CPM-Linked Groups Hold Pork Challenge On Holy Karkidaka Vavu Day In Kannur

CPIM Ditches Athapookalam for Pork Fest: Kerala Left Sells Meat on Hindu Pitru Paksha to Celebrate Onam

Fundraiser at Hindu cost — that is what unfolded in Keralam’s Kannur, the Left’s so-called Red Fort, on a day when Hindus pause to remember, honour and perform rituals for their departed ancestors. Skipping the ‘Athapookalam’, traditionally considered the beginning of the Onam festivities, the CPIM, along with its student and youth wing DYFI, organised a ‘pork challenge’ instead — Showing blatant insensitivity towards Hindu religious sentiments.…

CPM-Linked Groups Hold Pork Challenge On Holy Karkidaka Vavu Day In Kannur

Two reading rooms associated with the CPM in Kannur have announced a pork challenge on the day of Karkidaka Vavu, a day when Hindus traditionally perform rituals to honour their ancestors. The event was organised by the Karavoor AKG Reading Room and Library at Padiyoor in the Irikkur area, with one kilogram of pork to be distributed for ₹370, as reported in Kerala Kaumudi. The organisers described the programme as part of their upcoming Onam cel…