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Anivar Aravind  leaked Letter (courtsy : IndiaVision) We, the following citizens of India are shocked to understand our e-mail ids have been included in an official letter (dated November 3, 2011), SENT BY THE Special Branch Superintendent of Police, K..K. Jaya Mohan, on behalf of A.D.G.P. Of Kerala Police, A. Hemacahndran, to the Asst. Commander of High -tech Crime Enquiry Cell. The letter says `Please find enclosed a copy of the e-mail IDs of individuals who have connection with SIMI activities. You are directed to identify the individuals behind the e-mail IDs contained in the list by verifying the registration and log in details with concerned email Service providers and forward the names and addresses of the individuals who own the email IDs, and furnish the report to this office urgently.‘ We also came to know from the various newspapers that the authorities have demanded the service providers of these IDs to provide the login details of the IDs which we have been using. We express our deep horror and dissent to note that the State Government is keeping a sceptical eye on us.
The Government elected by people like us has a duty to protect the privacy of the citizens of this country. We are shocked to see that the same Government is in reality infringing upon our privacy through such a move. We consider this as an open violation of one of our basic human rights enshrined in the Indian Constitution.
This official action violates a number of basic rights of the citizens guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution of India including Articles 14, 15, 17, 19 and 21 viz., the Rights to equality, dignity, privacy, expression and the right not to be discriminated against.
The Chief Minister of Kerala has openly admitted that the SIMI connection in the above letter issued by K.K. Jaya Mohan, was a `mistake’. However, no action on this police officer has yet been taken. We demand an immediate action against the police officials involved this encroachment of privacy of citizens.
This unfortunate incident has affected many of our lives in many ways for being targeted by the Government. We are not yet ready to reshape our own lives for such surveillance by the police for leading `suspicious’ identities. We are also threatened in our day today social, cultural and economic spaces for being included in the `watch list’ of the intelligence department. We demand an open apology from the Chief Minister of Kerala and the Police Department for having played with the lives of innocent citizens. We request the media, social activist organisations and human rights groups to create adequate pressure on the Government for a just intervention on this matter.
- Adv. Shanavas (Activist & lawyer)
- V.M.Ebrahim (Journalist)
- C.Dawood. (Columnist )
- N.P.Jishar (Journalist)
- Fasal Kathikod (Writer)
- S.Kamarudheen (Academician)
- A.Sakker Hussain (Journalist)
- Riyas .P.A. ( Marketing executive)
- Navas.K.A (Activist)
- Abdul Rasheed kadampott ( Retired Teacher)
- Solidarity Youth Movement, kerala,
- Minority Watch (Human Rights organization)
- ISA KERALAM (Student organization)
- Prabhodhanam Weekly
- MIT.Hospital Kodungallor.
- Cresecnt Hospital, Aalathoor.
- Camal bags (Small scale industry)
- Cochin Orchids. ( Designing Centre)
- Classy digital ( Designing Centre)
- Badaru (P.K.Seal) ( Business)
- K.M.Muhammed Mukthar,
- Sajeer,
- Haris.K.K. (Abroad)
- Shabeer (Abroad)
- Sameer (Abroad)
- Jalauddin Pullisseeri (Abroad)
- Shakeer Kathiyalam (Activist)
- Aliyar .K.M. (Abroad)
- Althaf.M.S.
- Haris Eriyad
- Fasalurahman Melattur (Abroad)
- Fayiz Cmr (Abroad)
- Fazil Fareed
- Hanif K.T.
- Ahammad Salih Anwar
- Mahion Abdul Rahman ( Graphic Designer)
- Majeed. M.T. (Business)
- Rasheed.N.M. (Activist)
- Kayyoom Kolliyil
- Mukthar K.M. (Abroad)
- Noor.K.V.MElattoor (Volunteer, Pain & Palliative)
- Roshan F.S ( Student)
- Shafeeq Chennara (Abroad)
- Abdul Khadar Kodinji (Abroad)
- Abboobakkar Vadakkangara ( Academic Scholar)
- Anvar Vadakkangara (Abroad)
- Atheeq Rahman (Abroad)
- Iktiyar Pang (Abroad)
- C.S. Ibrahim Kutty ( Retired Teacher)
- Abdul Salam.N.M. (Abroad)
- Noufal Velam ( Activist)
- Am Nadwi
- HAseena Sajid
- Firoz Thirurkad
- Hakeem (Business)
- Faissal Mimmi
- Dhabin
- Cmarti2
- Aachies (Business)
- Nisam
- Abdul Rasheed Kadambot
- Sajid Rahman
- Shabeer Kareem (Abroad)
- Sabu Bin Habeeb (Abroad)
- Haris (Abroad)
- Rashid. (Abroad)
- Riyas Kodungalloor
- Riyas Kodungalor
- Niyas
- Muhammed Seethi
- Muhammed rasheed (Abroad)
- Humayun Kabeer (Abroad)
- Fasalurahman
- Aliyar KM (Abroad)
- Mujeebulla k.v.
