Ladies, coming for a second show?

TO reinforce the idea that the city is indeed safe for women at night, the Ernakulam Rural Police has come up with a novel campaign ahead of Women's Day.

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As part of it, tickets to late-night cinema (second) shows are being distributed for free to housewives, women professionals and students.

"Women can confidently come to theatres at night, watch movies, enjoy snacks, share their experiences and return home safely. Through the programme, we wanted to assure all women that our streets are safe. They can travel alone at any time of the night anywhere in the district," says Ernakulam Rural Police Chief Vaibhav

IN the enclave of buildings that immediately surround the Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple in Tripunithura, one structure towers above the other clay tile-roofed ones: the Manimalika.

The 50-foot clock tower was built with the help of Dutch engineers in the early 1870s, during the reign of Rama Varma XIV, and houses a clock made by J Cooke and Sons, a British company.

"The 1870s period was a time of several such public works in the kingdom, all steered by the Maharaja and the Cochin diwan, Thottakattu Sankunni Menon.