N Kalyan Raman
Short stories about the human struggle to follow an ethical path
Only in Kerala. Where an actor accused in a rape case is feted and protected by a powerful brotherhood in the industry while the victim, a popular heroine of South Indian cinema, supported by a few of her feisty female colleagues, fights alone for justice in the face of rising insensitivity and indifference from the patriarchs of Malayalam cinema
By pandering to the prurient fantasies of Malayali men, Kerala’s popular culture has abetted misogyny in life and politics