Podcasts about Malabar

Dr. Sandy Kershaw is a General Practitioner with over 16 years of experience working at Long Bay Correctional Complex in Malabar, Sydney. Her professional background is diverse and includes working in homeless health, palliative care, Aboriginal medical health, and with the military. Dr. Kershaw unexpectedly found her calling in corrections health, where she treats a variety of inmates with different medical needs, ranging from acute to chronic conditions. Key Takeaways: Dr. Sandy Kershaw has extensive experience in diverse medical fields, and her work in the correctional system emerged from an initial locum stint that became a fulfilling, long-term career. The complexity and unpredictability of jail healthcare challenge medical professionals to adapt quickly, often dealing with emergencies and long waiting lists. Despite the harsh environment, Dr. Kershaw highlights the importance of treating every inmate with dignity and the significant impact such care can have. Dr. Kershaw values the unique medical challenges presented in a correctional environment, offering an opportunity to handle complex cases not commonly seen in regular general practice. Security protocols and the presence of contraband items significantly influence the healthcare dynamics within a prison, but appropriate measures ensure a surprisingly safe work atmosphere. Notable Quotes: "The patients didn't scare me; it was the physical environment. Shawshank Redemption comes to mind—very oppressive." "You see things you do not see in the average general practice. You see things that otherwise you only see in textbooks." "A lot of people who committed certain offenses are very often victims themselves." "It's an insane job, but it is very enjoyable. I love the medicine and the difference you can make." "Incarceration in Australia is designed to curtail the freedom of movement, not to punish through other mechanisms." Support the show, a product of Hope Media: https://hope1032.com.au/donate/2211A-pod/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does a man transition from a "flogged prince" to a revolutionary sovereign? Ramjee Chandran explores the formative trauma and brilliant administrative mind of Tipu Sultan. Following the death of Hyder Ali, Tipu inherited a state designed for perpetual war and set about the impossible task of making it thrive in peace. From the public humiliation that defined his sense of discipline to the creation of a "modern" bureaucracy that even the British would eventually copy, this episode reveals Tipu as a "scientist-king" operating in a feudal world—a ruler who demanded absolute obedience because he had felt the lash of it himself. Key Details from the Script: The Public Flogging: In 1771, a teenage Tipu was publicly whipped on Hyder Ali's orders for disobeying military commands during a battle. The act was calculated "theatre" to prove that military discipline superseded blood loyalty. Fiscal Revolution: Tipu systematically dismantled the palegar system—hereditary chieftains who had acted as semi-independent despots—and replaced them with a salaried, accountable bureaucracy. The Peasant's Win: By removing middleman corruption, Tipu nearly doubled state revenues while actually reducing the tax burden on individual peasants. The British Debt: British officials like Thomas Munro were so impressed by Tipu's revenue system that they used it as the foundation for the colonial Ryotwari settlement across South India. The Scientist-King: Unlike his illiterate father, Tipu was an intellectual who spoke four languages, owned a 2,000-volume library, and entertained (or terrified) British officers with demonstrations of electricity and physics. Ending the Fiction: In 1786, Tipu abandoned the charade of Wadiyar rule, formally declaring himself sovereign and eventually winding up the institution of the Maharaja altogether by 1796. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Prestige Group, that makes this podcast possible. Follow The History Of Bangalore on social, here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofbangalore/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfBangalore Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoryOfBLR YouTube: https://youtube.com/@HistoryOfBangalore?si=mnH3BsYfI4BUU234 iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-the-history-of-bangalore-163453722/ Follow Ramjee Chandran on Instagram and Twitter: @ramjeechandran The theme music for the show was composed by German-Indian Koln based percussionist, Ramesh Shotham. Ramjee Chandran's photos by Asha Thadani. RESEARCH AND SOURCES: All our episodes are based on published research and archive records. To request information about our sources, write to hob@explocity.com. Let us know if you are a researcher (either institutional or independent) and also provide some information about why you need this information. Researchers will get priority. We only have time to engage serious, academic queries so please understand if we do not respond to casual requests.

Brandy Lynn Hall was a 32-year-old firefighter and mother of two from Brevard County, Florida, who vanished on the evening of August 17th, 2006, after leaving her volunteer fire station in Malabar. The next day, her prized green pickup truck was found deliberately submerged in a nearby pond with a significant amount of her blood inside but no trace of Brandy herself. As time went on, scattered personal items surfaced miles away, but no body, no clear timeline, and no definitive suspect ever emerged. Despite connections to her husband's recent drug case, a long-term affair with a fellow firefighter, and a series of investigative missteps, Brandy's disappearance remains one of Florida's most mystifying unsolved cases.  Try our coffee! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com Become a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeekly Shop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcast Website: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.com Instagram: @CrimeWeeklyPod Twitter: @CrimeWeeklyPod Facebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brandy Lynn Hall was a 32-year-old firefighter and mother of two from Brevard County, Florida, who vanished on the evening of August 17th, 2006, after leaving her volunteer fire station in Malabar. The next day, her prized green pickup truck was found deliberately submerged in a nearby pond with a significant amount of her blood inside but no trace of Brandy herself. As time went on, scattered personal items surfaced miles away, but no body, no clear timeline, and no definitive suspect ever emerged. Despite connections to her husband's recent drug case, a long-term affair with a fellow firefighter, and a series of investigative missteps, Brandy's disappearance remains one of Florida's most mystifying unsolved cases. Try our coffee! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.comBecome a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeeklyShop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shopYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcastWebsite: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.comInstagram: @CrimeWeeklyPodTwitter: @CrimeWeeklyPodFacebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod 

Brandy Lynn Hall was a 32-year-old firefighter and mother of two from Brevard County, Florida, who vanished on the evening of August 17th, 2006, after leaving her volunteer fire station in Malabar. The next day, her prized green pickup truck was found deliberately submerged in a nearby pond with a significant amount of her blood inside but no trace of Brandy herself. As time went on, scattered personal items surfaced miles away, but no body, no clear timeline, and no definitive suspect ever emerged. Despite connections to her husband's recent drug case, a long-term affair with a fellow firefighter, and a series of investigative missteps, Brandy's disappearance remains one of Florida's most mystifying unsolved cases. Try our coffee! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.comBecome a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeeklyShop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shopYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcastWebsite: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.comInstagram: @CrimeWeeklyPodTwitter: @CrimeWeeklyPodFacebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod ADS:1. https://www.Chime.com/CrimeWeekly - Join millions who are banking FEE-FREE today!2. https://www.EatIQBAR.com - Text WEEKLY to 64000 for 20% off ALL IQBAR products and FREE shipping!3. https://www.TakeLean.com - Use code CRIMEWEEKLY to get 20% off and FREE rush shipping!4. https://www.WeightWatchers.com/CrimeWeekly - Get your special offer today!5. https://www.OneSkin.com/CrimeWeekly - Use code CRIMEWEEKLY for 15% off!

A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-the-need-for-pax-indica-malacca-was-blocked-1001-years-ago-hormuz-is-choked-now-14005673.htmlIn 1025 CE, exactly 1,001 years ago, Emperor Rajendra Chola sent an armada (probably the largest fleet in history before the advent of steam) 4,000 kilometers clear across the Indian Ocean. It was on a mission strangely familiar to us in 2026: open up a critical strait that was being choked by a littoral state. The thalassocratic SriVijaya Empire of Sumatra was closing the strait and imposing tolls, as well as winking at a little piracy.The strait in question then was Malacca. The Chola goal: to reopen Indian trade with Southeast Asia and China. Remarkably, the Cholas were not interested in territorial conquest, only in freedom of navigation.It is ironic that today, it is again a question of free trade, that shibboleth that has been waved about for decades (although that was a euphemism for ‘managed trade that benefits the West').The difference between then and now? The salient fact is that Rajendra Chola was able to open Malacca with his wooden ships. With all his aircraft carriers and F-35s and missiles, President Trump is unable to open Hormuz. This must mean something, although reasonable people may differ on what that is. My claim is that it means India has the opportunity, in fact the need, to step into the breach.Maritime trade is severely disturbed today, and it is increasingly a disaster for innocent bystanders bereft of oil and gas. And it is increasingly the Indian Ocean that matters: specifically the sea-lanes from Hormuz to Malacca, which handle a significant portion of both oil/gas trade and goods trade globally.Geo-politics and geo-economics, Mahan's and Spykman's theoriesIt is a reasonable conjecture that the locus of power has shifted over the centuries: in the 19th century, the Atlantic was supreme; in the 20th century, the Pacific; and in the 21st century, the most important ocean is the Indian Ocean. Asia has returned to center stage. In support of this assertion, see how the economic center of gravity of the world has returned to the vicinity of India, after the European colonial interlude.It is therefore appropriate to ask what it would take for India to regain its former keystone role in the Indian Ocean. Of course geography offers it to the country on a platter. From both Alfred Thayer Mahan's theory of naval power, and from Nicholas Spykman's Rimland theory, India could be, or should be, the dominant power in the region: it is almost literally India's ocean.Mahan's ideas, updated for today, suggest that a strong navy should protect a large merchant marine fleet, manage trade, and control choke-points. The preferred hardware may have changed from battleships to aircraft carriers and especially nuclear submarines these days, but the basic idea remains: speak softly but carry a big stick with a force-projection navy.Spykman's Rimland theory seems more appropriate in current circumstances than the Heartland theory popularized by Halford MacKinder. The Eurasian land mass may well be subject to control by a coastal hegemon or an alliance that controls the sea lanes and choke points. Despite pipelines and rail-borne containers, maritime trade still dominates.Spice Route >> Silk RoadA stark reminder of this is the comparison between the fabled ‘Silk Road' and the ancient ‘Spice Route'. Despite all the breathless propaganda about the Silk Road, it is abundantly clear that sea-borne trade was an order of magnitude greater, because a caravan of 500 camels, braving deserts, bandits and so on across central Asia couldn't possibly carry more than 100 tons of goods; whereas an ocean-going stitched teak ship, like a single uru from Beypore, Kerala, could easily carry 400 tons. And the monsoon winds provided predictable, seasonal propulsion.India's prowess was built on the monsoons. By mastering the seasonal winds, Indian mariners turned the ocean into a highway. This made India the supreme trading power. Merchants from Rome and Egypt traded with Chinese and Southeast Asian counterparts on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts, leaving behind troves of coins as evidence.The SwitchThe remarkable thing is that these merchants did not even need to meet each other physically, because India provided the “multi-protocol switch”: translating their diverse needs and offering the conveniences of an entrepot, while also itself producing coveted, high-value products such as black pepper. For example, a Greek buyer could buy something from a Chinese seller, and settle the transaction using Indian credit.And how did India do it? By providing the “switching fabric”, such as the ports, the credit systems, and the security, that allowed these disparate worlds to exchange products and wealth without ever meeting.This is much like what a network gateway such as TIBCO does for packets of different kinds of data (in passing, how appropriate that TIBCO was founded by an Indian-American, Vivek Ranadive!). Hardware switches, eg. from Cisco Systems, have been around for a while, but TIBCO abstracted that functionality in software to connect those with different protocols.India already has many of the ingredients of the switching fabric in the India Stack. Using protocols like UPI, e-KYC, Account Aggregation, Central Bank Digital Currency, and ONDC, especially along with distributed-ledger blockchain-based Smart Contracts, it should be possible to provide end-to-end transparent and reliable multi-party trade support which complements the SWIFT payment system. Complement, not necessarily replace.The same pattern held with India's age-old trade system. The ports were on the Malabar Coast, such as Muziris; on the Coromandel coast, such as Arikkamedu; and on the Konkan Coast, such as Bharuchcha. The credit systems were run by temples which acted as both bankers and venture capitalists for the trading guilds. The security: well, that's what Rajendra Chola demonstrated in 1025 CE.Alas, medieval India lost its maritime focus. So did China. Both became insular, and were overwhelmed by invaders, including Turkics and Europeans. In India's case, the Turkic invaders were land-focused powers, although there were isolated maritime attempts (e.g. the Maratha Navy, Travancore defeating the Dutch in an amphibious battle at Colachel in 1741, etc.)Now, however, there are new ports. The most interesting is the Port of Trivandrum (Vizhinjam). This deep-water container transhipment port is only 10 nautical miles away from the Hormuz-Malacca sea lanes, and now when Dubai is closed, it reportedly has a backlog of a hundred container ships waiting to be berthed. Then there is the upcoming Vadhavan container port in Maharashtra, and the Galathea Bay container port in Great Nicobar, which overlooks the mouth of Malacca.Pax Indica todayThe modern idea of Pax Indica borrows from both perspectives: hard power and a switch. An Internet search brings up the fact that it was my friend Bapa Rao and I who first started talking about it in terms of India being the benevolent hegemon in the Indian Ocean, way back in the 1990s.Later, Shashi Tharoor wrote in his 2011 book Pax Indica that it could be “a peace system based on cooperation, stability, and rule‑based order in Asia and beyond, in which rising India helps shape the rules of the road rather than impose its will through hegemony.” That is, along roughly the same lines as the “multi protocol switch” or entrepot concept.Pax Indica is not an empire; it is an ecosystem. There are three aspects: military power, the full exploration of the multiprotocol switch, and the port-led development policy. Bapa Rao and I will consider these in a future article. Briefly, though, here is what these entail.* Project Power: Use a 3-carrier, 18-24-submarine navy to ensure no single power can close the ocean's gates.* Enable Trade: Use the Digital India Stack to act as the “Multi-Protocol Switch” for a fragmented world, plus super-ports like Vizhinjam (Trivandrum).* Secure the Choke Points: Be ready, like the Cholas, to act decisively when a “Srivijaya-style” blockade threatens the common good.Hard power needs to come through the acquisition of a blue water navy: at least three aircraft carrier groups, one for the Arabian Sea (Hormuz), one for the Bay of Bengal (Malacca), and one in maintenance, refit and upgrades.Even though drones and missiles have rendered them less dominant than in earlier times, carrier groups are still important for air superiority and power projection. But an ever-more critical factor is “area denial” by nuclear attack submarines (SSBN) that can launch second strike nuclear missiles as part of the “triad”, of which India should have at least three to four. In addition, there should be at least a dozen silent AIP-equipped diesel-electrics for securing straits, and at least 6-12 SSN (possibly leased) to enhance blue-water reach.“The IOR must become an Indian lake,” said General Raj Shukla on X. I agree: Not as a territory of conquest, but as a sanctuary of trade, where India sits at the center, as the protocol provider that makes world trade work again, as in millennia past.1500 words, 27 Apr, 2026Here's the notebookLM.google.com AI-generated video about this article: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Brandy Lynn Hall was a 32-year-old firefighter and mother of two from Brevard County, Florida, who vanished on the evening of August 17th, 2006, after leaving her volunteer fire station in Malabar. The next day, her prized green pickup truck was found deliberately submerged in a nearby pond with a significant amount of her blood inside but no trace of Brandy herself. As time went on, scattered personal items surfaced miles away, but no body, no clear timeline, and no definitive suspect ever emerged. Despite connections to her husband's recent drug case, a long-term affair with a fellow firefighter, and a series of investigative missteps, Brandy's disappearance remains one of Florida's most mystifying unsolved cases. Try our coffee! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.comBecome a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeeklyShop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shopYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcastWebsite: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.comInstagram: @CrimeWeeklyPodTwitter: @CrimeWeeklyPodFacebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod ADS:1. https://www.BollandBranch.com/CrimeWeekly - Get 15% off your first order and FREE shipping!2. Bull Shot Carpet - Text CRIME20 to 64000 to get up to 20% off and FREE shipping!3. https://www.SKIMS.com/CrimeWeekly - Shop Everyday Cotton, and all of our favorite bras and underwear!4. https://www.HelloFresh.com/CrimeWeekly10FM - Get 10 FREE meals and a FREE Nutribullet Ultra Plus + 2-in-1 Compact Kitchen System!5. https://www.CowboyColostrum.com/CrimeWeekly - Use code CRIMEWEEKLY to get up to 25% off your ENTIRE order!

