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May 25, 20203 min read
Streaming Platforms v. Cinemas: Winners & Losers in a Pandemic
Written by Aishwarya Ajayan & Ananth Krishna The decision by the producers of seven films, including those of major Bollywood release...
Apr 4, 20202 min read
Regarding Disaster Relief Fund allotment to Kerala
A brand new controversy has broken out regarding the allocation of disaster relief funds to States in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak....
Mar 16, 20204 min read
Lucifer – Realpolitik in a Superstar film
Lucifer, the Malayalam political action starring Mohanlal, has all the elements of a masala blockbuster (as it became the biggest earning...
Jun 30, 20195 min read
Analysing the 2019 Kerala Lok Sabha results
The 2019 General elections witnessed the incumbent dispensation being re-elected with a larger majority, a first for a non-Congress...
Mar 30, 20193 min read
The level of public discourse in India
It is a by word that gets quoted often, whenever an insolent or uncivil remark is made by a Politician, to say that this is a “new low in...
Nov 22, 20183 min read
A Quick note on Article 26
wrote an article regarding the origins of Article 26 of the Constitution of India. The article is a well written one, and should ideally...
Sep 23, 20184 min read
Bad law and Democracy
A still from the film Gandhi (1982) “There are unjust laws as there are unjust men” ~ from the film Gandhi (1982) Background:This article...
Jul 22, 20183 min read
Reagan and Obama, on the same side.
It’s not a sight that we see often, but the Conservative Icon and the Liberal favorite fall on the same side of one issue:...
Jul 13, 20183 min read
Understanding ‘Shariat Courts’
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board recently announced that they are planning to open a Shariat ‘court’ in every single district in...
Jun 3, 20182 min read
Political murders and media bias
This is an oft-repeated theme, something that has been written about profusely by authors of various shades. It is a theme that is very...
Mar 12, 20183 min read
Black Panther: Tradition v. Reform
I watched “Black Panther” the ‘critically acclaimed’ Marvel movie that was released a few weeks ago. It was quite an average superhero...
Mar 8, 20183 min read
Free markets and Women’s Empowerment
There are those who contend that feminism is incompatible with capitalism. But capitalist states have achieved many ‘feminist’ goals....
Feb 20, 20186 min read
Stronger State Intervention for women won’t work. Here’s why
The creation of a system that allows women the same set of opportunities cannot be achieved by state intervention. Why do I say that?...
Jan 30, 20182 min read
Reforming Labour laws will help the economy
I had earlier written about the absolute necessity to reform the legal system — not only due to the adversity that the litigant faces,...
Jan 18, 20182 min read
Corruption: How can it be countered?
Corruption is a way of life I had written an article arguing that corruption permeates our society because the state permeates every...
Jan 18, 20186 min read
The root of Judicial impasse
The quandary that the Supreme Court as an institution has led itself into is not one that sprang up over the last two weeks or so. It is...
Jan 17, 20183 min read
Corruption: understanding the nuances
The biggest problem that Bharata Ganarajya (The Republic of India) according to many people is the never ending corruption. This is an...
Nov 16, 20173 min read
On Media and Activism (Part II)
This is a continuation of the article that I wrote titled “On Media and Activism“. This article will continue on the same question: “Is...
Nov 14, 20174 min read
Industrialization: an examination of land usage in Kerala
An article examining land usage in Kerala and the question of industrialization. A paddy field in Kozhikode. Paddy production has...
Nov 13, 20173 min read
On media and activism
Social Media has revolutionized the way we perceive our media. A question that has been of much interest is the role of media in...