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COCHIN
IN THE 1930’S |
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particularly of the West, when they thought of India, thought of the
North, India of the mutiny; Kiplings India, of sacred rivers and splendid
tombs, of hardy pathans and the mysterious yogi. They landed in Bombay
and travelled across to Calcutta and the more adventurous to Delhi,
seeing much, but missing something too – The fertile hills and
villages of Kerala fragrant and warm and languorously prolific. There,
endlessly, the coconut groves fringed the sea. Imagine a long frontage
of palms on a low sandy shore, a small opening and a few strange looking
fishing nets hung on bamboos. That is what Cochin looked like from
the sea. For centuries, small cargo boats or lighters took cargo from
Cochin to ocean -going steamers outside and brought in rice, the principal
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