May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in still, dust green trees. Red bananas ripen. Jackfruits burst. Dissolute bluebottles hum vacuously in fruity air. Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, flatly baffled in the sun. […]
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In a couple of days he will get his ‘revenge’ for all the jokes and jibes that came his way growing up, jokes Thrissur-native Shaji Raphael. “It is not just me, all of us who were born on leap day, February 29, have been the butt of such jokes. But I have found the solution […]
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Pulikkali performers in Thrissur | Photo Credit: NAJEEB KK Suresh Kumar OG of S S Pulikkali, an organisation that manages tiger dances, and his team are preparing for September 1. They would perform the pulikkali, an annual event held as part of Onam revelry in Thrissur. On the fourth day of Onam celebrations, as per […]
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Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham The Onam celebrations of Vallachira—‘Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham’— is set to go global. A Responsible Tourism Company, The Blue Yonder, along with Kerala Tourism is pivoting the festivities of the village, 15 kms from Thrissur, as a showcase for travellers. A pre Onam festival held in July 2023, had 25 vloggers and industry stakeholders […]
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Kate Malone in her London studio | Photo Credit: Dan Fontanelli The year was 1986. British potter Kate Malone, then 24, had flown down to India with her husband to meet their friends — visual artist Ravindra Reddy, and sculptors Trupti Patel and Dhruva Mistry in Ahmedabad, with whom they had forged a deep friendship […]
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Traditional sadhya served on banana leaf Inji puli (Different regions) Serving size: 2 cups | Cooking duration: Preparation time: 15 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes Inji puli Ingredients Tamarind – 1 lime sized piece Ginger – 200 grams Green chillies – 5 Jaggery- 100 grams Roasted red rice – 50 grams Chilli powder – […]
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A soup mix or rasam mix with moringa (drumstick) leaf powder in it? Or a payasam that has moringa flesh as one of the ingredients? These are value-added products with moringa that entrepreneur Ambika Somasundaran manufactures at her unit, Kariat Dry Foods, at Marottichal in Puthur panchayat, Thrissur district. Now she is excited that some […]
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Economic loss due to mastitis in India exceeds ₹13000 Cr annually; there is no vaccination available against it Economic loss due to mastitis in India exceeds ₹13000 Cr annually; there is no vaccination available against it In a major breakthrough in creating immunity in cattle against infectious diseases including mastitis, researchers of the Transdisciplinary University […]
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Popular Front of India (PFI) state committee member Yahiya Thangal was taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from his house at Perumbilavu in a pre-dawn raid on Thursday. The raid was conducted with strong police security at 3 a.m., and seems to be part of a larger nation-wide operation targeting PFI activities. […]
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Rain calamities claimed three lives in Thrissur district on Wednesday, including two fishermen who went missing in the sea two days back. Though Coastguard helicopters could locate the bodies of Maniyan, 46, and Gilbert, 54, of Pulluvila, Thiruvananthapuram, who went for fishing from the Chettuva harbour four days ago, their bodies were yet to be […]
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