She was born in Vijayanagaram, and this is perhaps a homecoming for the Chennai-based artiste. SICA's festival kicks off with a renown female violinist who doesn't need much help feeling at home.
It can be a bird, a plane, or even a man who wears his underwear on the outside. All you need is a vegetable, a knife, and a desire to save the world. Or at least two of those.
Onam is big even outside Kerala - proof of that will be the number of the rest of us flocking in here. Only, nobody's trying to prove anything anyway - the payasams here leave little thought for anything else!
30% off on women's wear, printed silk saris, bedsheets, shirts, new design readymade garments and towels. And where it's all being sold, perhaps it's all holy, too. That's what we call the best of both worlds.
Artisans from different states will display their handlooms and handicrafts here, but that's almost a platitude at Shilparamam. Spicing it up this time are life-size models of the Golconda Fort and Mahankali temple. Don't ask why we can't just go to Golco