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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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December 7th, 2007
For some days now, Kerala is facing problems in the supply of rice. And hence there is an increase in the price and people are feeling the heat. Now what is the solution to this problem? Here is what our food minister C.K Divakaran has to say,
“Malayalees should change their food habits. They should [...]
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November 28th, 2007
Malayalees are crazy when it comes to Gold. If you watch TV ads, after a while you will think gold is essential for the survival of a Malayalee. Media and gold companies find new ways to make malayalees buy gold, such as declaring a day as the auspicious day for buying gold!
It is also an [...]
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October 8th, 2007
One of the interesting(?) aspects of life in Kerala is the way society treats its women folk. We are probably one of the worst educated societies in the world which treats women like commodity. The work “charak (commodity)” is a common word among men (even in colleges and schools) used to describe woman.
Here is another [...]
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September 19th, 2007
Kuttan writes about the “retards on prowl” in Kerala,
Allowing boys and girls in school to sit on the same bench while writing their exams could cause “breakdown of morality” leading to “total sexual anarchy”. That’s not from a Taliban missive. That’s the pivot for a statewide agitation being planned by the student arm of Kerala’s [...]
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September 18th, 2007
You might be a Malayali…
If you can fit four passengers in the front seat of an Ambassador taxi, while in the back there are eight passengers and two children with their heads stuck out of the window, chances are, you are a Mallu going to attend your cousin’s wedding.
If you can run, ride a [...]
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September 15th, 2007
Kerala has decided to ban drinking water completely since according to a study, 99% of the water is contaminated. In order to protect its citizens from harm, government decided to completely ban drinking water, citing health reasons.
Ok. Ok. Drinking water is not yet banned. Unlike banning pepsi/coke, banning drinking water may not get clapping from [...]
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August 17th, 2007
Who wants to participate in this unique onam celebration?
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August 15th, 2007
Today we are celebrating 60th Independence day. Let us pray for a tommorrow which will remove superstition, corruption and poverty from our society.
Let us salute everyone who spent their lives for the freedom of our society. Vande Mataram.
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August 15th, 2007
If you have just seen the title alone, you would be wondering “what the heck is that”? Ok. Without further suspense refer the following news,
Thiruvananthapuram, July 2 (IANS) Angry youths in this Kerala capital Friday burnt an effigy of US President George W. Bush, not because they are anti-American but because he has named his [...]
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August 4th, 2007
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Note that the domain name registration is not free. You can get a free subdomain (for example, http://xyz.10xwebhost.com) or get your own domain for $10 [...]
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July 27th, 2007
Want more visitors to your blog? Here is a feature on Kerala Tips which will give you more visitors. I have started a Kerala Blog Directory, which will list categorized blogs on Kerala. You can submit your own blog with detailed description.
Kerala Tips is currently having 1000 visitors per day and by adding your blog [...]
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July 22nd, 2007
Amar C. Bakshi of washingtonpost is currently running a series called “how the world see america”. The recent posts by him are based on Kerala. He seems to have met all the “wrong guys” in Kerala. I am not disputing the truth of what he has written. He is spot on with his article on [...]
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July 22nd, 2007
It is estimated that one rupee out of four circulating in Kerala is made by Malayalees working outside the state. The mindset is etched so deep in a Malayali that he looks for jobs outside (gulf, north india, chennai, Us etc.) immediately after the education. This also means that not many care about any job [...]
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