Both groups may be in shock. The court order is clear.
The people want unity though some leaders prefer quarrels for all the time. Paul Karukappilli and team should show their leadership quality by initiating the process for unity.
Ruling judge: DAVID A. BOYNTON
Full court order
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland Fokana and TS Chacko Vs
George Koshy, Sasidharan nair and Aniyan George Order Upon consideration of the complaint and the counter complaint, and consistent with the Court’s oral opinion of May 7, 2008, the court finds that the election by the members of the General Council of Fokana in June 2006 was null and void and did not result in the election of any duly elected officers of Fokana. Consequently, pursuant to Article VI, 4 of the Bylaws, the Fokana officers of 2004-2006 remained the legitimate officers of Fokana until such time as the General council could elect new officers. In January, 2008, the general Council met and duly elected new officers. The actions of Mr George and others to elect new officers of Fokana were unauthorized by the Fokana bylaws and therefore are deemed to be null and void. Therefore, it is this 7th day of May, 2008 by the Circuit Court of Montgomery county,
Ordered, that defendant George Koshy is permanently enjoined from misrepresenting to any person that he is the Chairman of Fokana board of trustees and it is further, Ordered that Defendant Sasidharan nair is permanently enjoined from mirepresenting to any person that he is the President of Fokana unless elected to said office by the Fokana general council, and it is further,
Ordered that Defendant aniyan George is permanatly enjoined from misrepresenting to any person that he is the Secretary of fokana unless electe to said office by the Fokana General council, and it is further Ordered that Defendants Koshy, Nair and George are permanently enjoined from conducting or otherwise convening any meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors, or General Council of Fokana in violation of the constitution and Bylaws of that organization, and it is further
Ordered that, Defendants Koshy, Nair, and George are permanently enjoined from asserting or attempting to assert any administrative, financial or managerial control over Fokana until such time as defendants have been elected to offices of Fokana by the General Council, and it is further Ordered, that the election results of January 19, 2008 are determines to be valid and legitimate and those officers elected are deemed the legitimate officers of Fokana, and it is further
Ordered, that on the Counter Complaint, the court grants a judgment in favor of the Counter-Defendants. —————————–
ORDER OF COURT (BOYNTON, J.) THAT DEFENDANTS KOSHY, NAIR, AND GEORGE ARE PERMANENTLY ENJOINED FROM ASSERTING OR ATTEMPTING TO ASSERT ANY ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL OR MANAGERIAL CONTROL OVER FOKANA UNTIL SUCH TIME AS DEFENDANTS HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO OFFICES OF FOKANA BY THE FOKANA GENERAL COUNCIL; THAT THE ELECTION RESULTS OF JANUARY 19, 2008 ARE DETERMINED TO BE VALID AND LEGITIMATE AND THOSE OFFICERS ELECTED ARE DEEMED THE LEGITIMATE OFFICERS OF FOKANA; AND THAT ON THE COUNTER COMPLAINT, THE COURT GRANTS A JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTER-DEFENDANTS AS TO ALL COUNTS, ENTERED. (COPIES HANDED/MAILED)
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiry-index.jsp
(The following is an unofficial report. We have not received the court paper yet. So there could be mistakes. Sorry about that)
The Montgomery County Superior Court in Maryland accepted Paul Karukappillil as president of Fokana and TS Chacko as the trustee board chair.
It said the trustee board meeting that elected George Koshy as chair on August 19, 2007, was invalid. Also only six people were trustee board members. The 3 people who were elected during the Orlando convention had no right to participate in the trustee board meeting.
Once the court invalidated the election, George Korath and john Issac should have continued.
The general council notice issued by Aniyan George was invalid. It should have been done by John issac.
The May 27, 2007 meeting that elected TS Chacko as trustee board chiar was valid. The trustee board co-opting three more new people was also valid.
The election by phone was invalid. The Fokana constitution says that a phone election can be conducted to fill vacancies arising due to death or resignation.
The general council on January 19, 2008 that elected Paul Karukappillil and team was valid.
The court issued seven permanent injunctions. It said that Sasdharan Nair, Aniyan George and George Koshy should not do any asset mangement, or other dealings for Fokana.
