The Food Mela at Mannanchery, Alappuzha was a big success with Kerala Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac along with local leaders tasting lip-smacking 101 vegetables curries and fifteen varieties of rice items. Food-lovers were rushed to the spot and at what extent their taste buds worked is a question without answer. Really it was an opportunity to taste exquisite cuisines at one place for the villagers.
Nonetheless, the Minister in charge of Alappuzha district G Sudhakaran was not invited to the Mela. It is now a practice in Alappuzha whether it is Bt Brinjal protest, Fish Mela or what else, Sudhakaran is avoided and Minister Thomas Isaac often steals the show. May be Sudhakaran is less intelligent than Isaac to devise innovative schemes such as Food Mela to attract the local public. It is all good for Isaac at Mararikulam now if the constituency is not reserved for women in the coming election. Local leaders like R Nasser, the Alappuzha District Panchayat President, are always behind Isaac ignoring Sudhakaran.
Food Mela also witnessed some vicious scenes. Elderly people often get annoyed when food is supplied by persons wearing folded dhoti. Nasser was one of the food suppliers of the Mela but presented himself with folded ‘mundu’ above his knees with a piece of tobacco under his tongue. The women eaters got annoyed but did not register their protest because he is the District Pancahayat President and role model of all the eaters present. Though Isaac was also wearing mundu it was not seen outside because of his floor-sweeping kurtha.
JW
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