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November 30th, 2008
We are under attack. As a democratic nation we have two options in front of us,
Resign to the fact that death of innocent civilians is the price we pay for peace.
OR
Eradicate the forces that finance and train people to attack us. Once and for all.
Take your pick.
Note: And you know what our corrupt and spineless politicians [...]
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November 17th, 2008
Swathanthra Malayalam Computing community (SMC) has released a press note on the NCFS 2008 spectacle.
The National Conference on Free Software which holds the motto of Free Software, Free Knowledge and Free Humanity was held on Cochin University of Science And Technology (CUSAT). The main organizers of the event were CUSAT, Open Software Solutions Industrial Co-Operative [...]
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November 17th, 2008
Current financial crisis in US is caused by unregulated borrowings and lack of financial discipline. Someone has put together an impressive guide on the current financial crisis. I don’t know who created it ( I got it as an email forward), but it captures the greed aspect quite well! This picture also can be used [...]
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November 17th, 2008
If there is one word that has the most confused and complicated definition in Kerala, it is the word “Freedom”. Many people think that “freedom” means you have the full right to do anything even if that means doing illegal things or trampling on another person’s freedom. It is like you can do whatever you want to [...]
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November 11th, 2008
I always wonder why we spent so much energy and effort on things which matter least. The latest in these controversies is the demand for giving “Malayalam” the classical language status. The demand is triggered by the recent addition of Kannada and Telugu as “classical languages” by Government of India.
It was in 2004 that government [...]
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November 9th, 2008
Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan declared Cheriyanad Panchayat as the first litigation controlled Panchayat on saturday. The Pachayat at Cheriyanad has setup local level committee to facilitate out of the court settlements whenever disputes arise in the village. The committee was very successful in minimizing the litigations from the Panchayat disposing over 400 [...]
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November 5th, 2008
Malayalam Movie artistes Association (AMMA) has released the much anticipated Malayalam movie titled “Twenty :20″ (Twenty Twenty Movie). This is the first time that a movie is released in over 100 cinema theatres across Kerala. It is directed by Joshy and produced by Dileep and the intention is to raise money for AMMA.
Interestingly Mohanlal’s fans [...]
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November 5th, 2008
The militant environmentalists hold unbelievable power in Kerala and they are capable of pushing complete nonsense to make it laws. I have written infinite times how they are destroying Kerala. But the following is too funny to ignore!
What caught my attention recently was a news item featured in Times of India e-paper (An online version [...]
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November 5th, 2008
Whenever our local fish seller used to come to our colony, we could see an army of house flies converging on his bike. But recently something strange happened. I could no longer see any army of houseflies. They are still there in and around the house, but they seem scared to touch the fish! [...]
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November 4th, 2008
V.K. Mathews started IBS (International Business Services Group) in 1997 and over years the company has grown to one of the leading IT companies based in Kerala. IBS employs over 2000 people and most of them are from Kerala.
Now we all Malayalees know what will happen when you start a factory or a business in [...]
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November 2nd, 2008
In Malayalam we have interesting and intelligent proverbs (”Pazhanchollukal”). Probably the most used proverb these days is,
“Kaala pettennu kettappol kayareduthu”
It is very difficult to translate it. It is something like “He made necessary arrangements when he heard his bull has delivered a baby”. Kerala government is adopting the same approach when they ordered the Labour [...]
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November 1st, 2008
DC Books is organizing a 12 day DC International book fair & cultural fest at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Trivandrum. Over 300 publishers are participating in the book fair and according to the organizers 10 lakh books on a wide range of topics are available at the fair. As part of the book fair, various [...]
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