“Theyyam as a folk genre and performance is a creative and ritual invocation of the people who had been killed and silenced by the hegemonic structures of social power,” according to Dr. Rajesh Komath, a faculty in Social...
Vakkom Moulavi, a pioneer of Kerala renaissance and founder of Swadeshabhimani is being recognised for the first time in his hometown, Vakkom—in the district of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, the South Indian State—with a Memorial and Research Centre. Vakkom Moulavi Memorial...
The state and society of Kerala continue to evince multiple social complexities notwithstanding the much-touted feats in human development. One of the critical challenges of this complexity is the phenomenon of social exclusion, and it still remains problematic for...
In less than three generations, Kerala Muslim society transformed from one of the most disengaged parts of colonialism to the beneficiaries of globalisation. Interestingly, Muslims of Kerala have displayed variety of responses to globalisation. The responses were rather selective...
By Parvathy Devi. K
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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...
The return of Indian migrants from the GCC countries will affect the state of Kerala badly in the coming days, according to Ambassador K.P. Fabian, former Indian diplomat who was the head of the Gulf Division in the Ministry...
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...
South Asia Analysis Group Paper No 6733 - 15 January 2021
(SAAG in arrangement with Eurasia Review and Sri Lanka Guardian)
(FILES) This file picture taken on February 25, 2012 shows the Italian oil tanker Enrica Lexie, which berthed at Cochin...
“Journalism demands multidimensional engagements with freedom,” according to veteran journalist B.R.P. Bhaskar. He was delivering the inaugural address of Vakkom Moulavi Memorial and Research Centre established in Vakkom in memory of Vakkom Abdul Khadir Moulavi, a pioneer of Kerala...
When once for my fellowmenI shed a drop of tear,The hale of a thousand sunsArises in my soulWhen once for my fellowmen I expend a hearty smile,A full –blown moon of purest rayForever floods my heartBut all these days...
