Category: Features

Introducing Photowalks

Starting with this year’s Christmas we’ll be having Photowalks frequently. Means, we’ll roam around Kottayam and shoot photos of things that are worth celebrating.

We’re starting off with the Christmas Photowalk Series. Photos will be posted frequently as posts categorized under the Photowalk tag and finally we’ll pick the best ones from the many photowalks and compile them into one single post.

Here’s the first photowalk post showing the lovely decorated AVG showroom.

Interesting Book Covers and Packages [from the Book Fair]

Update: The 2011 Darsana Book fair will be held from 28th January – 06th February at Thirunakkara Grounds.

The quality of book printing & publishing is soaring heights and is getting so fine that even browsing through book covers is such a pleasure. We had some great time browsing through the sea of awesome books on display at the DC Books + Current Books stall (the left-most pavilion).

This is where you’ll find international bestsellers. A lot of them. And loads of foreign books. Here goes the picks.








8 Great Apparel Brands. Now in Kottayam Town.

More and more reasons to be happy. Eight great branded apparel outlets have been opened in Kottayam Town. The joyous fact is that, 7 of them are international style-icon brands. It’s great to see more of these coming up, adding life and color to our town.

Pepe Jeans
(Sasthri Road)

Levi Strauss Signature
(Sasthri Road)

Koutons
(Sasthri Road)

Levi’s
(Sasthri Road)


Basics Life
(M.D. Commerical Centre, K.K. Road)


Zapp! Zapp! has been replaced by Arrows
(M.D. Commerical Centre, K.K. Road)

Wrangler & Reebok
Opposite Darsana Cultural Centre, Shastri Road.

Multi-brand mega store chain – MegaMart is now open in Kottayam, above Hotel Aryaas, Baker Junction.

Quality Hotels Spring up around Ettumanoor

Business class hotels are being deployed in a high frequency around Ettumanoor. Within a few months three such hotels were opened within a distance of 10 km from Ettumanoor. And two of them – Zurich International and Vijaya Park – are situated by the side of E.E. (Ettumanoor-Ernakulam) Road with just about 1.5kms separating the both. Third one  – Hotel Elegance – is at Kidangoor Junction on the Ettumanoor-Pala highway.

All the three have excellent ambience for informal gatherings or get-togethers. A/C & Non A/C Conference and Banquet halls, suites & coffee shops are present too.

Zurich International will take you by surprise and awe with their stunning illuminations (photos available at their gallery), while Vijaya Park will impress you with the sleek, smooth and homely atmosphere. And Hotel Elegance wins with their great location and imposing structure.

Here are few pics of the three, we managed to shoot.