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Two Becomes One
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Chintoo talks about life with the musician Rex Vijayan By Shevlin Sebastian Photo of Chintoo by Manu R Mavelil One morning, in 1999, Thankachi Miss told the students of the Sree...
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Amazing Stories
Thanks to Fr. CM Paul for this review of my book“God, God’s and Goddesses” is the third e-book published this year by popular author of children’s books, Shevlin Sebastian, a columnist and journalist...
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Yama, God of Death, is busy
By Shevlin SebastianEvery day, at 6 a.m., when I sit and read the newspapers, there is one moment when time stands still. This is the period when I look at a page, full of obituary notices, in a...
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Love At First Sight
COLUMN: Spouse's TurnSharath talks about life with the actor Asha Sharath By Shevlin SebastianPhoto of Sharath by Ravi Choudhury In the early 1990s, TV Sharath was working in a company at Muscat, Oman....
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A Humanistic Look at Life
KN Pillai’s book of poems, ‘Nodes and Codes’, focuses on the ravages of war, the cruelty meted out to animals, the history of Travancore and the sufferings in the Punjab in the 1980sBy Shevlin...
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A Billionaire visits the Biennale
By Shevlin SebastianPhoto: Bose Krishnamachari (left) with MA Yusuff Ali. Taken by PK Jeevan Jose Only a billionaire can travel like this. First he gets onto a helicopter from his home at Kadavanthra....
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A Heartfelt Concern for Old Mosques
The US-based architect and conservationist Patricia Tusa Fels is doing research for a book on the mosques along the Malabar coast of Kerala, as well as those in Java and Sumatra in Indonesia and the...
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Those Attractive Eyes
COLUMN: Spouse's TurnUma talks about life with the actor Riyaz KhanBy Shevlin SebastianPhoto of Uma by Raja ChidambaramIn May, 1993, Uma Kamesh got an opportunity to act in a film opposite the actor...
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The Last Journey
By Shevlin SebastianPhoto of Ittiyara Antony PoonollilIt was with a sinking feeling that homemaker Annie Geo set out for the Ernakulam Junction railway station on Friday morning after seeing the images...
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Maizie Cool
The Boney M band, featuring Maizie Williams, is in Kochi By Shevlin SebastianMaizie Williams, the lead singer of the Boney M band, has one regret. When her band members went on a boat trip, near Kochi,...
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The Joy of Art
The London-based Vanessa Branson was instrumental in setting up the Marrakesh Biennale. The sister of billionaire Richard Branson was in Kochi recently to see the BiennaleBy Shevlin SebastianPhotos:...
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High And Low Notes
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Habeesa talks about life with the ghazal singer UmbayeeBy Shevlin SebastianPhoto by Ratheesh SundaramFour days after her marriage to ghazal singer Umbayee, on May 8, 1977, Habeesa...
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All Types Of Voices
Visitors from outside the state and the country talk about their impressions of the Kochi Muziris BiennaleBy Shevlin SebastianPhotos: Ajna Laville; Daniel and Monique Schuh; (from left) Elizabeth...
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Cooking up a storm in Macau
The Kerala-origin chef, Justin Paul, of the Golden Peacock, was instrumental for it to get the first Michelin star for Indian Restaurants in AsiaBy Shevlin SebastianPhotos: Justin Paul; the interior of...
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Long-Distance Love
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Sureka talks about life with the athlete Renjith MaheswariBy Shevlin SebastianSureka photo by Ajesh MadhavAt an athletics training camp, at New Delhi, in 2005, triple jumper...
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One Hundred Years Of Joy
The Cochin Club celebrated its centenary recently. Today, with more than 250 members, it is still going strongBy Shevlin Sebastian Photos: The main Club house; a card game in progress; watchman...
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The Enduring Superstar
Colleagues in Mollywood talk about their experiences of working with MammootyBy Shevlin SebastianDuring the shoot of the Malayalam thriller, 'Munnariyippu', young actress Aparna Gopinath was on a fast....
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It's all About the Honey
Aleyamma Siby is the only woman bee-keeper in Kerala. Recently, she won the Stephen Memorial Award for the best bee-keeperBy Shevlin SebastianPhoto by Ratheesh SundaramIt is 9 p.m. Outside their house...
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The Backbone Of Life
M. Santhamani's installation, 'Backbone', at the Kochi Muziris Biennale, resembles the spinal cord, and is a metaphor of the presence of the backbone in lives and societiesBy Shevlin Sebastian Photo by...
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Her Life Script
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Aysha talks about life with the veteran scriptwriter John PaulBy Shevlin SebastianPhoto by Melton Antony Aysha has never forgotten the night of June 14, 1976, the date of her...
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