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Kerala Congress is now left of Left. And confused

Congress seems to be mirroring the old Left in Kerala – taking impulsively negative positions on issues as the CPI-M would do in the past.

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Kerala has an education crisis. Student migration has doubled since 2020

A supplement dedicated to the Invest Kerala Summit had to share space with a half-page ‘Study Abroad’ advertisement—a fair depiction of the...

06.03.2025 10

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Where does Shashi Tharoor fit in Kerala Congress? His timing is always off

At 68, Shashi Tharoor may not be too old to bide his time. But it seems unlikely that he would be able to contest for the Lok Sabha from...

25.02.2025 9

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Kottayam torture isn’t unique. It’s systemic, and Red Fort campuses make it worse

Perhaps it is time for a campaign akin to the #MeToo movement to encourage more students to speak out against these ghastly practices across Kerala.

14.02.2025 7

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Kerala’s forests have too many animals. It’s coming at a cost for humans

Kerala often looks up to Scandinavian countries as model welfare states, but it ignores that in countries like Norway and Sweden wildlife is treated...

12.02.2025 10

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Pinarayi Vijayan’s double-speak on women’s security needs to be called out

CPI(M) councillor Kala Raju’s humiliation can’t be seen as an isolated case. The party promotes aggression and violence from the grassroots level,...

27.01.2025 60

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Kerala Muslim groups are auditing others on Islamophobia. It isn’t helping

The Jamaat-e-Islami and other outfits that campaign against the stoking of Islamophobia in Kerala must first look within before conveniently laying...

23.01.2025 8

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NM Vijayan suicide note reveals sorry state of Kerala Congress–bad loans, cash-for-job scams

The December 2024 deaths of Wayanad District Congress Committee treasurer NM Vijayan and his son Jijesh shook Kerala. The contents of Vijayan’s...

15.01.2025 9

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Did media & Left stoke Islamophobia in MEC 7 fitness controversy? Facts say otherwise

Samastha’s AP faction is among the most orthodox Muslim outfits in Kerala. Its primary objection to MEC 7 is the mingling of genders and the...

10.01.2025 4

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Ramesh Chennithala is getting a Nair rebranding. Kerala Congress targets Hindu votes

The Nair Service Society in Kerala welcomed Ramesh Chennithala like he was the prodigal son. The political situation in Kerala is also in favour of...

07.01.2025 20

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CPI-M is damaging Kerala with its petty politics. God’s own country to ‘mini-Pakistan’

For several elections now, the Kerala CPI-M has refused to accept election defeats. Its general response is that the BJP transferred votes to the...

02.01.2025 5

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MT Vasudevan Nair’s passing is a reminder that ‘death is a clown with no sense of timing’

MT’s last public speech earlier this year, attacking the personality cult of Pinarayi Vijayan, had Kerala’s ruling Marxists scampering for cover.

27.12.2024 4

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Munambam dispute fuelling Christian-Muslim divide in Kerala. Leaving it unchecked is risky

The Munambam issue is a land dispute between the Latin Christian fisherfolk living on a parcel of land near Kochi, and the Kerala Waqf Board.

19.12.2024 6

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Kerala Left is becoming indistinguishable from Right—turncoats, ideological erosion, hypocrisy

It is a fallacy to believe that Keralites are cut from some different cloth, that there is no scope for sectarian thought.

11.12.2024 10

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Every senior Kerala BJP leader wants state president post. Infighting already cost Palakkad

The RSS has a huge network of shakhas in Kerala, and its sudden withdrawal from being the arbiter of internal conflicts has left the BJP in a...

09.12.2024 3

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Opinion | Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan May Have A 'Trojan Horse' In His Ranks

A week is a long time in politics, and the last few days in Kerala have proven that yet again. August 31 saw the dramatic removal of Kannur...

12.09.2024 3

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Kerala’s response to Hema Committee report shows public opinion has changed radically in 5 yrs

Five years ago, the Women in Cinema Collective was lampooned by fellow actors and the public at large for demanding basic rights. Now, people have...

02.09.2024 2

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