Kerala
Bindu Ammini, the first woman to enter the Sabarimala temple
Four years on, the first woman to enter the Sabarimala temple, reflects on orthodoxy, police and state inaction.
Bibin Joseph | Jan 02, 2023
The subtle art of resistance
Zakariya Mohammed’s ‘Halal Love Story’ tells the story of resistance in the face of an omnipotent authority.
Ali Ahsan and Shama Jan | Feb 19, 2021
The anatomy of a torture complaint
Police brutality in India’s model state.
Urmila Pullat | Jul 01, 2020
Turning over old leaves
If palm leaf inscriptions can be saved from rodents, insects, the forces of nature and deliberate destruction, they can paint vivid pictures of the history of the Syrian Christians in Kerala.
Ignatius Payyappilly | Jan 14, 2014
Lost rulers of the Malabar Coast
Tales of love and loss from the heyday of Portuguese rule in Kochi.
N P Chekkutty | Dec 10, 2012
God’s own canteen
A Dhaka connoisseur savours divine cuisine in backwoods Kerala.
Lubna Marium | Nov 29, 2006
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