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Pothikkettu – Issue 77

Issue 77

Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers. This issue introduces episode 2 of our ‘Reimagining Education’ podcast season and shares a ‘top 5’ of Ala’s most-read articles in the past year.

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Representing “Rooh”: Islamic Debates Around Images and the Visual Culture of Colonial Malabar

Issue 76

Islam’s relationship to images is widely discussed, often in ways that perpetuate Islamophobic stereotypes, erasing context, history, diversity, and change. Countering such popular narratives, Mohammed Sadik shows that conversations around image use in Malabar’s Muslim communities represents a long and dynamic history of debating and adapting Islamic principles to a changing world. 

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എം.ടി.യുടെ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളുടെ സ്വത്വങ്ങളും സാമൂഹിക വ്യവസ്ഥിതികളും – ഒരു വായന

Issue 76

എം.ടി യുടെ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളുടേയും, അവ സഞ്ചരിച്ചതോ ഇടപഴകിയതോ ആയ സാമൂഹിക വ്യവസ്ഥിതികളുടേയും ഒരവലോകനമാണ് ഈ ലേഖനം.

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[Podcast] Reimagining Education: Missionary Schools and The Making of The ‘Nallakutti’ in Kerala

Issue 75

In season 3 of Ala podcast, we hold a series of conversations with educators, academics and activists on Education in Kerala. We begin the season with an exploration of the legacy of Protestant Mission schools in Kerala and how they informed childhood-making in colonial Kerala. Who was the good educated child? What kind of values were refracted through these constructions?

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