When I first met Dr. Kanak Rele four decades ago in Thiruvananthapuram, she was vociferously reacting to the criticism raised by several Kerala-based dancers during a symposium. Armed with grants from the Sangeet Natak Akademy and The Ford Foundation, Kanak Rele spent lots of time in the nerve centres of Mohiniyattam in Kerala. Kanak Rele observed that while Kathakali had …
During a career spanning over five decades, Nedumudi Venu, one of India’s most versatile actors, often liked to talk about his childhood in the villages of Kuttanad in central Kerala, a place of great natural beauty where “even within a radius of 10 to 15 kilometres, one would come to know an umpteen variety of ‘characters’, all with their own …
Alappuzha: Hundreds of houses, public institutions and schools in 226 villages in the 16 panchayaths in the flood-ravaged Kuttanad were cleared of the muck, silt and water in the first day of the two-day ‘Operation Rehabilitation’ joined by thousands of volunteers cutting across colours of politics, caste and creed on Tuesday. Apart from 50,000-odd people from the affected families, volunteers …
ALAPPUZHA: Thousands of displaced people from deserted Kuttanad have started returning to still flooded homes. “The village officer told us that interested people could return home,” Kunjachan, 66, of Kavalam told DC. That’s why they wanted us too to go.” Sony Santhosh of Kavalam was seen sta-nding along with two children on the boat jetty, her left eye narrowed with …
