Writer Sethu handing over ‘Virali Pattu, Valampiri Shankhu, Kannadi Bimbam’ to Biennale director of Programmes Riyas Komu. Artist Balan Nambiar and writer-journalist Jose Panachippuram are also seen
For the past four decades, veteran artist Balan Nambiar has been researching on three key religious and cultural symbols of Kerala. Now, their key features found compilation as a book that was launched at a function at the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB).
‘Virali Pattu, Valampiri Shankhu, Kannadi Bimbam’ was released at KMB ‘14 ‘History Now’ event last weekend, when writer Sethu handed over a copy of the multi-colour work to Biennale director of Programmes Riyas Komu. The book has been translated into Malayalam by writer-journalist Jose Panachippuram.
The tastefully published work looks at the history of the three iconic objects and their cultural and artistic evolution. The ‘virali pattu’ is a silk double ikat or Patola textile, which was traditionally hand-woven in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. It has been used for centuries in Kerala as garments by priests, theyyam dancers and to clothe deities. Even in the kalam art portraying Bhagavathy, the goddess is depicted wearing the distinctive ‘virali pattu’ design.
“The weavers calculated the design through the warp and weft as if on a mental computer,” said Bengaluru-based Nambiar, who is a native of North Malabar.
“It was believed that silk cloth was unpolluted; so it was ideal for ritual use. Today, there are only five Jain families in Gujarat who still possess the weaving skills,” the 77-year-old artist noted at a function in Aspinwall House, the main KMB’14 venue, at Fort Kochi.
The ‘valampiri shanku’ is a sacred Hindu conch, in which spiral twists right when the spout is pointed up. Nambiar, who is from Kannapuram near Kannur, has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, has used this and the ‘kannadi bimbam’ as inspirations in his many sculptural works, which have been exhibited around Europe and in India. The ‘kannadi bimbam’ is a metal mirror used as the deity in some temples in upstate Kerala, where devotees meditate upon their own reflection.
Sethu, also former chairman of the National Book Trust, suggested that the internationally renowned artist was giving back to his home-state through the book.
“It is sad that he has not got due recognition in Kerala, where none of his sculptures are exhibited,” he said. “But through this book, he is giving back stories of our tradition to our people.”
The evening ended with artist Shiva Shankaran rendering songs from the medieval ‘vadakkan pattu’ (ballads from north Malabar), which makes reference to the ‘virali pattu’ in the context of a baby’s cradle, and in the dressing up rituals of warriors’ Thacholi Othenan and Unniarcha.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Kerala / by Express Features / March 27th, 2015
Kannur is all set to take wings with authorities of the Kannur International Airport burning the midnight oil to ensure that commercial operations at the airport begin by mid-2016.
However, this will not be the region’s first brush with airline operations. Not many know that the first flight to the state had landed in this cantonment town – decades before the Kannur airport was conceptualized. The DH83 Fox Moth aircraft of Tata Airlines was the maiden flight of that operator to Kerala, under the patronage of Maharaja Chithira Thirunal, the last king of Travancore.
The operator started the service to Kerala on October 29, 1935, after the frequency of the Karachi-Madras flight, was increased to twice a week in 1934, according to the website of Tata. The weekly service between Bombay and Trivandrum had stops at Goa and Cannanore. Though Kannur was not a commercial stop, the small aircraft had to land here for refuelling. It was the time of the British reign and Kannur cantonment had an airstrip as the military headquarters here used to have several airmail from Bombay.
“The first passengers were JRD Tata’s colleague Jal Naoroji and the well-known Bombay merchant Seth Kanji Dwarkadas, the latter wearing a traditional dhoti, a long black dagalo coat and a small black cap,” the website says.
Seeing the flight was nothing short of a great spectacle and children in the town went as if they were going to watch a festival, remembered Captain Krishnan Nair in his autobiography ‘Krishna Leela’.
“It was in the Fort Ground that the aircraft landed… and even now that feeling of wonder is in my heart. The ‘Pushapakavimana’ we heard of in the epics is here in the Kannur Fort Ground, we said in mind. We kids shouted and some of us wanted to touch it. But since there were security personnel there we couldn’t,” wrote Captain Krishnan Nair in his autobiography ‘Krishna Leela’.
