Varghese, the Syriac-Malayalam form of “George,” is always a giveaway for Christian roots in that region. Joji, one of the brothers, has been studying theology in Italy before returning to India for ...

Pure Syriac is rarely used in churches now here,” he explains. “Malayalam is open to the rhythm and syllabic rules and intonations of Syriac. So translation of many Syriac melodies into ...

KOZHIKODE: Consumed by time, Suriyani Malayalam, an early Malayalam dialect wrote in a variant form of Syriac script, might be taken off the shelves soon if Anshuman Pandey’s ambitious project ...