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Shahina KK

An Untimely Botch Up in Jisha case?
India
An Untimely Botch Up in Jisha case?

Post mortem of raped and murdered Dalit woman in Kerala puts a big question mark on time of death that the police had estimated

03 June 2016
CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan
India
Kerala: Red With a Dash of Saffron

The UDF has suffered a humiliating setback after a no-holds-barred campaign in which it was seen as aligning with communalists of all hues

19 May 2016
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India
The Life and Death of Jisha

What the gruesome rape and murder of a law student says about the dangers of being marginalised in an insensitive society where the police are as brutal as the sexually depraved

11 May 2016
Pinarayi Vijayan
Voices
Pinarayi Vijayan: The Politician Who Does Not Smile

In the run-up to the Assembly elections, will Pinarayi Vijayan’s ‘tough guy’ image be tough enough to outshine VS Achuthanandan’s charm

10 May 2016
VS Achuthanandan
India
VS Achuthanandan: Comrade VSOP

What is it that makes VS Achuthanandan, Kerala’s most youthful politician at 92, the most popular Indian communist? Open  catches up with the relentless fighter as he prepares for another battle

23 March 2016
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Living
Wed-Lock in Wayanad

Tribal boys of Kerala who go through customary child marriages are ending up in jail. Is the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act culturally insensitive?

25 February 2016
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India
Oommen Chandy: Disgrace

Oommen Chandy, the Kerala Chief Minister with a cultivated Mr Clean image, may not recover from the latest twist to the sleaze-and-bribery scam

28 January 2016
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Voices
The Alcohol Muddle in Kerala

Despite judicial approval for the state’s liquor policy, the jury is still out on its efficacy

08 January 2016
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Living
Islam: What’s Their Problem with Women?

More and more Muslim women in Kerala are standing up to the gender tyranny of their orthodox community leadership

10 December 2015
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Books
Exile and Glory

From Goat Days to his latest novel, a murder mystery, Malayalam writer Benyamin is one of the most compelling storytellers of his generation

02 December 2015

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma 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

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

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

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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