300 of us went into the field to harvest 20 acres of a Pokkali farm last week. Writes Gopinath Parayil The two days of festival saw the village hosting all the student volunteers into their houses and ...

Soon you will get hands-on experience in Pokkali farming, if you are to travel to Ezhikkara, that is. You can take part in the many processes involved in Pokkali farming, indulge in the indigenous ...

Ezhikkara, a low-lying panchayat on the northern edge of Ernakulam’s backwaters, is drowning slowly — not in rainwater, but in the tides. “Every day, between November and May, we check when the tide ...