It’s the time of Onam festivities in the Malayali households and ofcourse Kerala in India! But can we ever imagine a Onam Sadhya or a Kerala cuisine without coconut?
Well… how did coconut come to be in Kerala?
To
“Things are never quite as scary when you are with your friends” – goes a quote.
And the hero was lucky to have his friends around too, on his adventure!
So, who was he?
What was his adventure?
What
Can we even imagine a world without chocolates?
We don’t even want to, right? 🙂
But it is believed there was a time when people on Earth were not even aware of something called as Chocolate until
“Give me back my grain of corn or I will kill you”, screamed the lady seizing him. He was so terrified that he promised to return her grain of corn. But then , Oh ho! It had rolled so
Sweet and Delicious! Juicy and Plump! Slurp!Slurp! Oooooo… they were so yummy…. But Sshhh… not many knew about the existence of such a fruit especially mankind! But Kapi knew that he cannot let the ripe fruit fall into the
First it was the Plum Tree, then the banana tree and then the honey tree… But Alas! That was it… Not to the orange tree… “Help! Please help me! I am sorry! Please help… I want to get out!”,
Today, the 14th of January, the entire India celebrates the harvest festival – Makar Sankaranti/Pongal/Uttarayan/Lohri etc. But do you know that in one hilly region up in the north of India, people offer sweet preparations to Crows?
Isn’t this so
Dooby felt all alone especially tonight. And then he heard a sound… Then a voice spoke, “Hello old fellow!”. He turned and looked at the old man. Dooby thought he knew him yet he was nervous… And then…
Ahaa!
He moaned and groaned. He was not happy the way he was and so he wished. And it happened. But was he happy?
Listen in to this folktale from Japan, to find out more.
Happy Listening!
