The post office in Pallavur never had its
own building. I have not figured out why, perhaps nobody would sell land to the
postal department. Anyway, right from my childhood, I have seen it as a
transient affair, first it was somewhere near the lower primary school, then it
moved to houses across the...
Horse trading and Politics

This brief study started as I was reviewing Portuguese
interventions into horse trading during the 16th to 18th
Century in South India. While it was somewhat slow going, I noticed that horse
trading was starting to get a bad rap. We all know that over time it got linked
to politics and voting, so...