Where the rain is born : writings about Kerala
Nair, Anita Ed.
Where the rain is born : writings about Kerala - New Delhi Penguin Books 2002 - ix,315p.
Contents
Introduction vii
Anita Nair
I. The corridor 1
Balachandran Chullikkad
2 . Chasing the monsoon 5
Alexander Frater
3. Charlis and I 18
Shashi Tharoor
4. Marthanda Varma 41
C. V Raman Pillai
5. The village before time 47
VK Madhavan Kutty
6. Chemmeen 55
Thakazhi S ivasankara Pillai
7. Grandmother's funeral 64
feet Thayil
8 In search of doubting Thomas 65
William Dalrymple
9. The blue light 74
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
I 0. Fool's paradise? 87
Ammujoseph
II. Where 'everything is different' 96
Abu Abraham
I2. The first lessons 104
O.V Vijayan
I 3. Butter chicken in Ludhiana 109
Pankaj Mishra
I4. The expanse of imagination 122
Jayanth Kodkani
I5. Karkitakam 131
M.T Vasudevan Nair
I6. The voice 148
Suresh Menon
I7. Mattancheri m Manhattan 155
Ayyappa Panikker
I 8. The moor's last sigh 157
Salman Rushdie
I 9. Sesame seeds, flowers, water 175
Lalithambika Antherjanam
20. The garden of the antlions 185
Paul Zacharia
21. Footballer 194
Ravi Menon
22. On the banks of the Mayyazhi 200
M. Mukundan
23 . The power of one 208
Bill Aitken
24. God's own country 219
A rundhati Roy
25. Hangman's journal 230
Shashi Warrier
26. Those were the daze 239
Shreekumar Varma
27. Ancient promises 247
Ja ishree Misra
28. The thief of memories 262
Vijay Nambisan
29. The mountain that was as flat as a football field on the top 270
Anita Nair
3 0. Stalinist and Indian: E.M.S. Namboodiripad 277
Ramachandra Guha
3I. The bonsai tree 281
David Davidar
32. Mundu, meesha, kumbha, koda: The sartorial 289
splendour of the Malayali male
Geeta Doctor
3 3. The town they come from 299
C.P Surendran
34. The swamp 309
Kamala Das
Notes on contributors 311
Copyright acknowledgements 316
9780143029199
894.812 / NAI
Where the rain is born : writings about Kerala - New Delhi Penguin Books 2002 - ix,315p.
Contents
Introduction vii
Anita Nair
I. The corridor 1
Balachandran Chullikkad
2 . Chasing the monsoon 5
Alexander Frater
3. Charlis and I 18
Shashi Tharoor
4. Marthanda Varma 41
C. V Raman Pillai
5. The village before time 47
VK Madhavan Kutty
6. Chemmeen 55
Thakazhi S ivasankara Pillai
7. Grandmother's funeral 64
feet Thayil
8 In search of doubting Thomas 65
William Dalrymple
9. The blue light 74
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
I 0. Fool's paradise? 87
Ammujoseph
II. Where 'everything is different' 96
Abu Abraham
I2. The first lessons 104
O.V Vijayan
I 3. Butter chicken in Ludhiana 109
Pankaj Mishra
I4. The expanse of imagination 122
Jayanth Kodkani
I5. Karkitakam 131
M.T Vasudevan Nair
I6. The voice 148
Suresh Menon
I7. Mattancheri m Manhattan 155
Ayyappa Panikker
I 8. The moor's last sigh 157
Salman Rushdie
I 9. Sesame seeds, flowers, water 175
Lalithambika Antherjanam
20. The garden of the antlions 185
Paul Zacharia
21. Footballer 194
Ravi Menon
22. On the banks of the Mayyazhi 200
M. Mukundan
23 . The power of one 208
Bill Aitken
24. God's own country 219
A rundhati Roy
25. Hangman's journal 230
Shashi Warrier
26. Those were the daze 239
Shreekumar Varma
27. Ancient promises 247
Ja ishree Misra
28. The thief of memories 262
Vijay Nambisan
29. The mountain that was as flat as a football field on the top 270
Anita Nair
3 0. Stalinist and Indian: E.M.S. Namboodiripad 277
Ramachandra Guha
3I. The bonsai tree 281
David Davidar
32. Mundu, meesha, kumbha, koda: The sartorial 289
splendour of the Malayali male
Geeta Doctor
3 3. The town they come from 299
C.P Surendran
34. The swamp 309
Kamala Das
Notes on contributors 311
Copyright acknowledgements 316
9780143029199
894.812 / NAI