A version of this essay has been published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/iran-war-no-winners-oil-de-dollarisation-global-impact-13992276.htmlWar is hell, we all know, and it's bad for everybody, but there is – usually – a winner. After more than three weeks of the Iran war, I am beginning to believe that there are no winners here, only losers. The principals are overextending themselves, and will suffer as a consequence. Innocent or not-so-innocent bystanders are suffering significant collateral damage.Some are getting hurt more than others, so it's mostly a question of degree: but the bottom line is that this is war that is just not good for anybody. As usual, Henry Kissinger had a useful aphorism: “It's a pity both sides can't lose”, quoth he. (Hat tip to reader Sudarshan M). Well, Henry, both sides are losing this one, so take heart: your wish has come true.Someone made the analogy of going to Family Court with a dispute: there are no winners, as the father, mother, and the children, will all suffer, whatever the outcome. It is best in that situation to listen to a counselor and solve your problems amicably. Similarly, it would be good to find a neutral intermediary to help iron out a ceasefire in this war, too.In a way, this war is the classic idea of irresistible force meeting an immovable object, thus leading to a stalemate, as Walter Russel Mead suggested in the Wall Street Journal.First, the toll on the belligerents, in alphabetical order:* Iran. It is creditable that Iran has held out against the might of the US war machine for three weeks and more. My belief is that they can keep it up for a while longer, because they have been preparing for this eventuality for some decades, ever since the 1979 crisis in which they held Americans hostage for 444 days. They are taking, and will take, horrendous losses, but it will be difficult to completely overthrow the Islamist regime. Among other things, Iran is a large country, about half the size of peninsular India.* The US attack on Kharg Island's military targets (but not its oil terminals) has shown that Iran's oil exports could be in jeopardy, pushing global prices up.* Just like their proxy Hamas, it appears Iran has built extensive tunnel complexes, veritable underground labyrinths, where they are hiding all sorts of things, including fast patrol boats. Their military assets are doubtless ensconced in these tunnels which makes them hard to locate and possibly quite mobile.* Israel. Iran's consistent rhetoric that Israel doesn't deserve to exist leads to fears that Iran's nuclear arsenal (if and when built) will be primarily aimed at Israel. This, and troubles with Iranian proxies such as Hezbollah and Hamas, have led to massive Israeli human intelligence penetration of Iran (as seen in the Stuxnet incident as well as the effective strikes on the Ayatollahs and Hamas, including the pager incident). But Israel is also believed to be taking heavy losses, which it can ill afford, although information has been tightly censored. There were apparently missile attacks near Israel's nuclear sites at Dimona as well.* The US. The original idea of a decapitation strike that would lead to a rapid regime change as the Iranian public rose up and anointed a new leadership (one more acceptable to the US), was questionable, as I pointed out fairly early. It appears that the CIA and US intelligence have just one playbook, which they used more or less successfully in Iraq, Libya, etc. But that was never going to work in Iran, and now the US is stuck with a tar-baby and may be quietly seeking de-escalation and an off-ramp.* Talk of a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 2500 American soldiers re-deployed from Japan means “boots on the ground” followed inevitably by that dreaded word, “body bags”. The troops will be meant to keep Hormuz open, or perhaps to capture Kharg Island. Whether they can achieve these is unclear right now.* However, overall it appears that the US' capacity to coerce other countries through economic means is declining, as suggested by the FT in “The era of US dominance in economic warfare is over” on March 17th.Now for the others in the firing line and in the periphery:* The GCC, consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. They have taken the brunt of the Iranian drone and missile attacks, and their oil and gas exports, and economies, are affected by the closure of the Straits of Hormuz. But more alarmingly, their food and water supplies may also be affected, and they are, being desert nations, highly dependent on imported items via the blockaded Hormuz, and critically dependent on their desalination plants. Keeping the Straits of Hormuz open may be critical for them. They have been with human casualties, infrastructure damage, and reputational damage as well. In particular, Dubai, which has been a magnet for high-net-worth individuals, is affected.* Lebanon and Jordan. Lebanon was hit by Israeli fire, and Jordan by Iranian fire, although they are mostly bystanders. Israel has been responding to increased activity by Iranian proxy Hezbollah, and Iran has sent drones and missiles towards Jordan as part of general horizontal escalation.* Pakistan and Turkey. These are wild card nations in the conflict. So far they have not (yet) been affected badly, but they have to walk a tightrope. On the one hand, it is very likely that Pakistan has offered logistical and intelligence support to the US in its air attacks on Iran. On the other, as a fellow-Islamic nation, Iran has, under both the Shah and the mullahs, consistently supported Pakistan (especially against India).* Furthermore, if there is a ground assault on Iran, it will probably involve Balochis from Pakistan and Kurds from Turkey, both attempting to capture land in, respectively, the Sistan and Baluchistan Province, and the heavily Kurdish regions of Iran bordering Turkey.* Turkey, as a NATO member, is obligated to support the US, despite its Islamist leadership which is duty-bound to side with the fellow-Islamic Iranian regime. The traditional Sunni-Shia split, which has been exacerbated by Shia Iran attacking Sunni Gulf nations, sharpens the dilemma for both nations. (Meanwhile, Pakistanis slaughtered 400 Afghans by bombing a hospital, but they get a free pass from, e.g. the BBC.)* The United Nations. It has been rendered superfluous. Nobody even called for a Security Council meeting condemning the war. This is the latest in a long process wherein whatever the UN, or many other multilateral organizations do or say has become immaterial. The UN, hit by a budget crunch, might as well be shut down.* Europe and Britain. The EU and NATO have been noticeably absent in the discussions about the war. Of course, they are likely to be affected by the increase in hydrocarbon prices. In fact, their folly in shuttering their nuclear power plants in pursuit of vague ‘green' goals has put them at the mercy of Russian oil and gas. In particular, the virtual shutting out of Britain from the entire war is notable, considering that their Whitehall has long managed to treat the US Deep State as their vassals, ‘master-blaster' style.* Russia. Even though Russia has long been friendly with Iran, it has desisted from doing anything that could bring it into direct conflict with the US. Russia is probably supplying satellite and other reconnaissance data as well as spares for existing systems (such as the S-300 air defense batteries, Su-35 fighters) and possibly Iranian-designed Shahed drones as well. Interestingly enough, Russia may be the one possible winner in the war, considering its oil is now a coveted commodity, prices have soared, and there is less attention being paid to its Ukraine war. Europe, China and India are ever-more dependent on Russian oil, and the windfall profits may be sustainable. The US may even lift its sanctions and bring Russia back into the Western fold.* China. There are wins and losses for China, but in sum it may also be a bit of a winner.* The loss is in energy security: China has lost Venezuelan oil as well as access to Iranian oil, but they have overland pipelines from Russia, as well as access to Russian tankers at sea. Besides, they have a massive strategic petroleum reserve (1 billion barrels), so it should be manageable, for a while at least. Cuba, their reliable ally in the US' backyard, is now back to the wall with the US enforcing a blockade.* On the other hand, they have acquired a significant military edge: US munitions inventory has been getting depleted at a furious rate, so much so that if China were to attack Taiwan now, the US would be hard pressed to intervene. Even US THAAD (Theater High Altitude Air Defense) systems are being cannibalized: after four of their radars in the GCC were damaged, the US is forced to scavenge for them from their South Korean bases. Now comes news that China is massing both civilian ships and military aircraft near Taiwan, quite possibly a precursor to an actual invasion.* Unfortunately for China, their weapons systems don't seem to have performed very well in Iran, just as they didn't in Operation Sindoor. There are sarcastic posts on X, especially about their radar that looks like a big grille and is supposed to detect stealth aircraft, but didn't quite work.* China has also been on the horns of a dilemma, as it were: what would Xi do when Trump visits in April while in the midst of a war with one of China's principal allies? It would be “damned if you do, damned if you don't”. If China were to greet him warmly, it would send a negative message to Iran, as well as its other Belt and Road Initiative partners. If China were to treat Trump coldly, then trade wars will continue. Fortunately for Xi, Trump decided to delay his visit; perhaps he intends to continue the war well into April, or maybe he thought he'd be too much at physical risk. It's interesting to speculate on why Trump did this, but of course it may have been just whimsy.* India. This war is pretty much a disaster for India from every perspective. Being dependent on Persian Gulf oil and gas for everything from transportation to household cooking fuel to raw material for plastics to APIs for pharmaceuticals leaves India particularly exposed. There are other big vulnerabilities:* The $50 billion in remittances sent back yearly by 10 million Indians toiling away (often in very difficult circumstances) in that area, in addition to the personal hardships these migrants will face, including life and death situations.* Despite large increases in renewable energy, the major energy input, especially in transportation, continues to be imported oil and gas. Households have largely switched from wood-burning stoves to (admittedly much less polluting) bottled or piped gas. At the very time that electricity demand is peaking (e.g. AI data centers and railways), this disruption may have severe consequences.* The feedstock for agriculture is increasingly petroleum-based, and disruptions in fertilizer availability may cause production costs to skyrocket. Increased transportation costs will make vegetables and grains more expensive for those states (such as Kerala) that depend on internal transfers from producing states. In the short run, some agricultural commodity prices have collapsed as their primary markets in the Persian Gulf are inaccessible due to the Hormuz blockade. Basmati rice prices are down by Rs 5-10/kg according to LiveMint.* Trade through Chabahar Port (where India's $120 million investment is at risk) to Central Asia bypassing Pakistan, will likely grind to a halt* The dramatic increase in the price of oil (from around $60 per barrel to $100-$120, and threatening to go higher) is a huge ‘tax' on India, and a transfer of wealth out of India, which may reduce GDP growth by as much as 1-2%, and push inflation up to 4-5% (according to the Economic Times).* The ‘Goldilocks moment' of low inflation and high growth is possibly over.* The one positive for India will be the increasing importance of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), which is basically the old Spice Route,, e.g. containers from Mundra and Vizhinjam to Dammam in Saudi Arabia or Jebel Ali in the UAE, then by rail to Haifa in Israel, and onwards to Piraeus in Greece by sea.* There is really no obvious benefit to India if the war continues, and therefore it is in India's interest to try to be an ‘honest broker' intermediary which has reasonably good relations with all the belligerents as well as the frontline GCC states. India could use its diplomatic goodwill to try to bring the war to a quick close, thus pursuing its own interests as well as something in the larger good of the global economy.There are a couple of other notable points in this war. One is from systems theory, and the other is from 18th century colonial British machinations in India; and finally a speculation about the future of the US economy and even the US nation.Distributed SystemsSystems theory suggests that distributed systems are far more resilient than centralized systems, because they may have redundant mechanisms that come into play when the primary mechanism is knocked out. Iran has anticipated decapitation strikes on its leadership, and the danger that signals intelligence from their foes may tap into all communications. Therefore, it appears they have created a system where 31 independent IRGC military commands have the autonomy to take local decisions without a go-ahead from a central authority.This means it will be relatively hard to quell all resistance, as some commands may fight on even if large parts of the country are conquered. It makes their actions also more unpredictable and potentially more dangerous.It is interesting to compare this to the sudden collapse of the Persian Sasanian Empire to invading Arab Muslim armies in the 7th century, when they were conquered in a space of no more than twenty years. Even though there were other factors like imperial exhaustion from constant wars and long supply chains for the Arab armies, the contrast with the Hindu resistance (of several hundred years in Sindh) suggests that the decentralized nature of the Hindu kingdoms played a significant role in their ability to fend off the Muslims for centuries.The Tipu SyndromeIn the late 18th century, imperial Brits pulled off a particularly clever ploy in southern India. Tipu Sultan, Muslim king of Mysore, invaded Malabar in a combination of religious jihad and economic loot. He was intent on both forced conversion and on the loot of Hindu temples in Malabar, which had grown rich from millennia of the trade in spices, especially black pepper. As Sanjeev Sanyal suggests, temples were banks and venture capitalists to trading guilds.Britain did conduct some desultory campaigns against Tipu, who was allied with the French, but did not accomplish much. In the end it was the desperate breaching of a natural dam on the Periyar by Travancore forces in 1790 that forced Tipu to retreat, as his artillery, munitions and supplies were flooded and swept away. Of course, then the British charged the entire cost of the 3rd Anglo-Mysore War to ‘ally' Travancore, bankrupting it.Next, the British attacked Tipu's headquarters, Srirangapatnam, killed him, and took all the loot. In other words, Tipu did all the dirty work in collecting the booty from the temples, and the British got it all in one stroke. And looked good, at least in their own propaganda, for killing a tyrant.A very similar thing happened in 1973. Arab oil states quadrupled oil prices (from $3/barrel to $12), imposing a massive strain on hapless developing countries such as India, leading to severe distress. Under the 1974 US-Saudi agreement, oil sales were to be only denominated in US dollars, thus leading to the ‘petrodollar' accumulation with OPEC. They recycled this money via buying US Treasury bonds, and especially via buying US arms, to the delight of the Military-Industrial Complex.Thus the net effect of the 1973 oil crisis was a large transfer of wealth from the developing countries to OPEC. The US economy did not suffer greatly (despite long lines at gas stations) and in fact US deficits were funded by petrodollars for the last several decades. This is why any move to de-dollarize oil sales is strongly resisted by the US.Summary: Oil and the petrodollarAt the end of the day, American wars always seem to go back to simple ideas: control of oil, and the prevention of de-dollarization. It makes sense: why not use economic and military heft in pursuit of the national interest? Those who go against this learn a big lesson, to their discomfiture: Saddam Hussein in Iraq wanted to trade oil in Euros, Muammar Gaddafi in Libya wanted to create a new pan-African currency in which to trade oil, Nicolas Maduro was trading in yuan and stablecoin, Ayatollah Ali Khameini has been selling in yuan mostly, and not at all in dollars. That meant they all had a Damocles' sword hanging over their heads.Putin and Xi are undesirables too, but then they have nuclear arsenals, which everybody has to respect.The dollar has been hegemonistic ever since Bretton Woods. Even allies learn to respect American sensitivity over the currency. The Japanese economy, once growing at a blistering pace, was ruined after the Plaza Accord of 1984, which set the yen-dollar exchange rate artificially high. Japan lost its mojo and is yet to recover, forty years later.Tailpiece: The end of many eras?Balaji Srinivasan, formerly a Silicon Valley VC, a thought leader and a supporter of ‘Network States' and crypto, posted this intriguing tweet on March 17th. I don't necessarily agree with his framework of (US) ups and downs (see diagram) or his assertions: he surely paints a grim picture for the US, including de-dollarization. He openly wonders if the US itself will survive in its present form.The AI-generated podcast courtesy notebookLM.google.com is at 3000 words, 18 March 2026 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

