Clathrus Ruber: The Basket Stinkhorn May Be the Strangest Fungus You’ll Meet by Pippa Mukherjee Up close and personal with the red cage fungus, a marvellous and mysterious mushroom that smells like…
Pastry Corner: Kodaikanal’s Bakery with a Heart by Lathika George If you’ve been to Kodai, chances are you’ve stopped by the town’s immensely popular little adda, for…
Elephant in My Backyard by Neha Sumitran What does coexistence mean for elephants and locals in the Kodaikanal area? In this special long-form story,…
Parables for Us All: Amitav Ghosh on the Importance of Big Stories from Small Towns by Rajni George An interview with this renowned writer reminds us that the small stories make up the big battles…
Mapping the ‘Two-headed’ Snake: Shielding our Shieldtails by Jacob Cherian A new citizen science initiative aims to record sightings of the elusive Shieldtail snake, a common species…
Flowers of a Garden in the Sky: Red, Green, and Glorious – The Photogenic Poinsettia by Girija Viraraghavan From Mexican legend to contemporary Christmas icon, this striking flower is seen in many a Kodai garden…
Coronavirus through the Kodai Lens: An Adivasi’s Perspective of the Pandemic by Murugeshwari Lockdowns meant that Adivasis suffered economic loss and saw a resurgence of forests—a member of the Palaiyar…
Kodai Hotel Takes the Lead on Waste Management: A Report from The Holiday Home Resort by Jegu Markam A hotelier’s waste management initiative offers hope in managing the ecological impact of Kodai’s tourism-related waste crisis…
The Power of ‘Placefulness’: The Pines of Kodaikanal by Richa Kaul Padte Centuries after they rooted, Kodai’s pine forests are still considered an invasive species: sweet-scented but problematic, they…
Kodai’s ‘Talking Library’: Part Salon, Part Reading Room, the KMU is the Stuff of Kodai Legend by Paul DeJong The Kodaikanal Missionary Union Library, one of Kodai’s oldest institutions, has one important condition: you must join…
Down and Out with Ms Perumalmalai by Ms Perumalmalai Kodai’s very own Pity Paati solves your problems, one question at a time…
Kodai Comfort Food in the ’90s: From Baba’s French Fries to Fay’s Rhubarb Crumble by Pratap Chahal London’s Chef Pratap Chahal on Kodai food memories, and why studying here was like winning the lottery…
Farmer’s Journal: Meet the Fragrant Virupakshi Hill Banana, Endemic to the Palani Hills by Shaker Nagarajan The first instalment of our new series on Growing Food explores the prized Virupakshi banana, exclusive to…
Revolutionary Road: From Kodai to Kuthriyar by Preetam Koilpillai A new film set in Kodaikanal showcases the Palani Hills and a community of its displaced original…
A Few Favourites by Karuna Jenkins Every month, a staffer tells you what they are reading, viewing, and listening to…
Yuletides of Yore: Memories of High-Altitude Christmases in Kodai, Valparai, and Darjeeling by Minoo Avari This time of the year is always special in the mountains—one former resident of several hill stations…
Trotting Along by Kodai Lake, Learning to Farm in Patti by Dhruv Vishwas Susikar A fourth-generation Kodai kid takes us up the ghat road and back down to the fields of…
Please Bug Me by Pia Krishen This photo essay asks readers to identify the beautiful bugs of Kodai, captured here by a veteran…
Letter to the Readers, December 2021 by The Kodai Chronicle Staff Dear Readers, It’s the end of the year—at last. What a year! Elephants at Pillar Rocks, non-stop…
Letters to The Kodai Chronicle, December 2021 by The Kodai Chronicle Staff Dear TKC Editors, I was delighted to come across (and subscribe to) The Kodai Chronicle—I spent many…
Faith, Worship and Rock’n’Roll in Kodai by Maya Sarkar How local musician Billy Yesudian played with international band Bride’s Dale Thompson and made it into the…
Flowers of a Garden in the Sky: Red, Green, and Glorious – The Photogenic Poinsettia by Girija Viraraghavan
Kodai’s ‘Talking Library’: Part Salon, Part Reading Room, the KMU is the Stuff of Kodai Legend by Paul DeJong
Farmer’s Journal: Meet the Fragrant Virupakshi Hill Banana, Endemic to the Palani Hills by Shaker Nagarajan
Yuletides of Yore: Memories of High-Altitude Christmases in Kodai, Valparai, and Darjeeling by Minoo Avari
INTACH Awards Kodai Students National and Regional Prizes in National Competition September 2, 2021December 19, 2021
