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Muslims, Mangalsutra and Modi 

It is said that all is fair in love and war. It means people are said to be not bound by standard rules of behaviour when they are in love or war....

24.04.2024 5

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Modi Again: But Hindutva loses steam

Despite its various challenges, the BJP-led National Development Alliance (NDA) will again be in power after the upcoming elections, with an increased...

23.04.2024 10

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An Existential Election for the Indian Left

Will there be at least one Communist party in India qualified to be recognised as a national party when the country's Communist movement enters its...

31.03.2024 7

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Three Heroes who fought the Electoral Bonds

It is official now. The Electoral Bond (EB) scheme, struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India, is the single biggest scam...

22.03.2024 10

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Rahul in Wayanad: The Pride and Panic

Looking at Congress list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, I felt immensely proud to be a Malayali. But, as an Indian, it also fills...

12.03.2024 4

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The lynching on the shuttle court

The mob-lynching of the 20-year-old student, JS Siddharth, in the hostel of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Pookode, Wayanad, has...

11.03.2024 7

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Karimanal: A Century-long Murky Saga 

W ith the ongoing investigation into the “black sands diaries”, the infamous saga of Kerala’s beach sands that contain highly explosive...

26.02.2024 10

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Why not Yusuff Ali set up an international university? 

Finance Minister KN Balagopal’s mention in his fourth budget speech that the state government will explore opportunities for establishing private...

25.02.2024 70

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A Kannur Communist’s Son Rises in America

M ost of us depend on the “location services” on our smartphones to find a way to our destinations, anywhere on earth or at any time around the...

13.02.2024 10

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Lapdog Journalism: The Indian edition 

“ Godi Media” (the media sitting on the lap) is a hard-hitting term coined by eminent journalist Ravish Kumar as an idiomatic equivalent of what's...

11.02.2024 10

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Ayodhya: A murky Malayali story 

As a Malayali, I felt proud of the Malayalam media - to which I, too, belong - despite my differences over many aspects of how it conducts itself....

27.01.2024 10

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MT’s “I Accuse..!”

I Accuse…!". Thus screamed history's most celebrated and scathing open letter, penned by a famed writer to an authoritarian state. The writer was...

25.01.2024 10

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Gandhi and Sexuality

Joseph Lelyveld (86), the eminent American journalist who passed away recently, was an avid India watcher with an abiding interest in Gandhi and a...

15.01.2024 20

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Sudheeran@75: The Solitary Soldier

When dissenting voices and rectifying forces across political parties appear to be facing extinction, Vylappulli Mama Sudheeran stands in glorious...

02.01.2024 8

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The bleak Nava Keralam

Not many government programs have been proven so counter-productive. Nava Kerala Sadas (NKS) was launched to celebrate the LDF government’s second...

27.12.2023 10

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When Chief Minister and Governor pull down Kerala 

Umpteen are incidents of the state using force to repress opposition in Kerala as everywhere else. The pre-independence period witnessed the most...

19.12.2023 10

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Kunhaman: Contrarian Extraordinary 

The Post Graduate Department of Economics at Kerala University's Kariavattom campus boasted a faculty of distinguished scholars from its inception in...

15.12.2023 10

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Mammootty's Revolution

From books to movies to television, the stories we consume have the power to shape how we see other people—and ourselves. Keely Weiss and Daniel...

01.12.2023 5

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Huddle: A rare Kerala festival

Kerala has long been branded unfriendly to business. Despite its excellent human development records and successive governments' efforts, Kerala...

23.11.2023 9

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Fisherfolk to Footballers: Kovalam FC’s Inspiring Story

Do you know that a generation of young professional footballers is emerging from Kerala's economically and socially backward coastal families? And...

21.11.2023 8

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Desperately seeking Subbulakshmi

If history resides in every speck of a particular land, wouldn't its hallowed past appear just normal to its people? Wouldn't only outsiders find it...

08.11.2023 8

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Zuhara: A heroine of our times

It may be a coincidence. Activist-writer V.P. Zuhara’s daring declaration to abandon the headscarf (thattam) has come exactly when Narges Mohammadi,...

02.11.2023 10

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Swaraj's salvos

M. Swaraj is one of CPM’s most articulate and well-informed young leaders. Taking on the “bourgeois” media has been his most fervent recent...

24.10.2023 10

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Urgent: Kerala Sports need a saviour

One thing is absolutely certain, and let me reiterate it at the risk of repetition because nobody seems to care. Kerala will likely be pushed down to...

19.10.2023 10

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When Journalism is called Terrorism 

One more media organisation has come under the brazen assault by the Narendra Modi government justifying India's dubious distinction of being 163rd...

10.10.2023 20

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Swaminathan: The greatest Keralite? 

Can Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, who passed away the other day, be considered the greatest Keralite ever? There would undoubtedly be many who...

02.10.2023 10

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The Great Kerala Hunting Story

Did you know about the Kerala connection of Queen Victoria’s grandson, Albert Victor (1864-92), the Prince of Wales and one of the most notorious...

26.09.2023 4

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Speak up, Silent Sage! 

“Minduka, Mahamune” (Speak up, silent sage), thundered the great poet Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon in his devastating poem of 1978, ostensibly on...

19.09.2023 8

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Asha: Her Tears, Her Triumph 

How much I long to be at the Coca-Cola Arena of Dubai today! On September 8th, the Arena is to witness a historic event. A legendary singer will...

12.09.2023 4

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