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June 29th, 2008
It may give intense pleasure to those who are living outside Kerala to know that our beloved Kerala State Electricity Board has started 30 minute power cuts for everyone. This is affectionately called as load shedding. The monsoon god seems angry with Kerala and this year we may see power cuts for a few [...]
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June 28th, 2008
It is almost 10 years since I first read O.V. Vijayan’s masterpiece novel Khasakinte Ithihasam (Legends of Khasak). Last week I re-read it and I was amazed how subtle and rich in content this novel is! If there is one Malayalam novel you must read, this is the one!
It is said that Malayalam literature [...]
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June 28th, 2008
In my last post I was wondering what happened to Kerala Police. In order to know why Kerala police is behaving in such spineless manner we need to go back a bit in time.
Remember the goondaism against Big Bazaar(Trivandrum) by CPI 6 months back? During that criminal attack on the retailer, CPI goondas openly attacked [...]
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June 27th, 2008
Take a look at the photo of the street fight between BJP and Marxist party in Trivandrum yesterday. This goonda (from the marxist side obviously) is openly challenging law and order and see what our policemen are doing! They are helping him to throw stones at the BJP guys on the other side. Can anyone [...]
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June 26th, 2008
In the last post I looked at the "controversial religious" section on the textbook and commented that there is no "communist ideology" in it. It seemed pretty good material.
Yesterday I was going through the entire textbook and noticed that in fact very cleverly some ideas and perceptions are injected using the book. What we [...]
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June 25th, 2008
Check out the updated post on this issue here.
The seventh standard textbook controversy is snowballing into a major law and order issue in Kerala. The issue has turned into a fight between fake atheists and religious fanatics.
In this post, I am not going to look at what idiots on both sides are doing. Instead let [...]
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June 23rd, 2008
This is a view of the Chavara beach which is famous for its mineral deposits. This beach is very close to NH47. You can drive up to the beach from the highways. In fact a mere rise of 2 feet in tides can wipe out national highways at this stretch!
Indian rare earths limited mineral [...]
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June 22nd, 2008
When it comes to road infrastructure, Kerala is lagging behind other states. Marxist party was opposing the national highway expansion program since they were against toll collection on the highways. As usual common sense came 2 years later and they mysteriously changed their stance and said tolls are good for the people. So after a [...]
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June 21st, 2008
In Kerala’s villages a bunch of hen relaxing under a sun shade is a common scene. I don’t know why I feel intense jealousy when I see them relaxing like this. In reality they might be thinking - "hmm, here is the guy on whose plate we will end up soon!".
Trust me, Watching them [...]
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June 20th, 2008
Whenever I read Malayalam newspaper in the morning, I usually end up laughing uncontrollably. Then my wife comes and catches me by my ear turning my laughter into a cry. She is worried that our neighbors will think that I am insane (I am sure some of the readers of this blog are ready to [...]
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June 19th, 2008
Ramakkalmedu is a small village/hill station on the border between Kerala and TamilNadu. It is famous for the strong winds and the breathtaking views of Tamil Nadu villages from the hill top. If you are looking for a reason for buying a high end binoculars, plan a trip to Ramakkalmedu today!
The name Ramakkalmedu is derived [...]
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June 12th, 2008
It is unfortunate that even today authentic/informative articles on Kerala’s tourist attractions are missing on the Web. So from this week, I am starting an article series under the category "Kerala Travel Diary". In these articles I will try to capture the beauty of each tourist place I visit along with detailed photographs and location [...]
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June 10th, 2008
At last KSRTC has implemented bus route numbers for city services in Trivandrum. Earlier the bus routes were written only in Malayalam and most of the boards were difficult to read. Also people from outside and tourists had a tough time finding the bus to their destination.
KSRTC operates around 1522 distinct city services. [...]
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June 6th, 2008
Today I came across an interesting set of malayalam hitech pazhanchollukal. Who knows, in time these may replace our original pazhanchollukal!
“venamengil software floppiyilum kayarum” - Even this can change quickly to “venamengil software cdyilum kayarum”. Funny, the speed with which things change!
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June 5th, 2008
I have been a strong advocate of privatization and I have written many posts before on why we need strong competition in the market to ensure consumer protection. But unfortunately even at this early stage, private companies are displaying such greed that I am getting skeptical now. In a country like India where people look [...]
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