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March 12th, 2007
There are many groups operating in Kerala which calls for a ban on Capital punishment. For example, some nutcases were protesting against the Afzal judgment near secretariate in Trivandrum. Supreme court doesn’t give someone capital punishment just for fun. There are valid reasons for awarding capital punishment and I strongly feel that it is needed [...]
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March 12th, 2007
Today while replying to a question in the assembly, Kerala’s home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said that there are 607 criminals in Kerala Police! They are accused of crimes ranging from rape to murder.
That is good. If it is not enough to have thousands of goondas unleashed in the state, we also have plenty of [...]
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March 12th, 2007
In an interesting article, P V Venugopal looks at the decline and fall of Kerala Coconut,
To return to the woman who could pull down a couple of coconuts to buy the bare essentials for the family, and her husband who could indulge in the mild intoxication of toddy by bartering a few coconuts, why is [...]
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March 12th, 2007
Check out the following video of Mohammed Iqbal who can float in water for hours! No, he is not swimming. He floats like a leaf
From the CNN-IBN report,
Mohammed Iqbal, a resident of Palode village in Kerala, can float on water for five hours continuously. And what might look like an eerie sight to [...]
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March 11th, 2007
Here is a trailer on Stevie’s 5 day trek in Kerala. Here is my summary of the trailer - autos, coconuts, snake charmer, monkey, elephants and more coconuts!
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March 11th, 2007
One of the most unique things about Kerala is the abundance of association/unions etc. For anything and everything there is either an association or a union! So it was only waiting to happen…
Some guys in Kollam has setup a new association for boozers. The idea is to promote alcohol drinking(!) and help drinkers with financial [...]
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March 11th, 2007
Vinod VV looks at the coca cola ban, trade union militancy and a lot more in his recent post about Kerala,
Assume you want to change granite tiles in your house. What do we do in chennai?
1. Company set up at the wrong place on earth even after knowing that lots of companies got shut [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Kerala Budget for 2007-2008 was announced today. The bad news is that the total debt has crossed 55,000 crore rupees. That means each of us have a debt of around 20,000 rupees! You can go through the entire budget here.
The budget shows revenue receipts of Rs 21,000+ crore, against expenditure of 26,000+ crore, leaving a [...]
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March 9th, 2007
In 1975, Indira Gandhi declared Emergency rule in India which lasted for 18 months. It was very effective in bringing discipline at the time (for example, government employees used to report at office on time). I think we need something similar declared in Kerala (after imposing President’s rule).
1. Hartal, hartals more hartals - Kerala citizen [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Here is a brilliant photo taken by christine in Idukki.
While taking a scenic drive around the hills and valleys of Munnar, we caught in the corners of our eyes a family of wild elephants crossing a large valley down below. Given that finding wild elephants is a rare sight for us, we begged to pull [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Tom thomas has created a video review of Sanghumugham beach titled “Ee manohara theeram”. Considering that this is an amateur attempt, it is pretty impressive! Note that the voice is in Malayalam. I never knew there were so many things around the beach!
An attempt made by me to summarize the mesmerizing beauty and enchanted past [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Yesterday Jo reported a rumour that police in central Kerala are harassing women who wear churidars.
A colleague, whose hometown is Muvattupuzha, reported that policewomen are out on the roads in Muvattupuzha, Kothamangalam and Perumbavoor (in Ernakulam district, Kerala state) to find females who wear churidars with a slit on the sides. Whenever they find someone [...]
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March 8th, 2007
From today, we are introducing Kerala Blog Rolls both in Malayalam and English. These will provide a summary of latest posts on the blogs listed in our Kerala Blog Directory.
The blog aggregators currently run every 10 minutes and ensures that you always see the latest posts.
The blog rolls will be changed to category level [...]
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March 8th, 2007
World’s largest luxury ship, Queen Mary 2 docked at the Cochin port yesterday. Started from New York, this ship is headed to Malaysia. The ticket price for the journey is over 1 crore rupees(!) and this time it carries 2650 passengers. The total tour duration is 80 days.
Built in 2003, Queen Mary 2 is the [...]
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March 8th, 2007
Shijaz Abdulla looks at the “state of technology” in Kannur,
So my last resort was to go to an Internet cafe, like everyone else. The good thing is that Kannur is dotted with a large number of internet cafes. Wherever you are in town, you will find a cafe near you. Maybe someday the number of [...]
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