durée : 00:55:01 - On va déguster - par : François-Régis Gaudry - C'est à un savoureux et lointain voyage qu'on vous convie aujourd'hui. Un voyage qui a le goût des épices, de la noix de coco, de la menthe et de la coriandre. Un voyage en Inde et plus particulièrement dans une région du Sud de l'Inde, sur la côte tropicale de Malabar, le Kerala. - réalisé par : Lauranne THOMAS Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Nos acompanhe através do nosso app: https://ad5ga.app.goo.gl/idefranInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/idefranespirita?igsh=OGVjOGhpMW84Ynp6&utm_source=qrVocê pode adquirim livros incriveis pela nossa página no Mercado Livreindicação do seguinte artigo: Revista Espírita, dezembro de 1858 – Palestras familiares de além-túmulo: Uma viúva de Malabar.

La Rodrigues Public Utilities Corporation (RPUC) a reçu, le lundi 2 mars, la quatrième tranche de financement de la Mauritius Investment Corporation Ltd (MIC), soit Rs 130 millions. Cette enveloppe permettra de régler les créanciers et de poursuivre les chantiers en cours. La majorité des projets inscrits dans la première phase arrivent à terme. À Pointe-Coton, le complexe de dessalement est achevé avec trois unités de 1 000 m³ déjà installées. Deux réservoirs de 1 000 m³ y sont opérationnels, ainsi qu'un premier réservoir de 2 000 m³. La conduite principale de 5 kilomètres reliant Pointe-Coton à Petit-Brûlé devrait être finalisée en juin, indique Christopher Bégué, attaché de presse de l'Assemblée régionale. La liste des projets de la deuxième phase a été validée en janvier dernier. Les fonds restants, Rs 460 millions, serviront à étendre le réseau primaire entre Petit-Brûlé et Manique, via Malabar, Malartic et Quatre-Vents. Le programme comprend également un réseau secondaire et la construction de nouveaux réservoirs : 2 000 m³ à Citronelle, Malartic et Quatre-Vents, ainsi que 1 000 m³ à Petit-Gabriel, Montagne-Sur et Montagne-Chéry.

Headline of the Week contender #6: Sydney Water ordered to clean Malabar treatment plant where fatberg is birthing poo balls, Reviw and voting for previous nominees, Scientists have figured out why Scotch tape 'screeches' when you pull it off the roll...

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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page. Thanks for rating and reviewing along with subscribing!These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 8 first published Feb 20, 2026.  10 Bird goes to hospital seeking treatment.See https://youtu.be/Jp18YJ25kcA and read https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/02/18/germany-bird-fish-hook-hospital-emergency-room/3011771427779/ 9 Science needs your flatulence! see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFyYScTfNqo and read https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/02/16/University-of-Maryland-Smart-Underwear-flatulence-farts/5281771261699/ 8 Giant sock monkey read https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/25862323.glasgow-school-art-graduates-work-enters-guinness-world-records/ and listen to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZmTYXBAE5s and see it here https://youtu.be/1ZqrRauaJds 7 Sydney Fatberg is estimated to be the size of four buses. watch this https://youtu.be/akK815xGipg?si=nwLCJkyHY8torU_i and read this https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/02/11/australia-massive-fatberg-Malabar-wastewater-plant-poop-balls/3871770828715/ ***NOTE: it's never great when a url contains the phrase 'poop-balls' so viewer discretion advised.*** 6 Restaurant "smells like chicken fingers" lawsuit. read https://www.dexerto.com/food/raising-canes-files-lawsuit-as-landlord-tries-to-evict-them-for-chicken-smell-3317611/ 5 Baby pigeon mystery solved! read https://sciencesbrief.com/why-do-we-never-see-baby-pigeons-in-cities-the-scientific-explanation/4 Puzzles versus Exercise?! read https://studyfinds.com/crossword-puzzles-protect-older-brains-cognitive-decline-better-than-exercise-study/3 Flushable wipes infused with coffee?! read https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dude-wipes-morning-grind-flushable-wipes2 Bad Date Bears!read https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bad-date-bearshonorable mention: giant gravity anomaly under Antarctica is getting stronger, read https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-gravity-anomaly-under-antarctica-is-getting-stronger-scientists-reveal honorable mention: Be careful with those positive affirmations! read https://www.sciencealert.com/do-positive-affirmations-really-work-a-psychologist-explains-the-science 1 Do solar flares trigger earthquakes? There is some disagreement on this.read https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/solar-flares-may-be-triggering-earthquakes-controversial-study-claims

In this episode we chat about Vaseem's new locked room mystery novel, The Edge of Darkness, set in the Naga Hills district of 1950s India, and discuss the infamous Battle of the Tennis Court that took place in the region during WW2

