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

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

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 wealth […]

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

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

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 been […]

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Nandagovindam Bhajans group creates waves with their medleys of devotional songs

Nandagovindam Bhajans group creates waves with their medleys of devotional songs

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 vannilla’, […]

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

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

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 by […]

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

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

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 in […]

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

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

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 on […]

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