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Month: September 2019

The Subaltern Environmentalism of Mayilamma

30th September 2019 Issue 13

The Plachimada struggle for justice, and its leader, Mayilamma, stand for a broader ethos of eco-justice by those who are most directly impacted by it. Sreejith R. Varma reflects on the project of translating and interpreting Mayilamma’s narrative.

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A photograph of the front facade of Sabarimala temple in Kerala.

Sabarimala and the Left Democratic Front in the 2019 Elections

30th September 2019 Issue 13

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, how did the incumbent LDF’s support for women’s entry into Sabarimala turn the tables for a government that otherwise enjoyed popular support? K. K. Kailash uses survey data to understand the role of religious sentiment in Kerala’s public sphere.

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Against Aachaaram: When is your cloth clean/pure/both?

30th September 2019 J. Devika Issue 13

Traditional elites harboured peculiar notions of purity and pollution in pre-modern Kerala, which were revised by the neo-savarna of twentieth-century. This article reflects on notions of personal hygiene, cleanliness and clothing, using two excerpts from early-modern Kerala.

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