Watch as a full video interview on YouTubeVaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India and the bestselling Quantum of Menace, the first in a series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise. His debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House novels set in 1950s Bombay, won the CWA Historical Dagger. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. Vaseem is a former Chair of the UK Crime Writers Association. His latest book in the Malabar House series, The Edge of Darkness, is out now.It was great fun having Vas back on the podcast, hearing about what he has been up to writing-wise in the past few years. He tells us about how he landed the job writing the James Bond Q book, Quantum of Menace, and why he loves going back to his Malabar House books. We also chat about films, and hear about five books that influenced him as an author.Links:Buy The Edge of Darkness and Vaseem's other books nowFollow Vaseem on InstagramVisit Vaseem's websiteSupport us on Patreon and get great benefits!: https://www.patreon.com/ukpageonePage One Extra and Page One - The Writer's Podcast are brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on BlueskyFollow us on ThreadsPage One Extra is part of STET Podcasts - the one stop shop for all your writing and publishing podcast needs! Follow STET Podcasts on Instagram and Bluesky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

====================================================SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1==================================================== DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA ADOLESCENTES 2026“LA VUELTA AL MUNDO EN 365 DIAS”Narrado por: Mone MuñozDesde: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church26 DE ENEROUN HÉROE INCRÉDULO«Somos hechos justos a los ojos de dios por medio de la fe» (Romanos 3:28).Tomás dudó cuando todos creían. La India tiene 1.200 millones de habitantes, y allí se hablan 22 idiomas. La incredulidad de Tomás nunca fue olvidada. Más de 900 mil indios mueren intoxicados por agua no potable. Tomás no ha sido usado como un buen ejemplo a lo largo de los siglos. La India representa un gran desafío en la lucha contra el analfabetismo, la pobreza y la desnutrición.¡«Cálmate», puedes estar diciendo, «¿qué tiene que ver una cosa con la otra?».Tu confusión comprensible delata mi posible desorientación. Pero te aseguro que todo tiene sentido. No es porque Tomás haya sido indio (porque no lo era) ni porque la India sea incrédula (porque no es así).En realidad, aunque parezca increíble, debo contarte algo importante y sorprendente: ese Tomás, el gran héroe misionero, ¡fue quien llevó el cristianismo por primera vez a la india! ¿Puedes creerlo?Por desgracia, la Biblia no cuenta sobre el resto de la vida de este «discípulo de la duda» después del momento en el que creyó, cuando se atrevió a tocar las heridas del Maestro. A primera vista, nadie tendría una muy buena impresión de él luego de este descarado desvío de la ruta apostólica. Pero ¿sabes algo? Un error en la vida jamás significará el fin de toda una vida de utilidad. Los pecadores son restaurados y los incrédulos también tienen otra oportunidad. La historia contiene relatos consistentes de que Tomás, luego de evangelizar a Babilonia, Persia y Etiopía, finalizó su ministerio llevando esperanza al corazón de la exótica india. Este discípulo también murió como un mártir de fe atravesado por una lanza en la costa de Malabar, en el litoral indio. ¿No es increíble?Cuando sueñes con visitar la India, acuérdate de Tomás, el curioso discípulo cuya grandeza de fe se volvió a encender luego de un momento fallido de pequeñez. ¿Y tú? ¿Te has sentido alguna vez el peor de los peores sin alternativa? No lo pienses más y levanta la cabeza. Tomás reescribió su historia al lado del mismo Jesús al que había cuestionado.Dios no lo borró de sus grandes planes divinos. Lo mismo sucede con nosotros, Podemos «perder la pelota», pero no es el fin del partido. Si Dios reforma todo, todavía habrá muchas cosas buenas para escribir.¡Todavía puedes ser un gran héroe de la fe! ¡Un héroe de la fe como el gran Tomás! 

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A version of this essay was published by news18.com at https://www.news18.com/opinion/opinion-what-the-bjp-win-in-thiruvananthapuram-may-mean-or-may-not-9774658.htmlAs a native son, I believe the BJP's 50/101 seats in the Trivandrum Corporation in the recently concluded local body elections is an interesting outcome. But it must not be taken in isolation, and one must accept that this is neither a breakthrough for the BJP in the deep south, nor a mere footnote in the CPI(M)-Congress duopoly that has been the hallmark of Kerala politics. There are a lot of local factors, but yes, perhaps there is an underlying, nascent realignment.There is anti-incumbency: there used to be, like clockwork, one term for the UDF, one term for the LDF. But now, the CPI-M has been ruling for ten years in a row, and the voters may be fed up with them. In Trivandrum, for instance, the outgoing mayor, Arya Rajendran, who is in her 20s, has a well-deserved reputation for arrogance. Tellingly, she did not campaign in 2025.But there is more.There are at least four extraordinary factors at play here: One is the vanity that Kerala politics is somehow superior to politics elsewhere in (southern) India, because, you know, it is the 100% literate state. This is far from the truth. Mere literacy, that is, knowing the syntax of written language, does not guarantee you understand the semantics, that is, the ability to think critically rather than be gaslighted. The average Kerala voter is as easily manipulated as any other.Second, regional tensions. Kerala consists of three distinct regions: northern Malabar, which was under British rule, which meant it was plundered and underdeveloped. It also is Muslim-dominated. Central Kochi, which was a moderately dynamic dynasty, and is Christian-dominated. Southern Travancore, which was under a strong dynasty (but came under the sway of the British), and is Hindu majority.Third, the erstwhile consensus around ‘secularism' is fraying: it is now increasingly seen as merely a shibboleth meant to hypnotize the Hindu community into caste-based internecine conflict and keep it a permanent underclass, with fewer rights than those of other religions. Hindus are still fighting 19th century battles in the 21st century. The shocking neglect, occasional desecration of, and outright large-scale theft from, major temples such as Sabarimala may now be turning into a bit of an issue for the lay Hindu.Fourth, after half a century of left-wing politics, it is becoming increasingly clear to the average Keralite that it is being left behind in development and prosperity. At independence, Travancore in particular was far ahead of the rest of India in key metrics like infant mortality, female literacy, and infrastructure. But anti-business socialism has led to de-industrialization, forced migration of Keralites in search of jobs, and high inflation, while other states are passing Kerala by.On top of all this, there is the rampant politicization of everything (for example, government jobs do not go to those who have high ranks in the State Public Service Commission selection exams, but to party cadres). There is a truly bizarre situation where two parties, both in the INDI Alliance all over the country (CPI-M and Congress), pretend to be rivals in Kerala, and do charades and shadow-boxing, although they do tactical voting to prevent the BJP from winning.It startles me to hear that there is a Left (CPI-M) and a Right (Congress) in Kerala, according to pundits. In reality, they are an Extreme-Left party and a Far-Left party, respectively. Indeed, even the BJP, which is spoken of as Far-Right is a Center-Left party, so severely distorted is the discourse – the median is Far-Left.To an impartial observer, the only way the Congress in Kerala can be termed a Right-wing party is that it appeases its vote-bank, the Christians, although the FC Nairs also traditionally vote for them. The Communists, whose rank and file are mostly made up of the OBC Ezhavas, increasingly are dominated by the needs of their Malabar Muslim vote-bank. So in a twisted sort of way, both these Left parties pander to the Conservative sentiments of these religious groups.This has real-life consequences, which Travancore voters are seeing increasingly clearly. The last major investment in Trivandrum was the ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, which was required to be on the magnetic equator. After that, the National Institute of Technology went to Kozhikode (in Malabar). The Indian Institute of Management went to Kozhikode (in Malabar). The Indian Institute of Technology went to Palakkad (in Malabar). The AIIMS is also likely to go to Malabar or Kochi.A metro system was given to Kochi, even though Trivandrum has an equal or better claim in terms of population size and other metrics. Successive UDF and LDF governments have sat on the proposal for Trivandrum's metro (incidentally Kozhikode is also in the same boat). Trivandrum airport saw zero development for 40 years from 1960.Staggeringly, the Trivandrum port (Vizhinjam) was also delayed for 40 years, even though the deepwater container transhipment port there is now on track to handle a lot of India's container cargo, which now goes to Colombo. Instead, 4400 crores were spent on a container port at Kochi, which has only 8 meters draft and cannot compete with Colombo.Trivandrum/Vizhinjam has 24 meters in depth, which means literally the largest container ship in the world, MSC Irina, with 24,000 containers on board, can and in fact has called at this port.The LDF government twisted Adani Ports' arm and moved their logistics park for Vizhinjam, which Adani runs on contract, 200 km away to Kochi! In addition, the road and rail approaches to the port, which are necessary for ‘gateway' or upcountry containers from/to say Bangalore or Hyderabad, have been delayed for a long time over trivial land acquisition issues.These lapses are glaring, and add up to step-motherly treatment for Trivandrum. There must be a lot of resentment among the voters here about this, because their real estate values would go up quite a lot if Vizhinjam's business improves, and there will be jobs related to logistics, bunkering, cruise lines, and so on. Under the Sagarmala initiative, this is something that Trivandrum voters hope the Union Government will push forward, along with a proposed Tri-Services Maritime Command: thus both military and civil infrastructure may bring benefits.Finally, the excesses against Hindu temples, which are ruled by the Devaswom Board, packed with party cadres who may well be hostile atheists, are getting exposed broadly. There is a tradition prohibiting the entry of women between 10 and 60 years of age (ie. of childbearing age) into the shrine, which the women devotees in Kerala are broadly okay with, and don't feel particularly discriminated against. The Kerala government made a huge fuss over it, and attempted to smuggle in both non-believing women and non-Hindu women into the temple.This has troubled some of the CPI-M's traditional voters, for example the hitherto blase Ezhavas. As the attacks on Hindus continue, there is a bit of a counter-consolidation as well.There is no end: there is the huge current scandal of the theft of gold from the temple doors and dwarapalaka statues in Sabarimala (along with similar desecration in Guruvayur). There is an ongoing investigation, which ought to, if pursued properly, implicate highly connected political players. But recently, there have been instances of prosecutorial misconduct that mean likely criminals get away with, er, murder.Sowmya's alleged murderer Charlie Thomas aka Govindachamy was let off death row, because the prosecutor did not make a good enough case. An actor, Dileep, who allegedly took out a contract for a thug to rape an actress in a moving car, was let off. You guessed it, the prosecution did not make a good enough case.Incidentally, Christian churches with vast landholdings (a good bit of which was 99-year leases given during British days which has now, magically, turned into freehold), or Muslim mosques and other Waqf claimants rarely face the wrath of the State. Yes, there is a case wending its way through the courts about the peninsula of Munambam which is home to 600 families, mostly Christian fisherman, but is claimed in its entirety as a Waqf property.A net reflection of all this is that urban Hindus have begun to rethink their political views. There is a strong urban-rural divide as seen in the just-conducted local body polls. The urban, so to speak, constituencies have seen the vice-like grip of the LDF diminish a bit, but they remain strong in the rural areas. This is borne out by conversations with the rural poor, who talk about kshema pensions, NREGA, and so on as benefits they get from the State government.What this suggests is that anti-incumbency is playing its part; but the likely outcome is a return to the Tweedledum-Tweedledee “throw the rascals out every five years” syndrome of years past. The BJP is unlikely to make any quick inroads into this; they may not get many Assembly seats in 2026, and they are unlikely to get more than a couple of Lok Sabha seats in 2029.Yet, as for obvious reasons there is a Right-ward lurch in Europe, with the rise of AfD in Germany, Marine Le Pen's National Rally in France, and Nigel Farrage's Reform UK, and these parties are no longer easily put behind a cordon sanitaire, the BJP in Kerala is not any longer completely unelectable. The voters are beginning to see that it is not completely er… untouchable.It will be a long, painful journey, but maybe in a decade or two, the BJP can become a realistic opposition party in Kerala. To do this in the extreme South, in the very bastion of the Communists, as well as in a State with very large non-Hindu populations, would be quite an achievement for them. We shall have to wait and see if they have the stamina and the staying power for this grueling odyssey.Malayalam podcast of this essay by notebookLM: 1650 words, 15 Dec 2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Using Anita Anand's book, The Patient Assassin, among other sources, we tell the story of India from 1919 to the 1920s, including the massacre at Amritsar, the Malabar Uprising of 1921, Bhagat Singh, Gandhi, and of course Udham Singh. Ghadar and the Indian revolutionaries. We won't be back to India again until the 1930s, so … Continue reading "Interwar 3: India 1919: Massacre at Amritsar, Uprising in Malabar…"

