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February 16th, 2010
Indian government and Kerala government are creating more and more laws under the assumption that it will lead to a better life for the common man. However, in reality more laws means more power to the corrupt police officers and usually means more corruption. Instead of solving problems more laws are creating more problems in [...]
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June 17th, 2009
In Trivandrum edition of newspapers, the goonda menace is always in the front page of the “city edition”. There are high tech goondas who has nothing to fear from police (since they pay well) and then there are politically connected goondas who has good political protection. Due to lack of political will and lack of [...]
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June 16th, 2009
Following is a detailed presentation on the SNC lavalin scandal. It is interesting that SNC Lavalin got away with Rs. 300 crore which was initially worth about Rs. 24 crore. What is all the more perplexing is the relation between cancer centre and the power plant renovation.
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February 25th, 2009
Criminal assault (also called as ragging) is common in professional colleges in Kerala. It has reached such a scary situation that some think that they can get away with rape under the disguise of ragging. Many people suffer horrible abuse at the hands of these criminals. These criminals know that they can easily get away under the [...]
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January 21st, 2009
Kerala’s capital Trivandrum is slowly becoming a heaven for criminals from other districts. Whenever there is a political, religious or trade union demonstration in Trivandrum, all criminals converge on the capital city and unleash violence. They are pretty sure that police won’t take any action and can continue damaging property and beating up people. Since [...]
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December 25th, 2008
Yesterday a large group of vandals (members of the Palayam DYFI area committee) attacked Cafe Coffee Day shop on the Vellayambalam-Kowdiar stretch. They attacked customers including women and partially destroyed the hotel complex. Police just watched as the mob over 100 people went on beating customers and employees of Cafe Coffee Day. They also damaged [...]
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December 1st, 2008
I have been watching people on TV giving their opinion on how to tackle terrorism in India. Everyone wants increased security and wants more money and people for coast guard, NSG etc. etc. Some have even gone to the extend of supporting suspension of individual freedom!! Not surprisingly politicians are at the receiving and frankly [...]
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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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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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May 8th, 2008
Our first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru was a good person. But as a prime minister he was an utter failure. His concept of idiotic “socialism” is the primary reason why it took almost 40 years for us to bring liberalisation. For him, the word “profit” was devil and millions of Indians suffered in poverty due [...]
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April 20th, 2008
Criminals from DYFI and biggest Kerala mafia (Vyapari Vyvasayi association) ransacked the new Reliance retail shop scheduled to open today at Paravur. They destroyed property and poured oil on the building. Interestingly police never came to the spot and no one was arrested even after the violence.
Please note that the people behind this criminal activity [...]
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April 19th, 2008
Village offices in Kerala are well known for corruption. A number of certificates are issued from village offices (income certificate, nativity certificate etc.) and invariably bribe is required to get them. Some may argue that you can still get the certificates without bribe, but that will require 3 or more village office visits!
Historically village officers [...]
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April 12th, 2008
Today there was an interesting news item which caught my attention. The agents who facilitate bribe at the RTO offices in Kerala has a union and a minister (Mons Joseph) is going to inaugurate their annual meeting! If you don’t believe me, check out the news item below. Click for a larger version.
As I [...]
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March 15th, 2008
In Kerala, nowadays almost every one has a mobile phone. There are "life time prepaid services" which requires a very small amount to keep a mobile connection with free incoming call support. Hence even school children has got their own mobiles.
Like any other new service, this convenience comes with a lot of problems. Internet [...]
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December 20th, 2007
Today there was interesting phenomenon in Trivandrum city. Almost all the computer shops had their shutters half closed! Reason? News leaked out that Microsoft and police is conducting raids to find out usage of pirated software!
It turned out to be a raid against select software companies not hardware vendors. So by afternoon most of the [...]
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