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Nandu in Muziris
A beautifully illustrated children's book about a young crow searching for home in the ancient port of Muziris, rooted in Kerala's history, culture, and memory.
₹700₹1,400
We make beautifully crafted books and objects that bring Kerala's history alive, for children and the families who carry it with them.
A beautifully illustrated children's book about a young crow searching for home in the ancient port of Muziris, rooted in Kerala's history, culture, and memory.
The next volume is in the making. Join us and we'll share more soon.
A memory game drawn from the same world. Pictures coming soon.
The world our children grow into is global by default. What they can lose, quietly, is the ground beneath it: the particular history, language and memory of where they come from.
Cultural transmission used to be ambient. It arrived through grandparents, verandah evenings and stories told a hundred times over. For many families now, it simply no longer does.
Research is clear that bicultural competence, being at home in the wider world and in your own inheritance, helps children thrive. Roots and reach are not opposites.
Kerala's stories are extraordinary, and they deserve to be told with real craft and beauty. That is what Aalmaram does.
Some historians believe the Roman Empire's decline was partly caused by how much gold it spent on Kerala's pepper.
A single ship sailing from Muziris carried cargo worth the annual wages of an entire Roman army.
A Tamil poet and the Roman writer Pliny the Elder both wrote about Muziris in the same century, from opposite ends of the world.
31 MAY 2026
Kochi
We gathered readers, families and friends in Kochi to send our first book into the world: an afternoon of storytelling, illustration, and one very small crow named Nandu.
More events soon. This is where we'll share what's next.
COMING SOON
Our first journal entry is on its way: a short read on Muziris, the lost Kerala port whose pepper once reached the heart of Rome.
READ MORE →If you have a story, an idea, or a piece of Kerala's history that could become something beautiful for children, we'd love to hear it. Every book we make begins as a conversation.