Kerala
God’s Own Country Spirit
KA Shaji
They have names like Jesus Christ, Elephant Tamer and Newly-Wed Woman.
Comrade vs Comrade
The dice is loaded in favour of the Kerala faction of the CPM in its stand-off with the Bengal unit. Yet, this marks the Marxist party’s most bitter internal divide yet.
India This Week
Love the Animals, Hug the Butchers; Maharashtra’s Missing Girls; Kerala BJP Looks up to Bangalore; Return of the Mother of All Monitors; Revenge Politics
God’s Own Drunk Country
The Kerala government is doing a deft balancing act of selling booze and opening de-addiction centres at the same time.
First World Suffering
Kerala’s women conquered their primary healthcare problems long before large swathes of India even saw a problem. So, why aren’t they celebrating?
The Man Who Saved a Potter’s Village
How KB Jinan changed the fortune of Aruvacode in Kerala, where poverty had once turned women to sex work
Garden of Words
On his 2.5 acre plot of land, a Kerala jewellery shop owner has planted trees featured in the classics of literature
Mangrove Man
Disillusioned with the communists, he planted 100,000 mangrove saplings to protect Kerala’s wetlands.
The Turtle People
Olive Ridleys used to be food for this fishing village in north Kerala, until one man read a newspaper article.
The House Collector
He stores whole mansions in his warehouses. Might give them to you, for a price, if he likes you
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