Thiruvananthapuram ∙ Pocket diary was the heart of Oommen Chandy. There is often no money in the pocket, but there is always a small diary and a pen. It is mandatory to write the program in your own handwriting on the pages of the diary. There is also a code for the injection. A code known only to him. Kunjhunj’s ‘Kunjaksharam’ can be read only by close friends.
If Oommen Chandy wrote a program in his diary in his own handwriting, he would be there that day no matter how busy; Regardless of day or night. Because of this, organizers of events would circle the ‘OC’ to write it down in the pocket diary.
On the cover of the diary, write Oommen Chandy in bold letters in English. Sometimes the name is written on the first page. Writing notes in pocket diary started from KSU days. That habit continued even when he became the Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition. Party events, weddings, death houses, things to do on the day are shortened and Kunukune is marked up and down. What others write in 10 lines, Oommen Chandy will fit in one line. Even the closest people are not allowed to handle the pocket diary. Place or name, approximate time – just note this. Since there is no precise description, it is the job of the personnel staff to find out what the program is. Oommen Chandy’s former Additional Private Secretary RK Balakrishnan says that there have been many instances where it was written that Thiruvananthapuram was at 10 in the morning and Kasaragod at 6 in the evening.
When there are not enough pages in the diary, notes are taken on pieces of paper and kept inside the diary. By the end of the year, the dairy will become stale. The diary and pocket swell as notes are inserted. Even when he went for treatment in Bengaluru, he had a pocket diary with him.
PT Chacko, his former press secretary, said that Oommen Chandy’s pocket diary was missing during air-train journeys and luckily it was returned. Oommen Chandy will be upset if the diary goes missing. Mood off until you get it back. With the opening of a new diary in the new year, the old one will be left behind forever.
English Summary: Oommen Chandy and his dairy
2023-07-19 23:34:19
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