The following ‘notice’ appeared a day before the election (24 October 2010) in a constituency of Kottayam Municipality where four candidates are in the fray. The ‘notice’ was widely distributed among selected Christian families who are relatively apolitical and at the premises of local churches where the faithful had come to attend the Sunday mass. The ‘notice’ can be considered as an indication of an increasing trend...

The girl students in hostels are advised not to use skin tight dresses, fancy costumes, jewels etc. They should be decently dressed in the campus and in the hostels. They should not interact with the boy students after working hours, and if any girl student is found talking with boy students after working hours for an unduly long time or if she is found in secluded spots talking to the boy students, she will be dealt with strictly...

Don’t let us die We are the future of this country When the sentence finished Firing started and took lives of 30 innocent students Sky started bleeding And the rain swallowed the sorrow Don’t let us die We are the hope of millions Through us they see their dreams When the prayer stopped A train ran over them School bell started ringing But no one heard! Our country is hopeless Our dreams are wet We pray but we don’t believe Don’t...