Cities of Kerala, actually small towns
- Mumbai Marg Publications 2008
- 159 p.
Table of contnt:
1. Foreword 2. Pratapaditya Pal 3. Introduction , Baiju Natarajan 4. Thiruvananthapuram / City of a Horizontal God ,Paul Zacharia 5. Kollam / Urbanization in Tourism’s Own Landscape Annapurna Garimella 6. Alleppey / A Hidden Fortress Made of Water Baiju Natarajan 7. Kottayam / The Hills Are Moist C.R. Omanakuttan 8. Kochi / The Other City T.V. Sajeev 9. Thrissur / Round and Around the town Nalini Jameela 10. Palakkad / Some Threads Including the Sacred E.P. Unny 11. Kozhikode / Yesterday and Today M.G.S. Narayanan 12. Kannur / Monumental, Monolithic ,Dileep Raj and Reshma Bharadwaj
In Kerala, it is difficult to distinguish cities, towns, and villages. From Thiruvananthapuram in the south to Kannur in the north, it is one suburban stretch, at times village-like, at times city-like. As much as 75 per cent of Keralites continue to reside in villages which are fast becoming urban. This book depicts present-day life in nine major cities and towns of Kerala through essays, specially taken photographs, and sketches. Most of the writers are Keralites and have brought out the very urban, semi-urban, semi-rural mix that is as much a part of the Kerala landscape as its coastline, forests, and plantations.
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