Foraying into the world of letters, Kerala Tourism has joined hands with a top Indian publisher to unveil a bestseller that celebrates the hope, resilience, and intrinsic humaneness of Malayalis during the pandemic and depicts the ordinary extraordinarily and authentically. The book, Onam in a Nightie: Stories from a Kerala Quarantine, written by noted journalist-author Anjana Menon and published by Harper Collins India, was unveiled at a function at Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi last night, attended by an impressive gathering of glitterati and literati Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, and Mr. Amitabh Kant, the CEO, of NITI Aayog, unveiled the 230-page book that revolves around the Delhi-based author’s relationship with her parents living in Kerala, and her idea of belonging and identity. In the process, the non-fiction tome, with a series of slice-of-life stories, opens wide a window on the uniqueness of Kerala and what it is to be a Malayali.
Kerala Tourism has made a strong pitch for the book as part of its conscious strategy to present a tapestry of its human aspects and not only the beauteous nature of the state. Earlier also, it had launched an internationally-acclaimed ‘Human by Nature’ campaign, showcasing the culture and daily life of the people of the state.
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