I am from Kozhikode, Kerala I was born in a small hamlet called Kallayi - in fact, that is the nearest station - Kallai Station. The British had built a famous steel bridge for trains and vehicular traffic and that was how we crossed the river for as long as I could remember. The river Kallai is very famous and at one point in time in its prestigious history the river was chock a block with sawmills - they were reputed to be one of the largest timber yards in Asia.

One of the most famous brand ambassadors of Kallai is the Malayalam stage and film actor Mamu Koya who took our peculiar Malayam Malabar Muslim accent to the world and made it endearing.