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When the Postman Comes Calling
The New Indian Express
|November 24, 2024
Tucked away in the Nilgiris in Kerala, Chindakki can almost be written off the face of the earth.
In this back of beyond Palakkad district, where life slows to a standstill and the vicinity is as populated by humans as wild animals, two 20-somethings are busy providing last-mile connectivity, in the form of one of the oldest means of communication—letters. Silpa P and Ajith K man the Chindakki post office that caters to the areas of Thadikundu, Murugala, Kadukumanna, Kinattukara, Veerannur, Thudukki and Galasi, populated by the Irula, Muduga and Kurumba tribes.
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