The flight put Kannur on India’s airline map though it had no airport, according to Madhu Kayarat a former employee with Peirce & Leslie, the ticketing agent for Tata’s air service.
“And if the information I got from my seniors at Peirce & Leslie is correct, the first flight had birthday greeting for the Maharaja from Lord Willingdon, the viceroy, and a copy of The Times of India, making the most prominent daily newspaper in the country available to a Malayali reader on the day of its printing,” he said.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kozhikode / by P. Sudhakaran, TNN / September 14th, 2015
A 53-year-old man, who was diabetic for the past 18 years, became the first patient in south India to have an artificial pancreas after a successful procedure at Jothydev’s Diabetes Research Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. The first generation artificial pancreas, 640 G, was implanted earlier this month. Artificial pancreas was first tried on a four-year-old Australian boy who had type-one diabetes in January this year.
Dr Jothydev Kesavadev, who heads the centre, said that the 640 G is a network of devices that includes a device for continuous glucose monitoring and an insulin delivery system that are connected wirelessly. “In type-one diabetes and in many type-two cases, the biggest challenge is to keep the sugar level normal and avoiding hypoglycaemia or low sugar. It is a major cause for patient deaths in diabetes and a major reason for treatment failure. 640 G comes with an innovative technology where the pump will predict an impending low sugar 30 minutes in advance and automatically shutdown to prevent a low sugar episode. This system has automatic sensor to assess impending drop of blood sugar – say 60 – even when sugar level is 100. The pump will resume functioning once the sugar level is normal,” he said.
The device – which is almost the size of an iPhone – can be attached to the stomach, buttock of kids or on thighs of patients wearing dhoti. Insulin must be refilled every three days. 640G is so unique that the device need not be removed even while bathing or swimming. A tiny remote control, the contour meter helps glucose monitoring, insulin infusion and wireless communication between devices. The device is painless and ideal for kids,” said Dr Kesavadev.
“When insulin was founded in 1922, it was big remedy. But sudden change in sugar level remained a challenge. About 80-95 % of diabetes patients experience sudden change is sugar level. Either they get admitted for hypoglycaemia or for high sugar by eating sugar to control the sudden drop. This could be prevented if there is a device like 640 G,” he said.
The device is priced at Rs 5 to 6 lakh and entails a recurring monthly expense of Rs 10,000-20,000. However, the doctor said that it was cost-effective considering the cost for a pancreas transplant and related treatment.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Thiruvananthapuram / by Jisha Surya, TNN / September 14th, 2015
A techie-turned-management consultant has made the capital city proud by become the first Malayali to achieve a podium finish at the recently held World Championship of Public Speaking, which is regarded the ‘Olympics of Oratory’, held in Las Vegas, USA.
Manoj Vasudevan, who hails from Kanjirampara, came third at the event organised at the Toastmasters International Convention, held in August. He represented Singapore where he has been residing since 1998.
Mr. Vasudevan delivered a speech titled ‘We Can Fix It’ before an audience of nearly 2,500 to figure among the toppers of the competition in which the contestants compete at various levels including club, area, district and global semi finals to reach the final round over a year-long process.
There were 10 speakers from the United States, India, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Sri Lanka and Singapore in the final round. The contestants delivered short speeches on wide-ranging topics.
Judging
The criteria used in judging include speech content, organisation, vocal quality and gestures. The country had another reason to cheer with a Chennai-based contestant, Aditya Maheswaran, coming second in the competition. Prior to migrating to Singapore, Mr. Vasudevan had completed his degree at the Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, following which he pursued B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication at the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, from where he graduated in 1995.
