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Malayalam VOICES
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Family tree
January 20, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
Delicate figures painted on bark evoke domesticity and secret transformations Her material for art lies in wood mills, in barks peeled off wooden blocks, in leftover shreds piled up in corners. These are then treated…
January 20, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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Quran, karma and a gnostic god
January 20, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was perhaps the most Whitmanesque of Malayalam writers — he ‘contained multitudes’ and his creativity was defined by an all-embracing catholicity. A reappraisal on his 110th birth anniversary Throughout Basheer’s creativity there…
January 20, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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The girl in blue bra
January 13, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
J Devika’s new book, ostensibly about feminism’s past, actually interrogates its present When academic and historian J Devika came up with ‘Kulasthreeyum Chanthappennum Undayathengane?’ in 2010, there were no major books available on…
January 13, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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When art becomes a blood sport
January 13, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
Should school festivals be so competitive? Two TOI reporters on what they saw and felt at the Thrissur jamboree It is billed as Asia’s biggest cultural festival and for a reason — nearly 15 lakh…
January 13, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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By the book
January 13, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
A new generation of Sunni scholars trained at madrassas engage with modernism confidently and without prejudice Appearances can be deceptive. Clad in white dhoti and white full-sleeve shirt with traditional Muslim headgear, they reinforce the…
January 13, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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Geek tragedy
January 6, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
Stage shows lasting the whole night and without the usual drama are admittedly not to everybody’s taste, but as renowned scholar David Shulman attests, certain Koodiyattam performances are up right there with the best of…
January 6, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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A green Rama, a golden Lakshmana
January 6, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
The Ramayana is still revered across Southeast Asia, a sign that underlying culture often supersedes imposed religion His father was a strict grammarian who lamented the fact that there is a lot of sringara in…
January 6, 2018, 7:00 AM IST
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‘Feminichi’ and other compliments
December 30, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
A slur with a vernacular touch only shows how much women who speak up have shaken the foundations of Malayali patriarchy. Kerala is not just a state on the map of India, but a state…
December 30, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Desire and desperation
December 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
A handful of films at IFFK grapple with the question of identity and imaginary homelands. In the immensity of a desert, a young man searches for a new life. There is no dialogue; the character…
December 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Ocean’s eleven
December 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
They are just six nautical miles out at sea, but already the green has turned to beige and has become a distant smudge on the horizon. From the transom of trawler Susy, Joseph gazes wistfully…
December 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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The souk on the shore
December 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
In a typical fishing hamlet in Kerala, people are active round the clock. One wonders whether they ever sleep. That is because there is early morning, noon and night time fishing activity. While the men…
December 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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This Mumbai chawl hosted rallies by Gandhi and Jinnah—and spawned a pickle empire
December 3, 2017, 8:30 AM IST
By Nergish Sunavala On 31st January 1948, Vasudev Vishwanath Bedekar, a landlord in Girgaon’s Shantaram Chawl and the founder of the famous pickle brand, was returning home from Nagpur in a state of acute anxiety….
December 3, 2017, 8:30 AM IST
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Sexy D, a Hindu gothic
November 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Would a less provocative title, and a blithe genre description, have made our culture police change their minds on Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s ‘controversial’ movie? Very unlikely, considering how anathema art has become in our current…
November 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Departing From The Script
November 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
At least one viewer, who watched S Durga’s premiere, felt that the movie itself is mediocre Having constantly read about the controversies which Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s ‘S Durga’ managed to rake up, right from the…
November 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Parallel Universe
November 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Meaningful indie movies should look beyond theatre releases On a sultry Thursday afternoon this week, Nisha S decided to skip three hours of college to watch the premiere of Sexy Durga. The Rs 500 note…
November 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Witch hunt turns sexy
October 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Is the #MeToo (and its auxiliary #HimToo) campaign just another feminist fashion statement? Can online confession help a survivor of sexual assault achieve real closure? “Me too.” A so-far nonchalantly used phrase for seconding someone,…
October 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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A born storyteller who never took himself seriously
October 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Punathil Kunjabdulla and I were thick friends and close associates for many decades and his untimely death is a great personal loss for me. I had met him six months ago and though he…
October 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Big Bhim, small frame
October 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Coming soon: A comic book on Babasaheb Ambedkar Growing up in a well-to-do family, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, in his early days, was not really aware about the caste oppression his Mahar community faced. It was…
October 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Storm warning
October 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Never afraid of speaking his mind, Valson Thampu’s forthcoming book is likely to blow away quite a few reputations Trained theologian, certified anti establishment figure and controversial educator, the reverend Valson Thampu believes in fully…
October 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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The German Ideology
October 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
As an allegory, Deepan Sivaraman’s latest play raises pertinent questions but he would do well to also ponder why Marxism couldn’t prevent the rise of Nazism What came first the uni verse or consciousness?…
October 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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