Tag: #kerala
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Thursday Doors: Fort Kochi III
Last week, I could not participate in the ‘Thursday Doors’ as I was stuck in the hospital. And though, after seeing my blood pressure at 180/110, the doctor had repeated for the nth time, that it was a minor procedure, I wondered if I would get out to share another post. I’m not exaggerating. I’m […]
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Thursday Doors: Fort Kochi 2
As promised, I’m back again with my second lot of doors from Fort Kochi, an island in Kerala (a state in the South of India) which was gifted to the Portuguese by the King of Kochi in 1503 after the Portuguese forces helped him fight the Samoothri, the monarch of Calicut (another district in Kerala). […]
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Thursday Doors: Fort Kochi (Part 1)
Yayy! I’m happy to be taking part in Thursday Doors again, after what seems like ages. The thing is, it isn’t easy to take pictures of apartment doors in Mumbai – I don’t want to be answering questions on why and what I am doing. So, I only manage to participate in ‘Thursday Doors’ every […]
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Kerala Diaries: Travel- In and around the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’
Fort Kochi is called the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’. It gets its name from Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European fort on Indian soil controlled by the Portuguese. I’d been to Fort Kochi in 1995, a long time ago, with my parents. I remember we had lunch there- a fresh catch of fish […]
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Wordless Wednesdays : Look who’s here
These pictures were taken a few years ago during our visit to Thekkady in Kerala. This guy came visiting us and tried entering through every window in the room before leaving disheartened. Doesn’t he look curious?🙂 Copyright@smithavishwanathsblog.com. All Rights Reserved.