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How did Kerala pull off digital literacy feat?

Training programme at a MGNREGS worksite as part of the Digi Kerala project. | Photo Credit: R.K. NITHIN The story so far: On August 21, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared Kerala as the first fully digitally literate State in India, marking the completion of the first phase of the ‘Digi Kerala’ digital literacy programme,…

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Caught in the crossfire between government and Governor are Kerala’s universities

Over more than half a decade, the relationship between the Kerala government and the Raj Bhavan has deteriorated. Where there was ceremonial civility and mutual respect earlier, there is now friction, partisanship, and constitutional brinkmanship. And caught in this crossfire are Kerala’s public universities. Successive Governors — Arif Mohammed Khan followed by Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar…

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‘People who are saying … ‘: Shashi Tharoor hits back at Kerala Congress snub; responds to ‘no longer one of us’ remark | India News

NEW DELHI: Facing open criticism from KeralaCongress leaders, Shashi Tharoor hit back on Tuesday, questioning the credibility of those making the claims.“People saying this also have to have a basis of saying this… who are they? what is their party position… I would like to know. Don’t ask me to explain other people’s behaviour… you…

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Unnikrishnan Avala on his film in the language of the Cholanaikan tribe in Kerala, featuring members of the community as actors

Unnikrishnan Avala has been nothing less than a spokesperson for the tribal population, be it through his documentary The Last Page, his book Vipareetham or his feature film directorial debut, Udalaazham. The writer-filmmaker’s latest work, Thanthapperu — Life of a Phallus, breaks new ground – it features the Cholanaikan community, Asia’s only cave-dwellers, with over…

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Malayalam film ‘Sthanarthi Sreekuttan’ inspires a new seating arrangement in Kerala classrooms

Vinesh Viswanath did not expect his directorial debut, Sthanarthi Sreekuttan, to initiate a revolution. The climax of the heart-warming, coming-of-age Malayalam film about an upper primary school in Thiruvananthapuram, shows how a class does away with the conventional row-based seating arrangement in favour of a semi-circle arrangement with the teacher in the centre. And this…

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Kerala Lalithakala Akademi’s Contemporary Solo Art Exhibition Project showcase of three artists’ works

Sajeesh Pallikkara’s surreal works push the boundaries of imagination Sajeesh Pallikkara’s works are not for the casual viewer. The paintings, large mosaics of seemingly disconnected images, demand your undivided attention. Both in charcoal and colour, the paintings are extraordinarily detailed. Sajeesh finds it difficult to put a finger on his creative process. “It is a…

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