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A space for the free and fluid expression of thought exploring the vast and diverse contours of Kerala society.
.@alexmthomas makes a case for revisiting the life and work of K. N. Raj, a development economist who played a formative role in shaping India’s early planning process, and the idea of the ‘Kerala model’. alablog.in/issues/22/k-n-…
Interested in research, writing, or design—and have a few hours to spare each month? Join us at @ker_ala, a volunteer-run blog on Kerala’s culture and politics. We're looking for new team members! alablog.in/uncategorized/…
🚨Interested in research, writing, or design—and have a few hours to spare each month? Join us at @ker_ala, a volunteer-run blog on Kerala’s culture and politics. We're looking for new team members! 💫 🙏Please share for reach! alablog.in/uncategorized/…
.@yaducr and Sujeesh analyse how the visual world crafted by the 2016 movie Kammattipadam provides minute insight into the class and caste dimensions of urbanisation. alablog.in/issues/34/expa…
What can the radio-listening practices of working-class Malayalis in the Gulf, and the inter-ethnic tensions they produce, tell us about migrant lifeworlds, longings, and labour? Irene explores. alablog.in/issues/34/mala…
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ഇന്ന് കേരളം എന്ന് അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന പ്രദേശത്തിന്റെ പ്രാചീന ചരിത്രത്തെക്കുറിച്ചു ഐതീഹ്യങ്ങൾക്കപ്പുറം ശാസ്ത്രത്തിനെന്താണ് പറയാനുള്ളത്? പഴയ ധാരണകളെ മാറ്റിമറിക്കുന്ന ചില പുതിയ കണ്ടെത്തലുകളെക്കുറിച്ചു സംസാരിക്കുകയാണ് പുരാവസ്തു ഗവേഷകയായ ജസീറ സി. എം. alablog.in/issues/34/pott…
സാമൂഹ്യമാധ്യമങ്ങളിലേക്കും ട്രോളുകളിലേക്കും മലയാളി എന്ന ജനവിഭാഗത്തെ സ്വാഭാവികമായി ആകർഷിക്കുന്ന ഘടകങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടാവുമോ? മലയാളിയുടെ ട്രോൾ–മീം പ്രയോഗങ്ങൾ ചിരിപ്പടങ്ങളെ ഒരു ഖനി പോലെ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നത് എന്തുകൊണ്ടാവാം? alablog.in/issues/22/meme…
.@i_sarathpillai writes about private collections of land deeds and official records of Malayalees, and how they can be valuable sources in constructing micro and family histories in Kerala. alablog.in/issues/22/gene…
🥳🥳🥳 Chuffed to discover that our podcast on clothing and the politics of the body in Kerala is part of Kannur University's syllabus for BA students! You can listen to it here open.spotify.com/episode/7jOMMY…
Sonja Thomas delves into the rarely acknowledged racial dynamics in India, and how the complex interrelationship between caste and race has impacts not just within India, but internationally. alablog.in/issues/issue-1…
Through a close reading of the religious text Al Mawāhibul Jalīyah, Mohammed Afsal traces how the poet and orator Thazhava Usthad wove the language and experiences of everyday life into the construction of the Kerala Muslim self. alablog.in/issues/81/gate…
"Mr. Family Historian is not a man who acts on his own. He is the modern prototype of the filial collective. His words stand for the whole. He may begin with universal appeals to the ‘family’, only to enter an elaborate polemic on distinction and hierarchy."
Accompanied by original sketches, @NidhinD6 presents a tongue-in-cheek perspective of the trend of producing written ‘family histories’ among Syrian Christians in Kerala. alablog.in/issues/33/mr-f…
Drawing from the translation of an anonymous, first-hand account of Vasco da Gama’s historical visit to present-day Kerala, B. Prabu gives us a snapshot of the events that eventually determined the course of European colonialism in the Indian subcontinent alablog.in/issues/33/vasc…
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Accompanied by original sketches, @NidhinD6 presents a tongue-in-cheek perspective of the trend of producing written ‘family histories’ among Syrian Christians in Kerala. alablog.in/issues/33/mr-f…
Meera M. Panicker offers us a glimpse into Kadar ways of life, and how their everyday practices and battles for forest rights serve as a lesson in Kerala’s current environmental crisis. alablog.in/issues/21/kada…
കീഴാള സമൂഹത്തിൻറെ പ്രത്യയശാസ്ത്രപരമായ ഉയർച്ചയെയും, പ്രതിരോധത്തെയും, അവയ്ക്കു നേരെ നടന്ന അട്ടിമറികളെയും ഉത്തരകേരളത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും പ്രബലമായ തെയ്യമായി കണക്കാക്കി വന്നിട്ടുള്ള പുലിമറഞ്ഞ തൊണ്ടച്ചൻ ഐതിഹ്യത്തിൻറെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ ഋത്വിക് ശങ്കർ അപഗ്രഥിക്കുന്നു. alablog.in/issues/21/puli…
Interesting article. Also Tellicherry mentioned (in the spelling I grew up with.)
The British Raj encountered a complex legal ecosystem in Malabar. Santhosh Abraham writes about how the colonisers attempted to set up a uniform legal system. alablog.in/issues/9/new-l…
കേരളത്തിലെ ഭിന്നശേഷിക്കാരുടെ നിലവിലെ അവസ്ഥയെക്കുറിച്ചും അവരുടെ ഉന്നമനത്തിനുള്ള മാർഗങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചും ഡോ. കൃഷ്ണകുമാർ ചർച്ച ചെയ്യുന്നു. alablog.in/issues/9/disab…
The British Raj encountered a complex legal ecosystem in Malabar. Santhosh Abraham writes about how the colonisers attempted to set up a uniform legal system. alablog.in/issues/9/new-l…
In this richly layered piece, @SnehaMathe80627 explores how missionary memoirs evolved into an unintentional climate record, capturing the rhythms of monsoon, daily weather, and life in colonial Travancore. alablog.in/issues/issue-8…
