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Roots & Wings VOICES
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Art beyond the aesthetic
April 25, 2026, 5:10 PM IST
A Kozhikode native working in Kolkata travels back to document what Kerala’s traditional art forms carry beneath the surface In a state where traditional art forms are increasingly repurposed as visual motifs in pop culture—from…
April 25, 2026, 5:10 PM IST
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The final nudge
April 25, 2026, 5:07 PM IST
Predatory loan apps have been linked to at least seven suicides in Kerala. For many victims, the harassment arrives when they are already cornered The true cause of a suicide is often obscured by the…
April 25, 2026, 5:07 PM IST
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‘Fireworks displays are primarily driven by commercial interest’
April 25, 2026, 4:58 PM IST
The judge who probed Kerala’s deadliest fireworks tragedy says commercial interests, not religious sentiment, are keeping unsafe practices alive. Former high court judge P S Gopinathan, who headed the judicial commission into the Puttingal fireworks…
April 25, 2026, 4:58 PM IST
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Progress masks PREJUDICE
April 18, 2026, 2:42 PM IST
Manifolds are the manifestations of caste: There are untouchables and unapproachable, those whose sight itself is a damnation, and those who do not mix in marriage or even in eating food…” These lines from Duravastha…
April 18, 2026, 2:42 PM IST
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The weekend a village saved its pond
March 21, 2026, 12:48 PM IST
A small hamlet in Thrissur comes together to reclaim a dying temple pond It was the sight of an old man tucking up his mundu and wading into the slime that chang ed everything. Until…
March 21, 2026, 12:48 PM IST
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One weaves memory, one paints loss
March 21, 2026, 12:42 PM IST
A couple’s art dwells in the world of coir workers and landscapes in retreat They say coir once left Neeravil, a remote village in Kollam beside Ashtamudi Lake, by water—bundles of fibre loaded onto country…
March 21, 2026, 12:42 PM IST
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The next century question
March 21, 2026, 12:29 PM IST
Kerala’s Muslims have come far since 1921. The harder task is deciding where they go next The Muslim community in Kerala stands at a pivotal historical threshold. It has just navigated a century of organised…
March 21, 2026, 12:29 PM IST
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The Waiting Mart of Nathu La
March 7, 2026, 11:44 AM IST
Six kilometres inside Indian territory from the international boundary at Nathu La in Sikkim, a cluster of green-and-white buildings stands quietly on a windswept slope. The Indo-China border trade mart appears ready for activity. The…
March 7, 2026, 11:44 AM IST
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Silent Valley In A Lagoon
March 7, 2026, 11:39 AM IST
Festivity has always been in the air at Perumbalam. Nestled between the Vembanad and Kaithapuzha backwaters, this small island in Alappuzha district is known as the village of temples— and for good reason. Spread across…
March 7, 2026, 11:39 AM IST
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Walking Through a Story
February 28, 2026, 11:05 AM IST
One of the most picturesque and oldest campuses in the country became a living stage last weekend as the 200-year-old CMS College, Kottayam hosted a promenade theatre adaptation of N S Madhavan’s acclaimed novel ‘Lanthanbatheriyile…
February 28, 2026, 11:05 AM IST
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A name falls into place
February 28, 2026, 10:57 AM IST
What is in a name? The Shakespearean question has particular relevance in a country like ours, where name-changing is an integral part of attempts to reinterpret history and re-establish cultural links with the past. No…
February 28, 2026, 10:57 AM IST
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Isolation Station
February 21, 2026, 10:48 AM IST
Three suicides. Different generations. Different triggers. Yet a quiet, unsettling thread appears to run through them—social isolation, manifesting in different forms. In Attoor, three elderly sisters—two in their eighties and one aged 75 — consumed…
February 21, 2026, 10:48 AM IST
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Law Beyond THE WEST
February 14, 2026, 9:17 AM IST
The renewed push for Indian knowledge systems has divided academics into two camps, with critics calling it regressive and rationalists questioning attempts to treat poetic expressions in Vedic literature as truth. In this context, “An…
February 14, 2026, 9:17 AM IST
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A Town Within A Town
February 14, 2026, 9:08 AM IST
Behind the Perumbavoor fish market lies a bustling commercial stretch, a wide corridor flanked by rows of small shops. On one side, more than a dozen haircutting saloons operate in a line, all run by…
February 14, 2026, 9:08 AM IST
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‘At 74, Every Year Is a Bonus’
February 7, 2026, 8:59 AM IST
In Kannur, CPM’s Red Bastion, dissent is rare and perilous, bound by an omertà-like code. V Kunhikrishnan, a party loyalist for five decades, broke ranks by alleging fund diversion by leaders. Now expelled and branded…
February 7, 2026, 8:59 AM IST
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In The Margins Of Memory
January 31, 2026, 10:49 AM IST
Vakkom Abdul Khader’s role in the freedom struggle is rarely acknowledged in national memory Eighty-two years ago, a group of young Indian National Army (INA) soldiers, including Vakkom Abdul Khader, embarked on a perilous journey…
January 31, 2026, 10:49 AM IST
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Is red turning saffron?
January 31, 2026, 10:39 AM IST
As religious identity shifts from the margins to the mainstream, Kerala’s secular political model faces a recalibration ahead of the assembly polls For over a decade, even as religious politics became normalized nationally, Kerala told…
January 31, 2026, 10:39 AM IST
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‘Art enables us to dream, without it, we are just a kind of monkeys’
January 24, 2026, 11:06 AM IST
For 85-year-old theatre practitioner Maya Tangeberg, art is not a luxury but a human necessity. Born in Switzerland and trained in mime and physical theatre under Jacques Lecoq in Paris, later studying direction in Stockholm,…
January 24, 2026, 11:06 AM IST
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Backlash with a gender
January 24, 2026, 11:01 AM IST
For long, women have relied on improvised survival tactics in public transport, a safety pin jab to ward off wandering hands, or the quiet decision to turn away in silent disgust as a co-passenger masturbates…
January 24, 2026, 11:01 AM IST
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Grace mark or Great performance?
January 17, 2026, 11:24 AM IST
Behind the stage, the air is thick with anxiety. Anklets chime in the corridors as students rush between dressing rooms, their faces caked in glitter makeup. Props line the walls — musical instruments, painted backdrops,…
January 17, 2026, 11:24 AM IST
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