Azhivuchollal— term used to denote re-integration into the community if it is established beyond doubt in the Smartha-trial that the accusation of sexual promiscuity levelled against the accused is baseless. Azhivupanam—amount received by Smarthan and Koyimma for their participation in…
Abstract: This article which appeared in May 1968 in Mathrubhumi Weekly chronicles the different stages in the life of a Namboothiri woman and holds up a mirror to reflect the living hell inside the illam. Keywords: sartorial practices, habits, male…
Abstract: The very act of remembering subsumes a reinterpretation of the past in the present. Citing Daniel L. Schacter, Rajesh Nair argues the memories are records of how we have experienced events, and are not replicas of the events themselves.…
Abstract:The first part of this paper discusses the emerging profile of the elderly in Kerala for the next fifty years based on certain projections, followed by the micro-analysis of elderly living conditions from the recent migration survey conducted by the…
To, the Rafto Foundation, Sisters & Brothers, Friends, and the International Human Rights Community, Assalamu Alaikkum, My heartfelt thanks to the Rafto Foundation for co-awarding me the 2017 Rafto Human Rights Prize with ParvezImroz, the co-founder of The Association…
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I The erstwhile princely states of Travancore and Cochin (which were merged with the British Malabar in 1956 to form the linguistic state of Kerala) witnessed an unprecedented mushrooming of organisations which can generally be described as community-based in the…
Abstract: I presented this paper at the International Women and Justice Summit organised by the KADEM (Kadin ve Domokrasi Derneği), an NGO, and the Ministry of the Family and Social Policy in Istanbul, November 24-25, 2014. The paper was assigned…
Human beings are susceptible to various degrees and kinds of maladies (real and metaphoric) which they dread and try to overcome. By engaging in a process of reflecting, researching upon and observing the psycho-somatic tangle of illness and wellness, one…
Abstract: For Foucault, ‘modern medicine has fixed its own date of birth as being in the last years of the eighteenth century’. During this period, a paradigmatic turn has taken place in the history of medical thought regarding the classifications…
Abstract: The transformation of the urban and rural landscapes within the last few decades has increasingly been dominated by the demands of capitalist utilisation. Political Ecology and Production of Space theory argues that Capitalism relies specific kind of ‘produced space…
Abstract: The story of Goddess Renuka who is commonly worshipped as Yellamma in most South Indian states is an illustration of the enterprising woman. In Maharashtra, Renuka temple in Mahur is deemed one of the Shakti peethas, and it would…
