The doyen of the new wave has come out with his first film in eight years and the twelfth in a career spanning five decades, and at 75, stories still wait for him
The oldest warhorse, the crafty red don, a damaged chief minister and the spoiler in the fray. It’s between the predictable and the historical in Kerala
As the patriarch of Malayala Manorama, one of India’s largest media groups for almost four decades, KM Mathew played a seminal role in shaping the political and cultural life of Kerala
Gandhi used a temple agitation in Kerala to make it a larger movement for independence. The shrine of Shiva, an architectural marvel, continues to attract believers and nature lovers
Political patronage comes in handy for Muslim orphanages in the state that ferry children from poor states such as Bihar and Jharkhand.
Will they continue to beat the rap?
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle