January 17th, 2007
Consider that you are entering into a business deal with a company. Now the company says that it needs 400crores for the business deal. Then it says that out of those 400 crores it will give back 100 crores as a grant to build a cancer centre!
Yes, you read it right! Does it make any [...]
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January 15th, 2007
Yesterday I was watching Fasttrack program on Manorama News. This is a show on the latest cars and bikes. It is a faily good program. At the end they had a section called leader’s love for Benz - In it Karunakaran says,
I love speed and I ask my drivers to go as fast as they [...]
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January 14th, 2007
Ashok points to this poster found at Trivandrum medical college,
JK sent this picture adorning the walls of the principal’s office building. Although i couldnt read the entire slogan, the Words “Saddam Rakthasaakshi” give you an idea about the general theme…
Saddam has fans even among medical students
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January 12th, 2007
Things are getting pretty nasty in Kerala. Now there is a hartal almost every day somewhere. The funny thing is that the only people affected are the poorest of poor (daily wage workers - I know it is not funny, but sad).
Some upcoming hartals,
BJP hartal in Palakkad today because some of their workers got kiss [...]
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January 9th, 2007
People of Kerala voted LDF to power thinking that something good will happen (Yes, it happens every 5 years :)) Unfortunately whatever government has done so far only created more problems for the people.. Let me be clear - I am not against communists, but they need to be more pragmatic and sensible.
Vinod looks at [...]
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January 8th, 2007
Kerala is probably the only government in the world which operates everything from sports lotteries to airlines. Well, the airlines idea didn’t take off thanks to central government.
In traditional sense, a government is something which facilitates the daily lives of its citizens. In Kerala, it is beginning to look exactly opposite. Now Kerala government [...]
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January 7th, 2007
When Saddam was executed, Kerala came to standstill for half a day. It was no secret that majority of people in Kerala was shocked at the news. Local TV channels decided to raise the pitch by their provocative news reporting. But to many from outside, who are not used to Kerala politics, it was all [...]
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