TweetShareDo you believe in adding colors to lives? Do you have a special penchant for arts and crafts? Do you feel the need to contribute your talents to the society? Here is the biggest opportunity in town. Join the “Akriology” movement with Handicratz India.
As Gallan quotes them “We call ourselves akrilogists and our science of making wealth from waste as akriology…we reduce, reuse and recycle waste…and give u handy products all the while helping those in need!”
If you do identify with anything mentioned so far, else you just have a …

TweetShareThe last day of the Kochi International Fashion week opened with the show of Megha Grover. The promoter of khadi showcased elegant designs of salwars and sarees with beautiful and intricate works. The showstopper for the event was Madhu Shalini Tamil superstar.
The Lawman pg3 show was a new experience for the fashion lovers in town. The latest designs on denim were presented in a stylish show with Kangana Ranaut walking the ramp. The actress also gave her insights into fashion, she also advised the youth not to depend on parents …

TweetShareWhen you think of the most visited tourist spots in Kochi, surely the Marine Drive is up on any list. The walk way, the bridges, the Marine Drive has remained a symbol of our city for many years. There would hardly be anyone in Kochi who hasn’t had the experience of standing on the rainbow bridge with the wind on their face, admiring the view.
Till date however, the Marine Drive, sadly missed a proper entrance. The walkway was only accessible through the Bay Pride Mall, the GCDA complex or other …

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 …

There are people who drink ‘kallu’ or toddy just to get drunk and there are the others who doesn’t drink to get drunk but likes the whole package (like this gallan).Biking with friends to the shappu(toddy shop) chatting and talking NONSENSE while gulping delicious spicy NADAN kerala food.If you are of the category mentioned later then given below are ‘the top 10 shappu in ekm’(this Gallan’s favorite).Do visit it.

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.