Kerala revisited

By: Louk Vreeswijk

Jun 05 2016

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Category: Asia, India

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When I think of Kerala, images of the early years of my life as filmmaker-anthropologist come to my mind. In the 70s and early 80s of last century my relationship with India was concentrated on Kerala. Spread over frequent visits I must have stayed there at least one year if not more. And although I have been back to Kerala briefly in between, my visit in 2014 was like revisiting part of my own past.

Family of my friend Sukumaram, Vellanad, TVM district, Kerala, India 1976

Family of my friend Sukumaram, Vellanad, TVM district, Kerala, India 1976

Walking around in familiar places; meeting old friends, now, like myself, well past retirement age; noticing changes and things unchanged in the appearance of cities, towns, villages, landscapes; merging new impressions and memories of the past into series of layered images in my mind.
Kerala, My Own Country.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2014

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2014

Photo of the week: Thrikunnapuzha, Kerala, India 2014

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