Kerala on Epistlehttps://epistle.covai.org/tags/kerala/Recent content in Kerala on EpistleHugoen-usMon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000The Areca Spears of Vayalar: How Travancore's Underclass Faced the Diwan's Bren Gunshttps://epistle.covai.org/posts/punnapra-vayalar-uprising/Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://epistle.covai.org/posts/punnapra-vayalar-uprising/In October 1946, the coir workers and landless peasants of coastal Travancore rose against the autocratic Diwan’s plan for an independent monarchy, facing a military blockade with staves carved from areca palms.