He nodded, picking up his umbrella. Heritage, he thought, wasn’t saved by converting to PDF. It was passed on by walking together into the rain.
: The book highlights Kerala’s history of "synthesis and assimilation," where various foreign and local influences merged to form a distinct cultural identity.
The "Heritage" in the title is fully realized in these chapters.
The physical copies of Menon's books—including A Survey of Kerala History and The Cultural Heritage of Kerala —can sometimes be hard to find outside of specialized academic bookstores.