Apple of my Eye!

And guess what it's called despite all the rumors and speculations, not iSlate, not iTablet, not MagicSlate or Newton or whatever! It's called Apple iPad. Newest piece of the awesomeness in technology by Apple, the iPad is the big brother in looks and functions of the earlier Apple innovations, iPod Touch and iPhone. 

iPad was unveiled by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the much anticipated Apple "Latest Creation" Event 2010 which took place on January  the 27th. Weighing  1.5 pounds and boasting a 9.7inch LCD touchscreen, iPad is the first of its kind. For more information on Apple iPad and other products that were presented at the event, checkout this.

Binu Narayan :)

Malayalam Films in National Film Awards

Except for "Bioscope" a Malayalam film produced by the National Film Development Corporation winning a special jury award, the 56th edition of the National Film Awards announced Saturday did not have any Malayalam film in the main category. This was much in contrast to last year when Malayalam films bagged the best director, editor, music director and best make up awards. 

"Thirakatha" was selected as the best regional film in Malayalam. 

So is the quality of Malayalam films going down??

REPUBLIC DAY WISHES

മഴവില്‍

മഴവില്ലും മനോഹരമാക്കിയ ഈ ആകാശം

മനസിന്‌ കുളിരുള്ള ഒരു അനുഭവം തന്നെ

കാലം മായ്ച്ച ആ കുളിരുള്ള ദിവസങ്ങള്‍

അവള്‍ക്കു നഷ്ട്ടമായി ,ഒരു തീരാ നഷ്ട്ടമായി

ഇനി വരും ദിനങ്ങള്‍ ഇരുട്ടിന്റെ ആഴത്തില്‍

മാഴയുടെശബ്ധതിനായ്.,,,,,,,

DANGEROUS JOB

I THINK THIS IS THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS JOB

TANK MAN

During the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, one Chinese citizen stood in front of a line of oncoming tanks, in an attempt to prevent them from entering the Square. Although he was ultimately unsuccessful, his image was broadcast around the world in video and still footage, and he came to be known as “Tank Man,” or the Unknown Rebel, in a reference to his incredible act of bravery. Tank Man has become an iconic symbol of the Chinese democracy movement, and his image is familiar to many people around the world.

SOLAR ECLIPSE

The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse will appear as partial eclipse over a region thousands of miles wide.

It will be visible as a partial eclipse in much of Africa, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia. It will be seen as annular within a narrow stretch of 300 km (190 mi) width across Central Africa, Maldives, South Kerala, South Tamil Nadu, North Sri Lanka, Burma and China.

Many people at this eclipse time spread rumours and many take advantage of this type of natural things to do special prayers. The only thing that we should not do is don’t look to the sun with your bare eyes.

സക്കറിയ ഒരു പ്രതീകം മാത്രമാണ്

അസഹിഷ്ണുത  ആശയമാവുകയും ആശയം ജീര്‍ണിക്കുകയും  അച്ചടക്കം ചവിട്ടുപടിയാവുകയും  ചെയ്തപ്പോഴാണ് ചരിത്രത്തില്‍ ഒരു ഹിറ്റ്ലര്‍ ഉണ്ടായത്. കമമ്യൂനിസ്റ്റ്കാര്‍ മാര്‍ക്സ്നെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുകയും ലെനിനിസ്റ്റ് സംഘടനാ തത്വം മാത്രം നടപ്പിലാക്കുകയും ചെയ്തപ്പോഴാണ്  ഒരുസ്റ്റാലിനുണ്ടായത്.  അസഹിഷ്ണുതയുടെ അനന്തരഫലങ്ങളെ  കുറിച്ച് ബോധ്യമുണ്ടാവേണ്ട  മാര്‍ക്സിസ്റ്റ്കാരന് തന്നെ അഭിപ്രായ സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള  ബോധം നഷ്ടമാകുമ്പോഴാണ് പയ്യന്നൂര്‍  പോലോത്ത പ്രശ്നങ്ങളുണ്ടാവുന്നത്.  ഒരു    സാഹിത്യകാരനെ  മാത്രം ബാദിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പ്രശ്നമാണ് പയ്യന്നൂരില്‍ നടന്നതെന്ന് പറയാനാവില്ല. ഇതൊരു സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തിന്‍റെ പ്രശ്നം കൂടിയാണ്. സക്കറിയ ഒരാളെ വ്യക്തിഹത്യ നടത്തുകയായിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍ അതിന്‍റെ അല്പത്തരം.

