Documenting The Lives of The Ordinary
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Vembanad Lake | Book Extract: Moustache by S Hareesh
The lake that, like humans, became volatile in the evenings lay motionless in the morning chill. All other creatures had set out on their day’s work. Little birds skimmed over the surface; cormorants silently shook their necks in the water; lines of migratory birds swayed across the sky like wind-ragged threads. A middle-aged man stood […]
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Street Art-Fort Kochi
Street Art, Burgher Street, Fort Kochi
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Vagamon-A Stunning Beauty With Roads That Stink
Vagamon’s beauty is breathtaking. It has everything a tourist looks for in Kerala- lush meadows, scenic landscapes covered in mist, rolling hills, tea estates, rivulets to stop by and a wonderful climate. However I am not here to talk about the beauty of Vagamon but rather the absolutely terrible roads I encountered in my recent weekend trip. It was […]
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Athirapally Waterfalls
Was able to go for a drive close to Athirapally Waterfalls this October. Seems the covid19 pandemic has brought some relief to this area which otherwise has a huge footfall throughout the year. The positive outcome has been less plastic waste from food and drinks packaging which is a menace to tourists spots in these […]
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Wanted: Better Design For Kochi’s Drains
One just has to have a cursory look at the design of the drainage inlets at Paramara Road to get an idea of the lackadaisical approach of Kochi Corporation engineers as well as contractors involved in the work. Operation Breakthrough, the objective of which was to repair and redesign existing drainage systems in Kochi to […]
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RTI to Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority
An RTI application was filed with Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority seeking a response to the below queries:- 1) Kindly mention the recorded reasons and copies of the rules or orders based on which the document file identification-of-violations.pdf mentioned on the website http://keralaczma.gov.in is removed from the website. 2) Please provide a list mentioning the […]
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Kochi Corporation, Mosquito Menace Needs To Be Tackled Now!
The growing city of Kochi has had to deal with the issue of mosquito menace since any Kochite can remember. We, Kochites have had to deal with it on a daily basis and are very well aware of most factors and topics concerning this issue. We know what causes mosquito menace as well as methods […]
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Myth Busting Fact Check: Compostable Plastic Bags Sold in Kerala
The common myth around compostable packaging material is that it is free of plastic because it is made from plant based chemical as opposed to petrochemicals. FACT: Compostable bags made from bagasse (sugar cane fibers) or PLA (poly-lactic acid) and sold by major retailers like Lulu Hypermarket (Kochi) in Kerala is still in fact essentially […]