Forty-six-year-old Swapnesh Babu, a construction worker in Kerala’s Ernakulam, cannot go to work all days of the week. There are days when he is…
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On February 15, four-year-old Manal Shadiya took a deep breath in a bid to get enough oxygen to her lungs, ran a short distance…
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S Saji, a construction worker in Neyyattinkara, visits temples to offer prayers and seek blessings. So does his father, a Hindu Nadar. Saji’s mother,…
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Nirappel Thankappan was an ordinary farmer, a local CPI (M) activist in the hilly village of Nedumkandam in Idukki district. On Friday, February 25,…
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Five people die in custody every day, according to a 2019 report by the National Campaign Against Torture. The incidents of custodial torture in…
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A traumatised rape survivor, that too a nun, cannot be expected to narrate abuse in consistent, accurate terms, say legal experts “The victim was…
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What does it mean to be a nun? It is not exactly what films show us – living a conscientious life in the serene…
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Home, they say, is where the heart is. But for 15-year-old Pooja, home is where trauma was. Unable to bear the trauma, Pooja left…
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The family court in Thiruvananthapuram has stayed the controversial adoption procedure followed for the child of Anupama S Chandran and Ajith Kumar, who raised…
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Gripped by fear of deluge, Kerala is polarised over a very basic question – why does the state fall prey to natural calamities so…
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