Kesava Menon

The writer is former editor of Mathrubhumi and was a correspondent in Pakistan from 1990-93

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While critics debate tone and politics, the real concern is the blurring of propaganda and fact in popular cinema.

Controversy over ‘Dhurandhar’ misses the point: It’s dangerous because it makes the battle against terror a partisan issue

December 20,2025 13:34:36 PM

A criticism that the film demeans Indian Muslims is difficult to understand because not a single member of this specific community figures in the movie.

Sat, Dec 20, 2025

Why Pahalgam? Asim Munir’s desperation is tellingSubscriber Only

April 29,2025 16:33:25 PM

Munir surely feels the pressures of an economy in a spiral, caged politicians and a restless population. His most important task — most desperate mission — is to keep the lid on the growing pressure. And the only way he sees of doing this is to create fear and hatred for India.

Fri, May 02, 2025

The Wayanad stronghold: Should Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have stayed in UP?Subscriber Only

June 20,2024 13:19:01 PM

It is possible to argue that Priyanka and her sibling could have switched so that he retained Wayanad and she fought in Rae Bareilly. But Rahul has to mark out greater space for himself in Uttar Pradesh politics to increase his heft at the national level

Thu, Jun 20, 2024

Lessons from Pakistan, Iran and Bahrain — the perils of top-down uniformity, indoctrinationSubscriber Only

March 12,2024 14:23:39 PM

The core of faith could have been used as a reservoir of power to inspire imaginative responses to the challenges of the modern world. Instead, faith has been hardened into a crust that is supposed to protect but becomes nothing more than a burden

Tue, Mar 12, 2024

What those offended by divine names for animals don’t understand about HinduismSubscriber Only

February 26,2024 15:14:19 PM

When a basic tenet of Hinduism postulates equality of all creation, how can anyone claim that it sanctions extension of caste system to natural world — that some names are not for lesser beings?

Wed, Feb 28, 2024

Beyond slogans: Understanding Hindu diversity in KeralaSubscriber Only

February 17,2024 12:08:06 PM

Hindi fanatics seem unable to understand that the use of their tongue is spreading quite nicely in the country without their efforts. Their hammering away on the theme slows down the process.

Sat, Feb 17, 2024

What would offend the mighty DeviSubscriber Only

July 28,2022 04:11:20 AM

Kesava Menon writes: The idea of Devi with a cigarette seems like a distortion. But it is certainly not offensive enough to want to hurt the person responsible or agitate for her arrest or silencing

Thu, Jul 28, 2022

A surprising aspect of Imran Khan’s ousterSubscriber Only

April 11,2022 03:51:04 AM

Kesava Menon writes: This time around the necessary political cleansing in Pakistan was carried through democratic, constitutional means

Mon, Apr 11, 2022