TweetShareIn what can be seen as a move to raise the South Railway Station to International standards, The South Indian Railway has said that the railway station will be provided with world class amenities. This Gallan has come to know that the plan includes separate areas for arrival and departure, mechanized conveyors for handling parcels, and elevators and escalators for mobility. These facilities are expected to solve the problem of over-crowding of platforms and to increase the efficiency in the functioning of the Railway stations.
The other features proposed include an …

TweetShareHey Gallans… Got to see this picture in Wikipedia and thought it would be worth sharing with you all.. The pic is of a water-colour painting of the Fort of Kochi, from across the backwaters.. Looks like the flagged building in the photo should have been the fort of Kochi, which might also have paved way to the place being named as Fort Kochi.. Who knows !
Sadly, the artist behind this wonderful piece, inscribed as ‘View of Kochi’, is unknown..  Interesting ! Ain’t it?

Image Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Cochin.jpg
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TweetShareFor, it was the duty of this Gallan to write what his homeland means to him.. Sharing those humble thoughts with my fellow Gallan mates here.. Hope you all would enjoy… Cheers.
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ven though it’s been more than eleven years since I’ve been back here, she still makes me feel a tourist each time I step out of my house. She intrigues me like she has intrigued others before throughout the centuries, right from the days of the Perumpadappu Swaroopam to the Colonial period under the numerous European Powers.
Be it the gruelling …

Malayala naattile pacha parishkarikal thingi parkunna kothuku kadikal ettavum kooduthal nadakkunna athi vegam payunna life styles ulla sthalam.
Kochi kandavanu achi venda enna chollu ivide ethunna arkum thonnum.. karanam ivide kittathathaayi mattonnum illa.

A new ‘Bake my day’ is opening tomorrow at Jawahar Nagar,kadavanthra,Cochin.While seraching for the reviews of the other ‘Bake my day’ at PK Road,Thevara,This Gallan found one review at mouthshut.com.Check it out by clicking here.Not lets wait and see if they will make our day like they say in their tagline “we’re called bake my day because we’re here to make your day’ .

Clint Soman,a friend of Kochigallan.com clicked this snap .Awesome is the one word that can be called to sumarize his Landscape click.Way to go man ,We want more

The coffee shop by the waters, thats what barista is! Located at the Bay Pride Mall facing Marine Drive, it is the perfect place for a hangout and extremely good coffee. they have munchies for all kind of people. Even though the prices are a little high, the food, ambience and excellent customer service pays up to it. the barista has wi-fi even though they charge you for it. they provide you with board games like checkers, ludo, chess, etc