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It isn’t defined by headlines oregon outer narratives, but written each time successful homes, beverage shops, nationalist spaces, moments of crisis, and quiescent acts of coexistence

Published - April 09, 2026 07:22 p.m. IST

Long earlier  'global awareness' became a buzzword, Keralam had already internalised it successful  its beverage  shops, barber shops, and surviving  rooms.

Long earlier 'global awareness' became a buzzword, Keralam had already internalised it successful its beverage shops, barber shops, and surviving rooms. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

I was successful Kochi the different day. Somewhere betwixt a roadside chaya and kadi (tea and bite), I recovered myself reflecting, not conscionable connected a spot but besides a lived thought called Keralam.

For context, I present unrecorded successful Mumbai, and this sojourn was anchored successful a pilgrimage, to question blessings astatine Sabarimala. But arsenic often happens with Keralam, the travel softly turns inward.

Published - April 09, 2026 07:22 p.m. IST

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