INSANE: Travancore - The Real Truth

What Traditional Indian Jewellery Really Signals About Your Region, Religion, and Caste

The dialect spoken in goldThe mangalsutra a woman wears in Pune looks nothing like the one her counterpart wears in Chennai. One is black beads strung on gold thread. The other is a thali tied with turmeric cord at the wedding and later restrung on a gold chain. Both signal…

Times Life · Aug 10

The Sardar Patel Integration Strategy: Six Tactics for Managing People Who Refuse to Cooperate

Start With the Privy Purse: Always Lead With What They KeepPatel's first move with almost every reluctant ruler was not a demand, it was an offer. The privy purse guaranteed nobles a personal income and their titles for life. He was not asking them to lose; he was showing them…

Times Life · Aug 9

How One Artist Gave a Face to India's Gods

Look closely at any traditional image of Goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati, or Parvati. Have you ever wondered who imagined those divine faces? For centuries, people worshipped gods and goddesses through idols and sacred symbols. Then one artist changed everything. His paintings became so popular that they shaped how generations of Indians…

MyLifeXP · Jun 2

Churches take poll position, clarify stance ahead of election

Central Travancore churches clarify political stance for Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing impartiality, moral values, and safeguarding democracy and diversity.

The Hindu · Apr 23, 2024

At the political crossroads, Kerala Congress factions navigate legacy and evolution in central Travancore

At the political crossroads, Kerala Congress factions navigate legacy and evolution in central Travancore

The Hindu · Apr 13, 2024

Uncertainty grips political battle in Kottayam

Kottayam Lok Sabha election: A battleground of political factions, rubber crisis, and shifting alliances in central Travancore.

The Hindu · Apr 1, 2024

Central Travancore stares at extreme drought conditions

Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts are facing the threat of extreme drought conditions with its major rivers rapidly dwindling.

The Hindu · Mar 17, 2024

Beleaguered rubber sector pins hopes on State Budget

As Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal is set to present the annual State Budget on Monday, expectations are running high across the rubber heartlands of central Travancore for a potential increase in the stabilization price for rubber.

The Hindu · Feb 3, 2024

Keen to pull plug on migration, Catholic Church seeks to turn its youth as entrepreneurs

As the massive wave of migration to Europe and Canada that has engulfed Kerala threatens to spiral out of control, the Catholic Church in central Travancore is exerting itself to put the brakes on the trend. Concerned over the flatlining of its population, the numerically dominant Syro-Malabar Church is launching…

The Hindu · Jan 20, 2024

Kerala Congress factions to peg their poll campaigns to rubber

As the Lok Sabha elections draw near, the key Kerala Congress factions have begun designing their campaign strategies around the ailing rubber plantations — the mainstay of central Travancore economy for long.

The Hindu · Jan 7, 2024