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December 5th, 2009
The seventh edition of Barcamp Kerala will be taking place at Kristu Jyoti College of Management and Technology, Kottayam on 20th December 2009. There are over 10 sessions planned and over 100 technology enthusiasts are expected to take part in the event.
What is Barcamp Kerala?
Barcamp Kerala is get together of technology enthusiasts and [...]
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November 17th, 2008
If there is one word that has the most confused and complicated definition in Kerala, it is the word “Freedom”. Many people think that “freedom” means you have the full right to do anything even if that means doing illegal things or trampling on another person’s freedom. It is like you can do whatever you want to [...]
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November 1st, 2008
DC Books is organizing a 12 day DC International book fair & cultural fest at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Trivandrum. Over 300 publishers are participating in the book fair and according to the organizers 10 lakh books on a wide range of topics are available at the fair. As part of the book fair, various [...]
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May 11th, 2008
Festival of mangoes and honey began at Trivandrum Chandrasekharan Nair stadium from today. It offers a rare chance to see a large variety of (over 150) Indian mangoes and also to taste local honey drink and mango juice. You can also purchase around 10 different types of mangoes at the venue.
I visited the venue [...]
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April 23rd, 2008
Tech a Break is the annual cultural celebration at Technopark Trivandrum. From the official site,
In the pursuit of rejuvenation, fun, frolic and thrill for the IT professionals in the Campus, TECHNOPARK is organizing TECH-A-BREAK 2008, the annual cultural celebration in the month of April 2008. Fun, thrills and excitement fill the campus and the mood [...]
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April 20th, 2008
With a clear lead in SMS votes(40 thousand more than runner up Durga) Najim from Trivadrum today won the Idea Star Singer 2007 competition. He got a brand new flat worth 40 lakhs in cochin from confident group! Runner up Durga got a Ford Fiesta car!
Star singer 2007 took almost a year to complete! [...]
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March 13th, 2008
Kerala’s IT show has started today in Technopark Trivandrum. The event was inaugurated by chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan. For the next three days, Technopark campus is open to general public and an exhibition is also running for the next three days. This event will conclude on 15th March. The opening timings are from 10:30 [...]
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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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June 25th, 2007
What is a barcamp?
Barcamp is ad-hoc gathering of people with desire to learn and share information. It involves discussions, demonstrations and interaction from participants. Barcamp means participation and normally tourist/visitors are not encouraged. Most of the barcamps are on technical topics.
Barcamp in Kerala?
Yes. It seems that a barcamp is being organized in Kerala. The date/venue [...]
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May 1st, 2007
Today is May day and workers around the world celebrate International Workers’ Day. In Kerala, this day(thozhilali dhinam) is celebrated by giving a holiday to all government employees. If you happen to travel around anywhere in Kerala, you can hear interesting songs and speeches blaring through loudspeakers.
Here are some May Day resolutions for Kerala government [...]
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April 30th, 2007
Surendar has created an excellent photo album on Thrissur pooram 2007,
Thrissur Pooram is the most colourful temple festival of Kerala, south India.It is a festival of light, colour, percussion and elephants.
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April 30th, 2007
Thrissur pooram is a must visit event for a lot of malayalees around Thrissur. But this time, it was not well received as the previous poorams due to many reasons – “delay between fireworks”, “fireworks were no loud enough” and “elephant stampede”. Here are some of the videos I found on the pooram festival.
1. Elephant [...]
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April 6th, 2007
Kerala Police has recently started a campaign to improve their image among the public. As part of this campaign, movies on policing is being screened at Trivandrum (Chandrasekharan nair stadium) from April 18 to 21. Various events are planned at the venue and entry is free for the general public.
With the rise of organised gangs [...]
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April 3rd, 2007
Kavitha Suresh has created a photo story on Thrissur pooram using the photos she had recently taken. The photo story is a video and on a dialup will take a lot of time. Also requires windows media player. The video length is about 5 minutes.
Here is a small clipping I made about my native festival [...]
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March 17th, 2007
In Kerala, a partial solar eclipse will be visible on monday (19th March) between 6AM and 7AM. Hence the eclipse will end even before the day starts! The highest degree of eclipse is estimated to be around 6%.
The solar eclipse can be viewed at observatory in Kerala University.
Important : Solar eclipse should not viewed [...]
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