Erosion at the cemetery

Erosion and garbage at the Pattoor cemetery

As you drive West on the busy road  from General Hospital towards Pettah / Chakka, the cemetery at Pattoor hits you right in your eyes, as the road forms a narrow kink here. The road can neither be realigned or widened because of this cemetery. Now the cemetery is affected by erosion during the monsoon and dumping of garbage along its periphery. Earlier, 'The Friend in Society' building was partially demolished to widen the road on the Eastern side of this site. Click here to see the building before demolition and after.   

Puppet Show

Kerala has a dubious distinction of having a high suicide rate - almost 3 times the national average. Here a group of puppeteers at Vylopilli Samskriti Bhavan, Trivandrum, use puppet play to counter this trend. Other themes covered were, the evils of drinking, the benfit of good education, etc.

Amusing signs

Lube or Loop? A signboard on NH 47 at Kazhakuttam

The direction in which the state is going!

The direction in which God's Own Country and The Land of Memories is going

Rains in Trivandrum

The monsoon set in in its full glory on 3rd June. Being a Monday and first day of school, there were traffic snarls everywhere. Low lying areas were also inundated. 

Shops had little business on this rainy day,  but shopfronts were convenient shelters.