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[4 Oct 2009 | One Comment | 1,643 views]
Kunjom-Vilangad Road – a must ‘NO’ on environmental grounds

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 …

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Society, technology »

[23 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 1,068 views]
Online activism

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 …

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