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Thiruvananthapuram, a Crucible of Identities © 2006-2018 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -vijay kumar [email protected] - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU CHENNAI SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2019 GROUND ZERO 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Thiruvananthapuram, a crucible of identities The constituency which has been chosen by the BJP as its launchpad in Kerala is witnessing a three­way contest of Hindutva, Hinduism, and communism. Varghese K. George finds that the intense churn offers newer opportunities for political mobilisation (Clockwise from left): The UDF candidate Shashi Tharoor, the LDF candidate C. Divakaran, and the BJP candidate Kummanam Rajasekharan campaign in Thiruvananthapuram constituency. * S. MAHINSHA khilesh Babu is an unlikely den­ Hari Kumar, a 44­year­old in Kollam, national security frenzy of the BJP is a duism outweighs my critical concerns, tist. At a soiree in Thiruvanan­ says: “Our coming of age was marked by diversionary tactic, that we cannot alie­ and I make no apology for this,” he Athapuram, eased by single malt choosing our politics — being in the SFI Left, Right, Congress nate the people of Kashmir and claim wrote in his recent book, Why I Am A whiskey, he speaks of the American [Students’ Federation of India], KSU that to be an integral part of India.” Hindu. During campaigning, he ended electoral system, Marxism, social re­ [Kerala Students Union], or whatever. The contest in the temple town of Pathanamthitta CPI(M) district secretariat member N. up with a wound that required nine forms in Kerala, and contemporary pol­ Technology has replaced politics in Ker­ Ratheendran takes the mic moments stitches during a thulabharam — the ri­ itics. Though Hindu Ezhava by birth, Ba­ ala.” before ‘CD’, as the candidate is popular­ tual of weighing oneself against temple bu (name changed on request) even “Politics used to be the vehicle for as­ “You are here not because of me, Wearing a black shirt in an open ly known, arrives. “This is a fight for In­ offerings — when the heavy steel ba­ finds his way around the labyrinth of piration and gratification. From self­res­ and I know that. This land is the vehicle in Kerala’s April weather is dia’s future. Hindutva is trying to des­ lance fell on his head. His faith does not Kerala’s church history. Babu describes pect to sex, a Malayali seeks everything sacred place of Lord Ayyappa,” K. punishing, but this is symbolism troy India’s pluralism. The only credible prevent him from participating in Chris­ himself as “broadly a Leftist”, “a Daw­ these days on the handheld, and not Surendran, the BJP’s candidate in that Surendran cannot forgo — alternative to this onslaught on our di­ tian or Muslim worship — he sang ‘Silent kinsian” and a “neo­Atheist” and teach­ politics,” says George, explaining how Pathanamthitta in south Kerala, says devotees climb to the Sabarimala versity is the Left. Kerala is a model of Night’ at a carol service and its video es dental science for a living. His adora­ his son is more connected to American to a gathering in Aranmula, a village temple clad fully in black. development, and it is accepted by the went viral last year. Tharoor has aligned tion for Kerala’s communist Chief cultural trends than Kerala politics. famous for its temple; the Aranmula “Here comes a candidate who entire world,” he says, recalling that it with the devotees on the Sabarimala Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, is boundless, “The increasingly layered under­ mirror, which is crafted out of a does not see religion or caste in was under CD’s watch (he was Food Mi­ controversy and questions the BJP’s in­ though his support for the party is less standing of identity has made political metal alloy; and an annual boat race people,” the pilot vehicle introduces nister of Kerala) that the State intro­ tentions on the issue. enthusiastic. “He is a man of scientific mobilisation difficult in Kerala,” says Ra­ in river Pampa. the candidate. How does his politics, duced the freshly cooked midday meal In Kovalam, Tharoor presents his rationality, and decisive. Many people man. “Politics is about privileging one Surendran is the face of the Sangh focussed entirely on the Sabarimala scheme in schools. “We have made pro­ politics as a counter­manifesto to Hin­ might even see some of these attributes identity over others in pursuit of a com­ Parivar agitation against women issue, square with this statement? gress and this election is to keep our dutva. “On 23rd, your vote will decide in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mon goal.” From this crucible of identi­ entering the forest shrine of “Muslims and Christians support State on the same