Kerala Gods Own Country

God`S Own Countr Is An Act Of Celebration By One Of India`S Greatest Artists And An Affirmation By An Exemplary Keralite Writer Who Has Understood Once Again Why He Is Proud To Be A Malayali. Good Condition.

Can you work in India while you live in Bharat? James Joseph was in his late thirties, well ensconced in his job as a director with Microsoft, when he decided to take a family vacation to Aluva, Kerala. His six-year-old daughter tasted a jackfruit from a tree in their own yard and remarked, ‘Daddy, this is so delicious. I wish I could eat the fruits from this tree every year.’ Part memoir, part how-to, this is his amazing story of starting out from the backwaters of Kerala, becoming a corporate captain in America and then finding a way to have a successful career while working out of his village in Kerala. This book also contains tips and techniques for anyone frustrated with living in cities. How do you set up a home office? How do you integrate with the local community? Where do your kids go to school? How do you convince your company to give you this opportunity? God’s Own Office may well inspire you to transform your life.

The beloved debut novel about an affluent Indian family forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevocably by the arrival of their beautiful young cousin, Sophie. It is an event that will lead to an illicit liaison and tragedies accidental and intentional, exposing “big things [that] lurk unsaid” in a country drifting dangerously toward unrest. Lush, lyrical, and unnerving, The God of Small Things is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.

The floods that devastated large parts of Kerala in 2018 were not an isolated, freak phenomenon; rather, they signalled something graver-the ecological devastation of the Western Ghats. Made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012, the Ghats have become increasingly vulnerable to serious ecological damage, threatening the sustenance of their people. The 2018 floods were a wake-up call for the region spanning 1600 kilometres and six states-Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat-that form an ecosystem older than the Himalayas. Travelling in this region, documenting the devastating large-scale mining, quarrying, deforestation and mismanagement of water resources, at the same time mapping its culture, history and ecology, Viju B. investigates the crisis in the Western Ghats and suggests policy measures urgently required to mitigate it.

A combination of essays, short stories, poems and extracts from published works in both English and Malayalam, this anthology affords a tantalizing glimpse into the rich and varied layers of experience that Kerala has to offer.

The Prime Minister To The Cochin Maharaja Had Built His Residence In The Centre Of A Square So That There Would Be A Shrine At Each Of Its Corners. Thus Would The Royal Power Assume Protection Of The Four Great Religions That Were Represented In Kerala. Kerala, Touted By The Tourism Industry As God S Own Country , Is Indeed A Corner Of India Where Religious Life Is Intense, Vibrant And Varied. Kerala S History Is Replete With Examples Of Rulers Patronizing Different Religious Communities. And In Spite Of Insidious Efforts By Some To Erect Sectarian Boundaries, Malayalis Have Stubbornly Held On To Many Of Their Old Traditions Of Shared Spaces. Devotees Of Different Communities Continue To Take Part In Each Other S Festivals On The First Day Of The Annual Chandanakudam Festival, For Instance, Devotees Of All Faiths Gather At A Catholic Church, Proceed To A Bhagavati Temple And Finally Congregate At A Mosque, Where The Festivities Officially Begin And There Are Numerous Occasions And Sacred Spaces Where Hindus, Muslims, Christians And Even A Handful Of Jews Keep Meeting. Embarking On A Kind Of Personal And Intellectual Pilgrimage To Discover Sacred Kerala, Dominique-Sila Khan Encounters On Her Way An Array Of Picturesque Characters And Many A Fascinating Shrine. These Encounters Often Challenge Our Usual Assumptions About What It Is To Be Hindu, Muslim, Christian Or Jew. The Author S General Mood Alternates Between Gravity And Humour, Her Descriptive Style Often Making Space For Colourful Anecdotes That Allow The Reader To Go Beyond The Sights, Sounds And Tastes Of Kerala And Experience The Spiritual Consciousness Of A Land.

Kerala is a destination on the world tourist map. It is often referred to as Gods Own Country. The place has been visited by foreigners from all over the globe for five thousand years at least. To give an insight into the mysteries of this place and events that occurred over many, many years, Sankaran, an immortal, takes the reader through very gripping, thrilling, and thought-provoking situations and, in the process, demystifies the Malayalee.