KARELA(Bitter Groud)&KERALA.

One who observes minutely the above 2 pictures of Karela&the map of Kerala could,perhaps,find that the name&shape of both are slightly similar.

The taste of Karela(Kaippakka or Pavakka) is bitter.Some people adore this taste&likes it very much Some other people especially kids do not like it's taste.Any how it is one of the costly vegetable in Bombay though it is comparatively lesser in cost in Kerala.There are people who avoid it for use at home.Some people on the pother hand invarisbly search for it in the vegetable market..I can proudly say that I belong to the group which adores it.We procure it in bulk whenever good variety is available in Market.Sometimes I go searching for it upto Sakthan Market.

Now let us discuss the Good part of Kerala instead of Karela which has nothing of a big role in this Blog

Kerala is famous for many tasty things.Malayalees do not require my writing to know about different vegetables.They know which is good&which is bad for their health&satisfaction of consuming.Thougfh no one likes to eat anything of too much of bitter taste.

As I said Kerala is famous for many things the prominent factors are as described briefly hereunder:

Kerala attracts tourists from different part of India &abroad especially during vacations for the natural beauty& varoious facilities available here which one can not find every where in the world.The fist attraction coming to my mind is the famous Temples available here.The Guruvayoor Temple,Shri Vadakkumnathan Temple at Thrissur,The Thrikkakkara Vamana moorthy Temple,The Poornathreyasi Temple at Thripunithura,Shri PadmanabhaSwamy Remple at Trivandrum, The Kanyakumari Temple,The Kodungalloor Devi Temple,The Koodal Manikkya Kshetram at Irinjalakkuda,The Kaadampuzha Temple,The Nellovaya Temple,the Pampadi Temple,The Kakkadu Temple near Kunnamkulam &many other Temples spread all over Kerala  are all famous.

The most Famous Temple known  all over the World is the Vadakkumnathan Temple for its World Famous POORAM which involve diffrent kinds of Musical Melams ,Kudamattam&the most popular Fireworks made it the most Famous Temple all over the World.There are large gathering of Foreign tourists during the Pooram season coming over to Thrissur.The beautifully decorated umbrellas&Fireworks attracts the Foreignere tremoundouslly.This Temple & Guruvayyor Temple attracts a lot of people to Kerala during vacations.
The other most Famous Temples which attracts so much of crowd like Pooram is Sabarimala Temple.
These three Temples GVR,TCR&SabariMala account for the major part of the Tourist Revenue to the State.Thats how&why these three Temples are being maintained &safeguarded well by the Governments of India&Kerala.

The next attraction is the varities of Veg& nonveg Food available in Kerala which are not available anywhere else in plenty.

The Veg Dishes like Kaalan,Olan,Avial ,Erisseri different types of Pickles,The Curd Chilly& special big Paoads are things which around the World  many people find as unique&long to enjoy while here.

Similarly Varieties of Fish available exclusively here are the major attraction of people from Abroad.

Let me cut short this as all people of Kerala are well aware of.

But I have to mention about the speciality&tase

 of one variety of fish called KARIMEEN which is being consumed by Personnel of the Three Forcelevels of the country.I am neither nonveg nor a fisheater.But I came to know about this while examinining some Suppy contracts.The quantity & invariable nature of procuremen on a continous basis revealed this to me.There was nothing wrong withe the procurement but happened to know that the protectors of our country were very fond of this particular variety of fish.

The next attraction  is the favourite of those who land at Kochi by Air ,Rail& buses.The natives of Kochi also visit Munnar&other places at Idukki District like Kulamavur&Moolamattam during every vacation especially hot summer vacations.

The famous &cotroversial 999 Dam called Mullaperiyar is in this area.

The next choice is the Backwater at Alleppy District,the boat races,the Hoseboats&many attractions available there.

Many a people invariably visit Kanyakumari to witness the famousVIVEKANANDA ROCK there .They also ptrfer Sunrise&Sunset  to anything else at Kanyakumari.

The latest added attraction is the Shri Padmanabha Swamy Temple at TVM with the declaration that it is being considered as the richest Temple in the world.This has in fact resulted in additional Tourists at Nedumbasseri with the hope they could view all the Gems,Gold,Diamonds&many more attractive precious items.

But just after reaching the spot they come to knoe all these arent ready for showing or for an Exhibition.

The next in rhe line that is being attracted in Kerala are of Artistic talents like Kathakali,Mohini Attam,Bharathanaatyam &many more all available under one roof at a place called KALAMADALM near Shoranur.Many foriegners atre even joining there for getting trained.Some people visit hthis place for research&for getting Doctorate degree by submitting Thesis under one or other Guides.

One special I have missed is the famous Boatraces like Nehru Trophy &many more different races involving "Chundan Vallam" owned by different rich Owners of Chambakkula &adjoinining areas.

The President of India& such VVIPs used to visit these races whenever they are conducted there.Here also tourist attraction of Foreigners &Indegenous personalities is on a large scale,

To cut short,Every year there used to be an Exodus of People from NewDelhi,Bombay& other places availing of concessions available to them on a yearly or two yearly basisThe beautiful Birds of migration&permanent,seasonal flowers ,hilly &cold areas are some of the attractions which I have to mention as otherwise the very purpose of this Blog would stand defeated.The attractions of Kerala do not end here.It is unending &would require many more Blogs to complete them.But I dont want to venture such a misadventure now.as a discussion on the Bitter part of Kerala too is the aim of this Blog.

So let me take leave of the good Part&proceed to the lesser valued parts of Kerala

The prominent among this is the one being said &discussed widely in Kerala is about the "NOKKUKOOLI"It is said in some parts of Kerala the workers extract charges in large sums for just observing the Tourists transporting their bags&baggages on their own.This practise would certainly prevent
Tourists making trips to Kerala thereby reducing the Yourist Revenue otherwise available to Kerala exclusively/

Similarly the same Labour &Union Problems being sponsored by Political parties are being quoted as a reason for the Investors from Abroad in becoming reluctant to come over here to invest.their hardearned money.
The latest trend is said to be the Political rivalry existing here which even leads to untoward incidents like political murders.This trend is certain to cut short the flow of tourists to this small state in due course.

I feek it is better&safer not to discuss the bitter parts of Kerala.The reason is simple.I dont want to become a tool myself to give publicity to the bitter state of Kerala state to whicjh I belong to.In fact I asm happy i belong to the better &not nbitter part of Kerala viz Thrissur District to be precise TCR&GVR.

Am I justified now in naming the Blog by demonstrating two pictures abovewhich are similar in name&shape?

Here it reminds me once again what I had read somewhere as quoted as the words of Sir Winstomn Churchil.He said at the time of handing over Power to India on getting Independence after long Struggle by our Father of Nation  "Dont hand over Power to the Indians .If we do si,these Indians would fight among themselves one day for Power thereby destroying this Holy&beautiful Country"Wheter the Kerala is bitter or not,some of the Keralites who are Indians are proving every word of Sir Winston Churchil in toto.

Let us console ourselves thinking that they are at least doing a faithful service to Great Man of the Britain by

justifying his visionas a Truth.

              
                                                       sreedharanMundanat
                                                          14th June2012