Every time I see an idichakka (tender jackfruit), I am reminded of the taste of the idichakka thoran my aunt sent home once, packed in a slightly toasted banana leaf. Steam-cooked tender jackfruit pieces are mashed on the ammikkallu (stone mortar and pestle), stir-fried and cooked with turmeric, coconut, jeera, chillies etc to make the […]
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One of the tea estates that will be part of Chai@Vagamon | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT With her new project Chai@Vagamon, social entrepreneur Lakshmi Menon hopes to give tourists to the hill station a new set of experiences that extend beyond the typical offroading, tea garden and pine forest visits. She wants travellers to get […]
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Come January 11, the Platinum Jubilee Auditorium of St. Teresa’s College (STC) will be the stage for musical Hamsadhwani – Words in Motion, an adaptation of the 19th century Russian ballet Swan Lake. Presented in a fusion of classical Indian dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kathakali alongside contemporary, freestyle and folk dance, it will […]
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As we grow, our city grows with us. And, we make connections with it over time. Be it a favourite food joint, the beach side, an old corner-of-the-road store, we each have our favourite things about the city we live in. We have dreams for it and want it to better itself too. MetroPlus speaks […]
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As we grow, our city grows with us. And, we make connections with it over time. Be it a favourite food joint, the beach side, an old corner-of-the-road store, we each have our favourite things about the city we live in. We have dreams for it and want it to better itself too. MetroPlus speaks […]
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It is a calm day for a boat ride, the breeze is a gentle caress. Conditions are ideal on the almost-winter-like day. The waters of the Periyar around Kadamakkudy are still, glass-like. At a distance one can see poles that make up Chinese fishing nets as they mark the outline of the river. The silence […]
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“I miss home this time of the year…it will be so festive there.” This is Saizampuii Sailo talking about the Christmas festivities back home in Mizoram. A student of the Civil Engineering stream at the College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), she has been celebrating Christmas, or Krismas as they write it, in Thiruvananthapuram since she […]
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Madhulita Mohapatra with her Nrityantar Dance Ensemble Odissi dancer Madhulita Mohapatra confesses she came to Odissi rather late compared to other classical dancers who start young. “I was 19 when I got an opportunity to learn Odissi. I had watched Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra and Sanjukta Panigrahi on television and I had always wanted to learn […]
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Mandhi at Kubaba Kuzhimandhi Mandhi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The lunch crowd at Kubaba Kuzhimandhi, Edappally, one of Kochi’s new mandhi (shortened from kuzhimandhi) places, on a Monday is testimony that mandi is as much an emotion as biryani is. The rice and meat dish cooked in a pit, (kuzhi) with origins in Yemen, […]
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‘Tis the season of festivities and feasts. And Thiruvananthapuram is getting decked up for Deepavali, the festival of lights. Sweets in myriad flavours, traditional and innovative, savouries infused with aromatic spices, and cakes with an Indian twist are just some of the eats made by enterprising home cooks. Meanwhile to usher in the season’s colours, […]
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