Page 24, Social Studies Book, Class VII, rings a bell, well this is one page which has brought an entire government machinery and a state to standstill and thereby plunging the common man into varying degrees of hardships.
Madham Illatha Jeevan (Life without Religion)
The lesson is set in a school room where the parents and their kid meet the Principal for a school admission. The Principal fills in the forms,
Principal: “What is your name?”
“Jeevan”
Principal: “Nice…father’s name?”
“Anwar Rasheed”
Principal: Mother’s name?”
“Lakshmi Devi”
The Principal looks at the parents
Principal: “What should I fill in for the kid’s religion?”
Parents : “Keep it blank…or else add No Religion”
Principal: “Caste”
Parents : “not needed”
The Principal leans back on his chair and asks solemnly
Principal: “What if he wants a religion when he grows up?”
Parents : “If he wants a religion when he grows up, he can choose the one he likes then”
End of Lesson
I simply don’t understand what all the hue and cry is all about, and as I write this, a son of the soil hailing from Ottappalam, Palakad, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is trying to convince IAEA Board of Governors and delegates from 54 countries on the safeguards agreement and other aspects of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Why is it that all the Mallus, once out of Kerala end up being brilliant????
I guess you should blame it on one Dr Vipin Gopal who first coined the phrase.... ''Gods own country''...to promote the state.
Everyone in Kerala thinks he is GOD!!!
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