Straight Talk

May 03, 2022

A Ramzan in the deep recesses of one's own heart

Meditation, fasting, revelation, and enlightenment are common to all the major religions in the world.

April 28, 2022
Column | SilverLine debate: CPM double standard on free speech

The same party that bats for bringing together different opinions to a common platform, however, does not want Joseph C Mathew to participate in a debate on the controversial SilverLine semi-high-speed rail corridor.
April 22, 2022
CPM's internal appointments in Kerala a heartburn to many leaders

It has been suspected that Jayarajan's LDF convener post could be an indication of the thawing of relations between the former and Kodiyeri.
April 17, 2022
Column | Musings on Easter: The radical message of the risen Christ

There are three elementary themes from the life of Christ which resonate with us even today and the celebration of Easter is therefore much more than an annual ritual.
March 30, 2022
Opinion | Will Smith and the correct politics of the slap

The greatest philosophical question of the present century is: Is Your Joke Out of Line? Indeed, it is: How Am I Offending You?
March 24, 2022
Analysis | Why Congress in Kerala is drawing a 'SilverLine' to bury its off-field bonhomie with rivals

The Congress leadership's decision to bar three of its prominent leaders from attending an event to be organised by the CPM is an aberration from the inclusive and democratic political approach it used to practice.
March 23, 2022
Column | Ballooning govt debt, populist measures mainly caused Sri Lanka's economic crisis

Central to the economic crisis Sri Lanka is facing are some of the short-sighted policy decisions taken by President Rajapakse’s regime as they came to power, promising national security and greater economic revival.

CONGRESS POLL DEBACLE PART 3

March 19, 2022
Series of failures, but Congress is still learning

After each setback, a committee is formed to study the shortcomings. But the party seems to have not learned anything from its past mistakes.
CONGRESS POLL DEBACLE PART 2

March 19, 2022
Many leaders ill at ease with the style of functioning of the Congress troika

A group of Congress workers led by Sonia Gandhi loyalists Arjun Singh and N D Tiwari had led such a revolt against Narasimha Rao in the 1990s.
March 18, 2022
Column | Haughty SFI made girls like me join KSU

I won't budge even an inch. The KSU activists in the Law College now are daring. We have decided not to be servile.

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They said I'll never get an MBBS seat: Archana Vijayan fights stigma against SMA patients