Sunday, 18 November 2012

Amicus Curiae, or what?

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  Every now and then a word pops up in the media which makes you go, “what the f$#k is that?” Over the past few weeks one such word has ...
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Monday, 24 September 2012

You’ve Come a Long way, Baby

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The early 80s was the time when chicken corners became popular in Trivandrum. The boom was pioneered by Taj Chicken Corner and Tushara C...
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Thursday, 6 September 2012

Emerging, Submerging...De Vannu, Da Poyi

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Kerala, as we all know, ‘emerged’ when Parasuraman threw his parasu (axe) from Gokarna to Kanyakumari. Why Gokarna? Why not from Ratnagiri...
Monday, 25 June 2012

Trivandrum Monorail – “To be or not to be a Paara”

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When god speaketh, man shuts the f$@k up-eth. That is the norm. But unbeknownst to god, there are a set of people called rationalists wh...
Monday, 18 June 2012

The Stink Came First, Therefore...

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The New Indian Express has a section on spirituality in its Sunday magazine. I usually skim through it for my weekly dose of humour. Thi...
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Sunday, 11 March 2012

Gateways, Monorail, Tender, Amakudari

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Over the past few years, there was one thing that struck me while going around Trivandrum. Our obsession with gateways, and I have been tr...
Monday, 13 February 2012

Xmas Star, High-speed Rail, Lit-fests, Nurses

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The other day I was walking out of my gate with my two sons. A guy passed us by, looking intently at my face, and then retraced his steps ...
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Monday, 12 December 2011

Our Standards, Western Standards, PODs for Trivandrum, etc.

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When you travel abroad and get to actually see how other countries (not necessarily first world countries) address issues related to urban...