Kozhikode... a beautiful place which turned wheels of history
When a ship that sailed with a Portuguese man on board, seemingly aimless but determined to script history landed on the shore, history waited for him with open arms. The man in discussion is Vasco Da Gama and the place he landed was Kozhikode also known as Calicut. The first man to discover a sea route to India around Cape of Good Hope, Vasco Da Gama was the man who flung open the gates of imperialism in true sense. Waves of ships came and they conquered and ruled for centuries. Witnessing all this was the city of Calicut, thus inscribing itself in the annals of history. History and past apart, Kozhikode is particularly worth a place to be. Beautiful as it is, Kozhikode is also a treat for culinary freaks. Flanked by sea...