Kochi, Nov. 9 : V. T. Jolly, a school dropout, in Kochi has acquired a huge collection of discarded pens. Jolly’s passion started three years ago, and till date, he has collected 2,608 pens of over 1050 varieties.
Though Jolly has failed to matriculate, his is passionate about collecting pens. His passion for discarded pens began at the age of 15.
He wasn’t well off to buy new pens of different varieties so he opted to collect used or thrown away pens from wherever he could.
He says this hobby started while painting a house. He noticed a few used pens lying in a dustbin. With the owners’ permission, he took them and then started his collection.
Kochi, Nov 10 : Despite all global market speculations and US economy meltdown an Indian company''s brand makes its foray in the US supermarkets by becoming the No. 1 brand in unbranded shrimp category, according to the recent reports of A. C Nelson.
At the inauguration of 'Ezhuthuvilakku' - the three-day state-level workshop for young and upcoming writers - Kerela Chief Minister, V. S. Achuthanandan, expressed his concern over Malayalam not being conferred the classical language status by the Centre, despite the fact that Malayalam had a rich literary tradition.
Nearly 161 passengers of an had a narrow esca
Kochi (Kerala), Nov. 5 : While the whole of America and the rest of world is celebrating the historic victory of Barack Obama in this year''s presidential election, here in Kochi, an advocate has expressed absolute delight over the news that his 1991 Harvard Law College classmate has won the race to the White House.
