Shankumukham, Early Morning
Checked out Shankumukham on Easter day, early morning, the boats stay ashore. So to say, its worth checking out Shankumukham early in the morning. Another lesser hyped charms of the [...]
April 2009
March 2009
Can Shashi Tharoor lose in Trivandrum?
In that way Shashi Tharoor will be an effective contributor given his grasp of issues and exceptional diplomatic style. But I would also like to know his stands on Disinvestment, private sector reservation (Congress poll plank), Narendra Modi, India's relationship with Iran, his stand on Palestine, his stand on Special Economic Zones, and most importantly I want to know if he will go on an indefinite hunger strike if the ASEAN trade pact, which will break the backbone of Kerala, goes through.
Elections 2009: Saffron Gandhi and the Acharubishop
"If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless, if someone thinks that these leaders lick our boots for votes, if anyone [...]
July 2008
7th Standard Textbook – Good,Bad and the holy beast
The Kerala Government continues to refuse demands for withdrawal of the 7th Standard Textbook which promotes Atheism and questions God.In completely unrelated news, the Monsoon has literally kept out of [...]
June 2008
Page 24 – 7th Standard Social Studies Textbook
Education Reform in Kerala - VIIth Heaven Standard.... Yet another pastoral letter across churches yesterday, KSU(Congress's student wing) activists and police clash across the state, Muslim League enters the protests arena [...]
May 2008
Vizhinjam…Finally!
Messing up the day's Hindu, scrambling to find a news item which could possibly rewrite the development history of the state, Mr Prasad and me were surprised and thoroughly disappointed. [...]
April 2008
Vishu
On December 25th, the Sun starts its return journey to the Northern Hemisphere, a day of hope in the middle of winter and the northern hemisphere rejoices. On March 21st, [...]
March 2008
Kannur – John Mary’s witnesses
The post is not about Kannur. The mainstream media which trashes blogs for their "opinionated posts lacking editorial control and thoroughgoing research" continues to surprise me with their half baked [...]
February 2008
CPIM – Marching from Kottayam
Chief Minsiter V S Achuthanandan has expressed his desire to step down as CM to the central leadership. The speculation around why VS cleared his files before the Kottayam conference [...]
A Miracle,A Spectacle,A Mob
We all know that Communism is a retrograde philosophy which is as good as dead, and the fact that it was pronounced dead in the early nineties saved us the [...]
December 2007
Nair on the moon and other stories
The gypsy that I am, while rambling around comes across this snippet, its about the people of Phillipines who "are heard talking about their beautiful country where beaches are spectacular [...]
IFFK 2007 – Day2,Almodovar
Day 2, 12th International Film Festival of Kerala Trivandrum, Dec 8th Got my goodies and the photo Id in the morning before the morning show at Kalabhavan.The film festival has [...]