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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …