Kerala

Men Who Don’t Learn

Madhavankutty Pillai

On an impending meeting in which male Malayalam stars will embarrass themselves further

A First for the Death Row

Shahina KK

Two policemen in Kerala are sentenced to death for a custodial killing

A Superpower of the Past

Rajeev Srinivasan

Innovation gave ancient India immense economic advantage

Sex and the Church: Sins of the Fathers

Ullekh NP

Charges levelled against four priests for using confessions to blackmail and rape a woman shake up the Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala and bring clerical abuse to the fore again

Girl Power Steals the Scene

Shahina KK

The struggle for dignity and civility

Only in Kerala. Where an actor accused in a rape case is feted and protected by a powerful brotherhood in the industry while the victim, a popular heroine of South Indian cinema, supported by a few of her feisty female colleagues, fights alone for justice in the face of rising insensitivity and indifference from the patriarchs of Malayalam cinema