The crash of the Travancore National and Quilon bank and the
involvement of Sir CP in the affair is known to many old-timers. Those who had
thrown their lot with the Matthen’s and Mammen’s side of the story laid the
blame squarely on Sir CP, opining that it was his vendetta against the
Christian lo…
The Travancore National and Quilon Bank debacle
The crash of the Travancore National and Quilon bank and the
involvement of Sir CP in the affair is known to many old-timers. Those who had
thrown their lot with the Matthen’s and Mammen’s side of the story laid the
blame squarely on Sir CP, opining that it was his vendetta against the
Christian lo…
The Kochu Chothi Tirunal Amma Tampuran of Travancore
(1866-1953) When we dwell on Kerala painters, we tend to focus on Ravi
Varma, and indeed he was accomplished and over time, very popular. However, others
around him tend to get mentioned only in passing, like Raja Varma, his brother,
and traveling…
NP ‘Kunchy’ Kannan and his incredible life story Back in those days, kids and adults went to see the circus,
and the events under the big top fascinated us, be it the flying acrobats, the ferocious
animals, the rubbery contortionists or the funny clowns. Many of the performers
were youngsters from N…
The murder at Newington School, and its
aftermath I had only a vague idea
about this infamous case, and it was never my intention to delve into it.
Nevertheless, I was pulled into it by chance as I was studying the collection
of Kavalappara papers and saw a mention of a Parvathy Nethiyar withdrawing…
And the role of the indomitable A Yellappa As I had detailed previously, the forerunners to the INA were mostly
nonresident organizations comprising volunteers, based in SE Asia, mainly Singapore
and Malaya, which was later centralized in Rangoon (today's Yangon). Established
in wartime, it was …
