The tyranny of Kerala’s labour unionism reaches the doorstep of a former Communist CM’s relative
23 May 2013Kerala has 44 rivers and 300 cm of annual rainfall but is on its way to acute water scarcity. A government move to turn water over to the private sector promises to complicate the problem
08 May 2013A woman who thrashed eve-teasers on V-day faces police charges in Thiruvananthapuram
22 February 2013The psychological abyss that the Suryanelli rape victim and her family have been living in because she dared name PJ Kurien
15 February 2013Accused No 24 of the 2008 Bangalore Blasts case exists in two places at the same time. Lodged in prison, he is ‘absconding’ as well
09 February 2013Why no one speaks for Abdul Nasser Madani, the ailing politician who has been kept behind bars for years on evidence that is suspect, and how reporting on him made me a target of the Karnataka police
21 January 2013Extra tall men were once seen as freaks in Kerala. But a tall people’s association has won them acceptance and special jobs--as security guards for Diego Maradona, for example
30 December 2012Amanulla Mojadidi’s subject is one of the most censored societies in the world
30 December 2012The humble Middle Eastern roll gets a bad rap in Kerala after reports of mass food poisoning
20 November 2012Brahma 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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