മലയാള സിനിമ OTT വഴി ഇന്ത്യയിലുടനീളമുള്ള നഗരങ്ങളിലെ ഉന്നതർക്ക് എത്തുന്ന ഈ കാലത്ത്, മലയാള സിനിമകളെ വളരെക്കാലമായി ആസ്വദിച്ചിട്ടുള്ള ഗൾഫ് കുടിയേറ്റക്കാർക്കിടയിലെ പ്രദേശാന്തര കാഴ്ച്ചക്കാരെ നാം മറക്കുന്നു.[…]
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ബിജെപിയുടെയും കോൺഗ്രസിന്റെയും പിന്തുണയുടെ ഭൂമിശാസ്ത്രം ലോക്സഭ തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പുകളുടെ ചരിത്രത്തിലൂടെ സൂരജ് ജേക്കബ് പരിശോധിക്കുന്നു.
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Pothikkettu – Issue 65
Pothikkettu is a monthly editorial that ‘wraps up’ the issue for our readers.
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Mythical, Conventional, or Lost Histories: The Islamic and Cultural Heritage of Tirurangadi
In light of a lack of conventional historical sources, Sadik weaves a cultural and Islamic history of Tirurangadi using available archival materials and oral narratives from his fieldwork.
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Watching ‘Malabari Films’ in Bihar: Gulf Migration and Transregional Connections
Even as OTT brings Malayalam cinema to urban elites across India, we forget the transregional viewership that Malayalam cinema has long enjoyed among Gulf migrants. Drawing from his own life, Nehal reflects on how Malayalam cinema speaks to the Bihari Gulf migrant experience.
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Women’s Football in Kerala: Some Reflections from The Ground
In this reflective account on the women’s football in Kerala, Amritha shares her uneasy feelings around the less visible Kerala Women’s League.
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New Traditions: Editorial
Happy New Year! It is a pleasure to begin this year on a promising note. As you all know, Ala[…]
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Woven Legacies: Women Weavers Reviving the Killimangalam Pulpaya Tradition
The art of weaving grass mats is fast disappearing from a small village in Kerala, yet eight women weavers hold the fort against rapidly changing economic conditions. What is at stake in keeping alive an art form that seems to have outlived its times? Aswathy delves into this universal question by telling the story of the Killimangalam pulpaya and its makers.
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The Holy Family Severed: Kaathal’s Reconstitution of the Heteronormative Family in Malayalam Cinema
The recently released film, Kaathal, has ignited public discussions of gender and sexuality in Kerala. But to what extent does it subvert Kerala’s norms around family, caste, and class? Sandra Elizabeth Joseph reflects.
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Democracy Breeds Its Own Violence: Understanding Political Conflict in North Kerala
Ala speaks to Ruchi Chaturvedi, whose book, Violence of Democracy, published this year, draws on years of engagement with political violence in north Kerala to think about the forms of violence produced by the very practice of democracy.
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