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June 26th, 2008
In the last post I looked at the "controversial religious" section on the textbook and commented that there is no "communist ideology" in it. It seemed pretty good material.
Yesterday I was going through the entire textbook and noticed that in fact very cleverly some ideas and perceptions are injected using the book. What we [...]
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June 25th, 2008
Check out the updated post on this issue here.
The seventh standard textbook controversy is snowballing into a major law and order issue in Kerala. The issue has turned into a fight between fake atheists and religious fanatics.
In this post, I am not going to look at what idiots on both sides are doing. Instead let [...]
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May 13th, 2008
If any of you tried to access SSLC exam results online, you would have seen that all Web sites including those of Kerala government went down when results were announced! It is funny since this time there was announcement that a lot of money is spend to make the system crash proof and C-DIT is [...]
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December 12th, 2007
As part of the IT@School project, Kerala government in association with BSNL started giving broadband connections to 1200+ schools. Broadband connectivity will be rolled out to all high schools by next year. BSNL is charging a reduced tariff of Rs.5000/- per connection (remember, this is unlimited access).
IT@School project aims to equip computers as a learning [...]
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September 8th, 2007
If you visit places in central Kerala (Idukki for example), you will find an interesting social phenomenon. A lot of young students are studying nursing in Kerala or outside kerala. In fact, it is very difficult to get train tickets on sleeper compartments which goes to bangalore or mumbai. Trains are swarmed by nursing students [...]
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July 22nd, 2007
It is estimated that one rupee out of four circulating in Kerala is made by Malayalees working outside the state. The mindset is etched so deep in a Malayali that he looks for jobs outside (gulf, north india, chennai, Us etc.) immediately after the education. This also means that not many care about any job [...]
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May 17th, 2007
Emmanuel Sumithran Gnanamanickam is the project manager of the Niligris-Wynaad Tribal Welfare Society, a small NGO based on the borders of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Emmanuel and his small and dedicated staff provide basic health care, education and support to four different tribal groups in the region.
In the following video (2.5mins), [...]
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May 7th, 2007
Kerala government got another kick from Supreme court. It is well deserved. Government should have thought twice before bringing out such a stupid law. Any lawyer student would have told them that they had no chance in court!
It is funny to listen to what SFI says. They are saying it is unfair to poor students! [...]
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February 12th, 2007
Kerala government has started a new sex education drive in high school. The idea is to impart sex education to children studying in 9th and 10th standard. In theory this idea is good since sex is a suppressed subject in Kerala and children get a lot of incorrect information about sex.
But when you look at [...]
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February 3rd, 2007
Do you know that SSLC textbooks can be downloaded from Kerala government’s Website? Yes, it is true - All the textbooks can now be downloaded as PDF files. So if you have plenty of free paper and free printer ink, there is no need to buy the textbooks
Click here to download or read [...]
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January 31st, 2007
Now the self financing college association says,
We will do 100% admission. We won’t use entrance rank alone as it is not transparent. We are going to look at a lot of parameters before giving admission.
This is the funniest statement I have seen lately. Note that word “transparent”. Self financing college association using the word - [...]
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January 19th, 2007
Out of the many universities in Kerala, University of Kerala is the best. But even then…
Yes, the title is a strong rhetoric - but that is what we call creative press license
Via Malayala Manorama.
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January 17th, 2007
Unbelievable? Well, here is how it works. Many schools now print receipt books for anything varying from library renovation to annual celebrations. These receipt books are then given to students to collect money from public. In practise, this turns out to be begging with one or more students going to houses to collect money.
Now you [...]
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January 11th, 2007
Kerala division of National Informatics Centre (NIC) provides all major examination results online. This site also can be used as a portal and provides links to various resources such as application forms and recruitment related information. To ensure access at all times they have put up a mirror site as well. Man! there is even [...]
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