kurian's New Age Blog

                                                        SCENE 1 ( An examination  hall in Kerala. About  30 people of different ages  are seated. Paper 1 of the M.F.( Master of Fraud) Examination  is about to start. Among the candidates is a young  Sikh. Enter  the invigilator.)                                     Invigilator Good  morning  candidates. Are  you all ready ? We are about to start. Please remember, don't  try to do anything  funny.I mean, copying. I have zero-tolerance in this matter. Do you hear?                                  candidates                ...

At  last,the UDF  has entered the final  lap of its 5-year,gruelling race,like a neck and neck 5000 metres race, where the leader, Oommen Chandy,  has survived many challenges. It's as if he was running the race barefooted, on very hostile terrain,on tracks strewn with thorns. It seems most likely that the UDF Govt. will complete its full term.The  LDF  has, halfheartedly  tried all weapons in its arsenal  to oust the UDF from power, with no avail,and in its abortive attempts, it has eroded its credibility. I am not excited about the prospect of  the UDF returning to power, or it being unseated in next year's election. The people are resigned to the fact that no matter who is in power, things will continue unchanged, as in the skyrocketing  price of petrol ,falling prices of cash crops, rampant corruption, fraud,seizure of Govt.land, destruction of the environment etc etc.Even if the LDF  came to power,they wouldn't be ab...

There is no shortage of scandals and controversies in Kerala.The latest scandal is about a top cop who could not cope with the pressure of writing an examination at an advanced age, and resorted to the short cut of the universally accepted practice of copying. The poor cop was not good in studies;nor was he good at copying. It's a pity that the invigilator could not recognize the top cop in civilian clothes sitting in front of him.If the cop had been in uniform,the invigilator would not have dared to go near him.The invigilator should have known better. Generally,a cop can be identified by signs of obesity. Qualifications and Drivers licences from Third World countries are not accepted in First World countries ,because of the culture of cheating,fraud,forgery,copying etc, widespread in the Third World.Immigrants have to prove their qualifications by writing exams in their new country.Ironically,Indians excel academically abroad.In India,one may get away with...

   ' Cry, the Beloved Country' ,    Alan  Paton  lamented  long  ago.    That same cry reverberates,     Even  today, louder and louder,     As  Xenophobia,the new monster     Raises his ugly head again     And  stalks the  townships,     Leaving  death and destruction,     On his whirlwind tour, unstopped,     While the blood of the innocent,      Spill the streets, and the foul smell      Of burning human flesh fill the air,      And tears fill the eyes      Of  those who are left with       Traces of humanity.      All the  cherished values,the ideals, the gains      All  go up in smoke,      Together  with foreigners' shops,      The  South  African ...

we  are very  delighted  to inform the general  public  that our new  venture, ANONYMOUS  ENTERPRISES (PVT) LTD was  opened in our new buildings  at  No.13, Kozha  Road, Pala,on  1st  April, 2015. * All types of letters, aimed at tarnishing the images of opponents, political or otherwise, are forged in our shop, as per order. * All  types  of  qualifications, including PhD, M.A, M.Sc,B.Ed etc are also forged by us according to order, on payment of the prescribed  'kozha' or fees. *  All types of payment  of 'kozha' ( bribe),in Government offices  are undertaken by us. Avoid  the queue  and  waste of time by entrusting  your  kozha  with us.Special   packages  for senior citizens. *  All types of  clandestine  audio/video  recordings  are undertaken,to  tarnish  the image of opponents. * Facilit...

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.                               ...

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. M...