Palakkad

Gnana Saravanan and Krishnasudha, IT professionals in Chennai, left their corporate jobs to return to their farming roots in Palakkad, Kerala.

Gnana Saravanan and Krishnasudha, IT professionals in Chennai, left their corporate jobs to return to their farming roots in Palakkad, Kerala. Over the past eight years, they’ve used technology to build a self-sustaining integrated farm called Deesan Farms.

Architects Manasi and Guruprasad from Kerala built an eco-friendly house using natural materials like mud and reused wood. Here's how to build a home and how much it costs.

Sri Ganesh Ram’s 777 was established in 1933 by two Iyer brothers in Chennai. Today, the Made in India brand generates revenues of 60 crore a year.

In Kerala's Peruvemba village, one family has been making the Mridangam, a Carnatic instrument, for four generations. They make two types of Mridangams - Ech and Thag.

A quick tour through Palakkad's Ponnu mami's house reveals her inherent obsession with pickles. She has been making and selling various types of pickles for over 30 years now.

“People are very reluctant to offer jobs to trans people. But after joining Oruma canteen, I’ve noticed that people have started seeing us with a lot more dignity.”

“You could say I created a mini Kerala there. The land was so green and flourishing with produce that no one would believe it was in Saudi Arabia,” says Hameed.

The trust was trying to find a suitable donor for Jayakrishnan and the first step in that direction was to find someone from his family but Jayakrishnan is an orphan who has no family to speak of.

"For almost two nights, I had to sleep at Bengaluru's Majestic bus stop with my youngest child burning up with fever. I didn’t know what to do other than crying helplessly, until someone showed me kindness. That was my turning point."