By Parvathy Devi. K
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Background
COVID-19 pandemic has been taking a heavy toll on migrant workers in countries of destination by exposing them further into situations of exploitation. Many employers took advantage of this situation, and the panic created among migrant workers led to gruesome rights violation....
You would have gone to the forest 100 times, but could spot a tiger only once. But, be rest assured, the tiger would have spotted you 99 times.
In the midst of a recent conversation, Malayalam writer and film maker Unni R. asked if I had seen Amit Masurkar's OTT-released...
Even as the world observed the Nelson Mandela Day on Sunday, South Africa had not yet recovered from the unrest and large-scale violence which engulfed the country in the past few days. The arson and looting broke out amid a surge in the COVID-19 case load, following the incarceration...
In 2016, when food safety issues arose and the Government of Bhutan announced a ban on the import of chilli peppers, or ‘chillies’, from the traditional suppliers, the country was left baffled. Chillies have been used extensively in the Bhutanese diet since ancient times, but thus far, the country...
K.M. Seethi & Elizabeth Abraham
“The higher education in India is poised for colossal changes with deleterious outcomes under the 'surveillance capitalism,'” according to G. Arunima, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Director of Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR). She was delivering the Third “Scholars of Eminence Web-Lecture" (SEW-L)...
SEW-L Inaugural Address
K.M. Seethi & Elizabeth Abraham
Can historians avoid anachronism in their narratives of the past? This has been a major question in the debates of/in historiography, and noted historian Prof. Rajan Gurukkal addressed this question in the context of the project of ‘reinventing nation’ in historical writings...
K.M. Seethi & Elizabeth Abraham
The social landscape and livelihood options in the tribal habitats in Kerala have changed tremendously in the last several decades. This transformation has its impact on the tribal population and their life-world experiences. This is the theme of the ongoing workshop organised as part of...
