Two women’s stories of their struggle against sand mining—one protecting a river, and the other, the sea
28 August 2013The former rulers of Lakshadweep want their kingdom back…or at least a modest raise in their royalty pension
15 August 2013A film star decides to fill potholes in Kochi and gets flak from the mayor
08 August 2013Calicut University withdraws a critically acclaimed poem by a Guantanamo prisoner from its syllabus
01 August 2013Mammootty takes up farming in a battle against chemical fertilisers
25 July 2013The establishment frowns upon a Kerala cop’s candid poetry about the system, but she will not back down
11 July 2013For Divya and Ilavarasan, eloping meant sparking off forces beyond their imagination
26 June 2013There are many settlements in Kerala’s Attappady tribal block that have only women, mostly widows with tragic lives. A close look at a peculiar imbalance
13 June 2013Chithralekha, a Dalit woman autorickshaw driver in Kerala, has become an unwitting symbol of resistance against caste hegemony in her state
12 June 2013Kerala CPI state secretary Pannian Raveendran maintains his mane for political gain
10 June 2013Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
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
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