Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give a unique perspective on love and loss, and the land.
Ayyapa Temple run by Malayalis settled in and around Kamala Nagar is located here.
Non Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA), a department of Kerala Government to address the grievances of Non-Resident Keralites.
One of the issues the books addresses is the question of cultural identity of the Malayali.
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According to the author, the novel is an attempt to re-define nostalgia which is thought to be the essence of life of non-resident Malayalis and to pay respect to hundreds of thousands of Malayalis living as non-resident Keralites in different parts of the world.
It investigates the ways in which Malayali migrants from three different Kerala communities handle the opportunities and challenges of working in the Gulf.
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The novel was officially released on 23 August 2008 by former Kerala minister Binoy Viswam during the 6th World Malayali Conference held in Singapore.
It should be noted that Pulle is a Sinhalese version of the common Tamil and Malayali title Pillai.