Monday, November 07, 2011

RUDAALIYILE RUDRASANGEETHAM



Kishakkinte sangeetham ennariyappetta BHOOPAN HASARIKA ormayayi.Assamees gayakanum sangeethaknjanumaya hasarika nadodi sangeethathe indian mukhyadharayilethichu.Swaramadhuri mathramalla sabdha ghambiryavum sahrudhayare aakarshikkum ennu addheham theliyichu.Anugraheetha gayika Latha mangeshkar 'Rudali'yil " Dil hoom hoom kare.... "mooliyappol athu Lathaajiyude manoharamaya mattoru prakadanamaayi.Pakshe Boopala raagathinte sabdhgarima Boopan thante swantham sabdhathil srodhakkalke anubhavavedhyamakkikoduthu.Irupathu varshangalkkippuravum enikkumarakkan kazhiyunnilla aa gaanavum Hasarikayum.Aa sangeetha prathibhakke orupidi kanneer pookkal...

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Captain MS DHONI

Who is the best Captain in world cricket? It is the Captain of World champion team.Now India is the world champions in Cricket and MSDhoni is the Captain. If he is really a No.1 captain?If anybody has such a doubt, it is cleared yesterday.Chennai super kings raised the IPL trophy once again with the captancy of Dhoni.Now we can say he is not only a no.1 captain but also a Super captain.He is the blessing of India.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

ICCWORLDCUP

Once Again world cup captured by Indians after 23 years.In 1983 KAPILS devils done it.And now DHONIS tigers repeated it for their valueble Honourable Evergreen hereo SACHIN TENDULKAR.Yes it is the cup for him and the same for 100 crore people

ELECTION-OVERVIEW AND FORECAST

THE results of kerala assembly election will come with in hours.what may be the result?I think it is favourable to LDF.Most of kerala people wishes to become VSACHUTHANANTHAN as Chief minister I think LDF get the rule with a slight margin of seats and VS become the CM again.

Friday, March 25, 2011

INDO PAK


Once again in world cricket INdo pak Fight The final result may India world champion and Suchin the entire cricketer.Do you think this jodi support whom?

VS


ONCE again the peoples leader VS achuthananadan selected as candidate of MAlampuzha after parties decision to block achuthanandans candidature.He will return as MLA into KErala niyamasabha and may be agood Opposition Leader this term also

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

KARUNAKARAN-THE LEADER



In Kerala there is only one leader in politics and politricks That is karunakaran He made a lot,good or bad, it attracted the keralapeople Hence he become Chiefminister more than one time A short overview of his life.......

Kannoth Karunakaran July 5, 1918 - December 23, 2010) was a senior politician from Kerala, India belonging to Congress party. He was a former Chief Minister of Kerala, Home minister of Government of Kerala, and Minister for Industries of Government of India. He was one of the most influential persons in Kerala politics for several decades and was affectionately called "Leader" by Congress activists. He was often criticized for apparent nepotism.

Early life

Karunakaran was born on 5 July 1918 at Chirackkal in Kannur District to Shri.Thekkedathu Ramunni Marar and Smt. Kannoth Kalyani Amma with birth star “Karthika". His father Ramunni Marar was a 'sirastadar', a government job under the then British Malabar state government. He had two elder brothers (Kunjiraman Marar and Balakrishnan Marar) and a younger brother (Damodaran Marar aka Appunni Marar). Their only sister Devaki died when she was merely 5 years old.

As a young boy, Karunakaran was passionate about swimming, football and volleyball. He also demonstrated ample interest in painting. During his early years, while being admitted to the lower primary school, he insisted not to add the caste name 'Marar' to his official name at the school unlike the normal practice of those days. He started his school education in Vadakara LP School and continued through Andalloor and then Chirakkal Raja's School till eighth standard. Later, he had to undergo prolonged treatment due to an eye-related disorder, and was thus relocated (with his elder brother Kunjirama Marar) to the home of his uncle Puthenveettil Raghavan Nair at Vellanikkara, a village, ten kilometer away from Thrissur. The two brothers would later actively participate in the prevailing Indian freedom movement since an early age. The stay at Thrissur would transform their life altogether and engulf them into the politics and trade union activism that was brewing up in the region.

After continuing the school at Sarkar High School, Thrissur (presently Govt. Model Boys High School, Thrissur), Karunakaran wanted to pursue his career in drawing and painting. He joined the Maharaja's Technical Institute (MTI), Thrissur for a Diploma in Design and Drawing. Although he earned the Diploma with a Gold Medal, except for a short stint at a Fine Arts Institute in Thrissur he did not take up painting as a profession and instead turned his attention completely towards the political issues. However, as an artist, he recalls in his biography, his paintings were appreciated well and many of them would fetch a price as good as Rs.500 per piece.

In 1937, Karunakaran joined the flood relief camps that were conducted by V.R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan, C. Achyutha Menon, R.M. Manakkalath and other leaders of Prajamandalam, an early freedom struggle movement in Cochin State. He became a member of the Indian National Congress and began to wear Khadi. He also participated intensively in the trade union activities in the vast Thattil rubber estates where his uncle Raghavan Nair was a 'writer'. During this time, he would spare his artistic skills and labour in helping the workers' union (later INTUC) for their wall writings and campaigns. Gradually, he was picked up by Panampilly Govinda Menon as his most favourite follower. In due course, Karunakaran rose to a level of the senior-most Leader of the Indian National Trade Union Congress(INTUC). The INTUC later became one of the largest trade unions in India having with over 4 million memberships today.
Karunakaran with M. G. Ramachandran (left) and Panruti Ramachandran (right).

Karunakaran is the founder of United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1970. He evinced utmost care in ensuring cordiality, unity and understanding among the constituent parties, and he commanded absolute control and due respect from them.

His closeness to the Nehru family begins from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and culminated and pinnacled during the tenure of Smt. Indira Gandhi and Shri. Rajiv Gandhi. Karunakaran played the role of King Maker in finding out a successor to Rajiv Gandhi. Being the senior mostensuing elections of 1977.

Karunakaran has been the Chief Minister of Kerala four times. He took charge as Chief Minister for the first time on 25-3-1977. However he tendered his resignation on 25-4-1977, immediately following certain references by the Kerala High Court in what came to be known as Rajan case.

He took charge as Chief Minister again on December 28, 1981. However, this ministry did not last long. He resigned on 17 March 1982, following the withdrawal of support by a member of the Kerala Congress (M). Midterm elections to the 7th Kerala Legislative Assembly was held on May 19, 1982. The Ministry with Shri. K.Karunakaran as Chief Minister assumed office on 24 May 1982 and continued till 1987. On June 24, 1991, Shri.K.Karunakaran took charge again as Chief Minister of Kerala for the fourth term, and resigned on March 16, 1995, making way for A.K.Antony to take up the Chief Ministership.

After A. K. Antony was elected as Kerala chief minister in 2001, Karunakaran was on the warpath with the Government led by his own party and the party high command. After a series of unsuccessful attempts to regain supremacy in the Kerala wing of the Indian National Congress, the dissidents led by him landed up in the bad books of the Congress high command. With the sharp increase in factional meetings held all over Kerala, mostly led by his son K. Muraleedharan, Indian National Congress suspended Muraleedharan from the party.

As a veteran parliamentarian, whose career stretches over five decades, Karunakaran has been elected three times to Rajya Sabha and to Lok Sabha twice. He was a member of Rajya Sabha during 1995-97, 1997–98 and 2004-2005. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram in 1998 and from Mukundapuram constituency in 1999. Karunakaran served as the Minister for Industries in the Union Cabinet for one year in 1995.

