In Kerala, BJP has just one face: O Rajagopal, an 84-year-old who is contesting yet another election despite eight earlier defeats
17 June 2015After Kerala’s ban on bars, the erstwhile French colony of Mahe has become the favourite destination for Malayalee liquor tourists
04 June 2015The suicide pact made by four teenage gold medallists in Kerala points to a larger malaise in the administration of the Sports Authority of India
27 May 2015Monkey Fever is spreading in Kerala’s forest areas but the authorities remain indifferent
18 March 2015Kerala’s most wanted Maoist couple are using fiction and journalism as weapons of mass delusion
26 February 2015The nonagenarian communist went out of the conference hall bidding farewell to the general secretary Prakash Karat who unsuccessfully tried to pacify him
21 February 2015Justice V R Krishna Iyer (1914-2014) was a tireless champion of fundamental rights
04 December 2014Over 150,000 ducks have been culled around Kerala’s serene backwaters, but given the environmental degradation of the region, it was a tragedy waiting to happen. The state has a fever—always
03 December 2014Geetu Mohandas, director of India’s official pick for the best foreign film Oscar, on what drew her as an actor to the other side of the camera
19 November 2014Brahma 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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