The 13th Kochi International Book Festival, organised by the Antharashtra Pusthakotsava Samithi, Kochi, has begun.
The Book Festival, which has been inaugurated on the 27th of November by Sanskrit poet and Jnanpith recipient Satya Vrat Shastri, will continue till December 6. Other than the exhibition of an enormously big number of books by more than [...]
Archive for November 28th, 2009
13th Kochi International Book Festival begins
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged Book Exhibition, Kerala, Kochi on November 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
GCDA`s best kept `secret!`
Posted in Kerala, tagged GCDA, kanayi kunhiraman, Kochi, mukkola perumal, Slices of Kerala Life on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is one sight that you are unlikely to miss when you pass by the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) Complex in Kochi.
My curiosity about this rather intriguing sculpture was piqued recently as I found to my chagrin that the man responsible for it is none other that the legendary Kanayi Kunhiraman, while all this [...]
Ave at Dream Hotel Cochin
Posted in Kerala Hotels, tagged Dream Hotel Cochin, Nightclubs on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Visited the Ave Nightclub at Dream Hotel Cochin and discovered that trance music may work in Miami, but it does not work in Cochin for the many slightly predatory young men hanging out around the bar and watching the slightly odd antique film about Wimbledon playing on the screen. The only dancer was considered too [...]
