Nominations for Kerala Blogger Awards 2006 (1)
February 28th, 2007
Kerala Blogger Awards 2006 Main page is here. This post contains majority of nominations in the comment section. Another set of nominations are here.
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Archive for February, 2007
Nominations for Kerala Blogger Awards 2006 (2)
February 28th, 2007
Kerala Blogger Awards 2006 Main page is here. This post is retained since some of the nominations were made here. Primary nomination thread is here.
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K J Yesudas photo biography by Leen Thobias
February 28th, 2007
Yesudas needs no introduction for malayalees. He is the number one playback singer in Kerala for decades! Check out the following photo biography on Yesudas. Video length is about 5 minutes. Found via Youtube.
But frankly I think it is time for him to stop singing. As the saying goes - “swaram nannayirikkumbol pattu nirthuka!”.
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Can you guess who planted this tree?
February 28th, 2007
Can you guess who planted this tree? Here is a hint - He is a Malayalam actor who is famous for his “masculine” words
Thanks Manu for sending this across.
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Land mafia in Kerala - How to loose your property
February 28th, 2007
Do you own a piece of land in Kerala, but working or studying abroad? Then be careful! By the time you are back, you may find that somebody else is the owner of your land!
The land mafia presence is very strong in Kerala. They target properties which are owned by NRIs or people staying away [...]
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Total lunar eclipse on March 4 - Visible in Kerala
February 28th, 2007
It is possible to see total lunar eclipse on March 4 from Kerala. Lunar eclipse will start around 3AM and will be complete by 4:20AM.
Via Deshabhimani news
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Mohanlal in trouble over liquor ad
February 27th, 2007
In a commercial Mohanlal asks - “What’s up this evening?”. He never would have thought that this would land him in such deep trouble. But hey, that is the special treatment kerala gives. It is inhabited by dangerous enviornment activists, moral police, lethal animal rights activists and stupid NGOs.
An NGO has decided to harass Mohanlal’s [...]
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Blog by Miss Kerala 2007?
February 27th, 2007
Apparently Miss Kerala 2007 decides to start a blog. I am not sure whether this is a spoof, only time will tell
Feb 17 I looked at the world from a new perspective. Suddenly I was a voice that was heard. heard beyond my family and friends. Life has taken a new course. Hopefully [...]
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Poet and filmmaker P Bhaskaran passes away
February 26th, 2007
Famous Kerala poet and filmmaker P. Bhaskaran passed away on Sunday. He was aged 83. He was in Malayalam movie industry right from its inception and directed over 50 films and wrote over 3000 movie songs.
In 1954, he directed Neelakkuyil, a superhit movie at the time and lyrics of which are still popular in Kerala. [...]
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Alsabith wins Amrita Junior Superstar Event
February 26th, 2007
Alsabith won the Amrita Junior Superstar event on Sunday. It was a tight competition till the last moment with SMS vote lead fluctuating between Alsabith and Pradeesh. In the end it was Alsabith’s day. He won a total prize money of 2.5 lakh rupees.
The live event was well managed in the beginning. But it was [...]
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Kerala Tips Downtime
February 26th, 2007
Yesterday Kerala Tips was down most of the time. This site is hosted on Dreamhost and their planned power outage turned out to be a disaster. Hopefully things are stable now!
BTW, I still consider Dreamhost to be a good Web host due to their honesty.
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Miss Kerala 2007 photos
February 23rd, 2007
Here is something interesting for the guys. Did you know that there is a Website dedicated to Miss Kerala pageant?
Mathrubhoomi has a cool collection Miss Kerala 2007 of rehearsal pictures!
If I could be a judge….
BTW, Rohini Mariam Idiculla won the Miss Kerala 2007 event.
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Kerala issues maximum passports in India!
February 22nd, 2007
Last year Kerala passport offices have issued a total of 600,000+ passports! Average daily applications in a single office is over 700! (Kerala has a total of 4 passport offices - Kozhikkode, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam).
No wonder! There is hardly any new job generation in Kerala. On top of it almost every day a hartal [...]
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Photos from silent valley park
February 22nd, 2007
Ramyanaresh captures Silent valley in photos.
Visiting here is not as simple as we think! We need to get prior permission from the forest department in Mukali on paying entry fee Rs 20/- per visitor. Private jeeps from Mukkali to Silent valley and back cost Rs 450/-. You can also take your own vehicle with permission [...]
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Why you should avoid strangers in train
February 22nd, 2007
Nariyal Chutney has written an interesting post on the guy he met on the Delhi train.
He started with the story on how he started a factory in his village and how union leaders harassed him . He had to resort to gun fire when an angry mob attacked him and he killed two of his [...]
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