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  1. Kerala is not 100% literate

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    / April 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Blip in Kerala’s social indices. A study by the Kerala Institute of Local Administration finds about 2.2 lakh people belonging to the Scheduled Castes in the state are illiterate. This is 9.5 % of the Dalit population. Deccan Chronicle reports that this study on scheduled caste habitat and families also...

  2. Nothing to prove in Bollywood, says Mohanlal

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    / April 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Malayalam superstar Mohanlal is back in Mumbai but clearly that is not a place he feels comfortable in. A veteran of over 300 films in a career spanning over three decades, Mohanlal along with Mammootty has ruled the Mollywood space, winning national acclaim. In an interview in Mumbai, he was...

  3. Fast to demand Yesudas’s entry into Guruvayur temple

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    / April 18, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Even as singer K J Yesudas completed 50 years in the music industry, a charitable organisation, Janaseva Munnani, has announced a fast in front of the Guruvayur Sree Krishna temple demanding that Yesudas be allowed entry into the temple. Yesudas, a Christian is not allowed inside the temple as the...

  4. Filmy report card

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    / April 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The report card for the Indian film industry is out. According to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Bollywood has come first in 2011 with 206 Hindi films. In second spot is Tollywood with 192 Telugu films, followed by Kollywood with 185 Tamil films. The interesting part about the...

  6. Kerala jails to go green

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    / April 13, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The sun god will power prisons in Kerala. In what is being hailed as a pioneering initiative, all 52 jails in the state will now go green with the government undertaking a Rs 25.5 crore solar power project. All jails will now use solar power extensively for all activities. The...

  7. Minority is in majority in Kerala

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    / April 12, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Last year around this time, I spent a day with Oommen Chandy while he was campaigning for himself in his Puthupally constituency in Kottayam district. Chandy is an affable man, has no airs, is very approachable and unlike politicians of other states who flaunt their black cats as a status...

  8. Chandy inducts `minority’ ministers, BJP calls for Kerala hartal

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    / April 12, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is dawn-to-dusk hartal in Kerala today. Why? Because the BJP does not approve of the UDF “succumbing” to IUML pressure and giving the party a fifth berth in the Cabinet. The Hindu Nair community also has protested against “bowing to minorities”. IUML MLA M Ali will be sworn in...

  9. Actor Jagathy to be shifted to CMC Vellore

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    / April 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Doctors have postponed the shifting of veteran Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar from the hospital in Kozhikode to Christian Medical College hospital in Vellore for further treatment following his car accident on March 10. Sreekumar, scheduled to be taken to CMC by air-ambulance on Tuesday will now be shifted on...

  10. Dileep as Mayamohini

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    / April 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    `Mayamohini’, the first of the Malayalam films to release in Vishu season, has scored a hit at the box office. It stars Dileep, who dons a feminine look in this film. He plays the title role, who is a Mumbai girl in the film. The response from the people has...

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