The importance of being gilded

Pancha karma - post purge recovery

In the sleepy backwaters of Kerala, on Vypin Island, you can step back in time.

It’s early. Around four am. I see movement from my room of the fishermen preparing the nets. The traditional fishing nets, called Cheena Vala or Chinese fishing nets, have been in use for over five hundred years. Large constructions that occupy the backwaters, they use a ca…