മനസ്സിലാക്കാമായിരുന്നു. എന്നാല്‍ അദ്ദേഹം ഒരു പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിന്‍റെ ചരിത്രത്തെ കുറിച്ച് വര്‍ത്തമാനകാലത്ത്    അതിനുസംഭവിച്ചിട്ടുള്ള രൂപാന്തരത്തെക്കുറിച്ചു, നമ്മെ, അതിനേക്കാള്‍    ആ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിന്‍റെ ആളുകളെ ഓര്‍മ്മപ്പെടുത്താനുള്ള ശ്രമമാണ് നടത്തിയത്. അതുവഴി പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങള്‍ ഏത് തരംരാഷ്ട്രീയത്തെ കുറിച്ച് എങ്ങിനെ പുതിയ കാലത്തില്‍ ചിന്തിക്കുന്നു എന്നും അത്തരം  ചിന്തയിലുണ്ടായിട്ടുള്ള ജീര്‍ണ്ണതകള്‍ എന്തെല്ലാമാണ് എന്നും നമ്മെ ചിന്തിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു. ആ രീതിയില്‍ കേരള സമൂഹം ചര്‍ച്ചചെയ്യേണ്ട ഒരു വിഷയമായിരുന്നു അത്. എന്നാല്‍ അസഹിഷ്ണുതയുടെ രാഷ്ട്രീയം മാത്രം തലയിലേറ്റി നടക്കുന്നവരായി തങ്ങള്‍ മാറി എന്ന് പൊതു സമൂഹത്തിനു  ബോധ്യപ്പെടും  വിധം അനീതിയാണ് ഡീ. വൈ. എഫ്. ഐ. പ്രവര്‍ത്തകര്‍ പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ചത്. അതിന്‍റെ പേരില്‍  ആ സംഘടനയിലുള്ള മുഴുവന്‍ പേരും അങ്ങനെയാണെന്നല്ല ഈ കുറിപ്പിന്‍റെ ഉദ്ദേശം. ഡീ വൈ എഫ് ഐ  ഇതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് പുനര്‍ വിചിന്തനം നടത്തേണ്ടിയിരിക്കുന്നു . എന്തുകൊണ്ടെന്നാല്‍ വിവരവും വിദ്യാഭ്യാസവുമുള്ള  കേരളത്തിലെ യുവ സമൂഹം വലിയൊരു വഴിത്തിരിവിന്‍റെ നാല്‍ക്കവലയിലാണ് ഇന്ന് നില്‍ക്കുന്നത്. അരാഷ്ട്രീയമോ അരാജകമോ ആയ ചിന്തകളിലെക്കുള്ള കേരളീയ യുവത്വത്തിന്‍റെ പോക്കിനെ തടഞ്ഞുനിര്‍ത്തേണ്ടത് ഇത്തരം  യുവജനസംഘടനകളുടെ കൂടി കടമയാണ്.  ഇതുപോലുള്ള അസഹിഷ്ണുതാപരമായ  പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങള്‍ , പക്ഷെ യുവസമൂഹത്തെ ഏത് വഴിലെക്കാണ് പോകാന്‍ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുക എന്നത് നമ്മെ ഉണര്‍ത്തി ചിന്തിപ്പിക്കെണ്ടതാണ്.  ഏറ്റവും ചുരുങ്ങിയത്  എംഗല്‍സ് തന്നെ അഭിപ്രായ സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തെകുറിച്ച് പറഞ്ഞ വാക്കുകളെങ്കിലും ഡീ വൈ എഫ് ഐ ക്കാരന്‍ മറക്കാതിരിക്കുക . എംഗല്‍സ് പറഞ്ഞത് ഇതാണ് "നിങ്ങളുടെ അഭിപ്രായത്തെ മുഴുവന്‍ ഞാന്‍ എതിര്‍ക്കുന്നു, എന്നാല്‍ അത് പറയാനുള്ള നിങ്ങളുടെ സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തിനുവേണ്ടി എന്‍റെ ജീവന്‍ ബലി നല്‍കാന്‍ ഞാന്‍ തയ്യാറാണ്"                               

