Gods don’t keep property deeds 2
A story in three parts. Part 1 of the story introduces Kartik Venugopal, an ambitious 40-year-old politician from Kerala seeking to expand his party's influence. Following a guru's claim that Velankanni Basilica was originally a Hindu shrine, Kartik seizes the political opportunity to champion historical reclamation. However, a sobering conversation with his former history professor, Meera Nair, challenges his narrative, emphasizing that history requires rigorous evidence rather than manufactured political convenience. Read Part 1 here . Illustration by Copilot Designer Part 2 A nother encounter came unexpectedly. A week later, Kartik visited his aunt Devaki Amma in their ancestral village which was now in Tamil Nadu, just across the Kerala border. She was his mother’s elder sister, a 78-year-old widow who lived alone in a small house with a small garden. She was a devout Hindu, though never particularly interested in religious controversies. On the wall of her...
