Couples as well as lovers are often sharing their gifts and celebrate the occasion with special dishes and others. Old couples are also widely celebrating the day in a memorable way. It is the special occasion to show his/her affection and love each other.

Love SMS is one of the easy ways to communicate among lovers. Despite love letters, it is the simple way to express one’s love.  Sending memorable and heart touching SMS is a fantastic idea to make your partner happy. While approaching the day, most of us are thinking about choosing a special gift to him/her. Mostly chosen and memorable gift for her is often jewelers, fancy items, apparels etc. You can select a loving picture related to love that make your partner happy. Gift for him includes stylish T-shirts, shoes, ties, watches etc. More over special chocolates, dishes are attractions of the day. Candle lit dinner is one of the memorable idea in the occasion. Bundle of fresh flowers with fragrance can impress your partner more. With gorgeous red and pink roses, lilies, in a glass vase with satin ribbon is a romantic taste of an old-world tradition. But, it is sad to say that the greeting cards and hand written notes are out of fashion now in the midst of modern technologies. With the modernization, breakage in relationship is probably not less. Lets pray that the real and true love stay for a long time beyond all luxuries. Wishing all, a Happy Valentine’s day.

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The 10 core areas that Pitroda pointed out were:

• Coastal waterways.
• High speed rail corridor.
• Building of a knowledge city.
• State-wide mobile phone-enabled health insurance scheme.
• Expanding E-Governance project.
• Scheme to connect all Panchayats through a broadband internet system.
• Scheme to boost Kerala’s traditional industries.
• Proper and modern waste management schemes.
• Making the state a world capital of Ayurveda.
• Improved vocational education scheme.

Kerala’s inland waterway system could be leveraged to put in place coastal freight navigation system. Sam Pitroda has advised the state to tap the potential of its waterways. A large-scale shift in freight movement to boats etc. would reduce to a great extent the traffic congestion in the State. Pitroda believes the High Speed Rail Corridor project to be the biggest of all projects in Vision 2030. The project though would take years to materialize. But for better future we have to start implementing from the basics. The knowledge city in the capital city of the state, Thiruvananthapuram would contain universities, research laboratories and institutes, cultural spaces and commercial and residential units. The idea of giving everyone in the state an Insurance scheme also came up in the meeting. The expenses were to be raised by mobile phone users in the state. Improving E-Governance and the proposal to connect all the Panchayats through broadband Internet connection also came up in the meeting.

The scheme to boost Kerala’s traditional industries would target coir, cashew, and handloom. New technology, methodology, and tools would be ushered in to modernize traditional industries. Then there was discussion on the waste management system. Mr. Pitroda pointed out that there were several improvisations to be made and the State Government should look into it as soon as possible. Then there was talk about making Kerala the world capital of Ayurveda and the improvements to be brought in Vocational educational scheme. This would be used to impart vocational skills to unemployed youth.

The team would come back to the state within 90 day with a ‘white paper’ on these projects and discuss with the state government to finalize those to be taken up, Pitroda said. If the state packages its projects properly, people would be ready to invest in the state, Pitroda said. The meeting was held at Thiruvananthapuram. Mr. Chandy told the press conference that Vision 2030 was being drawn up so that Kerala did not miss any more buses on the development front.

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The Government is planning to request the Central Government to appoint E. Sreedharan as the Chairman of the Kochi Metro Railway project. The Minister also added that the authority to appoint the Managing Director for the project remains with the State Government and the decision will be made soon. Meanwhile E. Sreedharan has said that he believes he would be able to commission the Kochi Metro Rail Project in 3 years. The 26-km long Kochi metro project is the first such project in Kerala. So the hopes are very high indeed. The project is believed to be a long term solution for the busy traffic at Ernakulam. The project will help the development of the City. Aryadan Muhammad, Power Minister said that the opposition to the appointment of DMRC as Project consultant was because of the doubt about Sreedharan’s role. He has already retired from DMRC.

Kochi mayor Tony Chammany had held discussions with the former DMRC chief regarding the project. On a question on getting support from agencies like the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) and the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), the mayor promised that he would take up the issue with the respective authorities. District collector P I Sheik Pareeth said that the land acquisition procedures would gain momentum in the coming days. Kerala Merchants Union, which had been persistent on having Sreedharan and DMRC at the helm of affairs, expressed satisfaction over the government decision. Ending all doubts, Kerala’s first Metro Rail Project at Kochi is all set to become a reality. The project is a dream come true for Kochiites. The news has been warmly welcomed by them. The project will be a landmark in the history of this City. Wishing all the success for the project.

