Vignette of a true India

Pottan Theyyam makes every one stand at their toe. Its prologue, Thottam paattu shoots questions towards the bosom of a State divided into irrational fragments of a void caste system. Rubina Shagin talks with a veteran Theyyam artist narrating the interesting incidents of ‘becoming’ and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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...

Is there any festival which has born out of jealousy? Indeed, it is here right in India. It is nothing but Holi, which is being celebrated today wherever an Indian community lives…Rajshri Iyer talks about the symbolic and transgressing aspects of the ...

Kerala is a State, where the celebration statement is equated with caparisoned elephants, conveniently brushing aside their basic rights to live.  At the same time, a ritualistic temple festival is being celebrated in Kerala annually without the participation of elephants and adoring the lower caste people as ...

Most of the festivals in India are either directly or indirectly related to the cultural past of the country. As the generation changes, it undergoes various evolutionary processes which sometimes may subject to immense changes from the original version and make it trail off the heritage track. ...