INCUMBENCY

THE ASSEMBLY ELECTION POLLS TO THE TWO STATES OF INDIA MAHARASHTRA AND JHARKHAND WENT IN FAVOUR OF BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY LED NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT MAHAYUTI IN MAHARASHTRA AND CHIEF MINISTER HEMANT SOREN "S JMM JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA [JMM] CONGRESSS COMBINE  THE INDIA FRONT REGAINED JHARKAND.IT WAS A LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR MAHAYUTI AGAINST OPPOSITION COALITION MAHA VIKAS AGHADI AND THE VERDICT WAS IN FAVOUR OF INCUMBENT SHIVSENA-BJP-NCP ALLIANCE LED BY SHIVSENA LEADER AND CHIEF MINISTER EKNATH SHINDE. THE WELFARE SCHEMES LIKE LADKI  BAHIN  UNDER WHICH ELDERLY WOMEN WERE GIVEN A MONTHLY PENSION OF 1500/ IS SAID TO BE THE REASON THAT LED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED MANDATE IN FAVOUR OF MAHAYUTI ALLIANCE WHICH ALSO UNDERLINES THE END OF AN ERA IN DYNASTIC POLITICS OF UDDHAV THACKERAY [UBT] FACTION OF SHIVSENA SINCE THE SUPREMO BAL THACKERAY. THE BJP LED COALITION WILL FORM THE GOVERNEMNT IN FEW DAYS TO CONTINUE THE WELFARE MEASURES OF MAHAYUTI IN MAHARASHTRA.THE DOUBLE ENGINE SARKAR AT BOTH STATE AND CENTER WILL HELP THE PROGRESS OF STATE IN A PHASED MANNER.THIS VICTORY IS HISTORIC FOR BJP SINCE IT WON WITH THE BREAKAWAY FACTION OF SHIVSENA AND AJIT PAWAR FACTION OF NCP NATIONALIST CONGRESS PARTY ALONGWITH OTHERS WILL STRENGTHEN THE PARTY AT THE HELM. THE RECENT LOKSABHA ELECTIONS RESULTS WERE AGAINST THE INCUMBENT GOVERNMENT OF BOTH MAHARASHTRA AND JHARKHAND WHEN WE CAN SEE THE VOTING PATTERN THAT VARY ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUES FACED BY PEOPLE REGIONWISE AND NATIONWISE AND NOT NECCESSARILY GIVE THE SAME VERDICT. THIS FACTOR MAKES OUR ELECTIONS DIFFERENT AND THE NEED FOR DECENTRALISATION WHERE PEOPLE GET THE BENEFITS OF THE MEASURES ENVISIONED BY THE CENTER.I HAD A VIVID MEMORY OF MY FIRST VISIT TO MUMBAI CITY IN MY ADOLESCENCE AND NOW THAT MEMORY GOT REFRESHED WITH MY RECENT VISIT TO THE CITY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE THIS YEAR MY THIRD VISIT. THE VIBRANCY OF THE CITY WAS PALPABLE WITH THE SIGHT OF ITS PEOPLE RUSH TO THEIR DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY BY BUS AND BY OCAL TRAIN SINCE ITS THE MOST AFFORBALE MEANS OF TRANSPORT AND THE CITY IS WELL CONNECTED WITH ITS SUBURBANS BY RAIL AND BY ROAD. I HAD USED THE LOCAL TRAIN SERVICE AND THE BEST BUS SERVICE TO MOVE IN AND AROUND THE CITY.THE NAVI MUMBAI AND JUHU BEACH IS YET TO BE SEEN.THE NARIMAN POINT WHERE THE PEOPLE THRONG IN THE EVENINGS IS A POPULAR HANGOUT OF THE CITY AND I MADE SURE I REACH HERE AGAIN DURING MY CURRENT VISIT.THE EPONYMOUS WANKHEDE CRICET STADIUM IS NEARBY NARIMAN POINT WHERE THE SWEARING-IN-CEREMONY OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT TAKE PALCE IN FEW DAYS FROM NOW.

