The front page reports of today (12.10.2022), "Gory Kerala" really gave a gory reading. It is quite unbelievable that such a thing has happened in the state which boasts of highest literacy rate in the country.

But, as I have always been maintaining, the high literacy rate only pointed to the ability of the people to read and right and not to their reasonable thinking ! Otherwise how can the entire state be hijacked by the religious fanatics and such superstition spreaders, i wonder! It is this lack of ability to think freely or rather the hesitancy to think has become the bane of the state, i believe.

The latest report also points to a reasonable chance of other such instances given the number of person missing cases reported where the police have not been able to trace the missing persons. In the instant case it is unbelievable that the accused could single handedly perpetrate the crime and could.lure the ladies to their tragic ends. Does it mean that an average malayali can go to any extent for monetary benefits . 

And now, in the light of the gory killings people have started demanding a.law to ban such superstitious acts! But I think there is already a law prohibiting even advertisements relating to such acts, still one can see any number of advertisements in the leading publications and even some tv channels offering such 'solutions' to the peoples problems! For that matter, i would like to ask, aren't the various offerings done at various temples miniature forms of such superstitions? Isn't the present incident a culmination or the extreme of such 'minor' beliefs ? 

So basically what is needed immediately is educating people against such superstitions and I am sure all political and religious leaders would agree with me. Will they take initiative to have an ongoing campaign against such acts, i would like to ask. Simultaneously,, the law enforcement agencies should strictly implement the provisions of the prevention of magical remedies act without any fear or favour. The print and visual media also can play a positive role by refusing to carry an ads about such acts and earmarking some slot regularly to create awareness among the public about the futility of such acts, including the offerings in religious institution