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Archive for July, 2007

Kerala Blog Directory

Want more visitors to your blog? Here is a feature on Kerala Tips which will give you more visitors. I have started a Kerala Blog Directory, which will list categorized blogs on Kerala. You can submit your own blog with detailed description.
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Amrita Super Dancer – Aren’t there any good Malayali judges?

Amrita TV’s Super Dancer is a reality show to find the best dancer in Kerala. It is pretty good and there is a huge viewer base for this program. Since the first prize is a Swift car, the competition is hot.
Prasanth seems to be the favorite dancer from the SMS voting. But like they did [...]

Disturbing look at NDF by Washington Post

Amar C. Bakshi of washingtonpost is currently running a series called “how the world see america”. The recent posts by him are based on Kerala. He seems to have met all the “wrong guys” in Kerala. I am not disputing the truth of what he has written. He is spot on with his article on [...]

The complete destruction of education sector

It is estimated that one rupee out of four circulating in Kerala is made by Malayalees working outside the state. The mindset is etched so deep in a Malayali that he looks for jobs outside (gulf, north india, chennai, Us etc.) immediately after the education. This also means that not many care about any job [...]

Some useful links for mallus

Are you on the lookout for a Job? Well, if you are lucky, you might be able to find your dream job among the walkin jobs published here.
If you are looking for more info on Malayalam language and fonts, start your search here.
This paper is a bit old, but still interesting.

satellite tv or DTH – dish tv, tata sky, dd direct and ADTV

Entertainment industry is changing fast in India. Currently there are four major digital TV service providers in Kerala. In this post, I will briefly look at each of them. All these are known as Direct to home (DTH) providers except Asianet digital who uses their cable network infrastructure.
Satellite TV offers unbelievable picture clarity and stereo [...]

Kerala – A preview by Rahul Maheshwari

Rahul Maheshwari has a picture gallery of Kerala, titled “Kerala – A Preview”. These photographs were taken in December 2006.
This is an excellent photo gallery and gives you a glimpse of interesting things in Kerala. Check out the gallery by clicking on the photo below.

Windows XP in Malayalam

Shijaz writes about his experience on the Malayalam language pack for Windows XP,
So I dared to download the Windows XP interface pack of my native language, Malayalam from the Microsoft website. Very interesting to note that even the download page was written in Malayalam. Too excited to read, I went ahead, downloaded and installed it.
He [...]

Jayan and Mammootty – an audio duel

In this duel, Mammootty is trying to arrest Jayan on a number of IPC sections.
Click below to hear this funny audio clip,

Matrix remixed in Malayalam – hilarious

I have seen many remixes of movies. But none is funnier than this one. These guys have taken an appropriate scene and remixed it with Malayalam dialogues. “Madu Mohan Serial” mention makes it priceless!
The video is about 5 minutes and to enjoy it, you have to be a hardcore mallu!

What happens when elephants attack

This is a live video coverage of the elephant attack that happened in Thrissur. Please note that this is highly graphic. I can’t believe that this was telecast by Kairali TV. You can also see some people sticking around as if they want to be part of the action.

Pappachan can float for hours!

Pappachan, aged 71, can float for hours on water without any support. He is not swimming but just floating over water. In fact the only thing above water is his nose! Clearly proves that fear is the reason why we drown!
Check out the following video of this stunt (captured from asianet’s sahasikante lokam),

How to use an Indian toilet?

Jesse points out to this detailed set of instructions he found in a Kovalam hotel. Instructions are backed up with illustrations to show how you can use traditional Indian toilet. We can probably think of starting a “indian toilet corporation” as a subsidiary to tourism department. Then politicians can take up the top positions in [...]

Neel on green revolution

Neel points out the benefits of organized retail,
Just a few days back, I managed a visit to Reliance Fresh and found that the prices there were comparable and sometimes lower than the “market” prices. Businessworld, this week, also carries a piece on “Green Evolution” – a must read.
Embezzling, fraud, siphoning money from cooperative banks have [...]

An entire family dies in road accident

An entire family was wiped out due to the tragic accident that happened on the national highway near Alappuzha this saturday. Joseph Lawrence, his wife Sunitha, and daughters Sanchana and Sreya(8 months) had died when their car hit a mini bus.
The accident was caused by potholes on the national highway, which poses big danger especially [...]