Eapen Mottakose woke up the nation on the day he took his home town of Chullimanoor to court. His charge was that Chullimanoor was guilty of not having taken him to court first.

As no advocate was willing to defend Mottakose’s case in court, he pleaded on his own behalf, and his impassioned oratory was recorded in most national dailies, including the Malayala Manorama.