Dowry? Hey, no. Isn’t it a thing of the past, bygone era? Isn’t it illegal to give and take dowry? Give dowry and take dowry, you will get punished as per the law of the land…
Hey mate! Which world you are living in? Look around you and you’ll find lots of guys who have turned [...]
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Kerala, Nilambur and some stray thoughts…
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged dowry, Kerala, Marriage, Nilambur on March 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Poor Chackochan!
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged Kerala, Kochi, Kunchacko Boban, Malayalam Cinema, Udaya Studio on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The last Saturday, as I was waiting for my train to arrive at the Ernakulam railway station, to take me home on my week-end visit, i saw a familiar face appearing from a distance. Yes, it was Kunchacko Boban, our own Chackochan, wheeling his suitcase and moving past the crowd that was waiting impatiently for [...]
Is Kochi really in Kerala?!
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged Kerala, kerala food, Kochi, Malayalam Cinema on March 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Rambling thoughts on Malayalam Cinema, Kozhukatta, Puttu-Kadala curry and Arabian food…..
Wandering along the streets of Kochi, seeing the many sights that life has got to offer in this expanding and ‘developing’ city, contemplating on things that happen all around me, I often wonder whether Kochi is really in Kerala or not!!
I have been taken aback [...]
Fake godmen defaming spirituality for instant fame and money
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged Culture, godmen, Kerala, meditation, spirituality on March 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Every other day, newspapers come up with scandals and sleaze of the self proclaimed godmen,who are taking the public for a cool ride! Spirituality has become an instant solution for these fraudsters to make money by way of foreign donations. Kerala was abuzz by the sexual encounters of Santosh Madhavan, only a few months back. [...]
Attukal Pongala- The world’s largest festival for women
Posted in Culture, Festivals, Kerala, tagged attukal pongala, festival, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Listed in the Guinness book of world records, Attukal Pongala is the largest festival for women in the world. It was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety at the state capital of Thuiruvananthapuram on Sunday and was attended by over 30 lakh women devotees from all over Kerala and outside. Most of them reached the [...]
Kerala stops Montblanc from selling pricey Mahatma Gandhi pens
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged austerity, fountain pen, gold and silver, India, Kerala, Kerala High Court, Mahatma Gandhi, Montblanc pen, Tushar Gandhi on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Montblanc known for its famous pens the world over is used to bringing out collector’s pens in the name of famous people and celebrities. However, when they came out with a pricey Mahatma Gandhi pen, The Centre for Consumer Education in Kerala filed a lawsuit.
This lawsuit was an ideological one, for Gandhiji was a man of austerity and this [...]
Thampy Antony: From Kerala to Hollywood
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Kerala, tagged Cash, Hollywood, Kerala, Malayalam Cinema, Thampy Antony on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Antony Thekkek or Thampy Antony as he is popularly known, is a known name in Malayalam Cinema. He made his debut as an actor in Malayalam, with ‘Arabia’, a film that starred his younger brother Babu Antony in the lead. With the Rajeev Anchal-directed English film ‘Beyond the Soul’, Thampy Antony got noted. Then on, [...]
In memoriam…
Posted in Culture, Kerala, tagged cinema, Gireesh Puthenchery, K.N.Raj, Kerala on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Remembering K.N.Raj and Gireesh Puthenchery…
Big B’s take on the airconditioned ‘Mundu’ after he visits Kerala
Posted in Culture, Tourism News, tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Big B, Kerala, Kochi, Mundu, Resul Pookutty on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Amitabh Bachchan was in Kochi to inaugurate Oscar-winner Resul Pookutty’s foundation to help the poor. The Big B not only made a donation but also seemed to have enjoyed himself in Kerala. He seemed to have taken a fancy to the Kerala attire ‘mundu’ and has waxed lyrical on his blog. Here’s the bit about [...]
The land of alcoholics is also a land of the most devout – An interesting contrast!!!
Posted in Culture, Festivals, Village Life, tagged church festivals kerala, church processions kerala, kerala culture, kerala religion on February 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Reading through the blog “Unity in Diversity at its best“, I was reminded of the church festival, I recently attended. Unlike most of the other states, Kerala is one which celebrates church festivals with great fervour and it is not only the Christians who look forward with much earnest to the church festival in [...]
