The main problem tourist have to face in Kerala is language. First you don't find English Language Board in Kerala and when you speak people in English you rarely get english answers. I would request Mr. Achutanandan- Hr. Chief Minister to implement English name board in Kerala, atleast in important tourism places.
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by saraswathi rajgopal on Jan 17, 2008 02:11 PM Permalink
being a malayalee living outside kerala, this is a good suggestion. Govt should implement rules to change the board names atleast in English and of course in Hindi beieng our national language.
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by nithin panjikaran on May 30, 2007 11:22 AM Permalink
don't repeat this stupidity again...among all the states in india only in kerala you find people speaking some decent english(to some extend hindi also) even in the remote areas...we very well know what kind of language you hear once you move out of b'lore...there's no need to have english board to cater your need...the same problem we used to face when we go to the hindi heartland or to the extreme noethern part of india...we never complain abt that, rather we try to adjust in the maximum possible way...atleast in kerala the attiude of the people is much better when compared to other places...so please try to adjust with us...
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by ravindra kumar on May 30, 2007 02:42 PM Permalink
Dear Nithin I am afraid if you cannot adjust to a simple and very common suggestion of Dear Prashanth, how u will adjust in Kerala.What Prashanth suggests and probably u too suggest that those coming from other part of the country or globe do face these type of problems and that can be minimised if a common language is used for name boards.Don't ge offended simply.
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by on May 30, 2007 12:16 PM Permalink
no need to get so angry, we also faced same problem, People speak english in Kerala and all over india but while travelling we need to interact with people staying in small vilages.... neither they speak english nor hindi,and most imp u can not claim that attitude of people is much better.....recently i have visited Sikkim the localites there will win your heart and i am sure u would love to visit the place again and again with this they alo try their best to speak english as well as hindi.
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by tausif Kidwai on May 30, 2007 04:12 PM Permalink
Be generous... we are indian.........so please behave like a brother
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by Rajesh Ayyathan on May 30, 2007 01:02 PM Permalink
bullshit..nitin.. Mallus who stays in Kerala doesn't know neither english or hindi. That is sure. And they think they are the perfect people. Headweight stupids. Being a malayalee i am sure that what i said is correct and everyone..every malayalle who stays outside kerala will agree with it.
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by sai manohar on Jun 20, 2007 03:00 PM Permalink
Hi all To my experiences what i found was that in kerala u will find english nameboards everywjere, even in small towns which u can never dream in the hindi heartland. When it comes to english, come on people in UPor bihar even in cities struggle with englis, in kerala yea they r not fluent but surely revert to u in broken english.Some points that some pointed out is very true, people will misguide u beautifully, watz the fun in tat, especially in parts down south trivandrum, quilon i did have very bad experience.Wat so ever Kerala is marvellous, yep waynad is heaven, will go back there, nd enroute calicut biryani, banana chips and halwa is a must.
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by ramabadhran vijay on Aug 11, 2007 01:52 PM Permalink
PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT KERALITES SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH. THEY SPEAK ONLY MALAYALANGLISH!!
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by Rajesh Ayyathan on May 30, 2007 12:59 PM Permalink
bullshit..nitin.. Mallus who stays in Kerala doesn't know neither english or hindi. That was sure. And they they are the perfect people. headweight stupids. Being a malayalee i sure that what i said is correct and everyone will agree with it.
RE:Tourism not promoted in Kerala
by rukku on May 30, 2007 03:35 PM Permalink
who is able to speak good english and hindi in kerala-not even in urban areas.it is stupid of u to talk like that.they learn hindi and english.but they r unable to speak the same language.what prashanth has mentioned is a good advice.atleast we should have route no. in buses.i am also a malayalee and have travelled a lot in india.
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by Venketash.S on May 30, 2007 03:19 PM Permalink
well said. Kerala people may not accept but it is true. main tourist spots have english sign boards but some interior place only malayalam.
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by Sunil Chandrashekharan on Sep 03, 2007 12:47 AM Permalink
Why should you write boards in English ( although they are everywhere in Kerala)? If you go to France , all boards are in French and even if you try to speak to someone in English they will reply to you in French. Obviously they value their language. If you want to come to Kerala , atleast have a minimum understanding of Malayalam , Same goes with other states ...then you wont have any problems.
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by Riyas Mohammed on May 30, 2007 02:45 PM Permalink
Hi, If you travel to other states surely you will chang your comment. Compared to others states number of people who can understand/mange english is more. YOu travel to outside city in your state Karnataka. You will u/stand how better keralites are. In kerala you can find boards in English more than TN & Karnataka. In TN & Kar. you can find the route board in buses only in Tamil and we have to identify only using number. In these two states even the registration number of most of the vehicles are written in regional language!!!
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by biju govind on May 30, 2007 11:36 AM Permalink
i totally disagree. kerala is the only state except perhaps goa where you see most of the road markers in english. poor fella living in bangalore need only move out into interior karnataka to know what i mean!
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by Gaffoor Attorial on May 30, 2007 12:01 PM Permalink
Prashanth has just ponted out his Inconvenience being in kerala, there is nothing to take it personal and start abusing other sates. If we want kerala to be a better tourist place, we have to be a well cultured and tolerant host fist. Let us be more broad minded and correct our deficiencies to make Kerala truely a God's own country.
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by rajanish venugopal on May 30, 2007 12:13 PM Permalink
prashanth said is a stupdity or may be he never visited kerala... u can find 2 types of landmark boards throught kerala 1. state road department 2. tourist department
and in the case u travelling in NH u can find their boards also
and even in very remote village u can see ATLEAST a board of some shop written in English where the place name is clearly written...
so Gaffoor, next time before admitting our missings or mistakes, plz think twice whether there is some stuff in the compliant....