With Muraleedharan being pushed to the verge of political orphanage, Karunakaran left his party and formed a new political outfit with him as the President. Thus, on 1 May 2005, Karunakaran formed a new party in Kerala National Congress (Indira). Later, the new party was renamed to Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran). Later, Karunakaran merged his party with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), despite opposition from many senior leaders like T. M. Jacob who has since left the party. K Karunakaran and his daughter Padmaja returned to their parent party (Indian National Congress) following a spilt . However his son Muraleedharan dissociated himself from his father and continued in NCP.A great Leader who gave a helping hand to the Minorities and supported them.

Death

Karunakaran died on 23 December 2010 at Ananthapuri Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. He was suffering from respiratory problems, fever and other age related diseases. His condition worsened following a stroke and the death occurred when he had a cardiac arrest. His death was confirmed by doctors at 5:30 PM. It was coincidental that his death and Narasimha Rao's death was on same date. Karunakaran had played key role in backing the Rao Government and later Rao had dismissed Karunakaran from the chair of Chief Minister of Kerala[2][3]. His funeral was attended by the prime minister Manmohan Singh and the AICC chief Sonia Gandhi.

Controversies

K. Karunakaran was the home minister of Kerala during the emergency period. After the Emergency, the Rajan case rocked Kerala politics like no other issue before and Karunakaran was forced to step down as the case attracted national attention. It was a habeas corpus petition filed by T.V. Eachara Warrier seeking the state machinery produce his son Rajan (a student of Regional Engineering College ,Calicut who actively participated in protests against the emergency declared by the Indira government), in court. Rajan was allegedly killed by the police at Kakkayam police torture camp and the body disposed off Mad. The legal battle lead by Rajan's father became one of the most remembered human rights fight in the state[4] and the legal struggle by his father T V Eachara Warrier had diminished the popularity of Karunakaran.The book Memories of a father is a lamentation of a father over his son's brutal death. He was an accused in the palmolein corruption case, which was pending before the supreme court at the time of his death.

Karunakaran will be remembered for his strong stand against Naxalism in Kerala and for completely removing its roots from the society.

Biographies

1. The first Biography on him titled 'K.Karunakaran' was written by Vrindavanam Venugopalan. Published by Islamiya Books, Aluva in 1992
(wikipedia)

S SREESANTH



Return of sreesanth to indian worldcup squad is a dramatic one Also avoiding him from it is dramatic.I think he will be the no 1 perforrming bowler in the coming worldcup.
Sreesanth,the violent,hungered Indian Tiger will eat other batsman as inthe series against Australlia
and SouthAfrica

Thursday, November 18, 2010

JAYAN THE REAL HERO


16 November 1980 Sholavaram, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Jayan was killed in an accident on the set of the movie Kolilakkam.16th November 2010.Even after 30 years his death people of kerala refresh their sweet memories and painfull death of JAYAN.All the Dailies and Magazines provide a major space for his memories. Then who was Jayan?Is a Politician? A social worker?Is he a relegious leader? or A great ruler?The answer is NO. He is only a Film actor.He only done 125 malayalam films and one Tamil film.He is only five years in film industry.Yes.That's enough.He entered and lived in the audience heart.He is a gentleman in the film field and his personnel life.Hence the so called critic people of Kerala remembers him.Madhu, a famous actor prominent in the 60s, once stated in an interview, "Jayan will forever be young and alive. No one can ever visualise him as an old man."Yes JAYAN still lives our heart as an Energetic youngster.

More about JAYAN

Early life

Jayan was born in Kollam, Travancore as the first child of his father Thevalli, Kottaram Veetil Madhavan Pillai and mother Bharathiyamma. His birthname was Krishnan Nair. He had a younger brother named Soman Nair. Jayan's formal education ended at 10th grade at Kollam Govt. Boys High School; he then joined the Indian Navy. The first accolades for his acting skills reached him when he was a naval sailor. He used to act in plays at various functions like anniversaries. The encouragement from his friends and colleagues in the Navy gave him the desire to act in films. Jayan served in the Indian Navy for 16 years, culminating in the rank of Master CPO. Then he left the Indian Navy to try his hand in the film industry.


Career

The name "Jayan" was given to him by Jose Prakash, a noted villain actor of yesteryear Malayalam cinema. Jayan started his career by acting in minor roles. His first film was Shapa Moksham (1974). Jayan got his first major break with Thacholi Ambu (1978) in which he acted as a co-hero. What made Jayan a superstar was his negative hero role in Sarapanjaram (1979). He catapulted to fame riding on machismo roles that endeared him to the masses, and he established himself as one of the most popular Malayalam film actors of his time. He is touted as the first action hero in Malayalam cinema.

Movies exploited Jayan's masculine physique and he appeared barechested in numerous scenes. His onscreen attire (most famously his Elvis bellbottoms), his masculine image and the nature of his death turned him into something of a legend in Kerala. Jayan was also known for his unique method of dialogue delivery and he has contributed many memorable lines to Malayalam film history.

In the late 1990s and early 21st century, there was a resurgence in Jayan's popularity in Kerala and his old movies came into prominence again. This resurgence was mostly because of popular mimicry stage artists in the State, whose imitations of the star's mannerisms caught on; soon, similar shows became commonplace in college stage events, television programs and mimicry stage shows.

Death

On 16 November 1980, Jayan was killed in an accident on the set of the movie Kolilakkam. The climax scene of the movie was being filmed in Sholavaram, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was 42 then and at the peak of his popularity. Jayan always performed his own stunts, and for this movie he was performing a particularly dangerous stunt that involved him boarding an airborne helicopter from a moving motorbike. The shot was accepted by the director in the first take; altogether three shots were filmed.

According to the film's production executive, Jayan insisted on yet another re-take as he was not satisfied with its perfection. During the re-take, the helicopter lost its balance and crashed along with Jayan, who later succumbed to his injuries.

Some conspiracy theories emerged regarding the circumstances of his death, primarily because the pilot and his co-star Balan K. Nair, who was in the helicopter, survived with minor or no injuries. Nevertheless, it has been confirmed as a genuine accident.

Today Jayan is best remembered for his loud, colourful attire, his machismo mannerisms and his unique speaking style.


