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Charmy Harikrishnan
The writer is a journalist based in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Paravur is Paris: A small town trapped in timeSubscriber Only
December 27,2015 01:00:28 AM
In a village in Kollam, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a boxy Dyanora TV, pulp fiction and a night of Kathakali were all you needed to create a moveable feast.
Sun, Dec 27, 2015
The prodigal son returned: Author Benyamin on his return to IndiaSubscriber Only
December 06,2015 01:37:21 AM
Till he reached Bahrain in 1992, the only book Benny Daniel knew was the Bible. But after writing 17 books, including the humongous bestseller, Goat Days, Benyamin has finally left the Gulf behind for the green at home.
Mon, Dec 07, 2015
Arriving SomewhereSubscriber Only
November 21,2015 01:35:32 AM
From the Nilgiris, its “every tea bush aching with green”, to a camp in a nowhere land, surrounded by “Naxalis” and landmines.
Sat, Nov 21, 2015
Kanchanamala: A talisman for true love in KeralaSubscriber Only
October 25,2015 07:10:42 AM
She was Hindu and he, Muslim. In the old conservative land of their youth, their love story found no sanction. The story of how the 75-year-old Kanchanamala became the talisman for true love in Kerala.
Sun, Oct 25, 2015
English is MalayalamSubscriber Only
October 01,2015 00:01:19 AM
Or maybe Malayalam is English. The lingua franca of digital India is an ingenious, mind-boggling blend of regional language and the English alphabet.
Thu, Oct 01, 2015Bin it or ban itSubscriber Only
May 18,2012 03:18:23 AM
The cartoon controversy shows the enthusiasm of our political class to create a quiescent,question-less environment
Fri, May 18, 2012
At no point did we ask the authors to leave…We were disappointed they did not take us into confidenceSubscriber Only
February 05,2012 02:22:45 AM
Sanjoy Roy and Namita Gokhale,organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival,talk of the Salman Rushdie controversy and say it was a foolish miscalculation on their part to announce his visit beforehand.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012Hashtivism at #JLFSubscriber Only
January 25,2012 03:31:44 AM
Twitter mirrors Diggi Palace in our instinct for limited dissent
Wed, Jan 25, 2012Millennium manSubscriber Only
October 04,2011 02:23:17 AM
The creation of Stieg Larsson,posthumously.
Tue, Oct 04, 2011In quiet Delhi corner,diplomats discuss murder,Arctic chill,drunken detectivesSubscriber Only
September 18,2011 02:58:32 AM
The envoys were not comparing notes about child homicide in their country.
Sun, Sep 18, 2011
The Second MateSubscriber Only
June 25,2011 03:11:58 AM
The hallucinogenic exhilaration of Amitav Ghoshs first Ibis book settles for history lite in the second.
Sat, Jun 25, 2011Rahman RecordedSubscriber Only
April 16,2011 03:15:40 AM
I had the soundtrack of that film in my head as I drove through the lanes
Sat, Apr 16, 2011What is the fuss about?Subscriber Only
April 01,2011 23:32:52 PM
Read the controversial new Gandhi book closely,and youll find little thats controversial
Fri, Apr 01, 2011The Knife Hidden in the SleeveSubscriber Only
December 11,2010 04:02:43 AM
Omair Ahmads new novel is a meditation on violence,its unlikely votaries and its probable victims.
Sat, Dec 11, 2010
Hay,helloSubscriber Only
November 21,2010 18:14:19 PM
Kerala is the latest venue of lit tourism. Its beaches and backwaters might have lured the writers,but the states literati college students waiting with notebooks for autographs,parents walking their children to Welsh poets and youngsters thronging to listen to Vikram Seth rescued the Hay Festival from turning into a brochure event.
Sun, Nov 21, 2010At Hay fest,Seth impresses with MalayalamSubscriber Only
November 13,2010 02:38:17 AM
The three-day Hay Festival the India edition of the famous literature and arts fest at Hay-on-Wye in Wales began here.
Sat, Nov 13, 2010
The Meaner MeenSubscriber Only
September 05,2010 20:48:56 PM
Karimeen is a black fin that shoots through a sepia mindscape. And ilish,even ilish,cant do much about it.
Sun, Sep 05, 2010A place in search of a NEW IMAGESubscriber Only
June 20,2010 18:21:10 PM
The scars of that night are still there. But Bhopal doesnt want to remain that city where that tragedy happened.
Sun, Jun 20, 2010Latest target for Congress censors: book on Sonia’s lifeSubscriber Only
June 02,2010 03:41:21 AM
Congress wants copies of Javier Moro's 'The Red Sari' pulled out of store and publication in India blocked.
Wed, Jun 02, 2010Rama For RealSubscriber Only
May 08,2010 21:14:07 PM
Ramas avatars have been many. In before-television Kerala,when evenings quietly turned pale purple,children repeated his two-syllabic name easily,innocently by a lit lamp....
Sat, May 08, 2010Co-pilot Rajiv Rudy reporting for dutySubscriber Only
April 20,2010 03:25:52 AM
As the BJP tries to find its feet in opposition,one party leader has found a way to stay above it all. He may be taking a break for the Parliament session...
Tue, Apr 20, 2010
KERALA LATE CUTSubscriber Only
March 28,2010 14:15:39 PM
Kochi,the latest member of the Indian Premier League,seems,in cricketing terms,like the 12th man among the big metros...
Sun, Mar 28, 2010Look who declined Padma Bhushan this year: two giants of art,literatureSubscriber Only
February 09,2010 02:25:05 AM
While US-based hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal with three criminal complaints and four cases against him said he deserved the Padma Bhushan...
Tue, Feb 09, 2010Young BloodSubscriber Only
January 16,2010 23:35:48 PM
Just because Harry Potter grew up and got married,kids havent stopped reading. Happily-ever-after is,after all,the universal cue for children to lay their hands on the next book,the next series....
Sat, Jan 16, 2010One-of-a-kind Conservative,one-of-a-kind bookSubscriber Only
January 14,2010 03:44:58 AM
Conservative is not a fashionable label. Jaithirth Jerry Rao knows it. Yet,among the left-liberals who dominate the opinion space,the 57-year-old delights in calling himself a Burkean conservative....
Thu, Jan 14, 2010Journalism of Courage
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