225. If they cannot live without loudspeakers, let them marry them and take them away as wives and go on honeymoon- never to return.

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If they cannot live without loudspeakers, let them marry them and take them away as wives and go on honeymoon- never to return

P. S. Remesh Chandran

Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum

Image by Marco Venier. Graphics: Adobe SP.

If they cannot live without loudspeakers, let them marry them and take them away as wives and go on honeymoon- never to return. If a religious institution cannot function without mike sets, let them- who always quote ancient texts and reiterate that customs and rituals cannot be changed or modified- quote where their ancient texts refer to the use of modern eqipments like loudspeakers as rituals in temples, mosques and churches. The objective of their worship, craze and love for loudspeakers is not religious piety but commercial greed. The only base for this lust and love for loudspeakers is Electronic Hypnosis- a slight disorder which can be treated by trained psychiatrists. Have anyone ever seen anyone in a religious house sit there in front of their deities or no dieties and vocally sing the songs, hymns and chants which they claim are an integral part of their worship? Such groups were there only before the advent of loudspeakers; now they are no more.

Long tired of the mike set worship from an SNDP temple (it’s a communal organization of the Ezhava community in Kerala- the ‘Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana’ Yogam, founded by the famous and brilliant poet and social reformer Narayana Guru), this author once went straight to one of their public programmes, ascended the stage and captured the microphone from a speaker, and challenged any one of the leaders on the stage to sing from heart at least one poem written by Narayana Guru. None of them could, because none of them knew any. Still they claimed they were devout Sreenarayaneeyars! It is easy to talk but it is not such easy for them to prove themselves in a public test. They were all farce- united for looting money in the name of Narayana Guru! That is the case with any religious or communal group. They can only play tapes of recordings through loudspeakers but cannot themselves repeat them from heart because they do not know a line. That particular programme mentioned here ended in many things including there being not a stage there at all within minutes because they were totally exposed through a single operation. No religious leader in Kerala will survive such public direct tests and there are many such tests which a citizen can employ. Even if government and the courts are slack and slow in curtailing the use of loudspeakers altogether- decibel or no decibel- there are other ways for citizens to stop them in which governments or courts cannot meddle in.

Written and first published on: 25 January 2021

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About the Author P. S. Remesh Chandran:

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Editor of Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. Author of several books in English and in Malayalam. And also author of Swan: The Intelligent Picture Book. Born and brought up in the beautiful village of Nanniyode in the Sahya Mountain Valley in Trivandrum, in Kerala. Father British Council trained English teacher and Mother University educated. Matriculation with distinction and Pre Degree Studies in Science with National Merit Scholarship. Discontinued Diploma studies in Electronics and entered politics. Unmarried and single.

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