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4 months, 1 week ago

PuKaSa proposes Ayyankali chair in all varsities in Kerala

In a move to honour the legacy of Ayyankali, a prominent social reformer and a key figure in Kerala’s renaissance movement, the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangam has called for the establishment of Ayyankali Chair in all universities in Kerala. The demand was raised on the second day of the 13th State conference of the Sangam in Kannur with focus on …

Kerala State Ayyankali

5 months ago

Building a warm paradise for bibliophiles

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Under the warm golden light, sitting on a comfy chair with a cup of hot tea while turning the pages of the current read like it’s the most important thing in the world — nothing short of absolute bliss. Tucked away in the corner of a heritage building within VJT Ayyankali Hall at Palayam lies Café Bookmark. In …

Book Café Bookmark Bookmark

1 year, 4 months ago

Festive bonanza: Kerala to give ₹1,000 as Onam allowance to MGNREGS, AUEGS workers

Hindustan Times

The Kerala government on Friday announced that it will pay an Onam allowance of ₹1,000 to those who have completed 100 days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the state scheme of Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme. “It has been decided that those who have done 100 days of work under MGNREGS and AUEGS …

Work Onam State 100 Days Nreg

1 year, 5 months ago

Rich Tributes Paid to Oommen Chandy

Deccan Chronicle

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday hailed late Oommen Chandy as an able administrator and a good leader. Speaking at the remembrance meeting organised by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee in memory of Chandy here, the chief minister said the veteran leader’s death was a big loss for the Congress and the United Democratic Front in Kerala. A host …

Kerala Congress Chandy Oommen Chandy

1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala’s demands on infra, fiscal policy ignored in Union Budget, says State government

The Hindu

The Union Budget 2023 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday appears to have dashed Kerala’s expectations with respect to specific demands made on the infrastructure and fiscal policy fronts. Balagopal blamed the Budget for neglecting Kerala, particularly the demands made by the State on fiscal policy. That said, Ms. Sitharaman’s announcements with regards to an Agriculture Accelerator Fund …

Fiscal Policy Kerala Budget Demands State Centre Sitharaman

2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court Deprecates Attempts Of Caste Groups To "Hijack" Reformers Like Sree Narayana Guru & Ayyankali

Live Law

In a significant order, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that the religion of the parties is not a consideration for registering marriages under the Kerala Registration of Marriages Rules, 2008. While passing the order, Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan quoting the famous words of 'Sree Narayana Guru', which says that this is a place where people reside in brotherhood …

Religion Marriage Kerala High Court Registration Caste Kerala High Court

2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala High Orders Status Quo In Renaming Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road

Live Law

The Kerala High Court recently, issued an interim order directing that status quo ought to be maintained in the re-naming of the Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road for a period of one month. In the petition moved through M/S Basil Mathew, Ninan John, Sanjana Sara Varghese Annie, and Ajay Krishnan S., it was averred that the petitioners, who are residents of the area, …

Kerala Change Order Council Respondent Road Ward

2 years, 3 months ago

Explained | The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan

The Hindu

The story so far: The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme has rolled out in Rajasthan with the objective of providing economic support to the poor and needy families living in the cities through work to be provided on demand for 100 days in a year. The Congress government has touted it as the country's biggest scheme to give guaranteed …

Employment Rajasthan States Congress Work Urban Areas State

2 years, 9 months ago

'Pada' Echoes Kerala’s Maligned History of ‘Othering’ Its Tribal Populace

The Quint

This is where Kamal KM’s second directorial cements its place as a refreshing change. Pada comes out at the right time as an antidote to Malayalam cinema and the audience’s obsession with fictionalising real-life incidents in a voyeuristic and gratuitous manner, while excluding the oppressed. Unlike the very “good state-bad individual” clichéd narrative, Pada shows a violent brahminical state serving …

Film Kerala Malayalam Cinema Pada

4 years, 3 months ago

An English translation of Nashtanayika narrates the poignant story of PK Rosy, the first heroine of Malayalam cinema

Firstpost

In Vigathakumaran, Daniel essays the role of the hero, Jayachandran, but the star of the film is Rosy – a poor girl living in a thatched hut with her Amma, Appan and siblings – who portrays, Sarojini, a lady belonging to a Nair tharavad. The film’s shooting took place in Thiruvananthapuram and featured Daniel and Rosy, both of whom belonged …

Film Kerala Translation English Life Malayalam Cinema Heroine

4 years, 11 months ago

Tharoor Sees ‘Hindu-Muslim Unity’ in Photo of Kids Dressed as Nehru and Ayyankali, Panned on Twitter

News 18

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor came in for much ridicule on social media on Thursday for his description of a photograph in which he poses with two children dressed as India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and social reformer Ayyankali. Mistaking the boy to be dressed as a member of the Muslim community, Tharoor tweeted: “Two Thiruvananthapuram kids dressed up …

Hindu Muslim Thiruvananthapuram Tharoor Dressed Nehru

5 years, 3 months ago

Kerala Sahitya Akademi has no time for books on renaissance leaders