Its always a hot discussion in our editorial meeting selecting the cover story for each issue. It was my Executive Editor Dr. Rajan Perunna suggested that we must write about the changing taste of city folks in the coming edition of Metro Mart.
Great Idea! We started planning and compiling the stories. Really the tastes and trends of Thiruvananthapuram changed a lot if we compare just before 10 years. Apart from being the capital city of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram was calm and cool with not much to offer. Kochi, even Kozhikode was appealing more to the new generation.
Today, its all changed. Thiruvananthapuram is one of the happening cities in India. Thanks to the growing IT community, especially the 25000 plus techies working in Technopark, then the Infosys campus triggered the spending culture of the city. Being the capital, Thiruvananthapuram have more government employees in Kerala. The revision of pay packages time to time, in the government sector also made the shopping and dining industry grow organically.
Almost all the brands have an exclusive store in the capital city. From Bhima to Malabar Gold, Ayyappas to Pothys, Spencers to Big Bazar, Chicken Express to Dominoz all the major outlets make Thiruvananthapuram a major shopping destination.
But then there is something which have not changed. It was very disturbing to experience two harthals during last month, because of the petrol hike called by LDF. Whole India, only Kerala witnessed a Harthal (not checked the case in West Bengal and Tripura), with a bonus to Thiruvananthapuram one extra.
I am not against protests against price hikes which effects our economy. I also personally effected by this petrol hike. But ransacking for a day of common man, disturbing the business of a street vendor will bring down the price of petrol? Does our political leaders don't realize this?
They sure know these strikes are all old. When the technology was not that accessible to common man, these strikes Bandh - stopping everything made a point to reach the message to masses. Today the media is so strong, any news can be reached to the nook and corner of Kerala within no time. When High Court banned Bandh, political parties rename it to Harthal, and continue to interfere in our right of freedom to live peacefully. I personally feel, these kind of harthals are only called to keep up the spirit of the new and old cadres of political parties, and by destroying public properties.
We, the common man have to resist this. Our independence and rights of freedom cannot be ransacked by any one. On the month of celebrating birthday of our father of nation Mahatma Gandhi, lets say no to Harthals, and promote peaceful protests and satyagrahas.
Great Idea! We started planning and compiling the stories. Really the tastes and trends of Thiruvananthapuram changed a lot if we compare just before 10 years. Apart from being the capital city of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram was calm and cool with not much to offer. Kochi, even Kozhikode was appealing more to the new generation.
Today, its all changed. Thiruvananthapuram is one of the happening cities in India. Thanks to the growing IT community, especially the 25000 plus techies working in Technopark, then the Infosys campus triggered the spending culture of the city. Being the capital, Thiruvananthapuram have more government employees in Kerala. The revision of pay packages time to time, in the government sector also made the shopping and dining industry grow organically.
Almost all the brands have an exclusive store in the capital city. From Bhima to Malabar Gold, Ayyappas to Pothys, Spencers to Big Bazar, Chicken Express to Dominoz all the major outlets make Thiruvananthapuram a major shopping destination.
But then there is something which have not changed. It was very disturbing to experience two harthals during last month, because of the petrol hike called by LDF. Whole India, only Kerala witnessed a Harthal (not checked the case in West Bengal and Tripura), with a bonus to Thiruvananthapuram one extra.
I am not against protests against price hikes which effects our economy. I also personally effected by this petrol hike. But ransacking for a day of common man, disturbing the business of a street vendor will bring down the price of petrol? Does our political leaders don't realize this?
They sure know these strikes are all old. When the technology was not that accessible to common man, these strikes Bandh - stopping everything made a point to reach the message to masses. Today the media is so strong, any news can be reached to the nook and corner of Kerala within no time. When High Court banned Bandh, political parties rename it to Harthal, and continue to interfere in our right of freedom to live peacefully. I personally feel, these kind of harthals are only called to keep up the spirit of the new and old cadres of political parties, and by destroying public properties.
We, the common man have to resist this. Our independence and rights of freedom cannot be ransacked by any one. On the month of celebrating birthday of our father of nation Mahatma Gandhi, lets say no to Harthals, and promote peaceful protests and satyagrahas.
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