THE INDIAN COMMENTATOR

On 30 October 2014, during a rainy day, just after sunset, the people of Kochi were said to witness an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) in the sky: Author Anu Lal analyses. Image Courtesy: Google Drawing a circle of fifty-kilometer diameter with Alapuzha at its centre could cover both Kochi and Pathanamthitta well within its boundaries. With evidence of bird flu of H5N1 type in this region within weeks of the UFO’s appearance, the connection can be more than just a co-incidence. Whether what had happened could be explained away, using rational explanations or scientific theories or not, is not the important question here. Is there, actually, a connection between the UFO and the H5N1? The authorities should establish the connection if there is one. And they must, also prove it scientifically or by any other means possible, if there isn’t any.   To this day, however, the government gave no explanations, and no media have taken a serious look at the possible “UFO-bird-flu...

Image Courtesy: intoday.in On 30 October 2014, during a rainy day, just after sunset, the people of Kochi were said to witness an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) in the sky. News media reports say that it was raining, and the sky was cloudy. A few lights were spotted in the sky. Apparently, after a few moments, the UFO vanished “under the cover of rain and passing clouds”, as per the report in a major online daily. Most of the mainstream media have carefully used the term “UFO-like lights” to describe the appearance of lights in the sky.     Image Courtesy: www.discoveryuk.com/ Chuck Zachowski The popular translation for UFOs in Malayalam language, the first language of Kerala state, is “Parakkum Thalika” or Flying Saucer. Kochi is a metropolitan city that plays a very crucial role in the economic and cultural life of Kerala. Kerala sits close to the equator and is one of the southern states in India. Could this UFO be a visitation from extraterrestrials thro...

Once, in the class I teach, there came a point where everything seemed too drowsy. I did not even know what went wrong. Although I was explaining the author’s ideas on how women were ‘treated’ after marriage by their partners, something was missing from the class. I have always felt that acting on immediate spur during a particularly monotonous and routine process, could rejuvenate the situation. It is as if a stream of creative energy flows into my being and I share it with everyone else surrounding me.  At the spur of the moment, I decided to ask three questions. 1. What is marriage ? 2. Which form of marriage do you prefer ?                   3. Which is the marriageable age in your opinion, for both boys and girls?      Read the previous chapter here When even their dating is pre-arranged by their respective families, it is a question to what extent one’s...