SOJOURN TO NEW DELHI

THE  TIME OF MY VISIT TO THE NATIONAL CAPITAL COINCIDED WITH THE BJP LED NDA GOVERNMENT'S NEW MINISTRY FORMATION AT THE NEW PARLIAMENT.ONE WEEK STAY IN NEW DELHI BROUGHT JOY BECAUSE OF TWO REASONS .ONE IS THE VICTORY OF OUR PARTY IN THE ELECTIONS AND OTHER BEING IN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.FOR THE FIRST TIME.OUR PARTY'S SPRAWLING OFFICE AT DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA MARG WAS A TREAT TO WATCH FOR ITS MAJESTIC PRESENCE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.THE WHOLE WEEK OF MY STAY IN DELHI DIDNT INVOKE ANY KIND OF BOREDOM BECAUSE OF ITS UMPTEEN ATTRACTIONS WHICH KEPT ME ENGAGED THROUGHOUT.SINCE IAM AN ART LOVER MY FIRST VISIT WAS TO LALITHA KALA ACADEMY AND TO TRIVENI KALA MUSUEM WHERE GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITED THE NATURAL DISATER CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IN DIFFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA THEY DEPICTED THE WOES OF THE PEOPLE WITH PICTURES AND NARRATION WHICH WAS MOSTLY UNHEARD OF.

THE DEPLETION OF MANGROVES IN SUNDERBANS IN BAY OF BENGAL ALONGWITH THE HEATWAvE DISASTERS IN NORTHERN PARTS OF INDIA.OCKHI CYCLONE DEVASTATION IN KERALA AND FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF ORISSA WERE FEATURED POIGNANTLY .I MET ONE CAMPAIGNER OF GREENPEACE CHENNAI YASIN FAHMIDA WHO DESCRIBED THE CAUSE AND MADE ME JOIN THEIR SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN TO DECLARE HEATWAVES OF NORTH INDIA A NATURAL DISASTER. MY VISIT TURNED BLEISURE SINCE I HAD SOME BUSINESS INTERESTS TOO.I MET MY OLD PAL WHO'S THE NEWS BUREAU CHIEF OF A LEADING MALAYALAM DAILY IN NEW DELHI.ALL ATTRACTIONS ARE WELL CONNECTED BY BUS AND METRO RAIL.IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR BUS WOULD BE AM IDEAL CHOICE SINCE ITS ECOONOMICAL BUT IN SOME PLACES AUTO RICKSHAW ALONE PLY.THE NATIONAL MUSUEM HAS MAMY COLLECTIONS OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE.AND JANTAR MANTAR WAS UNIQUUE FOR ITS ANTIQUITY.THE RAMPARTS OF KARTAVYA PATH AND NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL STANDS OUT BY ITS GRANDEUR.AKSHARDHAMTEMPLE OF NEW DELHI WAS OPEN FROM THE VERY MORNING TILL EVENING FOR DEVOTEES OF SRI SWAMI NARAYAN.THE STAY WAS EXHILRATING INSPITE OF SOARING HEAT.THOUGH I MADE A POINT TO MEET ALL MY COMMITMENTS

 THERE ARE STILL TO EXPLORE IN NEW DELHI WHICH WAS CURTAILED DUE TO MY VISIT SCHEDULED TO ANOTHER METRO CITY MUMBAI.