The counter petition by Sasidharan Nair group was also rejected for lack of evidence.
The judgment did not say anything about convention venue. When asked, the judge said the general council will decide on that.
(Errors and omissions are possible. so pl wait for the full judgment)
The Montgomery County Superior Court will pronounce its verdict in the Fokana case tomorrow at 10 am (May-7), it is expected. Today (May 6) five people gave their testimony.
From the TS group, Dr. M Anirudhan, George Korath and John Issac and from the official group George Koshy and Sasidharan Nair testified.
About 35 people from both groups were at the court. Of this, around 26 were from TS group.
The Montgomery County Superior Court will hear the arguments of both groups on May 6. The court may pronounce its judgment soon.
What will happen after that? There are three possible scenarios.
1) Karukappilly and team loses.
2) Sasidharan Nair and team loses.
3) The court asks to conduct another election.
The court may recognize one group as the real Fokana. Then the other group has to appeal the decision to conduct the July convention. If the court asks to conduct an election based on 2006 list, still it will create problems for the convention(s)
Or is it possible to unite after May 6? Anyway, both conventions should be held as the hotels were booked and lot of money is involved.
WHY I AM RUNNING AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF FOKANA? PRESS CLUB DID A WONDERFUL JOB TO UNITE THE ORGANIZATION.
BUT TWO GROUPS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THEIR PROPOSALS. KARUKAPALLIL GROUP WANTS THE 2010 CONVENTION IN NEW YORK AND JOHN TITUS ALSO WANTS THE 2010 CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS OR ELSEWHERE IN WEST COAST.
THE TWO GROUPS ARE WORKING HARD TO SPLIT FOKANA AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT IS VERY SAD TO SEE THE SITUATION OF THE GREAT ASSOCIATION. THE SO CALLED LEADERS ARE WORKING TO SPLIT FOKANA. ONE CONVETION IN HOUSTON, AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TWO CONVENTIONS IN 2010. ONE IN THE WEST COSAT AND ANOTHER IN NEW YORK. HOW CAN WE STOP THIS ? WE NEED TO WORK HARD TO UNITE FOKANA AND TAKE IT TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
I AM RUNNING AS THE PRESIDENT OF FOKANA IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND BRING THE CONVENTION TO NEW YORK. I HAVE A NEW UNITED FOKANA GROUP ME TO BRING THE CONVENTION TO NEW YORK THROUGH ELECTION.
THE GENERAL COUNCIL AND DELEGATES DECIDE ON THE NEW LOCATION. THEY WILL ELECT THE NEXT FOKANA PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICIALS. THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND I FEEL IF WE BRING THE CONVENTION TO NEW YORK AND ACCOMADATE KARUKAPALLIL GROUP IN NEW YORK CONVETION WHICH THEY ALREADY WANT, FOKANA WILL UNITE TOGETHER AGAIN.
I TOOK THIS DECESION AFTER TALKING TO LOTS OF PEOPLE, WHO LOVE FOKANA AND WANT ALL ASSOCIATIONS IN FOKANA UNDER ONE FEDERATION OF KERALA ASSOCIATION IN NORTH AMERICA.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE UNITED FOKANA. THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTION.
ABRAHAM KANJI
FOKANA VICE PRESIDENT.
HUMBLE REQUEST TO ALL MALAYALEES.
WE ALL KNOW THAT SAHIDARAN NAIR TEAM WON THE ELECTION WITH A BIG MAJORITY. YOU ELECTED US TO WORK FOR YOU AND HAVE A GREAT JUBILEE CONVENTION IN HOUSTON.
THERE WAS ONLY A TECHNICAL PROBLEM IN THE ELECTION. BUT SOON WE MADE IT A MESS AND NOW THERE IS GOING TO BE TWO FOKANA CONVENTIONS.
AMERCAN MALAYLEES ELECTED US AND WE ARE HAVING THE CONVENTION IN HOUSTON. THERE IS HARDLY THREE MONTHS FOR OUR CONVENTION.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS CONVENTION BY REGISTERING AND GIVE US YOUR SUPPORT TO HOUSTON CONVENTION TEAM. PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS CONVENTION A GRAND SUCCESS.
