#Analysis

Feb 23, 2021
8 min

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, 2021
9 min

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, 2021
5 min

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, 2020
12 min

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, 2020
4 min

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, 2020
5 min

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, 2020
5 min

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, 2020
2 min

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, 2020
3 min

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, 2020
3 min

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, 2020
2 min

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, 2020
4 min

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, 2019
5 min

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, 2019
3 min

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, 2018
4 min

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, 2018
3 min

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, 2018
3 min

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, 2018
3 min

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, 2018
3 min

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, 2018
6 min

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?...