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Kerala

God Against Libido

Stephen David

Where’s the reformer who will nail a thesis on the door of the Catholic Church?

Pa Ranjith: Dutiful Director

After a blockbuster run in Tamil cinema, filmmaker Pa Ranjith is all set for Bollywood

Kerala floods: Forebodings in India’s Ancient Texts

Our ancient sages were so much in tune with Prakriti that they came to predict—and prepare—for the vagaries in nature

Nun The Less

In a historic show of solidarity, a group of nuns in Kerala has forced the church and the state to finally act against a bishop who had allegedly raped one of them. V Shoba in Kochi listens to the sisters who dared

A Prayer for My Sister

She lives in a cloistered world of silence and submission. Endurance is her supreme prayer. She is out there on the street today, demanding justice for the one who has allegedly been raped by a bishop. Pitted against a patriarchal church and an indifferent state, a nun’s life is a lone battle. And it all returns to her body

Holy Shame

The transactional power of the church in the secular politics of Kerala makes the loneliness of the nun starker

Not A Matter of Faith

Why the Church must force the Bishop accused of rape to step down

Koodiyattam: The Third Rebirth

The oldest surviving Sanskrit theatre tradition returns in its original long form

Ecological Lessons

It's time for introspection

The River Never Forgets

We ignored the warnings of both history and geography

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