Author: Arun Philip Alex

Arun is working as an Assistant Professor of English language and literature who holds a degree in Journalism. He has the experience of woking as a journalist in Mangalam Daily, Kottayam as a part of internship for three months.

“Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth”. Remembering the words of Albert Einstein about Mahatma Gandhi, philatelist C.P Mathen from Kottayam district of Kerala accentuates his question, “How is it possible to forget the Mahatma!”  Chalakuzhiyil Philipose Mathen, known in the philately community as Mr C.P Mathen, is a descendent of Late Chalakuzhiyil Paulose Mathen – a Member of Parliament from the Thiruvalla constituency of Kerala for the first Lok Sabha election constituted in 1952. Philately, the art of collecting stamps…

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