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A journalist’s take on Vimochana Samaram

Journalist ramasundaram goes back in time and writes about what he saw during Vimochana Samaram. Vimochana samaram (liberation struggle) started in 1958 against the first communist government (led by EMS Namboothiripad). It ended when the Kerala government was dismissed by the central government after a police firing in which 15 people died,
There was a huge [...]

A piece of soap history!

Tilak Rajesh digs out a piece of soap history. He found an ad for 501 bar soap in his grandfather’s closet,