By Anand Parthasarathy Malappuram . Ten days from today, Chamravattom village, in Triprangode panchayat of Kerala's Malappuram district, will stake a unique claim to fame: the scenic hamlet on the banks of the Bharathapuzha, is slated to become the nation's first 100 per cent computer-literate village. On that day, at least one member of every family in the village — there are 850 families — will have completed basic computer literacy training. He or she can now handle a personal computer, create and edit pictures, compose text using a specially-designed Malayalam language tool, surf the Internet, send email and make Internet telephony voice calls. They have been learning these skills at the local ``Akshaya'' centre, a one-room facility equipped with five PCs, a server and a printer with a dial-up Internet connection. The exact day when Chamravattom completes its self-appointed task can be predicted with accuracy because for two months now, villagers have been keeping t
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