The vegetarian Kerala

vegetable truck with a banana motif The inevitable symbol of vegetarian Kerala – the banana plant, is integral to Keralan cuisine. Every part of the banana plant ‘vazha’ can be used in a meal. Rightfully so, it becomes the bumper

text book hunting

When I saw this, I imagined a whole bunch of type setters sitting in all corners of the state and country churning out pages for school text books in time for the new school year, or an entrance examination to

kajal kutty

kajal is such an integral part of the beauty routine in South India. whether to make marks on baby to ward off evil or to acheive doe eyed classic malayalee babe looks! Pic courtesy: http://www.aboutkerala.co/2013/01/about-keralakerala-cute-children-kerala.html

Calm before the storm?

Here’s a quiet corner of fortkochi apparently deserted in the monsoon.  Rugged, abandoned and quite rightly ‘calm & quiet’.