Comments on: Welcome to Ormmakal

By: Don Bosco

Don Bosco — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:24:47 +0000

The readers of site are not only second or third generation Keralian living in another country or state. This Keralian may be quite happy with writing Malayalam in English, or even discuss matters related to Malayalam or its literature or any branch of knowledge in English. You will never get the beauty of our language if you write in the so called Manglish. Moreover we are living in the modern world where we may be called upon to explain many things to others who would like to know about our culture. I could not write the history of ancient Kerala in Malayalam in spite of having a website on the subject. Main reason is that the softwares and fonts developed by many people are not suitable for ordinary people. You may be able to write Malayalam, but cannot transmit them to another person who do not have that particular software.

Is there anybody who can develop a font, through which we can write Malayalam directly just like we type English using the normal computer keyboard? We may require 100 and odd characters to be incorporated, at the same time the user should be able to guess what to do for typing a particular character. This can be easily done, but I do not know how to design a font suitable for Windows. Please help
Don Bosco

By: Beautiful Minds

Beautiful Minds — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:52:56 +0000

Cool dear.. saw this juz now.!

And a cool template as well (Especially the comments profile pic display!)

By: karmadude

karmadude — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:08:38 +0000

FYI: The picture frame that shows up against the comments is hooked up to Gravatar, so if you would like your custom Avatar to show up, you will have to sign up for a Gravatar id. Make sure to use the same email id you use when commenting.

By: karmadude

karmadude — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:04:09 +0000

@IM, Sorry about the slow progress with the site, but things are slowly taking shape. Thank you for pushing me, that will definitely help me going.

Keep the discussions going everyone, your comments and interactions are very motivational.

By: I. M. Medamana

I. M. Medamana — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:30:50 +0000

Thank you, Abraham and Anand, for responding to my query. I’ll definitely follow up on both suggestions.
Meanwhile, Karmadude, please keep the site maintained. You see, people like me are already benefiting.

-IM

By: Anand Nambiar

Anand Nambiar — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:45:35 +0000

You can contact the Kerala Council of Historical Research(KCHR) directly by phone or email regarding the cost of the book and how to pay.Following is the text of the email I received regarding my enquiry of the book.I shall procure at least Volume I for myself. There are 4 volumes in all.

Attn : Sri. Anand Nambiar

Sir,

We are in receipt of your letter dated 26-05-07. Sorry for the delay in replying.

The cost of Travancore State Manual by Velu Pillai (Vol I) will come to Rs 400 plus Rs. 60 (freight charges).
Kindly note that we dont accept cheques. On receipt of your DD or Money Order in favour of Director, KCHR, we would be despatching the book.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Administrative Officer
Kerala Council for Historical Research
PB 839, Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan
Nalanda, Thiruvananthapuram- 695 003
Tel: / Fax : 0471 2310409/ 6574988
E Mail : kchr@sancharnet.in / kchrtvm@gmail.com
Website: keralahistory.ac.in

This cost was for delivery to Kannur,Kerala.

By: keralafarmer

keralafarmer — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:49:28 +0000

GOOD
Thanks for the links of my Malayalam blog posts.
Visit: http://rubber.wordpress.com
Thank you

By: ANAND NAMBIAR

ANAND NAMBIAR — Sat, 26 May 2007 08:54:08 +0000

THIS is for IM.

The Travancore State manual by T.K. Velupillai may be sent by post if a request is written to
Dr. P.J. Cherian,
The Director,
Kerala Council for Historical Research,
Nalanda, Vyloppilly Sanskrithi Bhavan,
Thiruvananthapuram-03,
Kerala, India.

This is because there is a reference to postage being free during some particular festival period.
Unfortunately I could not find a telephone number for this address.

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Lets not count the billions guys,
life is much more interwoven.

By: Abraham Tharakan

Abraham Tharakan — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:29:03 +0000

Great launch. Keep it up. All the best.

I have a site Song of the waves-Parayil A. Tharakan Blog
which contains a lot of nostalgia and photos of Kerala among other things.

For I.M. Medamana I suggest starting with ‘Avasanathe Ezhunnullathe’ by Malayankeezhu Ramachandran that starts with the demise of Sri Chithira Thirunal Maharaja and traces back a lot of history. Perhaps I might do a post on interesting reading on Kerala history.
Abraham Tharakan.

By: I. M. Medamana

I. M. Medamana — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:26:09 +0000

Great site! I plan to return often. In the future, I hope there will be a section on Kerala history. In school I learned a lot about British history, Mugal History, and the history of the various dynasties in North India, but very little of Kerala history. I’ve been trying to get a book by T. K. Velupillai (Travancore State Manual), but couldn’t find it on the web for sale. If anybody can help, please leave a posting.
-IM
USA