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Edit The Hindu 16 Sep 2016
A designer should have a story to tell, believes Poornima Indrajith--a story that is retold through generations. It is this continuity she seeks in her latest festival collection Aanachandam ... So Poornima found her story that had to be told ... “The basic thread emerged from Kottarattil Sankunni’s masterpiece written over eight volumes with each ending with a story about a famous elephant ... She says ... ....

What’s inside – Malayalam

Edit The Hindu 11 Jul 2016
The Guru. A collection of stories that celebrate the guru-shishya relationship. It is about venerated teachers and their illustrious students from the pages of the epics, mythology and other texts. Gurusishyakathakal, retold by Aravindan, Rs. 70. Elephant tales. Stories about famous elephants in Kerala ... Eithihyamala Aanakkathakal, Kottarathil Sankunni, Rs. 80. Grassroot struggles ... Karappan, Asokan Cheruvil, Rs. 70. Poetic experiments ... Joseph, Rs....

Changes at the traffic signal

Edit The Hindu 12 Feb 2016
The seeds of modern Cochin were sown during the reign of Rama Varma XV, Maharaja of Cochin. Popularly called Rajarshi, and also the Abdicated Highness, he ruled Cochin from 1895-1914. He turned Cochin into one of the most progressive of Indian States of the time ... The open ground was converted into Irwin Park in honour of the Viceroy Lord Irwin ... Venugopal, local historian ... Sankunni Menon was the band master,” remembers Venugopal....

Pareeksha: 1967

Edit The Hindu 05 Jan 2016
The play Pareeksha, written by T. N. Gopinathan Nair in 1964, was first staged the same year by LIC Arts Club at VJT Hall, Thiruvananthapuram. The drama, in five scenes, was serially published in the Sunday supplement of Kerala Kaumudi news paper ... It was translated into the 14 Indian languages and broadcast by All India Radio under its National Programme. T.P ... N ... Balakrishnan, editing by K.Sankunni and K.Narayanan and music by M.S. Baburaj....

The row over Rao

Edit The Hindu 30 Sep 2015
Hard times for the Dewan. The major challenge Madhava Rao faced in Travancore was in handling the people’s struggle for the right to wear an upper cloth ... In 1871, R. C ... It was P. Sankunni Menon, author of History of Travancore (who was rumored as having poisoned the king's mind against Madhava Rao) who came to Rao’s rescue ... Madhava Rao visited the capital city in 1878 and gifted Sankunni Menon a gold watch ... Rajaram Rao ... Keywords....

Standing guard over a regal legacy

Edit The Hindu 19 Jun 2015
Kaithavilakam, located to the West of the temple, was once dotted with many sheds where temple and palace guards were stationed ... ‘Kaithavilakam Bungalow’ a.k.a ... The writings of Kottarathil Sankunni provide clues to the origin of Kaithavilakam Bungalow. Sankunni mentions in the Aithihyamala that Uthram Tirunal had constructed for Pillai’s wife, a magnificent mansion, next to the Punnakkal complex ... Parameswaran Thampi ... ....

Ancient legends get a new life

Edit The Hindu 25 May 2015
It was a world peopled with kings, magicians, feudal lords, sorcerers and curious mythological beings ... Sreekumari believes she is essentially a writer and not a translator ... The centuries-old stories are believed to have been documented by Kottarathil Sankunni, a Sanskrit-Malayalam scholar, in the early 1900s ... Keywords. Sreekumari Ramachandran, Aithihyamala, Malayalam translations, Kottarathil Sankunni ....

A visual treat for Kathakali lovers

Edit The Hindu 14 May 2015
The attakatha by Kottarathil Sankunni is rarely performed as Kathakali because it involves the participation of about 30 artistes ... Earlier, Ottanthullal, Thayambaka and the valedictory function were held ... ....

The Hall with a history

Edit The Hindu 24 Apr 2015
When the partition of the East Thottekkat, a famous Nair family in Ernakulam, was happening the members decided to build a memorial for two illustrious family members – Diwan Sankunni Menon and his brother Diwan Kochugovinda Menon. The family set apart 23 cents for this purpose adjoining the present Durbar Hall Road and Diwan’s Road ... The Ernakulam Karayogam was registered in 1925 ... Venugopal, local historian ... 4,500 ... 25,000....

Manaswini - 1968

Edit The Hindu 10 Apr 2015
Gujarati stage play Sanskar Lakshmi written by Prafulla Desai of Shri Deshi Natak Samaj, Bombay, was staged successfully in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking regions in the country during the 1960s ... Vasu Menon remade the film in Malayalam as Manaswini which was released on this same day, April 13, in 1968 ... E. Mathai, popularly known as ‘Parappurath’ ... Narayanan and K. Sankunny, with cinematography by E. N ... Keywords....

The tale told by the river at Thrithala

Edit The Hindu 11 Mar 2015
The waters of Bharathapuzha may be drying up, but streams of stories, from legends to literature, linked deeply to the river will sure keep it flowing for centuries together ... The spot is turning into a popular picnic spot, after an initiative to the effect made by local MLA V.T ... Aithihyamala by Kottarathil Sankunni mentions about the temple in a chapter on ‘Panthirukulam’ or the ‘Clan of 12’ ... ....

The King and the playwright

Edit The Hindu 25 Feb 2015
John Mathew (“spelt with a single ‘T’”) redefines the word versatility. John enjoys blurring the lines between his many interests. To prevent being pigeonholed at work or play, the genial biologist and historian wears many hats with ease and sees no incongruity in doing so ... But I have no such regrets ... I began reading P. Sankunni Menon and eventually met Gouri Lakshmi Bayi and Swati Tirunal,” he explains....

Kochi today

Edit The Hindu 30 Dec 2014
Ernakulam Maharaja’s College. Annual meeting of Parent-Teacher Association, Physics seminar hall, 2.30 p.m. P.K. Sankunni Menon Memorial Charitable Trust ... ....
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