Bonfire of vanities, As compared to it, the annual plan expenditure for Kerala of Rs 7,700 crore looks tiny in comparison.

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Spending at Kerala temples is ostentatious

In a state that has frequently voted left, yet boasts of some of the most famous temples in the country, Kerala’s paradoxes are never too far from surface. Last year, the Supreme Court heard a plea against the use of crackers at the Vadakkunnathan Temple during the Thrissur Pooram fireworks. The petition alleged that indiscriminate use of crackers during festivals were causing high-level environmental pollution and danger to lives. Ironically, no one took note of the huge money spent for fireworks at Kerala temples. There are 36,800 small and big temples in the state and all celebrate annual festivals with poojas, cultural programmes and exhibitions, in addition to numerous daily rituals.

According to researcher Pala M Jayasoorya, working on the subject as dissertation, approximately Rs 28,000 crore is spent annually for temple celebrations. "This is a criminal waste of money for non-productive purposes,’’ he says. As compared to it, the annual plan expenditure for Kerala of Rs 7,700 crore looks tiny in comparison. Apparently, huge expenses for rituals cannot be curtailed for tantric and other cosmic reasons. According to Jayasoorya, opulence is meant to display pomp and vanity by affluent sections of the society, with money collected from common people.

The break up is revealing. Jayasoorya says engaging elephants in temples alone cost more that Rs 1,000 crore, drama and mimicry Rs 100 crore, while crackers and fireworks cost more than Rs 2,000 crore. Taking into consideration expenses like construction of concrete minarets, pillars and show walls, the report concludes that "money spent in a major temple for a week is enough to meet the expense of a church or a mosque.’’ Matha Amrithanandamayi Matt chief at Kochi, Swami Poornamrithanandapuri, concurs with the researcher. "The purpose of temples in the state should be reviewed. The money should be useful for society, especially devotees. That was the concept earlier, but now it is only a show of luxury.’’ Interestingly, Jayasoorya’s campaign is getting support from various temples, even though no one can still quite imagine a festival minus the elephants and fireworks. Income from temples has gone up so rapidly that even the 'secular’ Left Front government is planning to administer temples directly through a chief administrator. Though various Hindu bodies have demanded complete withdrawal of the state from the control of temples, they have yet to offer a cogent public explanation against the ‘criminal wastage’ of public money through ostentatious celebrations.

Kavalam Sasikumar


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General Elections - Money, power & polls

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By raising the outer limits of spending, EC has tacitly given a fillip to political corruption

Bhishm Narayan Singh,

Former Governor

Till the 1980s, the political climate of the country was such that even honest and poor people found it easy to contest elections. Then came the era of muscle men and money mongers. Things began to change for the worse as all manner of people started getting elected, giving them a legitimacy that was undeserved. Since then, the political environment has hit rock bottom. Shoe throwing incidents are its mere manifestation. Time has come for political parties as well as institutions to sit and ponder upon the matter so that the sanctity of democracy is restored. The onus also lies on the voters to reject people who use muscle and money power to force their way into elected offices and legislators. Their vote gives these people a sort of moral victory. Naturally, restoring pride to this institution should be the foremost goal in the mind of the electorate.

When I contested for the first time in the 1967 assembly elections, my expenditure came to around Rs 4000. People won’t believe this anymore, it may sound like a fairy tale to them. The Election Commission too has capitulated with changing times. It has set Rs 10 lakhs and Rs 25 lakhs respectively as the outer limit for the expenditure for a candidate contesting assembly and parliamentary elections. This clearly means that people with large sums of money will be preferred by political parties. Very few honest men and almost no one who is poor, can afford such large sums of money. Political parties too will have to garner large sums as donation, which will mean the dominance of people with black money in the decision making of political parties. If a poor candidate raises that fund through donation, there will be obvious strings attached. It will lead to a spurt in corrupt practices as there is no incentive for anyone honest to come forward in public life.

There is another aspect. When workers and voters see so much money in play, they expect candidates to give them their “share”. Workers are very important for a political party to win elections. From party meetings to rallies, from mobilising people to cast their votes to monitoring the counting, all tasks are carried out by party workers. In that respect, they are formidable asset and no party will like to antagonise them. Consequently, their demands will be met. In our time, it was unthinkable for a party worker to ask for monetary remunerations.

Looking back at 1967, I recollect two interesting incidents that happened during the elections. I still remember how one of my workers, Prahlad, during my campaign in Hussainabad, refused to take money from me as remuneration. “Can’t I spend even Rs 10 for this endeavor of yours? Accept it as my contribution to your candidature”. In a similar incident in another village, I had given Rs 25 to the son of the Gram Pradhan to arrange for the conveyance for people who had no mean to reach the polling booth. When Pradhan Umar Khan came to know of it, he blasted his son saying: “You made me hang my head in front of Bhishm babu. Can’t I spend even 25 bucks for his candidature?” All these appear to be in the realm of fairy tales. In the last polls, a candidate in Bihar was caught with a truckload of liquor on election eve. It does not need a rocket scientist to tell you that it was not for that candidate’s personal consumption.


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AA DEKHEN LONAVALA!

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NEIL NITIN MUKESH SHARES WITH TSI, MEMORIES OF HIS MODEST HOLIDAY

I went with all my friends to Lonavala for two days on 31st December last year. In the span of one-and-a-half-years, that was the only holiday that I had! Th ose two days were bliss, more so because I went with those friends who are very important to me, for they always keep me grounded! So, it was great to spend quality time with them.

Th e holiday wasn’t expensive at all. In fact, it was a very reasonable trip. I felt good about the fact that you don’t really need to always spend a lot of money to enjoy yourself. Lonavala is just about 120 kms from Mumbai, so it took us only about three to four hours to reach. It wasn’t tiring at all. Th e whole trip was memorable. Since I’m very fond of photography, I carried my camera along and clicked pictures of the wildlife and natural beauty.

Th ere are a lot of places to visit in Lonavala. One can go to the Lion’s Point and Tiger Point, but we restricted ourselves to the city. I really do not regret not moving out a lot and exploring the place properly. It was fun to be just together with friends. Being there under the same roof and within those four walls with all the people I love was of a lot more importance to me.


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For the last two decades, she and her bitter rival Karunanidhi have ruled Tamil Nadu with an iron hand.

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Jayalalithaa

She is now touted as one of three ‘leading ladies – along with Mamata Bannerjee and Mayawati – who could well decide the contour of the next government. Mentored by the legendary MGR, Jayalalithaa has been written off many times to emerge again as a stronger Chief Minister. For the last two decades, she and her bitter rival Karunanidhi have ruled Tamil Nadu with an iron hand. In 2004, her party was wiped out in the Lok Sabha elections. She is all set to make a strong comeback this time. Never shy of controversies and speaking her mind, she will remain in history books for pulling down the Vajpayee government in 1999.


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Anu Gulmohar experiences a ‘light’ trip of Paris, in more ways than one!

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Paris - The French-kiss

Paris is where the Mona Lisa’s bemused smile can be witnessed from an arm’s length (there’s tight security around it), and apart from showcasing Leonardo Da Vinci’s works it is also where paintings of artists like Pablo Picasso and Monet can be seen, and thus museums abound in this city. People who live for studying museums can opt for the 2-days museum pass for about €30 that will allow access to all the 60 museums in Paris. Others might want to skip the rest (and save on all those entry tickets) and head straight to the Louvre, where one can gain entry for about €10 (or better still buy the Paris Metro network combo ticket that combines transport fares and no-wait entry to the Louvre for a neat €12.50) and easily spend a day looking at all the artifacts and get the chance to kowtow to Mona Lisa. Those who aren’t even a tad interested in museums should take pictures outside the Louvre, with the pyramid (which you might remember from “The Da Vinci Code”) as the backdrop, and instead use their moolah to buy a ticket for a cruise on the River Seine, for a lot of the city’s monuments like the Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower are built along the river banks.

