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K.a. Shaji

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Gyanesh Kumar’s Kerala file: Questions that never went away

Kerala has ordered a fresh Vigilance probe into allegations dating back to Gyanesh Kumar’s tenure as PWD secretary in 2006....

08.10.2026 20

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'The ECI cannot become an executioner for the ruling party'

Former Kerala chief electoral officer Teeka Ram Meena should know chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar well — they were colleagues in the IAS...

04.10.2026 40

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A different kind of politics?

Retired teacher K.K. Surendran did not go to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan for a favour. After 23 years of fighting the State, he went to say:...

19.09.2026 30

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When the river runs short

After a long interval, the Cauvery has returned to the centre of southern India's political discourse with all the familiar ingredients of a...

06.08.2026 50

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Fire and patience: How V.D. Satheesan fought through Kerala’s political maze

There was a time when Kerala’s political class feared uttering the words “lottery mafia” too loudly. The network was believed to be too wealthy,...

14.05.2026 70

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How the deep south was won

The verdict in Kerala on 4 May was not just a vote for change. Nor merely an expression of anti-incumbency as many commentators had you think. It was...

09.05.2026 70

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Vijay pries open the politics of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu has delivered a verdict that resists easy interpretation. At the centre of the churn is Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, whose emergence has not...

09.05.2026 100

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It’s advantage Stalin in Tamil Nadu

As Tamil Nadu approaches another assembly election, its political landscape reflects a paradox that has come to define the state. There is continuity...

29.03.2026 70

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Care needs a community

When Karnataka announced in its budget that it would introduce Kerala-style home-based palliative care in collaboration with Pallium India, the...

22.03.2026 80

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A lifetime of living as political pariahs

When Tamil Nadu votes for a new Assembly on 23 April, the ritual of democracy will unfold with familiar precision. Polling booths will open at dawn,...

22.03.2026 70

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Is Pinarayi Vijayan taking lessons in the art of projection?

A smiling Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan (80) walks through the lawns of Cliff House, his official residence in Thiruvananthapuram, appearing...

12.03.2026 80

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The coconut tree that refused to fall

Nearly four decades ago, in a small village in north Kerala’s Muslim-dominated Malappuram district, a coconut tree became an unlikely symbol of...

22.02.2026 250

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“We didn’t pay for fish, now we worry about jobs”

01.02.2026 50

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Police shootings and prolonged trials: the growing crisis of rule of law

01.02.2026 50

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When a river turns into a faultline

01.02.2026 80

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Kerala local body elections 2025: a wake-up call for decentralised, accountable governance

19.12.2025 40

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Can a manufactured civilisation unseat a century of self-respect?

03.12.2025 50

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Tit-for-tat buildup on the LAC

30.11.2025 60

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Why I’m not boarding that flight to Sharjah

30.11.2025 50

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India’s vanishing paradise in the sea

02.11.2025 60

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A peace plan that is anything but

04.10.2025 50

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How the mighty have fallen again

04.10.2025 60

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Mary Roy's Unfinished Revolution

03.09.2025 60

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