In 2017, Jose Dominic was invited to dinner with the Salem family in Kochi’s Jew Town. Kenny Salem, an “old friend”, had migrated to Canada and was back to visit his ancestral home. Dominic was expecting his hosts’ famous dishes that evening, perhaps Jewish-style chuttulli fish fry and egg pastels. But there was more in […]
Continue ReadingFort Kochi, the quaint port town with its colonial era bungalows and benevolent banyan trees in Kochi, is set for its grandest celebration of the year, the Cochin Carnival. Drawing revellers from all parts of the State and outside, the carnival, which began on December 11, has a train of events running up to the […]
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Celebrity chef and entrepreneur, Sanjeev Kapoor at Hotel Taj Malabar in Kochi | Photo Credit: Special arrangement “How did the kappa biriyani happen? Initially the biriyani from Iran had no rice in it and now the kappa biriyani has no rice too,” says Sanjeev Kapoor. The celebrity chef was shooting in Kochi for Taste India, […]
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A visitor lies in a stairwell with Scottish artist Jim Lambie’s artwork ‘Zobop’ at the 2023 Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kochi, India. The Kochi Muziris Biennale is one of Asia’s biggest contemporary art festivals on the island of Fort Kochi in Kerala. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images) | Photo Credit: Abhishek Chinnappa Curtains come down on […]
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Opposition MLAs stage a protest in front of Speaker A.N. Shamseer’s office inside the Assembly complex alleging that he was protecting their rights in the House, in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: ANI Here are the important developments from Kerala to watch out for today In the Kerala Assembly today, the Opposition UDF will serve a […]
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The bodice pop-up in Kochi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ruchika Sachdeva | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Poet-comedian Alok V Menon is often seen in Bodice’s architectural silhouettes with their signature binding and pleats. Tara Lal of Mumbai’s Chatterjee & Lal art gallery is also a fan. As is the powerhouse actor Tillotama Shome. But […]
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Despite the delay in opening, over two lakh people have visited the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23 in the first month of the biannual contemporary art festival held at various venues in Fort Kochi and Mattancherry in Kochi. Curated by Singaporean artist Shubigi Rao, artworks by 90 artists from around world are featured this year in the […]
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Christmas returns to Kochi after COVID-19 halted all celebrations for two years. This year, all the pent-up ideas are taking flight in various events across the city. MetroPlus caught up with a few: Pappanji destroys the Coronavirus The highlight of festivities in Fort Kochi is a 50-foot figure of Father Time or Pappanji puncturing the […]
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Faylene and Godfrey Lobo’s house in Vypin is Christmas-ready, well almost. The Christmas tree will have to wait until the painters are done with the maintenance. It is usually up to coincide with Advent. Faylene has however started work on the confections and savouries that will be part of the consoad. While in Portugal it […]
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The Biennale will be all encompassing in the coming few months. Just the next few days will have singer and dancer Sithara Krishnakumar (December 14) and indie musician Lifafa (December 24) performing. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t much happening outside its immediate ambit. The annual Cochin Carnival, which kicks off on December 11 and […]
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