SPECIAL PROTECTION GROUP

Special Protection Group
(The Gallant Shadows)

SORRY...!  You Are At The Wrong Place To Accomplish Your LAST WISH......

Special Protection Group
(The Gallant Shadows)

MUSE INDIA POETRY PRIZE-2014

Pleasantly surprised and delighted to have been awarded the " Your Space Monthly Poetry Prize-Mar 2014 for my poems, "As the beret hangs" and " Thus My Tryst With Peace Began" as a recognition of exceptional merit in my work. Also received a cheque for Rs-500/- towards the prize. Thank you very much the Managing Editor, Sh. GPS Rao and the Panel of Judges who took pain to go through my poems and adjudged me the winner........

 

Narendra Modi Cabinet-Cartoon

So you mean to say our constitution says nothing about privatization of cabinet berths...?

NARENDRA MODI - MEMORIES ALONG THE HISTORIC PATHWAY.

NARENDRA MODI - MEMORIES ALONG THE HISTORIC PATHWAY.

Special Protection Group

Today, during his acceptance speech, the prime minister-designate Sh. Narendra Modi got emotional while making a mention of former Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said with a touch of sadness in his tone that it would have been an icing on the cake had the ailing leader been present among them.  While watching those scenes on television, it brought back a flood of memories that defined my days with Sh. Vajpayee as an S.P.G officer. Even though the S.P.G officers are best known to have a reputation for remaining politically non-partisan as we develop an intended feeling of renunciation and revulsion towards our attachment to any political leader, it’s an accepted fact that , many S.P.G officers during those days, liked to work shoulder to shoulder with Sh. A.B. Vajpayee. It’s no surprise that Sh. Narendra Modi got emotional while mentioning Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee as he always holds him in the highest regard.

Now, when Mr. Modi is all set to become the Prime minister of India, I remember those moments, those memories along the historic pathway when our team accompanied the prime minister to Gujarat to witness the oath taking ceremony of Sh. Narendra Modi, who got a landslide victory in the Gujarat assembly polls in December 2002. Yet at the same time, I feel very passionately about the Special Protection Group, an organization so closely associated with the twists and turns of India’s political history since 1985, witnessing in muted observance the emergence, survival and of course fall of many heroes.  They are the ones who stand next to the history.……. An old picture from my Album.   

P.S:- 22nd December 2002. When we were told that our team has been earmarked to accompany the Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Gujarat to witness the oath taking ceremony of Sh. Narendra Modi, who got a landslide victory in the Gujarat assembly polls, we never expected anything extraordinary. But once the chopper carrying the Prime Minister landed at the helipad near Sardar Patel Sports Complex where Mr. Modi and his nine Ministers of Cabinet rank and six Ministers of State were all set to take the oath of office and secrecy, we could see the enormity of the massive saffron enthusiasm everywhere. Overwhelmed with the third consecutive victory of the party, about a lakh of saffron-clad BJP enthusiasts were cheering their heart out inside that huge stadium.

Outside the stadium, it was total chaos with the BJP supporters elbowing their way into the complex, throwing the entire security system haywire and thus creating some sort of concern. As thousands thronged the venue, the security system arranged was unable to put everyone through the security check as planned.

After the Governor, Sunder Singh Bhandari, administered the oath of office to Mr. Modi and his 15 Ministers which lasted for about 10 minutes, he and his Cabinet colleagues took blessings from Mr. Vajpayee, Mr. Advani and others in the dais. Among the dignitaries present were the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, the Union Human Resources Development Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, the Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, the Jharkhand Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, the party general secretary, Arun Jaitley, and some popular Hindi film stars. The former Punjab police chief, K.P.S. Gill, who briefly served as the security adviser to Mr. Modi during the riots, was also present.

 As an ex-SPG officer, I used to say…” Why you wanna try, when even the gunshots can't get us down”.

