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Malayalam

Intangible Lives

Suneetha Balakrishnan

The human cost of nation building told through the story of a Santhal girl

The Deep Dark Web

The perpetrators, victims and warriors of cyber crimes make for compelling onscreen drama

‘You Can Hide the Most Powerful Gunpowder Within Language’

Malayalam author and screenwriter, Unni R uses satire and subtlety to talk about contemporary India. The author in conversation with Nandini Nair

Losing Faith

A Malayalam novel delves into the dangers of organised religion

Father and Son

A searing look at generational conflict and conservatism

The Legend of Kuttanad

This many-layered novel, about a folk-hero and his fabulous moustache, examines the nature of story-telling— how people, animals and places can be kept alive through the narratives built around them

Gopalika Antharjanam: The Brahmin Arabic Teacher

Those protesting against the Muslim professor teaching Sanskrit must borrow a lesson from the life of Gopalika Antharjanam

Malayalam Cinema: Frames of Small Things

Social realism without inflated heroism powers the new wave in Malayalam cinema

Lijo Jose Pellissery: ‘I make films. I don’t make moral lessons’

Malayalam filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery is one of India’s most original auteurs

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