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May 11th, 2008
Festival of mangoes and honey began at Trivandrum Chandrasekharan Nair stadium from today. It offers a rare chance to see a large variety of (over 150) Indian mangoes and also to taste local honey drink and mango juice. You can also purchase around 10 different types of mangoes at the venue.
I visited the venue [...]
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May 10th, 2008
In an idiotic move, Kerala government completely banned private bus services in nationalized routes from today. Earlier private buses were allowed to run up to 10KM through nationalized routes. Now not even an inch through the nationalized routes are allowed and that means they can’t even cross them.
This move will surely bring untold misery to [...]
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April 23rd, 2008
In a gruesome incident, 3 people were killed by an elephant at Koodal Manikyam temple (Irinjalakkuda). The elephant also caused extensive damage to the temple. The rampage continued for about 2 hours.
As you can see from the report, Police had a tough time preventing people from entering inside the temple. The following video is from [...]
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April 20th, 2008
Criminals from DYFI and biggest Kerala mafia (Vyapari Vyvasayi association) ransacked the new Reliance retail shop scheduled to open today at Paravur. They destroyed property and poured oil on the building. Interestingly police never came to the spot and no one was arrested even after the violence.
Please note that the people behind this criminal activity [...]
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April 19th, 2008
Village offices in Kerala are well known for corruption. A number of certificates are issued from village offices (income certificate, nativity certificate etc.) and invariably bribe is required to get them. Some may argue that you can still get the certificates without bribe, but that will require 3 or more village office visits!
Historically village officers [...]
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April 12th, 2008
Today there was an interesting news item which caught my attention. The agents who facilitate bribe at the RTO offices in Kerala has a union and a minister (Mons Joseph) is going to inaugurate their annual meeting! If you don’t believe me, check out the news item below. Click for a larger version.
As I [...]
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March 28th, 2008
Yesterday in a shocking and tragic accident, 7 people died on the spot when they were hit by a lorry on the road. Over 30 people had suffered injuries and are in hospital. In retaliation, congress activists destroyed the lorry and the lorry driver was taken into police custody. It appears that he was not [...]
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March 14th, 2008
UAE based retail giant, Lulu is planning to open a huge mall in Cochin very soon. The proposed mall will have a retail space of 1.2 million square feet. Lulu has plans to start hypermarkets and supermarkets in most of the major indian cities.
Lulu is part of EMKE group and is owned by [...]
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March 12th, 2008
All the hell has broken loose when Kerala high court said that manslaughter is a popular sport in Kannur. High court also pointed out the politicisation of Kerala police in Kannur. Even idiots in Kerala knows that what high court judge said is 100% true!
I am no fan of BJP (think about Gujarat massacre), [...]
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January 13th, 2008
I have written many times on the lack of consumer choice in Kerala. The only hope is the arrival of new retail chains. In Kerala, Trivandrum is especially hostile to consumers. Most of the shopkeepers are behaving like they are running some kind of charity shop for consumers.
Check out an interesting experience of Mr. Santhosh [...]
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January 3rd, 2008
Happy New Year to all the readers of Kerala Tips. It has been an exciting year in Kerala and it promises to be much more exciting in 2008.
As a start, from the new year day onwards, Kerala Electricity Board imposed 30 minute power cuts (called affectionately as load shedding) across Kerala. If everything goes well, [...]
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December 20th, 2007
Today 2 news items got my attention. The first one is the new cess Kerala government will be charging from vehicle owners. Yes, you guessed it. It is applicable for both existing and new vehicle owners. Everyone will have to go to the RTO office (the creepy place with all the ugly characters) and pay [...]
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December 19th, 2007
There is a saying in Malayalam - "aadiney pattiyakkuka" - means turning sheep into a dog. Article by D. Babu paul goes one step ahead - his article is titled - "aadu, patti, peppatti" - turning sheep into a rabies dog!
He talking about the recent controversy generated by Bishop Joseph Powathil’s statement - he is [...]
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December 16th, 2007
British library in Trivandrum was one of the best resource for books. When I was young, I found it a very peaceful place to spend time in learning. They also provided free Internet service for a long time. Sadly all good things must come to an end. So the British council decided to close [...]
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December 15th, 2007
Retail chain Spencer’s opened the first hypermarket in Kerala at Kozhikkode. This store is spread over 13,000+ sq.ft and on sale are about 25,000+ items! There is also an integrated Chef corner which will provide Kerala, Chinese and Italian cuisines.
Spencer’s is planning to open similar stores in Trivandrum and Cochin. For the consumers, who are [...]
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