course.” two things — who is your MP, who is though I don’t think Modi is scientific or ties, the Sangh Parivar wants to sculpt a Sabarimala, located in the our stand in large numbers. In fact, With his head full of black hair, neatly your PM. Who rules India matters, and rational. I like Modi too. He has a sense new Kerala in the Hindutva mould, and constituency. This is the second seat they run most businesses around parted and set, CD has a youthful ap­ we saw what happened in the last five of purpose, conviction. Both men came hopes Thiruvananthapuram will be its besides Thiruvananthapuram that #21659 the pilgrimage. We are winning this pearance that hides his 50­year­long ca­ years. What are our values? Our ethos? up against all odds,” says Babu. He wish­ launchpad. the BJP is focussing on. Veena time,” he says. reer. His long association with Thiruva­ Do we want an inclusive, just country?” es Modi had emphasised on the “plural­ George, a TV anchor­turned­MLA A roadside shop along the nanthapuram is trumpeted in the From then on, he just says one sentence istic and inclusive” facets of Hinduism On the Rajasekharan trail from Aranmula, who managed to convoy’s route reads: ‘Best quality campaign: “He belongs to this place.” At after the photo­ops: “Vote for the hand, in his election campaigns. “It could be a “Remember the unspeakable horror of woo a significant segment of beef sold here.’ Women and men 76, he needs a hand to climb on top of Jai Hind.” force for good,” he adds. communist regimes in Poland, Cambo­ Christians to the Left in the alike in the Hindu­dominated the contraption of the campaign vehi­ More than the readers of his books, it It is Vijayan’s uncompromising stand dia and West Bengal. See the ongoing Assembly election, is the Chief panchayat shower petals and sing cle. He takes garlands mostly by hand. is the rural folks who drove Tharoor’s­ on the entry of women into the Sabari­ communist brutality in China and Kera­ Minister’s chosen candidate for the vanchipattu — folk songs that are As the sun gets harsher, he becomes a victory in 2014. Tharoor scored the mala shrine that reinforced Babu’s la. Wake up today, wake up now,” an an­ Lok Sabha. The Congress’s Anto usually sung during boat races. The little tired and his hands, worn out by highest in Kovalam. In Assembly seg­ loyalty to the Chief Minister, but his cou­ nouncer heralds the BJP candidate, Antony is seeking a third term. shop beckons. revolutionary politics of half a century, ments that are more urban — Kazha­ sin and host of the Kummanam Rajasekharan, along the begin to slightly tremble. But his voice is koottam, Vattiyoorkavu, Thiruvanan­ evening, Sindhu narrow, snaky roads in the lumpy ter­ firm as comrades offer him ‘revolution­ thapuram and Nemom — Tharoor (name changed on re­ rain of Kazhakoottam. “See the fake a CMP member, he was part of the Con­ ics for long, and he hopes to reap the ary salutes’. “Don’t fall for the rumours. trailed BJP’s Rajagopal, and the CPI can­ quest), is more muted contest of the deceitful communists gress­led United Democratic Front harvest this time. We are winning with a huge majority,” didate was pushed to the third position. in her observations. and the Congress who are in an em­ (UDF) in 2014 and had campaigned for he tells small gatherings of 50 to 100 pe­ In the coastal segments of Parassala, Ko­ Growing up in a Leftist fa­ brace as soon as they cross the Shashi Tharoor, who is seeking a third Son of the red soil ople at every point. He says to The Hin- valam and Neyyattinkara, Tharoor won. mily and married to a Syr­ Western Ghats.” ‘Rajettan’, or el­ term in the Lok Sabha this time. In the Towering a little over six feet, his voice du: “By the time we began participating The BJP was pushed to the third posi­ ian Christian, Sindhu is ob­ der brother Rajan, is unlike all of local body elections in 2015, Chandran booming over the peaking vadyamelam, in parliamentary politics, other parties tion, as the CPI candidate came second. serving Lent ahead of Easter. them, the announcer reas­ became one of the 35 BJP winners in the CPI(M) MLA C.K. Hareendran waits with that were early movers had captured At Vizhinjam, a communally sensitive She occasionally sneaks her hus­ sures. The 66­year­old candi­ corporation. The party is now the se­ about 200 others for C. Divakaran, the the system. That is a historical disadvan­ beach village, separated by a strip of no band into the Sree Padmanabha date, with his snow white­ cond biggest bloc after the Left Demo­ LDF candidate, in Parasala, 50 km short tage of the communist movement.” Af­ man’s land, the Latin Catholic and Mus­ Swamy temple in the city, report­ hair and beard, deep eyes cratic Front (LDF), pushing the UDF to of the southern tip of India.
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