EDITORS DESK

Dear friends,

It is an honourable occasion to be interacting with you all on the website. I wish to thank you for the warm acceptance and patronage you have lend us at the Kerala Cultural Foundation. Without this, such an attempt would have never been possible. This site is an attempt to further the cause of the organisation and spread the laurels of Kerala all over the globe. The foundation has conducted field studies and research in to each and every vertical mentioned here in the website. Please go through the listed topics and contact us for any help you may require with the same. Since the volume of literature on these topics is huge, they have not been included in the site. Any person - with either academic and cultural interest in the any of the topics mentioned underneath, can contact me and I assure you that no leaf will be left unturned in helping you get on with your project.

The history of Kerala is a vast field by itself. Like the origin of any other civilisation, Kerala's too remain shrouded in the mists of time and space. We have made original efforts to retrieve some information on the history and culture of the state. Cyber-literature on many of the topics have been included in the site. You would find them knowledgeable and authentic. The team who conducts the research have been assembled from every walk of life. This is very important because the practical values of culture and social behavior is often lost or diluted while excessively academic people get to handle them. The efforts at the foundation have been three tier.

They are:

Identification of subjects for study: Inclusion of new subjects have been done from public request, existing studies and new and independent research.   Recording the information: All information has been recorded and written down to facilitate the availability of original field study for further research   Derivation of original theoretical conclusion.   To spread the glory of the civilizations far and wide.

The site intends to bridge the gap between the original researcher and the seeker of the information.

I believe you will put the site to best use. Assuring you of all possible help and support,

Your's truly, Raju Kannampuzha.

This site is dedicated to Mr. R. Ramachandran, Mr. Xavier Sebastian and all my teachers and classmates at UC College, Alwaye.

I acknowledge the sincere efforts of my friends Venugopal, Haridasan, Anil Kumar, Madhu S. Kayarat, Vasudevan, Shyam, Sujithra, Renjith and Russel to make this website possible.