Kerala history

December 04, 2023

Column | What the National Geographic Society had to say about Travancore in 1925

We live in a less than ideal world, but it is clear from old travel accounts that places like Kerala have made immense social progress.

November 20, 2023
Column | Sardar K M Panikkar’s recollections of early 1950s Beijing

Panikkar’s writing is a refreshing and welcome change for those used to condescending travelogues from his western contemporaries.
November 06, 2023
Column | When Malabaris migrated to Sumatra & Borneo

The recruiters would look for physically strong workers who were already employed in Singapore and lure them to Dutch-held territories with offers of better pay and working conditions.
October 23, 2023
Column | The curious case of Malayali INA Cadets from Burma & Malaya

The Tokyo Boys or the INA Cadets were a group of 45 young men selected by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to join the Indian National Army and go for advanced training to Japan. Image courtesy: tanvisrivastava.com
October 09, 2023
Column | How the murder of an Anglo-Indian dentist shocked Kottayam in 1913

Burton Swinny, one of the two suspects in the murder of Buckingham Stephens, a 35-year-old dentist, was given special privileges in lock up until he tried to make a daring escape.
September 11, 2023
Column | When a village near Varkala welcomed American Civil War refugees

Residents of Anchuthengu must surely have been amused at the site of the Americans who were dumped in their fishing village.
August 02, 2023
What made Muziris Iron Age's maritime hub? Secret lies in Idukki's collective memory

The 'memory' project is, therefore, an attempt to understand how, 90 generations ago, life in Idukki (then known as 'Kurinjinaadu') was structured.

Kerala history

Column | What the National Geographic Society had to say about Travancore in 1925

Meet the first generation of female Tholpaavakoothu artistes of Kerala | Onmanorama News Documentary

Column | Sardar K M Panikkar’s recollections of early 1950s Beijing

Column | When Malabaris migrated to Sumatra & Borneo

Column | The curious case of Malayali INA Cadets from Burma & Malaya

Column | How the murder of an Anglo-Indian dentist shocked Kottayam in 1913

Column | When a village near Varkala welcomed American Civil War refugees

What made Muziris Iron Age's maritime hub? Secret lies in Idukki's collective memory

Column | Kuttichathan in the Western imagination

Column | How a British colonel depicted Cochin in an 1890 travelogue

Heritage museum at Victoria College to be opened for public