Posted by Sabu Joseph in http://sabujosef.blogspot.com, republished here with his permission.
It has been quite while I was thinking of taking a trip to Western Ghats. When my friend Vimal told me that he would be in Wayanad for a few days also, I thought it was right time to go. So there started a trip that I will be remembering for a long, long time.

I had my train from Ernakulam by noon also, and made it on right time in Calicut. Finished a small business meeting I had there, then …

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 …

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 …

My plan was to catch public transport back home. I was about to ask an auto rickshaw to take me to the KSRTC Bus Stand , exactly then I spotted a truck approaching. Standing into the national highway, throwing my both hands up, I asked for a lift. It stopped around a 40 meters ahead of me.
Not bad!
I got in expecting to meet two-three people in the cabin.But only the driver was there.
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He was Mr. Rasheed. Driving alone form Trivandrum to Calicut. I cut into his loneliness from Alleppy.
The cabin …

Every diamond has a story to tell. A bloody story!!
When I wanted to watch the film ‘Blood Diamond’ for the first time , it was for the only reason that I liked Leonard Decaprio, the lead star in the film. The film struck me some where…The struggle, the lust , the realities around it !. There I thought of reading something more on the so called diamond industry.
Time immemorial Humans fought for Gold and Wealth. Wars were fought, civilisations were burned.People were generally greedy- Gold,women,diamonds. An explicit thirst for accumulating …