What Four Indian Beach Stamps Reveal Together
Four stamps, four Indian coastlines, one recurring pattern: the coastline stays, its history slips beyond the frame.
Four stamps, four Indian coastlines, one recurring pattern: the coastline stays, its history slips beyond the frame.
A fishing village discovered by a queen, then colonised by hippies, reduced to a palm-fringed postcard on a six-rupee stamp. The Kovalam Beach stamp 1997 and the quiet politics of a place name.