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Three day long flower show organized by Agri-horticultural society has started at Kottayam. The show is taking place at Nagambadom Municipal playground. The show started on 12^thJanuary 2012 and will be end on January 15. The event showcases varieties of flowers and medicinal plants. Wide range of flower and medicinal plants from 27 plant nurseries will be the most attraction of the fest. Air conditioned 40,000 sq. ft.shed with modern facilities has set up for the flower fest. And it is the largest flower fest in mid-Kerala. The fest is organized by horticulture society and is sponsored by Malabar Gold group.

Fest Attractions

Ravindran Nagarkovil who is a well-known Bonsai planter is exhibiting his most seldom variety of Bonsai in the show. Hundreds of flower stalls are lined up with wide varieties. Orchids, Adeenium, Youphorbia, Helakonaya, Rose, Marigold Hybrid, and plants from Pune such as Poinsettia, Chrisanthamam, Gusmania, and Wax Bigonia are the special attractions of the show. Plants and vegetable crops from different foundations and farmers will be there in the fest. Different competitions, foreign plantation tools and equipment are the specialties of the event. Flower decorations with foreign flowers by specialists will be a visual treat relish. Beautiful photography of Indian flowers of this week captured by Malayala Manorama photographers will also exhibit in the show.

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January 13, 2012

Competitions start at 8.00am

10.30 am – Fest Inauguration by Sunny Kalloor

Ticket Marketing Inauguration by Mamman Mathew, Malayala Manorama Chief Editor

6.45 pm – Mega Show by Cochin Mega Star

January 14, 2012

11.00 am – Waste Management Seminar

2.30 pm – Agricultural Quiz

6.00 pm – Prize Distribution By Sheela Thomas (Rubber Board President)

6.30 pm – Mega Show by Cochin Stage India

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With the Onam festival at our doors, the various TV channels have announced the list of Onam special programs to be broadcasted for the coming days. Almost all the channels have already started telecasting many of them. The main attraction of the programs is the Onam special film festivals telecasted by the channels as ever.

Many Channels have managed to present a handful of new and never before telecasted films for the audience. Chat shows with the favorite stars, Onam cookery programs, the Onam nostalgia of eminent personalities, tribute to those names who recently left this world and Onam travelogues also lead the list of the special programs.

Let’s have short look at the most attractive programs of the leading channels:

Amrita TV

8/9/2011:Uthradam

9.00 am – 12.00 pm  : Chaverpada [Movie]
Bala, Jagathy, Arun, Manikkuttan

12.00 pm – 12.30 pm : Saumithram: Mithra Kurien

12.30 pm – 01.00 pm : Onam Releases

01.30 pm – 02.00 pm : Archana & You: Archna Kavi

02.00 pm – 05.00 pm : Doubles [Movie]
Mammotty, Nadiya Moidu, Tapsee

06.30 pm – 07.00 pm : Hello Asif

07.00 pm – 07.30 pm : Chiri Mazha Pole: Interview with Jayaprada

07.30pm- 08.00 pm : Rachanayum Sangeethavum:Shibu/Ousepachan

08.00 pm – 08.30 pm : Onakkazhcha:Rima and Shyamaprasad

08.30 pm – 09.00 pm : Madhuram:Interview with Akhila

09.00 pm – 09.30 pm : Pranayam:Interview with Mohan Lal

9/9/2011 : Thiruvonam

09.00 am – 01.00 pm : Vande Mataram [Movie]
Mammootty, Arjun, Sneha

01.30 pm – 02.00 pm : Saumyam, Shaleenum: Samvrutha Sunil

02.00 pm – 06.00 pm : Shikkar [Movie]
Mohan Lal, Sneha, Ananya

06.30 pm – 07.00 pm : Abhinaya Kalayude Ekalavyan Suresh Gopi

07.00 pm – 07.30 pm : Abhinaya kavyabhangi:Kavya Madhavan

07.30 pm – 08.00 pm : Alapanathinte Amarapatham: Yesudas

08.00 pm – 08.30 pm : Nritha Mayooram: Sudha Chandran

10/9/2011:Avittam

09.00 am – 01.00 pm : Mummy And Me [Movie]
Archana kavi, Urvasi, Kunchako Boban

01.30 pm – 02.00 pm : Ananyam Ee Charutha

02.00 pm – 05.30 pm : Koottukar [Movie]
Sathyan, Prem Nazeer

05.30 pm – 06.00 pm : Gopika Vasantham: Interview with Lakshmi
Gopalaswami

Asianet

8/9/2011: Uthradam

09.00 am – 12.00 pm : Kudumbasree Travels [Movie]
Jayaram, Bhavana, Jagathy Sreekumar

