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June 16th, 2009
Following is a detailed presentation on the SNC lavalin scandal. It is interesting that SNC Lavalin got away with Rs. 300 crore which was initially worth about Rs. 24 crore. What is all the more perplexing is the relation between cancer centre and the power plant renovation.
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June 8th, 2009
Kerala is famous for its caste system. It was so horrible that even someone from India (Swami Vivekananda) called it the "lunatic asylum". Exposure to other cultures and rapid communication mechanisms improved the situation in Kerala drastically.
Yet caste based divisions are still strong. There is a strong undercurrent of both caste based and religion [...]
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June 5th, 2009
Today is “world environment day” and it is celebrated to create awareness of environmental issues. Kerala celebrated this day by planting couple of trees in schools and organizing meetings across the state. Some also think that having a “census of trees”would help in protecting the environment. Unfortunately many of the suggestions put forward by environmentalists are [...]
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April 8th, 2009
I am really surprised at the speed of adoption of Internet in government activities. The latest is the Web site hosted by Election commission for LokSabha elections 2009. The Chief Electoral Office Web site can be used to find your polling booth!! The best thing is that it works!
Here is a step by step guide,
1. [...]
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February 25th, 2009
Criminal assault (also called as ragging) is common in professional colleges in Kerala. It has reached such a scary situation that some think that they can get away with rape under the disguise of ragging. Many people suffer horrible abuse at the hands of these criminals. These criminals know that they can easily get away under the [...]
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February 6th, 2009
The blatant disregard for rule of law in India will turn our country into a battlefield soon. We are no longer a democracy and we do not have freedom. We are slaves of politicians and goons who openly challenge and break the law. The judiciary & police is becoming corrupt and spineless and the day is [...]
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January 21st, 2009
Kerala’s capital Trivandrum is slowly becoming a heaven for criminals from other districts. Whenever there is a political, religious or trade union demonstration in Trivandrum, all criminals converge on the capital city and unleash violence. They are pretty sure that police won’t take any action and can continue damaging property and beating up people. Since [...]
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December 7th, 2008
In yet another display of political arrogance, two MPs from Kerala caused flight delay at Delhi International Airport. According to reports they refused to change the flight when the original flight developed a technical snag. They also decided to go on a “dharna” inside the faulty aircraft!! The drama caused additional delay and finally the [...]
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December 1st, 2008
Do you know what happens when we elect an uneducated person as our chief minister? Well, here you have,
“He (Sandeep’s father) says that the Kerala chief minister did not come whereas the Karnataka chief minister came in the morning itself…and that Kerala has ignored him. He got all worked up over this,” Achuthanandan told ‘Times [...]
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November 17th, 2008
Swathanthra Malayalam Computing community (SMC) has released a press note on the NCFS 2008 spectacle.
The National Conference on Free Software which holds the motto of Free Software, Free Knowledge and Free Humanity was held on Cochin University of Science And Technology (CUSAT). The main organizers of the event were CUSAT, Open Software Solutions Industrial Co-Operative [...]
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November 17th, 2008
If there is one word that has the most confused and complicated definition in Kerala, it is the word “Freedom”. Many people think that “freedom” means you have the full right to do anything even if that means doing illegal things or trampling on another person’s freedom. It is like you can do whatever you want to [...]
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November 11th, 2008
I always wonder why we spent so much energy and effort on things which matter least. The latest in these controversies is the demand for giving “Malayalam” the classical language status. The demand is triggered by the recent addition of Kannada and Telugu as “classical languages” by Government of India.
It was in 2004 that government [...]
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November 9th, 2008
Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan declared Cheriyanad Panchayat as the first litigation controlled Panchayat on saturday. The Pachayat at Cheriyanad has setup local level committee to facilitate out of the court settlements whenever disputes arise in the village. The committee was very successful in minimizing the litigations from the Panchayat disposing over 400 [...]
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November 4th, 2008
V.K. Mathews started IBS (International Business Services Group) in 1997 and over years the company has grown to one of the leading IT companies based in Kerala. IBS employs over 2000 people and most of them are from Kerala.
Now we all Malayalees know what will happen when you start a factory or a business in [...]
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October 11th, 2008
It appears that United States and rest of the world is heading towards a long and painful economic recession. It has caused the bankruptcy of a country (Iceland) and even capitalists are nationalizing banks to protect investors and bank customers! The most affected areas of this recession seems to be banking, finance, insurance and IT [...]
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