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Archive for June, 2007

Superstar Global on Amrita TV

It is boom time for reality TV in Kerala. All the channels have jumped into the fray after Amrita TV’s Superstar became a super hit. Thankfully it is a welcome relief from the nonsense serials around.
Currently Amrita TV is running vanitharatnam (superstar of mothers!) and super dancer. Asianet is running Idea star singer 2007 and [...]

Kerala electricity board - A daylight robber

Kerala electricity board is another government department which is consistently on loss. But that doesn’t prevent them paying the maximum salary for its employees. In fact, it is highest paymaster in Kerala government.
Now they have found a way to extract more money from electricity consumers. Charge a hefty additional caution deposit from everyone. You would [...]

Rajnikanth fever in Kerala - Sivaji, The Boss movie release (trailers)

One of the hottest topics now in Kerala (apart from Munnar and Chikunguniya) is the latest Rajnikanth movie, Sivaji. Since tickets are pre-sold for 2 weeks, success is guaranteed for this movie. I came across an interesting advertisement for the movie on Mathrubhoomi,
The ad asks all hardcore Rajani fans to “call a mobile number if [...]

Calling god from Kerala

An American tourist decided to visit churches around the world to learn about worship rituals at churches world around.
At first he went to China. He reached a cathedral and near the pulpit was a golden telephone. Next to the telephone was a sign that read $1000 per minute.
Amused, the tourist approaches the priest to ask [...]

Train journey in Kerala - 2 sides of the story

Recently in a tragic event, a ticketless passenger died when he jumped out of the mumbai train to escape from ticket examiners. As usual, media is portraying ticket examiners (TTE) as satans. In this post, I will look at the railway problems from both sides.
First of all, the main problem is that there isn’t enough [...]

What is the meaning of law?

In Kerala, “Law” is redefined from June 1st, 2007 as the following.
“Law” is a set of rules applicable only for the rich people. For poor/middle class people, law doesn’t apply. For example, suppose you want to encroach government land or government property. The first thing you need to make sure is that you are a [...]