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Nagercoilpeoplepeople storiesTamil Nadu

Weaving garlands in Thovalai flower market

The little sparrow chirps away merrily as it hops on and hops off from one mound of marigolds to the ...
BlogKarnatakaMysorepeoplepeople stories

Meet Mysore artist Venkatesh

It is a busy day and the crowds are milling towards the palace in the royal city of Mysore. I ...
BlogKeralaKochipeoplepeople stories

The boats and boat builders of Chellanam Kerala

Xavier doesn’t remember when he made his first boat . He says he was probably a teenager when he learnt ...
BylakuppeCoorgKarnatakapeople stories

Conversations with monks in Bylakuppe

Cosy , picturesque and quiet – Bylakuppe looks like another village lost to the world. Flanked by mountains, dotted with ...
people storiesPondicherry

Therookoothu -Pondicherry beyond French India

“ Did you see those trees madam ? “ asked my driver as I looked out to see a road ...
peoplepeople storiesTamil NaduValparai

The man who says he has Seen God

It almost sounded like a war cry. Velu threw his hands high up in the air, his head looking upwards ...