Sujil Chandra Bose

Sarin and Sandeep. These are the names that crowd the columns of the state's psyche these days.  I wish one of them had done something good for society other than making this intolerable cacophony that has done nothing but make meaningless headlines to an otherwise nonchalant population. Under these people, the political estate in Kerala has once again proven that their words are mere rhetoric of convenience, with the flagrant flouting of social principles, if any were left. Here we have two identical characters who were commentators and ebullient warriors who defended the dogma they both represented. Some of their outbursts made terabytes on social media and the mainstream media loved them for the viewership that fetched them monthly salaries and increments. Here comes November and the elections, and we find these two shamelessly switching sides and joining the same people their ire was directed at all these years. Dr Sarin and Sandeep Warrier seemingly stood hard for their p...

What you say is nonsense! You have no knowledge! There is a limit to tolerating you! These are comments heard by the common man whenever his voice rises above that of the privileged class who have never known hunger or never been in situations where their fundamental rights to life have been questioned. For such people, the right to an independent voice is deemed nonsense. For them depriving an individual of his voice is a state-owned right. If the state owns such a right, then what is the sanctity of the fundamental rights provided by the constitution of our country? I would call that a deviation from democracy into despotism, a far cry from the provisions granted by the nation to the people of India, be it the high and the mighty or the low and the laity. So if the Justice Krishna Iyer doctrine that says “all privately owned resources can be acquired by the State for distribution under Article 39(b) of the Constitution to subserve the common good”, doesn’t conform to a modern man’s...