Kerala, with its advanced demographic transition, has one of the highest proportions of elderly population in India, with over 16% of its residents aged 60 and above. The state’s notable achievements in healthcare, literacy, and life expectancy have contributed...
A recent article by Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP and former Minister, "Changing Kerala: Lumbering Jumbo to a Lithe Tiger" (Indian Express, 14 Feb 2025), has sparked considerable controversy. Despite the critical reception, Tharoor has defended his arguments, suggesting that...
By Sreekala Sivasankaran
The news came in the morning that Queenie Hallegua, the vibrant Jewish community leader in the Mattancheri Jew Town passed away on Sunday (August 11, 2024). She was 89. Eight years ago, when I interviewed her for...
Rajesh Komath
In Bramayugam, directed by Rahul Sadasivan and co-written with TD Ramakrishnan, Mammootty challenges Malayalam filmmakers to push boundaries. He portrays Koduman Potti, the last survivor of a crumbling mana, interacting with Arjun Ashokan's Thevan, a low-caste singer seeking...
Kerala is likely to witness a surge in research spending in spite of the challenges in higher education, says Dr Sabu Thomas, Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kerala. He was speaking at the valedictory session of the Interdisciplinary...
The Institute for Global South Studies and Research (IGSSR) is organizing a Special Lecture programme in association with Vakkom Moulavi Memorial and Research Centre (VMMRC) on the theme “Keralam in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Mapping.” Gurnah is the recipient of the...
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...
Life for many expats in the Gulf/West Asian countries is part of a larger struggle against ever-increasing odds of daily encounters—be it war, terror attacks, recession or pandemic. Any news of a spark of fire or a whiff of...
His Grace Philipose Mar Chrysostom Metropolitan Emeritus of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Kerala, who passed away in the early hours of 5 May 2021 at the age of 103, has been widely admired as doyen of peace and...
The experience of the tribal life in Kerala has testified that the postcolonial state has not been a ‘revolutionary’ state, as it has been made out with a set of glorified achievements of land reforms, according to Dr Suresh...
