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Amrith Lal
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Gandhi after Godse: The afterlife of the Mahatma
January 30,2023 16:19:08 PM
Rammanohar Lohia mentioned that there are three Gandhis — governmental, priestly, and heretic. The heretic Gandhi continues to be a moral force, galvanising the resistance to political, material, and spiritual tyrannies. This is the Gandhi Godse failed to understand or murder.
Mon, Jan 30, 2023
Beyond the Ballot: CPM, Congress, and a view of national politics from Agartala
January 23,2023 08:36:09 AM
The understanding between the two parties in Tripura may serve as a template for federal alliances. But can such alliances offer a challenging counter-narrative to the unitarian Hindutva agenda?
Mon, Jan 23, 2023
Sharad Yadav and the Lohia legacyPremium Story
January 15,2023 21:49:54 PM
Sharad Yadav, like Mulayam Singh Yadav, professed to be a Lohiaite. They, however, failed to offer a counter-narrative to majoritarian politics.
Tue, Jan 17, 2023
Why Governor R N Ravi’s actions are inimical to, expose bad faith in, BJP outreach to TamilsPremium Story
January 11,2023 18:26:22 PM
The governor hasn’t clarified why he chose to leave out references to the Dravidian model or Tamil icons in his address to state assembly. But his recent conduct frames an ahistorical reading of, and troubling antipathy to, Tamil subnationalism and Dravidian identity
Fri, Jan 13, 2023
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi’s experiment with the politics of mohabbat
January 08,2023 19:42:27 PM
Can this be the beginning of a politics of healing? The Congress will need to work hard to lighten the burden of its post-Nehru legacy and tap the energy unleashed by the Yatra.
Mon, Jan 09, 2023
Adoor Gopalakrishnan: The paths he chosePremium Story
December 18,2022 06:30:22 AM
Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s debut feature, Swayamvaram, turns 50. This is the story of his journey through change.
Sun, Dec 18, 2022
Team Melli and the Socrates legacyPremium Story
November 27,2022 18:04:42 PM
Amrith Lal writes: The Iranian football team’s show of defiance in Doha is likely to have major consequences, considering the nature of the authoritarian regime in Tehran.
Sun, Nov 27, 2022
Using language nationalism in larger federal project: DMK’s ‘Dravidian model’ of governancePremium Story
October 22,2022 04:15:03 AM
The DMK’s marshalling of the old Tamil subnationalist impulse to project a new 'Dravidian model' of governance frames a wider federal political experiment with clear backward and forward linkages
Sat, Oct 22, 2022
As Stalin warns Centre, recalling the anti-Hindi agitations in the past in Tamil NaduSign In to read
October 12,2022 11:39:13 AM
The rise of the BJP post 2014 has raised the spectre of a Hindi-Hindu-Hindutva India, and triggered subnationalist counter-narratives in all the Southern states
Thu, Oct 13, 2022
How KCR’s national pitch differs from Stalin’sPremium Story
October 07,2022 03:59:34 AM
The fact is that KCR, unlike the DMK in Tamil Nadu or the Left in Kerala, has no story to tell. The TRS also has no access to the political legacies of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh – the national movement, peasant struggles – which could have provided the party with the cultural resources to battle Hindutva
Fri, Oct 07, 2022
The Muslim political predicamentPremium Story
September 25,2022 19:24:29 PM
From SY Quraishi's piece on the meet between RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and the intellectuals from the Muslim community to Pratap Bhanu Mehta's article on the Leicester violence, here are the top Opinion pieces recommended for you.
Mon, Sep 26, 2022
The downslide in federal relationsSign In to read
September 19,2022 19:50:04 PM
The ongoing controversy over the Vedanta-Foxconn project as well as the mass defections in Goa seem like a throwback to the 1970s and 80s, when the Congress used to ignore constitutional and institutional propriety to further its political goals.
