Time to Smile

In the end, Pinarayi Vijayan smiled.

In an interview with Tehelka magazine last year, Vijayan had said, "by stubbornness, do you presume that I never…

Election 2016: A Cliffhanger in Making As BJP Pushes for First Kerala Win

All the elections in Kerala have been fought between the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), who have ruled…

A Travancore Down Under

From Mangalore Street you go forward. You take the first turn to Madurai Street; or, go further, you can turn to Lucknow Street. If you drive on, you can get…

The Plight of Malayalees Among Gods, Demigods, Superstars and a Super Mouse

Interesting time, we live in.

It is a rare confluence of the religious cult, political shenanigans, sexual pervasion, and the many histrionics of the…

Why Are Kerala Campuses Silent When JNU Burns?

Campuses in Kerala are as noisy and clamorous as a covey of evening birds, thanks to politics being an inevitable ‘tiffin item’ for every Malayalee.…

The Celebration of Crime

The gory and disturbing visual of four youngsters beating another to death in broad daylight a few days ago has gone viral. It is there in all smart phones in…

The Man Who Held the Mirror

Before television journalism stooped to become the playing field of the megalomaniacs, shamelessly embracing sleaze and sensationalism, T.N. Gopakumar —…

Conditioned to Survive  

As the crude oil price keeps dropping like Arctic temps, and the talks of a prolonged slump snowballing, an uneasy pall of gloom looms large over the millions…

Leaving No Legacy

T.S. Eliot famously wrote about measuring out life with coffee spoons. We mostly measure past life with sarcophagi, masks and pottery - by means of relics -…