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  1. When summer vacation meant Kozhikode

    Posted by Rama Menon
    / January 25, 2013 /
    When my cousin brother posted on Facebook that Kozhikode Railway Station was celebrating its 125th anniversary, I felt nostalgic and went back in time to my childhood in the 70s and 80s when summer holidays always meant a trip to my ancestral home in Kozhikode. Those days there was no direct train to...

  2. Kamala Das hides behind winter’s mist

    Posted by
    / November 25, 2012 /
    I straighten my back, heave out a guff of air and close my eyes. I am tired. No, it’s just my eyes, I tell myself and cut two pieces of cool cucumber, place it over my eyelids and sprawl out on my mattress. Ahh! That guff of air again blows...
    Posted in Kerala
    Tagged kamala das, nisha sanjeev, writer

  3. Only Hindu administrators for Hindu temples in Kerala

    Posted by
    / October 25, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Only Hindu MLAs who believe in God will be entitled for election to the membership of the Devaswom Boards in Kerala, a decision that has now come under attack. The three Devaswom Boards administer the temple of Travancore, Kochi and Malabar. Of this the Travancore Devaswom Board is the richest...

  4. Black Belt for Mohanlal

    Posted by
    / October 25, 2012 /
    Yet another feather added to his already overcrowded cap. Padmasree Lieutenant Colonel Dr Mohanlal will be awarded with the honorary Black Belt of Taekwondo by the World Taekwondo Headquarters in Kukiwon in South Korea for his contribution to the Indian film industry. The New Indian Express points out that Mohanlal...

  5. Maradona magic in Kerala

    Posted by
    / October 23, 2012 /
    If Kerala, the land where soccer is religion is going crazy, blame it on the man responsible for the infamous `hand of God’ goal. Diego Maradona, the God of soccer for lakhs of football fans in God’s own country is in Kannur on Tuesday and Wednesday to inaugurate a jewellery...

  6. Kerala won’t be high before 5 pm

    Posted by
    / September 28, 2012 /
    Kerala going in for an image change? The Kerala High court has ruled that no liquor will be sold before 5 pm in bars and hotels. for a state, known for its high consumption of liquor, the order means drinking during day time is a crime. The court said that the...

  7. Thilakan. RIP

    Posted by
    / September 24, 2012 /
    One of the most versatile and powerful actors in Malayalam cinema, Thilakan passed away this morning in Kerala. In his three decades of work on stage and cinema, Thilakan left his mark with his inimitable style that gave him the status of a superstar among the character actors in Mollywood....

  8. Are you a Mallu, Malabari or a Malayali?

    Posted by
    / September 24, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Are you a Mallu, Malabari or Malayali? It’s all in the name! Haven’t we heard this before? So also the rose line… Call a rose by any name and…well, I cannot forgive myself if I were to drag the greatest bard into his, because my reference is to name-calling and...
    Posted in Kerala
    Tagged bhaiyas, bihari, gujjus, malabaris, Malayalis, Mallus

  9. Why Bharat should not be bandh on Thursday

    Posted by
    / September 16, 2012 /
    So Thursday it will be when the country will be bandh from dawn to dusk. Yet again, the predictable manner in which political parties in the opposition and trade unions decide to tell the government of the day that Indians do not approve. What will happen on September 20? Like...

  10. VW has no plans to drive into Kerala

    Posted by
    / September 15, 2012 /
    Embarrassment for Kerala with Volkswagen denying the claim made by chief minister Oommen Chandy that the German auto major will start an engine assembly unit in the state at an estimated cost of Rs 2000 crore. The New Indian Express quoted Alexander Schibit, spokesperson of Volkswagen India saying, “We don’t...

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