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So from
Santhosh Pandit we leap to DAM 999 and subsequently, the Mullaperiyar dam issue. I never knew
that we had three and a half crore dam experts in Kerala. Even some actors have
paused their acting and have become “damologists” and seismologists. I saw few impudent puerile minded urchins in few
social media networks, who claim to be grown ups, were yelling and groaning at
the ordinary Tamil workers and puking racist verbal diarrhea against them! What right do they have to call themselves an Indian! I saw few common men of
the “state with highest literacy” posting phrases like-“otherwise also I hate
‘Pandis’. Pandi is a derogatory termed used for Tamil by few stolid people in
Kerala (not everyone). Literacy …tptu… what’s the use of literacy if you can’t
recognize and consider human beings as human beings? All their venom pouring
against Pandit all these days is now re-directed to the Tamilians!
A disaster of a big magnitude is foreseen by different studies. Although some of them are hypothetical, a quick consensus
should be arrived between Kerala and Tamilnadu in settling this burning issue.
The core of the matter should be safety for Kerala and water to Tamilnadu(As
Oommen Chandy puts in). The politicians from both sides (especially the Dravida
Parties) should not allow sensationalism and in turn hatred to take upper hand
in the issue. There are almost 15-25 lacs Malayalees living in major cities of
Tamilnadu and a good no. of Tamils living in Kerala. Nothing should happen that
would jeopardize their existence. All
the people who spread hatred in social media in connection with Mulaperiyar
issue should stop it and should behave with common sense. The Prime Minister, I
hope, will intervene and find an amicable solution to this issue that is
acceptable to both the parties!
And finally,
a word about DAM 999. One of the film critics who watched this movie said that
this isn’t even a main stream movie and it needs all the commotion around to
attract the audience. Claim of “Hollywoodness” of the movie is just bogus. All
the articles published in newspapers and magazines on this movie before the
release seem to be highly propagandized ones. It seems to be yet another lame movie that
would attract people as in the case of “Krishnanum Radhayum” just for
everything except quality.
Note: The
words Damologists and Hollywoodness used in the above piece are inventions of
expediency and cannot find those in any of your dictionaries.
