Trance: Takes a jab at the world of faith healing

Karl Marx called religion the opiate of the masses while Sigmund Freud described it as the expression of people’s underlying psychosis and neurosis or an attempt to control the external world. From simple-minded village folks to owners of billion-dollar corporate empires, faith-healers have always found that the faithful will do…

Movie Review, Movies

By Toms Varghese

February 16, 2020

Meanwhile In Kerala

Cartoon, Visual Commentary

By Unnikrishna M Damodaran

February 15, 2020

Love Aaj Kal: A V-day disaster

It’s that time of the year when couples go on record to flaunt their love for each other, either through posts on the social media or through gifts. Valentine’s Day is a day of celebration for the youth and with cinema being one of the prime modes of entertainment even…

Movie Review, Movies

By Hariprasad Sadanandan

February 15, 2020

Meanwhile In Kerala

Visual Commentary

By Unnikrishna M Damodaran

February 14, 2020

Assam: Is the solution worse than the problem?

With both Central and State governments committed to implementing Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord, intended to ensure the preponderance of Assamiya identity, culture and language, there are fears that non-Assamiya people, mainly Bengali Hindus and Muslims, will suffer a total marginalisation. Life for them, post the CAA (Citizenship…

National, Opinion

By Ashis Biswas

February 13, 2020

Alan-Thwaha Case: LDF Government finds itself in a Quagmire

When the Kerala police picked up the two youngsters, Alan Shuhaib and Thwaha Fazal, from Pantheerankavu on the outskirts of Kozhikode city on the evening of November 1, 2019, they justified the arrest on the grounds that the duo had Maoist connections. The arrests were made utilizing the draconian provisions…

Features, Kerala, National, Politics

By N P Chekkutty

February 13, 2020

The Sedition Law has no place in a Democratic society

As Samuel Johnson had famously said in 1775, “patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel”, it seems that the charge of sedition is the last refuge of the Modi regime. In the last three weeks, the Modi 2.0 Government, through different BJP-led state governments or other state governments, has…

National, Opinion

By Amritananda Chakravorty

February 12, 2020

AAPsolutely Dilli: AAP grinds the BJP to dust

The humungous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) victory in Delhi state elections, where it won 62 out of the 70 seats, will have ramifications for the BJP because its entire arsenal of threats, high talk and hate rhetoric has been neutralised, leaving the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo sounding vacuous.

National, Opinion, Politics

By Binoo K John

February 12, 2020

Kejriwal masters the grammar of modern day politics

In the early part of his political career, Arvind Kejriwal conjured up visions of a national role for himself, perhaps similar to what Narendra Modi has been doing. At least, this is what his actions suggested. He launched a relentless attack on Modi, in and out of context, but always…

National, Politics

By K Raveendran

February 8, 2020

NRC by stealth and subterfuge

The Modi government has gone on record in Parliament that it has not taken any decision till now to prepare the National Register of Indian Citizens. This was the reply given by the minister of state for home affairs, Nityanand Rai, to a written question. This is in line with…

National, Opinion

By Prakash Karat

February 8, 2020

Malang: All hype does not a thriller make

There are very few genres that command boundless interest like crime thrillers do. Especially if it is a well-crafted whodunit. Mohit Suri’s Malang falls in this category, plus it’s touted as high on style quotient and wackiness. While the posters looked like a formulaic Bollywood film, it’s fair to say…

Movie Review, Movies

By Hariprasad Sadanandan

Trance: Takes a jab at the world of faith healing

Meanwhile In Kerala

Love Aaj Kal: A V-day disaster

Meanwhile In Kerala

Assam: Is the solution worse than the problem?

SC Judgment on reservation is a huge blow to social justice

Alan-Thwaha Case: LDF Government finds itself in a Quagmire

The Sedition Law has no place in a Democratic society

AAPsolutely Dilli: AAP grinds the BJP to dust

Kejriwal masters the grammar of modern day politics

NRC by stealth and subterfuge

Malang: All hype does not a thriller make

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