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G Vijaya Raghavan
Vijayaraghavan is the human face of technology in Kerala. As the Founder CEO of Technopark, he designed the road map of Kerala’s IT industry.
Kerala Budget: Dr. Isaac’s Tight Rope Walk
08/07/2016Dr. Thomas Isaac has set an ambitious goal in the first budget of the Pinarayi Vijayan government: mobilize as much as one trillion rupees outside the state…
Kerala Tourism: Time to Chase Top Dollars
23/06/2016Last month, I took a break from work and went on a trip to Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. As we were exploring the park, once the hunting ground of…
A Wish List for the New Kerala Government
16/05/2016The most bitterly fought election Kerala has seen in decades is over now. In many ways, this could be a watershed election. If the state witnesses a continuation…
The Patrons of Technopark & Some Lessons for Tomorrow’s Leaders
12/05/2016We've often seen political parties indulging in muckraking during election campaigns. However, I was pleasantly surprised that both the United Democratic Front…
Why Vizhinjam Port won’t Go the Vallarpadam Way
23/04/2016Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to visit the site of the Vizhinjam port project, along with Planning Board Vice Chairman K.M. Chandrasekhar and Chief…
Don’t Vote for Candidates Who Make Too Much of Noise
25/03/2016As we head toward assembly elections in our state, one small device that could help us keep our sanity intact is an ear plug. In every nook and corner in Kerala,…
How Remittance of Migrant Bengali Erodes Remittance of Gulf Malayalee
11/03/2016Among the tens of thousands of West Bengal migrants who seek fortunes in Kerala, Mofijul Rahima Sheikh is the luckiest one. He won the 10 million-rupees jackpot…
Health Protection Agency Is the Booster Dose Kerala Needs
26/02/2016Kerala achieved great strides in healthcare in the past, with the state recording major gains in indices such as infant mortality rate, birth rate and life expectancy…
The Mess in Our Schools
15/02/2016Sometime back I sat on an interview board. The applicants were fresh B-Com graduates from Universities in Kerala with over 75% marks. Just to check their basic…
Now Running: Kerala’s Worst Political Tamasha Ever
04/02/2016When I pick up newspapers or switch on news channels these days, I can’t but wonder about the unfathomable depths that our political system has plunged…
Kerala Elections 2016: `Don’t Put up Candidates Who Can’t Even Walk’
27/01/2016In a few months, we will have another election upon us in Kerala. This election is a very significant one for us, because for the first time in many decades,…
Mullaperiyar: The Unseen Side of the Conflict Is a Disaster in the Making
18/01/2016Just before Christmas, I was at Thekkady, and the day I reached one of the most beautiful spots in Kerala, the water level at the Mullaperiyar Lake had just…