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August 12th, 2008
If any of you have recently visited Ernakulam, you know the traffic jam problems. The roads are congested and is being utilized well over its capacity. Road rage is a common incident and sometimes it even takes an hour to cover 5 Kilometres.
The only long term solution to this is the Metro rail. All [...]
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March 28th, 2008
Yesterday in a shocking and tragic accident, 7 people died on the spot when they were hit by a lorry on the road. Over 30 people had suffered injuries and are in hospital. In retaliation, congress activists destroyed the lorry and the lorry driver was taken into police custody. It appears that he was not [...]
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January 29th, 2008
Barcamp is a gathering of people who want to share and learn. Typically it is a techy event and the last barcamp saw a lot of geeks in attendance.
The second Barcamp is being organized at Cochin on February 3rd, 2008. The venue is DOE (Department of Electronics) seminar hall, CUSAT. You can register for the [...]
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May 26th, 2007
If everything goes as expected, on monday we may see some ugly scenes in Ernakulam. Traders on the M. G. road is challenging Kerala government and openly said that they would use *force* against any government action!
It may seem rather funny that a set of traders are courageous enough to challenge democratically elected government. It [...]
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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 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
World’s largest luxury ship, Queen Mary 2 docked at the Cochin port yesterday. Started from New York, this ship is headed to Malaysia. The ticket price for the journey is over 1 crore rupees(!) and this time it carries 2650 passengers. The total tour duration is 80 days.
Built in 2003, Queen Mary 2 is the [...]
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February 23rd, 2007
Here is something interesting for the guys. Did you know that there is a Website dedicated to Miss Kerala pageant?
Mathrubhoomi has a cool collection Miss Kerala 2007 of rehearsal pictures!
If I could be a judge….
BTW, Rohini Mariam Idiculla won the Miss Kerala 2007 event.
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February 20th, 2007
Over 20 children and 3 teachers died today when the boat carrying them to the thattekkadu bird sanctuary capsized. It is one of the biggest tragedies in recent Kerala history.
The boats operating at this tourist centre were without license. Also most of them were old and unusable. How did these boats operate without license? In [...]
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January 25th, 2007
Caroline makes you smile
I was blessed with a seat in the 5th row on my first leg, only to find it wouldn’t recline because the exit row was behind us. The two computer engineers on either side of me were headed back to their jobs in Singapore after their first year of work [...]
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January 10th, 2007
Manu raj is a television/movie actor who is trying to get some recognition. But he never would have thought that his fame would come this way!
He went to inaugurate the arts club of Government Polytechnic College at Kothamangalam and at the venue some guy presented him a gift. While going back Manu decided to check [...]
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January 8th, 2007
Kerala is a tourist’s paradise, that is if you know how not to get fleeced. Alappuzha backwaters is something which is a must see for anyone from outside. But if you are planning to spend time in a house boat prepare to carry loads of dollar notes!
JTR from England writes about his experiences in his [...]
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