IS THEOCRACY REPLACING DEMOCRACY IN KERALA?

Recently the role of cast-based politics is gaining currency in Kerala(the southern state of India -"God's own country!). It  might have been present in the past in a concealed way; but now the religious and cast -based leaders are coming in the open without any inhibition to dictate their terms to political leaders. To be in power and win elections the political leaders are succumbing to the 'dikat' of these leaders. If this practice is allowed to continue and flourish, the so called democracy in the state of kerala will be in peril.

Now it has reached to such a dangerous level where the religious and cast leaders are dictating to the political leaders that who should be a minister, what shall be his portfolio, who should contest as MLA/MP from a particular constituency,who should be govt. Corporation/Board chairman,Vice-chancellor/ pro-vice-chancellor /Registrar/ syndicate members,etc. of a university,and so on.

If this practice is allowed to continue we will soon hear the death-knell of  popular democracy in the state of Kerala!

International Workers' Day

Globalization and the continuing global economic melt-down is hitting workers the hardest.It also highlights how the macro-economic policies of the past few decades have downgraded the meaning of decent work and remunerative wages.
The current growth model considers labor as a production cost that must be as low as possible to raise competitiveness and profits.
We need to change the current global growth model . Of-course this a model that has created huge amounts of wealth, but it is concentrated in very few hands. This model has failed to generate the type of inclusive  growth we were led to believe it would.
We need a different type of growth model that is environmentally sustainable and focused on people. That is, a  development model whose main aim is to increase the general well-being of people and reduce inequalities; that measures success by the number of good quality and people friendly jobs created, and not the percentage of GDP growth.

May Day

'May Day' is a symbol of workers' importance in a society and in the economy of the courtry. It is also a tribute to the millions of workers throughout the globe who work around-the- clock to make our life more comfortable and enjoyable.It is also a silent call to all the humanity to do some work which can improve the quality of life of some fellow human being.