Kerala

A Forgotten Famine and the Rise of Communism in Kerala

Food shortages in Travancore during the Second World War led to tens of thousands of deaths. The scale of the mismanagement of relief wore thin the legitimacy of princely rule, setting the stage for…
▶18-Oct-2023
Aditya Balasubramanian

Top-down Approaches to Health do not Work

Government programmes for the indigenous that do not listen to and involve the local communities will not succeed in improving wellbeing.
▶11-Mar-2022
Mathew Sunil George, Ramu K.A., Rajendra Prasad

Women and Contraceptive Decision-Making in Kerala

Kerala's below-replacement fertility figures obscure the poor awareness of contraceptive methods amongst women, pointing to the unfinished task of promoting independent and informed reproductive…
▶07-Jun-2021
TK Sundari Ravindran

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