Kerala

Sitaram Yechury: The Secretary is Elsewhere

Ullekh NP

Sitaram Yechury incurs the displeasure of party leaders who want action, not talk, as the new chief goes ahead with plans to hold a plenum in November, just months ahead of crucial polls in Kerala where it is battling against heavy odds to wrest power from the Congress and in West Bengal where it is struggling to retain its second position

Raul Castro, Sitaram Yechury face a Trotskyan moment

A Damodaran

Communists like Raul Castro and Sitaram Yechury face a Trotskyan moment today

O Rajagopal: Kerala’s permanent BJP candidate

Shahina KK

In Kerala, BJP has just one face: O Rajagopal, an 84-year-old who is contesting yet another election despite eight earlier defeats

Saving Kutiyattam

Akhila Krishnamurthy

The National Award-winning documentary Kapila revives popular interest in an ancient dance form by portraying it through the eyes of one of its most talented exponents in Kerala

Boozy Kerala: The French Connection

Shahina KK

After Kerala’s ban on bars, the erstwhile French colony of Mahe has become the favourite destination for Malayalee liquor tourists

Kerala athletes’ suicide: Such a cruel game

Shahina KK

The suicide pact made by four teenage gold medallists in Kerala points to a larger malaise in the administration of the Sports Authority of India

Sitaram Yechury and the last ghost story

S Prasannarajan

Make CPM a social democratic party or dump it for the sake of political hygiene

The Pleasures of Being at Sea

Sneha Bhura

The hidden enchantment of Bekal Fort

Revolution: A Love Story

Shahina KK

Kerala’s most wanted Maoist couple are using fiction and journalism as weapons of mass delusion

Miffed VS Achuthanandan leaves party meet in a huff

Shahina KK

The nonagenarian communist went out of the conference hall bidding farewell to the general secretary Prakash Karat who unsuccessfully tried to pacify him