By Ibnu Asif.
Visit:  http://kkibnu.blogspot.com

INSTANT IDEAS

സക്കറിയയെ അപമാനിച്ചത് സംഘടനാ തീരുമാനമാണോ?

പയ്യന്നൂരില്‍ വെച്ച് സക്കറിയക്ക് എല്ക്കേണ്ടിവന്ന മാനനഷ്ടം ഈ സമൂഹത്തിനു അന്ഗീകരിക്കാനാവില്ല. കാരണം ഒരു ജനാധിപത്യ സമൂഹത്തിലെ അഭിപ്രായം പറയാനുള്ള അവകാശത്തെ നിഷേധിക്കലാണ് അത്. ഒരു പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിന് ആലോചിച്ച അങ്ങനെ ഒരു തീരുമാനം എടുക്കാന്‍ കഴിയില്ല. അതുകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ അത് ഒരു പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ തലയില്‍ കെട്ടിവെക്കുന്നതും ശരിയല്ല. എന്ത് ചെയ്താലും പ്രസ്ഥാനം ഏറ്റെടുത്തുകൊള്ളും എന്ന് അഹങ്കരിക്കുന്നവുരുടെ ധിക്കാരമാണ് ഇത്തരം സാഹചര്യം കേരളത്തില്‍ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നത്. ഇത്തരം ആളുകളാണ് നാടിനെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. രാഷ്ട്രീയ പകപോക്കലിന് ഇത്തരം സംഭവങ്ങളെ  ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നവരെ കുറ്റം പറയരുത് കാരണം മാര്‍ദ്ടിച്ചവര്‍ ഇടതുപക്ഷ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തില്‍ പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കുന്നവരാണ്. ഇത്തരം ആളുകളാണ് നാട്ടില്‍ അരാജകത്വം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നത്. ഇത്തരം ആളുകളെ പ്രസ്ഥാനം തള്ളിപ്പറയുകയാണ് വേണ്ടത്. കാരണം പ്രസ്ഥാനം നിലനില്കണം. ഒരുകൂട്ടം മതതീവ്രവാദികള്‍ അവരുടെ മതത്തിനെ മോശമാക്കുന്നു. സമാന അനുഭവം ഇവിടെ രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തില്‍ നടക്കുന്നു എന്നതിന്റെ പ്രത്യക്ഷ ഉദാഹരണം. ഇത് നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് ഒരു നാടിനെയാണ്. ഇത്തരം ആളുകള്‍ക്കെതിരെ മാതൃകാപരമായ നടപടികള്‍ എടുത്തില്ലെങ്കില്‍ വര്‍ധിക്കുന്നത് ഈ പ്രവണത ആയിരിക്കും. കാരണം രാഷ്ട്രീയ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ പിന്തുണ എന്ത് തോന്നിയവാസതിനും കിട്ടും എന്ന ചിന്ത ആളുകളെ പലതും ചെയ്യാന്‍ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കും.

ഈ ആക്രമണം സാംസ്കാരിക കേരളത്തിന്‌ അപമാനമാണ്. പ്രതികരണം സ്വാഭാവികമാണ്. പക്ഷേ അതിനെ നേരിടെന്ട രീതി ഇതാണോ?

IS THIS STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM...

Many television channels on 9th January night flashed news telling that a writer in Malayalam is being attacked by a group of young persons of a democratic party. I was expecting the visuals of the writer in a very bad stage after the so called ‘attack’, but thank God I saw the writer sitting in an air-conditioned compartment of the train and narrating the story of attack. Good nothing happened to him, but let me ask the community, don’t we have the freedom to question or do we want to close our eyes and ears. Everyone has the right to talk and ask the other about his comment.

