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“I would sneak out from the orphanage and travel some 30-40 kilometres to Kannur. Here getting jobs in hotels and restaurants was easy for a young boy like me,” says the IAS officer who also worked in STD booths and as a delivery boy.

Under the aegis of its district Collector Mir Mohammed Ali, Kannur will kick off a "Month of Adventure" festival this May. Every Sunday will see a different sport being highlighted, from cyclothons to kayaking!

This festive season, here's fascinating story of how India's first Christmas cake was made by an enterprising Kerala baker way back in the 1883.