A Kerala Studies Blog
Billboards advertising luxury condominiums in Kochi, with their roof-top infinity pools, waterfront balconies, French windows, and Italian marble floors, are difficult to miss for any passing by the city. Reflecting on the rise of these new living spaces, Siddharth looks at what it tells us about Kerala’s changing urban space and social life, and its ties to the state’s altering migration patterns.
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As thousands of middle-class Malayali women migrate to cities outside Kerala, Ashwathy provides an intimate portrait of how they might negotiate questions of home, belonging, and anonymity.
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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.
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കേരളത്തിൻറെ വികസനമാതൃകാ പാരമ്പര്യത്തിൻറെ ഭാഗമായി ജനാധിപത്യ വികേന്ദ്രികരണം പലപ്പോഴും ആഘോഷിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോഴും, മൂന്ന് ദശാബ്ദങ്ങൾക്കപ്പുറം വികേന്ദ്രീകരണത്തിൻ്റെ ഭവിഷ്യത്തുകൾ നമ്മൾ വിമർശനാത്മകമായി പരിശോധിക്കേണ്ടിയിരിക്കുന്നു. തദ്ദേശഭരണത്തെപ്പറ്റി ബാബു ജേക്കബിനൊപ്പം നടത്തിയ പഠനത്തിൻറെ കണ്ടെത്തലുകൾ സൂരജ് ജേക്കബ് പങ്കുവെക്കുന്നു.
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Even as Alappuzha won awards for cleanliness, a settlement of former sanitation workers themselves lived amid a sanitation crisis. A team of public sector institutions joined hands to develop community-centric solutions for them. Sruthi and Narayanan tell the story of this venture.
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Yadu and Sujeesh analyse how the visual world crafted by the 2016 movie Kammattipadam provides minute insight into the class[…]
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In our first podcast, Ala talks to Shruti Tharayil about her experience as a forager, and the importance of localizing[…]
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Kerala witnesses a disproportionately high number of road accident related fatalities and injuries as compared to other states with larger geographical area. These accidents come with high economic and social costs. Dr Pradeesh Kumar writes about how and why Kerala must increase its efforts to curb this menace.
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How can we re-imagine urban planning to be non-disruptive, to promote environmental conservation and to preserve the humanity of our streets and walkways? Taking us through the undulating and thronging landscape of the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Thomas Oommen and Rajshree Rajmohan propose a solution that is both innovative and grounded in the realities of everyday life.
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