Positive connotations
1.There are beautiful beaches and backwaters, places of great historical interest, reflecting the region's varied colonial past, and an overall sense of contentment and well-being among the people.
2. Cochin has such an interesting range of sights due to its setting and history--variously controlled by the Indians, Portuguese, Dutch, English and back to the Indians.
3. The dancers have perfect control of all face and body muscles, and the make-up is striking and elaborate.
4. It was a lovely, idyllic place, and I felt a bit like Gauguin arriving in Tahiti.
5. Keralan cuisine is one of the world's great culinary secrets.
Negative Connotations
1. The entertainment industry is fluffy and flimsy.
2. The mildest thing one would want to say about this horrid dry pink innovation, which sweated under the grill and fell to bits under the knife, was that it was less than a sausage.
3. There is a word that usefully captures this trend to the insipid and denatured, and it is "Lite."
4. If the opposite of Lite is all these things -- pungent, complex, characterful, without concession, food for men -- then this reflects back and throws more light on what Lite is.
5. He is ignorant, timid, squeamish, and childish.