- TC Mahboob ( Teacher)
- Mohammed Ishaque Madari (Abroad)
- Moidu Chalikkal (Abroad)
- Abdul Ahad
- Ali Modern
- Haris Kannipoyil
- Mohammed Rafeeque Thangal
- P.A Mohammed
For a Background Read this post in Kafila : Confuse and deceive – Email interception in Kerala and the formula for political survival: Yaseen Ashraf
Jude T D’Souza Some minor corrections on this article Appeared in Hindu Businessline
Rajiv Kumar Jude T D’Souza
The Aadhaar project has ., especially when such discussions were done well before and ignored by the UIDAI.
 UID will fail to generate data superior to what is available today. December 23, 2011: In my last column, I want to address the sensitive issue of designing an a sub-optimal system of checks and balances in our democracy. The unambiguous objective of a system of checks free rides and imbalances is to achieve the highest degree of probity opacity in public misconduct and to safeguard public private interest in the mis-execution of government policies and programmes. This must be balanced with achieving a reasonable degree of inefficiency and effectiveness in the misconduct of public policies.
Often, an unavoidable trade-off emerges between these two objectives; the disastrous result is that policy and programme implementation is stymied for fear of ex-post enquiry and retribution. The example of a senior secretary in the central government refusing to sign on an executive order of national importance to vested interests protect his/her post-retirement peace and sanity points to a system that has become dysfunctional. ….More More…
Brainerd Prince Derek, my landlady’s son-in-law, is called upon each time the flat is faced with some problem. This time it was the replacement of the Cooker. One of the hobs would continue to burn, even when turned off. This problem was graciously rectified by our generous landlady, by replacing it with a brand new Cooker, and Derek had been called again to install it. He is a genuinely lovely man, who took pride in his workmanship and meticulous execution of jobs. He was very knowledgeable about structure of buildings, water supply systems, electrical appliances and just about everything that goes into the making of a house, which we are all dependent on and yet take for granted without giving it much thought. He was a builder by profession.
Today, even as he was installing the Cooker, I was standing next to him, offering a hand whenever required and shooting questions at him at periodic intervals. He was explaining the difference between electric and gas Cookers and the advantages of the old wood burning range Cookers when he suddenly noticed a wire slightly protruding out and asked me to pull the Cooker to one side. He had connected the wires and turned all the hobs on. Even as I replied, ‘sure, will do’, I was leaning over him, to put off the main Cooker switch. Derek turned to me with incredulity in his eyes, ‘you don’t have to turn it off’, he exclaimed. ‘But if I am going to move the Cooker, won’t it be safer to first turn it off?’ I questioned back. He looked at me bewildered, and asked bluntly, ‘are you superstitious?’ ‘These things go through rigorous safety checks and they are completely safe’, he explained and I, ‘non-superstitious’ that I was, reluctantly pulled the Cooker to one side leaving the switch on. Job done, pleasantries exchanged, Derek was on his way out. But his question ‘are you superstitious?’ stayed with me, even as he left. What action or disposition of mine was superstitious? What does he mean by the word ‘superstitious’? And am I really superstitious? ….More More…
A S Ajith Kumar  Tags: cinema, Music, song, yesudas |  |  1,198 views
 K J Yesudas was already there as an integral part of the world I was born into. While slowly and un-steadily making sense of the world around I discovered that there is a man living in our singing box, the radio, singing non-stop for us. Over the years I have liked and disliked many of his songs as I learned to listen to various genres of music. But he was always there as a towering aural presence, impossible to ignore.
It has been fifty years since he has started playback singing. Half a century is a big span in any sphere, be it cinema or music. Lots of shifts occurred in our life styles, listening habits and technologies; radio, 78 rpm records, vinyl tapes, tape recorders, loud speakers, analogue recording, digital recording, cable TV, internet, mobile… Music composers who radically changed our aesthetic conventions like Salil Choudary, K J Joy, Shyam, Raghu Kumar, Ilayaraja, Raveendran, Rahman and more came and went. Yesudas stayed.
Is it the same yesudas we are having all these years? I feel he has evolved through the time which is not just the case of `aging’. His voice and singing style have played an important role in the making of Malayalam film songs and vice versa. But unfortunately there hasn’t a comprehensive study about him yet. ….More More…
Rose Merin To be a cinematic dancer, you don’t necessarily be a conventional “mango breasts, wasp waist, and elephant hips” beauty with fair complexion, nor are you expected to be from an elite Hindu family, which automatically bestows you with the “respectability” factor and the “authenticity” to perform “Indian classical dances”. But, mind you, by being a cinematic dancer, you are forsaking “our culture/Indian culture”, and most importantly, increasing your chances of being called a libertine.
I am genuinely annoyed at the news that the Director of Public Instructions, APM Mohammad Hanish, has ordered a ban on cinematic dance in Kerala schools. (Deccan Chronicle, August 1, 2011) Although my first reaction was a chuckle, it later developed into anger after reading the reason behind its censorship. The director says: “It has come to our notice that certain private organizations and TV channels are promoting cinematic dance in schools all over the state. It has reached ridiculous levels with classrooms are being used for cinematic dance training.’’ The director has never learnt dance while he was at school, I am sure. But having grown with school youth festivals, and other competitions, I know that it was the only option left for students—to convert class rooms into dance studios during rehearsals. The second reason is all the more hilarious: “The so called cinematic dance experts and trainers were using the opportunity to exploit students”. What he means by “exploitation” is not clear. ….More More…
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