Drawing on the work of the organisation she founded in 1992, the Dalit Women’s Society, Lovely Stephen discusses some of the most pressing challenges faced by the Dalit women living in colonies.
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Drawing on the work of the organisation she founded in 1992, the Dalit Women’s Society, Lovely Stephen discusses some of the most pressing challenges faced by the Dalit women living in colonies.
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Popular readings of modern history in Kerala tend to focus on the many male leaders who led struggles for social justice. Naveen brings to light less-known incidents from these struggles to shine a light on the leadership of women in the struggles for caste and gender justice.
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We wrap up this season of our podcasts with Malavika Binny and Rekha Raj. In this episode, we explore how clothing, and by extension, the body itself, have been both sites of violence and protest in Kerala, and closely tied to questions of class and caste.
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K J Baby’s 1991 novel, Mavelimantam, is the story of the resistance of the Adiyor community against centuries-old slavery at a historical point where feudalism was joining hands with emerging colonial forces in India. Mileena re-reads the novel with reference to the concept of Dalitisation by Kancha Ilaiah.
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Ever since Aleena’s collection of poems, ‘Silk Route’, was published by Goosebery Publications in July 2021, her works have been discussed widely on social media, for her use of the Malayalam language in innovative ways while discussing complex politics. Aleena talks to Ala about her poems and their politics, and about using horror as a genre for poetry.
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ദളിത് ക്രൈസ്തവ ജീവിതാനുഭവങ്ങളെകുറിച്ച് 1962 ൽ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ച ഒരു കൃതി ഇന്നും പ്രസക്തമാകുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ചു സിതാര എഴുതുന്നു.
Read moreYadu and Sujeesh analyse how the visual world crafted by the 2016 movie Kammattipadam provides minute insight into the class[…]
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ഈ വർഷത്തെ ‘ദി ഗ്രേറ്റ് ഇന്ത്യൻ കിച്ചണി’നായി പാളുവാ ഭാഷയിൽ മനോഹരമായ ഗാനങ്ങൾ രചിക്കുകയും, കഴിഞ്ഞ ആറ് വർഷമായി ദലിത്-അംബേദ്കറൈറ്റ് ഫെമിനിസ്റ്റ്, എഴുത്തുകാരി, ആക്ടിവിസ്റ്റ്, ചിന്തക എന്നീ[…]
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Many people of Malayali origin bear surnames that indicate their upper-caste status. Are they just relics of a feudal past that hold no meaning in today’s world? Shilpa Menon examines the larger implications and histories of such surnames through a personal reflection on her surname.
Read moreകേരളത്തിൽ ദളിത് സ്ത്രീ സംവാദവും മുഖ്യധാരാ ഫെമിനിസവും തമ്മിലുള്ള അകലം ഇന്നും നിലനിൽക്കെ, ഇരുപത്തൊന്നാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ തുടക്കത്തിൽ ഇതേക്കുറിച്ചു രേഖാരാജ് എഴുതിയ ഈ ലേഖനം ഇവിടെ പുനഃപ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നു.
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