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

Islamic fundamentalists chopped off his right hand. His college dismissed him. The government abandoned him. His wife ended her own life when she could not take the trauma any longer. And his son was hounded by the police for no reason. Open met TJ Joseph in his hometown in central Kerala. The indefatigable teacher is in the midst of writing his memoir