Citizenspeak in Cochin
Description: Our authors write about anything and everything Kochi. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Cochin city by its residents.
Akshaya Tritiya: A pseudo festival
Posted by pramodthomas On May 15, 2010

Festivals are the greatest symbol of joy. Earlier our economy was agriculture based. After months of hard work celebration can be justified. Now we are heading towards capitalism! (but we ...
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Working In The Office On A Harthal Day
Posted by countroshculla On April 28, 2010

Prologue: I set my alarm for 3 am on my BlackBerry Curve and settled back to watch a movie that I had recently downloaded.
Went to sleep at around midnight ...
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Cochin Marine Drive in the 70′s
Posted by twelgy On March 30, 2010

[caption id="attachment_2890" align="alignnone" width="298" caption="Sealord Hotel at Marine Drive, in the 70's"][/caption]
A view of Cochin Marine drive of the 1970's, with the Sealord building standing tall.
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Fake Kingston pendrives for sale in Cochin
Posted by jlusujith On March 26, 2010

This happened to one of my friend and all his colleagues in office. One hindi speaking man (their slang indicates that they are somewhere from the Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana area), ...
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Motor Cycle Taxi license should be given in kochi
Posted by pramodthomas On March 19, 2010

Movies always give ideas. I got one idea from the movie “The song of the sparrows”. I have seen it in Ernakulam public library as part of the regular screening ...
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Why Guruvayur-Ernakulam passenger is not ‘passenger friendly’?
Posted by pramodthomas On March 17, 2010

I always admire Indian railways. It is the cost effective mode of transport for the common man. I have been using trains for the past 10 years. I can say ...
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“Paid news” and a hypocratical society
Posted by pramodthomas On March 14, 2010

Man is a social being. This is a common usage. Man can be hypocritical at any time, without any hesitation to do so. News is not always impartial. News as ...
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5 Reasons why Smart City Project is Still Pending
Posted by lixonic On March 8, 2010

TECOM , based in Dubai, is a subsidiary of Dubai Holding, a global company dedicated to knowledge and life-improving industries . Four years back they planned to install a 'Smart ...
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Why do women need reservation?
Posted by pramodthomas On March 6, 2010

India is a democratic country. In fact the largest one!. A wise man cracked a joke about democracy by saying that 'in democracy all are equal, but some are more ...
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Hands On Review Of The BlackBerry Curve 8320
Posted by countroshculla On January 23, 2010

I’ve had the phone for 17 days now so I think it’s high time that I posted a proper review from my experiences. Right up front let me tell you ...
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