The Bi-Polar State ; Kerala's Technopark Is Bursting at the Seams and Its Occupants Can't Stop Praising the State Government, but Elsewhere, the Administration has Banned the Sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi and Microsoft Too Appears Set for the Boot, Rahul Sachitanand Discovers.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

6 p.m. Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram

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The Bi-Polar State ; Kerala's Technopark Is Bursting at the Seams and Its Occupants Can't Stop Praising the State Government, but Elsewhere, the Administration has Banned the Sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi and Microsoft Too Appears Set for the Boot, Rahul Sachitanand Discovers.

Fifteen kilometres from the secretariat, where the 84-year-old Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan works from a large, sparsely decorated high-roofed office, Kerala's growing it prowess is in full display. Hundreds of techies who work in the air-conditioned offices of it co...

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