Selected filmography

* Komaram (1982)
* Ariyappedatha Rahasyam (1981) .... Raghu
* Kolilakkam (1981)
* Gargjanam (1981) .... (Jayan completed part and then remade with Rajnikanth)
* Sanchari (1981)....Bargavan
* Thadavara (1981) .... Seema
* Aakramanam (1981)
* Panchapandavar (1981)
* Abhinayam (1981) .... Raghu
* Agnisaram (1981)
* Aakkramanam (1981)
* Love in Singapore (1980) .... Suresh
* Angaadi (1980) .... Babu
* Anthappuram (1980) .... Ambika
* Benz Vasu (1980)
* Ethikkara Pakky (1980)
* Idi Muzhakkam (1980)
* Kaanatha Valayam (1980)
* Karimpana (1980) .... Muthan
* Kari Puranda Jeevithangal (1980)
* Manushya Mrugam (1980) .... Babu/Gopi
* Meen (1980)
* Deepam (1980)
* Chaakara (1980) .... Sethumadhavan
* Moorkhan (1980) .... Vinod
* Naayattu (1980)
* Ethikkara Pakki (1980) .... Adimakannu
* Paallattu Kunjikannan (1980)
* Theenalangal (1980)
* Chandrahasam (1980)
* Sakthi (1980) .... Vijayan/Rajan Varma
* Aavesham (1979) .... Gopi/Ravi
* Angakkuri (1979)
* Anupallavai (1979)
* Avano Atho Avalo (1979)
* Chuvanna Chirakukal (1979)
* Kazhukan (1979) .... Velu
* Venalil Oru Mazha (1979)
* Irumpazhikal (1979) .... Jayabharathi
* Sarppam (1979)
* Ivide Kattinu Sugandam (1979)
* Mamangam (1979) .... Moosa
* Mochanam (1979)
* Poottatha Pootukkal (1979) Tamil
* Prabhu (1979)
* Puthiya Velicham (1979) .... Venu
* Vellayani Paramu (1979)
* Sarapanjaram (1979) .... Rajasekharan
* Sayoojyam (1979)
* Oru Ragam Pala Thalam (1979)
* Pennorumbettal (1979)
* Sanndhyaragam (1979)
* Pushyaragam (1979)
* Sigharangal (1979)
* Kadathanattu Makkam (1978)
* Mukkuvane Snehicha Bhootham (1978)
* Aana Paachan (1978)
* Adavukal Pathinettu (1978)
* Ee Manohara Theeram (1978)
* Iniyum Puzha Ozhukum (1978) .... Vidhubaala
* Itha Oru Manushyan (1978)
* Jayikkanaayi Janichavan (1978)
* Kaathirunna Nimiksham (1978)
* Lisa (1978)
* Mattoru Karnan (1978)
* Soothrakkari (1978)
* Thacholy Ambu (1978)
* Yeatho Oru Swapnam (1978)
* Kanyaka (1978)
* Kalpavruksham (1978)
* Asthamayam (1978)
* Pattalam Janaki (1978)
* Adimakkachavadam (1978)
* Sathrusamharam (1978)
* Midukkipponnamma (1978)
* Madanolsavam (1978) .... Dr. Jayakumar
* Kannappanunni (1977)
* Angikaram (1977)
* Acharam Ammini Osaram Omana (1977) .... Sudhakaran
* Itha Ivide Vare (1977)
* Ormakal Marikkumo? (1977)
* Randu Lokam (1977)
* Rathi Manmathan (1977)
* Rajaparampara (1977)
* Anjali (1977)
* Aval Viswasthayayirunnu (1977)
* Abhinivesam (1977)
* Kavilamma (1977)
* Sukradasa (1977)
* Ivanente Priyaputhran (1977)
* Aparajitha (1977)
* Adyapadham (1977)
* Tholakkan Enikku Manassilla (1977)
* Amrudha Vahini (1976)
* Ashirvadam (1976)
* Panchami (1976)
* Yavvanam Daham (1976)
* Mallanum Mathevanum (1976)
* Agnipushpam (1976)
* Ullasayathra (1975)
* Shapa Moksham (1974)

Thursday, August 12, 2010

KANDAHAR


MULTISTAR film coming in malayalam directed by MAJOR RAVI Casting Mohanlal,Amitab bhachan......

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Ball evolution






Ball evolution
The Dark Ages

Who can say when the game began? Kicking is a fairly instinctive activity, so no doubt Stone Age man gave a rock or bone the occasional thump with his foot and then perhaps one day someone kicked it back and it all began there.
However, the first indications of an early formal form of football date back 3,000 years to Ancient China. A game played with a ball of animal skins stuffed with hair or feathers was kicked between poles some 10 metres high and was most likely used for military training. By 50AD, the game was named “tsu chu” (or “cuju”) and early records compare the round ball and square goal to Yin and Yang, the ancient symbols of harmony.
Football probably began in China 3,000 years ago. This 19th century watercolour shows Kemari, a Japanese ceremonial version of the game. Illustration courtesy of the National Football Museum, Preston, UK.

The Greeks and Romans were the greatest exponents of games. They built arenas all over their empires and staged everything from chariot racing to gladiatorial combats where serious injury or death were taken as a matter of course and all part of enjoyable entertainment. Kicking a ball seems tame in comparison, nevertheless there are indications that they did play a type of football, too. In the case of the Greeks, it was called “episkyros” and the Romans had a game called “harpastum” – but both were mainly ball-carrying games.

“Harpastum” is taken from the Greek word “Harpazein”, which means “to seize”. The ball was small, about the size of a grapefruit, and hard, not least because it was stuffed with sand. Play would take place on a marked-out pitch, with each player taking a position on the field, just as they do today. Teams probably consisted of 12 players. The game itself was more like rugby with more throwing than kicking and it required considerable agility. The rules, it appears, involved a sort of inverted form of football, with the objective being to keep the ball behind one’s own half of the centre line and not allow the opponents to get it. Goals were scored if the ball hit the ground.

The Vikings are reported to have kicked the heads of their enemies about, which was not very pleasant behaviour, but the somewhat more civilised societies such as the Japanese, Persians, Egyptians, Assyrians and North American Indians all played forms of ball games. The Aztecs in Mexico developed their own kicking game with a stone covered in a thick coating of gum. The game known as “tlatchi” was played between two seven-man teams and it was a very important cultural activity. Games were even played in purpose-built stadiums and huge sums of money were staked on the results.

The whole essence of football is its most simple implement – the ball. And it has to be a particular type of ball, too, with the ability to fly through the air as directed by the player and – most importantly – to bounce predictably. It was really only the development of the bouncing ball and the sheer fun of kicking it in a wide variety of ways that made football the world’s most popular and successful game.

Football




* The Origins
* Britain, the home of Football
* Opposition to the game
* The Global Growth

History of the Game - Module
History of Football - The Origins

The contemporary history of the world's favourite game spans more than 100 years. It all began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses and the Football Association in England was formed - becoming the sport's first governing body.

Both codes stemmed from a common root and both have a long and intricately branched ancestral tree. A search down the centuries reveals at least half a dozen different games, varying to different degrees, and to which the historical development of football has been traced back. Whether this can be justified in some instances is disputable. Nevertheless, the fact remains that people have enjoyed kicking a ball about for thousands of years and there is absolutely no reason to consider it an aberration of the more 'natural' form of playing a ball with the hands.

On the contrary, apart from the need to employ the legs and feet in tough tussles for the ball, often without any laws for protection, it was recognised right at the outset that the art of controlling the ball with the feet was not easy and, as such, required no small measure of skill. The very earliest form of the game for which there is scientific evidence was an exercise from a military manual dating back to the second and third centuries BC in China.

This Han Dynasty forebear of football was called Tsu' Chu and it consisted of kicking a leather ball filled with feathers and hair through an opening, measuring only 30-40cm in width, into a small net fixed onto long bamboo canes. According to one variation of this exercise, the player was not permitted to aim at his target unimpeded, but had to use his feet, chest, back and shoulders while trying to withstand the attacks of his opponents. Use of the hands was not permitted.

Another form of the game, also originating from the Far East, was the Japanese Kemari, which began some 500-600 years later and is still played today. This is a sport lacking the competitive element of Tsu' Chu with no struggle for possession involved. Standing in a circle, the players had to pass the ball to each other, in a relatively small space, trying not to let it touch the ground.

The Greek 'Episkyros' - of which few concrete details survive - was much livelier, as was the Roman 'Harpastum'. The latter was played out with a smaller ball by two teams on a rectangular field marked by boundary lines and a centre line. The objective was to get the ball over the opposition's boundary lines and as players passed it between themselves, trickery was the order of the day. The game remained popular for 700-800 years, but, although the Romans took it to Britain with them, the use of feet was so small as to scarcely be of consequence.

Carles PUYOL




* Date of Birth: 13 April 1978
* Height: 178 cm
* Shirt number: 5
* Position: Defender
* Current club: Barcelona (ESP)
* International Caps: 89
* International Goals: 3
* First international: Spain - Netherlands
(15 November 2000)

Club History

* FC Barcelona B (ESP): From 1996 to 1999

Thanks to a combination of talent, humility, dedication and a ferocious work ethic, Carles Puyol has developed into a first-choice central defender for both Spain and Barcelona. What makes this feat even more notable is that the 32-year-old Catalan started out in the Barça youth system as a right winger, before a succession of coaches decided the best place for this fierce competitor was further back.

