On the silk road from Kerala to China

Kochi | Friday | 22nd September, 2017

Summary:

His fascination sent him on a ‘mad journey’of 20,000 km and led him to the ‘Ma’ family in South China. A scholar on Sino-Indian affairs, Mr.

Karackattu was fascinated by the historical exchange between the regions. No resemblanceOver the centuries, change has been inevitable and Mr.

Xunkai resembles any other Chinese, with no trace of Indian features. It took him two years of research to locate the genealogical link between Calicut (Kozhikode), which is called Guli in Chinese, and China. The Guli family is in its 20th generation now..