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Has Malabar History Reached a Dead End?

31st July 2021 Issue 35

Recent research on Hoysala history has brought up interesting facts which contradict the assumption that the second Chera empire extended[…]

(Mis)Representations of the NRI Gulf Kid in Malayalam Cinema

31st July 2021 Issue 35

Aathma Dious argues that Malayali filmmakers have failed to move past popular—often stereotypical—tropes when it comes to representing second and[…]

Apply to Ala’s Writing Workshop

30th June 2021 General

Thank you for your overwhelming response — due to the large number of respondents, we are currently closing applications. Please[…]

Ala Podcast: മൺപാത്രങ്ങൾ പറയുന്ന പ്രാചീനകഥകൾ: പുരാവസ്തു ഗവേഷണം കേരളത്തിൽ

30th June 2021 Issue 34

ഇന്ന് കേരളം എന്ന് അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന പ്രദേശത്തിന്റെ പ്രാചീന ചരിത്രത്തെക്കുറിച്ചു ഐതീഹ്യങ്ങൾക്കപ്പുറം ശാസ്ത്രത്തിനെന്താണ് പറയാനുള്ളത്? പഴയ ധാരണകളെ മാറ്റിമറിക്കുന്ന ചില പുതിയ കണ്ടെത്തലുകളെക്കുറിച്ചു സംസാരിക്കുകയാണ് പുരാവസ്തു ഗവേഷകയായ ജസീറ[…]

Provocative Sounds: Work, Leisure, and Malayalam Radio in Qatar

30th June 2021 Issue 34

What can the radio-listening practices of working-class Malayalis in the Gulf, and the inter-ethnic tensions they produce, tell us about[…]

Changing before their very eyes: Urban Expansion and Dispossession in Kammattipadam

30th June 2021 Issue 34

Yadu and Sujeesh analyse how the visual world crafted by the 2016 movie Kammattipadam provides minute insight into the class[…]

A man in his mundu stands in front of a lit lamp, looking solemnly towards the sky, eyes closed. He is propped up on a platform by people who are kneeling on their knees

Mr. Family Historian (or kudumba-charitrakaaran): The Syrian Christian Case

31st May 2021 Issue 33

Accompanied by original sketches, Nidhin Donald presents a tongue-in-cheek perspective of the trend of producing written ‘family histories’ among Syrian[…]

A world map with routes that Vasco da Gama took, marked out

A Snapshot of History: Vasco da Gama in Calicut, 1498

31st May 2021 Issue 33

Drawing from the translation of an anonymous, first-hand account of Vasco da Gama’s historical visit to present-day Kerala, B. Prabu[…]

A silhouette of a woman standing near a door, her hands resting on the frame of the door to her left; she faces away from the camera

The Changing Face of Family and Marital Relationships in Kerala

31st May 2021 Issue 33

Sensationalized reports in Kerala of women involved in family murders and extramarital affairs serve to obscure more than they reveal.[…]

A queue of people waiting to get into a polling book. Women queuing to the right, men to the left.

Debates over the Quality of Electoral Rolls in Kerala: A Demographic Assessment

30th April 2021 Issue 32

A comparative assessment of the voter population on the electoral rolls with the voter population in Kerala based on its current demographic trends reveal serious discrepancies in the electoral rolls used in the recently conducted Assembly elections.