A book of collection of humorous situations from the life of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy complied by his Press secretary P T Chacko was released here today.
Veteran Malayalam actor Madhu released the book 'Kunjoonju Kathakal-2; Oommen Chandyyude Narma Sandarbhangal' by handing over a copy to former bureaucrat D Babu Paul.
The book portrays interesting moments and humorous anecdotes from the life of the Chief Minister.
It also gives a peep into the life around Chandy who is fondly called 'Kunjunju' by his near and dear.
The book also narrates how the CM stays connected with the people of his hometown Puthupally in Kottayam district. He has been representing Puthupally constituency for the past four decades.
JD(U) State President M P Veerendra Kumar presided over the function. MLA M V Sreyams Kumar and others were also present at the event.
Following objection by Bhagat Singh's kin and uproar in
Parliament over the issue, HRD ministry had asked DU to consider the issue.
Delhi University decided to ban the sale and distribution of the Hindi version of the book which was published by it, while maintaining that it had no control over the English version as the varsity had not published it. Penguin India, which had published the original book, has already stated that they are working with the authors for a revised edition.
"The critics are forgetting that this (revolutionary terrorist) was really a term the martyrs had practically used for themselves. Their conception of 'terror' as a method of revolutionary action actually derived from a tradition that went back to the Russian revolutionaries' struggle against Czarist tyranny," the statement by the historians said.
"Now, however, in the last two or three decades, terror has come to mean almost all over the world the killing of innocent men, women and children. And it has thus assumed a heavily pejorative sense, not necessarily borne by it in the 1920s and 1930s," it added.