Indeed, his first-team debut under the Azulgranas' former coach Louis Van Gaal came as a right wing-back, with the Dutch strategist soon making full use of Puyol's versatility and indefatigable spirit by changing his position once more; this time to the heart of the defensive line.

Quick off the mark and good in the air, it is Puyol's commitment and sheer will to win that have earned him the respect of fans and the media alike. After winning two La Liga titles and the 2006 UEFA Champions League, he went on to captain his beloved Barcelona in an historic 2009, in which the Catalan club won no less than six titles: La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Spanish SuperCup, the European SuperCup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Puyol made his senior national-team debut in November 2000, shortly after playing his part in the Olympic squad which picked up silver at the Games in Sydney. Since then his name has been a constant in the Spain squad list, including appearances at two FIFA World Cups™ and two UEFA EUROs. Indeed, Puyol's tigerish defending was another key factor in La Roja's long-awaited success at the latter event in Austria and Switzerland last summer.

An adaptable performer, the Blaugrana stalwart is able to step into either full-back position as well as his favoured central role, while his powerful leap makes him an imposing aerial presence in either box - amply demonstrated by his headed goal in the 6-2 win at Real Madrid on 2 May.

Instantly recognisable thanks to his shaggy mop of curly hair, a look he insists will remain with him at least until he hangs up his boots, Puyol's strength of character and leadership skills will surely serve him well to that day and beyond.


Carles puyol spanish attacker playes attractive football and he also a stylish footballer JAYAN

Thursday, June 24, 2010

UNPREDICTABLE




INDIANCRICKET UNBELIEVABLE

MS Dhoni now has won the award for collecting the maximum number of catches and stumpings in an Asia Cup Final. He has taken 4 catches and one stumping, which is a record for an Asia Cup.
This is an Indian side which did not have Sachin, Yuvi and Sehwag. So this win is all the more praiseworthy. India have won the Asia Cup for the 5th time after a gap of 15 years. Imagine this Indian side when the above mentioned players come back into the side. SL on the other hand have been simply blown by the late swing of Zak, PK and the ever smiling Nehra.
Dhoni and Co. are all smiles as they grab stumps as souvenirs. India will get USD 60,000 for winning the Asia Cup. Gary Kirsten too is smiling as he comes out to congratulate the Indians and console the Lankans. Sanga wears a disappointed look on his face as he comes out to shake the Indian players hands.
India got the start that they needed with the wicket of Dilshan initially. Sri Lanka needed atleast one of their two big guns, Sanga and Jaya, to fire and play a big one. Unfortunately for the Lankans, their most reliable men failed to step up to the occasion. The middle order was rattled by Nehra and the Sri Lankans never made a comeback into the game after that. Kapugedera came up with a fifty lower down the order but it was all too late by then. Wickets kept tumbling at the other end as Indians inched closer and closer to a win in the finals of the Asia Cup. One has to say, it was that kind of a game that the bowlers had to win it for India and Boy! Didn't they do it in a stylish way? Massive win as India win by 81 runs. Stay tuned for the presentation..

Monday, April 26, 2010

KERALA IPL



YES.It is a must one Because IPL brings money media and man to cricket In this faster world no any other form of cricket can't bring the above things to cricket.In Kerala now no more attraction for cricket except Renjitrophy.It is a bitter experience for KERALA in Renji for years.The Kerala IPL team brings world cricket to one of the kerala city for home matches.Government has no need of huge campaining for India's most destination place God's own country Also Kerala IPL make sure that minimum five Keralites to play worldlevel cricket.Atleast it may give a chance to play Keralites in Kerala as Sreesant,Abhisheknair..... who are in out of states. Kerala IPL will makes more professionals in kerala cricket
THE IPL issues and resigning of SasiTharoor is a mere political game Can you see any politician in indian politics without any corruption.It is rooted very deep in politics and common life.Tharoor interested in Cricket and take very interest in Kerala Cricket.But the politicians in kerala affraid of his power to canvas the youth of kerela and hence they screened Tharoor as a corruptionist.The kerala communists seen cricket as a boorshwa game But their stand is not like these in the other part of india.They easily forgots the historic background of Kerala cricket as it emerged and devaloped in Thallasseri 100 years ago.Cricket is the one and only one game played in world class in India.Any step back from Kerala IPL brings the malayalees only loss.....

Friday, March 19, 2010

FILMFESTIVAL

FESTIVAL REVIEW

Swaralaya international film festival 2010 brings latest national and international classic
films But the organising and screening still struggling. The screening at JEEVA theature is a failure.No audience no fascilities and not safe for audience.At JOBBIES it is difficult to view the films in daylight.In PRIYATHAMA it is disturbed by the frequent switch on/off of lights.May these failures overcomes...?

12th March 2.30

NEYTHUKARAN:
The mannerisms and dedication of communist featured in this film.Also the deviation of communism in the new generation.Best performance from Murali,Vijayaraghavan etc.

12th 7.30
HART LOCKER:
The unbearable strain of soldiers in the Arabian desert which leads them to psychic problems and finally to suicide.The film describes these things.




14th March 2.30

THALAPPAVU:
Once Naxalism is in progress in Kerala .Ajitha,Mandakini,Varghese,Vasu etc. are its leaders.The film reveals the truth in the assassination of Varghese

14th 5.30
ORKUKA VALLAPPOZHUM:
An old man seeks his childhood mates and memmories. The second part of the film fails to keep the tempo

14th 7.30
ARTOD:
Antonium Artod,Jaques Pravel and poems Artod a great artist whose personel and public life unveiled by his friend Pravel. Attractive film




15th March 5.30


HEROS:
Sameer and Ali tries to make a film with the theme "why youngmans are not joining in military" for the completion of their Degree course in film institute.They wish to secure the certificate and goto England. For this they visited a tv reporter. He gave them the last letters of some soldiers in Kargil war. Sameer and Ali visited the families of these soldiers and shared the experience.After knowing the life they changed their views and finally their theme as "why youngmans are joining in military" .After completing the course they started a Military school and settled in India.Attractive film sponges up the beauty of Northern India.

15th 8.00
PASSENGER:
An ordinary family man, Sathyanathan,becoms a real hero and take crucial role in saving the life of Nandanmenon,Anuradha and people of of Marangara.The film tries to speak about the alertness and attitude of the common people towards the society. The second half of film is crawling.The film is neither an Anthikkad film nor a Sreenivasan



16th March 2.00

PALERIMANIKKAYAM
The stroy tells along lengthwise and widthwise.Finally film becomes an yellow story.After intermission film not enjoyable

16th 5.30
DRONA:
Everybody expected the film is the famous malayalam film of mammooty, but it is a hindi film Why such boring films include in this Festival .DRONA is a fictionfilm .It has a baseless story .I think such films can't catch the audience in KERALA

16th 8.00
THIRAKKATHA:
A very good film from RENJITH. It tells the counterdramas in film field The story very much resembles to the life of actor Mohanlal and Sreevidhya If it may or may not be correct the film well organised,well performed




17th March 2.30

BHOOTHAKKANNADY
The film gives the Hero and Heroine more chances to perform .But for audience it is a tragedy. A well progressed story eventually comes to a tragic end.Such a end make the film non attractive

17th 7.30
SKETCHES OF GEHRY
In this film SIDNEY POLLACK describes how Gehry differs from others His famous architectural works,observations from specialists,his own narratiions makes the film a biography of Gehry.
film

