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For years, Israel's political leadership has argued that Iran represents the central challenge to peace and stability in West Asia. Whether the...
The first budget of the V D Satheesan government is a serious attempt at economic course correction. At the same time, it is also a reminder that...
On and around June 9, 2026, a full page advertisement appeared in several English and Tamil newspapers — and presumably in all Indian newspapers —...
It was not just Spain—one of the strongest favourites to lift the 23rd FIFA World Cup—that was left stunned by the heroics of 40-year-old...
Robert Connell, a pioneer in the study of masculinities seen in works such as Masculinities (1995), Masculinities and Globalisation in Men and...
The announcement of a fourteen-point interim agreement between the United States and Iran has been hailed in some quarters as a diplomatic...
There is something almost surreal about the way the world is being asked to receive the announcement of a supposed peace deal between the United...
The challenge of drugs is not unique to Kerala. Across India, many states are confronting the same problem. The growth of synthetic drugs, the spread...
On 8 October 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel, United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered USS Gerald R. Ford and her carrier...
Female bonding, specially the mother-daughter relationship in cinema continues to provide a rich seam of source material for filmmakers around the...
For months now, the world has been subjected to a spectacle that would be amusing were it not so dangerous. Every few days, Donald Trump emerges to...
Every few months, a familiar argument resurfaces in India's political discourse. Rahul Gandhi, we are told, will be vindicated by history. He may...
Our smart young guide in Shanghai introduced himself as Thomas. Explaining that it was only his English name, he said his real name was Wang. No, it...
For years, Kerala's fiscal debate resembled a village festival loudspeaker. Everyone shouted, and nobody listened. While one side insisted...
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has stirred fresh political debate by warning of an ‘economic tsunami’ in India. Speaking on economic...
There was a time when political debate involved the tedious business of arguments. One would read an article, disagree with it, marshal a few facts,...
I had the privilege of participating in the launch of Operation Toofan in Thiruvananthapuram – the first major new initiative of the new Government...
In every sense it was a fitting finale for IPL 2026. A 90,000 plus crowd at the biggest cricket facility in the country, the Narendra Modi stadium in...
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad witnessed another remarkable IPL final on Sunday. Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Gujarat Titans to lift...
The restored 4K version of the Malayalam feature, the late John Abraham’s Amma Ariyan (Report to Mother, 1986) was screened at the Cannes Film...
Cockroach is not a bad word or an abuse. A search in Wikipedia will reveal that cockroaches have retained their basic body structure for roughly 200...
The most striking image from the aftermath of the Enforcement Directorate search connected to Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, Veena Thaikkandiyil, was...
What unfolded in Thiruvananthapuram on the May 27 was not the conduct of a political movement confident in its innocence. It was the behaviour of a...
During a recent family vlog, YouTuber Diya Krishna aka Ozy Talkies addressed a question from subscribers about why she calls her in-laws “aunty”...
“It’s just all accumulating together. We have frayed relations with the U.S. over tariffs, we are on the wrong side of the AI mania, we are a big...
The most revealing part of the Left's crushing defeat in Kerala has not been the defeat itself. Elections are lost all the time, governments...
Pratidwandi (The Adversary) is said to be the first among the three city-centered films Satyajit Ray made. This celluloid journey began in 1970 to be...
The IPL feast is reaching the playoff stage and, indeed, it has been exciting all the way as the ten teams did their bit to earn a slot in this final...
Donald Trump now claims that he paused another attack on Iran after Gulf leaders urged him to step back and give diplomacy another chance. One almost...
The sudden rise of the 'Cockroach Janta Party' (CJP) may look like a meme, a joke, or merely another fleeting internet phenomenon. But...
There was a time when India spoke the language of strategic autonomy with a certain confidence. One did not have to agree with every foreign policy...
The debate over the Great Nicobar project has quickly turned into a familiar shouting match. It was re-ignited a few days ago when Rahul Gandhi...
I write these words in Kochi, a city whose very history is intertwined with the global spice trade. For over two millennia, this coastline has...
Patriot (directed and written by Mahesh Narayanan) arrives at a moment when both Mammootty and Mohanlal stand magnificently at the peak of their...
The temptation, when a country like the United Arab Emirates walks out of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is to read it as...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Mr Narendra Modi is unlike any other party in India — past or present. Its goal is not to win elections as...
There is a temptation to dismiss United States President Donald Trump as an aberration, a crude interruption in an otherwise continuous arc of...