The political landscape of Kerala is undergoing subtle but important changes. Rising unemployment and aspirational breakdown among educated youth are fuelling mental health distress and driving large-scale migration out of Kerala.
P. K. Yasser Arafath is a historian and writer who engages with contemporary social and political issues. A Fulbright Scholar, he teaches at the University of Delhi.
P. K. Yasser Arafath is a historian and writer who engages with contemporary social and political issues. A Fulbright Scholar, he teaches at the University of Delhi.
The political landscape of Kerala is undergoing subtle but important changes. Rising unemployment and aspirational breakdown among educated youth are fuelling mental health distress and driving large-scale migration out of Kerala.
BY P K Yasser Arafath 9 April 2026
In the wake of the massive setback the Left alliance suffered in local body elections, one can sense a palpable erosion of the progressive and secular elements in Left discourse.
BY P K Yasser Arafath 14 February 2026
Kerala, home to classical Hindutva’s original internal undesirables—Communists, Muslims and Christians—has become a successful experimentation ground for neo-Hindutva
BY P K Yasser Arafath 13 June 2024
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