For Onam 2023, Mahabali comes visiting Kerala astride a hornbill in Sabari Venu’s animated art work

[ad_1] Image of Mahabali, visualised by designer Sabari Venu, in 2023 | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT This time round, designer Sabari Venu has imagined a fiesty Mahabali coming to Kerala on a Great Pied Hornbill. Hair flying in the air, the mundu-clad, bearded Mahabali is clearly enjoying his ride in Sabari’s illustration, which has been […]

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An Onam that erases pandemic blues

[ad_1] Onam marks the apogee of the auspicious first month of the Malayalam Calendar, Chingam Onam marks the apogee of the auspicious first month of the Malayalam Calendar, Chingam The rain has seemingly abated, raising hope that weather might not play spoilsport on the much-anticipated Thiruonam day on September 8. Onam marks the apogee of […]

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Mahabali and the pappadam — a speculative flashback

[ad_1] This stream-of-consciousness yarn, spun on an impulse, was triggered by a recent news item and video doing the rounds on social media about a fight over pappadams at a feast in Alappuzha, Kerala, with the festive Onam season round the corner. Absence or shortage of pappadams, which have a rightful place in the top […]

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