Volume - I 

I Importance of the study

                                                                 CONTENTS

 

River system, Tributary Systems, Physical characters and area of coverage,  Catchments area of water resources, implications, Settlements, agriculture etc.

Eco system - Climatic conditions, Economic GeologyNature of Habitat, Flora, Fauna etc., Industrial production, Trade, CommerceTraditional Industries – resourcesPre-historic Settlements - Traditional Settlements, Tribes and aboriginals.- cultural aspects, festivals, rituals worshiping centres, Folk culture etc of Tribal population Settlement and cultural aspects of Sanskrit tradition,temples, festivals Arts and architecture Historical antecedents - Medieval period - Political and historical Geography.

 

VOLUME II                                   

                                                CONTENTS

 

Dr. M.G.S.Narayanan, Necessity of inter- disciplinary studies in cultural studiesDr. D.D. Nampoothiri, Cultural studies and recent sociological theory, Dr. Rajan Gurukkal, Geography of Malayalam  Sri.PN.Unnikrishnan. I.F.S., Nila River basin Man and challenges, Dr. R. Viswanathan, Kerala and eco-aesthetics. Dr. E.J.James, Origin of River Nila, Sri R. Gopinathan Nair, Nila in Malayalam poetry. An aesthetic approach Sri. K P.George, Presence of Nila in modern Malayalam poetry. Dr.  N Krishnan Namboothiri Yuvajana movement and their aftermath, Sri. PO. Purushothaman, A survey and evaluation of the temple movement by Guru Narayana. Dr. Rosy T T, The influence of Bible translations in the evaluation of Malayalam Language. Dr. E. Rajendran, Vedic tradition of Nile Basin. .or . N. N. Elayath. Nila, Literary traditions in Sanskrit. Dr CM Neelakandan.Commentary literature in Sanskrit. Dr. T. B. Venugopala Panicker, Malayalam language during later medieval period. Smt. E.H. Devi The Padappattu  a panoramic evaluation. DR. M.S. Hema, Mother Goddess and retelling of Ramayana. Sri. KV Dileep kumar. Ezhuthacchan and his hero. Dr.Unnikrishnan. Reflection of river valley culture in literature. Sri. Dr. N V P. Unithiri. Astronomy and mathematics in medieval Kerala with spl. ref. to Nila valley Dr .KG. Poulose. Sanskrit drama and the Koodiyattam stage. Dr. Andrews kutty. Reflections on bilingualism and language contact in Malayalam Sri. N.N. Anandan. A forgotten language and stage performance Sri. PK Raveendran. Pollution of water resources. Smt. P.L. Sarah. Changing patterns and family structure. Dr. P Geetha. Relations of man and women .. concepts based on women writings. Dr G. Hemalatha Devi Early women novelists in Malayalam B. Kallyaniamma and others. Prof. M. Thomas Mathew Continuity and change. Ezhutthacchan to Vallathol Dr. K. P. Mohanan. Continuity and change . Edassery to M Govindan. Sri. K.C. Narayanan Novel and short stories' contributions of Nila valley Sri. M..M. Narayanan, V. T, K. Damodaran and Edassery .. significance in the history of drama NR. Gramaprakash. Evolution and influence in stage with ref, to Nila river valley Dr RP Azad. Culture criticism in Kerala Context. Dr. Pavithran. Territoriality and territorial Alienation. Dr A. Achuthan. Damming Bharathapuzha . Dr. P V Ramankutty, Punnasseri Kalari . its social context of educational and cultural renaissance Sri P Govindan pillai, Sociaio political changes in Nila valley during the17th century.  Dr. Kusala Rajendran & Sri. C.P.Rajendran, Does Palghatgap hold potential to generate a modern earth quake? Dr P,Rajendran, Pre - historic studies in Kerala with special reference to Nila river basin. Sri. S, Anirudhan, Bharathapuzha - it's geopgraphy and development. Dr P,K.Sukumaran Nair, Tnbal Culture and urbanisation .. Attapadi and Agali Dr. Veluthat Kesavan, The Brahmin settlements in Kerala with special reference to the Nila or Perar Valley' a historic study Sri, H, K.santhosh, A study of folklore related to Nila river basin with specialreference to Myths. Dr C,R. Rajagopal, Folkloristic study of the Vela festi­vals in the Bharathapuzha river valley. Dr Naduvattam Gopalakrishnan, Historical monu­ments of Valluvanad Dr, M.KRudra Variyar, Thermoluminesence dating of the ancient pottery articles. Sri. Sivasankaran Nair, Fusion of two cultures in Nila river basin, Sri, K. PDevadas, Political history of Nila Basin during early and mideval period, Dr, M,R.·Raghava variyar, Trade, commerce and economy of Nila basin early and mideval periods. Smt. Neela and Sri. Babu P Ramssh, The decline of Bharathapuzha - the role of economic and and cultural factors. Sri. C . Rajeev, Economy of Nila basin. a tentative exploration Sri Joseph A Thomas, Political Economy of the emergence of Schooling facilities in the Nila Basin. . K.D.Nampoothiri Use and abuse of water resources. Sri. M K Prasad, Degeneration and deforestation of Nila Basin, Sri, E,Unnikrishanan, Traditional Shrines "Kavu" and environ­mental concepts, Sri M.G. Sasibhooshan, Mural paintings of Kerala Dr Asalatha Thampuran, Thachusasthra - the unique traditional architechture of Kera/a, DrK K. N, Kurup, Peasant move­ments and tenancy legislation. a case study of South Malabar. Dr. KV Mohanan, Pattern changes in agriculture - rice cultivation, Sri. P,Surendran, Affinitisation' a post Srinivasian analysis.

 

VOLUME III Part I & II   GEO POLITICS  

:A book under the title Malabar studies is under publication (.State institute of Languages  Submitted 1999)

 

 

A case study done by the this author for the project of UGC is VOL IV .  Vaaniyam kulam Vijnaniiyam.( Published 2002 KCHR Trivandrum)

Notes

The problem of cultural evolution and social formation of Kerala has not been yet received a status of thrust area of  investigation. The basic drawback is that most of the writings are of  generalizations without any support  of authentic direct or indirect evidences collected from villages were exhaustive field work is necessary to correlate the historical observations.This author had taken up village studies in micro leval based on TOPONOMY in Calicut in 1975.Agood number of authors clearly pointed out that no sufficient sources are collected or no attempt had. been made by researchers to get the available sources. Historians like Dr.M.G.S.Narayanan, Dr.K.N.Ganesh, Dr.Rajan Gurukkal, Dr.M.R.Raghava varier; Prof A..Sreedhara menon and many others have opined that the collection of source materials regarding the early and medieval history and culture of Kerala is highly insufficient^'. The remarks made by Dr.K.N.Panikker, another historian recently has made it clear that 'the writing of history without any basis has become the bane of out time: adding such history will mislead the future generations into baseless beliefs'. He continues "the peoples take over of the respon­sibility of recording the local history has become the need of the hour". This author  has adopted Participatory Research Appraisal Method/Sharing of Local Knowledge in 1978 by using questionnaire and field work.. At present the Govt. of Kerala has taken up a venture to write local history of 'villages on Panchayath basis, under the scheme village gazetteers.