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

SWARALAYA

SWARALAYA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010
FILMS AND VENUES
FOREIGN FILMS: JOBBIES MALL PALAKKAD
A flowering tree
Muhammed Rafi
Lemon Tree
Dali Three makkies
Warts with Basheer
Dereedha
Basavite
Ander the bomb
Artrod
Departters
Wudiyana
Che-Hwa-Zeon
Lavench
The eel
Blindness
Sketches of Gowri
MALAYALAM FILMS: PRIYATHAMA PALAKKAD
Orkuka vallppozhum
Thalappavu
Bioscope
Patham nilayile theevandi
Sufi paranja katha
Thirakkatha
Ramanam
Bhumi malayalam
Pravaasam
BAnaras
Kerala cafe
Palerimanikyam
Madhyavenal
Vilapangalkkappuram
OTHER FILMS:JEEVAS CHANDRANAGAR
Mumbai meri jaan
Vennila kabadi kootam
Karunyam
Neythukaran
Billu barber
Garshom
KAnakinavu
Yavarum nalam
Subrahmanyapuram
Thaniyavarthanam
Heros
Baratham
Denhi6
Passenger
Amaram
Karmangal holly
Aadharam
Bhoothakkannadi
Devdi
Varanam aayiram
SEMINARS
MURALI- Athulya nadan
LOHITHADAS -Nashtaswargam



Friday, November 20, 2009

SILENT JUBILEE

LACHIAPPAN UNVIELS NATURES TREASURE


മറക്കാനാവില്ല ലച്ചിയപ്പനെ
സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ ചരിത്രം പറയുമ്പോള്‍ ലച്ചിയപ്പനെ മറക്കുന്നത് നന്ദികേടായിരിക്കും. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയിലെത്തിയ ആദ്യകാല പഠനസംഘങ്ങളെയെല്ലാംതന്നെ ഈ അജ്ഞാത ഭൂമികയുടെ വിവിധ ഇടങ്ങളിലേക്ക് കൊണ്ടുപോയത് ലച്ചിയപ്പന്‍ എന്ന ആദിവാസിയായിരുന്നു. ''വഴിത്താരകളില്ലാത്ത സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയില്‍ ലച്ചിയപ്പനായിരുന്നു വഴികാട്ടിയും സംരക്ഷകനും. ലച്ചിയപ്പനില്ലായിരുന്നുവെങ്കില്‍ ഇന്നുള്ള അറിവുകളില്‍ പലതും ലഭ്യമാകുമായിരുന്നില്ല'' -ഡോ. സതീഷ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ പറയുന്നു.



25 കൊല്ലങ്ങള്‍ക്കു മുമ്പ്


1979-ല്‍ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയില്‍നിന്ന് ഡോ. സതീഷ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ തന്റെ ഏറ്റവും പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട സ്നേഹിതയ്‌ക്കെഴുതി: ''ഈ അപൂര്‍വ സസ്യജാലങ്ങള്‍ ഇനിയിവിടെയുണ്ടാകുമോയെന്നറിയില്ല. വലിയ പാറത്തോടിനിരുവശവും മരങ്ങള്‍ വീഴാന്‍ തുടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നു. കാട്ടിമുടിയില്‍നിന്ന് കാട് കത്തുന്ന മണം. താഴ്‌വാരത്തിന്റെ നിശ്ശബ്ദതയ്ക്കു മേല്‍ ബുള്‍ഡോസറുകളുടെ ഇരമ്പല്‍''-രണ്ടര ദശാബ്ദത്തിനു മുമ്പ് ഇതു വെറും വാക്കുകള്‍ മാത്രമായിരുന്നില്ല. '' ദാ... ഇവിടെയാണ് കേരള വൈദ്യുതി ബോര്‍ഡ് സൈലന്റ് വാലിക്ക് ചരമക്കുറിപ്പെഴുതാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ചത്''-സൈരന്ധ്രിയില്‍ കുന്തിപ്പുഴയുടെ വന്യമായ പ്രവാഹത്തിലേക്ക് വിരല്‍ചൂണ്ടി ഡോ. സതീഷ് പറഞ്ഞു. ''അന്ന് കെ.എസ്.ഇ.ബി.യുടെ ദൗത്യം വിജയിച്ചിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍ ഈ പ്രദേശമാകെ അണക്കെട്ടില്‍ മുങ്ങി മരിക്കുമായിരുന്നു.''


തകര്‍ന്നുപോയ പദ്ധതി


സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി ഒരു പ്രതീകമാണ്. ഐതിഹാസികമായ ഒരു പോരാട്ടത്തിന്റെ പ്രതീകം. സമര്‍പ്പണബുദ്ധിയും നിശ്ചയദാര്‍ഢ്യവുമുള്ള ഒരുപിടി മനുഷ്യരുടെ ഇച്ഛാശക്തിക്കു മുന്നില്‍ ഭരണകൂടത്തിന് അടിയറവ് പറയേണ്ടിവന്ന ചരിത്രഗാഥയാണത്.
1973-ല്‍ പ്ലാനിങ് കമ്മീഷന്‍ അനുമതി നല്കിയതോടെയാണ് സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി അണക്കെട്ട് പദ്ധതിക്ക് ജീവന്‍വെച്ചത്. 24.88 കോടി രൂപ ചെലവില്‍ 240 മെഗാവാട്ട് വൈദ്യുതി ലക്ഷ്യമിട്ടായിരുന്നു കെ.എസ്.ഇ.ബി. പദ്ധതി മുന്നോട്ടുവെച്ചത്. മലപ്പുറം, പാലക്കാട് ജില്ലകളിലായി പതിനായിരം ഹെക്ടര്‍ കൃഷിഭൂമിയില്‍ ജലസേചനം, ഏഴെട്ടു കൊല്ലത്തേക്ക് ചുരുങ്ങിയത് മൂവായിരം പേര്‍ക്കെങ്കിലും തൊഴില്‍.... പദ്ധതിയുടെ ഗുണഫലങ്ങള്‍ കെ.എസ്.ഇ.ബി. ഇങ്ങനെ നീട്ടി.


പരിസ്ഥിതി എന്ന ആഡംബരം


ഈ അണകെട്ടുന്നതിനെതിരെ ഉയര്‍ന്ന പ്രതിഷേധം തച്ചുതകര്‍ക്കാന്‍ കേരളം മാറി മാറി ഭരിച്ച വിവിധ സര്‍ക്കാറുകള്‍ പരസ്​പരം മത്സരമായിരുന്നു. ഇക്കോളജി ഈസ് എ ലക്ഷ്വറി ഫോര്‍ കേരളൈറ്റ്‌സ് എന്ന മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി പി.കെ. വാസുദേവന്‍നായരുടെ പ്രഖ്യാപനം ഈ നയത്തിന്റെ അടിക്കുറിപ്പാണ്. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയില്‍ കാര്യമായൊന്നും നഷ്ടപ്പെടാനില്ലെന്നാണ് സംസ്ഥാന സര്‍ക്കാറും അനുബന്ധ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളും പറഞ്ഞത്. അണക്കെട്ടില്‍ മുങ്ങിപ്പോകുന്ന മരങ്ങളത്രയും വേണമെങ്കില്‍ പറിച്ചുനടാവുന്നതേയുള്ളൂ എന്ന വങ്കത്തരംവരെ എഴുതിപ്പിടിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ അവരുടെ വക്താക്കള്‍ തയ്യാറായി.

