Easwara Iyer and
Sundaram Iyer
You know, the more I think about it, the more I come to the
conclusion that the founders of the Easun group of Chennai or erstwhile Madras,
owe a lot to Uncle Bob, the irrepressible Scotsman. Before you wonder if I am
off my rockers, let me elucidate my thought proces…
The Easun Legend
Easwara Iyer and
Sundaram Iyer
You know, the more I think about it, the more I come to the
conclusion that the founders of the Easun group of Chennai or erstwhile Madras,
owe a lot to Uncle Bob, the irrepressible Scotsman. Before you wonder if I am
off my rockers, let me elucidate my thought proces…
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…