Let me admit up front that I like Rishab Shetty. A lot. I'd probably go see anything he makes, and I wish him well, because he is an actor with terrific presence. To be honest, I was blown away by his performance in Kantara, both as protagonist and director/writer. I had no idea about the bhoota-kola of Tulunadu, although I have seen the similar theyyam of nearby Malabar, and was suitably impressed.Therefore I was disappointed and underwhelmed by the prequel Kantara Chapter 1, for a variety of reasons. I understand this is not the universal reaction to the prequel: in particular, young people I spoke with liked the esthetics, the special effects, the big budget production, and the expansive canvas of the spice trade, a large kingdom, and good cast including veteran Jayaram as the weary king, and Rukmini Vasanth as a suitably gorgeous but sinister princess.But to me it came across as an untidy mishmash of various genres, with the principal purpose of creating a franchise: surely we can expect Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and so on. I don't begrudge Rishab Shetty and his producer their success, especially as the original Kantara was a sleeper success on a tiny budget.Warning: spoilers ahead.My problems were manifold. The first was that the original Kantara hit me with the force of a hurricane, when the coming-of-age tale of the wild-boar-hunting-and-carousing Shiva takes a sudden and unexpected turn and he becomes, reluctantly, the bhoota-kola oracle, taking on the role of his father who disappeared, and his cousin who was murdered.It was a revelation: a moment when a man turns into the Divine, in a wholly believable and entirely autochthonous, Dharmic tradition, a celebration of the presence of benign powers all around, a manifestation of a pantheistic world-view. It was one of the few recent films that powerfully put across a wholly Hindu perspective, which unfortunately is unusual in India.As a child, I remember devotional and patriotic films in Malayalam, which engendered a certain affection for the traditions of one's forefathers. And often the story-lines, from well-known literary works, were rooted in the local milieu. Over time, this has been dissipated, and replaced by unremarkable films that are technically quite good, but for lack of a better word, lack ‘soul'.In general, this has been true of the dominant Hindi/Urdu language films as well: the narrative is some kind of a global, ‘liberal', westernized, ‘modernized' and deracinated tale, where in particular Hindus get short shrift. For example, a recent, highly-rated Malayalam film mined Kottarathil Sankunny's Aithihya-mala, but turned the protagonists into people of other religions. There was another named 19th Century in which the recently-invented (in the 2010s) fiction of a ‘breast-tax' on lower-caste women was turned into ‘fact'.This sort of digestion of, and worse, denigration of, native tradition has been true of Hindi/Urdu films for a long time as has been amply and devastatingly recorded by the efforts of ‘Gems of Bollywood' on twitter. Therefore it is refreshing when a few films offer a Hindu point of view, eg. Kantara, Bahubali, or the shatteringly powerful Baramulla. This is one reason I am loath to criticize Rishab Shetty too much, but I do have my own complaints.One is that the Kantara Chapter 1 seems like a mish-mash of various ideas, borrowed from various sources. The origin myth of the hero Berme, where he appears as an abandoned child on a bed of leaves (and the presence of the computer-generated white tiger) may be a nod to the Sabarimala legend: Lord Ayyappa is a foundling, and he is sent on an errand to fetch tiger's milk by the evil queen who hopes that he will die in that quest.Then there is the battle of the good vs bad, which reminded me of the battle scenes from Bahubali, and indeed the dark-skinned barbarians from that film got a reprise here with the black-cowled evil sorcerer Kadapa tribe. And I wondered in passing if the very name ‘Kadapa' was a reference to the Telugu stronghold of the proselytizing Christian Reddys.Then there is the untidy story of the port city that the Kantara folks want access to, so they can sell spices to white people with no middleman. They also dragged in a superfluous white trader. Yes, the West Coast has been trading with the Middle East and points west for millennia via the Spice Route, but that seems irrelevant to the deep-forest-dwelling Kantara villagers.In addition, there were cliched memes about slavery (of tribals) and exploitation by the rich and powerful. These came across as nods to the prevailing dogma of woke victim narratives. The remarkable thing is that slavery was virtually unknown among Hindus: the first textual and/or epigraphic examples of slavery in India were by a Christian church in Kerala (the Tarisapalli copperplate, 849CE) and during the Muslim invasions.The characters were also hit and miss. There were the picaresque companions from the original film, including a vidushaka type who was silly in the original, but annoying here; so was the prince's kinkara. Neither of them added much to the film, and could easily have been written out. The prince was so typecast from the moment you laid eyes on him – clearly a dissolute, useless fellow – that you knew he was going to be dispatched summarily.I did like the princess. She was apparently born with paralysis in her hands and legs, and she was handed over to the sorcerer Kadapas, who cured her, but also (it is implied) turned her into a wily seductress, whose efforts to distract the hero (Berme) from his quest were, fortunately, futile. The old king was rather good, too. Rishab Shetty impresses as always with his physical presence, as well as his signature primal roar.I missed the glowing varaha and the superb Varaha-roopam song which was so electric in the original Kantara. (I hear there were some copyright claims from a band in Kerala, but it baffles me that an old traditional song or tune could be copyrighted by some upstart.) There was a little piglet in one scene, but that was not enough. The VFX of the Brahma-rakshas was unsatisfying, and should have been left to the viewer's imagination.All in all, the prequel was a disappointment after the original Kantara, which was refreshingly unpretentious: it did not preach, nor did it explain – it just was, and it forced you to accept the reality of the demigods Panjurli and Guliga. In effect, you went into an alternate reality, along with the bhoota-kola dancer. There was no such staggering insight in the prequel Kantara Chapter 1. If you were expecting a spiritual high, as I was, you'd be disappointed.If on the other hand, you were looking for light entertainment on a big canvas, you'd be just fine.Thus my dilemma about the prequel: yes, it does tell a Hindu tale, and I once again wish Rishabh Shetty the best, but I wish it had left me feeling spiritually moved as the original did.1200 words, 16 Nov 2025The AI-based Malayalam podcast on this by notebookLM from Google. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Monsoon Voyagers follows the voyage of a single dhow (sailing vessel), the Crooked, along with its captain and crew, from Kuwait to port cities around the Persian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean, from 1924 to 1925. Through his account of the voyage, Fahad Ahmad Bishara unpacks a much broader history of circulation and exchange across the Arabian Sea in the time of empire. From their offices in India, Arabia, and East Africa, Gulf merchants utilized the technologies of colonial capitalism — banks, steamships, railroads, telegraphs, and more — to transform their own regional bazaar economy. In the process, they remade the Gulf itself. Drawing on the Crooked's first-person logbooks, along with letters, notes, and business accounts from a range of port cities, Monsoon Voyagers narrates the still-untold connected histories of the Gulf and Indian Ocean. The Gulf's past, it suggests, played out across the sea as much as it did the land. Monsoon Voyagers doesn't just tell a vivid, imaginative narrative—it teaches. Each port-of-call chapter can work as a stand-alone module. And the brief “Inscription” interludes double as turn-key primary-source labs—perfect for document analysis, quick mapping, and mini-quant work with weights, measures, and credit instruments. It invites undergraduates into a connected oceanic world and the big questions of world history, while graduate students get a method—how to read vernacular archives across scales and languages to design their own transregional, archive-driven projects. A quick heads-up: Traditional local musical interludes (see below for credits and links) will punctuate our voyage as chapter markers you can use to pause and reflect—as we sail from Kuwait to the Shatt al-Arab, then out across the Gulf to Oman, Karachi, Gujarat, Bombay, and the Malabar coast. We'll return via Muscat and Bahrain, dropping anchor once more in Kuwait. Music Credits and Links: Prologue: The Logbook1. KuwaitInscription: Debts2. The Shatt Al-ʿArabInscription: Freightage3. The GulfInscription: Passage4. The Sea of OmanInscription: Guides5. Karachi to KathiawarInscription: Letters6. BombayInscription: Transfers7. MalabarInscription: Conversions8. CrossingsInscription: Maps9. MuscatInscription: Poems10. BahrainInscription: Accounts11. ReturnsEpilogue: Triumph and Loss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Monsoon Voyagers follows the voyage of a single dhow (sailing vessel), the Crooked, along with its captain and crew, from Kuwait to port cities around the Persian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean, from 1924 to 1925. Through his account of the voyage, Fahad Ahmad Bishara unpacks a much broader history of circulation and exchange across the Arabian Sea in the time of empire. From their offices in India, Arabia, and East Africa, Gulf merchants utilized the technologies of colonial capitalism — banks, steamships, railroads, telegraphs, and more — to transform their own regional bazaar economy. In the process, they remade the Gulf itself. Drawing on the Crooked's first-person logbooks, along with letters, notes, and business accounts from a range of port cities, Monsoon Voyagers narrates the still-untold connected histories of the Gulf and Indian Ocean. The Gulf's past, it suggests, played out across the sea as much as it did the land. Monsoon Voyagers doesn't just tell a vivid, imaginative narrative—it teaches. Each port-of-call chapter can work as a stand-alone module. And the brief “Inscription” interludes double as turn-key primary-source labs—perfect for document analysis, quick mapping, and mini-quant work with weights, measures, and credit instruments. It invites undergraduates into a connected oceanic world and the big questions of world history, while graduate students get a method—how to read vernacular archives across scales and languages to design their own transregional, archive-driven projects. A quick heads-up: Traditional local musical interludes (see below for credits and links) will punctuate our voyage as chapter markers you can use to pause and reflect—as we sail from Kuwait to the Shatt al-Arab, then out across the Gulf to Oman, Karachi, Gujarat, Bombay, and the Malabar coast. We'll return via Muscat and Bahrain, dropping anchor once more in Kuwait. Music Credits and Links: Prologue: The Logbook1. KuwaitInscription: Debts2. The Shatt Al-ʿArabInscription: Freightage3. The GulfInscription: Passage4. The Sea of OmanInscription: Guides5. Karachi to KathiawarInscription: Letters6. BombayInscription: Transfers7. MalabarInscription: Conversions8. CrossingsInscription: Maps9. MuscatInscription: Poems10. BahrainInscription: Accounts11. ReturnsEpilogue: Triumph and Loss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

Monsoon Voyagers follows the voyage of a single dhow (sailing vessel), the Crooked, along with its captain and crew, from Kuwait to port cities around the Persian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean, from 1924 to 1925. Through his account of the voyage, Fahad Ahmad Bishara unpacks a much broader history of circulation and exchange across the Arabian Sea in the time of empire. From their offices in India, Arabia, and East Africa, Gulf merchants utilized the technologies of colonial capitalism — banks, steamships, railroads, telegraphs, and more — to transform their own regional bazaar economy. In the process, they remade the Gulf itself. Drawing on the Crooked's first-person logbooks, along with letters, notes, and business accounts from a range of port cities, Monsoon Voyagers narrates the still-untold connected histories of the Gulf and Indian Ocean. The Gulf's past, it suggests, played out across the sea as much as it did the land. Monsoon Voyagers doesn't just tell a vivid, imaginative narrative—it teaches. Each port-of-call chapter can work as a stand-alone module. And the brief “Inscription” interludes double as turn-key primary-source labs—perfect for document analysis, quick mapping, and mini-quant work with weights, measures, and credit instruments. It invites undergraduates into a connected oceanic world and the big questions of world history, while graduate students get a method—how to read vernacular archives across scales and languages to design their own transregional, archive-driven projects. A quick heads-up: Traditional local musical interludes (see below for credits and links) will punctuate our voyage as chapter markers you can use to pause and reflect—as we sail from Kuwait to the Shatt al-Arab, then out across the Gulf to Oman, Karachi, Gujarat, Bombay, and the Malabar coast. We'll return via Muscat and Bahrain, dropping anchor once more in Kuwait. Music Credits and Links: Prologue: The Logbook1. KuwaitInscription: Debts2. The Shatt Al-ʿArabInscription: Freightage3. The GulfInscription: Passage4. The Sea of OmanInscription: Guides5. Karachi to KathiawarInscription: Letters6. BombayInscription: Transfers7. MalabarInscription: Conversions8. CrossingsInscription: Maps9. MuscatInscription: Poems10. BahrainInscription: Accounts11. ReturnsEpilogue: Triumph and Loss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

