N.K. Bhoopesh is an assistant editor, reporting on South India with a focus on politics, developmental challenges, and stories rooted in social justice.
With his biting satire and humane storytelling, Sreenivasan gave Malayalam cinema one of its most enduring social voices. The actor, director and screenwriter, whose films interrogated Kerala’s middle-class anxieties and political culture while retaining mass appeal, passed away on Saturday morning.
While the Congress government says the new legislation is essential to curb rising hate crimes and divisive rhetoric, Opposition parties and civil society groups warn that its broad definitions and sweeping powers could be misused to stifle dissent.
Following actor Dileep’s acquittal in the actor assault case, Kerala is witnessing two parallel currents. Avalkooppam solidarity with the survivor, and a coordinated effort to rehabilitate Dileep’s image as a “family actor”.
The proposed replacement of MNREGA reflects the convergence of political priorities, ideological positions, and fiscal calculations.
Between electoral arithmetic and narrative dominance, the BJP’s Kerala story reveals growth without a decisive breakthrough
Sending clear warning signals to the Pinarayi Vijayan government, Kerala voted in favour of the Congress-led UDF in the local body elections, even as the BJP made significant gains across the state.
With the theme ‘for the time being’, the Biennale invites visitors into an expanded present, where the ‘now’ carries the weight of memory and of anticipation.
The court said it had considered several mitigating factors, including the convicts’ age and the absence of prior criminal records for five of them, while awarding the minimum sentence.
Kerala stands at a turning point. Once celebrated worldwide for its welfare-led “Kerala Model,” the state’s Left government is now embracing policies that critics say echo the very neoliberalism it long opposed.
Dalit thinkers argue that caste as a dimension of social oppression was sidelined in communist practice. Intellectuals within the communist fold acknowledge that this neglect may be central to the crisis the Left faces today
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