Vignette of a true India

Even at the threshold of a centenary Natyacharya Guru Chemanjery Kunjiraman Nair is evocative and aesthetic in the artistic brackets of a Kathkali maestro. Aneesh Pookad meets this man of matter who lives a life for and up to this classical art propagating and reinventing its ...

‘Jaan’ and ‘zindagi’ are two Hindi synonyms for the single word “LIFE’ in English, The so-called honour killings now rampant in India turn down the very concept of ‘zindagi’ which badly needs ‘jaan’ to sustain. When caste-purity dominates over individuality, ‘jaan’’ is being taken out so as to ...

Pottan Theyyam makes every one stand at their toe. Its prologue, Thottam paattu shoots questions towards the bosom of a State divided into irrational fragments of a void caste system. Rubina Shagin talks with a veteran Theyyam artist narrating the interesting incidents of ‘becoming’ and the ...

Being over-hygienic Keralites used to clean their houses thoroughly only to throw the garbage outside their gates. This innate habit of the people made the State a waste-bowl rearing mosquitoes and novel forms of diseases. Savithri Suresh but finds a small village in Kerala ...

The ever-crusader media has been ruthlessly criticized for its paprazzi style of gossiping,  intruding too much into the privacy of prominent persons, euphemistically in the ‘investigative’ brackets.  When the blogging rocks sensationalism and camera phones make anyone a paparazzi at the premise of an accident or celebrity, this ...

In Hindu concept, Shakthi is the feminine counter part of God in His all tri-level manifestations. Unlike the female gods of other Semitic religions, Shakthi is worshiped as the Supreme Being of Power and Energy all over India. Pinning hopes on this aspect, Anagha ...

A walk with Maya Krishnan unveils you the present state of Kerala which is in a crazy run to grab the super powers of the so-called development. She ushers you to the dark harems of the Malayali mindset where they buried their once adored values ...

On the coming 24th, not only Trichur, but the whole world is celebrating Thrissur Pooram, the globe’s most enchanting sight. While an exclusive reporting of the Pooram event, standing amidst a fervent mass is seemed to be a cry for the moon, a book on Thrissur Pooram has ...

Thrissur Pooram goes on its majestic ride with all the pomp and splendor to be titled as ‘festival of festivals’, amazing generations after generations. While the innovations and renovations for its updating are on progress, Shruthi Parasuram...

In India, where living together without a nuptial knot is otherwise called as live-in-sin., the apex court came out with a legal support for co-habitation, two days back. Rajshri Iyer talks about the cultural shock that created a stale mate in the country follow...