One thing I always noticed in Indian visual and print media – if they get some sensational news they publish it without taking steps to write or understand both sides of the news. Here is a perfect example. Yesterday few Malayalam channels and some newspaper had reported that Dr Shashi Tharoor has become the brand ambassador for Teachers Scotch Whisky (I never knew that there was a brand called Teachers and thanks to media I...

Read the following news. എംആര്‍എഫിനുവേണ്ടി രേഖകളില്ലാതെ കൊണ്ടുവന്ന റബര്‍ പിടിച്ചു പുനലൂര്‍: രേഖകളില്ലാതെ ഉപ്പ്ലോറികളില്‍ കോട്ടയത്തേക്ക് കടത്താന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ച 46ട ഇറക്കുമതി റബര്‍...

I am for freedom and against anyone who wishes to curb it. This is a free country and liberty must be at the forefront of its citizens rights. I am for the gay rights and against the moral police and the Catholic church that is against it. No legal system has the right to make it illegal for someone to be who they are.  I still do not understand why gay marriage would corrupt traditional ones. I am for the right of Catholic church...

No one can beat Malayala Manorama in misleading people. The latest example is the news of Mangalore Air crash. While all other channels and newspapers reported the Air India Express crashed while landing manorama reported the opposite. They even used Air India representative Mr. Aby George as the source of this news.. Poor guy They dint stop here. Another report says some people who are in the hospital now were popped out to...

Here is a piece of  Real Estate  Ad appeared in Malayala Manorama Daily on 17th Jan 2009 offering exciting prizes for those who book new villas… Same edition of Manorama had the following news titled : ” Man Arrested for Real Estate Fraud” Got this from an email forward

I used to be a cricket fan many years ago, used to watch cricket even on exam days. I had hopes that someone from Kerala would make it to the Indian team, but I realized that selection is not a fair game and my favorite players would never make it to the team. Sunil Oasis and Anadapathmanabhan were promising players who could have been chosen to the Indian team. At least they should have been given one series to play, an opportunity...

I would like to ask the same old question. Why Indian politicians are so old compared to their peers all over the world? Why they don’t retire? The funny answer is ‘every country gets only the deserved leaders’. Politics in India is round the clock. No other country around the globe can claim that status. Caste based system exists in India, which is stupid in modern times. Cash based reservation is the need of...