WE ALL WILL BE THERE TO WORK FOR AMERICAN MALAYALEES. THE UNITY IN HOUSTON IS REMARKABLE. HOUSTON ONLY HAVE ONE ASSOCIATION AND WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM BY REGISTERING AND BECOMING SPONSERS AND BE PART OF THIS GREAT CONVENTION.
LET US FORGET THE DIFFERENCES AND FEW PEOPLE’S EGOS AND WORK FOR A NEW UNITED FOKANA .WE ARE MALAYALEES ,WE ARE PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE. WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION FOR UNITING FOKANA.
ABRAHAM KANJI
HELLO MY FRIENDS
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE IDEA FOR UNITING FOKANA. WE ALL HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT WE HAVE FEW PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WANT TO CONTROL FOKANA ALL THE TIME.
MY FRIENDS WE HAVE TO TALK INDIVIDUELY THESE LEADERS AND WE CAN ASK THEM TO HAVE ONLY ONE CONVETION IN HOUSTON. NEXT ONE IN NEW YORK OR PHILADELPHIA.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE LEADERS THEY HAVE INTENTIONS FOR UNITY. WE GOT TOGETHER IN PHILADEPHIA FOR THIS PURPOSE, WITH OUT THE TWO TRUSTEE BOARDS.
I KNOW THEY DONT WANT COMPROMISE, ESPECIALY GEORGE KOSHY. I WENT FOR THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING. KOSHY WAS PRESENT. HE SAID SOME PEOPLE ARE DOINGS THINGS WRONG AGAINST HIS GROUP AND HE CAN TAKE ACTION AGAINST ME.
IT IS OK. I CAME TO FOKANA FOR THE BETTERMENT OF FOKANA. I AM NOT GOING TO SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN. I ONLY HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS. I DONT WANT BE FOKANA PRESIDENT. I DONT WANT MY PHOTOS, CUT OUTS ALL OVER KERALA. I DONT WANT MY PICTURE WITH KERALA MINISTERS AND MOVIE STARS.
PEOPLE ARE SPONSERING FOR FOKANA, PLEASE ASK THE TWO PRESIDENTS WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE MONEY. WE DONT WANT SO MANY MINISTERS AND MOVIE STARS. WE NEED A GOOD ENTERTAINMENT WITH FEW GOOD ARTISTS.
MY FRIENDS WHO WANT TO TAKE PICTURES WITH MOVIE STARS AND MINISTERS?. HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE SPENDING TO SATISFY THESE PEOPLE’S EGO? PLEASE SPEND THAT MONEY FOR THE PROJECTS WE PROMISED TO PEOPLE IN KERALA. WE PROMISED OVER ONE HUNDRED HOMES. WE GAVE MONEY FOR NINE HOUSES. PLEASE DONT PROMISE ANY MORE, LIKE HOSPITALS AND AIRPORTS.
FOKANA CANNOT DO THESE PROJECTS. FOKANA’S JOB IS NOT TO MAKE AIRPORTS AND HOSPITALS. FOKANA IS A CULTUREL ASSOCIATION, OUR JOB IS TO HELP MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS TO DEVELOP CULTERAL VALUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE CONDUCTED YOUTH FESTIVALS IN EVERY REGION, GREAT. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE FEW WINNERS TO KERALA CONVENTION. BUT WE COULD NT TAKE THEM. I NEVER WANTED A KERALA CONVENTION WITHOUT THESE WINNERS. IDID NOT ATTEND THE KERALA CONVENTION.
WE ALL SAW THE PICTURES IN ALL THE NEWS PAPPERS, IT WAS GREAT PUBLICITY, LOTS OF ARCHES THROUGH OUT KERALA. MY FRIENDS WHAT WE ACHIEVED OUT OF THIS KERALA CONVENTIONS. BESIDES THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICIALS SHOW OFF THEIR MONEY STREGTH AND ASK PEOPLE TO SPONSER THE CONVENTION IN KERALA PROMISING THEM AIRPORTS AND HOSPITALS.
WHAT WE DID FOR THE PEOPLE IN KERALA? THIS WAS JUST LIKE THE KERALA CONVENTION IN KOVALAM, WHEN GEORGE KOSHY WAS THE PRESIDENT.
THEY HAD BANQUET AT WINDSOR CASTLE HOTEL, BOAT RIDES AND PUBLIC MEETING WITH FEW MINISTERS. I HEARD ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD TO TALK LOUD TO GET TWO LAKHS PROMISED FOR DIABETIC PROGRAME WE PROMISED AT KIDANGORE HOSPITAL.
I HAVE A HUMBLE REQUEST FOR THE TWO PRESIDNTS. IF YOU PROMISE PEOPLE IT IS YOUR DUTY TO FULFILL THAT BEFORE YOU GO FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
PLEASE KEEP WORKING HARD TO DIVIDE FOKANA. THEN ONLY YOUR KING MAKERS CAN SURVIVE. KULIPICHU KULIPICHU FOKANA ELLATHAKARUTH
DEAR FRIENDS,
THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I DONT WANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF FOKANA, I AM FEELING SAD LIKE ANY MALAYALEE WHEN WE DIVIDE FOKANA WITH TWO CONVENTIONS AND TWO PRESIDENTS. I WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE LEADERS OF BOTH GROUPS AND I FELT WE COULD UNITE TOGETHER IN PHILADELPIA.
I WAS NOT GOING TO ATTEND ANY OF THE TWO KICKOFFS, BUT I THOUGHT THERE IS A CHANCE TO UNITE TWO GROUPS. IT WAS GOING GOOD, AFTER THE KCKOFFS SASHIDARAN NAIR AND PAUL KARUKAPALLIL TALKED AND SASHI ASKED PAUL TO COME TO HIS HOTEL HOLIDAY INN, I WAS ALSO STAYING IN THE SAME HOTEL. PAUL AND ALL HIS GROUP CAME TO THE HOTEL AROUND 11PM.
THEY WERE SITTING AT THE LOBY AND I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THEM. SASHI WAS HAPPY AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD TALK PRIVATELY IN HIS ROOM. SASHI WANTED TO TALK TO PAUL KARUKAPALLIL, BUT BEFORE THE TALK YOHANNAN SHANKARTHIL INSISTED HE WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS AND THEN PAUL KARUKAPALLIL GROUP GOT UPSET AND LEFT THE HOTEL.
I WENT WITH THEM AND ASKED THEM TO COME BACK AND BEGGED, THEM PLEASE DONT MAKE AN ISSUE ABOUT THE SHANKARATHIL BEHAVIOR, LET SASHI AND PAUL TALK AND MAKE A COMPRAMISE.
THEY FELT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE A COMPROMISE AND FELT INSULTED. PLEASE KEEP TALKING TO EACH OTHER WE CAN UNITE FOKANA.
THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENDS ABRAHAM KANJI
Now Fokana Vice president Abraham kanji has come froward for unity in the organization (http://www.emalayalee.com/USKeralaNewsDetails.aspx?ID=1109)
Is it not too late for unity? Unless the court recognizes one group, can unity be possible? But a court decision may come only after the Houston convention.
It seems Fokana has virtually split with the election of new officials. Is there any chance for a united organization left?
Is the split good for the community?
ONE PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS LIFE!*
Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying
of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received
during a heart surgery in 1983. From world over, he
received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed:
“Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease”?
To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over –
50,000,000 children start playing tennis, 5,000,000
learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional
tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the
grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to
the finals, When I was holding a cup I never asked GOD
“Why me?”. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD “Why me?”
*I guess the moral is always count your blessings. There are many worse off than us!*
Condole the death
Ahmedabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Civil society and human rights activists Sunday said that Narendra Modi’s victory in the Gujarat assembly elections was a “wake up call” for the people to be more “responsive” to issues of human rights.
