Nothing of the present – repeat Nothing can be compared to the Munnar of the past. The Munnar of the past was Paradise, while the Munnar of the present, if I may quote a title from Milton, is ‘Paradise Lost’, writes Mr.Shamshudeen Marikar.He also comments on present scenario and a dream for future, if there is any.

Munnar is a lost glory to what it was just a few years ago, may be as recent as three or four decades ago- Ecologically, in its fantastic natural scenic beauty, in its Biodiversity, …

Vilangad is a small town, north-east of Calicut district bordering with Wayanad and Kannur. There have been a demand for a road , from here to Kunjom in Wayanad district for a few decades. The geography of the region, across the road is to be constructed and the presence of dense and rich rain forest . Recently a wing of merchants, religious leaders, local politicians a section of people have intensified the pressure for the road. They organized a march to the forest to bring the political attention on the …

You have got mobile phones. You call, you text,you capture stills and videos. Well ,by now you know that it is easy using these features

Technology has reached to everyone one or other way. But can it transform lives? Bring out positive changes in our society?

Well, let us read something on community media .
Can’t a camera enabled mobile phone be used for capturing a story that matters to you and to your community ? May it be a village feast or a football match – news …

Education and Knowledge are public properties and they should really be shared.
Looking for World Class Education ?Thinking about world’s best universities like MIT, Johns Hopkins  Berkeley,Stanford,Princeton etc ?
Well,It is right at your fingertips!!!
Curious ?
Welcome to Open Educational Resources!.Learn here  basic English Grammar to Rocket Sciences
There are hundred of universities and prominent academic institutions around the world that have freely made  available large part of their educational content in the web .
And the  content include:Full courses and course materials,Textbooks ,Audio lectures,Video lectures,Sounds and music ,Images,Collections of journal articles and …

Chain letters flood my inbox.Not bad,I also used to forward each and everyone of them to my friends.Well ,some nice guy/girl out there wrote down a reflection on the chain mails he/she gets.That also landed in my inbox as a chain mail.Seems worth enough for a blog post.
Here it goes:
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I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have forwarded chain letters to me in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and continuing it in 2009 .
Because of your kindness:
* I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found …

Some time back when I opened my facebook account,I just  took it as another site where I can see my friends’ contacts in a row and wonder how  this guy knows all these people that I don’t!   Well, that is still there.But what now interest me most about facebook like sites is that  the way people use it for getting their message across

Yes, I am speaking about lobbying and campaigning.
Gone are the days where we had to write all those postcards to get participants for an …

Google always broke conventions. Everything from their kit came out with style and ease . Here is the latest one – ‘Google Wave’.
Just open your browser and login . You have Email,Instant Message,Web chat and Project management tools at one place – that is google wave in short. It may look bit similar to as you are in gmail’s inbox , but how you do your stuff there will be bit different. It will change the way you send emails or reply to them.

The Bad news is that it is …

Does it frustrate you that you can’t check your mail a given day? Many of us the answer is ‘no’ .It can wait . right?
What about not reading newspaper? It ticks some where ? How many times  will you call your news paper agent , if he/she did not drop your  favourite magazine ? Well, many of us are people of serious stuff – news analysis to current affairs. War in Sri Lanka to Obama’s 97th day in office as the President.
Contrary to said earlier, many can’t wait checking their …