Balaramapuram, about 20 km from the Kerala capital of Thiruvananthapuram, is known for its off-white handloom saris with golden borders. Reetha J., chairperson of Kudumbashree’s Balaramapuram community development society, points out that nearly 4.5 acres in the panchayat is under flower cultivation, but Pournami has the maximum area of them all. “Flower cultivation was launched keeping in mind the Onam …
Hemant Sagar, one half of the designer duo Lecoanet Hemant, is poised precariously on a rock above the gushing Neyyar river in Kerala’s Aruvippuram town. At Balaramapuram, the cloth is infused with medicinal dyes For Ayurganic’s tridoshic fabric, Rajan has laid out little heaps of 50 herbs, roots, barks and seeds that will go into the mix. K.Rajan, master Ayurvadic …