 

MOTHERS DAY

You Can't Give Back What She Has Given To You By Being Alive........!

poikayil - rajasilpi

Indu Sundara Susmitham Thookum Kunju Mullaye..!!(Mini Anand)

Anagha Sankalpa Gayike Maanasa - Aniyara (Sreekanth(Kathu))

Thoovella Thoovunnushassil --- Saphalam

OFFICE

Public Speech....Before a huge gathering at Bhadrachalam College Ground....

MULLAPERIYAR - a " crack-the-whip verdict- CARTOON

FIRST OBEY..THEN COMPLAIN....AND GET LOST.....

The fellow observers and followers of the Mullaperiyar case will probably agree with me that the verdict of Supreme Court today, though not shocking, is an absolute disgrace to the entire state of Kerala. They are confronted with an extraordinary judgment they would never have imagined. It caused immediate controversy and also fueled the regionalistic sentiments among the people of mostly similar culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds. The current verdict which is in fact a repeat of 2006 judgment looks like a prejudiced one and thus resembles that of a “crack-the – whip” order of an army general who was seriously annoyed with an act of military disobedience committed by one of his subordinates. The “Dam Safety Act” passed by the Kerala Assembly in the year 2006 to overcome the Supreme Court judgment acted as a catalyst to bring about a harsh judgment from the bench without going deeper into the details of several scientific and extensive studies on the structural, seismic and basic safety of the dam. The supreme court, by doing so, thus knowingly or unknowingly become instigator of a conflict between two states which could be easily solved if either government can afford the political repercussions of accepting the naked truths about the safety of the dam and thereby taking corrective measures. It is accepted by one and all that raising the height of the dam would be disastrous as the present structure can’t withstand the pressure. Studies have categorically concluded that the dam will collapse if the area, which is already under seismic zone, is struck by an earth quack of magnitude 7 or more. Tamil Nadu’s repeated assertions that the dam is safe even after 120 years of use have no takers. Nevertheless, just for the sake of discussion, let's imagine that the dam is quite safe and strong and can easily withstand a major earthquake of a higher magnitude, but still we can't underestimate the fear and panic in the minds of thousands of people who are living there in the dam downstream under constant threat of being washed away in the blink of an eye. Under the procedural aspect, the court should have examined whether the studies on the safety of the dam were conducted in a prompt, scientific and diligent way regardless of whether the dam under question faces an imminent collapse or not. It is also the responsibility of the court to take a decision by considering all the facts and thus taking into account the public confidence and support for the rule of law. And hence, on such issues, the court should appreciate the feelings of the public and should come up with a mutually amicable solution particularly when the Kerala government is willing to rebuild the dam with its own money, as already agreed upon, without changing the current water sharing formula. Here the court considers that all aspects were already examined and therefore concludes that no separate examination of new facts and evidences is needed. But at the end of the day, the case under question is of lives and livelihoods and hence, the court could have been more empathetic towards the lives rather than giving much more importance to the livelihoods. I feel it’s my right to voice my genuine concern for the several lakhs people living in the Mullaperiyar dam downstream……God shall save them all…….

P.S:-Titanic was believed to be unsinkable. Who would have imagined that one day America’s tallest building would be a disaster? …..! The only thing that is predictable in this universe is unpredictability.... Is there any evidence of studies showing the dam will never collapse? Let’s not listen to what politicians say. They are professionally trained liars and deceivers, propagating blatant lies as guaranteed truth and we idiots buy into their crap and false statements. Here nobody, not even the courts, have the almighty power to get back a single life, not to mention many lakhs, once lost. Here the issue is not the dam faces collapse or not, but the mistrust prevails between the two states and the cheap political gains thereon. Fear and panic in the minds of people residing there in the valley over this issue needs to be addressed at that level to pull it out by the roots. Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be for them, living in a place under constant threat of being washed away in the blink of an eye, by sitting in Delhi or somewhere else in Trivandrum. If rebuilding a dam is one solution, so be it.

 

NEW WORLD MAP

And then he came to make the whole world look the same....!

Digging a hole to plant a tree is more macho than cutting it down...!

Wi-Fi Intoxication....Cartoon

Wi-Fi Intoxication

Portrait of my Mother

My mother....