Meet Shoukathali Whose Goli Soda Remains As Popular As It Was Five Decades Ago In This Kerala Village

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Nilambur: In Kerala's Malappuram district, 70-year-old Shoukathali, fondly called Kunhappa, has been keeping a local tradition alive for over five decades. Popularly known as Goli Soda for its marble-sealed bottle, his beverage is a household name in Chaliyar village, where it is fondly called 'Chaliyar Soda'. Shoukathali began distributing soda in the late 1960s, cycling alongside his father, who ran a small soda factory in Nilambur. Using the same vintage soda-making equipment to this day, he recalls selling bottles for just 10 paise, with tea costing the same then. What started as a bicycle delivery has now turned into an auto-rickshaw business, but the soda's charm remains unchanged. (with PTI inputs)

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00:00Shokatali has been making and selling a locally cherished beverage in the

00:12Chaliar village of Kerala's Malapuram district since he was 13 also known as

00:22Goli soda for its marble sealed bottle Shokatali once went around town with his

00:28father on a bicycle to distribute it today he does so by auto rickshaw

00:34Shokatali has been in public and has been in the hospital with many people in the

00:40country.

00:41And I have been in the city of Kerala's Malapuram district at the state of Kerala.

00:43And I have been working in the city of Kerala's Malapuram district in New Mexico.

00:47The soda's popularity can be gauged from the fact that it has come to be known as Chaliar Soda.

01:14Made with the same old-fashioned soda-making equipment that his father once used,

01:20Shokadali recalls a time when it was sold for just 10 paise a bottle.

01:25In an age dominated by multinational beverage giants, Shokadali has kept his beloved Goli Soda alive for more than half a century.

01:37Fondly called Kunhappa, his soda remains as popular as ever.

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