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March 11th, 2009
Over the last few years Indian government and local state governments have been introducing a lot of stealth taxes. These are taxes never directly visible to people, but at the same time squeezes money from multiple points. I got a forwarded email which humorously analyzes the situation,
1) Que. : What are you doing?
Ans. : Business.
Tax [...]
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December 1st, 2008
Check out this hilarious Malayalam interpretation of a Russian folk song. The song is played by Ivan Kupala music group. This is a kind of “reverse Buffalax” where putting Malayalam subtitles on a Russian folk song makes it more meaningful! Enjoy..
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November 5th, 2008
The militant environmentalists hold unbelievable power in Kerala and they are capable of pushing complete nonsense to make it laws. I have written infinite times how they are destroying Kerala. But the following is too funny to ignore!
What caught my attention recently was a news item featured in Times of India e-paper (An online version [...]
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November 2nd, 2008
In Malayalam we have interesting and intelligent proverbs (“Pazhanchollukal”). Probably the most used proverb these days is,
“Kaala pettennu kettappol kayareduthu”
It is very difficult to translate it. It is something like “He made necessary arrangements when he heard his bull has delivered a baby”. Kerala government is adopting the same approach when they ordered the Labour [...]
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September 17th, 2008
If you are wondering what this is about, check out the original Mambo no. 5
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September 8th, 2008
I recently got a email forward saying that the pictures contained are taken from Trivandrum district. The email goes on to say,
The pictures taken are from a place called KALAMACHAL. Kalamachal is near Vamanapuram near the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. Kalamachal is situated Vamanapuram-Attingal road.(Between NH47 and MC Road). Exactly 3kms from Vamanapuram and and [...]
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August 30th, 2008
Big media corporations around the world are a big threat to human freedom and free flow of information. These corporations twist and create fake news and scary news to influence public opinion to serve their own interests. Malayala Manorama from Kerala is no exception. Recently they have started a sensational article series called "blue truth" [...]
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July 13th, 2008
The minimum education qualification required to apply for the post of a Lower Division Clerk in government service is SSLC (10th standard pass). The pay scale is around 3000-5000 and it is not easy to get this job. You need to work hard in the PSC test to get in.
But unfortunately in order to become [...]
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July 9th, 2008
One of the news items that caught my attention today was from Deepika newspaper. This newspaper is junk, but I monitor their online edition to see what they are cooking. Here is the gist of the story that caught my attention,
A group of well educated adults was arrested on immorality charges from a Kollam resort [...]
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June 20th, 2008
Whenever I read Malayalam newspaper in the morning, I usually end up laughing uncontrollably. Then my wife comes and catches me by my ear turning my laughter into a cry. She is worried that our neighbors will think that I am insane (I am sure some of the readers of this blog are ready to [...]
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June 6th, 2008
Today I came across an interesting set of malayalam hitech pazhanchollukal. Who knows, in time these may replace our original pazhanchollukal!
“venamengil software floppiyilum kayarum” – Even this can change quickly to “venamengil software cdyilum kayarum”. Funny, the speed with which things change!
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May 15th, 2008
Forming associations/unions to fight “competition” is nothing new Kerala. The latest “association” to take that route is All Kerala cable tv operator’s association. According to them the cable tv space is being taken over by “kuthakakal” (monopolies) and they are going to fight it.
They are planning a dharna on 22nd May at Ernakulam. A [...]
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May 11th, 2008
Continuing from my last post on KSRTC, here is an interesting picture I came across on flickr.
What is more funny is the comment written by ashok at flicker (click on the image for flicker page),
Hilarious! How apt that they advertise it in the side of a KSRTC bus, especially considering the number of [...]
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April 21st, 2008
If there is one thing that I am almost tired of writing on this blog, it is this – We have a unique knack for forming mafia groups. Groups which control an area of business, an area of art etc. etc.
Vyapari Vyavasayi Association which is a perfect example of such mafias. There are many [...]
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March 12th, 2008
Here is an interesting video of mammootty supposedly beating a pestering fan. What is more funny is the initial statement on the video – "it is shame and cruel". It is very common for fans to do all kinds of nonsense – such as using hidden safety pin to cause pain. I guess in this [...]
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