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Kochi Is Hunting for a Green 1957 Bicycle, and the Search Says Something
An 80 year old in Kalamassery lost the bicycle his father bought in 1957. Since July 22 relatives, schoolchild…
3 August 2026 · 4 min read
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The Angamaly Estate Where Rubber Gave Way to a Rambutan Paradise
An hour north of Kochi in Angamaly, a retired hospital HR chief has turned ten acres of old rubber land into a…
30 July 2026 · 4 min read
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How Kochi Became One of India's Most Important Art Cities
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale put the city on the global art map, and its galleries, studios and artists have kep…
13 May 2026 · 3 min read
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The Kochi Workshop That Built V-Guard: Kochouseph Chittilappilly's Quiet Empire
A 27-year-old physics postgraduate borrowed one lakh rupees in 1977 and rented a tiny Kochi workshop to assemb…
12 May 2026 · 4 min read
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Inside Kochi's Growing Eco-Fashion Movement
Between Kerala's handloom heritage and a new wave of slow-fashion designers, Kochi has a small but growing eco…
11 May 2026 · 3 min read
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The Pearl Merchant of Nattika: How M.A. Yusuff Ali Built Lulu
From a coastal village in Thrissur to the boardrooms of Abu Dhabi, M.A. Yusuff Ali turned a small Gulf storefr…
11 May 2026 · 5 min read
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From a Chavara Village to Saudi's Oil Fields: The Quiet Empire of Dr. B. Ravi Pillai
He left Kerala for Saudi Arabia in 1978 and started a small trading business. Four decades later, Dr. B. Ravi …
10 May 2026 · 4 min read
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The Muthoot Dynasty: How a Kozhencherry Grocer Built India's Gold Loan Giant
From a timber and provisions counter in Pathanamthitta to a Mumbai stock exchange listing in 2011, the Muthoot…
9 May 2026 · 5 min read
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The Kerala Ten: Business Titans Rewriting India and the Gulf in 2026
From Abu Dhabi hypermarkets to Trivandrum tech parks, ten Malayalis run empires that move billions. A tour of …
8 May 2026 · 5 min read