12.30 pm – 03.00 pm : De Maveli Kompath

03.00 pm – 06.00 pm : Traffic [Movie]
Sreenivasan, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Kunchako
Boban, Asif Ali

06.00 pm – 09.30 pm : Four Friends [Movie]
Kamal Hassan, Jayaram, Meera Jasmine

11.00 pm – 01.30 pm : Robinhood [Movie]
Prithviraj, Narain, Jayasurya, Bhavana

9/9/2011:Thiruvonam

03.30 am – 05.45 am : Kancheepurathe Kalyanam [Movie]
Suresh Gopi, Mukhtha George, Harisree
Ashokan, Innocent, Indrans

Soorya TV

8/9/2011:Uthradam

08.00 am – 08.30 am : Onakkodi:Ananya and Kaviyoor Ponnamma

08.30 am – 09.00 am : Malayalathinte Nivedyam:Bhama

09.00 am – 12.00 pm : Race [Movie]
Kunchako Boban, Mamta Mohandas

12.00 pm – 12.30 pm : Soundaryathinte Samvrutha Karyam

12.30 pm – 01.00 pm : Rasikarajan:Suraj Venjaramood

02.00 pm – 05.00 pm : Ithu Nammude Katha [Movie]
Asif Ali, Nishan, Abhishek, Ananya

05.30 pm – 09.00 pm : Arjunan Sakshi [Movie]
Prithviraj, Ann Augustine, Nedumudi Venu

11.10 pm – 01.30 am : Love In Singapore [Movie]
Mammootty, Lala Alex, Salimkumar

Kairali

8/9/2011:Uthradam

10.30 am – 11.00 am : Navyayude Onam:Navya Nair

11.00 am – 11.30 am : Prithviyude Visheshangal:Prithviraj

03.30 pm – 04.00 pm : Onakusruthi:Jayaram and Family

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Another celebrity marriage on the cards..! And this time it’s Actor-Singer Mamta Mohandas who is going to enter wedlock next year. This news might break a few hearts. Mamta is in a hurry completing all her assignments to which she is committed. Mamta had earlier revealed that her parents were on the lookout for an ideal match. Looks like they have finally hunted down her Mr. Right. He is an entrepreneur in Bahrain and both are childhood friends. Mamta says that theirs is not a filmy romance and it’s actually kind of an arranged one. She also added that their affection had been built through years and her future hubby and she have a strong bond between them.

Mamta has been a part of several hits in many Malayalam movies and currently is on top of her acting career. Mamta made her debut in a Malayalam movie named ‘Mayoogham’. Though the movie was not a notable one, young Mamta did get noticed and was acclaimed by the critics for her performance. Her major hits include ‘Anwar’ and ‘Big B’ both directed by Amal Neerad. Lined up for release is ‘Nayika’ directed by Jayaraj, in which she stars with veteran actor Sarada. She has also sung in the film which will be released this Onam. Besides, there is KK Rajeev’s ‘Njaanum Ente Familyum’ and Shyama Prasad’s ‘Nuna’ in which she plays major roles. Her next film in Tamil is ‘Thadayira Thakka.’

But this youngster was not just made for the acting; she is a talented singer as well. She has lent her voice for many songs and many of them proved to be big hits. She first sang in a telugu movie named ‘Rakhi’ in Devi Sri Prasad’s composition. She got her her first Filmfare award for this song. She then sang some songs in Tamil, both featuring her alongside Benny Dayal. Her first song in Malayalam was in the movie Anwar in which was paired alongside Prithviraj. The song also featured Prithviraj as a singer and the song was a super hit in the charts.

The Bahrain-born and raised Indian actress survived cancer and has undergone surgery last year. She was first diagnosed with the condition two years ago and underwent intense therapy as part of the treatment. She says that she has gone through the toughest and is happy to be a successful actress. Mamta believes that marriage is an integral part of life and that she is not willing to waste her youth on the glamor world. She also believes she had a great film career and she has proved herself as an actress and now is willing to settle down in life and start a family.

