Kerala professor whose palm was chopped off says RSS, PFI cannot be in contrast

By IANS

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Life was easy for Prof T J Joseph who was educating the Malayalam language at New Man College, Thodupuzha in Kerala.

It all modified one morning when he alongside together with his household was returning residence on July 4, 2010, after attending the Holy Sunday companies at a close-by church in his hometown Muvattupuzha. A gaggle of eight males in an Omni van waylaid him, blocked his automotive, dragged him out, and chopped off his proper palm.

The motive: He had set a query paper for the second-year B.com college students of Newman College through which the Islamists claimed he had used derogatory phrases in opposition to Prophet Mohammed. The dastardly act that shocked the state was dedicated by the Popular Front of India activists after the alleged verdict of an unlawful court docket functioning in Erattupetta in Kottayam district.

Life took a flip for the more serious for Joseph, who was sacked from the faculty by the Christian administration. His spouse, Salomi dedicated suicide in 2014 leaving him shattered.

His autobiography, “Attupokatha Ormakal” (Unforgettable Memories) is a tough account of what he had undergone in life and received the Kerala Sahithya Academy award. It has been translated into English, “A Thousand Cuts: An Innocent Question and Deadly Answers”

After the Central authorities imposed a ban on the PFI for 5 years with the Kerala police sealing its workplaces and virtually all its high management behind bars, Joseph spoke to IANS in a brief interview. He was not eager to talk a lot.

IANS: What is your opinion in regards to the Government of India’s ban on the Popular Front of India?

Joseph: I used to be a sufferer of their motion on July 4, 2010, as you all know and the way can a sufferer communicate on the matter. If I used to be an unusual citizen, I’ve clear viewpoints on the identical. I haven’t got a lot to remark in regards to the ban imposed on the Popular Front of India by the Government of India. At instances it’s higher to maintain silent and lots of the victims of the Popular Front’s assaults usually are not alive now and in solidarity with them, I’m additionally not talking.

They cannot communicate and equally, I’m additionally holding quiet. However the Government of India’s was a political determination, one thing associated to nationwide safety and it’s higher for political leaders, organisations, and others to talk on the identical.

IANS: After the Popular Front was banned, there may be an ecosystem creating in Kerala and the remainder of the nation that the PFI and RSS are two sides of the identical coin and the RSS also needs to have been banned. Your remark.

Joseph: How are you able to equate a nationalist group just like the RSS with the Popular Front of India? The RSS is a nationalist group with a fierce love for the nation, with its tradition and its craving to make our nice nation among the best on this planet.

The Popular Front is having a unique viewpoint and everybody is aware of what they’ve finished right here. The cost sheet given in the course of the ban is itself a transparent pointer as to what they have been as much as.

IANS: You weren’t in India and to my data you have been in Ireland. What was the programme there?

Joseph: I used to be in Ireland with my daughter and got here again a number of days in the past. I had addressed greater than ten brief gatherings in Ireland. In reality, they have been gatherings of Keralites in Ireland. While coming again, I attended 5 conferences within the United Kingdom additionally.

IANS: Do you’re feeling that the ban on the PFI will cut back the extremist nature of such a gaggle of individuals?

Joseph: The Government of India has banned that group for particular causes that could be associated to nationwide safety. If the federal government and different businesses hold a correct tab on the actions of such folks, then the opportunity of regrouping is far much less.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Life was easy for Prof T J Joseph who was educating the Malayalam language at New Man College, Thodupuzha in Kerala.

It all modified one morning when he alongside together with his household was returning residence on July 4, 2010, after attending the Holy Sunday companies at a close-by church in his hometown Muvattupuzha. A gaggle of eight males in an Omni van waylaid him, blocked his automotive, dragged him out, and chopped off his proper palm.

The motive: He had set a query paper for the second-year B.com college students of Newman College through which the Islamists claimed he had used derogatory phrases in opposition to Prophet Mohammed. The dastardly act that shocked the state was dedicated by the Popular Front of India activists after the alleged verdict of an unlawful court docket functioning in Erattupetta in Kottayam district.

Life took a flip for the more serious for Joseph, who was sacked from the faculty by the Christian administration. His spouse, Salomi dedicated suicide in 2014 leaving him shattered.

His autobiography, “Attupokatha Ormakal” (Unforgettable Memories) is a tough account of what he had undergone in life and received the Kerala Sahithya Academy award. It has been translated into English, “A Thousand Cuts: An Innocent Question and Deadly Answers”

After the Central authorities imposed a ban on the PFI for 5 years with the Kerala police sealing its workplaces and virtually all its high management behind bars, Joseph spoke to IANS in a brief interview. He was not eager to talk a lot.

IANS: What is your opinion in regards to the Government of India’s ban on the Popular Front of India?

Joseph: I used to be a sufferer of their motion on July 4, 2010, as you all know and the way can a sufferer communicate on the matter. If I used to be an unusual citizen, I’ve clear viewpoints on the identical. I haven’t got a lot to remark in regards to the ban imposed on the Popular Front of India by the Government of India. At instances it’s higher to maintain silent and lots of the victims of the Popular Front’s assaults usually are not alive now and in solidarity with them, I’m additionally not talking.

They cannot communicate and equally, I’m additionally holding quiet. However the Government of India’s was a political determination, one thing associated to nationwide safety and it’s higher for political leaders, organisations, and others to talk on the identical.

IANS: After the Popular Front was banned, there may be an ecosystem creating in Kerala and the remainder of the nation that the PFI and RSS are two sides of the identical coin and the RSS also needs to have been banned. Your remark.

Joseph: How are you able to equate a nationalist group just like the RSS with the Popular Front of India? The RSS is a nationalist group with a fierce love for the nation, with its tradition and its craving to make our nice nation among the best on this planet.

The Popular Front is having a unique viewpoint and everybody is aware of what they’ve finished right here. The cost sheet given in the course of the ban is itself a transparent pointer as to what they have been as much as.

IANS: You weren’t in India and to my data you have been in Ireland. What was the programme there?

Joseph: I used to be in Ireland with my daughter and got here again a number of days in the past. I had addressed greater than ten brief gatherings in Ireland. In reality, they have been gatherings of Keralites in Ireland. While coming again, I attended 5 conferences within the United Kingdom additionally.

IANS: Do you’re feeling that the ban on the PFI will cut back the extremist nature of such a gaggle of individuals?

Joseph: The Government of India has banned that group for particular causes that could be associated to nationwide safety. If the federal government and different businesses hold a correct tab on the actions of such folks, then the opportunity of regrouping is far much less.