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June 29th, 2008
It may give intense pleasure to those who are living outside Kerala to know that our beloved Kerala State Electricity Board has started 30 minute power cuts for everyone. This is affectionately called as load shedding. The monsoon god seems angry with Kerala and this year we may see power cuts for a few [...]
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June 5th, 2008
I have been a strong advocate of privatization and I have written many posts before on why we need strong competition in the market to ensure consumer protection. But unfortunately even at this early stage, private companies are displaying such greed that I am getting skeptical now. In a country like India where people look [...]
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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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May 10th, 2008
If you are travelling often on Kerala highways, you would be looking for good hotels where you can relax and get some decent food. If you are not a regular traveller, this is much more difficult than you think. Most of the highway side hotels are a rip-off.
I don’t know about other activities of KTDC [...]
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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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April 9th, 2008
Many times I used to wonder why some of the rich guys in Kerala want to join politics. Even in last election, there were a couple of rich NRIs contesting the election. The reason is simple - with politics come power and to do anything against the law. It is as if politicians are mysteriously [...]
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March 30th, 2008
An agitation by advocates in Trivandrum is now in "hot" stage. They are demanding a high court bench in Trivandrum. A lot of unions/organizations have expressed their solidarity with lawyers and is very happy to fuel the agitation. Every one says that "common man" in Trivandrum need a high court. But my question is [...]
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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 15th, 2008
In Kerala, nowadays almost every one has a mobile phone. There are "life time prepaid services" which requires a very small amount to keep a mobile connection with free incoming call support. Hence even school children has got their own mobiles.
Like any other new service, this convenience comes with a lot of problems. Internet [...]
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March 14th, 2008
According to the latest report by accounts general, Kerala’s total debt is now over fifty thousand crore rupees! The increase in debt was about 2500 crores just in last 8 months! This is now a ticking bomb, which if not addressed quickly will spiral into total disaster..
Think about this - there will not be more [...]
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July 14th, 2007
Entertainment industry is changing fast in India. Currently there are four major digital TV service providers in Kerala. In this post, I will briefly look at each of them. All these are known as Direct to home (DTH) providers except Asianet digital who uses their cable network infrastructure.
Satellite TV offers unbelievable picture clarity and stereo [...]
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June 2nd, 2007
In Kerala, “Law” is redefined from June 1st, 2007 as the following.
“Law” is a set of rules applicable only for the rich people. For poor/middle class people, law doesn’t apply. For example, suppose you want to encroach government land or government property. The first thing you need to make sure is that you are a [...]
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May 26th, 2007
If everything goes as expected, on monday we may see some ugly scenes in Ernakulam. Traders on the M. G. road is challenging Kerala government and openly said that they would use *force* against any government action!
It may seem rather funny that a set of traders are courageous enough to challenge democratically elected government. It [...]
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May 7th, 2007
Sakkaria is an intelligent man. He is the lone voice against new age moral police and the new age eco-terrorism. Eco-terrorism is the second biggest threat Malayalis face (corruption being the first).
Check out his statement on eco-terrorists.
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May 7th, 2007
Kerala Government has introduced a new law which effectively prevents any NRI (non resident indian) from buying land. As per the new law which was implemented in a hurry, to register land in your name, you need to be present at the registration office at the time of registration. Also a photo and fingerprints are [...]
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