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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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March 28th, 2007
Kerala Postal Service has signed an agreement with REVA electric car company recently. As per the agreement RECC will provide 3 customized electric cars, which will be used to collect and deliver speed post items in and around Trivandrum! It is expected that this service will be operational from April 16th this year.
These cars are [...]
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March 20th, 2007
As per Supreme court directives, Kerala Government has decided to make marriage certificates mandatory for all. It will be applicable for all religions. So the so called “uniform civil code” is coming through the backdoor slowly and steadily. Bihar is the only other state where marriage registration is mandatory.
I wonder why the law was not [...]
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March 17th, 2007
Whenever any new regulation is introduced by government, it invariably leads to corruption. The easiest way to reduce corruption is to reduce permits/approvals etc. required from government departments.
For example, just after thattekkadu tragedy, many government employees started harassing boat owners and started collecting money as bribe.
Kaippally points to the latest government regulation on the [...]
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March 17th, 2007
Is God nude? To put it in another way, does God need to put on clothes? These are some important questions which has turned Kerala upside down. It is reported that many in Kerala needed trauma care after the following news came out. Many were unable to visualize God without clothes…
It all began when Kerala [...]
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March 13th, 2007
Our current chief minister Mr. Achuthanandan has a unique gift. He can generate huge controversies in Kerala just by joking on a subject (Our late ex. Chief Minister Nayanar also had this unique ability. His speeches were a huge hit just because of humor content. I remember listening to one of his speeches and by [...]
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March 12th, 2007
Today while replying to a question in the assembly, Kerala’s home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said that there are 607 criminals in Kerala Police! They are accused of crimes ranging from rape to murder.
That is good. If it is not enough to have thousands of goondas unleashed in the state, we also have plenty of [...]
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March 9th, 2007
Kerala Budget for 2007-2008 was announced today. The bad news is that the total debt has crossed 55,000 crore rupees. That means each of us have a debt of around 20,000 rupees! You can go through the entire budget here.
The budget shows revenue receipts of Rs 21,000+ crore, against expenditure of 26,000+ crore, leaving a [...]
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March 9th, 2007
In 1975, Indira Gandhi declared Emergency rule in India which lasted for 18 months. It was very effective in bringing discipline at the time (for example, government employees used to report at office on time). I think we need something similar declared in Kerala (after imposing President’s rule).
1. Hartal, hartals more hartals - Kerala citizen [...]
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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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February 13th, 2007
MC Road is the main road (state highway) in Kerala which connects major cities. This is a two lane road and is being converted to a four lane road as part of KSTP project. This lane conversion contract was given to the Pati-bel company. But the “road mafia” was disturbed when they saw that [...]
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February 12th, 2007
Thank god. Finally Kerala court came to the rescue of thousands of CD shop owners. Today in its judgement court has said that shops can continue to lend the CDs. The case will be reconsidered in full detail by court again.
Court also said that during any raids all the legal proceedings must be adhered (For [...]
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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 11th, 2007
Yesterday I came across the official Website of Thrissur police. I am not sure whether this is genuine, but it sure is funny!
Thrissurpolice.com, the official website of Thrissur District Police was launched in May 2001, with the broad objective of facilitating direct communication between members of the public and senior officials of the District Police. [...]
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