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The <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> <strong>Patrika</strong>, Vol, 23, No. 4, <strong>July</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Kochi. (See the picture of<br />
the nets used to catch fish.)<br />
Now they are used mainly<br />
as a tourist attraction. With<br />
abundant coastlines and<br />
backwaters, seafood is a<br />
staple in the Kerala diet<br />
for many. People use the<br />
Cheena Valaa (Chinese nets) in Kochi<br />
waterways to go to work<br />
(see the photograph below). These special ferries worked like bus routes<br />
along the waters.<br />
It was a near perfect vacation, though very, very short. Soothing to<br />
the eyes and the spirit, a vacation trip to Southern Kerala is a must for<br />
any traveler in South India. •<br />
South Indian Films in Silk Screen Festival<br />
Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films are part of this year’s Silk Screen<br />
Festival during September 21-30. Here are the highlights:<br />
Take Off (Malayalam): Portrays the ordeal suffered by a group<br />
of Indian nurses captured by ISIS militants when they took over the city<br />
of Takrit in Iraq.<br />
To Let (Tamil): Story of a working couple with evicted from<br />
their rental place by their greedy landlord in Chennai’s 2007 real estate<br />
boom. Riding on mopeds, they fight against time and the prejudices of<br />
rental property owners.<br />
Mahanati (Telugu): This is a controversial <strong>2018</strong> biopic on the<br />
legendary actress Savitri’s rise and fall in South Indian filmdom.<br />
Dates, timings, and venue at www.silkscreenfestival.com •<br />
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