All posts tagged Nicolo Conti

Kochi – City of Charm

For a short stretch of land in the country of continental proportion, the Malabar  Coast,  presently called Kerala, perhaps deserved mention only on the back pages of history.  That was not to be.  Long before any part of the country came up for reckoning, this gorgeously verdant land had already had its tryst with the rest of the world.  Its spices, particularly pepper, also called black gold, were what the world was after.  And if ever history was made by geography, it was indeed here. (more…)

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Kochi, Gateway of Kerala

As the competing yacht sailed into Cochin waters in tandem on the second lap of the famous Volvo Race in early December, 2008 they were inadvertently, but symbolically, recapturing history of the five centuries ago.  With perhaps, one major difference: the earlier seafarers were adventurous traders, while they present-day peers are footloose adventures.   And both found a warm welcome here, a coastal fishing village, then called British Cochin, now Fort Cochin, the gateway of  Kerala, a tourist super brand. (more…)

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The making of a Kochi

Not much princely state in pre- independent India had two capitals; one where royalty sat and took decisions and another where its minions sat and dispensed royal diktats. The erstwhile Cochin State was one such. The hamlet-like Tripunithura was the abode of royalty, while the neighboring sleepy town of Ernakulam housed the secretariat, judiciary and other sundry officialdom. (more…)

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