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Desi Diaries: Valla Sadhya and the ancient snake-boats
Valla Sadhya, the traditional snake-boat festival in Aranmula, Kerala, is still celebrated with as much vigour and excitement as it has been since ancient times. Here’s Benjamin John’s account of what...
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Desi Diaries: 6 interesting ways of using bamboo to make music
[Editor's Note]: As part of our October special on culture, we seek to bring to light lesser known Indian art forms that are slowly fading away. When you are looking to make music, the flexibility of...
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Desi Diaries: Untravel Trip #3 – Kerala’s Indira Gandhi snake boat race
Deep in the canals of Chera Naadu, the Vanchipattu echoes – “O thithi thara thithi thai.” The music is like fuel to the oarsmen and they row the boats even faster as the music gets louder. December is...
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The mangrove trail of Payyanur
A pleasant winter morning dawns along the Malabar Coast where the fickle winds carry the saltiness of the sea teasing the senses. Tired trawlers head to the coast after a night’s toil on the dark seas...
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Tuning into god’s frequency: The sunset at Kannur, Kerala
The hurrying sound of the waves is striking, even from a distance. It is the only significant sound I hear in the otherwise quiet retreat. Juggling my steps carefully through a heap of stones,...
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Untravel Weekends: Exploring the architecture of Keladi and Ikkeri on a rainy...
The rickety bus thunders on along the forlorn country highway, rushing past green fields inundated by the overflowing rivers and streams fed by ample monsoon showers. Hunkered under a blue tarpaulin...
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PhotoStop: ‘Organic’ reach at Fair Trade Alliance Kerala’s Seed Fest 2015
In 2011, farmers of the Fair Trade Alliance Kerala came together to host the very first Seed Fest. Four years on, it has become a space for farmers from the region to promote biodiversity, food...
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