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April 27th, 2008
Kenney Jacob writes about the nonsense articles published by mainstream magazines in Kerala (specifically Vanitha from Malayala Manorama),
Vanitha dont have the moral right to speak about the harm caused by phones or the internet, cos they are the part of a Malayala Manorama group, which owns another “M” publication which publishes all sorts of tingling [...]
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April 23rd, 2008
Tech a Break is the annual cultural celebration at Technopark Trivandrum. From the official site,
In the pursuit of rejuvenation, fun, frolic and thrill for the IT professionals in the Campus, TECHNOPARK is organizing TECH-A-BREAK 2008, the annual cultural celebration in the month of April 2008. Fun, thrills and excitement fill the campus and the mood [...]
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April 23rd, 2008
In a gruesome incident, 3 people were killed by an elephant at Koodal Manikyam temple (Irinjalakkuda). The elephant also caused extensive damage to the temple. The rampage continued for about 2 hours.
As you can see from the report, Police had a tough time preventing people from entering inside the temple. The following video is from [...]
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April 21st, 2008
If there is one thing that I am almost tired of writing on this blog, it is this - We have a unique knack for forming mafia groups. Groups which control an area of business, an area of art etc. etc.
Vyapari Vyavasayi Association which is a perfect example of such mafias. There are many [...]
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April 20th, 2008
With a clear lead in SMS votes(40 thousand more than runner up Durga) Najim from Trivadrum today won the Idea Star Singer 2007 competition. He got a brand new flat worth 40 lakhs in cochin from confident group! Runner up Durga got a Ford Fiesta car!
Star singer 2007 took almost a year to complete! [...]
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April 20th, 2008
Criminals from DYFI and biggest Kerala mafia (Vyapari Vyvasayi association) ransacked the new Reliance retail shop scheduled to open today at Paravur. They destroyed property and poured oil on the building. Interestingly police never came to the spot and no one was arrested even after the violence.
Please note that the people behind this criminal activity [...]
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April 19th, 2008
Village offices in Kerala are well known for corruption. A number of certificates are issued from village offices (income certificate, nativity certificate etc.) and invariably bribe is required to get them. Some may argue that you can still get the certificates without bribe, but that will require 3 or more village office visits!
Historically village officers [...]
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April 12th, 2008
Today there was an interesting news item which caught my attention. The agents who facilitate bribe at the RTO offices in Kerala has a union and a minister (Mons Joseph) is going to inaugurate their annual meeting! If you don’t believe me, check out the news item below. Click for a larger version.
As I [...]
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April 9th, 2008
Many times I used to wonder why some of the rich guys in Kerala want to join politics. Even in last election, there were a couple of rich NRIs contesting the election. The reason is simple - with politics come power and to do anything against the law. It is as if politicians are mysteriously [...]
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