ചെറുത്തുനില്പും വിജയവും


സമര്‍പ്പണ ബുദ്ധിയും ആദര്‍ശശുദ്ധിയുമുള്ള ഒരുപിടി മനുഷ്യര്‍ ചെറുത്തു നില്പിനൊരുങ്ങിയതാണ് സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ രക്ഷയായത്. കേരള ഫോറസ്റ്റ് റിസര്‍ച്ച് ഇന്‍സ്റ്റിറ്റിയൂട്ടിലുണ്ടായിരുന്ന (കെ.എഫ്.ആര്‍.എ.) ഡോ. വി.എസ്. വിജയന്റെ പേര് ഇതില്‍ ആദ്യമേ പറയേണ്ടതുണ്ട്. അണക്കെട്ടിന്റെ പാരിസ്ഥിതിക പ്രത്യാഘാതത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് സമഗ്രമായി പഠനം നടത്തിയ അദ്ദേഹമാണ് നിര്‍ദിഷ്ട ഡാമിന്റെ ദൂഷ്യവശങ്ങള്‍ ആദ്യമായി കേന്ദ്ര സര്‍ക്കാറിന്റെ ശ്രദ്ധയില്‍പ്പെടുത്തിയത്. ഇതിന്റെ പേരില്‍ ഡോ. വിജയന് കെ.എഫ്. ആര്‍.ഐ. വിടേണ്ടി വന്നു. ഈ പഠനസംരംഭത്തില്‍ ഡോ. എം. ബാലകൃഷ്ണനും വിജയനൊപ്പമുണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
സഫര്‍ ഫത്തേഹലി, ഡോ. സലിം അലി, ഡോ. മാധവ്ഗാഡ്ഗില്‍, ഡോ. എം.എം. ശ്രീനിവാസ്, കെ.പി.എസ്. മേനോന്‍, ഡോ. കെ.എന്‍. രാജ്, ഡോ. എന്‍.സി. നായര്‍, പ്രൊഫ. കരുണാകരന്‍, ജെ.സി. ഡാനിയല്‍, യു.കെ. ഗോപാലന്‍, ജോസഫ് ജോണ്‍ എന്നിവര്‍ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി സംരക്ഷണത്തിനായി ശക്തിയുക്തം വാദിച്ചവരാണ്.
സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ അതിജീവനം ഒരു സാമൂഹിക പ്രക്ഷോഭത്തിന്റെ തലത്തിലേക്കുയര്‍ത്തിയതില്‍ കേരള ശാസ്ത്രസാഹിത്യപരിഷത്തും അതിന്റെ അമരത്തുണ്ടായിരുന്ന പ്രൊഫ. എം.കെ. പ്രസാദും വഹിച്ച പങ്കും കുറച്ചുകാണാനാവില്ല. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയെക്കുറിച്ച് മലയാളത്തില്‍ ആദ്യമായി സമഗ്രമായൊരു ലേഖനം എഴുതിയത് മാതൃഭൂമി ആഴ്ചപ്പതിപ്പില്‍ പ്രൊഫ. പ്രസാദായിരുന്നു.
എഴുത്തുകാരുടെ കൂട്ടത്തില്‍ എന്‍.വി. കൃഷ്ണവാര്യരും സുഗതകുമാരിയും വഹിച്ച പങ്ക് നിസ്തുലമാണ്. ഒ.എന്‍.വി. കുറുപ്പ്, അയ്യപ്പപ്പണിക്കര്‍, കടമ്മനിട്ട, എസ്.കെ. പൊറ്റെക്കാട്ട്, വൈലോപ്പിള്ളി, സുകുമാര്‍ അഴീക്കോട് എന്നിവരും ഇവര്‍ക്കൊപ്പം അണിചേര്‍ന്നു. പ്രൊഫ. ആര്‍.വി.ജി. മേനോന്‍, പ്രൊഫ. കെ.കെ. നീലകണ്ഠന്‍, പ്രൊഫ. ജോണ്‍ സി. ജേക്കബ്, ഡോ. ശാന്തി, ഡോ. ശ്യാമസുന്ദരന്‍നായര്‍, ഡോ. കെ.പി. കണ്ണന്‍ എന്നിവരെയും മറന്നുകൂടാ.

രാഷ്ട്രീയ നേതൃത്വത്തിന്റെ പാരിസ്ഥിതിക നിരക്ഷരത


കേരളത്തിലെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ നേതൃത്വങ്ങളുടെ പാരിസ്ഥിതിക നിരക്ഷരതയാണ് സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയില്‍ വെളിപ്പെട്ടത്. എം.പി. പരമേശ്വരന്‍, കെ.വി. സുരേന്ദ്രനാഥ്, വര്‍ക്കല രാധാകൃഷ്ണന്‍, സി. നാരായണപിള്ള, പി. ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിള്ള, ഇ.എം.എസ്സിന്റെ പ്രൈവറ്റ് സെക്രട്ടറിയായിരുന്ന എസ്. ശര്‍മ എന്നിങ്ങനെ വിരലിലെണ്ണാവുന്നവരെ ഒഴിച്ചുനിര്‍ത്തിയാല്‍ കേരളത്തിലെ രാഷ്ട്രീയനേതൃത്വം തീര്‍ത്തും നിഷേധാത്മകമായ നിലപാടാണ് സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ കാര്യത്തില്‍ സ്വീകരിച്ചത്. സാക്ഷാല്‍ ഇ.എം.എസ്. പോലും സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിക്കു വേണ്ടി ഉറച്ചൊരു നിലപാടെടുത്തിരുന്നില്ലെന്ന് ഡോ. സതീഷ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ * ഖേദത്തോടെ ഓര്‍ക്കുന്നു. ഡോ. എം.എസ്. സ്വാമിനാഥന്റെ റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ടാണ് സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ അതിജീവനത്തിനു വഴിയൊരുക്കിയ ആദ്യ ഘടകങ്ങളിലൊന്ന്. 1979-ല്‍ ചരണ്‍സിങ് സര്‍ക്കാറിനു നല്കിയ ഈ റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ടില്‍ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് ഡോ. സ്വാമിനാഥന്‍ കൃത്യമായൊരു നിലപാടെടുത്തു. ഈ റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ടിന്റെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിലാണ് 1980-ല്‍ ഇന്ദിരാഗാന്ധി പ്രൊഫ. എം.ജി.കെ. മേനോന്‍ കമ്മിറ്റിയെ നിയോഗിച്ചതു തന്നെ.


