A BRAHMA TEMPLE AT THIRUNNAVAYA

The one at Pushkar is famous. I am told that there is another Brahma temple in Orissa. The Brahma temple at Thavanoor (opposite Thirunnavaya) is known only to the local villagers. It is a private temple owned by Thavanoor mana. My sister Devasena was given in marriage to that mana; otherwise, I would have never [...]

RAJ GURU

In  ancient India, Rajputs ruled. As they were primarily warriors, they had Brahman sages to advise them, in the process of governance. Today our ministers know nothing; they were somehow elected to be peoples’ represntatives. This is a serious lacuna in our system. Think Tanks or groups of ministers are unable to think, because only [...]

CONGRATULATIONS, ANTONY

Antony is one of those rare, rapidly dwindling species of honest ministers ! The first defence minister, V.K.Krishna Menon, was free from the virus of corruption, as all those who made up the first team of ministers after independence were. The man who made maximum money from deals in purchase of arms, simply “forgot” to [...]

TAXES

In medieval India, taxes were very high. The only source of tax was the farmers. At one time, one third of the produce was extracted as tax. Farmers who could not afford it, left their fields fallow. The money collected was used to meet the expenses of the Palace. In other words, people worked hard [...]

SLAVE REVOLT – WE ARE ALL SLAVES

Slavery is as old as history, when tools made it possible to exploit the labour of others. Are we free today? The illusion of freedom is created because we cannot see the invisible chains that bind us to the work place. I feel that the word freedom itself is an illusion, like the word love. [...]

ANTI-TERROR WAR

Now they are meeting in London, to chalk out ways to fight terror. Bush the senior tried to crush Ayatolla Khomeni, because he wanted oil from that country. Then his son bombed to ashes the whole of Baghdad; now they are transporting oil to America. What is the secret agenda of London meeting? Only time [...]

WRIGHT BROTHERS

Wilmer and Orwell, who invented the flying machine, propelled by a motor, were common men; one a tailor and his brother local printer. As qualified engineers were trying hard to develop such a contraption, all over the world, they were very shy and did their trials in a remote hill, to avoid beeing observed. They [...]

HAITI QUAKES

If we could locate the steam pressure pockets underneath the earth, in and around the Bermuda Triangle, earth quakes in this area can be averted. The iceland is saved because of continuous release of stem through hot springs. In the area around Haiti we have to create hot springs, by inserting pipes into the steam pockets and [...]

I AM BERIEVED

Mohanan, my uncle’s son, was hit by a motor bike and died early morning. I had stayed with the family for two years, while studying in St. Thomas College, Trichur. Mohanan was seven years old. Sasi 5 and Soya 3. My aunt loved me, though no one cared for my family in those days.  I AM [...]

PREPARATORY CLASS

As we had no English as a subject in primary school, we had to study one year in a Preparatory class, when I joined the CNN High School, Cherpu. With the Transfer Certificate, I  approached my uncle Vasudevaphan who was working there. What I am I to do? He quipped. MS (Mamunnil Subrahmanian Namboodiripad) master, who was standing by [...]