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Heritage or highway
December 12, 2020, 11:19 AM IST
In Kerala, where money drives development in areas with virtually no vacant land left, several regions often suffer the loss of historic and cultural architecture. One such landmark facing demolition is the over 800-year-old St…
December 12, 2020, 11:19 AM IST
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An MGNREGA for artists
December 5, 2020, 8:21 AM IST
Noted Carnatic musician T M Krishna, who has been vocal on social justice in art, is orchestrating a unique virtual musical concert with an ensemble of 13 leading musicians as part of a project to…
December 5, 2020, 8:21 AM IST
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Method in the madness
December 5, 2020, 8:17 AM IST
Unless politics and reason are to be labelled mutually exclusive or antithetical domains, recent developments in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) suggest the beginning of yet another internal churning in that party against the…
December 5, 2020, 8:17 AM IST
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Through a glass, darkly
November 28, 2020, 8:01 AM IST
Some of the most famous rehab programmes for alcoholics were begun by drunks. The most wellknown among these groups is the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by Bill Wilson, a ‘degenerate alcoholic in his own words….
November 28, 2020, 8:01 AM IST
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The reservation conundrum
November 28, 2020, 7:59 AM IST
It took a Brahmin-born Marxist chief minister, EMS Namboodiripad, to bring in the land reforms that sought to ensure social justice and empower the poor. Arguments and disagreements aside, it pulled down centuries-old feudal structures…
November 28, 2020, 7:59 AM IST
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From poster boys to glam girls
November 21, 2020, 8:40 AM IST
An 8,000 square feet facility in a multistoried building in Kottayam municipality has been buzzing with activity ever since various political parties declared their candidates for the local body polls. It provides one-stop campaigning solutions…
November 21, 2020, 8:40 AM IST
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Man enough
November 21, 2020, 8:38 AM IST
Rarely has there been an actor like Jayan who looked so natural in the outfits of sweaty, uncouth men of the street as in a dapper suit. Four decades after his death, the actor who…
November 21, 2020, 8:38 AM IST
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Dead or alive?
November 21, 2020, 8:36 AM IST
It was not an honest thing to do but considering the circumstances they did it nevertheless. Without his usual daily phone calls, Siddique Kappan’s old mother was on the verge of a breakdown. So his…
November 21, 2020, 8:36 AM IST
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Memory and memorialising
November 14, 2020, 8:20 AM IST
Experts say people hit the streets of nostalgia when they are lonely or when they feel unhinged, to get rid of their social anxiety. It helps create a sense of belongingness and restore the continuity…
November 14, 2020, 8:20 AM IST
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On the digital stage
November 14, 2020, 8:18 AM IST
The pandemic has boosted streaming services as lockdowns and social restrictions have kept people away from theatres despite their otherworldly charms. A set of filmmakers and production houses in the Malayalam film industry too are…
November 14, 2020, 8:18 AM IST
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Haunted by a savarna spectre
November 14, 2020, 8:16 AM IST
Earlier this week, Moustache, the English translation of Meesha, won the JCB Prize for literature, one of the most coveted awards for literary fiction in this country. In 2018, Jasmine Days by Benyamin had won…
November 14, 2020, 8:16 AM IST
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Appachan’s second coming
October 31, 2020, 9:41 AM IST
In August this year, singer and composer Pushpavathy Poypadathu shared on social media, her renditions of two songs of Poikayil Yohannan. Adorned only by riffs of ukulele, one of them, ‘Kanunneellalo Oraksharavum Ente Vamshathe Patti,’…
October 31, 2020, 9:41 AM IST
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In the beginning was the word
October 25, 2020, 11:50 AM IST
Evangelical missions, besides spreading Christianity, also brought with them several technologies from the West, which radically changed the culture scape of the ‘new worlds’. Two such missionaries who have made immense contributions to the Malayalam…
October 25, 2020, 11:50 AM IST
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Is cinema haram? Halal love story doesn’t pretend to answer this
October 25, 2020, 11:18 AM IST
“Haram is well-defined, so is halal but there is a grey area in the middle. Entering that space is risky,” cautions a character in the Halal Love Story, a movie on movie making that explores…
October 25, 2020, 11:18 AM IST
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Come to the woods
October 17, 2020, 7:58 AM IST
Be it on art, science, history, film, or fashion, coffeetable books open up a jumbo and glossy world of colour, spectacle, and information. Some of them even carry a message. Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI)…
October 17, 2020, 7:58 AM IST
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Bicycle kick
October 17, 2020, 7:56 AM IST
Four years ago, untrained endurance rides and an ill-fitting bike proved costly for Dr Krishnakumar C V. An associate professor with Thrissur Medical College and an orthopaedic surgeon, Krishnakumar had to have his both legs…
October 17, 2020, 7:56 AM IST
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Beating the retreat: The Malabar Special Police is no longer the trigger-happy unit
October 10, 2020, 2:59 PM IST
It is perhaps true that Malabar Special Police (MSP) is still considered a lingering colonial vestige in the glowing stories of freedom struggle, at least in north Malabar. Though the battalion was formed by the…
October 10, 2020, 2:59 PM IST
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Crime and punishment: A Sanskrit scholar explores his more adventurous side
October 10, 2020, 2:55 PM IST
Imagine a murder. The victim is a celebrity TV anchor. An investigative team has been set up. And to catch the killer who is always a step ahead they have set a trap and lie…
October 10, 2020, 2:55 PM IST
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Second coming in Karikkan Villa twin murder
October 10, 2020, 2:51 PM IST
On the morning of October 7, 1980, Siby Mathews, the assistant police superintendent (ASP) of Chengannur subdivision, got a phone call from Thiruvalla police station. “Two found dead in a house. Nobody else staying there….
October 10, 2020, 2:51 PM IST
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Show interrupted: Covid-19 has forced performance artists to seek online audience
September 26, 2020, 9:47 AM IST
It is not easy for an artist to perform without a live audience, especially theatrical performers. Yet, in a world upended by the pandemic, artists are going the extra mile to connect with people and…
September 26, 2020, 9:47 AM IST
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