Mon, Sep 19, 2022
What makes the poetry and politics of Anvar Ali, winner of this year’s Kerala Sahitya Akademi award, so engaging?Premium Story
July 30,2022 19:45:50 PM
The 56-year-old Malayalam poet is also a sought-after lyricist and has won several awards.
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
How Tamil writer Vaasanthi’s women are tied by a sense of self-respect, a recent translation of her short stories showsPremium Story
May 21,2022 17:51:59 PM
Ganga’s Choice and Other Stories, a collection of 15 short fiction in Tamil by Vaasanthi, and translated into English by Sukanya Venkataraman and Gomathi Narayanan, is about life seen through the eyes of women
Sat, May 21, 2022
Gramavrikshathile Kuyil is a remarkable ode to Malayalam renaissance poet Kumaran AsanPremium Story
April 18,2022 10:00:13 AM
Veteran Malayalam director KP Kumaran’s biopic celebrates the life and work of an exceptional poet and social reformer of the last century
Sun, Apr 17, 2022
Why Delhi was the muse for Malayalam writer M Mukundan, this year’s JCB Prize for Literature winnerPremium Story
December 05,2021 06:20:41 AM
His novel, Delhi: A Soliloquy, is a tribute to his years spent as a flaneur, chronicler in the city
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
Explained: Life, work and legend of Adi Shankara, Advaita master, philosopher nonpareilPremium Story
November 06,2021 04:14:59 AM
The Adi Shankara story is a remarkable saga of travel and adventure, philosophical inquiry, conflicts in faith, exegesis, establishment of lineage, organisation and mobilisation, etc.
Sat, Nov 06, 2021
Who is Kamumma and why Ambai centres her new short-story collection around urban womenPremium Story
July 18,2021 06:25:43 AM
'A Red-necked Green Bird' turns the page on social cliches and individual histories
Sun, Jul 18, 2021
What KK Shailaja’s exclusion says about Kerala CPMPremium Story
May 20,2021 03:35:50 AM
KK Shailaja’s removal from Pinarayi Vijayan ministry shows CPM and its supporters may be reading Kerala verdict differently
Thu, May 20, 2021
Amid poll heat and dust, green shoots emerge in Kerala’s politicsPremium Story
April 06,2021 00:40:20 AM
This green strand is a characteristic of a new Left in Kerala. A host of sitting legislators and candidates have been involved in projecting a green vision as part of their politics.
Tue, Apr 06, 2021
In Kerala’s din, a mother seeking justice, a wife calling for peacePremium Story
April 05,2021 04:21:14 AM
Vadakara has been a stronghold of socialists for decades, having elected stalwarts like K B Menon to Parliament.
Mon, Apr 05, 2021
The star cast in Tamil Nadu politics is large, but there are no superstars this timePremium Story
January 29,2021 03:00:00 AM
Until recently, and for near five decades, politics in Tamil Nadu has revolved around three charismatic figures, who claimed the legacy of the Dravidian movement: DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi defined one pole of state politics while MGR and Jayalalithaa occupied the other end.
Fri, Jan 29, 2021
Explained: As Jallikattu begins, recalling the cultural argument for an ancient traditionPremium Story
January 15,2021 12:52:54 PM
Jallikattu is a bull-taming sport that has traditionally been part of the festival of Pongal. However, the practice has long been contested, with animal rights groups and the courts concerned over issues of cruelty to animals and the bloody and dangerous nature of the sport.
Sat, Jan 16, 2021
How a hate campaign against their work brought Perumal Murugan, S Hareesh to mainstream attentionPremium Story
December 06,2020 06:10:32 AM
With accolades and international recognition, the Tamil and Malayalam writer, respectively, hope for a more nuanced reading of their work
Sun, Dec 06, 2020
With Assembly polls scheduled next year, Tamil identity politics may find a new release in the statePremium Story
August 16,2020 03:40:47 AM
Tamil identity politics, now, is invoked by the Dravidian outfits mainly to mobilise people against national parties and the Centre as well as to paper over social and economic fault lines.
Sun, Aug 16, 2020