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Kerala

She Also Made History

Shahina KK

Chithralekha, a Dalit woman autorickshaw driver in Kerala, has become an unwitting symbol of resistance against caste hegemony in her state

No Hair Splitting With This Politician

Kerala CPI state secretary Pannian Raveendran maintains his mane for political gain

Pay Us to Watch You Work

The tyranny of Kerala’s labour unionism reaches the doorstep of a former Communist CM’s relative

Kerala’s Endosulfan Tragedy

Did it really happen? A lesson in how India handles scientific debate

Thirsty State Pvt Ltd

Kerala has 44 rivers and 300 cm of annual rainfall but is on its way to acute water scarcity. A government move to turn water over to the private sector promises to complicate the problem

The Artist With No Boundaries

Having fled his village in Kerala even before he was 20, Viswanadhan’s art is informed by a lifetime of itinerancy

State Versus Shawarma

The humble Middle Eastern roll gets a bad rap in Kerala after reports of mass food poisoning

Believers Only

An ordinance by the Kerala government cunningly bars opposition MLAs from temple trusts

The Lies of the Land

The popular arguments in defense of the development models of Kerala and Gujarat are of dubious merit.

Dread and Belonging in Kerala’s Party Villages

The state’s Kannur district is riddled with villages that are dominated by a single political party. A closer look at this peculiar phenomenon

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