Indraprastha

Karnataka: The Coaltion of Utmost Unhappiness

The two-month old cohabitation experiment in Karnataka is on the verge of disaster

It’s that time of the season when…

The Man Behind Indira

The wise counsel of PN Haksar

False Alarmists

Legitimate criticism of the Right is increasingly rare

Girl Power Steals the Scene

The struggle for dignity and civility

Male and Malevolent in Kerala

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

Slap and Strut

Malayali matinee idols and their vulgar masculinity

Pulp Paradox

By pandering to the prurient fantasies of Malayali men, Kerala’s popular culture has abetted misogyny in life and politics

Crime and Politics

There is no solution as long as voters don’t care