Kesava Menon

Kesava Menon
Kesava Menon

Kesava Menon is a journalist and writer who was earlier Editor of Mathrubhumi.

How Good was Defence of Constitution as a Campaign Issue?

Reservations and voting rights are crucial gains that need to be protected and used to fight social inequality in India. While people are aware of their constitutional rights, the challenge is to…
▶05-Aug-2024
Kesava Menon

Another Chapter in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is not the exhausted, impoverished, war-weary country the Taliban took over in 1996. Nor are the Taliban the same cohesive force. New aspirations, and pressures from the ground and…
▶01-Sep-2021
Kesava Menon

The Implications of the Left Victory in Kerala

The LDF’s return to power in Kerala was on the back of its creditable response to emergencies and its quality of governance. The unprecedented second term signals the emergence of a new kind of…
▶13-May-2021
Kesava Menon

In Kerala, Gains of Social Reform Form a Wall against BJP Entry

The rout in the Lok Sabha polls need not mark the demise of the Left in Kerala. If the Left were to draw on the power of its historical social reform movement that was rooted in a civilisational…
▶18-Jul-2019
Kesava Menon

Electoral Choices of Govindan the Carpenter

If you belonged neither to the rich nor poor nor the middle class, but to the aspiring artisanal entrepreneur strata, what factors would have influenced your voting decision? Speculations on Govindan…
▶31-May-2019
Kesava Menon