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On November 9, 2024, Shibu S, a freelance journalist from Ernakulam, was dining with a friend at Persian Table Restaurant in Kolenchery, when the eatery refused to provide gravy with their order of porotta and beef fry.

Crave free gravy? Kerala state consumer panel whets diners’ appetite

M S Vidyanandan

11 Jun 2026

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Deaths outpace births among Kerala’s Hindus and Christians as population growth turns negative

M S Vidyanandan

10 Jun 2026

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1 in 4 Kerala men drinks liquor, says health survey

M S Vidyanandan

03 Jun 2026

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Cream of the crop: Ginger emerges as Kerala's most profitable crop, overtaking tapioca

M S Vidyanandan

30 May 2026

2 min read

The honey collected from Pakshipathalam, an extraordinary thick, intensely flavoured one, yielding barely 150 kilograms in a good year but carrying every drop of the biodiversity of the place it comes from.

The Kattunaikkar tribe's adventurous 1,740 metres high trek for honey

M S Vidyanandan

20 May 2026

3 min read

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Post-pandemic inflation lingers, idli-sambar a casualty in Kerala

M S Vidyanandan

28 Apr 2026

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