Monsoon Voyagers follows the voyage of a single dhow (sailing vessel), the Crooked, along with its captain and crew, from Kuwait to port cities around the Persian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean, from 1924 to 1925. Through his account of the voyage, Fahad Ahmad Bishara unpacks a much broader history of circulation and exchange across the Arabian Sea in the time of empire. From their offices in India, Arabia, and East Africa, Gulf merchants utilized the technologies of colonial capitalism — banks, steamships, railroads, telegraphs, and more — to transform their own regional bazaar economy. In the process, they remade the Gulf itself. Drawing on the Crooked's first-person logbooks, along with letters, notes, and business accounts from a range of port cities, Monsoon Voyagers narrates the still-untold connected histories of the Gulf and Indian Ocean. The Gulf's past, it suggests, played out across the sea as much as it did the land. Monsoon Voyagers doesn't just tell a vivid, imaginative narrative—it teaches. Each port-of-call chapter can work as a stand-alone module. And the brief “Inscription” interludes double as turn-key primary-source labs—perfect for document analysis, quick mapping, and mini-quant work with weights, measures, and credit instruments. It invites undergraduates into a connected oceanic world and the big questions of world history, while graduate students get a method—how to read vernacular archives across scales and languages to design their own transregional, archive-driven projects. A quick heads-up: Traditional local musical interludes (see below for credits and links) will punctuate our voyage as chapter markers you can use to pause and reflect—as we sail from Kuwait to the Shatt al-Arab, then out across the Gulf to Oman, Karachi, Gujarat, Bombay, and the Malabar coast. We'll return via Muscat and Bahrain, dropping anchor once more in Kuwait. Music Credits and Links: Prologue: The Logbook1. KuwaitInscription: Debts2. The Shatt Al-ʿArabInscription: Freightage3. The GulfInscription: Passage4. The Sea of OmanInscription: Guides5. Karachi to KathiawarInscription: Letters6. BombayInscription: Transfers7. MalabarInscription: Conversions8. CrossingsInscription: Maps9. MuscatInscription: Poems10. BahrainInscription: Accounts11. ReturnsEpilogue: Triumph and Loss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Monsoon Voyagers follows the voyage of a single dhow (sailing vessel), the Crooked, along with its captain and crew, from Kuwait to port cities around the Persian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean, from 1924 to 1925. Through his account of the voyage, Fahad Ahmad Bishara unpacks a much broader history of circulation and exchange across the Arabian Sea in the time of empire. From their offices in India, Arabia, and East Africa, Gulf merchants utilized the technologies of colonial capitalism — banks, steamships, railroads, telegraphs, and more — to transform their own regional bazaar economy. In the process, they remade the Gulf itself. Drawing on the Crooked's first-person logbooks, along with letters, notes, and business accounts from a range of port cities, Monsoon Voyagers narrates the still-untold connected histories of the Gulf and Indian Ocean. The Gulf's past, it suggests, played out across the sea as much as it did the land. Monsoon Voyagers doesn't just tell a vivid, imaginative narrative—it teaches. Each port-of-call chapter can work as a stand-alone module. And the brief “Inscription” interludes double as turn-key primary-source labs—perfect for document analysis, quick mapping, and mini-quant work with weights, measures, and credit instruments. It invites undergraduates into a connected oceanic world and the big questions of world history, while graduate students get a method—how to read vernacular archives across scales and languages to design their own transregional, archive-driven projects. A quick heads-up: Traditional local musical interludes (see below for credits and links) will punctuate our voyage as chapter markers you can use to pause and reflect—as we sail from Kuwait to the Shatt al-Arab, then out across the Gulf to Oman, Karachi, Gujarat, Bombay, and the Malabar coast. We'll return via Muscat and Bahrain, dropping anchor once more in Kuwait. Music Credits and Links: Prologue: The Logbook1. KuwaitInscription: Debts2. The Shatt Al-ʿArabInscription: Freightage3. The GulfInscription: Passage4. The Sea of OmanInscription: Guides5. Karachi to KathiawarInscription: Letters6. BombayInscription: Transfers7. MalabarInscription: Conversions8. CrossingsInscription: Maps9. MuscatInscription: Poems10. BahrainInscription: Accounts11. ReturnsEpilogue: Triumph and Loss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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La pimienta es hoy un condimento muy común y de precio asequible, esencial en cocinas de todo el mundo, pero no siempre fue así. Proviene de la región de Malabar, en el sur de la India y se convirtió en un importante motor de la economía y el comercio durante miles de años. Desde la antigüedad, la pimienta fue un producto valioso y muy demandado. En el Egipto de los faraones se usaba en la cocina, pero también en ritos de momificación tal y como los arqueólogos pudieron comprobar cuando encontraron dos granos de pimienta en las fosas nasales de la momia de Ramsés II. De Egipto pasó a otras zonas del Mediterráneo. En Grecia era bien conocida, pero su alto coste limitaba su consumo a los que eran muy ricos. Debía ser tan cara que no aparece ni siquiera mencionada en el antiguo testamento Su escasez se debía a que había que traerla desde la India mediante una ruta muy larga que iba por el mar Rojo y el mar Arábigo. Se desconocía, además, de que planta en concreto provenía. En tiempos del Imperio Romano ese comercio se expandió como nunca antes. Los romanos, que habían creado una gran zona comercial en el Mediterráneo, importaron durante siglos grandes cantidades de pimienta que transformó su gastronomía y la economía del imperio. La conquista romana de Egipto en el 30 a.C. les abrió el mar Rojo de par en par. Eso les facilitaba el acceso directo a la India. De como las flotas romanas llegaban hasta la India da fe un diario de viaje del siglo I, el "Periplo del mar eritreo", en el que el autor detalla las rutas comerciales, los puertos de recalada y los productos con los que había que comerciar. La pimienta siguió siendo costosa, pero su preció descendió, lo que hizo de esta especia un condimento muy popular en la Roma imperial. Tras la caída del imperio romano, bizantinos, persas y árabes se fueron sucediendo en el control del comercio con la India. En el siglo IX, los árabes ya eran los dueños de la ruta entre los puertos indios de Malabar y los del golfo Pérsico y el mar Rojo. La pimienta se integró en la cocina islámica y fue incluso elogiada por eruditos como Avicena. Una vez en las costas del Mediterráneo, venecianos y genoveses monopolizaban su distribución. Su escasez la convirtió en uno de los símbolos de riqueza más visibles de la Europa medieval. Los reyes y aristócratas la empleaban en la cocina y trataban de que sus existencias de pimienta fuesen muy visibles en los banquetes. Cualquiera con dinero estaba dispuesto a pagar por ella, algo que hizo prosperar a las repúblicas marítimas italianas que se encargaban de traerla desde los puertos del Levante. La caída de Constantinopla en 1453 encareció aún más el producto porque los otomanos elevaron los peajes. Eso empujó a los portugueses, que ya estaban explorando la costa africana, a buscar rutas alternativas. En 1498 Vasco da Gama llegó a Calicut acabando así con el monopolio que durante siglos habían tenido árabes y venecianos. Durante más de un siglo los portugueses establecieron en la India factorías fortificadas como la de Goa, desde donde controlaban el comercio de pimienta ahuyentado a los competidores. Eso redujo sustancialmente los precios en Europa ya que se eliminaban los intermediarios. Se llevaron también su cultivo a Brasil, lo que redundó en un incremento de la oferta. Pero seguía siendo interesante desde el punto de vista comercial, por lo que otras potencias como los Países Bajos, Inglaterra y Francia entraron en el mercado con sus compañías de las Indias Orientales. En sólo unas décadas consiguieron que llegase tanta pimienta a los mercados europeos que su precio descendió hasta convertir la otrora deseada especia en una commodity más. En el siglo XVIII la pimienta ya era algo cotidiano, pero había conseguido cambiar el mundo. Gracias a ella prosperaron ciudades como Lisboa y Ámsterdam, los beneficios obtenidos por su venta financiaron todo tipo de innovaciones y fue la palanca que los europeos utilizaron para establecerse en Asia hasta bien entrado el siglo XX. En El ContraSello: 0:00 Introducción 4:21 El imperio de la pimienta 1:08:49 Vlad Tepes "el empalador" 1:17:51 ¿Qué sabían los alemanes del Holocausto?" Bibliografía: “Las especias: Historia de una tentación” de Jack Turner - https://amzn.to/3HWOGng “Especias” de Roger Crowley - https://amzn.to/4n2GqB5 “Historia de las especias” de Román Hereter - https://amzn.to/3JFekxk “El origen de las especias” de Thomas Reinerstensen - https://amzn.to/4209GQR #FernandoDiazVillanueva #pimienta #especias Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

La pimienta es hoy un condimento muy común y de precio asequible, esencial en cocinas de todo el mundo, pero no siempre fue así. Proviene de la región de Malabar, en el sur de la India y se convirtió en un importante motor de la economía y el comercio durante miles de años. Desde la antigüedad, la pimienta fue un producto valioso y muy demandado. En el Egipto de los faraones se usaba en la cocina, pero también en ritos de momificación tal y como los arqueólogos pudieron comprobar cuando encontraron dos granos de pimienta en las fosas nasales de la momia de Ramsés II. De Egipto pasó a otras zonas del Mediterráneo. En Grecia era bien conocida, pero su alto coste limitaba su consumo a los que eran muy ricos. Debía ser tan cara que no aparece ni siquiera mencionada en el antiguo testamento Su escasez se debía a que había que traerla desde la India mediante una ruta muy larga que iba por el mar Rojo y el mar Arábigo. Se desconocía, además, de que planta en concreto provenía. En tiempos del Imperio Romano ese comercio se expandió como nunca antes. Los romanos, que habían creado una gran zona comercial en el Mediterráneo, importaron durante siglos grandes cantidades de pimienta que transformó su gastronomía y la economía del imperio. La conquista romana de Egipto en el 30 a.C. les abrió el mar Rojo de par en par. Eso les facilitaba el acceso directo a la India. De como las flotas romanas llegaban hasta la India da fe un diario de viaje del siglo I, el "Periplo del mar eritreo", en el que el autor detalla las rutas comerciales, los puertos de recalada y los productos con los que había que comerciar. La pimienta siguió siendo costosa, pero su preció descendió, lo que hizo de esta especia un condimento muy popular en la Roma imperial. Tras la caída del imperio romano, bizantinos, persas y árabes se fueron sucediendo en el control del comercio con la India. En el siglo IX, los árabes ya eran los dueños de la ruta entre los puertos indios de Malabar y los del golfo Pérsico y el mar Rojo. La pimienta se integró en la cocina islámica y fue incluso elogiada por eruditos como Avicena. Una vez en las costas del Mediterráneo, venecianos y genoveses monopolizaban su distribución. Su escasez la convirtió en uno de los símbolos de riqueza más visibles de la Europa medieval. Los reyes y aristócratas la empleaban en la cocina y trataban de que sus existencias de pimienta fuesen muy visibles en los banquetes. Cualquiera con dinero estaba dispuesto a pagar por ella, algo que hizo prosperar a las repúblicas marítimas italianas que se encargaban de traerla desde los puertos del Levante. La caída de Constantinopla en 1453 encareció aún más el producto porque los otomanos elevaron los peajes. Eso empujó a los portugueses, que ya estaban explorando la costa africana, a buscar rutas alternativas. En 1498 Vasco da Gama llegó a Calicut acabando así con el monopolio que durante siglos habían tenido árabes y venecianos. Durante más de un siglo los portugueses establecieron en la India factorías fortificadas como la de Goa, desde donde controlaban el comercio de pimienta ahuyentado a los competidores. Eso redujo sustancialmente los precios en Europa ya que se eliminaban los intermediarios. Se llevaron también su cultivo a Brasil, lo que redundó en un incremento de la oferta. Pero seguía siendo interesante desde el punto de vista comercial, por lo que otras potencias como los Países Bajos, Inglaterra y Francia entraron en el mercado con sus compañías de las Indias Orientales. En sólo unas décadas consiguieron que llegase tanta pimienta a los mercados europeos que su precio descendió hasta convertir la otrora deseada especia en una commodity más. En el siglo XVIII la pimienta ya era algo cotidiano, pero había conseguido cambiar el mundo. Gracias a ella prosperaron ciudades como Lisboa y Ámsterdam, los beneficios obtenidos por su venta financiaron todo tipo de innovaciones y fue la palanca que los europeos utilizaron para establecerse en Asia hasta bien entrado el siglo XX. En El ContraSello: 0:00 Introducción 4:21 El imperio de la pimienta 1:08:49 Vlad Tepes "el empalador" 1:17:51 ¿Qué sabían los alemanes del Holocausto?" Bibliografía: “Las especias: Historia de una tentación” de Jack Turner - https://amzn.to/3HWOGng “Especias” de Roger Crowley - https://amzn.to/4n2GqB5 “Historia de las especias” de Román Hereter - https://amzn.to/3JFekxk “El origen de las especias” de Thomas Reinerstensen - https://amzn.to/4209GQR #FernandoDiazVillanueva #pimienta #especias

