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Kallil: The Last Surviving Relic of Jainism in Central Kerala

// December 26th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Cultural Politics, Culture and Ecology

Kallil is a rock-cut temple in central Kerala. It is located a few miles east of Perumbavur in Ernakulam district near Odakali. According to historians like V V K Valath and P K Gopalakrishnan who have done extensive field studies and archival research in the local history of Ernakulam district it was a Jain temple [...]

GOVERNOR OF THE SHIT- HOUSE A Poem by Benoy.P.J

// December 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Cultural Politics

Ram the Hon’ble Governor of the shit house He sits on his tall chair and dictates Tells you what to do and what not to (and why and how and so on) This saint of the crap house Who had qualified for his lofty slot For being ever so clean (What he throws he consumes) [...]