Posted in DesiPundit, Kerala greens, Published, tagged Cochin, Fort Kochi, Hindustan Times, HT Cafe, in print, Kerala, Kochi, Published, South India on September 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This piece on Fort Kochi appeared in HT Cafe on Saturday as ‘Historical Potboiler’…
Walking out of St. Francis church, I see a tour guide escort a group of British visitors into the building, leading them to a flight of steps to sit on comfortably while removing their shoes. “In India it is customary to remove [...]
Posted in DesiPundit, Kerala greens, This and that, tagged chai, Cochin, Fort Cochin, Fort Kochi, Kerala, Kochi, photoessay, tea, tea in India, Tea Pot, tea slopes, teapot on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven’t had any tea for a week…
The bottom is out of the Universe.
~Rudyard Kipling
I came across this piece this morning on tea cultures of the world – via Travels in the Riel World. A lovely post on six different cultures based on [...]
Posted in Kerala greens, tagged Annapara homestay, Kerala, Kerala monsoon, Wayanad on August 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I had asked if it was a good idea to go to Kerala in the rains. Turns out it was. The three days we spent in Wayanad, the weather was perfect. Grey and cloudy, some would call it – I saw it as moody and romantic. And the last day, when we were getting [...]
Posted in Kerala greens, Published on March 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Published in the March issue of ‘Windows and Aisles’, the in-flight magazine of Paramount Airways
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At a time when the world had long ago discovered the greens and blues of Kerala, the alluring backwaters of Alleppy and the warm beaches of Kovalam (and perhaps getting tired of the same images), director Maniratnam put a small spot [...]
Posted in Kerala greens on March 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Read earlier post : Cherai backwaters
Cherai evening
I walk out of the resort I am staying in, cross the narrow road and get to the beach at just after five in the evening. I see different sets of people in front of me there. The locals, in their saris, the colors as deep as the evening [...]
Posted in Kerala greens on March 29, 2007 | 17 Comments »
I am no water baby. I prefer water at a close but safe distance – close enough for me to be able to hear the myriad gentle sounds that water makes but far enough for me to feel safe about not drowning (yes, I know but we all have different fears). Cherai is perfect for [...]
Posted in Kerala greens on January 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Cochin has not changed a bit in all the years that I have been going there on work. True, the airport is larger, glitzier and farther than it used to be ten years ago. There is more chrome and glass all over the city, Subways and Coffee Days alongside the Dwarakas and smaller eating places [...]
Posted in Kerala greens on January 5, 2006 | 7 Comments »
It all started on our way from Munnar to Alleppy (variously called Alapuzah, Applesauce and whasisname by people at different times) when we had to take the ferry, car and driver and all, because of a road closed for repairs. When our car driver, who so far had displayed all signs of being a normal [...]
Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey - Pat Conroy
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing"
- Daniel J. Boorstin
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware
- Martin Buber
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours
- J. B. Priestley
For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort
- Aldous Huxley
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