Citizen Blogging
Pak media says that the Mumbai attacks were carried out by Indian elements
This piece of news came to me as a shock, when I saw the Pakistan media blaming the Mumbai attacks on Indian “terrorist” elements. Here are the proofs they claim. Mr. Hemant Karkare had worked hard on the Malegaon blasts case and already found that some elements supported by Mr.Modi and BJP was behind it. And Mr. Karkare was about to get [...]
What can we learn as citizens from the Mumbai attacks
The sad side of the Mumbai Attacks and the questions raised. After almost 36 hours now (while this is being written), over 101 people have been dead and more than 300 injured, 3 top Police officials dead, and a lot more havoc. Now what does all this teach us? India have been a country who has thrived many terrorist attacks earlier and [...]
Construction workers or gymnasts?
This is a view from my apartment to the next building where construction work is going on. This picture that you see is a view of the 13th floor. Sorry for the vague image but this is the closest I could get. It shows construction workers, without any safety equipment whatsoever, working at odd heights risking their life. They are on the [...]
Malayala Manorama’s obsession with “blue” tooth
There should be a genuine reason why they are boldly at it, I’m damn sure.What shall I call it – “Youth empowerment” ? Yes, that’s a comparatively lighter title for a commendable effort from Manorama. Manorama is all set to do a “jan jagran” on the “blue tooth culture in Kerala”. And [...]
Kerala Citizen Bloggers is live – Pls join if you think similar
As mentioned at BlogcampKerala, as an initiative to popularize “citizen blogging” and to provide a platform for passionate bloggers with social responsibility, the KCB project (Kerala Citizen Bloggers) is now live at www.keralacitizenbloggers.com To me along with the five authors who’ve already joined hands at KCB, this [...]
Mobile phones ban in Kerala colleges and sleazy MMS culture
Today there was a program on one of the Malayalam channels, where the host dressed as an advocate, was fighting his way up against the “MMS-mobile phone-cyber culture mafia” in Kerala. It was indeed a thought provocating program especially in the light of Kerala Government banning (or trying to) mobile phone in College [...]
Having too many news channels is like eating from all sides
Yea – virtually it’s just not possible, but that’s how I feel like when I tune just another news channel on TV. These days, there are just too many of them isn’t it? There’s NDTV, CNN IBN, uhhmm….hmm… well you get the point there right? Too many of them = Less recall value. If I’m right, I [...]
Citizen Blogging : Some disturbing pictures from Chennai Suburban local trains
Last day, on my quests to explore Chennai city, I took one of the local trains so that I could feel what it is like traveling by a local train. This concept of local train was pretty new to me since I haven’t seen anything like that in Cochin or Trivandrum. Moreover, I’ve seen it in some tamil movies as well. So with all guts [...]