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Sunday, February 19, 2012

pirates in kerala coast ?


http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/indian-fishermen-shot-dead-italian-ship-crew-surrender-delayed-177599
                                                                   Imagine Jim Corbett , the famous man-eater tiger hunter , in the Kumaon hills with his rifle hunting for the tiger which killed 100 people . Suddenly an unfortunate random tiger (not the maneater ) coming in front of him . He shoots it and claims it as an accident . We will never blame the hunter for this accident . Now imagine Jim Corbett taking a vacation in mumbai and saw a persian cat on the street . He takes his rifle and shoots . Next day it is in the newspaper "Jim Corbett shoots persian cat and claims a tiger attacked him in mumbai streets "  . What will you think about the incident ?

Hope you have read the article in the newspaper link attached above , where two unarmed fishermen from india near kerala coast was coldbloodedly shot and killed by crew in italian ship . And the claim was they thought they were "pirates " .  When the news came in tv initially i just heard two indian fishermen were shot in the arabian sea , and though sad i thought in the vast arabian sea it is possible that it was a case of mistaken identity . But as the details came into picture sadness gave way to shock as the incident happened extremely close to kerala shore .Somalian pirates in their right mind will never try piracy near any other countrys shoreline .   Rightfully so  this stupidest explanation is not going to take the italian ship crew  any far as they are booked under section 302/304 Indian penal code as they have killed indian citizens a few kilometres from indian shoreline (technical details in article and google) .  The ship  is docked in kochi port .
                                                           
                                                                    500 years ago Vasco da Gama landed in kerala coast at Kappad beach near Calicut . History has shown clearly how the guests who were welcomed with warm hospitality took over the whole country after seeing its riches . Its a paradox that after 500 years shots are ringing again near kerala shores . But this time , it is not the innocent small kings of Kerala who is dealing with this but a mighty nation which will not tolerate the killing of its citizens and that too near its shore .                                                                        

5 comments:

  1. Ha Ha liked your Jim Corbett shooting the cat analogue!

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  2. dear doc
    thanks for the comment . Jim Corbett is another one of my heroes . Do you know that he used to track man-eating tigers and leopards entirely on foot . That requires real nerve ...
    And shooting unarmed people from top of a ship is the height of cowardice
    regards

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  3. Hello Haroon - This is ur old friend Dhar .Nice to see ur bold comments.

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  4. @Dhar thanks for your comment . These days so many interesting topics to write about thanks to the news articles . In olden times (our times :) ) we had only politics (congress and communist news) on paper ..
    warm regards

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  5. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-laws-binding-on-italian-marines-ravi/237886-60-116.html

    latest update on the italian marines ..

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