Subscribe to Chris Arnade's Substack - https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/Who is Chris Arnade!He started as a physicist, earning a PHD from Johns Hopkins and then took to Wall St spending two decades on an elite trading desk at CitiGroup before disillusioning his well dressed allies to engage in the photography, walking and writing of the great and forgotten cities of this world. He is a best selling author, but as well… a best subscribed substacker!'Chris Arnade Walks The World' is the publications name…And in it, Chris lives up to the title. Japan, Europe, China, Australia, The Faroe Islands, Canada, the expansive US of A, Turkey, Korea, Indonesia even Uzbekistan (which gets a special mention in this podcast). Cities within all of these great nations and many more, Chris has trod and documented. His format is slow and empathetic. Chris will embark on several 20-30km journeys at his location, take photos and then report on his walk. I can't remember how long I've been subscribed, although it feels like years, but the other day I woke up to an email which detailed Chris's initial impressions of Sydney! I replied to the email right away, and just a few hours later was guiding him along the Malabar to Bondi trail. Steve and I - guiding Chris from the area I grew up to the most iconic beach in Australia. That was a special serendipity which came out of no-where and furthermore, led to this podcast today...00:00 Introduction to Chris Arnade — physicist, Wall Street trader, turned global walker/writer.02:00 First impressions of Sydney — “child of LA and London,” with beaches, pubs, suburbs, and good living.Sydney Observations03:40 Sydney's trains: efficient, sprawling, but designed to avoid beaches.06:00 Sydney friendliness vs. UK cynicism — “Australians are like puppy dogs, eager to please.”09:30 Suburbs as “democratized manors,” good life for the average person, housing affordability issues.13:00 Housing supply constraints, coastline beauty, and why Sydney isn't as bad as people think.Walking & Method16:30 From physics & Wall Street to walking: walks as stress relief, learning, meditation.20:30 Spreadsheet brain → toy models → refining worldview through walking.22:30 Cities that defied expectations: Tashkent & Jakarta.Global Perspectives25:30 Africa's challenges: Nigeria & Dakar as examples of dysfunction despite resources.29:00 Australia's weak ties with Indonesia, lack of Indonesians in Sydney, food culture, overlapping economic models.33:30 Chinese-Indonesian business dominance — parallels to Jews, Lebanese, minorities elsewhere.36:00 High-trust vs. low-trust societies: Japan as the archetype.Culture & Writing41:30 Why he avoids fame, prefers anonymity, but respects subscribers deeply.44:00 Pressure to deliver as a Substack writer — treating it like a job.47:00 Writing inspiration, uninspired cities (Bangkok), and the challenges of always producing.53:00 Strong opinions drive trafficDignity & Underclass55:00 “Dignity” project in the US — underclass and addiction.Personal Life56:20 Family and frugality58:50 Why he doesn't read other travel writersPhilosophy & Serendipity01:04:50 Serendipity? “I don't believe in coincidence.” 01:07:00  Country he's most bullish on01:09:00 Next destinations

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Books1 സ്വർണ്ണനഗരം തേടി: ആമസോണ്‍ കണ്ടെത്തിയ കഥ (Mathrubhumi Books)Hard Copy | https://amzn.to/3T5lTioEbook | https://amzn.to/44eYMqW2 മഡഗാസ്കർ (Regal Publishers)Hard Copy | https://amzn.to/3ZN8sr73 സിംഹത്തിന്റെ ശത്രു!: അറ്റ്ലസ് സിംഹങ്ങളുടെ കഥ!Ebook | https://amzn.to/3G8ZdLj

Chef Nimmy Paul demonstrates 'conscious cooking' in her demonstration of Availas Pavakka Perapattichathu. Nimmy Paul teaches cooking classes from her home, and specializes in the cuisine of Kerala and her Syrian Christian community. In this dish she cooks bitter melon in a clay pot with Malabar tamarind, freshly grated coconut, shallots, green chili, curry leaves, and coconut oil. Watch the full documentary and find recipes here! https://www.plantforwardkitchen.org/india

1697 നവംബർ 18 ന് കോഴിക്കോടൻ തീരത്തുള്ള വെള്ളിയാംകല്ലിന് സമീപത്ത് നിന്നും സ്കോട്ടിഷ് പൈറേറ്റ് ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ വില്ല്യം കിഡ് റൂപ്പറൽ എന്ന് പേരുള്ള ഒരു കപ്പൽ പിടികൂടുകയും, ഭൂരിഭാഗം നാവികരെയും ബോട്ടിൽ ഇറക്കിവിട്ടശേഷം  അതിന്റെ പേര് നവംബർ എന്നാക്കി മാറ്റി കപ്പൽ തങ്ങളുടെ കൈവശം വെയ്ക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ഇനി കിഡിനു വേണ്ടത് പുതിയ കപ്പലായ നവംബറിലേക്ക് കൂടുതൽ നാവികരെയാണ്. കൂടാതെ ഇപ്പോൾ കപ്പലിൽ ഉള്ള കുഴപ്പക്കാരെ എവിടെയെങ്കിലും ഇറക്കി വിടുകയും ചെയ്യണം. അതിന് പറ്റിയ ഒരു സ്ഥലം മലബാർ തീരത്ത് തന്നെ കുറേക്കൂടി തെക്കോട്ട്  മാറി തന്നെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അക്കാലത്ത് Smuggler's Den അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കൊള്ളക്കാരുടെ തുറമുഖം എന്നറിയപ്പെട്ടിരുന്ന ഒരു സ്ഥലം മലബാർ തീരങ്ങളിൽ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. കല്ലികോയ്ലോൺ (Kalliquilon) എന്ന പേരിലാണ് യൂറോപ്പിൽ ആ സ്ഥലം അറിയപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നത്.

കടൽകൊള്ളക്കാരെ പിടിക്കാനിറങ്ങി അവസാനം ഒരു കടൽക്കൊള്ളക്കാരൻ തന്നെ ആയി മാറിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന സ്കോട്ടിഷ് പൈറേറ്റ് ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ വില്ല്യം കിഡ് 1697 ൽ കർണാടകയിലെ കാർവാർ തുറമുഖത്ത് എത്തുകയും, അവിടെ ഇറങ്ങുകയും ചെയ്തു. താൻ ഇപ്പോഴും രാജാവിന് വേണ്ടി തന്നെയാണ് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നത് എന്ന് കാരവാറിലെ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അധികാരികളെ കിഡ് ബോധ്യപ്പെടുത്തിയെങ്കിലും, കിഡിന്റെ കപ്പലായ അഡ്വഞ്ചറിൽ നിന്നും രക്ഷപെട്ട ചിലർ കിഡ്,  മേരി എന്ന  ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് കപ്പൽ ആക്രമിച്ച് ക്യാപ്റ്റനെയും, മറ്റൊരാളെയും തടവുകാരാക്കി വെച്ചിരിക്കുകയാണ് എന്നുള്ള സത്യം ഈസ്റ്റ് ഇന്ത്യ കമ്പനി അധികാരികളെ അറിയിക്കുക തന്നെ ചെയ്തു. ഇതേ സമയം കിഡ് പിടിച്ചെടുത്ത കപ്പലിൽ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന പോർച്ചുഗീസ് പുരോഹിതന്മാർ വഴി ഗോവയിലുണ്ടായിരുന്ന പോർട്ടുഗീസ് അധികാരികൾ കിഡ് ഒരു ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പൈറേറ്റ് ആണെന്നുള്ള കാര്യം തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞു. അതോടുകൂടി അവർ കിഡിനെ പിടികൂടുവാനായി രണ്ട് പോർട്ടുഗീസ് പടക്കപ്പലുകളെ കാരവാറിലേക്ക് അയച്ചു. 1697 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 13 ന് വൈകുന്നേരമാണ്  രണ്ട് പോർച്ചുഗീസ് പടക്കപ്പലുകൾ കാരവാറിലേക്ക് വരുന്നുണ്ട് എന്ന വിവരം കിഡിനു ലഭിച്ചത്. രാത്രി തന്നെ കിഡ് അഡ്വഞ്ചറിന്റെ നങ്കൂരമെടുക്കുവാൻ ഉത്തരവിട്ടു. കാർ സ്റ്റാർട്ട് ചെയ്തു പോകുന്നത് പോലെ എളുപ്പമുള്ള പണിയല്ല, ഒരു കപ്പൽ തുറമുഖം വിടുക എന്നത്. എന്നാൽ അപകടം മനസ്സിലാക്കിയ അഡ്വഞ്ചറിലെ നാവികർ തുടർച്ചയായി പണിയെടുക്കുകയും രാത്രിയോടെ കപ്പലിനെ അഴിമുഖത്ത് നിന്നും പുറംകടലിലേക്ക് മാറ്റുവാൻ അവർക്ക് സാധിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. പിറ്റേന്ന് രാവിലെ ഉദിച്ചുയർന്ന സൂര്യന്റെ ആദ്യ കിരണം പ്രകാശിച്ചപ്പോൾ തന്നെ തൊട്ടരികിൽ രണ്ട് പോർട്ടുഗീസ് കപ്പലുകൾ എത്തിയിരുന്നത് കണ്ട് കിഡും കൂട്ടരും ഞെട്ടി.

