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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…