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Kayamkulam Kochunni: The Night He Spared the Brahmin
Kayamkulam Kochunni

Kayamkulam Kochunni: The Night He Spared the Brahmin

Every rule has an exception. Kochunni’s exception revealed more about him than all his robberies combined. There is...

Kayamkulam Kochunni: The Robber Who Bowed to No One
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Kayamkulam Kochunni: The Robber Who Bowed to No One

He never robbed a poor man. Not once. Not in thirty years on the roads of Travancore. The...

Kadamattathu Kathanar: The Dead Man Who Walked
Kadamattathu Kathanar

Kadamattathu Kathanar: The Dead Man Who Walked

There are things the church cannot explain. Kathanar never tried to explain them. He simply dealt with them....

Naranathu Bhranthan: The Night He Met the Goddess
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Naranathu Bhranthan: The Night He Met the Goddess

He had laughed at kings. He had laughed at death. But when she appeared, even Bhranthan went silent....

Naranathu Bhranthan :The Boulder on the Hill
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Naranathu Bhranthan :The Boulder on the Hill

A Note to the Reader There is a hill in the Palakkad district of Kerala. It is not...

Kadamattathu Kathanar and the Yakshi
Kadamattathu Kathanar

Kadamattathu Kathanar and the Yakshi

To understand Kadamattathu Kathanar, you must first understand something about the world he inhabited — a world in...