Wishing everyone a very Happy Onam

Clicked with my E65

Not sure how many of you out there know about the Malayali comedian named Salim Kumar. But this was one a hell of an album video that got everyone tickling to the bones.

Enjoy

Now this was really a surprise for me…

Found the first Malayalam blog-post on Blogathon.in.

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Its well written and good to read. Sorry guys Google doent have a Malayalam-English translator

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous year ahead.

Its Vishu for God’s own Country… thats New Year for Us

This was the set of books that i found at my friend’s place…

1. Kamasutra

2. Bhagawat Gita

3. The Da Vinci Code

4. Word Power made easy.

Nice combo of books … .. All necessary for a good living

Imagine this … You’re really hungry and track down a hotel. You happily reach there and find your worst fears coming alive …

HOTEL “VIDHIPOLE” - translated as - “As Fate May Come…”

…Unlike elsewhere in the country, no farmer in Kerala can use  “bourgeois” things like harvesting machines, unless they have the comrades sanction. Each farmer must apply to the local office of the CPM’s Travancore Karshaka Thozhilali Union (TKTU), part of Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union (KSKTU), the party’s farm worker union…

Here is a rather comprehensive coverage of what lead to the loss of crops in Kerala

Good one Panchajanya…

At times i don’t understand what’s happening with all these politicos.

Lets take the Achuthanandan (namesake) led CPI government of Kerala. He came into power with a bang. He waived off farmer loans. Great Work? The other side of the story, the waiver was for those farmers who had committed suicide.

I feel it was good of him to do that. Something is better than Nothing.

Second, he reclaims illegal land encroachments. That included a minister too. Bold move again. Common man rejoiced, as they had only seen such iconic personality in Movies.

On the flip side, the CM was getting famous and the party CPM, well they didn’t gain much ground with their Leader’s high flying acts.

Lets reanalyze - CPM - Communist - i.e. the group that stands for the Common Man, the Laborer, the Bourgeois.

Kerala is blessed with a beautiful monsoon season. Thanks to Global Warming, the rain seems to have come a well 3 months in advance. The unwary Farmer spots the rainclouds one fine day. Now he has to make a choice to save his hard work, the Yield of an year - he can get the machine running and do the work in say 2-3hrs or He can get hired hands, debate on their wage, their working time and do th work in 2-3days.

Now if i was a Farmer what will i do? With CPM around i would go for option-2. SOMETHING is better than NOTHING.

But the Farmers, chose option-1. The so called Communist ‘Workers’ came, stopped him from running the machine and as he watched rain lashed upon the fields ruining everything.

Day-4 and we are standing at Rs. 12-13 Crores lost in damages to crops alone.

Now, let me think, Why exactly didn’t CPM shine when Achuthananthan was doing a good job?

Come let’s talk about Loan Waivers again…

2007, India turned 60 and yet She has the vigor and sensuality of a 16 year old. She still has the tenacity and the power to indulge herself in anything. Indians have grown at a tremendous pace in the last 5 years.

2007 bids good bye with the threat of another election looming at large. The Nuclear deal with US is proving to be a bit costly for the Indian National Congress lead UPA Govt. With Gujarat and Himachal polls suggesting that Congress rule at the center is loosing steam, they cant afford to go on an early election. BJP did it and they lost. The question of aam aadmi, is likely to prove costly for INC. There are enough over-the-teacup discussions on politics, lets move on..

In the name of GOD, still proves to be a hindrance in development process, with politicos going to the extend of deliberately forgetting the fact about a Secular state. Wounds of past events are kept fresh. The sad part is that, even the highly educated people fall for such roadblocks. Education is still not able to curb the differences. Yes the literacy rate is up for the Nation from approx 52% in 1991 to 65% in the 2001 census. But yet we heard about infanticide in some of our modern cities.

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