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This deeply felt memoir, translated from the acclaimed original in Malayalam, chronicles the endeavours of four generations of the Kandathil Varughese Mappillai family that set up the Malayala Manorama, the Travancore National and Quilon Bank and other enterprises. With great candour, K.M. Mathew describes how their fortunes changed when their support to the nationalist State Congress brought upon them the wrath of the Travancore Dewan, leading to the bank's ...
In this poignant, bittersweet memoir, K. M. Mathew recounts the joys of his marriage of sixty-one years to the accomplished, warm-hearted Mrs K. M. Mathew, popularly known as Anamma. This intimate account of a husband’s love for his wife is equally a revelatory glimpse into the lives of two highly influential figures. At the helm of the giant media empire, Malayalam Manorama, the Mathews established an entire social ethos and paved the way for a new, ...
There is hardly any period in world history as romantic in its appeal as the age of Renaissance when the Portuguese ‘fidalgos’ sepearheaded the European overseas expansion and thus inaugurated the maritime era of history which is of perennial interest. If the Portuguese had not evolved the great ‘nau’ which could with stand the buffeting of the mysterious Atlantic tides and carry ...
The south-western cost of India famous for its spices, has been a cultural melting pot for two thousand years. Jews, Muslims and Christians, merchants and missionaries, came and stayed, adding their influences to the region's culture and cuisine. Over the years, the traditional produce of the coast -vegetables like yam and tapioca; fruits like coconut, mango and banana; and of course, fish and prawan-has been combined in new and interesting ways in a diverse ...