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Housing a dream
Slums are a perennial question mark to the powers that be. The people-friendly scheme adopted at Mattancherry to rehabilitate slumdwellers is a healthy step which can be emulated. PRIYADARSSHINI SHARMA on the project, nearing completion.

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Spice peddlers from the north
THE FRAGRANCE and flavour of spices tempted the Arabs, Dutch, the British and many others to sail to this land. They touched these shores to trade in black gold (pepper), nutmeg, dry ginger, cardamom and the like. And in turn they brought to this ...

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Power haunts
R. Gopalakrishnan Nair, private secretary to five former ministers (M. N. Govindan Nair, Chithiranjan, V. V. Raghavan, V. K. Rajan and Krishnan Kaniyamparambil), narrates the myths and beliefs that centre on the `minster's bunglows'.

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For 40 years with a cycle rickshaw
Cycle rickshaw are a rarity in the city now. But Raman chettan has been on it for the last 40 years and is still at it, carrying kids to school. SUNIL NALIYATH follows him with his camera and talks to him about life at 75 on a cycle rickshaw.

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