• ISBN13: 9788119626472
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook
• Publication Date: September 15, 2024
• Pages: 300
• Original Price: INR 795.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams

Dot on the international maritime route, Cochin (now Kochi), was a rewarding destination for explorers, traders and chroniclers around the world from time immemorial. Some came to trade in its hottest product, spices, some to escape persecution back home, and a few others for peaceful living with a comfortable career to boot. From royalty down to the rabble, all found warm welcome in abundance. Cochin surfaced from the sea as the favoured port of call in mid-14th century. As a cluster of marshy islets, not all of which hospitable enough for habitation, it wasn’t much of a landmass to crow about. But slowly and steadily it started growing into a city that is presently closer to being a metropolis. The history of this small port-town saw the rise and fall of many powers, the complicated trajectories of the diverse people who made a home out of it, and crucially, the confluence of seemingly favoured faiths and conflicting cultures yoked together by visionaries who could imagine a better future of its citizens-here is the story of Cochin’s transformation.