Author: Kerala Blogger
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Books That Uncover the Truth About Caste in India
Two books I’d like to recommend are Coming Out as Dalit by Yashica Dutt and Anti–God’s Own Country – A Short History of Brahminical Colonisation of Kerala, A. V. Sakthidharan Coming Out as Dalit by Yashica Dutt is a memoir in which the author narrates the burden and struggles of hiding her dalit identity and her tumultuous journey of […]
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The “Well Meaning Majority”Empowering Muslim Women
The hypocrisy leaks through like a bad patch on borrowed saffron cloth. The “well meaning majority”, so quick to pat themselves on the back, beam when a Muslim woman wears the Indian Army’s uniform. Look, they say, secularism is alive. See, we empower. They wrap her in the tricolour, their conscience too, for a brief […]
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An Awkward but Necessary Conversation on Pahalgam
So I had this most awkward conversation with someone on the horrific targeted terrorist attack against Hindu tourists in Pahalgam. Him: Did you see what your people did? Me: (Confused) Which people and who did what? Him: No. Your people in Kashmir. Me: (Again confused) My people in Kashmir? Him: Yes. Me: I don’t have […]
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The Three-Body Problem Captivated Me—But The Dark Forest Lost Me
I read The Three-Body Problem and its sequel, The Dark Forest both masterfully translated into English. One drew me in, thanks to a recommendation from a fellow book club member, while the other left me adrift—like a ship lost in the vastness of timeless space. The Three-Body Problem is a sharp, unflinching story. It talks about science and survival, […]
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in the Age of AI
Rereading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? after years feels like stepping into a familiar yet altered dream. The world Philip K. Dick envisioned—bleak, desolate, drained of life—hits differently now. Maybe because AI has arrived, or maybe because it hasn’t—not in the way we imagined. And yet, its presence lingers, an inevitable force reshaping the boundaries of […]
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The Kerala Paradox: When Governance Fails Its Citizens
In Kerala, a citizen’s journey through government offices is a slow, painful march through corruption, inefficiency, and bureaucratic apathy. Nothing moves without a bribe. The revenue and registration departments, the very institutions that should facilitate essential services, have become toll booths where the price of progress is determined not by policy but by the size […]
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Kerala: Tangled in Red-Tape: Who Will Cut Through It?
Elon Musk is many things: visionary, entrepreneur, provocateur, and, to some, a certified arsehole. But even his harshest critics can’t deny his knack for delivering results. Whether it’s landing rocket boosters or gutting Twitter—excuse me, X—he’s proven ruthless in his pursuit of efficiency. Now, Musk has teamed up with Vivek Ramaswamy on a project as […]
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Beautiful Star- Yukio Mishima
“Here sleeps the human species.They ended up lying all the time,They offered up flowers for both good and bad fortune, They often kept small birds,They were frequently late getting to appointmentsAnd they often laughed.May they rest forever in eternal peace.” Yukio Mishima’s Beautiful Star has a girl on its cover in a splattered red kimono […]
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Kalki 2898-AD (Movie)
Watched Kalki in bits and pieces. The opening sequence from the Mahabharata piqued my interest, but it quickly waned due to the shoddy writing and clichéd concepts. Kalki presents itself as unique and original material by Indian creators, but unfortunately, it borrows overused ideas. I watched it in its Malayalam dub, and the poorly written […]
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The Unwanted- Stories of the Syrian Refugees
A Graphic Novel | Written & Illustrated by Don Brown(Not the Angels & Demons guy. That’s Dan Brown) Don Brown’s illustrations are bleak much like the life of Syrian refugees. The colours are muted and pale. The writing is simple in style and narration straight with no frills again like the refugees who carry no […]