Posted by Sabu Joseph in http://sabujosef.blogspot.com, republished here with his permission.
It has been quite while I was thinking of taking a trip to Western Ghats. When my friend Vimal told me that he would be in Wayanad for a few days also, I thought it was right time to go. So there started a trip that I will be remembering for a long, long time.

I had my train from Ernakulam by noon also, and made it on right time in Calicut. Finished a small business meeting I had there, then …

Nothing of the present – repeat Nothing can be compared to the Munnar of the past. The Munnar of the past was Paradise, while the Munnar of the present, if I may quote a title from Milton, is ‘Paradise Lost’, writes Mr.Shamshudeen Marikar.He also comments on present scenario and a dream for future, if there is any.

Munnar is a lost glory to what it was just a few years ago, may be as recent as three or four decades ago- Ecologically, in its fantastic natural scenic beauty, in its Biodiversity, …

Vilangad is a small town, north-east of Calicut district bordering with Wayanad and Kannur. There have been a demand for a road , from here to Kunjom in Wayanad district for a few decades. The geography of the region, across the road is to be constructed and the presence of dense and rich rain forest . Recently a wing of merchants, religious leaders, local politicians a section of people have intensified the pressure for the road. They organized a march to the forest to bring the political attention on the …