Malayalam poet-conservationist Sugathakumari dies at 86
Born to freedom fighter and writer Bodheswaran and well-known Sanskrit teacher Karthiyayaniamma in 1934, she inherited a rich legacy in poetry. She began her literary life writing for a weekly in 1957 under the pen name Sreekumar. December 24, 2020 4:16:29 am
Sugathakumari had tested positive for coronavirus.
RENOWNED Malayalam poet, conservationist and women’s rights activist Sugathakumari, who was on life support for the past two days after testing positive for Covid-19, died at the government medical college hospital here on Wednesday. She was 86.
She is survived by daughter Lakshmi Devi.
Sugathakumari, who has been affectionately called “Sugatha Teacher” by her admirers, leaves behind a literary life spanning six decades. Born to freedom fighter and writer Bodheswaran and well-known Sanskrit teacher Karthiyayaniamma in 1934, she inherited a rich legacy in poetry. She began her
Behind Abhaya murder verdict: Thief’s statement, kitchen disruption, forensic report
The location of the murder is significant – a convent, from which male presence is completely and unequivocally banned. Updated: December 24, 2020 7:59:27 am
Father Thomas Kottoor, main accused in Abhaya murder case, being brought out of the CBI court premises after his sentencing on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
To arrive at the conclusion that Fr Thomas Kottoor and nun Sephy had
murdered sister Abhaya in 1992, the CBI court has mainly banked on disturbance in the hostel kitchen,
Adakka Raju, a thief, had told the court that he had seen Kottoor in the convent building between 4 am and 4.30 am on the day Abhaya was killed. Raju was at the site until the 5-am siren and did not see Kottoor leave the location until he himself left.
Hours after the order was passed, the two accused, charged under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence) and on bail since 2009, were sent back to jail.
The CBI had named another priest, Father Jose Puthrikkayl, as the second accused but the court allowed his discharge petition before the trial, which began last year, citing lack of evidence.
“I had been waiting for this day. Truth has the final victory. I have been praying for the soul of my sister to get justice,’’ said Abhaya’s brother Biju Thomas, who is employed in the Middle East. Abhaya’s parents, Thomas Aikkarakunnel and Leelamma, died in 2016.
Twenty20 in Premier League
What happens when Kerala’s largest private sector employer brings a management style to panchayat democracy? More funds, villa housing, a subsidised market, stunning electoral success, and charges of veiled autocracy. Take a look at a unique initiative that is disrupting Kerala’s deeply entrenched politics for good, and bad. Updated: December 20, 2020 7:28:12 pm
Kerala’s largest private sector employer, KITEX registered Twenty20 under the Charitable Societies Act in 2013 as fallout of a longstanding legal battle with the Congress-ruled Kizhakkambalam panchayat.
Kerala’s largest private sector employer, KITEX registered Twenty20 under the Charitable Societies Act in 2013 as fallout of a longstanding legal battle with the Congress-ruled Kizhakkambalam panchayat. In June 2012, the panchayat had refused to renew KITEX’s licence on the ground that it was contaminating water bodies from its dyeing and bleaching
Kizhakkambalam panchayat | Schemes, subsidies keep voters happy: ‘Can’t live on ideology’
The reasons for this astonishing performance are all around in the panchayat, with KITEX not just banking on government funds for schemes but also its own contribution, and CSR funds of other firms filling a crucial financial gap in welfare schemes. Updated: December 20, 2020 5:46:31 pm
Others point out that many contractors too have backtracked from taking up projects in Kizhakkambalam, consequently ensuring that a majority of the works in the panchayat are done by KITEX’s own men.
TWENTY-FIVE km from Kochi, at Kizhakkambalam, a huge model of a yellow mango fruit, with two thin leaves, standing on a podium, greets visitors. For local politicians of all hues, the mango, the poll symbol of