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‘Kerala zone’ Articles

Portraits  of an Artist

Portraits of an Artist

Thursday, November 25, 2010 2:50

Making a Bonsai tree may be a craft or industry; but it is cruel to deny a living thing a natural environment to spread out its canopy. A Painting Exhibition at the Russian Cultural Centre, Trivandrum showcases the unheard pangs of these forcefully domesticated trees let to grow ...

Tale  of a  Kosseril Mango tree

Tale of a Kosseril Mango tree

Thursday, November 18, 2010 2:21

For every Keralite , mangoes linger with his passe and it always bring something nostalgic into his mind. But the rapidly increasing consumerism has wiped off his time-tested affinity towards the mango trees. But a visit to the farm of Kosseri l Kurian George would whet his appetite ...

Chemanjeri — keeping alive a tradition

Chemanjeri — keeping alive a tradition

Monday, October 18, 2010 8:10

Even at the threshold of a centenary Natyacharya Guru Chemanjery Kunjiraman Nair is evocative and aesthetic in the artistic brackets of a Kathkali maestro. Aneesh Pookad meets this man of matter who lives a life for and up to this classical art propagating and reinventing its ...

Mosquitoes have no homes here!!

Mosquitoes have no homes here!!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8:33

Being over-hygienic Keralites used to clean their houses thoroughly only to throw the garbage outside their gates. This innate habit of the people made the State a waste-bowl rearing mosquitoes and novel forms of diseases. Savithri Suresh but finds a small village in Kerala ...

A walk with a Malayali

A walk with a Malayali

Thursday, April 29, 2010 11:08

A walk with Maya Krishnan unveils you the present state of Kerala which is in a crazy run to grab the super powers of the so-called development. She ushers you to the dark harems of the Malayali mindset where they buried their once adored values ...

Reporting a Thrissur Pooram

Reporting a Thrissur Pooram

Friday, April 23, 2010 3:37

On the coming 24th, not only Trichur, but the whole world is celebrating Thrissur Pooram, the globe’s most enchanting sight. While an exclusive reporting of the Pooram event, standing amidst a fervent mass is seemed to be a cry for the moon, a book on Thrissur Pooram has ...

Garnishing the Cultural Capital Trichur

Garnishing the Cultural Capital Trichur

Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:55

As the global event Trichur Pooram is nearing Trichur Corporation is on a scamper in this eleventh hour to make arrangements for being its most hospitable host. Dr.A.M.C.Menon talks about the burlesque and haste activities going on in the Swaraj Round in the name of beautification ...

Thrissur Pooram — Curtains raising…

Thrissur Pooram — Curtains raising…

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:28

Thrissur Pooram goes on its majestic ride with all the pomp and splendor to be titled as ‘festival of festivals’, amazing generations after generations. While the innovations and renovations for its updating are on progress, Shruthi Parasuram...

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Vishu – on the High ways of rituals

Vishu – on the High ways of rituals

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:38

Keralites celebrate Vishu festival strictly according to the astrological calculations which apparently underscore the astronomical facts. Maya Krishnan turns the pages back to the traditional rituals to see how an average Malayali cope it with the advancements in every phase of his life. ...

Father Davis Chiramel – a Priest beyond Preach

Father Davis Chiramel – a Priest beyond Preach

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:20

Recently a Catholic priest from Kerala, South India, has hit the headlines all over the world by his unprecedented gesture of love and sacrifice. Maya Krishnan meets that ‘chosen’ one, Father Davis Chiramel, who is blessed to alight  from the altar only to practice what he ...

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