Ten years ago, the land around what is now the Silicon Jeri campus grew coconuts and paddy. Today, some of those same plots hold office buildings, parking areas, and access roads. What happened to the people who owned that land? Key takeaways Land near the Silicon...
A school playground in Manjeri needed new volleyball nets last year. Nobody wrote a press release about it. A small team from a startup working out of Silicon Jeri simply covered the cost and moved on. This kind of thing is easy to miss. It is small, it is quiet, and...
How Tech Jargon and English Are Quietly Changing the Malayalam Spoken in Manjeri A grandmother in Manjeri recently asked her grandson why he keeps saying “standup” every morning at breakfast. He is not talking about furniture or comedy shows. He is talking...
A tech hub in Manjeri does not just add English-speaking software roles to the local job market. It also creates a set of jobs that barely existed here before, and many of them need strong Malayalam, not strong English. Vernacular customer support. Malayalam content...
A cafe near a busy office block does not sell the same thing all day. Morning coffee to go. Lunch, a quick meal and a quiet table. By evening, a place to sit with a laptop closed and just talk. Around Silicon Jeri in Manjeri, a few local businesses have started...
