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February 2012

Kerala History: Glimpses from 1956 to 2011

By |2024-06-09T12:53:25-05:00February 4th, 2012|Good Read, India, Kerala, Papa Bear, Poetry, Politics, talkies, Trivandrum, Trivia|

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.

June 2011

10 Constitutional changes and a mango lassi

By |2015-05-15T03:55:10-05:00June 9th, 2011|India, Politics|

...need a Prime Minister who can explain this to the nation. This is where I miss the Nehrus, and Vajpayees, and the Vishwanath Prataps of yester years. Manmohan Singh over the past years has alarmingly proved his impotence as a leader, and while we are at it, an honest impotent leader. The new-India seem to care more about the "honest" part than the political impotence part. The new-India does not seem to hate political impotence, they just hate politicians making more money than them.

March 2009

Can Shashi Tharoor lose in Trivandrum?

By |2017-12-18T01:15:40-05:00March 26th, 2009|Kerala, 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.

March 2008

A Cure for Insomnia

By |2010-12-08T19:01:30-05:00March 1st, 2008|India|

Its that long. Title dedicated to the world’s longest movie The Cure for Insomnia We write poems, short stories, essays and blogposts to interrupt the programme. We sign online petitions [...]

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