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Wondering where to hang out this weekend? Head to  Ealakka Retreat , a heavenly abode amidst a Cardamom farm. Ealakka Retreat Cardamom I might sound like clickbait, a useless advertisement lurking on your screen, but believe me you don't want to miss this view of Idukki dam. View of Idduki Dam from Ealakka Retreat I was at E al…

Are you looking for a quiet place to breathe? A place to drown all your worries and attain total calmness? Visit Palakkad, the land of paddies and western wind! Popular for its unending paddy fields and November wind, Palakkad, or Palakkatussery (as it was once called), makes Kerala the true 'God's own Country'! Here I h…

Onam in the times of Corona! Onam, Kerala's festival of harvest, is facing a big gloom again. What should have been all about festivities, Malayalees around the globe will have to stay indoors, with no pookalam drawing competitions or ancestral visits, our times are sad indeed. But! This 2020 Onam can still be fun. Why not get …

It's International Dog Day! Every day is someday, but our furry friends deserve a lifelong celebration. Our family dog Tippu passed away two weeks back. He was a cross-breed of dachshund and labrador and he was the most adorable creature in the world. This is a post remembering Tippu, his quirky charming nature. Tippu looked lik…

My ever favorite book will always be Murakami’s ‘Kafka on the Shore’, but it's not much of a “life-changing book”. Now literature and its purpose may not be very deep-dwelling for people who don’t take an interest in literature. Because its not just the self- help books that teach us, stories can also maneuver a reader’s life. I…

Reading   Little Women  is like taking a stroll through the New England countryside. A classic, this book can be shelved in different slots -bildungsroman, semi-autobiography, children's literature, and even in feminist studies. The novel is oozing with maternal and sisterly warmth, it can be called the "Book of Tenderness&…

I sit smiling staring at the happy leaves waving Coconuts hanging leaves tight like tiny pony tails Happy branches wet and weary cleaning deep rugged skin I watch with warm dry eyes with rainy scene inside All the dancing coconut call me out a dozen in each dozen But I sit smile and stare at the happy leaves waving