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Malabar Spring: Deep-rooted connections with Calicut

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Malabar Spring: Deep-rooted connections with Calicut

It's hard to believe that life is just a series of unrelated coincides, and the more I explore my own family history I realise that I have deep ties to the historic city in northern Kerala

Ajay Kamalakaran
Mar 7, 2023
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Parting from Calicut is never easy. It’s hard to describe in words the sense of belonging that I feel in the city and its leafy outskirts. Yesterday, before the clock struck 6 in the morning, I got into a taxi to leave my cherished Kerala home for the airport in Malappuram.

After 4 trips to the city in less than a year, I am convinced that my special lo…

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