Les Puces de Saint-Ouen is Paris’ flea market that can throw up quite a few interesting items at you, so do go and rummage through all the stuff on sale every Saturday-Monday. St-Germain-des-Prés, Les Halles, Rue St. Martin are some of the places one can find some great deals. The number of things one can see and do in Paris are countless – there is something for every person and every budget. Take my word for it, whether you’re on an $80 budget or an $8000 a day budget, there’s a lot to fall in love with in this city of love.


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The great election tamasha

Ever the bridesmaid

Pranab Mukerjee : West Bengal

Pranab Mukerjee, it would be safe to say, would always be the bridesmaid, never the bride. He is Congress’s biggest trouble shooter. But when it comes to getting the goodies, sadly he is left out. At the release of the party manifesto, when Sonia Gandhi was asked who would be the Congress Prime Minister, she picked up Manmohan Singh. Still no space for Congress defacto PM Pranab.


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the IPL is a domestic tournament run by the BCCI.

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“IPL in SA is not ideal”

CEO of ICC, Haroon Lorgat has expressed his views on IPL fiasco in an exclusive interview with TSI's Satish Chapparike

How did you react to the shifting of IPL’s venue from India?

Safety and security are paramount, and the IPL is a domestic tournament run by the BCCI. If the organisers and the Indian government fail to agree on the tournament’s venue and schedules, and on how security is to be provided to the players, then the organisers will naturally do whatever is in their own best interests. From the IPL’s perspective, shifting it to SA is not an ideal scenario.

Do you think that the recent terror attacks in Pakistan on the Sri Lankan cricket team will have a long term impact on cricket in the subcontinent?

Security is always a concern, no matter where the game is being played. It is impossible to predict the long term impact of the issue on cricket anywhere. It is something that we have said we will begin to discuss at the ICC’s Board meeting, which is set to take place in Dubai in the middle of next month.

What do you think is going to happen to the 2011 World Cup, which is slated to be held in the subcontinent?

There is currently no plan to change the hosts of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup – Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh continue to be in the picture. We will be monitoring the situation closely. The event is still scheduled for 2011 in the Indian subcontinent. There is always a back-up venue for any major ICC event – in 2007 the backup for the ICC CWC in the Caribbean was South Africa, and the backup venues for the 2011 event are Australia and New Zealand, something the ICC Board agreed to sometime ago. However, at present we are still committed to the World Cup being held in the subcontinent.

Don’t you think the way IPL is growing, the business generated by it will in time far exceed that of the BCCI and the ICC?

The IPL is owned and run by the BCCI, a member of the ICC. The IPL is a domestic event, and to try to compare it to an ICC international event is not appropriate. ICC events, such as the World Cup and the ICC World Twenty20, involve international teams, which are ICC member countries.

The ICC tried to patch up with both IPL and ICL in India. But the talks have failed. The fact is that a talented bunch of young cricketers in ICL have been denied a chance of representing their country. What do you have to say on this?

The ICC favours a resolution on the ICL issue that’s in the best interests of cricket. It is an issue that will be considered at the ICC’s next Board meeting in Dubai in mid-April. The ICC wishes to resolve the issue and attempted to facilitate a solution between the two parties. But this did not materialise, and so the BCCI is entitled to stick to its stand, and for good reason. The matter will now go before the ICC Board for further consideration.

If the same league trend continues in international cricket, will not Test cricket become extinct?

Test cricket is the pinnacle of our game, cherished by international players as the ultimate in our great sport. Our members have also expressed a desire to ensure the primacy of international cricket, and Test cricket in particular. This is why they have formed a working group made up of representatives of all ICC full members to ensure that Test cricket is promoted, so that it continues to flourish. The ICC and its members believe there is space for all three formats of the game to be embraced by all.

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