During his early days in Singapore, he realised the importance of developing one’s communication skills. “Once we have landed our first job, a lot depended upon how one presented himself. Having faced such difficulties in my career, I took it as a challenge to master the art of public speaking,” he told The Hinduduring a telephonic conversation. There was need to create an awareness in this regard among the people of Kerala, particularly the youngsters. He has switched over from the technical field to focus on organising training programmes in public speaking. Mr. Vasudevan has gone on to coach individuals of 27 nationalities including CEOs, senior executives, professionals, managers, diplomats and celebrities.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Thiruvananthapuram / by Staff Reporter / Thiruvananthapuram – September 08th, 2015
As a little girl, Sreeja Kalappurakkal loved collecting multi-hued feathers like most kids. But unlike others who gave it up over time, she never parted with her collection. The artist, whose paintings are also ‘feathery,’ has been an avid feather collector for the past 25 years, and has more than 500 varieties of pet bird feathers safe with her.
The collection has fetched her a world record now; the Universal Records Forum (URF) has titled her the world record holder for the largest collection of feather art, and also announced a global award for the same! Speaking to Kochi Times, the ‘feather girl’ from Nilambur, who recently conducted an exhibition of paintings ‘Luminous’ at Kochi, recounts her love story with her unique art work.
“I started gathering feathers when I was nine years old, like many kids of the age. But I never gave it up. I did nothing much even for preservation, other than occasionally drying them in the sun, dusting or perfuming,” explains Sreeja, who has feathers of birds ranging from that of various species of macaw and African grey parrot to that of the rare bird orange winged amazone.
Sreeja has never trained in art, but has tried a hand at everything artistic, from wood art to paper craft. She decided to conduct her first painting exhibition last year, encouraged by her friends. “It was held at the Lalithakala Akademi, Thrissur, and was themed flora and fauna. I expected negative comments, being a newbie at the cultural capital. But the positive responses were quite encouraging and I wanted to try something different for my next exhibition,” she recalls.
Meanwhile, one of her friends, a record holder herself, got the feather collection checked by an expert. “I was told that there is enough for a Guinness record and that was news to me! I thought of a novel mode of presentation and decided to try paintings with feathers,” she explains. Nevertheless, Sreeja got into the India Book of Records for the largest feather collection in March this year, while her efforts to put together some ‘feather paintings’ continued.
Sreeja does the background of a painting in acrylic and fixes the feathers on it. “I do as much as possible of a painting with feathers, and fill the rest with shapes and colours,” she explains.
Though she approached the Lalithakala Akademi with her feather paintings, Sreeja wasn’t allowed to present them as feather did not fall under the art material category at that point. “I guess it is because of the law prohibiting the collection of the feathers of wild birds. However, my collection solely consists of pet birds’ feathers and I got a chance to present it in a school in April this year. Upon noticing the tremendous response, the Akademi asked me to put in a request so that they can attempt a provision by the law,” Sreeja says. Her exhibition, which started off earlier this month at a mall in Edappally, has been attracting people in droves and out of the 30 odd feather paintings, Sreeja’s favourite is that of a dragon fly titled ‘Reach’. “It took me about two months to finish it and I have used 150 tiny feathers on this painting. I also love it for the theme — the urge to fly high,” she says.
The tremendous effort behind making a feather painting might go unnoticed as one gets immerses in the beauty of the works. “I have been blessed to have a couple of friends who help me find feathers through many sources. However, being soft and weightless, handling feathers is no easy task. You can’t even switch on the fan, and can do the work only in an air-conditioned room. The dust produced while cutting them can give you an allergy.”
Sreeja adds that she could not have done it all, if not for her ten-year-old son Maheshwar. “He helps me categorize them and fetches me good feathers from wherever possible. He even ensures that I don’t have to get up from my spot for anything at all, while working on a painting,” she says. Sreeja is married to Sathyan, a business man.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kochi / by Deepa Soman, TNN / September 07th, 2015
Meet Lydia Sebastian, 12-Year-Old Keralite Smarter than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawkingaboutmodafinil.com/ Allan Ajifo/ Flickr
Lydia Sebastian, 12, has achieved the maximum score in the Mensa Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test, beating the IQ scores of physicists Albert Einstein and Professor Stephen Hawking.
In the mental ability test, the 12-year-old girl has scored the maximum, which is 162. With this, she has created a record as the IQ score of Einstein and Hawking were 160.
