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October 6th, 2007
Over last few weeks, atleast 20 people died just due to bad condition of roads in Kerala. Whenever a decision is made to cut a tree to widen a road, you might see a huge army of “intellectuals” protesting against it. But when people die just because roads are not repaired, no one bothers. The [...]
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June 14th, 2007
Kerala electricity board is another government department which is consistently on loss. But that doesn’t prevent them paying the maximum salary for its employees. In fact, it is highest paymaster in Kerala government.
Now they have found a way to extract more money from electricity consumers. Charge a hefty additional caution deposit from everyone. You would [...]
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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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May 24th, 2007
For the last two days, Malayala Manorama has been running a feature on Trivandrum passport office. The report says that it is a den of corrupt officials. As if it is new news!
Over the years passport fees has been increasing exponentially. At the same time service at trivandrum passport is steadily declining. In fact, if [...]
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May 23rd, 2007
Regular readers of this blog would have noticed that I have not been posting anything for some time. Actually I was too busy enjoying all the live ‘demolition drive’ in Munnar that I forgot about this blog!
Jokes apart, Munnar demolition is the hottest topic in Kerala. Wherever you go, whether it is in a passenger [...]
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May 7th, 2007
Kerala Government has introduced a new law which effectively prevents any NRI (non resident indian) from buying land. As per the new law which was implemented in a hurry, to register land in your name, you need to be present at the registration office at the time of registration. Also a photo and fingerprints are [...]
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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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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 24th, 2007
Kerala is one of the few states in India where almost all the train passengers pay for their ticket! Yet again and again central government ignores Kerala when it comes to allocation of new trains. It is a real torture to travel on one of the day trains such as “Malabar express” or “Parasuram [...]
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April 24th, 2007
According to this report, Kerala provided employment to 78,000 households in 2006-07 under the NREGA act.
Up to February,07, 83 thousand households demanded employment and out of them 78 thousand households were provided employment in the State. The average number of households provided employment in a district of the State is 38,871 while the national [...]
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April 21st, 2007
Recently Kerala chief minister achuthanandan made a statement that only 30% of government employees actually do any work! It is very funny since saying that is like saying “today I found out that sky is blue! hurray!!”. Another thing to note here is that majority of people who don’t work belong to CPM led unions!
I [...]
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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 4th, 2007
Tehelka has an interesting story on the government’s double standards when it comes to cola companies,
Which raises the question: if the Coca-Cola plant was the main culprit behind the water scarcity there, why is Palakkad district still facing acute water shortage? Many blame the double standards of the CPM, which heads the Left Democratic Front [...]
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April 3rd, 2007
It is already 3 days since lorry strike started in Kerala, paralysing goods traffic including essential commodities. The strike called by the lorry owners is a direct challenge to the rule of law in the state. They were given plenty of time to install speed governors. But after all the talks, the owners were [...]
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March 28th, 2007
Many people in Kerala has a misconception. They think that if something illegal is done, it is ok if it is done by a gang. They think that law has no validity before a majority!
Also many think that they have a born right to disrupt traffic or prevent others from operating their businesses. For example, [...]
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