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Theatre of the Eyes
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Corruption in Kerala’s Revenue Departments: Challenges and Solutions
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Traditional Maternity Carers of Malabar: Caste, Religion and Knowledge
The impact of caste, religion and the changing dynamics of medicalization on eattummas–the traditional Islamic postnatal caregivers of north Malabar.[…]
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To Become a Woman: Popular Cultures of Female Impersonation in Kerala
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Reading a “Neettu” from Nineteenth-Century Kerala
Deepthi Murali For my dissertation research, I spent many months at the Kerala State Archives in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam looking[…]
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Rock Arts of Kerala
Prof. A.T.Mohanraj Rock art from the Western Ghats in Kerala is generally comprised of three categories: sculpted figures, carvings (petroglyphs)[…]
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Beyond health-seeking behaviour: Exploring the hospital attacks in Kerala
Dr Sajan Thomas “Hospital attacks” refer to situations in which an angry crowd attacks hospitals/clinics, destroying the infrastructure and injuring[…]
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കേരളത്തിലെ പൊതു ഗ്രന്ഥശാലകളുടെ നവീനവൽക്കരണം
വിമൽ കുമാർ വി. ഇന്ത്യയിലെ മാതൃകാപരമായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു വരുന്ന പൊതു ഗ്രന്ഥശാല പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ ഒന്നാണ് കേരളത്തിലേത്. ഗ്രന്ഥശാല നിയമം നിലവിൽ വരുന്നതിനു മുൻപ് തന്നെ പൊതു ഗ്രന്ഥശാലകൾ[…]
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A Welcome Note
S. Harikrishnan “What’s the point?”, I remember thinking when I first saw the mail on the Kerala Scholars eGroup[…]
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