I don’t think the writer has been attacked by the activists, if so he will not be like this, I think he might have been stopped on his way. For this reason how could he tell that all the persons of the Democratic Party is wrong. How could he tell that the party is wrong at every point? If the writer is telling that this is the total failure of the party, will he tell that all muslims are wrong when some do the mistakes, or will he blame all the Sikhs for the incident that took Mrs Gandhi’s life.

We are all humans don’t think that we are genius in all , we may sometime do wrong , and sometime right, but when pointing ones fault , do ask yourself what all wrong one has did. The other point that he doesn’t want to lodge a complaint against the activists, this shows he don’t believe in Kerala police, then which state police he believes in when residing in Kerala. With this incident I could tell that everyone likes publicity in one or the other way.

The writer is still continuing the arguments, and he is always happily giving comments on all news channels. Now I could just comment that leave the matter sir...

(all people who read this , pl comment on this )

A COMMITED LEADER

Jyoti Basu was born on 8 July, 1914 as Jyotirindra Basu into an upper middle-class Bengali family in Calcutta. His father, Nishikanta Basu, was a doctor from the village of Barodi in Dhaka District, East Bengal (now in Bangladesh), while his mother Hemalata Basu was a housewife.

After his studies in England in the year 1935 for Law, he got interested in activities of politics through the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1940 he completed his studies and qualified as a Barrister. In the same year he returned to India. In 1944 Mr. Jyothi Basu became involved in trade union activities when CPI delegated him to work amongst the railway labourers. When B.N. Railway Workers Union and B.D. Rail Road Workers Union merged, Mr. Jyothi Basu became the general secretary of the union, starting his political carrier from there, till time he is loved and respected by all persons, not from his party but people from all walks of life.

He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him India's longest-serving Chief Minister as of 2009^[update]. He was a member of the CPI (M) Politburo from the time of the party's founding in 1964 until 2008.

Now as he is hospitalised, let’s hope for his good health, and look forward to work more for the working class and for the people who suffer, and who needs justice to be done.

LIVING WITH ART

Anthropologists claim that the history of tattoos may date back to many centuries back. Certainly, we know that many of the ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, used tattooing techniques.
Towards the end of the 1800s criminals in America and even normal citizens were tattooed with a code for identification purposes.
Now tattooing has become a status symbol, and to some people it’s a show off. The other funny thing is some use the tattoo in private parts and the others use in body places which are open. As tattoo designs and safety techniques improved, and several prominent celebrities began to sport tattoos, they became desirable once again.
The Greeks and Romans used tattoos for a different purpose – to show criminal or slave status! This is a concept that we could call the ‘dark side’ of tattoo history – the fact that body tattooing has been used, in certain times in history, to indicate an inferior status. This is relatively unusual and in most cultures, tattoo art is a symbol of status or accomplishment.
Tattooing some years back was in disreputable until it made a dramatic comeback a few years back. Now the young generation is behind tattooing, it may be good, but I don’t understand the freedom some people implementing this art in faces, I not sure to comment this can be cleared or changed when one don’t likes this. In our cultural ethics I don’t know how a person will be treated in my society with a tattoo in face. I could like to comment this art as not ‘art of living’ but ‘living with art’

THE GREAT FALL OF A LEADER

Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad, on April 9, 2003

This unsourced picture allegedly shows ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein being dragged out of his hiding following his capture by US troops 13 December 2003 in an underground hole at a farm in the village of ad-Dawr, near his hometown of Tikrit in northern Iraq.

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Shocking Photos

A hijacked commercial plane approaches the World Trade Centre shortly before crashing into the landmark skyscraper 11 September 2001 in New York.

Hope this pictures will stand in our hearts, forever.

Lets work together against terrorism

A person falls from the north tower of New York's World Trade Centre in this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre and brought down the twin 110-story towers.

