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Against Aachaaram: When is Your Cloth Clean/Pure/ Both?

Kafila - 2019-09-10 - Original post - Cached copy

This is the third in the series titled Against Aachaaram: A Dossier from Malayalam on Kafila. Both excerpts have been chosen and translated by HARIKRISHNAN S. The prefatory note below is by J Devika. They are about the notions of purity of clothing harboured by the traditional caste elite in Kerala, which were revised by … Continue reading Against Aachaaram: When is Your Cloth Clean/Pure/ Both? →

Against Aachaaram: Lalitambika Antharjanam

Kafila - 2019-08-29 - Original post - Cached copy

This is the second in a series titled Against Aachaaram: A Dossier from Malayalam on Kafila. The note on Lalithambika Antharjanam is by J Devika. The excerpt from her story Vidhibalam (The Power of Fate) is translated by GEORVIN JOSEPH. Lalitambika Antharjanam (1909-1987) was the first Malayali woman to achieve prominence in the field of … Continue reading Against Aachaaram: Lalitambika Antharjanam →

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