Kerala

Horror and Heroism

Shahina KK

Coping with the worst tragedy in memory

After the Deluge

Ullekh NP

When the monster rains came, like any other place faced with the sudden ferocity of nature, Kerala was not prepared, and as the water level rose to fatal heights there were not enough streets or shelters left for the displaced and the dying to keep them safe. The water has begun to recede, but not the woes of a shattered people

Through the Deluge

Lakshmi Bayi

Snakes surface in Kerala

Sir C Sankaran Nair: Lives and Letters

Nandini Nair

Former President of the Indian National Congress Sir C Sankaran Nair was one of the builders of modern India. His granddaughter carries forth his legacy in her own private and erudite way

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

Male and Malevolent in Kerala

PR Ramesh

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