Good Ole Choyi - The man about town!
Choyi Butler of Cannanore, his hotel, and other stories… Once upon a time, over a hundred years ago, there lived an interesting man called Kottieth Choyi. Though many of his time remember the colorful...
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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...
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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...
View ArticleA Cricketing History
Cricket in the 19th century – MalabarKerala 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...
View ArticleAbu 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...
View ArticleThree 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...
View ArticleInterview with Jimmy at Dream Malayalam
Myinterview with Jimmy at Dream Malayalam....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2IHzrDqGN4Please watch, comment and share! Jimmy is working on part 2.
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