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Is the spontaneous expression of devotion, nostalgia, and collective cultural memory something to be viewed with suspicion?
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...
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...
The revival of the Mahotsavam is likely to deepen an already growing Hindu consciousness in Kerala that may cut across entrenched caste identities...
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.
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...
There was a time when demography was seen as a disadvantage for the BJP in Kerala, but that is no longer the case
To understand the Manusmriti solely as the root of contemporary social evils is to commit a serious historical simplification
As traditional support bases reassess their loyalties and as new political alternatives emerge, the CPI(M)’s grip is weakening even in Kerala
The question of the inferiority complex turns back on those who seek to diagnose it and examine its causes
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
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...
A democracy can endure vigorous disagreement, even fierce partisanship, but it cannot survive the systematic dismantling of trust in its own processes
Sabarimala now attracts the largest number of visitors from outside Kerala and stands as one of the most significant temples within the broader Hindu...
Along with preventing the radicalisation of Islam, the Islamisation of radicalism must also be prevented, and primary responsibility for this lies...
One hopes, on the 150th anniversary of the song, a new meaning will emerge — one that comforts and unites everyone
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...
The appropriation of Sri Narayana Guru by the Communist Party exemplifies the selective application of ideology
When one considers that the very word Dravida itself comes from Sanskrit, it becomes clear that Sanskrit is deeply embedded in Tamil too
Nothing supports the demand for a headscarf over the school uniform, except the appeal to a misplaced notion of secularism held by some.