Here’s wishing you good luck, Mamta!

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Dr. Vayala Vasudevan Pillai, who enriched the field of drama with his invaluable contributions passed away yesterday. He was suffering from prolonged illness for the past few months. He was 67 years old and was undergoing the treatment for cancer at a private hospital in Kochi.

He earlier worked as the director of the school of drama at Thrissur and was a disciple of G. Sankara Pillai. He contributed to the field as a playwright, scholar and director. He is credited with the title of starting a new spatial concept in modern theatres. Taking into account his great contributions to the Malayalam theatre, he was awarded with the Kendra Sangeet Nataka Akademi Award in 2009.

Pillai did his masters in English literature and a PhD in theatre. Then he headed to complete a post graduate diploma in modern theatre from the university of Rome in 1981. He also attended a training in Japanese theatre in 1996 at Meji university in Tokyo.

He is the author of several well known plays like Agni, Varavelpu, Tulasivanam, Oru Pakshikkunjinte Maranam and Swarnakokkukal. The book, Malayala Nataka Sahitya Charitram is also the work from his pen tip. The book tells the history of Malayalam Theatre.

The first play of vayala Vasudevan Pillai was published in 1975 and it was named Viswa Darshanam. Vasudevan Pillai also floated a theatre troupe at the time while he was in Trivandrum. It was an avant grade troupe and staged a good number of plays. The name of the troupe was Suvarnarekha. The well known film star Jagadish, Sreelata and Alex Kadavil are some of the prominent personalities who worked in the troupe. The directorial attempt of Dr. Vayala Vasudevan Pillai has given around 40 plays to the Malayalam Theatre. These include the plays by Shakesphere, Sophocles, Ibsen, Tagore and Bhasa.

He worked with the scool of drama of Thrissur which is under Calicut University for more than two decades. Pillai retired as the director of the institution in 2005. His professional carrer also carries the name plate of the Professor of English at Mar Ivanios College in Trivandrum.

He is one of the experts on the artistic life and plays of the famous Irish playwright J M Synge. The Italian government respected him with the theatre’s fellowship in 1980- 81. Rangasabha and Yatra are also among the famous works of Dr. Pillai. The cremation is to be held in Cheruthuruthy today.

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As the month of September is about to arrive, we, all the Keralites are ready for another season of joy, another season that reminds of a prosperous history we had, another season that urge the sparks of the nostalgia of our childhood.. Yes we are ready to welcome another Onam season to our homes. There is hardly any other festival that has got as much importance as Onam has in our lives. Every native of Kerala irrespective of being abroad or home waits keenly for the occasion.

For those abroad it is the time to return home and be in their land and for those who are here, the season becomes an occasion of reunion of the family. In every aspect it is our festival.

The importance of Onam is not just limited to our emotions or memories. It is also a season that contributes much to our economy. Every small and big names of the market too are eagerly waiting for its arrival. They are ready with many attractive and interesting offers with their products. It is a trend that started a long time before by the companies to include the customers too in their celebrations. And as in the case of the last year, every brand has came up with their most popular packages.

The list starts right from the BSNL in the government sector to mobile companies including the recently launched ones.

BSNL has announced HAPPY ONAM with their unique schemes on free 2G mobile prepaid connections with unlimited free calls and free GPRS browsing to its customers in Kerala.

Aircel which stepped into the Kerala market a few years ago also introduced a one year scheme with a unique and attractive one year scheme with a single recharge over unlimited pocket internet, sms, local calling and Gulf calling pack.

The big names in the textile and fabric industries have also announced the unveiling of their new stocks with the coming Onam season.

The Parthas textiles is running a ‘Be Special’ lucky dip contest operational from August 28^th to September 4 and 8 special customers were gifted LCD television sets and satellite connections for free.

The Emmanuel silks announced a discount up to 10% cash back on every purchases foreseeing the coming season of celebration.

Videocon group also announced their special promotional scratch and win offer which promises to gift a Nano car, LCD tv, washing machine etc for the oncoming season.

The most popular news papers too have modified their editions or even doubled it to join the crowd. In short everyone, every industry, every field and everything here is impatiently awaiting the arrival of the prosperous Onam season.