Born to 43-year-old Arun, a radiologist at Colchester General Hospital, and mother Erika Kottiath, who is an associate director at Barclays Bank, Lydia started reading books when she was just a few years old.
“She also had an early interest in reading. When she was a few years old she was reading books that were for children several years older than her. And maths is her favourite subject. She won a prize for that when she was at primary school,” her father told The Daily Mail .
Hailing from the south Indian state of Kerala and settled in Langham, Essex in the United Kingdom, Lydia’s parents are astonished with the achievement of their daughter after the result was published on Friday, 28 August.
Lydia is a student at Colchester County High School in Essex.
source: http://www.ibtimes.co.in / International Business Times / Home> News> Science / by Anu James / September 03rd, 2015
As the State government revives a project to establish a museum on the history of Ernakulam district in the 17th century Bastion Bungalow, local leaders and experts on the history of Kochi have risen to demand that the proposed museum should celebrate the place of Kochi in world history.
“We are proud of Kochi’s lineage and it is a passion,” said K.J. Sohan, Town Planning Committee chairman of the Corporation of Cochin and chairman, Kerala chapter, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
Kochi, hosting the Chinese, Arabs and Europeans was once the gateway to India and the memory should be honoured, he said. He pointed out that there was space constraint to box the history of the entire district into the bungalow, built in 1667 at the site of the Stromberg Dutch fort.
The opinions were aired at a workshop on preparations for establishing the museum, organised here on Monday under the aegis of the State Department of Archaeology.
Dominic Presentation, MLA, said that what the State planned was to set up a district-level museum. It may not be possible to confine the museum to the history of Kochi alone though, he said, that the committee appointed to oversee preparations for establishing the museum would take a call considering the opinion of all sections of the people.
Mr. Presentation feels that there is no space constraint as the Bastion Bugalow has enough room to accommodate a museum on the history of the entire district.
N. Ashok Kumar, secretary of Kerala History Association, said that creating a museum only to celebrate Kochi’s colonial past is inappropriate. Kochi has a history going beyond the colonial era that began with the arrival of the Portuguese in the early 16th century, he said.
Chairman of Vysya Guru Math, Mattanchery, Vidya Sagar, appealed for retaining the Kochi in the proposed museum’s name. K.V. Thomas, MP, inaugurated the workshop.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Kerala / by Special Correspondent / September 01st, 2015
Chief minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the 12 MWp (megawatt peak) solar power plant at the Cochin International Airport Ltd (Cial) on Tuesday.
The plant, comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres in the cargo complex, will enable Cochin airport to produce 50,000 to 60,000 units of solar power every day for its operations. Airport authorities claimed that this would technically makes the airport ‘absolutely power neutral’.
Cial first ventured into solar power sector in March 2013 when they installed a 100 kWp (kilowatt peak) solar plant on the rooftop of the arrival terminal. Installed by the Kolkata-based Vikram Solar Private Ltd, the plant was a trendsetter in the field of grid-connected solar energy (one without any battery storage) in Kerala.
Later, they installed a 1 MWp solar power plant partly on the rooftop and partly on the ground in the aircraft maintenance hangar facility on the airport premises. This plant was installed by Emvee Photovoltaic Power Pvt Ltd and is the first megawatt-scale installation of solar PV system in Kerala.
After commissioning these plants, Cial has so far saved more than 550MT of CO2 emission. Over the next 25 years, this green power project will avoid carbon dioxide emissions from coal fired power plants by more than three lakh metric tonnes, which is equivalent to planting 30 lakh trees.
Cial is now in the process of setting up a 12MWp solar PV plant as part of its green initiatives. This will come up in an area of about 45 acres near the international cargo premises. The work has been awarded to Bosch Ltd and is expected to generate around 48,000 units per day. Along with the electricity generated from the existing 1.10 MWp plants, this would be sufficient to meet the power requirement of the airport, officials said.