DONOR

KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS IS A TEDIOUS PROCEDURE FOR BOTH PATIENTS AND FOR DOCTORS ALIKE IN OUR CITY KIDNEY TRANSPANTATION IS NOT POSSIBLE IM CALICUT BUT IN NEAREST METRO KOCHI.THERE WERE LOT OF RUMOURS SURROUNDING KIDNEY RELATED DISEASES AND ONE PRIVATE HOSPITAL WAS NOTORIOUS FOR ITS TRADE.T HERE WERE LOT OF HEARSAYS ABOUT THEIIR GOODWILL INSPITE OF THIS I TOOK REFUGE IN THEM FOR MY FATHER'S TTREATMENT SINCE I HAD BETTER EXPERIENCE AND IT TURNED OUT YO BE SO. I MET VIKAS A PAINTER BY PROFESSION WHO HAD AN AILMENT RELATED TO KIDNEY AND WERE LEFT IN LURCH FOR A DONOR.TODAY I CAME TO KNOW THAT HE FOUND ONE NOT A RELATIVE BUT A STRANGER AND HE HAD TO SHELL OUT 15 LACS FOR KIDNEY AND ANOTHER 15 LACS FOR THE TRANSPLANTATION.NOW HE.S BACK IN FULL SWING.HE WAS IN SEARCH FOR A DONOR FOR A LONGTIME AND IAM HAPPY FOR HIM. I MET HIM FROM A PAINTING EXHIBITHION HERE IN CALICUT WHERE HE EXHIBITED HIS PAINTINGS IN ACRYLIC FOR SALE IN THE PREMISES OF MHAT CLINIC [NENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION CLINC.CALICUT] AND THE PROCEEEDS WERE HANDED OVER TO HIM BY MHAT.I USUALLY POST THESE PAINTINGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA APPS LIKE INSTAGRAM,THREADS AND TUMBLR SINCE IAM A REGULAR VISITOR TO THE EXHIBITIONS IN AND AROUND THE CITY ONE OF MY OLD SCHOOL MATES SHYAM WHO IS IN USA AMD A MEMBER OF OUR GROUP IN WHATSAPP HAPPENED TO SEE THE PAINTINGS OF VIKAS AND HE ASKED ME TO BUY ONE FOR RS.13000/- AND I SHOULD SAY THIS WAS A BENEVOLENT GESTURE FROM HIS PART TOWARDS CHARITY. THE CONTRIBUTION ADDED TO VIKAS'S KITTY MEANT FOR TRANSPLANTATION . RECENTLY IN NEWS FORMER BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER LALOO PRASAD YADAV;S DAUGHTER ROHINI ACHARYA DONATED ONE KIDNEY FOR HER FATHER WHO WAS UNDER AILMENT. IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF A DONOR AND UNDERLINES THE FACT THAT F YOU HAVE DEAR AMD NEAR ONES ITS AN ASSET.

Jan Yojana

On the threshold of  77th Independence Day of our nation Iam glad about the fact that we have attained many milestones under the leadership of our Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi and Bharatiya janata party tenure which had witnessed an unprecedented support from the general public because of many welfare schemes initiated by the government.Some of the schemes which I can vouch for as a karyakarta of Bharatiya Janata Party are Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadi Pariyojana and Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana .Under these schemes many common people became beneficiaries including my family because we relied on Jan Aushadi medicines for the treatment of my parents who were recovering from chronic disease and since these generic medicines were made available for the price which are almost half the price of what we get from other medical shops and some even costs only ten percent of the market price. This has helped us to save lot of money on medicines. Though there were apprehensions in the mind of the patients about the quality of generic medicines many doctors now approve the medicines from Jan aushadi and recommend them. We have many outlets in our city and all of them have ample stocks of medicines. These outlets have become popular due to the distribution of medicines at affordable price. It also reflects our self reliance in the pharma sector and a philanthropic endeavour of our government. Jan Dhan Yojana on the other hand empowered women a great deal by facilitating them to open zero balance bank accounts of every unbanked household. Women deposits increased considerably and brought them under the formal banking system. They became beneficiaries of the incentives by the government through electronic clearing system directly to their savings bank account. Sector-wise credit to women customers indicates that credit has increased in almost all major heads like agriculture, manufacturing industry and trade during financial year 2019-2023. 

Source :Jan Aushadi Sugam/NAMO  APP 

PAK REPORTER

The Election in Pakistan was a triumph of Electoral Politics.The dismisssal of Pak Premier Imran Khan and appointment of Army backed Shehbaz Sharif at the helm due to allegations of corruption on Imran The Tehreek-e-Insaf emergence as a winner with 100 odd seats out of 265 seat national Assembly is Euphoric. Imran Khan's Party and his colleagues can take this as a moral victory considering the accusations leveled against him and disqualification to contest the Elections to the General Assembly.Army Chief General Asim Munir invited the PML-N to form a government and also requested the other parties to join forces with Nawaz Sharif to save the Nation from the Economic Crisis.Since the final results are yet to be declared its to be seen whether they get the required Majority with the help of other Independents. The run up to the Election was marked with enthusiasm innate to pak polity which ensured large participation of the voters who wants to see democracy in full swing.Amidst allegations of Rigging and Mobile internet Ban people excercised their Franchise without much violence.The Polling Percentage was around 52%. As an observer of Pakistan Politics I reckon the rise of former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan after the demise of PPP [Pakistan People's Party] leader Benazir Bhutto kept the Popularism intact.I have vivid memories of 1992 world cup cricket final when pakistan defeated England and his podium speech where he dedicated the world cup victory to the whole subcontinent.Moreover his philanthrophic parleys to raise funds to build a Hospital for cancer patients in memorium of his mother Shaukat khannum in Lahore who died of cancer catapulted him to the public arena of politics.Though his fledgling Party Tehreek-E-Insaf has minimal presence this result can be seen as a major landmark for his party and their cadres. Pakistan Election commision has to be lauded for smooth conduct of Elections held on 8th of February 2024.