Ahmedabad-based human rights activist Father Cedric Prakash told IANS: “It is a wake up call for all of us to be more concerned and responsive to issues of human rights. We have to think closely on issues that concern human rights. We have to take it to the people - whether it is the sensex that concerns them more or it is the roti, kapda aur makaan (food, clothing and house).”
Noted human rights activist Teesta Setalvad said: “No matter what the results are, we will continue with our work. Unfortunately human rights has never been an electoral issue. Our effort to get justice for the victims of communal violence in Gujarat will continue unabated.”
Civil society activists had carried out a non-political campaign against Modi in this election. They launched an awareness campaign, particularly amongst the voters in rural and tribal Gujarat, to dislodge the Modi government. They had organised film shows debunking Modi’s claims on development and raised the issue of human rights of minorities and marginalized people.
Vadodara-based activists Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah said: “The election results of Gujarat will lead to the ‘Vibrant (Moditava Type) Gujarat’ and ‘SEZ of India’. It will lead to more aggressive moves on so-called development and it will be a very tough time for ordinary Gujaratis to deal with issues of livelihood. The ordinary people of Gujarat should be prepared to face the worst outcome of so-called development in more aggressive form.”
The BJP has won 117 seats out of 182 in the assembly polls.
The TS Chacko group will hold a general coucil of Fokana on January 19 in New Jersey.
The suggestions of Malayalam Pathram are simple. Every one should agree to that and end the problems this Saturday.
Subject: FOKANA – General Council Meeting
November 17, 2007 in Edison, New Jersey
This is to advise you that a special meeting of the “General Council” of FOKANA will be held per particulars below:
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2007
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Place: Holiday Inn Hotel
3050 Woodbridge Ave
Edison, NJ 08837
(Tel 732 661 1000).
All General Council members (Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, current and immediate past presidents of the member associations and authorized representatives of the member associations) are requested to attend the meeting. All association’s presidents are requested to submit the list of delegates attending the meeting, by Nov 10, 2007. (Mailing address: FOKANA General Secretary, PO Box 4, Roselle Park, NJ 07204 or E mail: Fokana2008@gmail.com or Fax 908 245 8087). For your information’s a copy of the Article V, Sections 1 & 2 and Article XIV, Sections 1, 2 & 3 of the FOKANA constitution and by-laws are attached.
The Agenda of the meeting is given below:
I look forward to seeing you all at the meeting on Nov 17th in New Jersey.
Sincerely,
Aniyan George, General Secretary
Article V. GENERAL COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Section 1: The General Council of representatives, herein after referred to as
the “General Council” or “Council”, is the supreme forum of the “Federation” and shall be composed of the following representatives drawn from the constituent member organizations/ individuals:
i. Board of Trustees
ii. All the members of the “Board of directors”
iii. Representatives of member organization based on proportional representation as per section 2 of the article.
iv. Representatives elected from among the ‘members-at-large”
Section 2. Regular / Associate members. Regular and associate members shall
have proportional representation in the Council on the basis of the following table:
Up to 25 dues paying members - 1 representative
Up to dues paying members - 2 representative
Up to dues paying members - 3 representative
Up to dues paying members - 4 representative
500 and above dues paying members - 5 representative
Article XIV. AMENDMENTS
Section 1. This constitution may be amended by the “General Council” of Representatives at any meeting thereof provided written notice of the proposed amendment has been mailed to all members not later than thirty (30) days prior to such meeting.
Section 2. An affirmative vote of majority of two-third of the members present and voting such meeting shall constitute an acceptance of the proposed amendments.
Section 3. Eligibility: A candidate running for elected office shall be a person of good-standing and be recommended by the Member Association.
Can attributing popularity/fit- in motives to Bobby Jindal’s conversion be blamed on spotty internet
connection too? In fact, that’s a double whammy for Tharoor. First, he incorrectly claims that Louisiana
is primarily Roman Catholic and that Bobby Jindal converted to fit-in. In fact, if that were one of the
motives for Mr. Jindal, he probably would have chosen one of the Baptist/Protestant denominations.
Mr. Jindal also takes a rap from Mr. Tharoor for changing his name after a white kid in the Brady
Brunch. For goodness sake, the guy was 4 year old then. Mr. Tharoor’s criticism for anything American
started in his article on Baseball and Cricket and has reached illogical extremes in this one.
