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June 10th, 2008
At last KSRTC has implemented bus route numbers for city services in Trivandrum. Earlier the bus routes were written only in Malayalam and most of the boards were difficult to read. Also people from outside and tourists had a tough time finding the bus to their destination.
KSRTC operates around 1522 distinct city services. [...]
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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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April 23rd, 2008
Tech a Break is the annual cultural celebration at Technopark Trivandrum. From the official site,
In the pursuit of rejuvenation, fun, frolic and thrill for the IT professionals in the Campus, TECHNOPARK is organizing TECH-A-BREAK 2008, the annual cultural celebration in the month of April 2008. Fun, thrills and excitement fill the campus and the mood [...]
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April 20th, 2008
With a clear lead in SMS votes(40 thousand more than runner up Durga) Najim from Trivadrum today won the Idea Star Singer 2007 competition. He got a brand new flat worth 40 lakhs in cochin from confident group! Runner up Durga got a Ford Fiesta car!
Star singer 2007 took almost a year to complete! [...]
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March 13th, 2008
Kerala’s IT show has started today in Technopark Trivandrum. The event was inaugurated by chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan. For the next three days, Technopark campus is open to general public and an exhibition is also running for the next three days. This event will conclude on 15th March. The opening timings are from 10:30 [...]
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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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December 20th, 2007
Today there was interesting phenomenon in Trivandrum city. Almost all the computer shops had their shutters half closed! Reason? News leaked out that Microsoft and police is conducting raids to find out usage of pirated software!
It turned out to be a raid against select software companies not hardware vendors. So by afternoon most of the [...]
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December 18th, 2007
I think if there is one thing that will destroy us as a society, it is going to be politicians. They are one category to whom no law seems to apply. For example, the goonda act recently passed by our "beloved" politicians exempt "politicians" from the goonda list. How convenient!
Consider the recent criminal acts [...]
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June 29th, 2007
Joseph Thomas writes on the thampanoor boat stop,
First I thought its the people who travel in that car got out to push it. But I was wrong. A friend tells me that there are a group of people waiting for ‘customers’ who get their cars stuck in the middle of the road so that they [...]
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June 29th, 2007
The following photo is taken at fuel station in Vellayambalam, Trivandrum owned by Kerala’s civil supplies department. The red board is a bit difficult to read, since I had to take the photo very discretely. You see, I don’t want to get beaten up!
The board says - “FREE AIR - It is illegal to pay [...]
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June 25th, 2007
A Kerala based NGO, Biotech won the Ashden award for food security (30,000 british pounds). Check the award page for more details on Biotech work. The complete biotech report can be downloaded here(PDF).
BIOTECH is an NGO based in Kerala, South India, which has developed biogas digesters for managing food waste and other organic waste [...]
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May 24th, 2007
For the last two days, Malayala Manorama has been running a feature on Trivandrum passport office. The report says that it is a den of corrupt officials. As if it is new news!
Over the years passport fees has been increasing exponentially. At the same time service at trivandrum passport is steadily declining. In fact, if [...]
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May 5th, 2007
Check out the following poster which was printed as part of the recent “50 years” celebration of Kerala Police. It supposedly shows different faces of Kerala Police. This poster was pasted in almost every bus stand around trivandrum.
Funny that police woman is in saree. I wonder how she will run after a thief or a [...]
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April 30th, 2007
E.M. George was an ace ISRO scientist in Trivandrum. But then he found an area which required his urgent attention - mosquito control! He quit his job to become the “mosquito terminator”!
After years of study, he has developed something called “GEM Technology” which is a method for fighting mosquitos. I think the term “GEM [...]
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April 6th, 2007
Kerala Police has recently started a campaign to improve their image among the public. As part of this campaign, movies on policing is being screened at Trivandrum (Chandrasekharan nair stadium) from April 18 to 21. Various events are planned at the venue and entry is free for the general public.
With the rise of organised gangs [...]
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