The Kerala Syndrome
Locational specificities have never been an important marker in Indian contemporary art as pan national identification is, in what most...
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KeralaLiterate and liberated, but steeped in pre-modern mores; globalised yet magically attached to customs and traditions that are often in... -
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Between one shore and several othersKerala’s lush landscape, its flora and fauna, its people and their struggles are compelling. -
Shooting the devilThey call it God’s own country. We call it Keralam. It was part of Ancient Tamizhagam. -
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A Cauldron of CulturesIt is believed , the great sage Parshurama threw a sacred axe into the Arabian sea to create the fabled... -
[Male]v[i]olenceFated to be a feminist scholar in Kerala, I am doomed to expound on the accomplishments of Malayali women. But... -
Magically Real! The Making of India's first BiennaleThe Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India’s first biennale, has concluded. That it survived a three-month run is now even more remarkable, than... -
A RamachandranA. Ramachandran , is one of India’s most reputed artists known for his mythological narratives and his conversations... -
A Timely UpstageMalayalam theatre’s history of over 130 years resonates with a particular silence when it questions the role of women performers. -
Chavittu NadakamChavittu Nadakam, a traditional Latin Christian music-drama form, was introduced in the 16th century A.D., when the Portuguese had arrived... -
Mirror Of DiscontentThe play is based on the famed Malayali writer Vaikonm Muhammed Basheer’s story, ‘The World-Renowned Nose’. In the story, Basheer... -
Koodiyattam. 2000 Years Of RigourKoodiyaattam has an antiquity of at least two millennia. The theatre form has the richness and depth acquired from an... -
Different FolksKerala, enjoys a folk tradition that reflects an amazingly wide and varied cultural situation. Only a culturally rich people can... -
Kerala Cinema – Through A Wide LensWhile the colonization of Bollywood has been an alarming epidemic festering into regional cinema, there are filmmakers who have heroically... -
Stalin Doesn’t Live Here AnymoreTo a first time visitor to the country, Indians must seem like the world’s most important travellers. Each time a...
