vsbabu.org : kerala http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/categories/kerala/ Gluing passing thoughts to foregone conclusions en-us vsbabu@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2005-10-25T09:39:05+05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 In Moscow, Lenin greets Stalin http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2005/10/25/in_moscow_lenin_greets_stalin_.html Got this by e-mail. Quite possibly true, but I can't confirm. 1018@http://vsbabu.org/mt/

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 23: Lenin was the first to arrive and welcomed latecomers Stalin and Khrushchev with a smart handshake. Pravda was all smiles when she came in, but was soon bawling for milk and had to be taken out. Gagarin and Pushkin were busy exchanging notes even as Brezhnev looked on silently.

]]> kerala 2005-10-25T09:39:05+05:00 Birthday Bash http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2003/09/27/birthday_bash.html Hopefully, Keralites can now go back to the business of getting on with daily life. 906@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ Curtains finally came down after a 4 day birthday bash. Google news. Just because of an extravagant birthday bash, I wouldn't compare this celebrity with this North Indian or this South Indian*; mainly because she is said to have done good things to help people. May be just a legend, but there were reports about people receiving help from her group.

]]> kerala 2003-09-27T12:14:34+05:00 Updates to feeds http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2003/09/14/updates_to_feeds.html Feed on feeds get categorization and opml. 888@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ Spycyroll has been pretty much dead after arrival :-) Today, I got some time to mess with the source to add quick templating using XYAPTU. I need to figure out how to check it in - now, the code is a collection of Python and shell scripts (some things are just too easy in Shell).

Summary of results are below.

]]> python 2003-09-14T11:17:39+05:00 What is wrong with CPI? http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2003/04/01/what_is_wrong_with_cpi.html The Left Front in Kerala seems to invent new ways to hurt people every other week. 751@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ While I was in Kerala for vacation, there were several things that made me very optimistic. What made me really pessimistic was CPI(M)'s penchant for announcing hartals - a form of strike where politicians simply issue a dictum which in effect means you are confined to indoors. To be sure, the current ruling coalition, when they were in opposition, were not any better.

Can't these idiots - political criminals would be a better term - come up with any kind of protest without hurting the common man trying to eke out a living?

]]> kerala 2003-04-01T06:42:23+05:00 Jatrix and Hackorama http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2002/09/26/jatrix_and_hackorama.html This one will make sense only to Keralites. 534@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ Got an email from Kishan Thomas of Hackorama. I used to visit his site for Jatrix - JAyan's TRICK's. Is it a plane, is it a bird, is it Rajnikant, is it Stallone? No its Jayan!, dramatic seventies music score in the background, cut into the scene where Jayan flexes his muscles , to bow in front of the local temple. Kavilamme shakthi tharoooooo... Yes its classic Jayan , back with a vengeance !

Anyway, Kishan's site has lot more. He has neat notes on different technologies. That was my intention when I started techbits section, but I've not been updating it as much as I want. I think I'll use blog for that.

]]> kerala 2002-09-26T07:44:16+05:00 Kerala govt. employees call off strike http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2002/03/09/kerala_govt_employees_call_off_strike.html After 32 days of making public life miserable, the so called "public servants" of Kerala called off their strike. They... 176@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ After 32 days of making public life miserable, the so called "public servants" of Kerala called off their strike.

  • They (the leaders of the unions) got a face saving concession - cut in pension commutation is reduced by half.

  • They got complete ill-will of all the citizens and those who want "God's Own Country" to progress.

  • Kudos to the govt. for bravely implementing no-work, no-pay policy.

]]> kerala 2002-03-09T12:22:33+05:00 Kerala Kaumudi is now my choice http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2002/02/23/kerala_kaumudi_is_now_my_choice.html Kerala Kaumudi.com is now my choice for a Malayalam news paper. It is professional, far better looking and functional than... 117@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ Kerala Kaumudi.com is now my choice for a Malayalam news paper. It is professional, far better looking and functional than the newspaper with supposedly largest circulation. Even the print version of Kaumudi has better coverage of news with good equilibrium. Rubber and "idayanum kunjatudukalum" dominate Manorama!

]]> kerala 2002-02-23T08:57:06+05:00 NG Traveller does Kerala http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2001/04/21/ng_traveller_does_kerala.html National Geographic Traveller does a 12 page supplement on Kerala - God's Own Country. Went out and bought a copy!... 28@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ National Geographic Traveller does a 12 page supplement on Kerala - God's Own Country. Went out and bought a copy!
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