A small stretch of land, in a sleepy town in Kerala hides secrets to a past when this was an international trading hub. Go to the small town of Kodungallur in Kerala, where the Pattanam archaeological site is today, and … Read More at https://www.livehistoryindia.com/history-of-india-2000-years/2020/03/14/kerala-at-the-crossroads-of-the-world-13th-bce-2nd-ce?fbclid=IwAR0rRdBBM8eDorYxk1QK1T9-X43jDTc2cLbqlDbzoH8OoL-HlsZf9X3gy7o

Kannan

Whenever i returned to Trivandrum from outstation duty, felt as if i am coming home. It is one place where, urban n rural have been integrated . A keralite is very smart but works best when outside Kerala because the unions r forever calling for strike .

I must close now but i have lot to add. Because of my fondness for Kerala n good friends, have made several visits post retirement.lastly, one of my friends wanted me to settle down there, when i pointed out that i dont know the language nor can i afford the high cost of land.The friend replied that he will give land n no need to learn the language, just become a Godman because whatever u gesture, half will come true

Dushyant Singh

One place needs mention here is Dhow manufacturing unit in Kozhicode who export big Dhows to Middle East even now. The specialty is no metal whatsoever is used yet these special Dhows stand up to vagaries of high seas. I was told they can make only one Dhow each year.

The craft is losing the sheen as younger generation is not keen to pursue the craft. On the contrary I think it should be given a fillip.

Birdy

Here, you can sip coconut (plucked by our wiry-legged, bronze-chested Kuttappans and Kochu Thomas) juice or dig into a plate of karimeen pollichathu on the wind-swept deck of a houseboat in Kumarakom. Or you can go on a forest safari to Thekkady.

If you don’t get a fresh Malayali tiger sighting, we guarantee you a fresh Malayali tiger dropping sighting.

We also offer you many other sightings:
Our YWCA women in their kota saris and their weekly games of rummy. Our Marthoma achens on their Bajaj scooters with their cassocks billowing behind them like capes. Our nasrani achayens with their scotch whiskey and their waxy moustaches.Our gelf returnees with suitcases full of foreign scents.
Our men are hairy and so are our women. We believe in equality, a what’s-yours-is-mine policy, including your wife’s Tata Estate, rubber estate and the three gold teeth in her mouth.

To see our men in form, attend a Malayali wedding. When they’re sober, they’ll discuss the stock market, insurgency in Pakistan and global oil prices. Two Johnny Walkers down, they’ll hitch up their lungis (Jockey Bermudas peeking from beneath) and break into inebriated renditions of ‘Lajjavathiye, Ninte Kallakkadakkannill.’

To see our women in form, attend a Syrian Christian church service on Sunday and watch the Mariammas, Eliyammas and Shoshammas in the front pew belch out verse after verse of Suriyani hymns – lusty, off-key and hitting notes that will make the Mar Baselios Bavas turn in their graves.

And what about our superstars? Can your Tom Croose or Brad Peet vanquish a dozen gun-toting villains with a single, gold-ringed knuckle punch like Mohanlal or spew English like Suresh Gopi (‘Just remember that’) or own a courtroom like Mammooty (‘That’s all, Your Honor’)?

But all in all, we are a simble, humble people with simble, humble pleasures: watching Idea Star Singer on Asianet, scouting the obituary section of Malayala Manorama, getting our dentures stuck in plates of chakka velayachathu, ogling next door Kalyani’s size 38″ breasts, finding bridegrooms for our daughters (must be minimum an ingineer), going for second show and hooting when the power fails.

And why are we the way we are? Simblee. Coz we are Malayalee. We are like this wonley.

Two very interesting, illustrative and exhaustive articles

providing enough motivation to the reader to explore Kerala further.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Surendra

People from outside the state may not like to settle there, but would like to visit & stay there for a short duration.

The post was well appreciated by my NDA Course from Kerala V V Nair mate who read the article. The post was received by him through source

With fond regards.

Lt Col B B Ghai (Retired)