മാധ്യമങ്ങള്‍


സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി പ്രക്ഷോഭം വിജയിച്ചതില്‍ മാധ്യമങ്ങള്‍ക്കുള്ള പങ്കിനെ ആര്‍ക്കും തള്ളിക്കളയാനാകില്ല. 1979-ല്‍ മാതൃഭൂമി ആഴ്ചപ്പതിപ്പിലാണ് മലയാളത്തില്‍ ആദ്യമായി സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ പ്രസക്തിയും പ്രാധാന്യവും വ്യക്തമാക്കിക്കൊണ്ടുള്ള ലേഖനം വന്നത്. 'സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയെ രക്ഷിക്കൂ' എന്ന് പ്രൊഫ. എം.കെ. പ്രസാദ് എഴുതിയ ലേഖനം പ്രക്ഷോഭം മുഖ്യധാരയിലേക്കെത്തിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള ആദ്യ ശ്രമങ്ങളിലൊന്നായിരുന്നു. 1980-ല്‍ കേരള കൗമുദിയാണ് സുഗതകുമാരിയുടെ പ്രശസ്തമായ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി ലേഖനം പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചത്. പരിസ്ഥിതി പ്രക്ഷോഭങ്ങളുടെ വഴിയിലേക്ക് സുഗതകുമാരിയുടെ വരവ് വിളിച്ചറിയിച്ച തീവ്രവും ആര്‍ദ്രവുമായ ലേഖനമായിരുന്നു അത്.
തൃശ്ശൂരില്‍നിന്ന് പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയിരുന്ന എക്‌സ്​പ്രസ് ദിനപത്രം സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിക്കു വേണ്ടി അതിശക്തമായ നിലപാടെടുത്തു. എക്‌സ്​പ്രസ്സിന്റെ പത്രാധിപര്‍ ടി.വി. അച്യുതവാരിയര്‍ പേരുവെച്ചെഴുതിയ ലേഖനങ്ങള്‍ മലയാളമാധ്യമ ചരിത്രത്തില്‍ പാരിസ്ഥിതിക അവബോധത്തിന്റെ ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന വഴികാട്ടികളാണ്.
ദേശീയതലത്തില്‍ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി പ്രക്ഷോഭത്തിനൊപ്പം നിലകൊണ്ട മുന്‍നിര പത്രം ഹിന്ദുവായിരുന്നു. ഇപ്പോള്‍ ഹിന്ദുവിന്റെ മുഖ്യ പത്രാധിപരായ എന്‍. റാമിന്റെ സവിശേഷ താത്പര്യം ഈ നിലപാടിനു പിറകിലുണ്ടായിരുന്നു.


അറിയപ്പെടാത്ത ഇന്ദിര


സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി സംരക്ഷിച്ചതാര് എന്ന ചോദ്യത്തിന്റെ ഉത്തരം ഒരു പേരിലേക്കൊതുക്കേണ്ടിവന്നാല്‍ അത് ഇന്ദിരാഗാന്ധി എന്നുതന്നെയായിരിക്കും. 1972-ല്‍ സ്റ്റോക്ക്‌ഹോമില്‍ നടന്ന ഐക്യരാഷ്ട്രസംഘടനയുടെ പാരിസ്ഥിതിക സമ്മേളനത്തില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്തത് ഇന്ദിരയുടെ വീക്ഷണങ്ങള്‍ക്കു വ്യക്തമായൊരു ദിശാബോധം നല്കിയിരുന്നു. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ കാര്യത്തില്‍ അതാകണം ഇന്ദിരയുടെ തീരുമാനം പാറപോലെ ഉറച്ചതാക്കിയത്. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി ദേശീയ ഉദ്യാനമാക്കിക്കൊണ്ടുള്ള പ്രഖ്യാപനം 1984 നവംബര്‍ 15ന് പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയപ്പോള്‍ അതിനുപിറകില്‍ ഇന്ദിര വഹിച്ച നിര്‍ണായക പങ്ക് പിന്നീട് കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ്സുകാര്‍പോലും മറന്നുപോയെന്നത് ഇന്ദിരയുടെ ദുര്യോഗം. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയില്‍ നേരിട്ടെത്താനുള്ള ഭാഗ്യവും ഇന്ദിരയ്ക്കുണ്ടായില്ല. 1985-ല്‍ രാജീവ്ഗാന്ധിയാണ് സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയിലെത്തി ദേശീയ ഉദ്യാനം രാഷ്ട്രത്തിനു സമര്‍പ്പിച്ചത്.

കുന്തിപ്പുഴ എന്ന അത്ഭുതം


ഇന്ത്യയിലിന്നിപ്പോള്‍ ഹിമാലയത്തിനു തെക്ക് ഇതുപോലൊരു പുഴ വേറെയില്ല. ഭാരതപ്പുഴയിലേക്ക് നീരെത്തിക്കുന്നതില്‍ പ്രധാനിയായ കുന്തിപ്പുഴയുടെ ജീവാത്മാവും പരമാത്മാവും സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയാണ്. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ ഹൃദയത്തിലൂടെ 25 കിലോമീറ്ററോളം കുന്തി ഒഴുകുന്നത് മനുഷ്യസ്​പര്‍ശമേല്‍ക്കാതെയാണ്. ഒരു പുഴ ജനിക്കുന്നതെങ്ങനെയെന്നറിയണമെങ്കില്‍ കണ്ണാടിപോലെ ഒഴുകുന്ന കുന്തിയുടെ ഉത്ഭവസ്ഥാനമല്ലാതെ നമുക്കു വേറെ ഏതിടമാണുള്ളത്.
സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി ആത്യന്തികമായിവൃക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ ലോകമാണ്. സിംഹവാലന്‍ കുരങ്ങനും കടുവയും മാത്രമല്ല സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയെ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയാക്കുന്നത്. 50 ദശലക്ഷം വര്‍ഷം കൊണ്ട് പരിണമിച്ചുണ്ടായ ഈ 8952 ഹെക്ടര്‍ ഭൂമിയുടെ മുഖമുദ്ര മഹാവൃക്ഷങ്ങളും അവയ്ക്കു കീഴില്‍ വളരുന്ന സസ്യജാലങ്ങളുമാണ്.

25 വര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ക്കു ശേഷം


ഇന്ത്യയിലെ പരിസ്ഥിതി സംരക്ഷണ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളുടെ അമ്മയായിരുന്നു സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി പ്രക്ഷോഭം. വികസനത്തിന്റെ സാമ്പ്രദായിക വീക്ഷണങ്ങള്‍ അതു നിശിതമായി ചോദ്യം ചെയ്തു. പുതിയൊരു പാരിസ്ഥിതിക അവബോധത്തിനും സംസ്‌കൃതിക്കും സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി കാരണമായി. ആ അര്‍ഥത്തില്‍ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയില്‍ നടന്നത് ശരിക്കും ഒരു വിപ്ലവം തന്നെയായിരുന്നു.
കോര്‍പ്പറേറ്റ് കമ്പനികളുടെ ഇടപെടല്‍ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ലെന്നതും കേരളത്തില്‍ മാറിമാറി സര്‍ക്കാറുകള്‍ വന്നതും കേന്ദ്രത്തില്‍ ഭരണത്തലപ്പത്ത് ഇന്ദിരയെപ്പോലെയൊരു പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുവെന്നതും ഈ വിപ്ലവത്തിന്റെ കുതിപ്പ് എളുപ്പമാക്കി.


ചീവീടുകള്‍ വളരുമ്പോള്‍


ചീവീടുകളുടെ അഭാവമായിരുന്നു സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ അടയാളങ്ങളില്‍ മുഖ്യം. ഇന്നും സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ ഗാഢസ്ഥലികളില്‍ ചീവീടുകളില്ല. പക്ഷേ, പുറത്തെ കാടുകളില്‍ അവ എത്തിക്കഴിഞ്ഞു. മനുഷ്യന്‍ നടത്തിയ കൈയേറ്റങ്ങളെത്തുടര്‍ന്ന് 1980-കളിലാണ് അവ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയിലെത്തിയതെന്ന് ഡോ. സതീഷ് ചന്ദ്രന്‍ നിരീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു. ചീവീടുകളുടെ വരവ് ചിലപ്പോള്‍ ഒരു മുന്നറിയിപ്പായിരിക്കാം.
ഈ നിത്യഹരിത മഴക്കാടിനു മുന്നില്‍ എളിമയോടെ നില്‍ക്കുക. നിശ്ശബ്ദതയുടെ മറുകരയിലേക്ക് നടന്നുപോയ അന്ധമായ ആ ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് വനിതയുടെ ഓര്‍മയാവട്ടെ നമുക്കു മുന്നില്‍ തെളിയുന്ന പ്രകാശത്തിന്റെ പ്രതിരോധം.


സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി പറയുന്നത്

15 Nov 2009 ഞായറാഴ്ച

കെ.എ. ജോണി


സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയില്‍ നില്ക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ശിരസ്സ് അറിയാതെ ഉയര്‍ന്നുപോകുന്നു. ഈ നിത്യഹരിത മഴക്കാടിനുമപ്പുറത്ത് ഒരു സ്വകാര്യ അഹങ്കാരം മലയാളിക്കുണ്ടാവാനിടയില്ല. നിബിഡവും വന്യവുമായ ഇലച്ചാര്‍ത്തുകള്‍ക്കു കീഴില്‍ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി ഒരേസമയം നമ്മെ മോഹിപ്പിക്കുകയും വിഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. കാല്‍വണ്ണയില്‍നിന്ന് ചോരകുടിക്കുന്ന അട്ടകളെ ഒന്നൊന്നായി എടുത്തുമാറ്റുമ്പോള്‍ കൂടെയുണ്ടായിരുന്ന തമിഴ് പത്രപ്രവര്‍ത്തകന്‍ പറഞ്ഞു: ''സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി റൊമ്പ വയലന്റ്‌വാലിയായിറുക്ക്.'' അഞ്ചുകോടി വര്‍ഷം കൊണ്ട് പരിണമിച്ചുണ്ടായ കാടാണിത്. ആദിമവും അനന്യവുമായ വനഗന്ധം നുകര്‍ന്നുകൊണ്ട് 'ആനവിരട്ടി'യെ ഒഴിഞ്ഞുമാറി ഒറ്റയടിപ്പാതയിലൂടെ നടക്കുമ്പോള്‍ പരിസ്ഥിതി ശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞനായ ഡോ. സതീഷ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ പഴയൊരോര്‍മ പങ്കുവെച്ചു. 1980-കളുടെ തുടക്കത്തില്‍ സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയിലെത്തിയ ഒരു ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് വനിതയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ഓര്‍മ. 70 വയസ്സ് പിന്നിട്ട ഒരു അന്ധ. ബി.ബി.സി.ക്കു വേണ്ടിയുള്ള ഒരു ഡോക്യുമെന്ററിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടായിരുന്നു അവരുടെ വരവ്. മുക്കാലിയില്‍നിന്ന് നടന്ന് സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയിലൂടെ നീലഗിരിയിലേക്കുള്ള സഞ്ചാരം. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലിയുടെ ഉള്‍ക്കാടുകളില്‍ നിശ്ശബ്ദത ഇപ്പോഴും തൊട്ടറിയാവുന്ന അനുഭവമാണ്. നിശ്ശബ്ദത ചൂഴ്ന്നു നില്ക്കുന്ന കാട്ടിലൂടെ നടന്നുപോകുന്ന അന്ധയായ സ്ത്രീ.
ബ്യൂണസ്അയേഴ്‌സിലെ ഗ്രന്ഥാലയത്തില്‍ അക്ഷരങ്ങള്‍ക്കു നടുവിലിരിക്കുന്ന ഹോര്‍ഷെ ലൂയിസ് ബോര്‍ഷെ എന്ന അന്ധനായ ലൈബ്രേറിയന്റെ ചിത്രം ഒരു മിന്നല്‍പ്പിണരുപോലെ ഉള്ളിലേക്ക് കയറിവരുന്നു. സൈലന്റ്‌വാലി എന്താണെന്ന് ചോദിച്ചാല്‍ അതിനുള്ള ഉത്തരം ഈ അന്ധയായ സ്ത്രീയുടെ യാത്രയാണ്. അത്രമേല്‍ അഗാധവും അപാരവുമായ അനുഭവമാണ് ഈ താഴ്‌വാരം നമുക്കായി കാത്തുസൂക്ഷിക്കുന്നത്.





Kerala is all set to celebrate the silver jubilee of the declaration of evergreen rainforest Silent Valley as the National Park after one of the country's pioneering conservation struggles which saved the rich treasure house of flora and fauna from destruction for a hydro power project.

At the height of the campaign which saw environmentalists, scientists, writers and concerned public at large coming
together, the rare biosphere on the southern slopes of the Western Ghats was declared a National Park on November 15,
1984 and was formally inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi the next year.

But looking back, some of those who were in the forefront of the campaign now appear slightly skeptical on whether the
message of the Silent Valley campaign has helped stop vandalisation and degradation of nature in other parts of the
country in the name of development.

'It certainly was a crucial phase in the conservation history of India. But it is sad to know that the core message of the Silent Valley movement has not yet been conveyed to the world even during its sliver jubilee', said Prof M K Prasad , who was a leading campaigner for the Silent Valley.

'What is important is now is to make use of the occasion to sent a strong message across the country that nature could be
protected only by its scientific management,' he told PTI.Prof Prasad, former PVC of Calicut University says though several comprehensive studies were done and submitted to the authorities for further conservation of national parks and
forests in Kerala, they were not implemented in right earnest.

'The silver jubilee of Silent Valley movement should not be turned into an occasion only for verbal exercises on conservation or reciting poetry on nature. It should be an opportunity to work out a scientific perspective plan to save nature from further degradation,' he said.

The Silent Valley, spread around 237.52 sq km in Palakkad district, is a botanical treasure trove of over 1000 species
of flowering plants, orchids, ferns, lichens and algae.

The area is home to different species of mammals, including the highly endangered Lion-tailed and Bonnet Macaques,
reptiles, amphibians, birds and butterflies.




Known to scientists and explorers since the 19th century, the Silent Valley caught the public eye when a small band of
environmentalists came out against the state government's plan to build a big power project by harnessing Kunthi River,
flowing through the forest.

As the government stood firm and moved to secure clearances to start work, what was initially a local resistance gained
momentum, enlisting support from national and international environment groups to become Kerala's first ever mass movement
for protection of nature.

Scientists and academics were soon joined by writers, cultural leaders and the 'Save Silient Valley' movement gained
support from forums like Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad. It also sparked strong reactions in school and college campuses,
where the young for the first time came to realize the dangers of unrestrained destruction of nature.Opponents of the movement often sought to demoralise the campaigners dubbing them as fighting for a few 'monkeys' ignoring the development of Kerala and the benefits for the common man.

But as the campaigners stood firm and the issue even received support from green movements the world over, the Centre proposed detailed studies of the impact of degradation of the forest. which ultimately led to dropping of the project proposal.

Interestingly, even after Silent Valley became a successful symbol of conservation struggle, a few years back a proposal
was mooted to set up a run-of-river power project at Pathrakkadavu, close to the core of the Silent Valley. It had
been shelved in the face of stiff resistance from environmentalists and scientists.




Known as Sirendhry Forests based on folk traditions associating the areas with characters of the great Indian epic Mahabharata,the scientific and environmental importance of the area was first recognized by British botanists who explored
the area and mentioned in Silent Valley in their records.

The biosphere, which was part of the British Malabar, was declared a reserve forest in the 19th century itself. Of the
total 237.54 sq km, 89.54 sq km forms the core and the rest treated as buffer zone. PTI

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

DANGEROUS MOVE.....

DANGEROUS MOVE--PROSPEROUS FUTURE

FROM U.P. LATEST MOVEMENT AGAINST CORRUPTION. SOME IAS YOUNGSTERS DECLARED DETAILS OF THEIR ASSETS TO PUBLIC


We appeal to all the public servants of our country to declare all their assets in public domain so that the public or any other agency may scrutinise and examnine them anytime. we believe this will go a long way in promoting probity, accountability and transparency in public life in our country.


Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Raju Sharma IAS UP Cadre (1982 Batch), Presently on Central Deputation, Declares His Assets