Yet another Hartal is here in our so called God’s Own Country.
Kerala is indeed a beautiful place to live, but sometimes it seriously sucks.
I would say the whole problem started when communists won the elections of 1957 and EMS became the first non congress Chief minister. They were a curse to the society then, are now and will be forever. Till the roots of communism are removed from Kerala, it will never see sunshine. Well I am not supporting Congress here. They are as corrupt as every Indian Politian, but they do make an attempt to make things better.
I’ll give you a scenario. Suppose a huge amount is allocated for Road development.
The supporters of Indira will use around 20% for the roads but the other one will eat up the whole amount making the people of Kerala, who boast of 100% literacy, real schmucks.
When I visited Kerala last, I was intimidated by the condition of the roads there. I would say literally there were no Roads. From the Road contractors, I came to know the Yearly maintenance was not done. The fund allocated went directly to the Red Party people. Last day, when I was going to my native place, for around 20 kms the road was good. When I asked my uncle how come this happened, he told me the story. It was a contract taken by a Malaysian company. They completed half the road, but the Government didn’t pay even a single penny which ended up in the suicide of the contractor. Such is our government.
One day when we were all lying down on the Terrace counting the stars, my friend said “It’s good right we have an Anti development Party in our state. They will make sure that our state won’t lose its natural Beauty by bringing up Sky scrapers and Pollution like here.” We all laughed hysterically.
