This is the story of the transformation of a 'communist' into a 'superstitious idiot'.
my memories of him starts with that of a rebel.A rebel not only in his home but also in his college(rather in school). One who always fights with the 'system', whether its his 'parents' or his 'teachers'. He was suspended many times from his college ( st.marys. s.bathery) during his pre-degree years. Once 4 manhandling his professor who was a priest. His reason was quite simple..."the professor was tooo religious" (hey what else would you expect from a priest). as expected he could not complete his 'pdc', but still my teachers in st.mary's remembers him,and i was known there as 'his brother'(in every sense).
later he joined an ITI in calicut district. There he was a full time SFI worker. The first poster of a martyr I ever seen was that of Com:Rajesh,and that was in his room...Then he got a job in an MNC with five digit salary.
then came the next stge of evolution-Man to Monkey- it was so gradual that it can explained in 5 steps...Liberal Left--Broad Left--Liberal cenrtris--Broad Right--....at last a "rightist, superstitious ,god fearing(!),aristrocratic nair boy"
First he started visiting local temples,realizing the need of more divinity shifted to guruvaayoor...still more divinity...shabarimala( that tooo twice a year)....
the shock came when one day he addressed v.s and Pinarayi as "pulayans" and C.P.I.(m) as pulayans party...i ignored them as just antother foul mouth play.but the shock persisted when his mother told me the reason why he is unmarried even at 32.
He was searching for "god fearing,fair,aristrocratic nair girls" for last five years at the rate of atleast one a week. He did find some,but then comes the next step "ellaaa poruthangalum uthamamaaakanam".....So hardly any girls in the age group of 18-30 is left in my district (geographically that includes some parts of kannur,kozhikode,malappuram ,tamilnadu and even karnataka).
The shock upon shock came last december,when i heard of his visit to a "local god" called 'vishnu maya'- who is in the last step of ''class ladder'' of gods--eats chicken and beef, drinks chicken blood and vaaattu chaarayam-- or in my friend's own words a pulayan god... Vishnu maya revealed my friend the reason 4 the obstcles to his marriege...reason as simple as vishnu maya himself....''two devatharu trees planted 20 years ago by his uncle in front of his tharavaadu.(uncle says he bought them for Rs.500 each.20 years ago...poor guy lost his money). Even before vishnu maaya completed his words the trees fell down....(the magic of mobile phone...)
Now all the omens are out, and my friend is getting marrieed on "1 april 2007"( the most appropriate day). so please cut down devatharu trees in your garden(if there is any, if not prefer cocunut trees) and get married...