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In Defiance of Living Death: The Life and Writings of K Saraswathi Amma – Part II

31st August 2020 Issue 24

J. Devika writes about the life of Saraswathi Amma, her contributions to feminist literature in early modern Kerala, and the[…]

In Defiance of Living Death: The Life and Writings of K Saraswathi Amma – Part I

31st July 2020 Issue 23

In the first of a two-part series, J. Devika writes about the life of Saraswathi Amma, her contributions to feminist[…]

Coverpages of some of the books discussed in the article

Kerala’s Own Petrofiction: Literary Interventions in Gulf Migration Studies

31st July 2020 Issue 23

Priya Menon writes about the different dimensions of an emerging genre of ‘petrofiction’ in Keralan literature, in the context of[…]

Of Genealogy and Land Deeds: Some Thoughts on Family Histories in Kerala

30th June 2020 Issue 22

Sarath Pillai writes about private collections of land-deeds and official records of Malayalees, and how they could be valuable sources[…]

Revisiting the Economic Thought of K. N. Raj

30th June 2020 Issue 22

Alex M. Thomas makes a case for revisiting the life and work of K. N. Raj, a development economist who[…]

Companions and Co-actors: The Role of the Non-human in Malayalam Cinema

31st May 2020 Issue 21

Lakshmi Pradeep analyses the human-non-human relationships in the 2017 film, Parava, to talk about an emerging genre of Malayalam cinema:[…]

ജാതി ശ്രേണിയുടെ കാണാത്ത മുഖം: പുലിമറഞ്ഞ തൊണ്ടച്ചൻ തെയ്യം – ഒരു ഐതിഹ്യ പഠനം

31st May 2020 Issue 21

കീഴാള സമൂഹത്തിൻറെ പ്രത്യയശാസ്ത്രപരമായ ഉയർച്ചയെയും, പ്രതിരോധത്തെയും, അവയ്ക്കു നേരെ നടന്ന അട്ടിമറികളെയും ഉത്തരകേരളത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും പ്രബലമായ തെയ്യമായി കണക്കാക്കി വന്നിട്ടുള്ള പുലിമറഞ്ഞ തൊണ്ടച്ചൻ ഐതിഹ്യത്തിൻറെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ[…]

Bags of essential food supplies laid out towards the front with three people standing behind tending to some papers. A few others can be seen sitting on the left.

After Covid-19: Potential Challenges for Kerala’s Economy

30th April 2020 Issue 20

As Kerala continues to assess the costs and responses to the pandemic, Pulapre Balakrishnan reflects on two potential post-covid challenges—changing[…]