The Kodai Chronicle

A Dispatch from the Western Ghats

  • Community
  • Environment
  • Culture
  • Food
  • Letters
  • தமிழ்
  • Support Us
  • Advertise
  • Archive
  • About
    • About Us
    • Mission and Vision
    • Our Team
    • Announcements
    • Praise for TKC
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Submissions

The Kodai Chronicle

Culture - Page 3

Still from The Road to Kuthriyar.

Revolutionary Road: From Kodai to Kuthriyar

by Preetam Koilpillai
December 18, 2021May 23, 2022

A new film set in Kodaikanal showcases the Palani Hills and a community of its displaced original…

Read...
Woman reading on hammock

A Few Favourites

by Karuna Jenkins
December 18, 2021May 23, 2022

Every month, a staffer tells you what they are reading, viewing, and listening to…

Read...
Billy Yesudian singing

Faith, Worship and Rock’n’Roll in Kodai

by Maya Sarkar
December 12, 2021May 23, 2022

How local musician Billy Yesudian played with international band Bride’s Dale Thompson and made it into the…

Read...
Murder on the Menu

Specials of the Day: Sambar, Rasam, and Murder

by Nitin Padte
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

An interview with Nirupama Subramanian, the author of Murder on the Menu, an astutely observed true crime…

Read...
Adam Khan

Adam Khan of Kodai

by Barbara Block
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

This hill station’s well-known impressionistic realist brings its wild gardens into our homes…

Read...
Kodaikanal hills

A Few Favourites

by Jacob Cherian
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

Every month, a staffer tells you what they are reading, viewing, and listening to…

Read...
Dr Mathew Joseph in concert

Music and Medicine

by Dr Mathew Joseph
August 28, 2021April 7, 2025

Musician-physician Dr Mathew Joseph describes his musical journey, travelling from the Kodai Music Festivals of yesteryears to…

Read...
Mountain literature - Kumaon

Mountain Literature and Me

by Namita Gokhale
August 28, 2021May 23, 2022

A writer and festival director tells us how the peaks of her native Kumaon—Kodai’s Himalayan cousin in…

Read...
Fun shrooms

A Few Favourites

by Neha Sumitran
August 28, 2021May 23, 2022

Every month, a staffer tells you what they are reading, viewing, and listening to…

Read...
Hill station literature

A Place in the Sun

by Rajni George
July 10, 2021May 23, 2022

Hill station literature can be underestimated by readers and publishers—how do its writers contend with the marginality…

Read...
Previous 1 2 3 4 Next

Recent Articles

  • Farewell TKC, Hello Sky Islands!
  • Meditation in the Mountains: The Palani Hills’ Bodhi Zendo
  • Sowing the Future
  • Sky Islands Awarded Grant by Shared Ecologies
  • Snakes, On A Different Plane

Subscribe to Us

Send us your name and email address so we can send you updates or relevant information via email.

About Us

The Kodai Chronicle is created and published by residents and friends of Kodaikanal and neighbouring areas.

The Kodai Chronicle

  • Letters
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Mission and Vision
  • Our Team
  • Announcements
  • Advertise with Us
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Refund Policy
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Copyright © 2021 | The Kodai Chronicle

  • Letters
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Mission and Vision
  • Our Team
  • Announcements
  • Advertise with Us
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Refund Policy
  • Community
  • Environment
  • Culture
  • Food
  • Letters
  • தமிழ்
  • Support Us
  • Advertise
  • Archive
  • About
    • About Us
    • Mission and Vision
    • Our Team
    • Announcements
    • Praise for TKC
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Submissions