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Sudha Nambudiri
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A journey through nostalgia, nature, and native tunes
February 22, 2025, 11:15 AM IST
What started as a simple search for weekend getaways has transformed into a journey of nostalgia and cultural revival for a group of young Malayalis far from their homeland. Their desire to reconnect with the…
February 22, 2025, 11:15 AM IST
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Fading footprints on sandy shores
January 18, 2025, 8:25 AM IST
As tides of change reshape fisheries, empowering women can anchor stronger, more equitable communities Eroding coastlines, shrinking shorelines, and climate change are not just reshaping the homes and livelihoods of coastal communities—they are dismantling the…
January 18, 2025, 8:25 AM IST
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Two elephants too can make a Pooram
November 30, 2024, 12:00 PM IST
When you think of a Kerala elephant, the image that often comes to mind is one of majestic tuskers with ornate caparisons, trunks raised in seeming benediction and crowds going gaga amid a sea of…
November 30, 2024, 12:00 PM IST
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The Mother Of All WhatsApp Groups
November 23, 2024, 7:17 AM IST
They range from single moms, plus-size moms, vegans and pet lovers to those with chronic illnesses or special-needs children — in this unique Kochi collective, more than 4,000 women are united by their experience of…
November 23, 2024, 7:17 AM IST
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Call Of The Coucal
November 16, 2024, 11:14 AM IST
Not even cancer has dampened Sudhamma’s (Thattekad’s first woman forest guide) desire to watch and hear rare birds in their remote natural habitats In the heart of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Sudha Chandran, affectionately called Sudhamma,…
November 16, 2024, 11:14 AM IST
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Sisters, Strangers, Samaritans
October 5, 2024, 12:46 PM IST
A group of affluent Muslim homemakers in Mattancherry do what few anywhere would volunteer to do — bathe and clean the bodies of dead women and children and say a final prayer before the funeral…
October 5, 2024, 12:46 PM IST
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Beyond Placebo
July 6, 2024, 7:57 AM IST
More people are seeking out Kerala ayurveda for cures rather than wellness. And it’s no longer a monsoon phenomenon. The association of monsoon season in Kerala with ayurveda, panchakarma, and rasayana underscores the successful marketing…
July 6, 2024, 7:57 AM IST
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Poothana Moksham With Hindi Lyrics
June 1, 2024, 1:22 PM IST
The ancient art of Kathakali, renowned for its captivating blend of dance, music, and expressive storytelling, faces a common challenge faced by traditional art forms: Staying relevant. Viewership has been declining, and innovation is key…
June 1, 2024, 1:22 PM IST
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Sufi Languor & Krishna’s Leela
May 18, 2024, 10:33 AM IST
Odissi danseuse Madhulita Mohapatra is on a mission. To introduce the exquisite beauty and richness of Odissi dance to the people of Kerala. Despite being one of the nine classical dances recognized by the Sangeet…
May 18, 2024, 10:33 AM IST
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Dancing For The Deities
March 16, 2024, 11:38 AM IST
For Bindu Rajendran, the world is her stage. Recognised in Australia’s cultural circles as a Mohiniyattam danseuse committed to this ancient art’s original form, sans any fusion, she is back every year in Kerala to…
March 16, 2024, 11:38 AM IST
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Waiting For The Black Baza’s Call
February 10, 2024, 7:45 PM IST
Up there, is it a flycatcher or a warbler? Tick the checklist. At the Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, also known as Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, located on the banks of Periyar on the foothills of the…
February 10, 2024, 7:45 PM IST
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Garbhagriha: A Sacred Arangettam
November 11, 2023, 10:50 AM IST
As a dancer and a dance teacher, Archa Nishanth is used to sudden developments when preparing for a dance programme. Yet, she never thought that joining a one-year diploma course in Mohiniyattam would stretch her…
November 11, 2023, 10:50 AM IST
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A Distraught Bharata & A Court Jester
October 21, 2023, 9:53 AM IST
Bharata, the good, poised, sensitive and soft-hearted brother of Lord Rama in Ramayana, is often a very difficult character to portray as he is the epitome of all that is human and vulnerable. He is…
October 21, 2023, 9:53 AM IST
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Bahadur Shah Zafar To Dom Perignon
October 7, 2023, 9:16 AM IST
The ancient and beautiful art of calligraphy is going through an interesting revival As the song Mere Dholna Sun played in the background and the raag gained a higher tempo, the participants of the workshop…
October 7, 2023, 9:16 AM IST
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A new field
August 26, 2023, 9:26 AM IST
Maya Prakashan, an NREGA worker and a resident of Karumalloor panchayat in Ernakulam, has always dabbled in cultivating vegetables and bananas in her backyard. They would either be sold in the neighbourhood shops or at…
August 26, 2023, 9:26 AM IST
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Why some women are more equal than others
August 12, 2023, 8:06 AM IST
The Manipur violence and the images of two women being paraded nude once again exposed how far we are still away from being a gender-just society. Partly, this is because issues of genderbased discrimination or…
August 12, 2023, 8:06 AM IST
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ARANGETTAM at SIXTY
July 29, 2023, 10:01 AM IST
It is not uncommon to hear of senior people taking to learning different things that they were passionate about but never had the time because of the pressures and responsibilities in the family and workplaces….
July 29, 2023, 10:01 AM IST
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The Gift Of Strangeness
July 8, 2023, 8:07 AM IST
11 -year-old Ibrahim Surej loves to paint like many in his age. He loves bright colours, and hardly uses black. But in an otherwise multi-coloured artwork he recently made, his mother Razina P A spotted…
July 8, 2023, 8:07 AM IST
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The hijab is a liberation from capitalism’s beauty myth
April 29, 2023, 8:13 AM IST
Muslim women are often victims of patriarchy, but they are also often strong arbiters of their own lives and destiny. To deny this nuanced and ‘ambivalent’ fact and to emphasise only on Muslim women as…
April 29, 2023, 8:13 AM IST
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Disaster tourism?
April 1, 2023, 8:03 AM IST
Adityadev Bineesh and his twin siblings have never seen solid ground in front of their homes in their entire lives. The teenagers’ home is an ‘island’, surrounded by water and there has not been a…
April 1, 2023, 8:03 AM IST
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