Dear Friends,
President Kurian Abraham, after welcoming our guest speaker, M.K. Das, the former resident editor of the New Indian Express, spoke about the need to revamp the club. “We have plans to hold a public meeting once a month, where there will be a discussion on a current topic,” said Kurian. “There will also be a monthly dinner meet, apart from our regular meetings.”
Mr. Das spoke about the viability of alternative systems of transport, instead of the metro rail project. This included water transport and the development of a suburban train network.
He also spoke of the change of the political leadership from ‘transforming’ to ‘transactional’ methods. In transforming leadership, which was evident in the early years after Independence
“I will give you something and in return you should give me your votes,” said Das. It was a very good speech and was much appreciated by the listeners. There was an intense discussion on the pros and cons of alternative methods of transportation.
Table Topics was handled by Venugopal. Subjects included the lack of mass protests over the rise in the fuel price and whether there is a link in the increase of terrorism due to the lack of campus politics.
Vote of Thanks was given by George Johnson.
All in all, a very interesting evening.
Shevlin
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