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Archive for April, 2007

A glimpse of Periyar National Park

Periyar national park is located in Idukki district. The protected area covers an area of 777 km², out of which a 350 km² part of the main zone was made into the Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve, also known as the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Check out the following video (duration: 4 minutes) which gives [...]

Important site update on Kerala Tips

Over the last few days, I have been receiving threatening emails. I won’t go into the details, but it appears that a lot of people disagree with my opinion. That is why I have comments enabled on this blog.
If you disagree with my opinion, you can always write about it in the comments section. [...]

Improving the image of Kerala Police

Kerala Police has recently started a campaign to improve their image among the public. As part of this campaign, movies on policing is being screened at Trivandrum (Chandrasekharan nair stadium) from April 18 to 21. Various events are planned at the venue and entry is free for the general public.
With the rise of organised gangs [...]

Kerala - Idiot’s Own Country?

OK. I know the title is insulting to everyone including me. But I don’t care. I am too mad today. It is very difficult to be sane when you are living in Kerala and has got a working brain! Here is the news that made me real angry.
A set of idiots under the banner of [...]

Pepsi in, coca cola out

Tehelka has an interesting story on the government’s double standards when it comes to cola companies,
Which raises the question: if the Coca-Cola plant was the main culprit behind the water scarcity there, why is Palakkad district still facing acute water shortage? Many blame the double standards of the CPM, which heads the Left Democratic Front [...]

Lorry strike in Kerala - why immediate government action is needed

It is already 3 days since lorry strike started in Kerala, paralysing goods traffic including essential commodities. The strike called by the lorry owners is a direct challenge to the rule of law in the state. They were given plenty of time to install speed governors. But after all the talks, the owners were [...]

Photo story on Thrissur Pooram

Kavitha Suresh has created a photo story on Thrissur pooram using the photos she had recently taken. The photo story is a video and on a dialup will take a lot of time. Also requires windows media player. The video length is about 5 minutes.
Here is a small clipping I made about my native festival [...]

What work pressure can do to people

Sometimes too much work or programming can cause insanity. Here is a perfect example from Technopark, Trivandrum!
Anyone knows what they are doing?

On the importance of medical tourism

There is a huge difference between US and India when it comes to medical costs. In India, Kerala has unique leverage due to its expertise in the medical field. What is costly to us is damn cheap for europeans or americans!
Check out this post by Beverly A. Jensen which provides insight into this untapped market!
The [...]

“Brick Master” Laurie Baker passes away

Pioneer of low cost housing technology and master architect Laurie Baker passed away on Sunday morning. He was aged 90.
He had received many awards , including the Padmasree, the U.N. Habitat Award and International Union of Architects Award and Doctorate degree from the University of Central England, University of Kerala and the Sri [...]