Kerala history

Column | Hello, Peshawar! Trivandrum’s tryst with telephone history

May 06, 2024

Column | Hello, Peshawar! Trivandrum’s tryst with telephone history

Wire reports from 1940 mention India’s longest underground cable being laid in the Travancore High Ranges.

April 22, 2024
Column | When an Irish-American found his fortune in Alappuzha

James Darragh was the key player in revolutionising the Alappuzha coir industry.
April 08, 2024
Column | When a Kottayam Bishop came under the spotlight of Australian Press

In 1928, when Sydney hosted the International Eucharistic Congress, an invitation was extended to the Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Kottayam - Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil.
March 25, 2024
Column | Kerala’s 19th-century development dilemma

'The Forests and Gardens of South India' gives us a rare glimpse into Kerala at the time of the advent of the Indian Railway system and the boom in the plantation and resource-extraction industries.
March 11, 2024
Column | A rail journey on the Malabar Coast in 1926

The Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway was mainly meant for British and other Western tourists who were considering a holiday to India.
February 26, 2024
Column | Destiny and the White Revolution

Reading his autobiography titled 'I Too Had a Dream', one can easily be convinced that Dr Verghese Kurien was somehow destined to help India become a ‘milk superpower.’
February 12, 2024
Column | A Malayali writer in the Singapore Naval Base

Poravankara Narayanan Nair didn’t dedicate his entire time to the Malayalam language and culture and was also known for his role as a trade union leader on the island.

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