Interview with Jimmy at Dream Malayalam (UPDATED INCL PART 2)

My interview with Jimmy at Dream Malayalam....

Three Dewans and a Poetess

Sankara Variyar, Sankunni Menon and Govinda Menon – Dewans of Cochin  Ikkavamma the poetess Many families produced illustrious bureaucrats, but only one produced three dewans. They were Sankara Variyar and his sons Sankunni Menon and Govinda Menon who served as the Dewans at Cochin during the second h…

Abu Bakr and Lamba Kaka

A story from Victoria Point – Burma- May 1942 – WW II Japan entered the war with an attack on the American Pearl Harbor naval base at Hawaii, on Dec 7th1941. It was a devastating attack, launched mainly from Japanese aircraft carriers, destroying many ships in the American Pacific fleet. Their prima…

A Cricketing History

Cricket in the 19 th century – Malabar Kerala finally got into the Ranji trophy finals and played two-time winner Vidharba. Sadly, they conceded a first-innings lead and in the resulting draw and loss of the title, were outclassed by another Malayali player Karun Nair, playing for Vidharba, who score…

A Royal Proposal

Kinnaird, a matrimonial proposal, and the Christians of Travancore I mentioned this incident in the TNB bank article, and as you study this story, you may, like I did, consider the whole thing preposterous. But when you sit back and digest it, you will realize that it was not so, for in history, all…

A Quid Pro Quo

Revisiting the Nanavati Case The case has been talked about often, there have been a few books, numerous articles, and no less than 3 movies as well as a TV series based on the story. The latest book by Bachi Karkaria uncovers quite a few gaps and makes it heady reading. Nevertheless, there could be…