The movie called The Kerala Story is hate-speech against a whole people, but our courts are great upholders of free speech. Of course, unless people with the surname ‘Modi’ are said to have been defamed. As an observer of how the ‘love jihad’ agenda has unfolded in Kerala since more than over a decade now, … Continue reading The Kerala Story, Hindutva, and Malayali Women →
B 32 to 44 is the title of a movie — it refers to the bra sizes of the protagonists of director and scriptwriter Sruthi Sharanyam’s debut film, which has been generating highly positive reviews in the Malayalam facebook world. It has also been highly-awaited after it received funding from the Ministry of Culture and … Continue reading B 32 to 44: Body Politics or No Body/Politics? →
If 2018 was a trial by water in Kerala, 2023 seems to be a trial by fire, judging by the horrendous waste-dump fires in the State’s commercial capital, Kochi which have been polluting the air this with the most dangerous mix of toxins (so say the scientific community which has been warning this bunch of … Continue reading Water vs. Fire in Kerala →
Professor Harbans Mukhia, Professor ( Retd.) of Medieval History at the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU ; an eminent authority on Medieval India ; author and editor of many books will be delivering the 22 nd Democracy Dialogues lecture on Sunday, 15 th January 2023 at 6 PM (IST). The focus of his lecture will be Democracy’s … Continue reading Democracy’s Structural Slippages and the Indian Experiment – Prof Harbans Mukhia →
Guest Post by Ravi Sinha ( मैं वाशिंग्टन डी सी के ‘इंडियन डाइस्पोरा’ को और रज़ी साहब का शुक्रिया अदा करना चाहूंगा कि उन्होंने चंद बातें रखने का मौका दिया। यह मेरे लिए बेहद सम्मान की बात है कि मैं दो शख्सियतों के साथ – गौहर रज़ा और परवेज़ हुदभाॅय के साथ – आनलाइन ही सही – मंच … Continue reading बसु, रमण और सलाम की धरती पर वैज्ञानिक मिज़ाज की अनुपस्थिति पर
Guest Post by Shylin Shekhar The western world has been very vocal in support of Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. This has created a complete black and white image of the war, one side being a “civilized european country with pure aryan people” while the other being an evil authoritarian “oligarchy”. People’s support of … Continue reading Why everyone cares about Ukraine →
The other day, the citizens of Kerala witnessed an extraordinary coming -together of CPM and BJP leaders in Thiruvananthapuram — in support of the Adani sea port, against the fisher community of the Thiruvananthapuram coast. The fisher community of Kerala is one of the most wronged social groups in the state.
ഉപസംഹാരം ഫെമിനിസ്റ്റ് ദണ്ഡനീതി നിയമ ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ നിരോധിക്കണമെന്നോ അവ തീർത്തും അപ്രസക്തമാണെന്നോ അല്ല ഈ ലേഖനത്തിൽ ഞാൻ വാദിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളത്. നേരെ മറിച്ച് അവ ഉപയോഗിക്കുമ്പോൾ ജനാധിപത്യവും മനുഷ്യാവകാശങ്ങളും ലിംഗാനീതിയ്ക്കെതിരെയുള്ള പോരോട്ടങ്ങളുടെ സാധ്യതകൾ തന്നെയും അധികാരത്തിൻറെ മേൽ-കീഴറ്റങ്ങൾ കാണാനാകാത്തവിധം പിളർന്ന വായിലകപ്പെട്ടു പോകും വിധം അവരെ പുണരുന്നത് അങ്ങേയറ്റം അപകടകരമായിരിക്കും എന്ന മുന്നറിപ്പ് വായനക്കാരുടെ മുന്നിൽ വയ്ക്കാനാണ് എൻറെ ശ്രമം. നവബ്രാഹ്മണിക പിതൃമേധാവിത്വം അതിവേഗം വളരുകയും സുരക്ഷാ-സംരക്ഷണ-അന്നദാതാഭരണകൂടം അതിവേഗം സ്വയം ശക്തിപ്രാപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന കാലമാണിത്.
– Dr Vinod Mubayi Dr Vinod Mubayi, Public Intellectual, Scientist and Activist will be delivering the 20 th Lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series, organised by New Socialist Initiative on Sunday, 30 th October at 7 PM (IST) He will be speaking on Partition Split Us Up: Can We Live in Peace as Neighbors? Future … Continue reading Partition Split Us Up: Can We Live in Peace as Neighbors? – →
Prof Fransesca Orisini, who has taught Hindi and Indian literature at SOAS, London, will be delivering the Seventh Lecture in the Sandhan Vyakhyanmala Series on Sunday, 18 th September, 6 PM ( IST).
