For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Umar Nizar The progressive movement among the Muslims of Kerala had for long been cornered by non-mainstream organisations such as the Jamaat-e-Islami. The organization was one of the few Muslim formations to have aligned itself with the mainstream left in Kerala, till the time they parted ways. The local ramifications of global events such as …
Ibin Nayakam Every social activist in Kerala’s fishing community was talking about a new action movie last month: debutant director Ajith Mampally’s “Kondal”. The director, himself from the fishing community, has made a significant mark with this film, not just for the Malayali mainstream but for a global audience. This week, the movie was released …
Umar Nizar Orientalism as a discipline has been detrimental to the fortunes of eastern civilisations, particularly that of India. The translation of a corpus of Indic heritage by the likes of Max Meuller rendered India susceptible to military interference and onslaught by great powers in the age of steam-powered industrialisation. The inscrutability of China can …
Umar Nizar The culinary crafting of Bharata’s `rasa’ theory has been established so much so that it is even compared to the South Indian spice soup called `rasam’ which is a cocktail of spicy, sweet, tangy and sour flavours. `Rasa’ depends on the sue generic creation of emotion. `Vibhavaanubhavavyabhicharisamyogit rasa nischpatti’ is the famous rasa …
Ajitha M.K (Translated from Malayalam by Sreekala Sivasankaran) Hunger is an enemy, always Hate it to the core, it will thicken like forest Stand like a rocky mountain brazenly Bite like leeches and scorpions stealthily Hunger is rain Falling like needle points The blazing sun and the pain Even if you bend …
Sreekala Sivasankaran No more insinuation No more provocation No more arguments No more slapping on the face No more pinching of the hips No more pulling of my breasts in the street No more spitting on the vagina No more forced Carols No more baptisms of captivity Put me on medicines Put me on ECT …
Naveen Prasad Alex Who is a Chrisanghi Chrisanghis is a term that recently came into use for Syrian Christians who share with sections from other religious groups the common hatred of Muslims, predominantly in Kerala. Efforts by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to increase their stake in Kerala’s legislative …
Vinil Paul The study of the historical background and socio-cultural aspects of Christians in Kerala, boasting a lineage spanning centuries, constitutes a significant domain of investigation for academic scholars in the field of social sciences. Christians are divided among numerous denominations in Kerala, distinguished from each other by ecclesiastical authorities, historical context, and differences in …
Naveen Prasad Alex The Vaikom Satyagraha (from March 30, 1924, to November 23, 1925) is well known as an anti-caste struggle in Kerala and has played a major role in the Kerala reformation movement. It was a historic anti-untouchability movement for access to the prohibited public roads around Vaikom Temple in the Kingdom of Travancore. …