KERALA With Jaishree Misra

A Deer Chase In Periyar
As a malayali married to a UP-wallah, it is my bounden duty on a regular basis to accompany North indian friends and relatives down to Kerala so they can enjoy the verdant beauty of my state. Most people come for the beaches and sleepy backwater cruises but, when a cousin decided to come with his two teenaged daughters, we decided—after the obligatory jaunts to Varkala, Kovalam and Kanyakumari—that the girls might like something more adventurous. With a few days to spare, we hired a jeep and drove through idukki district’s lush green hills and tea plantations to the wildlife reserve of Thekkady in search of wild elephants and those all-too-elusive tigers. (more…)




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