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March 30th, 2007
Charukesi writes about the Cherai beach experience (with photos) - part1 | part 2
I could have spent hours just staring the backwaters - and I did just that. Watching the birds swoop down to pick up their lunch - or evening snack, as the case may be. And the tiny fish go plop plop as [...]
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March 29th, 2007
Sabarinath Bahuleyan argues why we need to retain section 377 of Indian Penal Code,
Many countries have declared homosexuality legal. But would we repeal Section 377 ? No government would dare to say “yes”. There are a lot of social, religious and above all psychological problems that will crop up if the law is repealed. Let [...]
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March 22nd, 2007
Karmadude muses on the all pervasive autorickshaw of Kerala. He has also started a Flickr photo group called “View from a Rickshaw“.
Flash forward to first grade, and Vandikaran’s cycle rickshaw was no more, instead replaced by a motorized version, the auto rickshaw. There was this time when Kunjachan uncle, loaded all the kids into Vandikaran’s [...]
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March 21st, 2007
Here is an interesting travel tale from Kerala. A well written blog entry on Kerala experience!
They paint their huge work trucks in this fantastic detailed way. Isn’t that the coolest?! I love it. The trucks are owned by individuals. Having one is a great source of livlihood for the family. I don’t know if you [...]
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March 20th, 2007
We have recently started a new site called India Tips. This will be very similar to Kerala Tips, only difference being the focus area. As the name suggests, India Tips will deal with Indian news, blogs, photos and much more…
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March 19th, 2007
It all started with the Yahoo copyright issue where a number of Malayalam blog posts were copied by Webdunia content team and it appeared on the Yahoo’s Malayalam portal. When this issue was reported, Yahoo promptly removed the content.
But Malayalam bloggers were not satisfied with this. They wanted a formal apology from Yahoo. Hence [...]
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March 17th, 2007
Whenever any new regulation is introduced by government, it invariably leads to corruption. The easiest way to reduce corruption is to reduce permits/approvals etc. required from government departments.
For example, just after thattekkadu tragedy, many government employees started harassing boat owners and started collecting money as bribe.
Kaippally points to the latest government regulation on the [...]
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March 17th, 2007
We are very happy to announce the results of Kerala Blogger Awards 2006. It was a very close competition. Here are the winners,
Kerala Blogger Awards winner for 2006 is Just Jo by Joseph Thomas with 46 votes. Jo’s blog deals with a wide range of topics including music, politics and personal stuff. Jo takes home [...]
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March 16th, 2007
Kerala Blogger Awards 2006 voter registration is closed. Please cast your votes. The poll will be locked on March 17th 5PM IST. Please vote as early as possible.
There were some problems with approval of some email addresses. Now all verified addresses have been approved. Thank your for your patience.
If you are not able to vote, [...]
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March 15th, 2007
Today is the last day for the Kerala Blogger Awards 2006 voter registration. I have extended the voting (not registration) for two more days since there are a number people yet to post verification code. So the voting will close on 17th March and no further polling will be allowed.
Currently a total of 168 users [...]
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March 13th, 2007
In Kerala, whenever a bus passes through a busy junction, you will see that a lot of male faces in the junction turn towards the back of the bus (or front if the bus is a private bus). What are they looking for? They are doing something called “visual rape”. They are looking for women [...]
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March 12th, 2007
Nishant writes about the beach soccer he played with his friends in 2002. It is hilarious :),
Soon a spirited game was on and a small crowd had also gathered to watch us. Suddenly something shot through the feet of the people and charged at the ball. It was a dog. Looked like a mangy [...]
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March 11th, 2007
Vinod VV looks at the coca cola ban, trade union militancy and a lot more in his recent post about Kerala,
Assume you want to change granite tiles in your house. What do we do in chennai?
1. Company set up at the wrong place on earth even after knowing that lots of companies got shut [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Yesterday Jo reported a rumour that police in central Kerala are harassing women who wear churidars.
A colleague, whose hometown is Muvattupuzha, reported that policewomen are out on the roads in Muvattupuzha, Kothamangalam and Perumbavoor (in Ernakulam district, Kerala state) to find females who wear churidars with a slit on the sides. Whenever they find someone [...]
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March 8th, 2007
From today, we are introducing Kerala Blog Rolls both in Malayalam and English. These will provide a summary of latest posts on the blogs listed in our Kerala Blog Directory.
The blog aggregators currently run every 10 minutes and ensures that you always see the latest posts.
The blog rolls will be changed to category level [...]
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