Drawing on narratives of female caregivers in Thiruvananthapuram, Therese Abraham sheds light on the gendered dimensions of caregivers for disabled persons covered by the government’s Ashwasakiranam scheme.
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A Karkidakam Homecoming
In her journey to reconnect with her ancestral roots after moving to Kerala, Shruti Tharayil discovers how her familial practices during the month of Karkkidakam are intertwined with cuisine, climate, and local ecosystems.
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Lotteries and COVID-19: Fiscal Shock and the Livelihoods Behind the Gamble
Shravan M K discusses how the pandemic has affected the sale of lottery tickets in Kerala, and consequently, the livelihoods of lottery ticket sellers, many of who are elderly, women, or persons with disabilities.
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When a Dam Proposal Turned Out to be a National Park: Revisiting the Silent Valley Movement
The Silent Valley Movement is widely considered a successful environmental movement, but what happened to the Adivasi communities that depended on those forests? Neeraja explores.
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Podcast: സംഗീതവും രാഷ്ട്രീയവും: Sooraj Santhosh on Making Music Political
പ്രബലമായ ആഖ്യാനങ്ങളെ വെല്ലുവിളിക്കാനും രാഷ്ട്രീയവത്കരിക്കാനും ഉള്ള ഒരു കലാകാരന്റെ ഉത്തരവാദിത്വത്തെക്കുറിച്ചു അലയൊടു സംവദിക്കുന്നു സ്വതന്ത്ര സംഗീതജ്ഞനും, ഗാനരചയിതാവും, പിന്നണി ഗായകനുമായ സൂരജ് സന്തോഷ്. Sooraj Santhosh In[…]
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Centering the Outliers: Reconsidering Models of Development
Akhila Kumaran delves into the pitfalls of understanding certain communities merely as ‘outliers’ to Kerala’s so-called development model.
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The Dewan and The Reformer: Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyer on Sree Narayana Guru
Historian and writer Uma Maheswari shares selected excerpts of a speech delivered by Sir. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyer in 1942 about Sree Narayana Guru, his teachings, and caste reforms.
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The World of Malabar Circuses
Accompanied by lively illustrations of her own, anthropologist Eléonore Rimbault takes us through the ways in which Kerala’s circuses are entangled with India’s history.
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Kerala during the ‘Age of Iron’: Findings from a Recent Excavation
Abhayan G. S. and Rajesh S. V. write about findings from the ongoing excavation of an Iron Age burial in Kerala, delving into the minute details that could unlock important clues to past human settlements in the Kerala region over two thousand years ago.
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Has Malabar History Reached a Dead End?
Recent research on Hoysala history has brought up interesting facts which contradict the assumption that the second Chera empire extended[…]
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