Malayali
Theatre of the Everyday
Jai Arjun Singh
S Hareesh’s short stories highlight his ability to work in the epic and mundane mode at the same time
A Tipsy-Turvy State
There are few quite like the merry men of Communist Kerala. From a group’s 27-year crusade for senior citizens’ right to subsidised alcohol to others who shoot off indignant SMSes if a liquor shop delays opening its shutters by even five minutes, Soutik Biswas records the desperation of the Malayali alcoholic.
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