Plan your Fort Kochi visit with day-by-day itineraries for April & May 2026. Morning cafes, heritage walks, sunset times & night plans all in one place.
This is our Fort Kochi insider guide for you curated experiences, updated regularly by the cats who call this place home. Whether you're here for the Heritage, the food, or just the light on the harbour at dusk, we've got you.
The Anchal Post Runners ran with postal bags balanced on their heads and carried a two-foot staff with bells attached. When people heard the bells coming down the road, they made way.
A Kashmiri fish swims through myth and militarization. Salman Khursheed Lone's animation intertwines folklore, sacred ponds, concertina wires, and the endurance of living under occupation.
Fish swims through space, jumps on fields, plays in concertina wires, and in army camps. It embodies endurance and resilience amid invasions on its presence, history, and environment.
Artists
Salman Khursheed Lone (Institute of Music & Fine Arts, University of Kashmir)
Medium
Animation
Venue
BMS Warehouse, Opposite Holy Cross Church Mattancherry (Kuriachante Nada)
BMS WArehouse
Opposite Holy Cross Church Mattancherry (Kuriachante Nada
Fish draws inspiration from everyday experiences of life in Kashmir and its political implications. Salman Khursheed Lone intertwines myth, folklore, childhood games, and lived experiences into a visual diary.
At its centre is a Kashmiri fish that floats as both myth and metaphor. The story of Naag Gaade (Fish) preserves communal sensitivity and the syncreticism of human and other-than-human relations—the fish as protector of sacred water bodies.
Salman connects this with a personal anecdote: seeing army personnel catch and eat fish from a sacred pond, violating this belief. This became his point of departure for understanding socio-political and cultural impositions amid growing military presence.
'Fish' sees and exists beyond language, time, and death. Then, Fish swims again.
Kochi Biennale 2025
Kochi Biennale 2025-26
The Students' Biennale, running alongside the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has always been a space where tomorrow's artistic giants take their first bold leaps.
Plan your Fort Kochi visit with day-by-day itineraries for April & May 2026. Morning cafes, heritage walks, sunset times & night plans all in one place.
This is our Fort Kochi insider guide for you curated experiences, updated regularly by the cats who call this place home. Whether you're here for the Heritage, the food, or just the light on the harbour at dusk, we've got you.
