Malabar House Courtyard
I wonder if the local police knew that Britain’s security chief visited Kerala in March. Dame Stella Rimington (now an author) visited Fort Cochin (staying at Malabar House) and the tea gardens. Did she have a special security detail? Did the Naxalites know? Does anybody really care?
She wrote a short article in the London Daily Telegraph which is the first we knew about it. But the question Keralites could be asking (if they were conspiracy theorists) is whether this is the start of a concerted effort by Britain to regain their Raj Empire starting from Kerala and moving North. Remember Lord Clive started from Madras/Chennai and so it all makes historical sense. Surely a hartal is called for – what is the LDF government waiting for?
