One family, many religions: The evolutionary life of Kerala’s Nadar Community
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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Requiem to a fugitive; the life & times of Comrade Thankappan
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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Criminal Justice
26 Year long battle for justice; Finally they won
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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Kerala nun case: Can courts demand clinical precision from rape victims?
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 it means to be a nun in Kerala: Stories of ordeal and steely nerves
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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Why Nirbhaya Homes are shutting the door on rape victims in Kerala
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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Labour ward to court, a Kerala woman’s ordeal to get her baby back: The story of an ‘unwed mother’
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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Environment
Nature’s fury or human error: Why is Kerala so prone to calamities?
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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Gender
Pending cases in Kerala’s family courts mount to frustrating heights
In 2018, Beena (name changed), a typist in the Kerala Police department, realised that her 15-year-long marriage was emotionally dead and beyond repair. That…
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Public Health
Kerala’s tryst with Nipah: A tale of scare, vigilance and tears
In Kerala’s experience, the fatality rate of Nipah was 89 per cent as 17 out 19 infected people succumbed to the virus in 2018.…
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