Doctor, Administrator, Journalist, Social reformer, and Politician
(1868-1919) This was a man who never had any qualms about taking on any
establishment, faction, or individual if he felt they were wrong. Hailing from
the Tharavath ancestral home in Palghat, he chose the field of medicine, became
a …
Dr. T Madhavan Nair (Dr. TM Nair) – A Multifaceted personality
Doctor, Administrator, Journalist, Social reformer, and Politician
(1868-1919) This was a man who never had any qualms about taking on any
establishment, faction, or individual if he felt they were wrong. Hailing from
the Tharavath ancestral home in Palghat, he chose the field of medicine, became
a …
A place where they grew up… Palghat, a quiet and unassuming district, is the granary of
Kerala. An uncomplicated and uncluttered place on the Western side of the Sahyadri
range, this was where a gap in the mountains opened out for the artisans of the
Tamilakam, allowing them to trade and communicate…
Kuttan Nair, Swami Vishnudevananda – a.k.a. the Parakkum
Swami Some years ago, I wrote about GP Nair who took off from a
British airport in 1937 and met an untimely demise, but what was unique was
that he was one of the first licensed (licensed in 1931), perhaps the very
first Malayali pilot. Murko…
You may not realize it today, but in the times of yore, the
land on the west of the Sahyadri mountain range was a mysterious place for the
people on the other side. The only way
to get a view of the other side was if you carted or trudged through the
Palghat gap and peered. For the Kongu people jus…
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…
