Talk:Kerala

േകരളം - is not correct, even though it looks better than കേരളം on some computers.
കേരളം - is correct, but if you see this incorrectly on your computer, please read ml:Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers to know how to enable east asian font viewing in your computer.

-Bijee

Possible vandalism ?

Please add all possible vandalism here. Others can check it by going to Kerala history page or looking "User contributions" in toolbox at users page, and then clicking "diff" links. -Bijee

User:212.77.192.54 - rv changes - rpt by JEL
User:203.199.213.194 - seems ok - rpt by Jishacj

"Keralam"

Why is the article titled "Keralam", when that word is not used once in the discussion? It's "Kerala" everywhere. -- Zoe

It has been put right. --Vinodmp

Literacy

What is the literacy level 90% or 97%? Both figures are used in the article. -- Tiles

According to the 2001 National census it is 90.92%. The 97% in the article has been changed. -- Manojmp

aravindet's comments

I've made some major changes. Hope it's okay with everyone. I was thinking about losing the "Keralam" reference...

Something else... the Malayalam version is lousy. I say we lose it. Or else someone (not me) should come up with a decent article, with correct letter compounding. if you don't have Lipi or anything you could compose a malayalam email in rediffmail and copy that. It's too much of a bother for me! ;) -- aravindet

p.s. are you two _mp fellas related?

political comment

Modified the political comment about the democratically elected communist government. I went through the page history and noticed a lot of 'is' and 'was' modifications. Governments come and go, so I felt it was better to change the languaging of the line so it wouldn't need changes every 5 years or less.
Jay 23:10, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Congress

Congress is a left-wing party ?? Jay 10:34, Sep 16, 2003 (UTC)

Syrian Christians

Quote from article: The history of that community dates back to the arrival in AD 52 of St. Thomas the Apostle, and to the establishing of a Christian community by a contingent of Syrian Christians who arrived in AD 192 via Baghdad. (See Saint Thomas Christians.) End Quote.

My understanding is that the Syrian Christians who arrived via Baghdad are NOT called Saint Thomas Christians. The Syrians were lead by a Thomas of Cana (Kanayan Thomas) who has been frequently confused with St. Thomas the Apostle. If I recall right, they (the Syrian families that came over) are hence referred to as Kanayan Christians or simply as Syrian Christians?

Can someone clarify? --Das

Syrian Christians (Saint Thomas Christians,Nasrani) are those (from hindus, jews, other middle east settlers in Keralam) who where converted to Christianity by St. Thomas, at church they also do a portion of prays in syriac.

Knanaya Christians says they came to keralam for doing business.
Syrian Christians says Kinayi Toma and his Knanaya team came to keralam to teach Christianity.

After reaching keralam some mixed with Syrian Christians and others kept to their separate identity to become Knanaya Christians. Still there is Knanaya Christian community in Keralam. And many have to leave the community - by marrying from outside community - to get better alliance --Bijee

Keralites?

Many people say A. R. Rahman is a Tamil Mudaliar. Could someone please help with references?
M. Night Shyamalan is born for Malayalee father and Tamil mother, AFAIK. So, is it ok to keep his name?

--Rrjanbiah 13:43, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Possible vandalism by 203.199.213.194

Could someone please check the contributions to this page made by 203.199.213.194?

Most of the contributions by this user are vandalism, but I can't tell if the changes to this page are legit.

Thanks. JEL 22:05, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Possible vandalism by 212.77.192.54

212.77.192.54 has made some changes to the Kerala article which looks like Vandalism. -- Jishacj

Re: Correct word for Kerala in Malayalam

Admins, please note that correct word for Kerala in Malayalam is:

േകരളം

For reference, please check up the way Kerala is scripted in http://www.keralakaumudi.com link of a leading Kerala newspaper mentioned in Kerala Main page of wikipedia itself. My frequent attempts to correct this simple mistake failed without adequate reasons. I am willing to offer any necessary help required in Kerala related pages since Malayalam is my mother tongue and studied in that language for years. I think, this time atleast, my efforts to correct will be a success.

--AJJ 08:14, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

please read ml:Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers -Tnx Bijee

removing jokes

All the items under the section "Notable Praises," after the first three, were purely subjective impressions, or jokes (and uses slang like "Mallus", which is typically used outside Kerala to refer to Malayalis). I'm removing this section. The "praise" by National Geographic has been housed in a newly created section on Tourism. Currently, the section "Georgraphy" has significant overlap with this section. I think material needs to be added to both those sections (in Geography, more technical details and in tourism details on cultural tourism).

numbers

An anonymous user switched the percentages of Christians and Muslims in this edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&diff=next&oldid=12647144). I have no idea which is correct so I'll just note it here. —Charles P. ^(Mirv) 04:39, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I just verified the info @ the official national census site and found it to be true after doing some simple mathematics on my computer. So the edited info is indeed corect. You can download the spreadsheet & do the calculations yourself. - Unsigned

I've added a link to the spread sheet. -- Sundar (talk • contribs) 10:36, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

economy section - copied verbatim

I notice that the new first paragraph of the economy section is copied verbatim from the Kerala government website (http://www.kerala.gov.in/economy/energy.htm). It was inserted in this edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&oldid=13612513) Also, in addition to the "Kerala phenomenon", the term "Kerala paradox" should be used since it shows up much more in a google search.

Renaming of Places

The names of places in Keralam has been changed some years back. Trivandrum was renamed Thiruvananthapuram, Palghat into Palakkad, Quilon into Kollam etc. When was it done, do we have the details of that order etc? Can we mention the same in the article page?

Also there is some problem in the way Keralam has been mentioned in the page in the Malayalam font. Yes, an answer has given earlier too to this query made by someone else, but for a common user like me i can read the font only as Karelam and not Keralam. Please take note of the same. Systems and Procedures should not cause a hinderance on the path towards perfection.

Chief Minister

What party does the current incumbent belong to. This page says Congress I but the CM's own site says UDF which may be the same thing but is confusing for a non-Indian like myself Albatross2147 06:58, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

UDF, standing for United Democratic Front, is a coalition of several political parties of which Congress I is the largest member. -- Sundar (talk • contribs) 10:12, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Images

Does anyone watching this have Template:Tl or Template:Tl-licensed free photos of pookkalam of Onam? If so, please upload them. -- Sundar (talk • contribs) 10:23, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

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