Revisiting in search of music…
<h1>Revisiting in search of music…</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] Picture:A plaque announcing the inauguration of the foundation laying ceremony by David Stott from Australia. David is a frequent visitor to India. It’s a country that he calls home. Two years ago, David had to ‘agree’ to ‘lay the foundation’ of an innovative experiment in Kerala. …
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River Nila featured as a destination in Footprint India handbook
<h1>River Nila featured as a destination in Footprint India handbook</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] River Nila has been featured as a destination in Footprints handbook on India. The following is the part of the text that appears in the handbook. “The blue thread of the River Nila, Kerala’s Ganges and the crucible of much of …
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Touching the chords of your inner life
<h1>Touching the chords of your inner life</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] pic: @Alvin Vimal ‘Kumbhar‘ in Sanskrit means ‘the one who creates’. You see ‘Kumbhars’ all over India. They create magic out of clay.They are potters of the country. Various reasons including droughts and the urge to travel led many ‘Kumbhars’ from Andhra Pradesh come …
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Malabar Holiday auction
<h1>Malabar-Holiday-auction</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] Malabar was once a British Principality of India. After Independence, Malabar as a state was no longer recognized and the region was divided to form the northern part of what is today called Kerala. Though Malabar has no geographical boundaries, no presence on a map of India, it still exists as …
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Art auction at ITB Asia
<h1>Art auction at ITB Asia</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] Responsible tourism networking event at the ITB Asia in Singapore on the 22nd OCT saw people from more than 25 different countries gathering to interact with like-minded people working in Responsible Tourism. The event also became very unique by providing a platform to organise an art …
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Responsible tourism networking in London
<h1>Responsible tourism networking in London</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] from last years networking session World Travel Market is round the corner. For last three years , responsible tourism networking during the WTM has been the talk of the town. A initiative started in a small pub in London by Your Safe Planet (now Tripbod.com) and The …
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Musical trail:inspiring stories from destination
<h1>Musical trail:inspiring stories from destination</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] Njeralathu Rampoduval was a very pious man. He had devoted his life in the service of the Goddess in ‘Tirumathaam Kunnu‘, and touched many lives through his melodious music. The depth in his singing, his mastery over the unique percussion instrument“Idakka” and the spirituality he evoked had …
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Destination stories : unique fund raising
<h1>Destination stories : unique fund raising</h1> [shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”16224490″] N GopalaKrishnan with PM Narayanan Image courtesy The Hindu This Saturday, Malayala Manorama newspaper featured a story about a gentleman called N. Gopalakrishnan who is involved in fund-raising for Institute for Palliative Medicine. We had met Gopiettan, as we call him, about 5 years ago when …
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