Kochi, July 19 -- Hailing the state of Kerala and its cultural history, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is not "merely a line on the map" but a "western coast of India."

Shashi Tharoor was speaking at the Council for Community Co-operation programme on Peace, Harmony and National Development in Kochi.

The Congress MP emphasised that the Kerala's history is built on the peaceful coexistence and cultural exchange. Tharoor noted that Kerala's past is "etched" in conversations between cultures, creeds, strangers which later became neighbours.

"Kerala is not merely a line on the map. It is a poem carved into the western coast of India, where the mountains rise like silent sieges of the Arabian Sea, whispering the stories o...