The MACTA - Dileep tussle

Like the rest of the nation, malayalees too like their movies.Movies with good story, script and direction have always succeeded in the box office, regardless of the star value, I dare say.Still time and again, we come across instances that reveal the crisis in malayalam film industry.The MACTA-Dileep controversy is the latest one.

Without going in to the details of the issue, as an ordinary malayalee, I feel most of the characters in this story have shown highly irresponsible, and more importantly un-professional attitude.I cant help noticing that, Kerala has become a state where controversies rule the day.So much energy and time is spent on controversies, even by the media.For a state which is reeling under rampant price rise, low growth rate and poor fiscal management, the limelight is often hogged by controversies which follow one after the other in quick succession. 

The Innocent Man

I just finished reading this book. It took me 2 years to finish the reading.I started reading the book around December 2006. I read about half of it, and one of my friends borrowed the book for himslef. It was almost a year later that I got it back. 

I had to start all over again.Finally last Saturday, I finished reading the book.

The Innocent Man by John Grisham is the author's first non-fictional work.The story is about a man wrongly convicted of rape and murder. The jury awards death sentence to Ron Williams for a crime he did not commit. The story is all about the shoddy police work and unjust judicial system. 

I was more worried by the fact that the real-life incident happened in USA, a nation that prides in its free, just and non-discrininate society.