An Indo-Pak wedding media missed…

Approximately an year and half ago, ‘Maria Sohail Abbas’, a Pakistani girl, tried finding her space in Indian media. Don’t know how many remember her; She is now the wife of Anoop Jacob, son of Malayala Manorama (the media tycoon group, who owns MRF too) editorial director Thomas Jacob. Unlike the other recent Indo-Pak wedding which media celebrated till Shashi Tharoor took over, this one had full support from media and politicians, and should’ve been one of the grandest weddings in Kerala, to be attended by political big-wiggies, including the the three cabinet ministers from Kerala. Thanks to David Headly, this ended up in a rather small function at Kottayam Jerusalem Marthomma church in December 2008. If 26/11 haven’t happened, we could’ve read the Kerala effect on the Indo-Pak foreign relations all around the media. All of us mallus would’ve elevated to the third heaven directly.

But everything went for a toss, when the Home ministry got intelligence information that Sohail Abbas, ex-Deputy Commissioner of ISI, has got relations with Lashkar-e-Taiba. The Malayala Manorama Chief editor Mamman Mathew is member of National Security Council member – is a noteworthy factor here. The 30 member Pak team supposed to attend the wedding at Kottayam was denied the visa. The Mallu-to-Mallu relations between Mamman Mathew and M. K. Narayanan managed to get visa for 8 close relatives, and the wedding happened without fuss around it.

Now, relate this with the recent wedding fiasco created by media, including Malayala Manorama.

Question: If Sania was to marry Roger Federer, would Bal Thackaray have had any issues?

Thought Courtesy: Ihsan [Malayalam]