Allepe and the Backwaters of Kerala: Part Three- St Thomas’ Church

A largely Christian area of India, Kerala is a matriarchal society, and currently communist.  The women must be doing a good job, because education is high, everyone speaks English, and Kerala is the wealthiest part of India.  We were once …

Allepe and the Backwaters of Kerala: Part Two

Down Kerala’s watery fingers, we serenely floated in our rice boat by small homes on strips of land as wide as the house.  Rice fields flank the canals, where men and women bath and wash their clothing and dishes. Here …