This Place is Taken

  When, towards the end of the first decade of the present century, Narendra Modi began speaking frequently about something he called the ...

Today I learnt that Nilakkal , a place near the foothills of sabarimala, has a more prominent history than what most people have known. The ...

Came across a much needed, and nicely researched article on how the state of Kerala, India, feeds off the taxes paid by its poorest citizen...

Working in healthcare is not easy. Healthcare profesisonals have always surprised me, and some of those moments have been the closest I have...

I was in the local Indian store this week, and in the freezer section, saw a packet of..wait for it…tapioca ! Called casava in some countrie...

Kerala was a net in-migrating state till 1930s. The state's rich natural wealth of spices, coconut, teak and ivory brought foreigners to...

  മാറ്റുവിൻ  ചട്ടങ്ങളെ ! മാറ്റുവിൻ  ചട്ടങ്ങളെ  സ്വയമല്ലെങ്കിൽ മറ്റുമതുകളീ  നിങ്ങളെ  താൻ മാറ്റുവിൻ  ചട്ടങ്ങളെ കാലം  വൈകിപ്പോയി , കേവലചാച്ചര ...

  Pictures from an exhibition arranged at VJT Hall in Trivandrum to mark the 82nd anniversary celebrations of the Temple Entry Proclamation...

  I had the habit of reading detective fiction, and espionage novels during high school and college. But later the hobby died a gradual de...

  Faith is a tricky subject. Once people believe deeply in some stories, they are not available for reason any longer. I think its best ex...

Actually, this is not such a difficult question. Those who can’t wait, should go ahead. And those who are willing to wait, well, can ...

  Happy Onam to all you Mallus of the world ! Every year Onam falls in the month of Chingam which is the first month of the solar calendar...

Read a fantastic article summarizing the mature, level-headed approach of Malayalam language television channels during the Kerala flo...

     

Flood in Kerala. Three words I never thought could be used in such short a sentence. But it’s happening now. Nature’s fury.

The weather is playing spoilsport down in Kerala. I never thought I would live to see my state flooding up with rainwater. I remember dur...

  Two weeks back we travelled to Kozhikode , to attend a wedding of a friend, and to catch up with others too. Kozhikode is a city in north...

  …In which we travel via Banaswadi and on Kochuvelly during the Water wars. Happy Onam. It is easy to wish somebody in two words, but no ...