September 27, 2008

An Unholy Crusade

India is so called democrated country and it gives me pain when I think of such attacks happens against Christianity. But unfortunately the Government is very slow in taking action against the culprits. At the same time I am really appreciate the work of the media for bringing the real incidents before the presence of the public. We the Indians should not allow such violence against any religion. Let the people think of the social upliftment and educational developenment which the country receives thro' Christianity. Let there be peace and love in the country. Let us continue to hold our unity and democracy and prove that we are one and no one can break our unique unity by their voilence and terrerarism. May the Lord change the heart of the people who are attacking the churches and Christian people and the missionaries.

There is no way the BJP and its affiliates will give up attacking the minorities in Karnataka. They would pretend but they will not. It is party of the killers of Gandhi, murderers of Muslims in Gujarat, bomb-makers of UP and the communal carnage across the country. Their want to make the Advani the Prime Minister. Given the sanity of the nation, Advani will remain the Prime Minister in waiting forever. You can't win votes by attacks. The Dalits continue to be victims of caste violence. The backwards are second class citizens and now we will have the minorities to be destroyed. What we need to destroy is the communal hate of the BJP and work for an India of humanity. We do not need parties like the BJP and social groups like the Bajrangis, VHPs and others. I am an Indian; christians are India. So are the Muslims. Dalits too as well as the OBCs. We do not need high caste and low caste people. India needs brothers and sisters to live as members of one human family. Denounce violence

Regards,

J@$$!M

September 26, 2008

A.K.G - From sthyagrahi to Revolutionary



  • 1904 Was born in Mavilayi, Kannur District.
  • 1923 Became schoolteacher in an elementary school.
  • 1926-29 Participated actively in Congress Party.
  • 1930 Joined a Satyagraha and was jailed. Became full-time political worker.
  • 1931 Participated as a Captain of the volunteers, in the Guruvayoor Temple-entry Satyagraha.
  • 1934 Joined Congress Socialist Party, founded in Kerala.
  • 1936 Led unemployed jatha from Cannanore to Madras-600 miles on foot.
  • 1937-38 Participated in workers’ struggles and militant peasant agitations.
  • 1939 Joined Communist Party.
  • 1941 Escaped from Vellore Jail.
  • 1946-47 Jailed and spent Independence Day in prison.
  • 1948-51 Jailed under preventive detention; case in Supreme Court.
  • 1951 Elected President of AIKS.
  • 1952 Elected to Lok Sabha and became Leader of the Communist Party in Parliament.
  • Elected subsequently in 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1971, Parliamentary elections.
  • 1952 Visited China and the Soviet Union, attending the 19th Congress of the CPSU.
  • 1957 Participated in the Samyukta Maharashtra and Mahagujarat movement. Arrested in Gujarat.
  • Gave leadership to the struggle of retrenched labourers of India Coffee Board which resulted in the formation of Indian Coffee Houses.
  • 1958 Went to Punjab to aid the peasants in the anti-betterment levy struggle.
  • 1959 Led the struggles of Amravathi peasants in Kerala and went on prolonged hunger strike.
  • 1960 Led peasant jatha in Kerala demanding land reform.
  • 1962 Jailed by the Congress government.
  • 1963 Led peasants against eviction and police terror in Keerithode, Kerala.
  • 1963 Among the 32 leaders of the National Council of the CPI who walked out.
  • 1964 Participated in the Seventh Congress of the CPI(M) elected to the CC and PB in which position he remained till his death.
  • 1965-66 Jailed by the Congress government.
  • 1970 Gave leadership to the militant hutment dwellers struggle of agricultural labour in Kerala where scores died in police firings and goonda attacks.
  • 1972 Participated in the Kerala surplus land struggle and was arrested.
  • 1975 Arrested under MISA and later released.
  • 1977 Visited Kannur district to oppose police-Congress repression.
  • March 22, 1977 Died in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital after a severe stroke.

Regards,

J@$$!M