कॉलेज में राजनीति विज्ञान की प्रोफेसर सुशीला रामास्वामी ने कहा कि गांधी की अयोग्यता के कारण उनके लिए जनता की सहानुभूति हो सकती है।
आपराधिक मानहानि के एक मामले में दोषी ठहराए जाने के बाद कांग्रेस नेता राहुल गांधी की लोकसभा से अयोग्यता इस समय एक झटके के रूप में सामने आई है, लेकिन विशेषज्ञों का कहना है कि यह उनके और उनकी पार्टी के लिए फायदेमंद साबित हो सकता है।
लोकसभा सचिवालय ने शुक्रवार को संसद के निचले सदन से गांधी की अयोग्यता को अधिसूचित किया, जिसके एक दिन बाद सूरत की एक अदालत ने 2019 के आपराधिक मानहानि मामले में कांग्रेस सांसद को दोषी ठहराया और उन्हें दो साल की कैद की सजा सुनाई।
भारतीय लोकतंत्र के लिए एक काला दिन
हालाँकि, कांग्रेस ने एक बहादुर चेहरा पेश किया और इसे "भारतीय लोकतंत्र के लिए एक काला दिन" कहा, यह कहते हुए कि लड़ाई "कानूनी और राजनीतिक रूप से" लड़ी जाएगी।
"यह इस समय राहुल गांधी और कांग्रेस के लिए बड़ा झटका है, हालांकि कोई यह भी तर्क दे सकता है कि 'भारत जोड़ो यात्रा' की बढ़ती लोकप्रियता की पृष्ठभूमि के खिलाफ लोकसभा से उनकी अयोग्यता को एक लाभ में बदला जा सकता है," जोया हसन जेएनयू के स्कूल ऑफ सोशल साइंसेज के प्रोफेसर एमेरिटस ने टिप्पणी के लिए पूछे जाने पर पीटीआई को बताया।
उन्होंने कहा कि गांधी एक नायक के रूप में उभर सकते हैं और "एक क्रूर राजनीतिक व्यवस्था" के शिकार भी हो सकते हैं।
हालांकि, हसन ने कहा कि अगर गांधी को उच्च न्यायालय से कोई राहत नहीं मिलती है और वह अयोग्य बने रहते हैं तो यह भी समस्याग्रस्त हो सकता है।
राजनीति विज्ञान की प्रोफेसर सुशीला रामास्वामी
“मौजूदा लोकसभा के शेष कार्यकाल के लिए उनकी अयोग्यता कोई बड़ी बात नहीं है क्योंकि यह पहले से ही अप्रैल होने वाला है और संसद का यह सत्र वैसे भी धुल गया है, और दो या तीन सत्र और होने बाकी हैं, " उसने कहा।
हसन ने कहा कि अगर वह अगला लोकसभा चुनाव लड़ने के लिए अयोग्य रहते हैं तो यह उनके लिए झटका होगा।
उन्होंने कहा, "यह समस्याग्रस्त हो सकता है," उन्होंने कहा, "वह बाहर लोकप्रिय हो सकते हैं लेकिन एक नेता पार्टी का नेतृत्व कैसे करेगा जब वह चुनाव नहीं लड़ सकता है। तथ्य यह है कि गांधी को अयोग्य घोषित कर दिया गया है और यह स्पष्ट नहीं है कि उनकी दोषसिद्धि को पलटा जाएगा या नहीं। ”
जीसस एंड मैरी कॉलेज में राजनीति विज्ञान की प्रोफेसर सुशीला रामास्वामी ने कहा कि गांधी की अयोग्यता के कारण उनके लिए जनता की सहानुभूति हो सकती है।
उन्होंने पीटीआई-भा��ा से कहा, "मोदी उपनाम पर राहुल गांधी की टिप्पणी को नजरअंदाज किया जाना चाहिए था क्योंकि इस तरह के घटनाक्रम से भानुमती का पिटारा खुल जाएगा।" अतीत.....
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