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Feb 23, 20218 min read
The Question of Cyber Sovereignty
India’s pursuit of cyber sovereignty will likely define the next decade. The ban of Tik Tok along with 59 other Chinese-made applications...
Feb 20, 20219 min read
Unravelling Backdoor appointments, the struggle of PSC rankholders and what ails Kerala Politics
The issue of ‘backdoor appointments’ to government and public sector jobs have animated politics in the state. What is the reality of the...
Jan 7, 20215 min read
Neopatrimonialism in India: the case of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Francis Fukuyama, the renowned political scientist notes in his book ‘Political Order and Political Decay’ that many Sub-Saharan African...
Dec 22, 202012 min read
The Great Red Resurgence
An Analysis of the 2020 Kerala Local Body Elections A jubilant Chief Minister Pinrayi Vijayan with other LDF leaders: Communist Party of...
Dec 14, 20204 min read
Can HR & CE Departments be secular?
No, they cannot. On the recent decision of the Karnataka High Court to dismiss two petitions challenging the appointment of two...
Dec 12, 20205 min read
The Inevitable Death of Two Front Politics in Kerala
K. Karunakaran (UDF) and E.K. Naynar (LDF) who were the scions of the two fronts in the 1980s and 1990s. Since the Assembly elections in...
Sep 20, 20205 min read
Communist Green, Gold and Red
Communist Green (Chromolaena odorata) an invasive plant species, seen in Road sides of Kerala The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has...
Jun 30, 20202 min read
The Great Indian Cyber wall?
The Government’s decision to block 59 ‘Chinese’ applications in India has prompted an assorted set of responses. The ban comes on the...
May 29, 20203 min read
China: A paper tiger? [Guest Post]
China has recently heightened its rhetoric against Taiwan and has moved against Hong Kong’s autonomy, while initiating a standoff against...
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...
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...
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?...