India vs West Indies, 1st ODI: Can India continue to dominate the West Indies?

The T20I series was done and dusted in Mumbai with India’s top three firing on all cylinders, helping the team score 240 in their quota of overs to win the series 2-1. Both teams will be moving to the southern part of India to kick-start the ODI series. During the…

Cricket, Sports

December 14, 2019

Mardaani-2: Intense and Pacy

In 2014, when the feminist movement hadn’t yet turned a corner, Rani Mukerji had showed that a female cop could look menacing on screen. That perhaps was the USP of Mardaani, which received appreciation for its rawness and intense portrayal. Given the popularity of Rani Mukerji’s character and the success…

Movie Review, Movies

By Hariprasad Sadanandan

December 14, 2019

Mamangam does not do justice to the legend

Ever since the cover page of Vanitha magazine with Mammooty, in an effeminate get-up, on it, there was an ominous feeling about Mamangam, Mammootty’s soon-to-be-released magnum opus. Can Mammootty pull it off?

Movie Review, Movies

By Toms Varghese

December 13, 2019

CAB: Indian ethos and heritage at stake

Can we deny our heritage? Can we denounce Rahim Khankhana, and Ghalib, and then Hasrat Mohani, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Sajjad Zaheer, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and so many, who had their own contributions to nation making in India?

National, Opinion, Politics

By Krishna Jha

December 13, 2019

Shah’s ‘systemic persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh’ remark jolts Indo-Bangladesh ties

In an unforeseen regional political fallout, it has taken a statement made by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, of all things, to bring together the worst of enemies in Bangladesh to defend their country’s national pride and secular credentials. Dhaka-based media has reported in detail the firm but restrained criticism…

International, National, Politics, Religion

By Ashis Biswas

December 12, 2019

Anti-CAB sentiment gathering momentum in Kerala

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the party-led government at the Centre are understandably over the moon. They have every reason to feel elated as they have scored two significant political victories within a week: a creditable victory in the Karnataka assembly by-elections and the ease with which the Citizenship Amendment…

Kerala, Politics

By P Sreekumaran

December 12, 2019

Citizenship Bill provides ammunition to Tripura’s tribal parties

The very sensitive Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, which is creating headlines across the country, has become a critical issue for the survival of the tribal parties of Tripura—leading to strong protests against the bill.

National, Politics

By Sagarneel Sinha

December 12, 2019

Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha normalizes marital rape

Spoiler Alert: Some scenes are discussed in detail

Movie Review, Movies

By Minu Ittyipe

December 12, 2019

Meanwhile In Kerala

Visual Commentary

By Unnikrishna M Damodaran

December 11, 2019

Victorious Yediyurappa has an unenviable task ahead

If the Congress had managed to retain at least five or six of the 12 seats that they held before the by-polls of December 5 in Karnataka, party leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah could have dubbed it: ‘By-poll Bhagya.’ For, every major scheme and plan that he came up…

National, Politics

By Sowmya Aji

December 10, 2019

Why the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is Unconstitutional

The Modi government cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in a cabinet meeting on December 4, 2019 and it was passed yesterday (December 9), in the Lok Sabha. The Bill proposes to amend Section 2 (1) (b) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 by excluding “persons belonging to minority communities, namely,…

Law, National, Politics, Religion

By Atasi Ghosh