Category Archives: Festivals & Events

Trunk Call – On the Thrissur Pooram

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Shamanth| Leave a comment

 

The Madathil Varavu, or temple entry of the elephants at the Thrissur Pooram

On the Thrissur Pooram, festival of sound and fury.

(This piece appeared in Mint Lounge on 9 April 2011).

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The rain train – travelling through Kerala in the monsoon

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Shamanth| 1 Comment

(14 hours and 600km in pouring rain – on spending a day in a train with the South West Monsoons on India’s west coast.)

(This piece appears in the Jan 2011 issue of India Today Travel Plus. There is no direct web link to the piece. This is a part of the special year-end edition – India, the all weather country. It has pieces on each state in India in one of the 4 seasons. This piece is about Kerala in the monsoon.).

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Posted in Festivals & Events, India Today Travel Plus, Indian Railways, Journeys, Kerala, Mangalore - Trivandrum in the monsoon, Monsoons, Parasuram Express, Published work, Trains

Riding the quiet backwaters

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Shamanth| Leave a comment

(Kerala’s backwaters come alive at the annual Nehru Trophy Boat Races in Alleppey.)

(This piece features in the November 2010 issue of Outlook Lounge. Photos by Anoop Krishnan).

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On the ball – world cup watching in North Kerala

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Shamanth| Leave a comment


(The soccer world cup as seen from a corner of a foreign field in North Kerala).

(This piece was published in Mint Lounge dated 2 July 2010. Photos by Shaju V Karat).

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