Rohit, I almost agree with your analysis that this all is happening because the US opposed his candidacy on
the UN (I think though that your analysis was done tongue in cheek - assigning motive without evidence
but that’s a befitting reply to his article, isn’t it?).
A comment from SAJA:
I just don’t get it - Bobby Jindal continues to draw flak from Indian commentators because of his religious conversion - Mr. Tharoor joins the chorus as well. On top of it, he gets his facts wrong that white Louisiana is mostly Roman Catholic (like most southern states in the US, it is predominantly protestant - in this case 70%).
I am waiting to see how these luminaries will react if an Indian Catholic/Christian makes it this big in the US. In any case, it doesn’t look like that Bobby Jindal gives a damn to these feelings - he seems to be comfortable in his skin; it is these commentators who are a dime a dozen who cannot get over the spurning of their “Indian-ness” (as defined by them) by Mr. Jindal.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Should_we_be_proud_of_Bobby_Jindal/articleshow/2495846.cms
Should we be proud of Bobby Jindal?
28 Oct 2007, 0000 hrs IST
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The election of Bobby Jindal as governor of the US state of Louisiana has been greeted exultantly by Indians and Indian-Americans around the world. There’s no question that this is an extraordinary accomplishment: a young Indian-American, just 36 years old, not merely winning an election but doing so on the first ballot by receiving more votes than his 11 rivals combined, and that too in a state not noticeably friendly to minorities. Bobby Jindal will now be the first Indian-American governor in US history, and the youngest currently serving chief executive of an American state. These are distinctions of which he can legitimately be proud, and it is not surprising that Indians too feel a vicarious sense of shared pride in his remarkable ascent.
But is our pride misplaced? Who is Bobby Jindal and what does he really stand for? There are, broadly speaking, two kinds of Indian migrants in America: though no sociologist, i’ll call them the atavists and the assimilationists. The atavists hold on to their original identities as much as possible, especially outside the workplace; in speech, dress, food habits, cultural preferences, they are still much more Indian than American. The assimilationists, on the other hand, seek assiduously to merge into the American mainstream; they acquire a new accent along with their visa, and adopt the ways, clothes, diet and recreational preferences of the Americans they see around them. (Of course, there are the in-betweens, but we’ll leave them aside for now.) Class has something to do with which of the two major categories an Indian immigrant falls into; so does age, since the newer generation of Indians, especially those born in America, inevitably tend to gravitate to the latter category. Bobby Jindal is an assimilationist’s dream. Born to relatively affluent professionals in Louisiana, he rejected his Indian name (Piyush) as a very young child, insisting that he be called Bobby, after a (white) character on the popular TV show ‘The Brady Bunch‘. His desire to fit in to the majority-white society he saw around him soon manifested itself in another act of rejection: Bobby spurned the Hindusim into which he was born and, as a teenager, converted to Roman Catholicism, the faith of most white Louisianans. There is, of course, nothing wrong with any of this, and it is a measure of his precocity that his parents did not balk at his wishes despite his extreme youth. The boy was clearly gifted, and he soon had a Rhodes scholarship to prove it. But he was also ambivalent about his identity: he wanted to be seen as a Louisianan, but his mirror told him he was also an Indian. The two of us won something called an ‘Excelsior Award’ once from the Network of Indian Professionals in the US, and his acceptance speech on the occasion was striking — obligatory references to the Indian values of his parents, but a speech so American in tone and intonation that he mangled the Indian name of his own brother. There was no doubt which half of the hyphen this Indian-American leaned towards. But there are many ways to be American, and it’s interesting which one Bobby chose. Many Indians born in America have tended to sympathise with other people of colour, identifying their lot with other immigrants, the poor, the underclass. Vinita Gupta, in Oklahoma, another largely white state, won her reputation as a crusading lawyer by taking up the case of illegal immigrants exploited by a factory owner (her story will shortly be depicted by Hollywood, with Halle Berry playing the Indian heroine). Bhairavi Desai leads a taxi drivers’ union; Preeta Bansal, who grew up as the only non-white child in her school in Nebraska, became New York’s Solicitor General and now serves on the Commission for Religious Freedom. None