Cherubim

Take me to a Place of Peace So everlasting. May a philosopher's grave Be next to mine. For I would unravel the secrets With the Bearded Soul Of the mysteries those annoyed Day and night, hither and thither, In the Infinity of Time, Where it owns no price. Or would I like to perish Thin like a vapour- Sssh! Into the air and gone forever. O! May be that's Moksha, My Baby, my Daughter! Perhaps, I would grasp her And say," This is where I was."

Distress Migration is a well known characteristic of the third world. The forces that compel this migration are complex and rarely one-dimensional- mostly, a matrix of desperation and escape! The Prime Minister's visit and (chest thumping) speech abroad in U.S, Canada and Australia undoubtedly raised the awe and spirit of the Non Resident Indians in these countries. However, had his efforts to reach out to those workers who have migrated under distress mainly to the countries in the Arabian Peninsula, it would have been much more commendable. Exploitation of workers in Qatar  and other West Asian Countries surfaced only on  the premises of a glamorous event that called world attention. Most migrant labourers are citizens of the SAARC countries, who escaped a distress situation at home only to find exploitation and death awaiting for them in a foreign land. India, gets a bulk of its remittances from the migrant workers working under exploitative terms and situations in these c...

As the newly elected General Secretary and Captain of a sinking ship, Mr. Yechury's claim over Kerala's high per capita income as an attribute of the decades of Communist Rule is not surprising enough in an effort to gather a lost glory. Of course, Communist Rule had brought in landmark laws that metamorphosed the socio-economic fabric of the tiny stretch of land on the South West Coast of India, which hitherto had been known to outsiders as a lunatic asylum for the most inhumane exploitation under the caste system. Kerala, though not the richest state has got some of the enviable human development indicators comparable to that of the advanced countries of the world- be it literacy, sex ratio, per capita income, standard of living etc. Can the communists have all the credits for these? If so, why were they so biased to Kerala where they could not afford a steady rule as compared to West Bengal? That means there were something more to Kerala's advancement than a mere commun...