Editorials about women in public theatre in The Svadeshabhimani give us important clues about am emerging caste-gender order.
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Why The Legendary Cartoonist Abu Abraham Still Matters
A retrospective in his native Kerala displays Abu Abraham’s many creative tensions – as cartoonist and parliamentarian, patriot and cosmopolitan[…]
Read morePothikkettu – Issue 71
Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers.
Read moreFielding Kozhikode: Notes on Collaboration (Part 2 of 2)
Chance brought together Deepti and Anjana, two researchers from different universities and backgrounds conducting fieldwork in Kozhikode. In a two-part reflective piece, they write about how their shadowing each other during fieldwork resulted in friendship, but also the intellectual quest of reading their field sites in a new light.
Read moreOn Free and Mandatory Primary Education
The idea that education should be free in Kerala was in circulation as early as 1904. Although a significant majority were in agreement with this proposal, the excerpt below shows how the idea of free education in State-owned schools was identified as a hindrance to the vision of good education. The prefatory note below is a reading of the editorial published on December 10, 1909.
Read morePothikkettu – Issue 70
Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers.
Read moreA Window into The World of The Svadesabhimani (1905-1910)
The Svadeshabhimani was an influential newspaper of the Kerala Renaissance that was banned. Thought to be lost, its archives have been partially recovered over a century later. Sajitha Bashir presents us a glimpse into the recently digitised archives and the labour that went into making the archives accessible for all.
Read moreFielding Kozhikode: Notes on Collaboration (Part 1 of 2)
Chance brought together Deepti and Anjana, two researchers from different universities and backgrounds conducting fieldwork in Kozhikode. In a two-part reflective piece, they write about how their shadowing each other during fieldwork resulted in friendship, but also the intellectual quest of reading their field sites in a new light.
Read moreപൾപ്പ് ഫിക്ഷനുകളോടുള്ള മലയാളിയുടെ പൈങ്കിളി പ്രേമം
മലയാളിയുടെ വായനാ സംസ്കാരം വളർത്തിയെടുക്കുന്നതിൽ സവിശേഷമായ പങ്ക് വഹിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളവയാണ് “പൈങ്കിളി സാഹിത്യം”. മുഖ്യധാരാ ചർച്ചകളിൽ അവഗണിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു വിഭാഗമായി അവ തുടരുന്നു. കേരളത്തിലെ പൈങ്കിളി നോവലുകളുടെ അറിയപ്പെടാത്ത സമ്പന്നമായ ലോകത്തേക്ക് കടന്നുചെല്ലുകയാണ് ഷിബു ബി എസ്.
Read morePothikkettu – Issue 69
Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers.
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