A guide to city’s statues
By Asha P. Nair
16th February 2010 02:03 AM
Two bloggers in the city, one fine day, had a thought to go a little wild.
Equipped with two GPS-enabled mobiles, they took off on a ride in the city to count the statues around. They found 20 of them on the main stretches alone and now they plan to document them for the sake of history-lovers.
Sujith John and Kenny Jacob, both residing in Thiruvananthapuram and working in a private tech-firm here, are pioneers in blogging and microblogging. Maybe it was the hangover of the Google Mapping party that they attended some days back, the youngsters have even prepared a map of the city with the statues neatly rounded.
Click on the bubbles, a picture of the statue and a brief history of the eminent personality appears. The pictures have been posted at the portal, www.trivandrumbuzz.com.
For those who have seen the statues over and over and have never really given it a serious thought, the attempt is more than just fun. ``We never thought we would find so much of statues around. Once we posted it in the portal, we received lot of comments on the statues that we have missed out. If we get time, we will cover them too,’’ Kenny says.
Motivated by the response, the two have decided to find out the reason why the statues are found in their particular places. But that’s not all. The adventure seems to have given them fresh ideas.
``We are now thinking of making a similar map on the important offices in the city. When I first came here, I had found it difficult to spot Passport Office or AG’s office. There might be many people facing the same situation. If we post it in our blog or in the portal and if it becomes available through GPS, it would be useful to many,’’ Sujith says.
Sujith had taken the lead to begin one of the first campus blogs in the State, ‘Vosree’ at Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Kayamkulam. Kenny and his friends had launched a site to promote the marketing of films online.
asha.nair@expressbuzz.com
Equipped with two GPS-enabled mobiles, they took off on a ride in the city to count the statues around. They found 20 of them on the main stretches alone and now they plan to document them for the sake of history-lovers.
Sujith John and Kenny Jacob, both residing in Thiruvananthapuram and working in a private tech-firm here, are pioneers in blogging and microblogging. Maybe it was the hangover of the Google Mapping party that they attended some days back, the youngsters have even prepared a map of the city with the statues neatly rounded.
Click on the bubbles, a picture of the statue and a brief history of the eminent personality appears. The pictures have been posted at the portal, www.trivandrumbuzz.com.
For those who have seen the statues over and over and have never really given it a serious thought, the attempt is more than just fun. ``We never thought we would find so much of statues around. Once we posted it in the portal, we received lot of comments on the statues that we have missed out. If we get time, we will cover them too,’’ Kenny says.
Motivated by the response, the two have decided to find out the reason why the statues are found in their particular places. But that’s not all. The adventure seems to have given them fresh ideas.
``We are now thinking of making a similar map on the important offices in the city. When I first came here, I had found it difficult to spot Passport Office or AG’s office. There might be many people facing the same situation. If we post it in our blog or in the portal and if it becomes available through GPS, it would be useful to many,’’ Sujith says.
Sujith had taken the lead to begin one of the first campus blogs in the State, ‘Vosree’ at Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Kayamkulam. Kenny and his friends had launched a site to promote the marketing of films online.
asha.nair@expressbuzz.com
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