Historic Alleys

Roman Coin find 1847, Kizhur - Cannanore Calicut faced nervous days in 1847, as a great storm hit the Laccadives and the mainland. Logan m...

  Interview with Jimmy at Dream Malayalam... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2IHzrDqGN4 Please watch, comment and share!  Jimmy is working ...

Rajarshi Rama Varma’s final abode First, let us get an insight into the illustrious raja. HH Maharaja Sri Sir RAMAVARMA XV ruled over Coch...

The Kamal, or the Rapalagai Curiosity, adventure, and profits were always the lure for exploration. While travel across land masses was re...

Ummini Thampi’s (Marthandam Thampi Iravi, Womana Tomby) overtures against the British. I wrote about the Munro years in Travancore in 2017...

And it's Cannanore connection!! Many articles have been written about Higginbotham’s in the past and the consensus is that the founder...

  Taking charge at Kallayi… It has been said that in the distant past, a new Zamorin taking charge of his kingdom would make a ceremonial ...

  A sanctioned ritual, a social evil, or disciplining? I still remember that in our younger days, women going to temples or neighboring ho...

Malabar & Istanbul – Late 19 th Century Two things made me pick up this topic for study. One - the fact that Sayyid Fadl spent his la...

The princess among hill stations and the many stories it hides. I will always remember the hill station and the few times I have visited t...

Calicut and the two battles of 1503 and 1790, Dr Noone’s new book Some years ago, I wrote about the famous sea battle of Calicut fought du...

The White and the Black Jews of Cochin Several books and papers feature the white and the Black Jewish community which lived in Cochin. Ma...