Thattekkadu boat tragedy - photos
February 21st, 2007
Twins amrita and aswathi who died in the tragedy and their father asokan.
A relative after identifying the body of the child.
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Archive for February, 2007
Tragedy at Thattekadu
February 20th, 2007
Over 20 children and 3 teachers died today when the boat carrying them to the thattekkadu bird sanctuary capsized. It is one of the biggest tragedies in recent Kerala history.
The boats operating at this tourist centre were without license. Also most of them were old and unusable. How did these boats operate without license? In [...]
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Thejaswini in technopark to open on Feb 22
February 16th, 2007
Kerala’s IT park (Technopark) will become the largest IT park in India when the new building Thejaswini is inaugurated. Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan will inaugurate the building on February 22. Operations in Thejaswini are expected to start soon. Thejaswini has 12 floors and a total built up area of over 600,000 square feet. [...]
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Vinod converts Maruti 800 to an amphibious car!
February 15th, 2007
Vinod from Trivandrum converted his Maruti 800 to an amphibious carwhich can run on road and on water! It took him 5 years and 8.5 lakh rupees.
Vinod is a mechanic and has a diploma in refrigeration technology.
“I was traveling in my car in the city when it was raining. I got stuck in the [...]
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Another mafia in the making - Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi groups
February 15th, 2007
Groups such as Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi are slowly transforming themselves into mafia organizations. They are always looking for ways to bully even the Kerala Government! Here are some examples from recent history.
1. Recently organized hartal in support of movie piracy (I think this can go into guiness book).
2. Any new shop keeper [...]
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Kerala based startup Torque wins $1 million funding
February 14th, 2007
Torque is startup company operating out of Technopark, Trivandrum. It is small company started by 4 students of College of Engineering, Trivandrum. From Torque site,
Torque is a 360 degree wireless solution and service provider, leveraging a blend of rapid information delivery and communication streams.
Torque specializes in providing wireless messaging solutions which empower you to [...]
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Happy Valentine’s day
February 13th, 2007
Happy Valentine’s day for all the readers of Kerala Tips. Bachelors, don’t loose hope - you may get a surprise rose tommorrow
To all the lovers in Kerala, please note that Siva Sena is planning demonstrations. So things can get pretty ugly. Take care…
Yesterday Siva Sena even burnt new stamps released by post office [...]
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Followers of jesus or devil?
February 13th, 2007
Today there was a demonstration by orthodox christians in Trivandrum. As expected a bunch of anti-social elements from around the state assembled at trivandrum. They started a big riot in the city causing a lot of damage!
These fellows call themselves christians and interestingly their language is only violence. The kind of vulgar language they [...]
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Want to torture your enemy? Take him through MC Road
February 13th, 2007
MC Road is the main road (state highway) in Kerala which connects major cities. This is a two lane road and is being converted to a four lane road as part of KSTP project. This lane conversion contract was given to the Pati-bel company. But the “road mafia” was disturbed when they saw that [...]
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Update on the copyright crusade of Rishiraj
February 12th, 2007
Thank god. Finally Kerala court came to the rescue of thousands of CD shop owners. Today in its judgement court has said that shops can continue to lend the CDs. The case will be reconsidered in full detail by court again.
Court also said that during any raids all the legal proceedings must be adhered (For [...]
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New sex education plan in Kerala
February 12th, 2007
Kerala government has started a new sex education drive in high school. The idea is to impart sex education to children studying in 9th and 10th standard. In theory this idea is good since sex is a suppressed subject in Kerala and children get a lot of incorrect information about sex.
But when you look at [...]
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Videos at official Kerala Tourism site
February 12th, 2007
If you are looking for videos of Kerala tourist destinations, look no further. The official Kerala Tourism site has a growing collection of short videos.
This site is a gold mine of Kerala related stuff. You can find good set of photos, audio clips, wallpapers etc.
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Vellappally Natesan and Azhikkode - A duel
February 12th, 2007
He (Azhikkode) is a drunkard. He is infected with leprosy.
- Vellappally Natesan (SNDP secretary)
If I have leprosy, I got it from Vallappally. I don’t drink and if drinking is such a vice, why is Vellappally running a bar?
- Sukumar Azhikkode (A writer and orator)
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Summer in Kerala - circus of the crows
February 11th, 2007
C. Biju of Mathrubhoomi has captured a brilliant photo from Kollam. If you don’t know Malayalam, here is a rough translation,
“Summer is getting strong. Time for the struggle for water. Here is a pair of crows trying to drink water dripping from the taps. Seen at kollam”
Photo credit : Mathrubhoomi (C. Biju)
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Reliance retail in Kerala
February 11th, 2007
Reliance retail which started operation sometime back is coming in a big way to Kerala. They have already taken over various small operators and is hiring people at managerial level. They are also offering good salaries.
Reliance has already started procuring agricultural products directly from Kerala farmers. This means that farmers will good price for their [...]
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