Kerala —
For the first time in ages, I am afraid. One of my worst nightmares is coming to life. And I don’t even have time to prepare - it will hit me in 18 days. The black death. Dark ages. The darkness. These are just some of the names given to my nightmare. You might know [...]
I belong to a dying breed - within a few years, there will be none of us left. We are being killed systematically by the onslaught of technology. Yes, I am one of the few remaining MWM - a Malayalie Without a Mobile.
All my friends have deserted to the other side. Even my family is [...]
Kerala Bloggers is a blog about bloggers from Kerala (where you expecting something else?). They interviewed me recently.
Binny VA is an expert freelance programmer from Cochin. He currently runs a lot of blogs related to technology and programming details of which you can find at his homepage. He is also an editor at DMOZ [...]
India is George Bush’s Pet - literally! George Bush has a pet cat with the name India! Did you know that?
That is not the funny part - when people heard that George Bush has named a cat India, many people in a certain part of the India got very angry. So angry that they named [...]
All visitors to Kerala agree that there are two kinds of climates in Kerala.
One is hot.
Other is very hot
Now is the ‘very hot’ time.
The LUG that I am a member of conducted a Seminar on Free And Open Source Software Principles and Philosophies for the Gandhi Peace foundation. It was held on Saturday 7th April 2007 at Gandhi Bhavan, Kacharipaddy, Cochin.
Only a few people attended - but as a result, the seminar was very interactive. We were amazed [...]
A tragic boat accident has happened at Bothathanketu Reservoir in Ernakulam District. The event took place at around 7:00 PM today(Feb 20 2007). A boat carrying 10 year old kids on a school trip capsized with around 56 people on board. 10 children have been rescued. There have been 12 confirmed deaths. The search [...]
Today’s strike was a weird one - first they told us there will be strike. Then they decide not to strike. Then they decide they will have one anyway.
Unlike the previous strikes that I have reported, in this there were no parallel transport - with the exception of a few state run KSRTC buses.
Apparently the [...]
It has started - I will be manning the ilug-cochin.org stall from 3:30 PM to 8:00 PM for the next two days. I was there today. So if you are reading this, come over there and say hi.
I still have not looked at the other stalls - I was busy - and most of the [...]
IT Expo 2006 will be held at Townhall, Cochin. This event starts at November 30 and will end at December 03. If you are in Cochin, be there. The Cochin LUG, which I am a part of, will have a stall(#41) in this exhibition.
The Hindu Newspaper has this to say…
IT 2006 Kochi, the four-day all-India [...]