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‘There is an undeclared Emergency’, says Teesta Setalvad
June 25, 2016, 5:39 PM IST
Ever since she embarked on a mission to expose those behind the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, Teesta Setalvad has faced state persecution at its harshest. She remains unfazed. Excerpts from an email interview: HUNTED Revenge is…
June 25, 2016, 5:39 PM IST
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(t)Reasons of state
June 25, 2016, 5:23 PM IST
It is 41 years to the day since the Emergency was declared, but only the utterly naive will presume that the danger those dark days posed to our democracy is a thing of the past….
June 25, 2016, 5:23 PM IST
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Needle of suspicion
June 25, 2016, 5:10 PM IST
The anti-vaccination campaign is a travesty of Islamic belief and tenets Opposition against vaccination has no religious or cultural ground in Islam. But we have seen organisations like Al Qaeda coming out violently against vaccination…
June 25, 2016, 5:10 PM IST
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Travelling with a Sardine
June 11, 2016, 4:42 PM IST
A graffiti artist turns a village fish market into a veritable aquarium. Of late, the small fish market at Cherukunnu near Kannapuram in Kannur has become quite popular. The catch comes from the sea nearby…
June 11, 2016, 4:42 PM IST
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50 shades of grey
June 11, 2016, 4:35 PM IST
Five women breach the concrete ceiling and show how work can be so much more colourful. The place is musty and the smell of paint slightly stifling. “Be careful”, a cry cautions you as you…
June 11, 2016, 4:35 PM IST
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The master and margarita
June 11, 2016, 4:22 PM IST
Adoor Gopalakrishnan has just finished his 12th movie, his first in eight years. Will Pinneyum reflect his trademark intensity and subversive style or are we in for a twist in the tale? Right now, the…
June 11, 2016, 4:22 PM IST
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An epic for everyman
June 4, 2016, 3:13 PM IST
A purist manages to make Kathakali’s abstractions accessible to the lay reader Indian classical arts are often accused of being ossified -impervious to and detached from reality. But the fact is that they are constantly…
June 4, 2016, 3:13 PM IST
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Heart of darkness
June 4, 2016, 7:15 AM IST
It’s been 130 days and counting since an artist painted herself pitch black and pretended that everything was normal. How society, especially other women, reacted is a blot on Kerala’s fair name Here was an…
June 4, 2016, 7:15 AM IST
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The interpreters of malady
June 4, 2016, 7:10 AM IST
In the aftermath of the Puttingal temple tragedy in April, survivors construct a ‘magical’ narrative to cope with trauma and protect their beliefs Nineteen-year-old Mahesh H has a story to tell anyone he meets about…
June 4, 2016, 7:10 AM IST
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The bird that broke the cage open
May 28, 2016, 3:28 PM IST
The invaluable insight my father Premji imparted to my mother Arya Even as a child, amma intrigued me by her sheer feminine charm, contrasted by a moustache-like spot of brown hair above her upper…
May 28, 2016, 3:28 PM IST
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Looks don’t lie
May 28, 2016, 3:16 PM IST
Preferring an unadulterated modern identity, a young woman tries to ‘hide’ her obvious Brahmin attributes Arya Premji was the least grandmother like among my grandmothers. Ammamma’s strict demeanour, bordering on sourness, had left me wary…
May 28, 2016, 3:16 PM IST
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Object= discrete entity that can be manipulated
May 28, 2016, 3:05 PM IST
The female body gets objectified all the time, but Namboothiri women once were more than just things—they were chattel The first Namboothiri widow (technically, the second) who stepped into history through remarriage is no more….
May 28, 2016, 3:05 PM IST
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‘Even minorities are tired of minority appeasement’
May 14, 2016, 11:57 AM IST
A Jayakumar, senior RSS pracharak, says nation building and not parochial politics is BJP’s priority From the Sangh Parivar’s point of view, both UDF and LDF shared the political pie among themselves for too long,…
May 14, 2016, 11:57 AM IST
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‘We will not be provoked or intimidated’
May 14, 2016, 11:28 AM IST
Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal says the Muslim community is too integral a part of Kerala society to consider the BJP’s rise a serious threat Al Manhal, the residence of Syed Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal…
May 14, 2016, 11:28 AM IST
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Sacred cows & beef eaters – `Modi assured me, but … ‘
May 14, 2016, 9:48 AM IST
Ahead of elections, how do Kerala’s Muslim and Christian minorities view the rise of a ‘Hindu’ party? Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, head of Syro Malabar Church, says BJP must apologise for the Babri Masjid demolition…
May 14, 2016, 9:48 AM IST
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Assembly elections: Investment is the key for Kerala’s economy
May 7, 2016, 4:50 PM IST
All three major political formations in Kerala agree that the state’s finances are dire, but the challenge to whoever forms the next government will be to work out a bipartisan blueprint for the economy, with…
May 7, 2016, 4:50 PM IST
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Skills, startups and sanguinity
May 7, 2016, 4:12 PM IST
Only a bold new approach that creates a truly enabling environment for employment and investment can save Kerala For decades, Kerala enjoyed the distinction of having the best social indicators, a thriving agrarian and plantation…
May 7, 2016, 4:12 PM IST
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Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater
May 7, 2016, 4:09 PM IST
Kerala’s economy faces new challenges but its underlying redistributive model remains our best bet A comparison of Kerala’s development experience with other states in India, or even other developing countries, suggests that the state should…
May 7, 2016, 4:09 PM IST
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True enemies and the lesser evil
April 30, 2016, 4:40 PM IST
The Congress-Left alliance in Bengal is not ‘adjustment politics’ it is key to defeating forces that could ultimately destroy India There are two ways of looking at ideological questions by exploring long term…
April 30, 2016, 4:40 PM IST
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The God that failed
April 30, 2016, 4:38 PM IST
Kerala has had enough of the Left’s utopia -the BJP is the alternative the state is waiting for. Kerala today is on the cusp of a big political change. Never before have we witnessed the…
April 30, 2016, 4:38 PM IST
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