The Rebelle blog

It all began with a wedding. My friend was getting married in Kerala over a lavish 5-day ceremony last year in May. I had never been to Kerala and jumped the opportunity to attend the wedding. I bought a one-way ticket, to begin with. Little did I know that not only my stay at the wedding festivities make me fall in love with the places I was at but make me want to travel more. I met two friends of the groom who were from Poland and on their very first visit to Kerala. We decided to travel together on the train; I was going to Kochi, they were going to Allepey. We hit it off really well through the journey, talking about poetry and cities, movies, and music. Midway through the train travel when the Ticket Collector approached them, they decided to abandon their Allepey plan and join me in staying at Kochi and exploring the city. Thus, began the Kochi sojourn for three girls without a map, without an itinerary. We landed up at 3pm at Kochi and went for a stroll around 5. The evenin...

Laurie Baker Centre has once again come back introducing Summer School 2014 for Architects, Interior Designers & Civil Engineers held from 19 May - 1 June in Kerala shedding more light on Cost effective Architecture practiced by Ar. Laurie Baker.  It would be real fun Learning and exploring new technologies and methods of Construction. Hands on training, Tours, Lectures, Discussions and Lot of other things are being included in the program. Please spread the word and invite students of Architecture, Planning, Practitioners and anyone who wants to learn Environmentally sustainable building techniques. Posted BELOW are the poster and brochures for more information. The registration form is also given at the bottom.