kurian's New Age Blog

The   characters 1  Kunjan  ( 45)      a rubber- log loading  worker 2  Ammini  ( 40)    his   wife  (In  front  of  Kunjan's   small  house. It's  early in the morning.Ammini   is sweeping  the yard. Enter Kunjan,limping. He  supports himself with a long stick. He has a bandage around his  right leg. He looks very tired,and in excruciating pain. His shirt is torn, he is unkempt, and he has no shoes. Ammini  doesn't recognize  him.)                                 Ammini Hey,who is  there ?                                  Kunjan It's me,Kunjan, your  husband.                                 Ammini Oh, my God! What happened  to you? I thought you are a beggar.                               Kunjan What  happened to me beggars  description.                               Ammini Come on, tell the truth. Where  have you been for two days?                                  Kunjan It's a long  story. (he sits on a small bench). Have you

When  I look at the latest  unofficial  map of  Nigeria,I'm  extremely  shocked and  saddened by the  areas  marked with a different colour-the  20000 square Kms  of territory  overran by the dreaded, brutal and bloody Boko  Haram, the Jihadist  group that has already  established a Caliphate  in North Eastern Nigeria,and and is  threatening  to spread into  Cameroon ,Niger and Chad. I  am  saddened because the towns  shown in the map  are very familiar  to me. Leelamma ( Mrs Kurian)  and I  taught  at  Teacher's  College, Shuwa, in Gongola  State, from 1981 to 1987. It  was a college which  trained Primary  School  teachers. I am sure  Shuwa is now under the control of Boko Haram. The  other towns  marked under  Boko  Haram control in that area  are Mubi,Michika  and Bama. Maiduguri,the  capital of  Borno State ,and  home to 2 million  people, is in the sight of Boko Haram, and could fall  any time. The names of the familiar  places  are beautiful, and have an Ind