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October 12th, 2008
Earlier (1999) Railways had planned to construct a 45KM new railway line from Kottayam to Erumeli. After stiff resistance from environmental and farmer groups, this project was dropped. Then another project was proposed which will link Angamaly to Azhutha (120+ KM line). This project was called the “Sabari” project as it would link the pilgrim [...]
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October 11th, 2008
It appears that United States and rest of the world is heading towards a long and painful economic recession. It has caused the bankruptcy of a country (Iceland) and even capitalists are nationalizing banks to protect investors and bank customers! The most affected areas of this recession seems to be banking, finance, insurance and IT [...]
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October 11th, 2008
I have had a few emails in the last two weeks from people who are fed up with the way things work in Kerala. Here are two of them,
Rakesh writes,
Dear Sir,
As a proud Keralite who left the state and the Country for over 25 years, I agree to each and every word that you have [...]
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October 10th, 2008
From yesterday, contract security guards at Trivandrum medical college went on a lightning strike. They also created law and order problems in and around medical college. They are demanding the withdrawal of suspension of some of their colleagues.
Now you may be wondering why I am writing about such a common event (strikes) in Kerala. [...]
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October 8th, 2008
It is now pretty clear that Kerala is heading for a disastrous power crisis. The current power generation from hydro electric projects is about 20 million units while the consumption is double the production at 40 million units. The deficit electricity is bought from other states at a rate of over 9 rupees per unit. [...]
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