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Representing “Rooh”: Islamic Debates Around Images and the Visual Culture of Colonial Malabar
Islam’s relationship to images is widely discussed, often in ways that perpetuate Islamophobic stereotypes, erasing context, history, diversity, and change. Countering such popular narratives, Mohammed Sadik shows that conversations around image use in Malabar’s Muslim communities represents a long and dynamic history of debating and adapting Islamic principles to a changing world.
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എം.ടി.യുടെ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളുടെ സ്വത്വങ്ങളും സാമൂഹിക വ്യവസ്ഥിതികളും – ഒരു വായന
എം.ടി യുടെ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളുടേയും, അവ സഞ്ചരിച്ചതോ ഇടപഴകിയതോ ആയ സാമൂഹിക വ്യവസ്ഥിതികളുടേയും ഒരവലോകനമാണ് ഈ ലേഖനം.
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Pothikkettu – Issue 75
Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers. This time, we present our year-end issue and look back upon the year.
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[Podcast] Reimagining Education: Missionary Schools and The Making of The ‘Nallakutti’ in Kerala
In season 3 of Ala podcast, we hold a series of conversations with educators, academics and activists on Education in Kerala. We begin the season with an exploration of the legacy of Protestant Mission schools in Kerala and how they informed childhood-making in colonial Kerala. Who was the good educated child? What kind of values were refracted through these constructions?
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Wherein Lies the Power of the Judge?
An editorial from 1909 published in The Svadeshabhimani gives us perspectives on a changing judicial order. The excerpt also offers a critical lens to think about morality and constitutional law–themes that are as relevant today as they were then.
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Pothikkettu – Issue 74
Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers.
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Unveiling Women’s Leadership in The Kerala Renaissance
Popular readings of modern history in Kerala tend to focus on the many male leaders who led struggles for social justice. Naveen brings to light less-known incidents from these struggles to shine a light on the leadership of women in the struggles for caste and gender justice.
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‘Scene contra, mone!’ Changing Language and Selves in Malayalam
What is common between chunk, vibe, scene contra, and eda mone? Akhila Krishan dives deep into the world of new coinages and expressions in Malayalam, explaining how it is more than just a linguistic change.
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Pothikettu – Issue 73
Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers
Read more