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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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.
Read moreDemocracy 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.
Read moreBrewing Exclusion: Tea Shops and Women in Kerala
Accompanied by original sketches, Gaya Hadiya shares her experiences of chayakkadas in Kerala, highlighting how they reflect the gender, caste and class relations in the region.
Read moreMiasmic Screens: Contagion and Control in Early 20th Century Cinema Halls
As cinema halls in Kerala emerge as sites of pandemic control, Bindu Menon explores a longer history of how moralized notions of public health and contagion played out in Kerala’s cinema halls, and through film as medium.
Read moreThe Solitary Reader and the Scientific Public Sphere in Kerala
For three decades now, regional media has brokered public engagement with science and opened a new sphere for political deliberation[…]
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