Meenakshi Raghavan is possibly the oldest woman in the world to practise and teach Kalaripayattu An 82-year-old woman who teaches the ancient Indian martial art of Kalaripayattu says she has no plans ...

Deftly parrying her son with a bamboo cane, Meenakshi Amma belies her 78 years with her prowess at kalari, thought to be India"s oldest martial art. The great-grandmother in Kerala, southern India, ...

Meenakshi Amma’s face lights up when someone calls her Unniyarcha, the brave warrior heroine from the famous ballads of North Kerala, Vadakkan Pattukal. The comparison is frequent, since Meenakshi ...

Kalari Gurukkal Meenakshi Amma flashes a faint smile when she recalls the caning she used to get as a student of Kalaripayattu several decades ago. “I don’t teach like that. That was an anachronism.

A sword, a saree and swift moves is what leave everyone’s jaws dropped when one witnesses the Amma practising her art. Meenakshi amma Gurukkal, is one of the notable names in the books of martial arts ...

Emirati influencer Khalid Al Ameri recently visited the southern state of Kerala, India, where he celebrated Onam with a local family. He has been posting on social media from his travelogue, and in ...

The Padma Awards 2017 ceremony was held on the Republic Day and the list of winners included cricketers MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi, Olympic winners PV ...

Deftly parrying her son with a bamboo cane, Meenakshi Amma belies her 78 years with her prowess at kalari, thought to be India's oldest martial art. The great-grandmother in Kerala, southern India, ...

BBC- An 82-year-old woman who teaches the ancient Indian martial art of Kalaripayattu says she has no plans to retire. "I'll probably practise Kalari until the day I die," says Meenakshi Raghavan, ...