Later in the day, the annual general body meeting of Cial approved the recommendation of director board to give a dividend of 21% to all its shareholders. The total earning of Cial in 2014-15 was Rs 413.96 crore, an increase of 19.69% compared with the previous year. The airport made a profit of Rs 144.58 crore in 2014-15, which is 16.25% compared with the previous year. The number of passengers touched 64 lakhs. “The new international terminal will become functional by 2016,” added Chandy, who is also the chairman of Cial.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kochi / August 31st, 2015
Work is my God: Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai worked tirelessly and did not lose hope till his end Photos: courtesy family album
For six long decades Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai kept his movement alive – Kasargod had to become part of Karnataka. RAHMAT TARIKERE writes that the meaning of all the writings of this writer who passed away recently is to be found in his social activism
My meeting with Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai was an accident. There was a programme at the Kannada Sahitya Parishath in Bangalore. Kinhanna means little brother, but our Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai was a strapping six and a quarter feet, well-built man. Dressed in his trade mark white khadi kurta and dhoti, he was sitting all by himself in the last row. With the sweet memories of his poem I had learnt in school Neenanagiddare Naaninage, which unfolds as a dialogue between a horse and a donkey, I walked up to him and greeted him. Holding my hand he ushered me to the chair beside, pulled out a four page resume from his bag and gave it to me. In that resume the list of his non-literary activities outnumbered his literary activities. For instance, his participation in Quit India Movement, submission of a memorandum to the Unification committee urging that Kasargod should be absorbed into Karnataka, winning the Best Teacher national award, his administration for 15 years as the chairman of Badiyadka village panchayat, the two schools and community hospital he built, the Swadeshabhimani newspaper of which he was editor, president of Weaving and Weavers Khadi Co-operative society… so on and so forth. It felt unusual that the resume of a Kannada writer read like this. Everything in it said that Kaiyyara Kinhanna was more a political activist than a writer. Once I had finished reading it, Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai started speaking about Kasaragodu. Now, even the programme had begun. He was speaking softly, just for me, but his gravelly voice overpowered the speaker’s voice and was audible to everyone in the auditorium. Some of the audience members turned back impatiently and gave us dirty stares. I didn’t know how to stop this senior writer, nor was I in a state to listen to him – I was getting restless. By this time, the writer Boluvar Mohammad Kunhi walking straight up to us, in a brusqueness that is unique to Coastal people, said: “If you want to talk, please go outside.” I fled from there. That was my first and last meeting with Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai.
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Between 1930-40, Coastal Karnataka was tense with three major movements. Foremost of them was to free the country from the clutches of the British. Second was to unify the regions that shared a common language but had been distributed among various presidencies, the Unification movement. Third was the communist movement that was fighting against the ruthless zamindars who had the support of the colonial rulers, and then there were other social movements like untouchability, caste system etc. For Karnad Sadashiv Rao the country’s freedom was most important. For someone like Kudmal Rangarao who had been ostracised by the Brahmin community, building a free hostel and school for the Dalits was of utmost importance. For B.V. Kakkilaya and Niranjana, labour movement was important. B.M. Shrikantaiah, Kuvempu, Alur Venkatarao and others felt that Unification was more important than Independence. Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai had twin obsessions – freedom and Unification. After Independence in 1947, his only mission was Unification. When Potti Sriramulu fasted for three weeks and gave up his life, the Nehru government, unwillingly constituted a committee for the linguistic reformation of States. The committee recommended that Kasargod, Dakshina Kannada and Bellary which were a part of Madras presidency, should henceforth become a part of the Mysore presidency. What eventually happened was however different – they included Kasaragod in Kerala. The Kannadigas of Kasargod were heartbroken. It was at this juncture that Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai began his movement for Kasargod’s absorption into Karnataka. This became a question of life and death for him. A full-time preoccupation, he discussed this with all and sundry, and in every place. But death has terminated his relentless struggle of a lifetime. His dream remains unfulfilled.
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It is a matter of surprise that Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai kept this spark burning in him for six long decades. His commemorative volume, in fact, is called Kasaragodina Kidi. There is a story behind calling it a spark. When he realised that Kasargod did not become a part of Karnataka, in anger and sorrow he wrote a poem, Manege. He tried to ignite everyone else with the fire that had caught him. In every public forum this was what Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai spoke. Once, chief minister Gundu Rao was present at the function. “We, two and a half lakh Kannadigas, have been orphaned. Our language and culture is getting erased. The water that flows in Payaswini is our tears,” Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai had cried in public. Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai belonged to that generation which dedicated its entire life to a cause it believed. The question is however, why could he not realise his dream? To get absorbed into Karnataka, or to get separate statehood is perhaps a political dream, and it can bear fruit only when it becomes the dream of the community.
If the dream does not have economic and political dimensions, and is merely an emotional one, it is even more difficult to keep it alive. For the new generation of Kannadigas in Kasargod, Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai’s dream must have seemed unrealistic. When there are more important questions than Unification, the poor or the locals will not make this a significant issue of their lives. Also, Kerala tops the country for its administration, education and other vital issues; it may have therefore appeared to them that they do not want to be a part of Karnataka. There was no political outfit like MES in Belgaum to fight the case of Kasargod. Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai therefore became lonely in his struggle. That he could keep this Unification dream alive in him for six long decades became his achievement.
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Born in Peradala in Kasargod (1915-2015), Kaiyyara was a school teacher. Writing was his hobby, though not a very powerful writer. The other important writers from this area are Govinda Pai, Parvatisubba, and K.V. Tirumalesh. His best writings are his poems for children. His other poems tended to be verbose and heavy with idealism — it lacked creative energy. One has to recognise this as the limitation of a Kannada school teacher. Gourish Kaikini is among the few teachers who could transcend this limitation. Even his autobiography that contains many intense and intimate experiences of his life is bland.
Yet, his writing has a historic importance. It becomes important because of its dynamic social and political consciousness. And this was shaped by Gandhianism. Gandhi’s visit to Mangalore filled youngsters with new ideals. By refusing to enter the Udupi temple that denied entry for the Dalits, Gandhi had stirred up the consciousness of the society. By then, Kudmal Rangarao had already been ostracised. Narayana Guru had launched his temple agitation against the upper class. People had laid down their lives in the communist movement in this part of Karnataka. Shivarama Karanth’s Chomana Dudi had been written. Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai’s social writing was an extension of this. He, however, was not critical of the society, but instead glorified the tolerance of Dalits who put up with these social evils.
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Truly Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai’s contribution should not be sought in his writing. It has to be seen in his social activism. This trait could also be found in B.M. Idinabba. We can see it in H.N. Doreswamy too. In fact, the title of his autobiography Work is my God suggests this.
At a time when governments have absolved themselves of community responsibility, a corporatized education that is available only to those who have money, the hospital, and school Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai built as panchayat chairman is important. Freedom fighter, social activist, journalist, poet Kaiyyara is no more. With him, we have lost the link to a generation that dedicated its life for a cause.
Translated by Deepa Ganesh
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Friday Review / by Rahmat Tarikere / Bengaluru – August 27th, 2015
Olavattur was once a socially and economically backward, but historically important village near Kondotty in the district. The place is now facing a fallout due to rapid growth and development, thanks to the inflow of gulf money through non-resident Keralites (NRK) in the village.
It is in this context, a book, ‘Olavattur Nalvazhikal Nattuvazhikal’, which documents the local history of the village becomes relevant. The book is 600 pages, prepared by a collective of local people, documents the cultural and social history of more than 70 local areas in Olavattur panchayat and the history of 81 traditional families in the region. The book details the six generations of each traditional family in the region and also describes in detail the eminent and historically significant persons in the region and their contribution. It also records the statistical data and gives a picture of major achievements of the village.
According to Rajesh Monji of Ideal Cultural Association, which published the book, the document is a record of myth, folklore, customs and people of Olavattur.
“Initially it was started by some friends and later we extended our plan to publish a book. We documented the history after interviewing more than a 100 elderly people including freedom fighters in the village. We are hopeful that the book, which chalks out the changes in the cultural and social changes through the past to the present, would be an authentic book of reference”, he said.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kozhikode / TNN / August 28th, 2015
