Kerala

Migrant Workers in Kerala: The Stigma

Shahina KK

Migrant workers in Kerala face difficult times in the wake of the arrest of one of them in a sensational murder case

An Untimely Botch Up in Jisha case?

Shahina KK

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

Congress: The Dead Old Party of India

PR Ramesh

A verdict that magnifies the irrelevance of the Congress and strengthens the modernisation agenda of the Prime Minister

OV Vijayan: Return to Khasak

Deepa Bhasthi

The masterpiece of OV Vijayan gets an innovative stage adaptation

The Life and Death of Jisha

Shahina KK

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

Pinarayi Vijayan: The Politician Who Does Not Smile

Shahina KK

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

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan: The Original

Open

The Malayalam filmmaker has shattered received wisdom and established himself as the new auteur to watch

Kollam Temple: Praying with Fire

PR Ramesh

A ban is not the answer. Let tradition live with strict rule of law

Disparately, Desperately

Siddharth Singh

What is it that unites the four states? It’s more than the changing idea of welfarism

VS Achuthanandan: Comrade VSOP

Shahina KK

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