Dr Joe Thomas Karackattu is an assistant professor at IIT Madras, whose interest in the historic connections between Kerala and China began from 'Cheena Vala' and 'Cheena Chatti'.
Each year, during the monsoons, several airlines end up cancelling or re-scheduling the flights because of problems caused by water-logging and other issues.
A unique port town, Kerala's Beypore is home to a time-tested tradition used to create what are arguably the largest handicrafts in the world — the Uru!
Few countries have used fabric as a tool to achieve freedom. And that’s the reason why nearly seven decades after India gained its hard-won independence, khadi continues to inspire and amaze people around the globe.
In an age when most Indian women didn't even try getting into civil service, Anna Rajam Malhotra fought gender bias, stood her ground and went on to become India's first female IAS officer in 1951.
Art can overcome huge differences between people and unite them in common cause. Here is a poem celebrating this unique ability of art to bring people together and erase prejudices and distinctions.