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West Bengal native held for murdering wife, burying body in Kerala’s Kottayam

October 19, 2025October 19, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] The police on Sunday (October 19, 2025) took a 31-year-old West Bengal native into custody for allegedly murdering his wife and burying her body near their house at Ayarkunnam here. The accused was identified as Soni S.K., a native of Dharapara in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. The police said the accused was working […]

Nithya Mariam John’s new book of poems is an ode to the kitchen

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Kitchen Poems by Nithya Mariam John | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Nithya Mariam John’s short, crisp verses have the sweetness of elayada, the salty-spicy tang of cut mango and the freshness of lacy appams at sunrise. Poet, translator and assistant professor of English at BCM College, Kottayam, says her new poetry collection is inspired […]

Mammi Chedathy’s 70-plus food legacy continues to flourish in Kottayam

February 26, 2024February 26, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] As I finish the last crumbs of the achappam, I know it will be some time before I get to taste the same kind of rose cookies, aka achappam, again. For these were brought from the iconic Mammi Chedathy’s outlet at Puthenangadi in Kottayam. Crisp achappam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kerala has a […]

Mammi Chedathy’s 70-plus food legacy continues to flourish in Kottayam

February 26, 2024February 27, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] As I finish the last crumbs of the achappam, I know it will be some time before I get to taste the same kind of rose cookies, aka achappam, again. For these were brought from the iconic Mammi Chedathy’s outlet at Puthenangadi in Kottayam. Mammi Chedathy’s Food Products, specialising in ethnic eats of Kerala, has […]

Nandagovindam Bhajans group creates waves with their medleys of devotional songs

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] A few months ago Nandagovindam Bhajans burst into the music scene when a video of one of their songs went viral. The video featured a medley of four songs — ‘Manohari Radhe’, a section from the track, ‘Kathirunna pennalle’ from the movie, Classmates; the popular Carnatic music kriti ‘Krishna nee begane baro’; ‘Enthe kannan […]

CPI(M) reaches out to orthodox church; allays concerns

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] A day after the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church warned that it would stage public protests against a proposed move by the State government to frame a law to resolve the dispute between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Church, CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan here on Saturday sought to assuage concerns raised […]

Kerala’s kitchen network serves tourists a slice of local culture

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Over 2,000 eateries, most of them family-run, are part of Responsible Tourism Mission’s network Over 2,000 eateries, most of them family-run, are part of Responsible Tourism Mission’s network Sreejith and his wife, Manju, live in an unassuming home at Malikkayalchira in Kumarakom. The quaint environs of this waterfront home in northern Kuttanad, however, is […]

Sculptor KS Radhakrishnan says all through the lockdowns, he was busy working on his new collection and in curating two exhibitions

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Sculptor KS Radhakrishnan on the significance of ‘Maiya, the writer’ installation in his oeuvre Sculptor KS Radhakrishnan on the significance of ‘Maiya, the writer’ installation in his oeuvre On the campus of CMS College in Kottayam, sculptor KS Radhakrishnan’s Maiya is a writer. Her sinuous, minimalistic frame is bent over a book. A hand […]