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Opinion: Nostalgia, Devotion And The New Bhajan Wave In Kerala

Is the spontaneous expression of devotion, nostalgia, and collective cultural memory something to be viewed with suspicion?

06.03.2026 10

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Opinion | Kerala Held Hostage: The Politics Of Shutdowns

The real measure of political maturity is not how efficiently one can paralyse a state, but how well one can negotiate justice without holding society...

16.02.2026 150

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Opinion | The Rise Of Nasty Politics: When Strong Leaders Choose Aggression Over Argument

If strong leadership is reduced to verbal brutality, politics becomes a theatre of domination, not a forum for public reasoning. And that is a price...

08.02.2026 9

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Opinion | Between Faith And Fallout: The Return Of The Maha Magha Mahotsavam

The revival of the Mahotsavam is likely to deepen an already growing Hindu consciousness in Kerala that may cut across entrenched caste identities...

01.02.2026 9

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Opinion | Fiscal Claims And Political Calculations In Kerala’s Final LDF Budget

When a ministry has a fairly clear sense of how elections are likely to pan out, budgetary announcements tend to drift far from practical realities.

31.01.2026 6

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Opinion | Manusmriti: Between Prescription And Practice

It is high time we examine an important question: why is a text so old and largely obsolete in everyday life cast as the villain responsible for all...

23.01.2026 40

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Opinion | Kerala At Crossroads: The BJP’s Kerala Moment

There was a time when demography was seen as a disadvantage for the BJP in Kerala, but that is no longer the case

14.01.2026 20

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Opinion | Manusmriti: A Text Condemned Beyond Its Due

To understand the Manusmriti solely as the root of contemporary social evils is to commit a serious historical simplification

13.01.2026 20

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Opinion | Double Standards And Delayed Decline: The CPI(M)’s Kerala Exception

As traditional support bases reassess their loyalties and as new political alternatives emerge, the CPI(M)’s grip is weakening even in Kerala

04.01.2026 10

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Opinion | Who Really Suffers From A Cultural Inferiority Complex?

The question of the inferiority complex turns back on those who seek to diagnose it and examine its causes

22.12.2025 20

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Opinion | The Hill, Hindu And The Law: Thiruparankundram And The Lamp That Exposed Unequal Secularism

The issue at hand concerns the lighting of the lamp at the Deepathoon, or lamp pillar, located on one of the peaks of the hill

15.12.2025 10

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Opinion | The Ambedkar They Don’t Quote: Beyond Selective Narratives

Only by confronting the full range of Ambedkar’s ideas can we have a more truthful conversation about religion, reform, and the society we aspire to...

10.12.2025 10

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Opinion | The Peril Of Manufactured Outrage: A Lesson From PV Narasimha Rao

A democracy can endure vigorous disagreement, even fierce partisanship, but it cannot survive the systematic dismantling of trust in its own processes

30.11.2025 10

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Opinion | Sabarimala: Faith, Politics And The Making Of A Pilgrimage

Sabarimala now attracts the largest number of visitors from outside Kerala and stands as one of the most significant temples within the broader Hindu...

24.11.2025 10

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Opinion | Educated Extremist: The New Face Of Radicalism In India

Along with preventing the radicalisation of Islam, the Islamisation of radicalism must also be prevented, and primary responsibility for this lies...

16.11.2025 10

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Opinion | ‘Mother, I Bow to Thee’: The Many Lives of Vande Mataram

One hopes, on the 150th anniversary of the song, a new meaning will emerge — one that comforts and unites everyone

10.11.2025 10

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Opinion | From Vairagya To Vague Bliss: The Dilution Of Philosophy In Modern Indian Spiritualism

The trouble with the new-age spiritual packages that come in the guise of philosophy is that they efface the sophisticated and nuanced traditions of...

02.11.2025 10

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Opinion | Faith In The Red: Kerala’s Renaissance And The Politics Of Belief

The appropriation of Sri Narayana Guru by the Communist Party exemplifies the selective application of ideology

24.10.2025 4

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Opinion | Unstringing The Garland: How Politics Distorted The Tamil-Sanskrit Bond

When one considers that the very word Dravida itself comes from Sanskrit, it becomes clear that Sanskrit is deeply embedded in Tamil too

19.10.2025 20

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Opinion | Secular Spaces And Shared Standards: The Kerala Hijab Row

Nothing supports the demand for a headscarf over the school uniform, except the appeal to a misplaced notion of secularism held by some.

17.10.2025 10

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