Sunday, 26 October 2014

Had Enough of Monorail, Now Suck on Some Light Rail

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Three years ago, people in Trivandrum (and Calicut) were thrown a bone by the Chief Dream Merchant (CdM), which we all lapped up (see M...
Monday, 13 October 2014

In praise of Modi and Shashi Tharoor

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In praise of Modi and Shashi Tharoor!? Now, that is one sentence I thought I would never write, not even in my wildest dreams. And believe...
Friday, 11 April 2014

Quarterly Musings?

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  Well, 2014 is into its second quarter and here I am sitting in a place that is so far removed from Trivandrum, the election heat as...
Wednesday, 25 December 2013

G’bye Annus Stupidus, Allo Annus Ridiculus

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It’s festive season again. The air is filled with the pungent smell of burning rubber, plastic and waste.    People are singing paeans to...
Saturday, 26 October 2013

Capital Punishment

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Being the capital, Trivandrum attracts all kinds of people who want to air their grievances in front of the Secretariat here, the de-fac...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013

I Kinda Have a Dream

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Next month is the 50 th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech (March on Washington, August 1963). To think that it...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Back in GOC!

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It’s been almost a month since I landed back in GOC capital, and I don’t even know where to start ranting. First up is the garbage ...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

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Well, time for a little blog resuscitation, methinks. Not because of the overwhelming demand (two at last count) from readers, but give...