Kerala’s fiscal crisis is usually discussed in terms of debt, deficit and KIIFB liabilities. But the White Paper reveals a deeper social concern: development spending meant for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been sharply compressed. The share of Plan...
B. Rajeevan argues that the sudden popularity of the Cockroach Janta Party is not merely an online phenomenon or a youthful joke, but a political expression of deeper frustrations among India's younger generations. Drawing connections between digital-era protest movements, global...
The controversy surrounding Kerala’s fiscal White Paper has sparked a wider debate on the role of artificial intelligence in governance. Rather than asking whether AI was used, this article argues that the real questions concern transparency, accountability, data security, and...
Kerala’s 2026 White Paper on fiscal health is an important attempt to place the state’s finances before the public with greater transparency. But White Papers do not by themselves correct fiscal crises; they create a baseline for democratic accountability and...
The Governor’s Address to the Sixteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly presents an ambitious vision of “Puthuyuga Kerala” through welfare guarantees, fiscal transparency, agricultural renewal, employment support and ecological concern. This article by Prof. A M Jose and Jos Chathukulam argues that...
The article examines the long-running debate over how children learn to read, placing Kerala’s literacy policies within a broader global history of the “reading wars.” Drawing connections between constructivist pedagogy, phonics-based instruction, global education policy, and social inequality, Asokakumar V...
Panthi begins a special series of excerpts from Seeds and Herbs – Walking in the Land: Its People, a book born from a decade-long journey of artists, poets, theatre practitioners and cultural activists walking alongside the Forest Fringe Farmers’ collective...
Hidden in the forests of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, the village of Bom has become the center of a quiet but extraordinary people’s movement. Led by fearless Adivasi women, indigenous communities have reclaimed their ancestral forests and farmland through years of...
The selection of V. D. Satheesan as Kerala’s Chief Minister after the UDF’s sweeping electoral victory became more than an internal Congress decision. It revealed a changing political mood in Kerala, one shaped by demands for democratic transparency, secular leadership,...
In this critical essay, author Asoka Kumar V examines Kerala’s recent return to minimum pass marks in written examinations and situates it within the broader global crisis of constructivist, child-centred education. Tracing the rise of educational reforms shaped by international...
