വൈകി വന്ന വിവേകം

(Here is the copy of a letter Fr. Saji Malayil Puthenpurayil has written to the members of Manchester Knanaya Cultural Association on 31.12.2011)

Dear MKCA Members,

I wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year,

As you know our association is facing very difficult challenges now for its unity. Actually the problem is from our community itself.

MKCA is our Mother association. Being a member of MKCA, we should be proud and take pride in her activities. This is where we come together as one family with our children.

Under the leadership of Mr Thankachan Chanakkal many of you signed a mass-petition asking the help of UKKCA as a matter of urgency.

UKKCA Central committee summoned a joined/whole meeting of MKCA Committee members. The participants were Instain Valayil (UKKCA President), Shaji Varakudy (UKKCA Trusurer), Vinod Mani (UKKCA Joint Secretary), Jose Parappanattu (UKKCA Joint Tresurer), Thankachan Chanakkal and all other executive members including MKCA area members. I was not there.

According to the MKCA minutes book where Instain Valayil, Thankachan and Sajan (MKCA Secretary) have signed jointly, UKKCA fully agreed with the procedures and decisions taken by our elected executive members, and Thankachan willingly agreed to continue as a president, being an active member of MKCA committee. After that meeting, we all came to an understanding that everything is settled and MKCA is going to run smoothly under the leadership of Thankachan. Christmas celebration would be a fresh beginning for them. But everything reversed with the resignation of Thankachan during the Christmas Celebration. Since there was no new issues formed after the settlement by the UKKCA or any new reasons raised in his resignation letter, I couldn’t justify his steps in any way. But I respect his freedom and I love him as an individual.

Now we have a new President and elected committee members for our MKCA. As responsible members, we are all supposed to work together with them for the good of our association and community.

But there are people working behind the curtain who are thirsty for power, and others with personal grudge/enemity. Please see them as they are and pray for them.

Our children are very concerned about these unpleasant developments and have expressed in many ways the need for a strong MKCA for their growth and development.

Our Youth are so worried about the recent unfair situations created by their parents in the association. The friction in the community is creating a crack and gap amongst their relationship with each other for no fault of theirs.

I would say very clearly, if we are doing anything against the smooth running of MKCA, we are standing against our children and digging our own graves. At the end of the day, all that we do are for our children. Think again, is all this turmoil benefiting anyone?  What about the loss? A big loss - our unity, our strength and the attitude our youth will develop towards our community.

I would be grateful and highly appreciate it if you could also share the effort to bring all our members together and stand united under one umbrella of our MKCA. This is our right and our duty.

I am fully confident in your responsibility to stop any parallel meetings and individual/group movements which are endangering the power & unity of Knanaya community in Manchester and MKCA. We have to consider it as anti-Knanaya Catholic spirit.

If you want to discuss / share your views and anxieties, I shall arrange a common platform under a roof in the month of February. Please let me know and I will arrange the rest.

In the New Year we shall move forward together by thinking together, praying together and working together as one MKCA Family for the best of our Children.

Your Loving,

Sajiachan

31.12.2011