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M.T. Vasudevan Nair: The Alchemist of Malayalam

M.T. Vasudevan Nair’s works captured generational angst and an uneasy nostalgia for a fading matrilineal past. He directed ‘Nirmalyam’, a groundbreaking film, and as editor of ‘Mathrubhoomi Weekly’,…

▶25-Jan-2025

Meena T. Pillai

Many Malayalams

Regional language pride often masks the linguistic diversity of Indian states. Kerala is a good example, even as a new wave of cultural production has brought to the fore its marginalised languages…

▶14-Nov-2024

Rajitha Venugopal, Shivakumar Jolad

A Forgotten Famine and the Rise of Communism in Kerala

Food shortages in Travancore during the Second World War led to tens of thousands of deaths. The scale of the mismanagement of relief wore thin the legitimacy of princely rule, setting the stage for…

▶18-Oct-2023

Aditya Balasubramanian

Top-down Approaches to Health do not Work

Government programmes for the indigenous that do not listen to and involve the local communities will not succeed in improving wellbeing.

▶11-Mar-2022

Mathew Sunil George, Ramu K.A., Rajendra Prasad

Women and Contraceptive Decision-Making in Kerala

Kerala's below-replacement fertility figures obscure the poor awareness of contraceptive methods amongst women, pointing to the unfinished task of promoting independent and informed reproductive…

▶07-Jun-2021

TK Sundari Ravindran

The Implications of the Left Victory in Kerala

The LDF’s return to power in Kerala was on the back of its creditable response to emergencies and its quality of governance. The unprecedented second term signals the emergence of a new kind of…

▶13-May-2021

Kesava Menon

In Kerala, Gains of Social Reform Form a Wall against BJP Entry

The rout in the Lok Sabha polls need not mark the demise of the Left in Kerala. If the Left were to draw on the power of its historical social reform movement that was rooted in a civilisational…

▶18-Jul-2019