Should we forget these great sons of
Irinjalakuda, in due course of time?
K.R.NARAYANAN
If we watch around, every
road/street/bye-lane of the
urban/semi-urban cities/ towns in our
country carry the name of some
leader,social reformer or some one
contributed to the development /welfare
of that area. As you know, it started
with the British Administers . After the
independence, they were known after the
leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit
Nehru, Sardar Patel and the like.
2. We have celebrated the centinaries of
many great Irinjalakudites, like late
Yukthiwadi M.C.Joseph, a great
Philanthropist, Ayurvedic Physician and
a good businessman Shri. Kesavan Vaidyar
and many other great sons of
Irinjalakuda. Yesterday, we respectfully
celebrated the birth centinary of a true
Gandhian Socialist of our place - the
late Shri.Puthu Achyutha Menon.
 These
are only a few and there many more of
them (like teachers, men of letters,
poets, artists, scientists, advocates,
physicians,businessmen, social leaders,
political leaders, etc) who cannot be
forgotten by the Irijalakudites.
3. We ( especially the old timers of
Irinjalakuda, who have been transplanted
to different parts of the country and
the world) gratefully remember these
giants of our good old Irinjalakuda, as
we walk/drive along the roads/streets,
where they used to stay. Not only that,
some of these grand old men have
influenced our thoughts and actions
greately to mould our minds and
attitudes.
4. As a token of our respect to these
great men of yore, can we not atleast
name the roads/streets after them, lest
the posterity should forget these great
sons of Irinjalakuda, in due course of
time? Can we not bring this feeling of
ours to those concerned with the local
administration? |
