The food of Malayalee the food of Onnam

Swagatham ! (Greating).Since today is Onnam festival which is the Harvest Festival that been celebrated by all Malayalee through out the world and especially in Kerala.I feel to write a bit about some important aspect of the Onnam festival which I believe without them the Onnam celebration is not up to the mark or expectation.I am talking non other than " Foods".

I  am a Malayalee the 3rd generation in Malaysia.Both my Grandfathers (Dad and Mom parent) originated from Kannur or Cannanore in Kerela which is also famously known as "God Own Country".I been to Kerela for vacation sometime back in 2009 and indeed it is a beautiful country with wonderful scenery and lots lots of greens with marvelous backwaters.A peace of heaven on its own right.The food is superb and as you known the main ingredients is mandatory with Fish,Shrimp,Chicken and Mouton as this is essential in their cuisine.

"Revolutionary Gandhi" - A socialist or even a communist?

(Revolutionary Gandhi) Did you know that India’s independence father Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had leftist leanings? Or that he had no hesitations in calling himself a socialist or even a communist?
In fact, Gandhi’s ideology to develop the nation, which was then under colonial rule, was premised on the concept of socialism, claims a newly published translated version of an original Bengali book on the iconic statesman.
Translator KV Subrahmonyan has done a brilliant job in painstakingly translating “Gandhi Gabeshana” to become “Revolutionary Gandhi”. The book was originally written by Indian author and a top communist leader Pannalal Dasgupta in 1955 and the English version offers an insight into the thinking of Gandhi on socialism and how he thought it could help form a nation.
“Revolutionary Gandhi” tells its readers of Gandhi’s firm belief that a thorough change in the socio-political environment must start with an individual, rather than with society as a whole. Gandhi’s approach to socialism was inspired by the spirit of putting oneself in order first.
“Beginning with oneself was central to all his thoughts and actions. He also felt the need for a classless society and had no hesitation in calling himself a socialist or even a communist,” wrote Pannalal.
Pannalal argued that on hindsight, left-leaning Indian freedom fighters had failed to recognise Gandhi as a true revolutionary force. He even ventured to state that this was a historical blunder.
Pannalal should know. After all, he was a revolutionary communist leader – widely known as the indomitable rebel – during the years India was fighting for her independence from the British.
The 490-page “Revolutionary Gandhi” is not the ordinary biography or narrative-based book on Gandhi; rather it offers a valuable, penetrating vision into the thoughts of Gandhi while in the midst of preparing his non-violent campaign against the British.