Sankaran Is again on the Coconut Tree
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About the Book
Kerala is a destination on the world tourist map. It is often referred to as God’s Own Country. The place has been visited by foreigners from all over the globe for five thousand years at least. To give an insight into the mysteries of this place and events that occurred over many, many years, Sankaran, an immortal, takes the reader through very gripping, thrilling, and thought-provoking situations and, in the process, demystifies the Malayalee.
About the Author
Born in Cannanore, Kerala, and educated in St. Edmund’s in Shillong, Jo Nambiar was an athlete, an equestrian, and also holds a master’s degree in kung fu. In the 1980s, as a physical educator at the International Youth Centre in New Delhi, his students of unarmed combat included members of the Delhi Police, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the Assam Rifles, and the president’s bodyguard. Nambiar worked as a tea planter with the Assam Company for over a decade. He has acted in Shakespearean and contemporary theatre. As a numismatist, Nambiar has one of the largest collections of ancient coins and rare currencies in the country, which has global recognition. He has the distinction of being the convener of the largest children’s carnival in the world, the Bala Mela, held for underprivileged children every year in Bangalore. He is also a painter and a sculptor.