We too wish you the advance warm and joyful wishes of the arriving ONAM season.

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The most prominent business man Ravi Pillai under whom the largest number of Indians work in gulf countries is extending his business empire to Kerala also. He is aiming to launch his new business projects with Malabar as its centre. The RP mall that started a few days before in Kozhikode is one of the hi tech malls in Kerala. This shopping mall is composed of 6 multiplexes.

It was just before a few weeks that the Kadavu resort at Kozhikode was taken over by Ravi Pillai. This take over was worth Rs.200 crores. He had also took over the famous Blue Diamond theatre in Kozhikode recently. He reformed it with the name Diamond mall and gave it to the Jos Alukkas group for lease. It will also be inaugurated soon.

The first shopping mall in Kerala was launched at Kozhikode. It was named as Focus mall. And now the mall culture will once again be alive with the launch of the RP mall. Another project of Ravi Pillai is expected to start at Kollam which is the birth place of him. It is the first seven star hotel in Kerala that he is giving his motherland as his gift. The hotel which which is named is named as ‘The Ravi’s Hotel’ will be inaugurated on the 19th of this month.

Ravi Pillai became popular in the business field of Kerala with his first big investment in the Malabar group. He is one of the most prominent finance sources of Malabar Gold. More than 50,000 employers work under him in the various business enterprises of Ravi Pillai centered at Bahrain. Amoung them 30,000 are Indians.

He has business enterprises in various sectors including construction, petroleum, real estate and tourism. Over the years, Mr Pillai has built up a relationship of trust with the various governments in the Gulf region because of the huge success of his company. As a result, workers who get jobs with his company don’t have too much of a problem getting their visas and work permits.

“We employ people from all over India in various kinds of jobs. From engineers, doctors and safety personnel to welders, fabricators and fitters, we need people with all kinds and levels of skills,” Mr Pillai says. And though he’s lived in West Asia for 30 years, Mr Pillai is still a citizen of India. “There are over 50 lakh Indians working in the Gulf countries and they send back foreign remittances worth billions of dollars. I think that’s something to be very proud of”, he says.

Besides providing jobs for thousands of Indians in the Gulf, Mr Pillay in engaged in philanthropic activities in India and has set up the Upasana Hospital and Research Centre in Kerala, which gives free treatment to the poor. He received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award from the Government of India, and was the first Bahrain-based businessman to win the Padma Shri award from the Government of India.

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Kisan Baburao Hazare who is known amoung the masses as Anna Hazare, was born on 15 June 1937. His native place, Bhinagar village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state was a small undeveloped place where everyone struggled with their lives to move on. He too belonged to a labourer family.

Anna Hazare started his career in the Indian army. During those 15 years which he worked as a soldier, Hazare was selected to serve the country in different states. He was posted at the border when Pakistan attacked India in the Year 1965. It was in 1978 that he took voluntary retirement from the army and returned to his native place, Ralegan Siddhi, a drought prone area in the Amedanagar district. They received a poor annual rainfall of 400 to 500 mm.

And it was the misery and trouble of his people to fetch water that led Anna to his first reformation activity. He was inspired by the water shed management project implemented by Vilasrao Salunke at Saswad and he decided to make use of it in his village also.

The result- the groundwater level increased considerably and Ralegan Siddhi became a role model which improved from a worst village to an ideal village.

It is said that once he was tired of living and he couldn’t find a purpose to move on. It was then he accidently came across a book written by Swami Vivekananda. Anna Hazare was deeply influenced by the views and ideologies of Swami Vivekananda and he found out that the purpose of his life was to serve others, to serve his fellow beings who suffer, to make them feel better and improve their lives. This decision was the turning point in his life. He started a social reformation movement called Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan (BVJA) and began his war against corruption. He chose hunger strike as his weapon and protested against corrupt officers at every level of administration. Irrespective of the parties he forced every government to take action against the corrupt ministers and officials.

His indefinite hunger strikes brought to light many stories of corruption, and the guilty were punished. Many times he was imprisoned but was released due to enormous public protests. It was he who made the right To Information act (RTI) into reality.

And now at the age of 73, Anna Hazare has again came forward for the rights of his people with the Jan Lok Pal bill. The government didn’t accept the bill proposed by him and became ready to pass the bill with a few changes. But he didn’t retreat from his needs. And we are witnessing another anti- corruption war from this one man army.

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