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Computers in Kannur

Shijaz Abdulla looks at the “state of technology” in Kannur,
So my last resort was to go to an Internet cafe, like everyone else. The good thing is that Kannur is dotted with a large number of internet cafes. Wherever you are in town, you will find a cafe near you. Maybe someday the number of [...]

Kerala Blog directory updates - 4th March

Last week a couple of new blogs were added to Kerala Blog Directory. These are,
ചാരുകേശി (പി. ശിവപ്രസാദ്) - A collection of poems. Sivaprasad (ഇത്തിരിപ്പോന്ന കവിതകളിലൂടെ പാഴാങ്കപ്പുഴനീന്തുന്ന പലരിലൊരുവന്‍) is living in Saudi Arabia.
കാഞ്ഞിരോടന്‍ കഥകള്‍ (പൊതുവാള്) - Poduval writes about stories, poems etc. with a Kasargod touch!
Scaling New Heights (Brijesh Nair) - Brijesh writes his thoughts on Kerala and [...]

Blog by Miss Kerala 2007?

Apparently Miss Kerala 2007 decides to start a blog. I am not sure whether this is a spoof, only time will tell
Feb 17 I looked at the world from a new perspective. Suddenly I was a voice that was heard. heard beyond my family and friends. Life has taken a new course. Hopefully [...]

Photos from silent valley park

Ramyanaresh captures Silent valley in photos.
Visiting here is not as simple as we think! We need to get prior permission from the forest department in Mukali on paying entry fee Rs 20/- per visitor. Private jeeps from Mukkali to Silent valley and back cost Rs 450/-. You can also take your own vehicle with permission [...]

Why you should avoid strangers in train

Nariyal Chutney has written an interesting post on the guy he met on the Delhi train.
He started with the story on how he started a factory in his village and how union leaders harassed him . He had to resort to gun fire when an angry mob attacked him and he killed two of his [...]

Thrissur police has a Website!

Yesterday I came across the official Website of Thrissur police. I am not sure whether this is genuine, but it sure is funny!
Thrissurpolice.com, the official website of Thrissur District Police was launched in May 2001, with the broad objective of facilitating direct communication between members of the public and senior officials of the District Police. [...]

Introducing Kerala Blog Listings

I have added a new directory of quality Kerala related blogs. English and Malayalam blogs are grouped separately and blogs are also categorized. The idea is to have a list of quality blogs at one place.
This directory/blog list is maintained on user submission (which may be from a blog reader as well). Hence only blog [...]

An interesting Malayalam blog featuring stories and poems - by വല്യമ്മായി

വല്യമ്മായി who considers herself “അത്ര പാവമല്ലാത്ത ഒരു തൃശ്ശൂരുകാരി”, writes an interesting blog titled “എനിക്കു പറയാനുള്ളത്”. If you are looking for good short stories and poems in Malayalam, look no further!
തിരിച്ചറിവ്
കണ്ണിലൊരു കരടു പോയപ്പോഴാണ്‌
തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞത്
ഞാന്‍ നിന്റെ കണ്ണിലെ കരടായിരുന്നപ്പോള്‍
എന്തുമാത്രം നൊന്തുവെന്ന്
എന്നിട്ടുമൊരുവേള ശ്രമിച്ചില്ലല്ലൊ
എന്നെയവിടെ നിന്നെടുത്തുമാറ്റാന്‍.

Do we need to learn how to live our lives?

As humans do we need to learn how to live our lives? Well, that is what “Art of living” proponents are saying. VKN’s friend has a good take on the issue,
“Ravi Shankar, Hari Shankar, Baba Shankar.. or any Shankar…
If you have all your marbles with you, then you DO NOT need any one to tell [...]

Stories for children by Achayan

Achayan (Joseph Narimattom) has started a new blog featuring adventure stories for children. He has started off with the novel “Valley of the Mountain Goddess”,
The bus was late. It screeched to a halt like a hot and panting horse. A handful of passengers got down hurriedly, the bus crew almost shoving them down into the [...]

Bathing the elephants - Wayanad experience

This guy tries his hand at elephant bathing
Other visitors soon joined in the elephant bathing. I’m sure we didn’t clean the elephants all that well, that the mahouts were doing most of the actual work, that we were just tourists play-bathing the elephants. But I didn’t care. I was standing ankle-deep in [...]

Photo from Chembra peak, Wayanad

Prashanth M captures a unique photo from Chembra peak, Wayanad. There are a lot other interesting photos to check out at the site…

Malayalam Photo blog by Thulasi

Thulasi’s photo blog is one site where you can spend hours looking at his brilliant photos.
But sometimes photos can be shocking as well…
Sainaba was born with this head due to pesticide endosulphan which was used very heavily in Kasargod district.

Mohanlal’s harbour market restaurant

Stanley varghese visits harbour market restaurant in bangalore (owned by Mohanlal) and is blown away by the experience!
Well, one look at the Menu, and my stomach (already grumbling not havin eaten anything the whole morning) turned into a sailor-knot. Well, you guessed right - It was the bloody prices!!
To give you an idea,
Idly [...]

Value of 2 rupees - Help your neighbour

Sometime back I wrote a post about the karuvannur toll bridge guessing that probably it is the cheapest toll bridge. The toll is for 2 rupees.
Kuttan menon writes about an incident in Amala hospital which shows how valuable 2 rupees can be!
കഞ്ഞിക്ക് പത്തുരൂപയാണ് വില. ആ സ്ത്രീയുടെ കൈവശം 8 രൂപയേ ഉള്ളൂ. കൌണ്ടറിലെ പയ്യന്‍ അല്പം പരുഷമായിത്തന്നെയാണ് ആ [...]