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Kerala History: Glimpses from 1956 to 2011

India, Kerala, Poetry, Politics, talkies, Trivandrum, Trivia, Video

Kerala History: Glimpses from 1956 to 2011

No Comments 04 February 2012

Because it tilts more towards the generation that grew up in the 90s, so that’s what we are. Because there are multiple events and people and struggles we left out from our long list, we would like to hear your thoughts. Because rather than big events, we have focused on big patterns. And while we disagree on a lot many things here - political, cultural, developmental, social, and personal, I hope we all agree that Kerala got it mostly right in the past 55 years. Because Kerala is the No.1 state in India, here we go, and as always we would like to hear your thoughts.

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Apni aazaadi to bhaiya

India, Poetry, Politics, talkies, Video

Apni aazaadi to bhaiya

No Comments 15 August 2010

Boring isn't just the only problem but he clearly eluded the core issues of public distribution, price rise, and made a quarter-hearted plea to the naxals - which forget the naxals, cannot even bring my angry four year old cousin to table for talks.

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Svatharashtreeyam – Identity and Class

India, Kerala, Politics

Svatharashtreeyam – Identity and Class

No Comments 14 June 2010

Social movements or reservations to bring people of a particular identity into a class fold is fine, but within the class fold there should be no identities. Which made sense, as in class is not an umbrella for differing identities but a monolith and a melting pot

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India, Kerala, Politics, Trivandrum

Tharoor: One year since

16 Comments 18 April 2010

It is more saddening to see that Tharoor is not exiting on his own, but being sacked around accusations of corruption. If he had resigned in protest against "the red tape", or "allocation of funds to Kerala", or even "ludicrous nature of Indian foreign policy" it would have been a worth while tenure. I do not understand when people say "tharoor is the new kinda politician". I do understand that he never fit in, but that is not enough to claim that he is any different or any better.

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1 Comment 18 April 2010

My top picks from the last 233 searches that landed in Talkies. My favorite of course is “PRITHVIRAJ DESTROYED MOHANLAL”. Seriously? with Antony Perumbavoor around? what was the reason for breakup of shashi taroor’s 1st marriage? – We all should start from this basic question. what is exact word for counting people of india – word for [...]

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