A half-built house, hardly 100 metres from the national highway at Vandanam in Alappuzha, remains as a grim reminder of a four-decadeold case that has attained a folklore status in the state. The dream house.
The road to the seven volcanic summits in the world from Mararikkulam, a small village in Alappuzha, is too short. Milasha Joseph, the 31-year-old Mararikkulam native, has already conquered three of them and has set.
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PB no. 2, Kottayam 1 June 26, 2021, 9:09 AM IST
The only service that is delayed in Bestotel is billing, so goes a popular saying among those who love the hotel-cumbakery. Neither the customers want to leave the hotel after food nor does the management wants to see them off in a hurry by presenting the bill.
For over 67 years, Bestotel, at the heart of Kottayam town, has been a witness to history. It was the place for film stars and famous writers. Legendary songwriters and novelists penned their masterpieces in its rooms and political leaders hobnobbed together in its lobbies.
Sadly, the pandemic has claimed this landmark hotel too. The shutters of the historic hotel will be downed permanently on August 31.
Landing a ‘big fish’
When YouTuber Sebin Cyriac got a call from Rahul Gandhi’s office last week confirming that he has been chosen to accompany the Gandhi scion on a deep-sea fishing trip during his Kerala visit, Cyriac was surprised.
Though Gandhi’s office had informed him about such a trip a couple of times, it somehow did not happen due to various reasons. But this time around, he was told to get ready along with his crew for the trip and reach Kollam by 4am on February 24.
Sebin Cyriac with Rahul Gandhi. Sebin said Rahul told him he was a divemaster and supervised scuba diving while at college.