Source : BING

#KLF

 #KLF KERALA LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2024 IN KOZHIKODE AKA CALICUT WAS A MEMORABLE EVENT WITH MANY ATTENDEES AND AUTHORS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. IT WAS A FESTIVAL OF SORTS LITERALLY...THE EVENT WAS JAM-PACKED FOR THE WHOLE FOUR DAYS FROM THE START TO ITS CONCLUSION. I SEE TO IT THAT  I  ATTEND THIS EVENT EVERY TIME IT IS HELD ON OUR CULTURAL BEACH THE PROMENADE OF FREEDOM SQUARE IN THE BEACH ROAD CALICUT. THE EVENT WAS IN ITS SEVENTH  YEAR AND THOUGH WE MISSED A COUPLE OF YEARS DUE TO PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS EARLIER IT IS AGAIN BACK IN FULL SWING..IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL ASPIRING WRITERS TO SEE THEIR IDOLS CONVERSE WITH THEM IN FLESH AND BLOOD AND ALSO FOR THOSE ATTENDEES TO SEE AND INTERACT WITH  MANY CELEBRITIES FROM  DIFFERENT DOMAINS. THE SESSIONS FROM MORNING TO EVENING WERE ORGANISED BY THE AUTHORITIES  AND  VOLUNTEERS DID THEIR DUTY  IMPECCABLY  TO ENSURE THE SESSIONS WERE COMPLETED IN TIME  AND REFRESHMENTS FOR THE INVITEES WERE ARRANGED PROPERLY. THERE WAS AN EXCLUSIVE FOOD COURT OF KUDUMBASREE WORKERS, COSMOPOLITAN CAFE AND PARAGON RESTAURANT  TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF ALL VISITORS. SINCE THE EVENT WAS CONDUCTED IN A PUBLIC PLACE IDEAL FOR SUCH A BIG EVENT. AMPLE PARKING AREA HELPED TO AVOID PARKING WORRIES..

I ALSO HAD  A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH  EMINENT CRICKETER AND FORMER INDIAN OPENER MR.ARUN LAL IN A SESSION TITLED " PITCHSIDE -MY LIFE IN CRICKET|".WHERE HE POINTS OUT THE NEED FOR INDIA TO  CONCENTRATE ON TEST CRICKET AND THE NEED TO CURATE THE PITCHES THAT FAVOUR SPIN BOWLING AT OUR HOME GROUNDS SINCE WE ARE A FEW NOTCHES DOWN IN THE WORLD TEST RANKINGS. THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF INDIAN CRICKET SUBDUED THE GAME''S QUALITY IN THE LONGER VERSION. I ATTENDED MANY SESSIONS WITH BOOK AUTHORS AND HAD A CHANCE TO MEET RENOWNED MALAYALAM AUTHORS LIKE K.R. MEERA AND BEHNYAMIN WHO WERE DISCUSSING ABOUT THEIR BOOKS WITH THE  AUDIENCE. #HANGMAN (ആരാച്ചാർ) OF MEERA WAS A BEST-SELLING NOVEL IN MALAYALAM THAT DEPICT INTRICACIES IN THE LIFE OF A HANGMAN.

VOLUNTEERS WITH THE T-SHIRT SLOGAN " TODAY IS OUR TOMORROW" WERE SEEN AT THE VENUE  THE GUEST NATION OF THE 7TH EDITION  OF #KLF WAS TURKIYE. THE CULTURAL EVENTS HELD AT THE VENUE BY THE ARTISTS FROM TURKIYE INCLUDE THE WHIRLING DERVISH CEREMONY FROM KONYA HEARTLAND OF SUFISM..

K.R MEERA THE AUTHOR SIGNING 

 ATTRACTIONS AT THE VENUE

ARUNLAL.IN CONVERSATION WITH ;AMRIT MATHUR.ANDK.N RAGHAVAN.  "PITCHSIDE -MY LIFE IN INDIAM CRICKET 

#KLF VENUEl@CALICUT BEACH