Where the rain is born : writings about Kerala

By:

Nair, Anita Ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 2002Description: ix,315pISBN:

9780143029199

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

894.812 NAI

Contents:

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

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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

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