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Marriages are made in heaven and dowry in our world

Abraham Menacherry shares an interesting conversation he heard on the train,
My friend is ecstatic. He tells me, I am going to get married dude, MARRIED!! Wait till I break the news to that bugger buddie2 (name changed!), he is going to be dead jealous now.
I: You haven’t seen the girl!! What if you don’t like [...]

Santosh George Kulangara (a malayali) to become India’s first space tourist

Santosh George, the Managing Director of Labour India Publications, and producer of ‘Sancharam’, a weekly travel programme being aired on a Malayalam television channel will become India’s first space tourist.
He has got a confirmed seat on Virgin Galetic’s Spaceship. The registration had cost him around USD 20,000 (Rs 9 lakhs). The total cost of [...]

Onyx 2007 campus fest at Kottayam

College of Engineering Poonjar, Kottayam is organizing its annual technical and arts festival called Onyx 07. The events are scheduled at mammen mappilla hall on 15th and 16th February.
Main events are - video choreography, nostalgia, adapt tune, western music, paper presentation, web designing, circuit designing, code debugging.

Kat makes some Keralan observations!

Is there anything wrong if a young auto driver gets excited by a young foreigner?
Rickshaw boy: (still facing me) Shake my hand!!
Me: Arrrggghh, Watch the road!!!
Rickshaw boy: (turns round) : But do you love me?
Me: Er, no, um…..
Rickshaw boy: (turns round again) You don’t love me?
(narrowly misses edge of road and another bus)
Me: [...]

How it feels to be back home

Ajay gets poetic on his two hour journey to Kottayam,
No, no red carpet awaits me,
I’m just a face in the teeming crowd;
But she will hear about me somehow,
And for a fleeting moment she’ll be proud.
I close my eyes.
It smells like home.