Articles

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  GMGayathri Mohan7 min read

  The Red Roofs of Mangalore: A Tile Story

  A German missionary, a bend of river clay, and a flat red tile that ended up on roofs from Bombay to Rangoon. A hundred and sixty years on, the kilns that gave half of India its skyline are going cold one by one.

  mangalorecrafthistoryheritage
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  GMGayathri Mohan8 min read

  The Night a Man Becomes a God: A Bhuta Kola Story

  For one night in a village courtyard, a performer from a scheduled caste puts on paint, fire and a giant halo, and the whole village kneels to the spirit speaking through his mouth. By morning he is a labourer again — and that gap is the whole story.

  otherritualtuluvaheritage
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  GMGayathri Mohan5 min read

  The Rotti That Cracks: A Kori Rotti Story

  How a wafer of dried rice and a pot of dark chicken curry became the dish a Tuluva feast is measured by, and why the handmade rotti is the fragile half.

  mangalorefoodtuluvaheritage