As soon as the break fast is completed,my father ushered four well diggers from Varattippalliyal. They turned up with a special wooden wheel , during the first leg of midsummer vacation to “clean our...
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Nila, A Wintering Resort For Migratory Birds ?!
Nila, A Wintering Resort For Migratory Birds As the train halted with a screech at the train halt Perassannur, Manasa stepped down from the ladies compartment , the rear end of the passenger train. The ladies...
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Mookan Chathan
The paleolithic people lived in the natural rock shelters with a means of subsistence of hunting and gathering.They might have started to believe in the concept of mountain god or Mala daivam.later when they started...
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ATHI MARAM, FICUS RACEMOSA ( When it blooms once in three thousand years,,)
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What is the payment for blowing horns? The cross word puzzle goes like this. Answer is Horn bill. \Many myths and stories are woven...
DEATH WARNING FROM ABOVE ?
KALAN KOZHI,MOTTLED WOOD OWL,STRIX OCELLATA Outside, the night lay inebriated with its vastness. The wind was spreading from the top plane stretching far and the wide top plain of Parakkulam Hillocks on the palm fronts...
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NARANATH BHRANTHAN
STATUE OF NARANATHBHRANTHAN I stopped when I heard a bird call of alarm across the woodland enveloping Rariyanellur and a subdued lament in a voice. I could recognize it in the midst of any chaos. I heard the footsteps...
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You may think Cochin bridge in Eranamkulam district..you are wrong .It is situated 100 km north of Kochi and provided connectivity to the princely state of...
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Kavalappara swaroopam was the confederation of 96 Desams that lies in between Kaniyampuram thodu eastern side and Ongallur thodu in the west.it stretches around Mundakkottukurissi towards the north and Bharathappuzha...
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Anangan Mala , grand father of the days
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