The ubiquitous
Olakkuda of Malabar
Though I knew a bit about the palm leaf umbrella, the
olakkuda of Malabar, I never knew until recently that it was more popularly
known as the Palghat umbrella. I saw it
mentioned so in the pioneering book Saraswati vijayam by Potheri Kunhambu, for
the first time…
The Palghat Umbrella
The ubiquitous
Olakkuda of Malabar
Though I knew a bit about the palm leaf umbrella, the
olakkuda of Malabar, I never knew until recently that it was more popularly
known as the Palghat umbrella. I saw it
mentioned so in the pioneering book Saraswati vijayam by Potheri Kunhambu, for
the first time…
And the Udayagiri
Kotta in Travancore
The other day, we were listening to an old song – Udayagiri
kottayile Chitralekhe, from the film Aromalunni and watching the ever beautiful
actress Sheela's sensuous dance to the lines. As I listened, my grey cells got
into an overdrive, how did Aromalunni …
Many years ago, I wrote about the fate of the ship Meri, its
plunder and the massacre of its occupants by Vasco Da Gama. I had also
mentioned briefly about a short story written by the late Saradindu Bandhopadhyay,
on the very same subject. Anyway, of recent, I have been in the process of
devourin…
