Keralaspora

Column | When a village near Varkala welcomed American Civil War refugees

September 11, 2023

Column | When a village near Varkala welcomed American Civil War refugees

Residents of Anchuthengu must surely have been amused at the site of the Americans who were dumped in their fishing village.

August 28, 2023
Column | Remembering the remarkable career of Dr KM George

George managed to write over 50 books and edited 15 others. He continued to research, translate and write well into his 80s.
August 14, 2023
Column | When a railway line first sliced through the heart of Kerala

Now referred to as the lifeline of the state’s economy, the Shoranur-Cochin railway line was the brainchild of Rama Varma XV.
July 31, 2023
Column | Rise and fall of the first woman elected to Singapore Legislative Council

Although Vilasini became a pathbreaker in a male-dominated society, the scandal involving her husband came in the way of what could have been a promising political career.
July 17, 2023
Column | Kuttichathan in the Western imagination

The demigod, who is a part of Malabar’s celebrated folklore, received a great degree of negative publicity. An anonymous journalist writing for the now-defunct Madras Weekly Mail in 1896 made the demigod out to be a demon.
July 03, 2023
Column | How a British colonel depicted Cochin in an 1890 travelogue

Colonel Heber Drury seemed to have mixed feelings about the city, highlighting what he liked but also being unsparingly critical on some aspects.
June 19, 2023
Column | When a small Palakkad village made it to international press in late 19th century

This is the story of an ascetic who became some kind of an international star in small towns in the West.

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