of this for Bobby. Louisiana’s most famous city, New Orleans, was a majority black town, at least until Hurricane Katrina destroyed so many black lives and homes, but there is no record of Bobby identifying himself with the needs or issues of his state’s black people. Instead, he sought, in a state with fewer than 10,000 Indians, not to draw attention to his race by supporting racial causes. Indeed, he went well beyond trying to be non-racial (in a state that harboured notorious racists like the Ku Klux Klansman David Duke); he cultivated the most conservative elements of white Louisiana society. With his widely-advertised piety (he asked his Indian wife, Supriya, to convert as well, and the two are regular churchgoers), Bobby Jindal adopted positions on hot-button issues that place him on the most conservative fringe of the Republican Party. Most Indian-Americans are in favour of gun control, support a woman’s right to choose abortion, advocate immigrants’ rights, and oppose school prayer (for fear that it would marginalise non-Christians). On every one of these issues, Bobby Jindal is on the opposite side. He’s not just conservative; on these questions, he is well to the right of his own party. That hasn’t stopped him, however, from seeking the support of Indian-Americans. Bobby Jindal has raised a small fortune from them, and when he last ran (unsuccessfully) for governor in 2004, an army of Indian-American volunteers from outside the state turned up to campaign for him. Many seemed unaware of his political views; it was enough for them that he was Indian. At his Indian-American fundraising events, Bobby is careful to downplay his extreme positions and play up his heritage, a heritage that plays little part in his appeal to the Louisiana electorate. Indian-Americans, by and large, accept this as the price of political success in white America: it’s just good to have “someone like us” in such high office, whatever views he professes to get himself there. So Indians beam proudly at another Indian-American success story to go along with Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, Hargobind Khorana and Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, Kal Penn and Jhumpa Lahiri. But none of these Indian Americans expressed attitudes and beliefs so much at variance with the prevailing values of their community. Let us be proud that a brown-skinned man with an Indian name has achieved what Bobby Jindal has. But let us not make the mistake of thinking that we should be proud of what he stands for. |
Ever since the LDF came to power, the Kerala Catholic community began a campaign against it. Trichur archbishop even mentioned of a ‘Vimochana Samaram.’
The reason was the move of Education Minister MA Baby to control the self financing colleges. He acted without much thinking, it seemed. Every one knows that Kerala needs more professional colleges. But the government has no money. So Kerala students went outside paying huge amount to get a professional degree. In such a scenario, the self financing coleges offered education in Kerala itslef for money. Of course a business.
Is that good or bad? We need to discuss further. But the Marxists have a glorious tradition of sabotaging anything new. They were against the tractors once. then they were against the computers. now they are against the nuclear deal with America. Well, they never say ’yes’ to anything.
The current controversy is about a dead man, Mathai Chacko, former MLA from Thiruvambadi. Thamarassery bishop Mar Chittilappally says Mathai Chacko recieved some rituals from the church when he was on death bed.
Was it wrong? Is it a news? Not at all.
Has the bishop got any authority to reveal about the sacraments? No. he has no authority. He has a duty to keep such things as sacred and keep inside the church only.
Any Catholic has a right to avail the church services. He may be in any political party. The church authorities shamelessly produced marraige certificate etc to prove their point. What a shame.
But Mathai Chacko’s wife denied that they were married in a church. It means the documents, the church produced were fraud. If so, it is a crime.
All people know that communism in Kerala is only a political party. People join them for their economic ideology, not for its materialist philosophy. So the Marxists will go to Sabarimala and get married in Church. Nobody found any problem with it till now. EK Nayanar’s ashes were immersed in sea.
The bishops should think of the situation before this government came to power. The RSS was virtually ruling and Oommen Chandy government cold not do anything against them. As a result of the growth of RSS, Muslim fundamentalism too grew. Christians, as usual timid, spoke of peace.
That situation has changed with the new government in power. Yet the RSS was daring enough to attack a poor pastor and wife in Wayanad. Such attacks will grow once this government falls.
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