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 2016The 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 2016What 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 2016In 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 2016What 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 2016Tribal 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 2016Oommen 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 2016Despite judicial approval for the state’s liquor policy, the jury is still out on its efficacy
08 January 2016More and more Muslim women in Kerala are standing up to the gender tyranny of their orthodox community leadership
10 December 2015From Goat Days to his latest novel, a murder mystery, Malayalam writer Benyamin is one of the most compelling storytellers of his generation
02 December 2015Brahma 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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