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Taliparamba: For generations, the Mavilars and Malavettuvans of Kannur and Kasaragod have kept their stories, traditions and identity alive in words passed down from one generation to the next. Now, those words are being captured in dictionaries, giving their distinctive languages a permanent
An indigenous language from South America's extreme south has all but vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture.
Amid all the stories of gloom and despair coming out of Kerala's major tribal zone, Attappady, there are a few stories of hope and confidence.
Vattaparambil Peethambaran could write at a stretch for three to four hours. “After that my back aches, not my hand,” he said. He took less than three months to write two books, the first one 463 pages and the latest one 551 pages.
Attappady, located on the foothills of Nilgiri hills in Kerala's Palakkad district, is considered one of the most backward tribal hamlets in the state.
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