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Jul 13, 20174 min read
MASUKA: Stupidity of the first order
A photo from the release of the MASUKA Act, on July 7 (Credits: The Quint) Recently, the Mainstream English Media has been tirelessly...
Jul 12, 20172 min read
Let us not kid ourselves
The law has its limits, and recognizing them is essential. Members of every profession are inclined (or made to) believe that sans their...
Jun 20, 20173 min read
Kerala: The “Money Order economy”, indeed.
But what if the money order never got through? Kerala’s Economic growth since the late 80s has been the product of a remittance economy....
Jun 19, 20172 min read
Walking back my arguments against the Light Metro
The proposal for the Light metro will follow the same track as the first proposed Monorail. In view of the Kochi Metro being inaugurated...
Jun 14, 20175 min read
An Examination of Homosexuality in the USSR
Sergei Eisenstein, the celebrated Russian Director was blackmailed into marrying by the Soviet authorities. A small essay examining the...
Jun 3, 20178 min read
The case against “The case against abolitionists”
Or alternatively, “An abolitionist’s case against triple talaq”/a response article to an article advocating the retention of...
May 27, 20172 min read
No beef hasn’t been banned.
The recent notification by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has run into controversy as it restricts the sale of...
Apr 24, 20174 min read
No easy fights
Some perspective & opinion in the aftermath of the Sukma Encounter: The way forward and what can be done. “They were around 300 & we were...
Apr 23, 20174 min read
An Open Letter to the Editor of The Hindu.
Respected Sir, First let me introduce myself: I am Ananth Krishna, a second year Law Student at NUALS, Kochi. I have been a subscriber...
Apr 23, 20173 min read
Journalism, Ethics and the Media.
Some thoughts on a recent non-disclosure by a leading Newspaper and the reaction of the Journalist in question on Social Media. A...
Apr 23, 20173 min read
Journalism, Ethics and the Media.
Some thoughts on a recent non-disclosure by a leading Newspaper and the reaction of the Journalist in question on Social Media. A...
Apr 15, 20173 min read
Sedition,Tweets and journalism.
Some thoughts on the recent “controversy” Gautam Gambhir’s tweet. The tweet in question: The reaction to this tweet by journalists in the...
Apr 13, 20172 min read
How the Chhit is funded
Since The Wire has transparently displayed their source of funding, I have decided to do the same for my Blog: The Foundation for...
Apr 9, 20174 min read
What you think is not the last word on things.
Written in response to “The cow is not our mother, Hindutva means nothing to us”: A devout and ‘proud’ Malayali Hindu” This article was...
Mar 29, 20173 min read
A welcome break for Kerala
The Transport Minister of Kerala Shri A.K. Saseendran resigned on Sunday, just hours after a newly launched private channel aired an...
Mar 26, 20172 min read
Is a light metro necessary for Kozhikode?
The Kerala Budget has focused itself on investing in “high class infrastructure” to be engines of growth. A variety of projects are to be...
Mar 25, 20174 min read
Meat shops, Kebabs and a massacre
Some thoughts on March 23. // A paean to Indian Secularism. On 23 March, 2003, 24 people were lined up and shot, somewhere in India. The...
Mar 25, 20174 min read
Meat shops, Kebabs and a massacre
Some thoughts on March 23. // A paean to Indian Secularism. On 23 March, 2003, 24 people were lined up and shot, somewhere in India. The...
Mar 24, 20174 min read
Reviewing Public Sector Employment in Kerala
I had written an article on Swarajya almost a month ago, about PSUs in Kerala and how Public Sector Employment is viewed in the state. I...
Mar 24, 20174 min read
Reviewing Public Sector Employment in Kerala
The Public Sector is no longer the primary employer in the organized sector. I had written an article on Swarajya almost a month ago,...