Story of Captain Kiddമുന്നൂറു വർഷങ്ങൾക്ക് മുൻപ് അമേരിക്കയുടെ അറ്റ്ലാന്റിക് തീരത്തുള്ള ലോങ്ങ് ഐലൻഡ് എന്ന ദ്വീപിലെ ഒരു രാത്രി. ഇരുളിന്റെ മറവിൽ ഒരുകൂട്ടം ആളുകൾ ഒരു പ്രത്യേക സ്ഥലം ലക്ഷ്യമാക്കി നീങ്ങുകയാണ്. നിലാവെളിച്ചത്തിൽ അവരുടെ ഭീതിനിറഞ്ഞ മുഖങ്ങൾ വ്യക്തമായി കാണുവാൻ സാധിക്കും. അവർ പരസ്പരം ഒരക്ഷരം ഉരിയാടാതെയാണ് മുന്നോട്ട് നടക്കുന്നത് . അതിനൊരു കാരണവുമുണ്ട്. ഒന്ന് രണ്ട് ദിവസങ്ങൾക്ക് മുൻപ് ഇക്കൂട്ടത്തിലെ ഒരാൾ ഒരു മന്ത്രവാദിയെ കണ്ടിരുന്നു. അയാളാണ് നിധിയിരിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലം അവർക്ക് വെളിപ്പെടുത്തി കൊടുത്തത്. പക്ഷേ അതിനൊരു കുഴപ്പമുണ്ട്. ആ നിധി കുപ്രസിദ്ധ കടൽക്കൊള്ളക്കാരൻ ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ വില്യം  കിഡ്ഡിന്റേത് ആണ്. തന്റെ ആത്മാവിനെ പിശാചിന് വിറ്റ ഭീകരനാണ് അയാൾ. അതുകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ പൈശാചിക ശക്തികളാണ് അയാളുടെ നിധിക്ക് കാവലിരിക്കുന്നത്. പരസ്പരം സംസാരിച്ചാൽ ആ ശക്തികൾ ഉണരുകയും നിധി എടുക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നവരെ അപായപ്പെടുത്തുകയും ചെയ്യും. ഇക്കാരണങ്ങൾകൊണ്ടാണ് ആ ഭാഗ്യാന്വേഷികൾ ഒരക്ഷരം ഉരിയാടാതെ രാത്രിയുടെ മറവിൽ നിധിയിരിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലം ലക്ഷ്യമാക്കി നീങ്ങുന്നത്. മുന്നിൽ നീങ്ങുന്ന ആളുടെ കയ്യിൽ മാത്രം ഒരു റാന്തൽ പ്രകാശിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. കോടാലിയും, മൺവെട്ടിയുമൊക്കെയാണ് മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ കൈവശമുള്ളത്. ഏതാണ്ട് അഞ്ചടി താഴേയ്ക്ക് കുഴിച്ചപ്പോൾ തന്നെ അവർക്ക് ഓക്ക് തടി കൊണ്ടുണ്ടാക്കിയ ഒരു പെട്ടി കാണുവാൻ സാധിച്ചു. ഇരുമ്പ് പ്ലേറ്റുകൾ കൊണ്ട് പൊതിഞ്ഞ പുറംചട്ടയായിരുന്നു അതിന് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നത്. അതിന്റെയുള്ളിൽ അനേകം സ്വർണ്ണനാണയങ്ങളും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. സ്വർണ്ണനാണയങ്ങളുടെ പ്രഭ കണ്ട് കണ്ണ് മഞ്ഞളിച്ചു പോയ ഒരാളുടെ വായിൽ നിന്നും അറിയാതെ രണ്ട് വാക്കുകൾ പുറത്തേക്ക് വീണുപോയി. Thank God! അതുകേട്ട് മറ്റുള്ളവർ ഞെട്ടലോടെ അയാളെ ഒന്ന് നോക്കി. മന്ത്രവാദി പറഞ്ഞ വ്യവസ്ഥ തെറ്റിയിരിക്കുന്നു! 

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Lots of LTOs and permanent menu items launched recently, as innovation accelerates. Bret Thorn, senior food & beverage editor of Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality, started with the big news: Crispy Chicken Strips are now on McDonald's permanent menu—the mega-chain's first new menu item since 2022. Arby's continues its LTO collaborations with celebs, this time partnering with Cedric The Entertainer and Anthony Anderson, slathering the comedians' line of barbecue sauces on a brisket and pulled pork sandwich. And Cava introduced a spicy variation on its fan-favorite pita chips—Hot Harissa.Pat had a first taste of a couple of sweets from soon-to-open Cinnabon Swirl, a dual-branded Cinnabon-Carvel concept from GoTo Foods. The highlight is a Bonini, an ice cream sandwich made with two cinnamon roll slices with a disc of Carvel vanilla in the middle. It's placed in a panini press for 15 seconds and comes out all gooey—in a good way.Bret attended a 4/20 party at Red Lobster, learning that the chain's Cheddar Biscuits are a popular munchie for stoners. Instead of passing out joints, Red Lobster served cocktails featuring Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's gin mixed with orange juice, pineapple juice and guava juice with a garnish of Skittles on the side of the glass. There's a recurring candy theme here.Our guest this week is Jay Kumar, chef-owner of Lore in Brooklyn, N.Y. He specializes in the cuisine of the Malabar coast with masala dosas a signature, but the restaurant has a diverse and interesting menu. Give a listen.

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Dr. Dave Weldon is a physician and former member of Congress. He was born in Amityville, New York, on August 31, 1953. After graduating from Stony Brook University in 1978, he earned his M.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Weldon served in the U.S Army from 1981 to 1987 and in the Army Reserve from 1987 until 1992. After his military service, he practiced medicine in Florida. Dr. Weldon represented Florida's 15th congressional district in Congress from 1995 to 2009. He is a physician at Health First Medical Group in Malabar, Florida. President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Weldon in November 2024 to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); however, his nomination was withdrawn by the White House on March 13, 2025, just hours before his scheduled Senate confirmation hearing. Dr. Weldon is married to Nancy Weldon and they have two children.

Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala (Cambridge UP, 2024) traces a complex history of caste, race, education, and Christian missions in colonial south India. It draws upon the vast Protestant Christian missionary archives of the London Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Basel German Evangelical Missionary Society to showcase the processes of negotiation, tensions, and underlying violence in the encounters between European 'outsiders' and local populations on the question of education. It examines the interplay of caste and education in reshaping ideas and norms of modern childhood and lower-caste community building in the regions of Travancore, Cochin, and Malabar. Set against a comparative historical perspective, the book argues for a greater focus on subaltern histories, especially the meanings and practices associated with educating poor, lower-caste children within the confines of formal schooling and beyond. Divya Kannan teaches in the Department of History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, India. She is a historian of South Asia with particular interests in histories of childhood and youth, gender and sexuality, empires and colonial violence, histories of education, curriculum and pedagogy, Christian missions, and public and oral histories. Khadeeja Amenda is PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies in Asia programme at the Department of Communication and New Media, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala (Cambridge UP, 2024) traces a complex history of caste, race, education, and Christian missions in colonial south India. It draws upon the vast Protestant Christian missionary archives of the London Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Basel German Evangelical Missionary Society to showcase the processes of negotiation, tensions, and underlying violence in the encounters between European 'outsiders' and local populations on the question of education. It examines the interplay of caste and education in reshaping ideas and norms of modern childhood and lower-caste community building in the regions of Travancore, Cochin, and Malabar. Set against a comparative historical perspective, the book argues for a greater focus on subaltern histories, especially the meanings and practices associated with educating poor, lower-caste children within the confines of formal schooling and beyond. Divya Kannan teaches in the Department of History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, India. She is a historian of South Asia with particular interests in histories of childhood and youth, gender and sexuality, empires and colonial violence, histories of education, curriculum and pedagogy, Christian missions, and public and oral histories. Khadeeja Amenda is PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies in Asia programme at the Department of Communication and New Media, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Bombay, now Mumbai, was a major shipbuilding centre for the Royal Navy in the first half of the nineteenth century. The ships were magnificent, built from the famous Malabar teak and by the hands of a highly skilled Indian workforce. This episode explores that fascinating history through one particular aspect of a sailing warship's construction: the figurehead. To find out more Dr Sam Willis spoke with Clare Hunt, a Senior Curator for the National Museum of the Royal Navy based at their site in Hartlepool. Clare has been charged with the care and management of HMS Trincomalee since 2016, a frigate built just after the end of the Napoleonic wars in Bombay dockyard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Florida Vampire /// Part 2 /// 750Part 2 of 2  www.TrueCrimeGarage.comIn November of 1985 in Malabar, Florida authorities responded to a strange and disturbing call.  A young woman who had been abducted the day before somehow managed to escape from her captor's home.  A motorist found the young woman on the side of the road.  He took her to his home for both her protection and to call first responders for help.  The woman described to detectives what the abductor had subjected her to over the last 22 hours.  An abduction case was rare but perhaps the most startling detail of the woman's story was that the man who had offered her a ride and then tortured her in his home, also drank the woman's blood.  The Brevard County Sheriff's Office had a serious case on their hands and the community had a monster living among them.  Beer of the Week - Huggins Hefeweizen by Hell 'N' Blazes Garage Grade - 3 and a half bottle caps out of 5  For merch check out the Garage Sale on the TCG store page and to sign up for True Crime Garage's other show Off The Record go to  www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Follow True Crime Garage onInstagram and on X @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain  Cheers and Don't Litter! 

Florida Vampire /// Part 1 /// 749Part 1 of 2  www.TrueCrimeGarage.comIn November of 1985 in Malabar, Florida authorities responded to a strange and disturbing call.  A young woman who had been abducted the day before somehow managed to escape from her captor's home.  A motorist found the young woman on the side of the road.  He took her to his home for both her protection and to call first responders for help.  The woman described to detectives what the abductor had subjected her to over the last 22 hours.  An abduction case was rare but perhaps the most startling detail of the woman's story was that the man who had offered her a ride and then tortured her in his home, also drank the woman's blood.  The Brevard County Sheriff's Office had a serious case on their hands and the community had a monster living among them.  Beer of the Week - Huggins Hefeweizen by Hell 'N' Blazes Garage Grade - 3 and a half bottle caps out of 5  For merch check out the Garage Sale on the TCG store page and to sign up for True Crime Garage's other show Off The Record go to  www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Follow True Crime Garage onInstagram and on X @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain  Cheers and Don't Litter! 

Brandy Hall /// Part 2 /// 730 Part 2 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.comThis week we tell the story of a young mother who vanished.  On August 17th, 2006, 32 year old Brandy Hall was working the night shift at the Malabar fire station. Just before 11PM, Brandy told her coworkers that she was going home.  Her husband says she never showed up.  She has been gone ever since.  Foul play is suspected.  Where is Brandy? Beer of the Week - Fire Station No. 4 from House of Motor Brewing Company Garage Grade - 4 out of 5 bottle caps Follow True Crime Garage on X @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain Listen to True Crime Garage Off The Record.  Now available on Apple Podcast Subscriptions and to everyone everywhere on Patreon.

Brandy Hall /// Part 3 /// 731Part 3 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.comThis week we tell the story of a young mother who vanished.  On August 17th, 2006, 32 year old Brandy Hall was working the night shift at the Malabar fire station. Just before 11PM, Brandy told her coworkers that she was going home.  Her husband says she never showed up.  She has been gone ever since.  Foul play is suspected.  Where is Brandy? Beer of the Week - Fire Station No. 4 from House of Motor Brewing Company Garage Grade - 4 out of 5 bottle caps Follow True Crime Garage on X @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain Listen to True Crime Garage Off The Record.  Now available on Apple Podcast Subscriptions and to everyone everywhere on Patreon.

Brandy Hall /// Part 1 /// 729 Part 1 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.comThis week we tell the story of a young mother who vanished.  On August 17th, 2006, 32 year old Brandy Hall was working the night shift at the Malabar fire station. Just before 11PM, Brandy told her coworkers that she was going home.  Her husband says she never showed up.  She has been gone ever since.  Foul play is suspected.  Where is Brandy? Beer of the Week - Fire Station No. 4 from House of Motor Brewing Company Garage Grade - 4 out of 5 bottle caps Follow True Crime Garage on X @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain Listen to True Crime Garage Off The Record.  Now available on Apple Podcast Subscriptions and to everyone everywhere on Patreon.