Formula racing: To experience the boat racing that happens once a year in Allepey, Kerala, is a most amazing experience. These snake boats ‘race’ at their own pace and the only excitement for the spectators is to watch the antics of the locals who in their drunken stupor call out to their favourite team, which keeps changing as the humidity and arrack take their toll. 
Being…: This Kathakali dancer prepares for the evening performance at the Cochin Cultural Centre. The day we visited, there were only three people in the audience, and one was the manager. Yet, without thinking of who will be watching, these artistes take at least two hours over their make-up and recreate mythology daily. 
…And becoming: The transformed artist on the left. The movements are deliberately stagey and the way they are dressed and made up adds to this larger-than-life image. Incidentally, men till date enact women’s parts.
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