Pharis: The Model For The New Malayali!

Everyone who tries to paint himself a supporter of Achumama is these days gunning for Pharis. Maybe it is just because it has become fashionable to do so. Well, there are also some vested interests taking on Pharis. Like MP Veerendrakumar of Mathrubhumi. Veeran is angry that his illegal possession of acres of land is being highlighted in the media even as he and his paper have been egging on Achumama's backhoe loaders in Munnar.
Then there are those established vested interests - like PC George, MLA - who don't like an upstart like Pharis. They moan about Pharis' sudden rise to wealth - and fame. Discerning readers can easily recognize those cries as the fear of the established elite over being pushed out of the decision-making and opinion-leading roles in Kerala society.
Yes, far from being a danger I would say Pharis is the model for the younger generation Malayali to follow. And I would stick by that opinion even if tomorrow some solid evidence surfaces about some wrongdoing on his part (not the kind of stuff Veeran publishes daily in his rag. I wonder how his editor manages to keep working under such a moron!). He shows that if you break out of the limiting political and social molds currently in force in this state, you can make it big. Only problem then is that the established elite who profit from the current political, financial and social structures, such as Veeran and George, will gun for you. But that is because they fear they will be swept away by the currents of change sweeping the state; and they want to keep the status quo. The most enduring face of this obscurantist order that they want to preserve and protect is Achumama - the man who has never built anything, and who knows only to destroy wantonly. No wonder Veeran, George, and numerous other vested interests are supporting Achu.
But Kerala is changing. And the currents of time are sweeping away the old structures. Pharis can be maligned and tarnished. But tomorrow many more will follow his path, and the new generation Malayali will accept that to make a few crores in a few years is, in itself, not a sin.
Veeran and George and Achumama fear that day. But let us not!