Saidalavi P. C. interviews the scholar, Robin Jeffrey, on his well-known body of work on Kerala, and his early experiences as a Canadian graduate student in Kerala in the 1960s.
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The Subaltern Environmentalism of Mayilamma
The Plachimada struggle for justice, and its leader, Mayilamma, stand for a broader ethos of eco-justice by those who are most directly impacted by it. Sreejith R. Varma reflects on the project of translating and interpreting Mayilamma’s narrative.
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Sabarimala and the Left Democratic Front in the 2019 Elections
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, how did the incumbent LDF’s support for women’s entry into Sabarimala turn the tables for a government that otherwise enjoyed popular support? K. K. Kailash uses survey data to understand the role of religious sentiment in Kerala’s public sphere.
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Travancore’s Pakistan Intrigues, 1946-47
A short glimpse into the tumultuous history of Travancore’s accession to the Indian Union and the eventful end to Sir[…]
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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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