Monday, 20 April 2015

Paramour of the Nation, Earth Hour, etc.

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When you live in what is essentially a police state, clumsily camouflaged in democratic garb, you have to be doubly careful about airi...
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Sunday, 1 February 2015

Inter-galactic Dreams

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Circa 5000 BC (7,000 years ago) – Wing Commander Gopal Biogas was sitting in the cockpit of his interplanetary aircraft. He is taking a...
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Sunday, 28 December 2014

Year-end Ruminations

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  Sometimes, even though you don’t want to, you end up thinking of the year that went by. So, here are some random thoughts that...
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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...