Alagammai Meyyappan

Alagammai Meyyappan grew up in Pollachi and now works for an education start up Bangalore. She is at her happiest when working with young children and can never stop marvelling at how differently they see the world. Alagammai reads voraciously and writes occasionally. Her greatest fear is running out reading material someday.

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Cover Story November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019

Song of the Earth

by Alagammai Meyyappan

The scene is idyll, straight out of a picture postcard. A row of women, silhouetted by the morning sun, stand in the expanses of…

Pollachi Maatu Sandhai, cattle market, places of attraction, pollachi papyrus,

Features March 1, 2017 March 2, 2017

We herd the Moo! | Pollachi Maatu Sandhai

by Alagammai Meyyappan

Our tour of the maatu sandhai (cattle market) begins in a small, tiled roof room that allows little natural light in. Anchoring the room…