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MY VISIT TO VALIYATHURA KADAL PALAM

I had a visit to one of the oldest kadal palam (Sea Bridge) in Kerala yesterday, it’s situated at Valiyathura. It’s nearly 7 km from Trivandrum city and very near Shankumugham beach. This place was once a dock yard for small vessels, and also when all big ships came here to Trivandrum, she will be angered in the sea which is the nearest, from there passengers and goods are carried here in small boats, at that time they use to take the goods with the lifts there, but now all the lifts have been removed from the bridge. There was also a customs office which worked for the need of the port, and also a flag hoisting place to make know the fisherman about the climate. The ruins of the godown which was used for storing goods can also be seen here. Now here there is a officer who undertakes the daily happenings here, this include some TV serial shooting or such things. Now here the local fisherman use this elevated place for fishing with hooks, and also the locals use this place for launching the Kattamaram (Catamaran) to go to sea. I saw some visitors also at the bridge to watch the fishing, and to see the sunset.
Really when technology was not so much developed, building this type of a bridge at that time might be immensely tough.

By visiting this Kadal Palm I could once more recollect that we people don’t take care of buildings or anything once its build and handed over to public. We never take care of monuments also, some thing it’s all left behind for new, but the thing is that we can never go forward forgetting with our culture and sentimental values.

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ANOTHER GAS TRAGEDY

2009 went away from us; especially from people of Kerala the year went away taking 4 innocent lives at Karunagapally near Kollam.
The incident occurred when a Gas tanker collided with a car. Our road traffic rules are violated by all, including the police department in many ways. When this accident occurred a police team arrived on the spot, but poor persons, they don’t know what’s inside this container, or how dangerous is the leak, or what all precaution to take, or what liquid, powder, or foam should be used to suppress this. Really this is one of the main reasons why the fire caught all of a sudden. Actually the fire department comes with a tank of water to every place they are called. They too don’t have any experts in every fire station, if so they are not having any fire safety dress at many places.
When all I have seen a Gas container on the road, I have seen a red small flag on the side of the cabin, how will this be noticed even in the day light, or how will drivers or general public notice a small red bulb in the highway when other cars and trucks are using heavy head lights with dashing speed. I have noticed that the containers has written what the truck is carrying, but my doubt if any incident occur and the truck catches fire how will the fire man know what’s in the container.
Let me suggest some point for safety (1) All the Hazardous or flammable carrying trucks must be forced to use the warning yellow lights as in every other country, so that this can be easily seen in day, and night. (2) All container trucks should be fitted with metal embossed letters in all sides to show what they are carrying, this is if the container catches fire, the metal plates will not get burned, so that the fire man can easily identify. (3) All containers carrying inflammable goods should place their knobs or vent in a safe area, and also out of reach from public. (4) The drivers of the said containers should have minimum qualification , and experience.(5) The containers should be allowed to run in a speed less than 40 km/hr. (6) If possible allow only night riding on thickly populated areas or in heavy traffic. (7) Never allow the container trucks to travel through places where there are festivals, or fire crackers.(8) Never allow the drivers to drive more than eight hours , if so wanted the truck must have two drivers. (9)Allow permit to the container vehicles for the first five years only. (10) Every truck which carries flammable materials must have two or three fire extinguishers.

FEEL THE DIFFERENCE

Burj Dubai or "Dubai Tower" is a super tall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 818 m (2,684 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009 and the building officially opened on 4 January 2010.

This tallest building of the world took just 6 years to build it, here in Trivandrum , the Trivandrum City Road Improvement Project started to build an over bridge with the maiden venture of Kerala Road Fund Board. All the pillars are finished, and a portion of the bridge road is yet to be completed. I have noticed ministers visiting the construction sites and narrating about the highlights and the time of completion of the bridge, but it’s only on words nothing is happening, all going in the speed of a snail.

Let’s at this time think why development is on the fast track in some countries, is this the problem of the people or the set up of our community. I do want my country to develop fast, for development we have to change a lot, more than that we must have leaders who have vision for the people and country, or else we will again look to more skyscrapers and just open our mouth, we are poor citizens ruled by elected politicians...let long live our politicians to rule us with our votes, isn’t. Don’t they feel shy?